I gathered that she wasn't "that" kind of girlfriend, but I sometimes forget that some folks can't read sarcasm.
Still, you gotta know, that when you throw around phrases like: "my 7 year old girlfriend" on a public forum where people don't know you; you're likely to get some inquries of one form or another.
Still, you gotta know, that when you throw around phrases like: "my 7 year old girlfriend" on a public forum where people don't know you; you're likely to get some inquries of one form or another.
I try to read folks homepages before I comment one way or another on "delicate" subjects like this . . . then I never try to be judgmental until I get more facts. The term "pedo-perv" was provocative and cruel . . . something I would NEVER be to another fellow FReeper.
If any 52 year-old FReeper had written the EXACT same post I did, I would read his or her homepage, then assume there was some kind of inside joke not meant for me and leave it at that.
If you had read my homepage, I would hope you would've known the term was used in jest. I've adopted some nieces and nephews because of something similar to this. I've only been able to handle it physically, mentally, AND FINANCIALLY because of Monica's family. Someone in their family has worked with someone in my family for 85 years now and I love them beyond measure. My nieces and nephews and Monica and her brothers and sisters are the closest thing I'll ever have to children of my own.
Your use of the term "pedo-perv" was totally uncalled for . . . sarcasm or not. This family reads EVERY post I make to Free Republic and that is the only reason I'm going into such detail.
Mine and your interaction was discussed at length at their supper table last night. To even have to have this discussion with such a good, caring, loving, and impressionable young child broke my heart. I'll pass on your explanation . . . but she read your post before I did and her mother told me she spent an hour trying to figure out what a "pedo-perv" was before I called her.
She loves it when I refer to her in my posts . . . that's why I did so. I wanted her to know how proud I was of her. But I will do so no longer.
If you would like to send me a "private reply" to help her understand, I'll see to it that she gets it.