Fair enough. Your comment had made it sound as if you were passing judgment, rather than trying to make the best of a bad situation. I quite understand that some things are better left unsaid- and perhaps unseen.
There are sometimes when posting that I could remember enough emoticons to enable a wink, wink, nudge, nudge on posts.
Thats what happens when we type conversationally. How my kids message each other with no vowels, and still communicate effectively, I’ll never know.