Ok, sorry. In that case I don't really get it.
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Typo Boy - Feb 14, 2008 3:41:51 pm PST #9767 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
sarameg - Feb 14, 2008 3:57:18 pm PST #9768 of 10001
That's ok. It was meant to convey that there wasn't any hysteria or dramatics that might've warranted a shut down.
Typo Boy - Feb 14, 2008 4:47:29 pm PST #9769 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Ah, I was trying to read too much into it. I was thinking about a completely cold fight with no emotion behind it - the fierce argument equivalent of passionless sex, and trying to see what clue I missed that that was what was going on.
sarameg - Feb 14, 2008 5:10:56 pm PST #9770 of 10001
Yeah, I kinda failed. It was a parent/child thing. A boring debate, absent of any real import, that suddenly becomes a huge emotional break but not for the content of the original debate. Oh well, I don't attempt to make my living at this.
SailAweigh - Feb 14, 2008 5:12:49 pm PST #9771 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
sarameg, it worked for me. Maybe because it's one of the reasons my ex is my ex.
sarameg - Feb 14, 2008 5:18:41 pm PST #9772 of 10001
I suspect it is something that like sees like when I'm not really clear. In my case (yeah, that was autobio) it was me & my dad when I was an early teen. I'm over it in the sense that I love him dearly, faults and all, and CAN love him faults and all. But it was a rude awakening at the time and probably a harsh and early wake up. It was .. harsh. And shocking.
Amy - Feb 14, 2008 5:30:11 pm PST #9773 of 10001
Because books.
Sara, for what it's worth, I totally got it. Nice job.
Scrappy - Feb 14, 2008 6:37:35 pm PST #9774 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I got it, and haven't had the experience. The opposite, in fact--I had two younger brothers and they would do stuff like that (and worse) during arguments all the time, but my parents would listen to my side. My mom was a state debate champion, so she always fell for a good argument.
hippocampus - Feb 14, 2008 7:15:04 pm PST #9775 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Sara, for what it's worth, I totally got it. Nice job.
ditto. I can see where the words doubled back on themselves, but that kind of echoed the qualities of a frustrating argument, for me.
Typo Boy - Feb 14, 2008 8:10:56 pm PST #9776 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, my not getting it may have been due to the reader rather than the writer. We all have stupid moments; I hope mine are not too frequent, but not understanding what was going on was probably one of mine.