{A Little Relieved}

So,  I have to say I am a little bit relieved by the response from Wednesday's post;

The Art of Doing Nothing.

Don't get me wrong,  I don't think everyone (or even anyone)  has to agree with me, that's not it.

I have seen topics like this,  along with ones on nursing, homeschooling, daycare,
vaccinations, etc. where people actually take offense to the post.

And get really upset.

Like it was a direct attack on them, when clearly it was not.

Have you seen that happen?

It's surprising to me but I have seen it happen several times on other blogs.

But let me get onto why I am glad no one took my post the wrong way. 

Here is what happened last week....

{it's me, the offender, in desperate need of a haircut}

Wellllll(she says, looking a little sheepish), last week I posted something on facebook

 that at least one person took offense to.

I jokingly posted something about all the political ads we have been

 getting in the mail and basically how dumb and wasteful they are.

This is what I said:

"Uh-oh,  Bob Flider is rolling up his sleeves folks, I think we should all be scared."

{the mailer showed him rolling up his sleeves and "getting down to business"} 

I was making a joke, quoting the mailer exactly and didn't mean anything by it, really.

I was not making a negative or positive comment about any candidate or either party. 

I really do try to avoid all things political on places like facebook,

 because sometimes I can get a bit fired up about them...
so it is best for me not to discuss these things,
at least not on a social networking site.

And something that is hard to remember at times... on blogs facebook, etc.?

Apparently one's tone does not always come across in their writing.

In real life I can tend to be a bit of a smart-ass, a little on the sarcastic side at times,
Just so ya know.

So I thought it would be evident that I was only making a joke, 

poking fun at all of the political craziness.

After going back and forth with a couple of friends on how many mailers we get daily, 

which ones are the worst, etc. someone else made a joke about what the opposing 

candidate's mailer said,  and I might have made another, slightly inappropriate
joke about doing bodily harm to him if we got any more of his junk mail.
Ooops.

Again, joking...but maybe in bad taste.
Yeah, Probably in bad taste.

Anyway, someone  proceeded to send me numerous emails, forwards about the

 different candidates and wondered (in a third email) what
one of the candidates ever did to me,  along with lecturing me on voting
 and all of the problems with politics in our country in general.

Ummmm...really?  It was a joke.

So after that little incident I am trying to consciously remember that my tone, 

mood or sense of humor may not always come across in my posts.
Sometimes it's easy to forget that.

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So thank you for not taking anything I said the wrong way and for not sending me
 any psycho emails. I loved reading what you all had to say, I read and re-read all of your
 comments and wondered why we could not all live near each other and hang out and
 drink coffee together. Seriously.
Thank you.

Well, it's Friday.
You can find me here today, too.
Hope you have a great weekend!