Burn in motherfucking hell, you fuckheads.

I'm totally not OK with this.

Aimee kills almost kills the thread, but online rage can't. This should be proof we are going to hell anyways, if you mean such a comment towards us. Also, deep apologies for hurt feelings, since there's propably a misunderstanding in there.

Also, if not directed at us, [DELETED]

I like "Tusk". So there.

I like "Tusk". So there.

(no offense, Connie)

Dear all of you who kicked my wife in her insecurity in the name of the bullshit you call "tough love,"

Burn in motherfucking hell, you fuckheads.

Ahem. Excuse me?

I have no idea what Tusk is. Anyone?

HORRIBLE song by Fleetwood Mac.

"Tusk" is a song which, only in my opinion, is undeserving of the label song. Ask connie for a more accurate description.

I like "Tusk". So there.

Ditto.

Imma hoping that dw is talking about other world people, cause otherwise very upsetting.

OK, I feel a bit awkward saying this, since I had this post all composed in my head before I came into the thread and read what Dylan said, but here goes anyway:

I know everyone who criticized my parenting yesterday was doing so with the best of intentions. That said, I don't think the tough love approach works on everyone--I don't think there's such a thing as a one-sized-fits-alll approach in general--and I think I'm one of the people for whom the tough love, yell at the person to get her attention technique does more harm than good. At least, I'm well on my way to my second day of being too upset to do anything beyond the basics of Annabel-care and me-care, and right now I just can't afford that. I've committed to having my manuscript in the mail to two critical places (an editor who requested it and the most important unpublished contest my genre has) by the middle of next week, and it's not quite ready yet. I can get it ready, but I need to be efficient and use my time well.

Maybe it's a flaw I need to work on in itself that I don't respond well to "tough love." Or maybe it's just the way I'm wired that that doesn't get through to me, while other approaches do. (What generally seems to work is being requested to take a few deep breaths, and once I've calmed down, appeals to logic. A still, small voice in the storm sort of thing.) But figuring that out, too, I think can wait a week or two until I get this manuscript in the mail!

So all I'm asking is for the space and support to help me get this one critical step toward fulfilling my dream of dreams done on time. I may not be a perfect mother, but I have a healthy, happy daughter, and I think figuring out if I'm doing this all wrong and need an intervention can take second place to that for now. Please. That's all I ask.