That is okay. I am a mom too. But you didn’t react to the abject vulgarity in HIS/HER/ITS post, which is the FIRST thing I reacted to. You can’t explain away vulgar, rude, obscene insults to anyone, let alone bystanders. No excuse for it. None.
I can see how it would have affected you, especially realizing you’re a lady like me. We gals can be pretty tough duking it out on here too, lol, and I think the guys sometimes forget (or don’t realize) we are not guys like them. If only Free Republic had windows in our computers... Oh wait, that may not be such a good idea at all! :) Thank you for accepting my apology.
PS, And I’m sorry I did not react to anything vulgar first. I was in that mode I mentioned I sometimes am with my kids, the mode of trying to lift someone up whom I thought had been hurt. I was thinking “ I see MestaMachine seems really hurt or upset, and I know it was not written directly for MestaMachine, so I’ll tell MestaMachine how it happened so they will know that comment was not for them.. and maybe that will lift them up right now... “ Well, that sounds kind of stupid now that I’m describing it here, but that was basically my thought process. While I know debates go on here, and I know you and I could easily be debating each other with the best of them, it just struck me as a time to lift someone up that I thought felt really hurt. I wasn’t thinking about any vulgar part right then. Just wanted to share. Again, thanks for the talk here and for giving me a pass on nib nosing into your business here! Believe me, I can tell you can stand up to the best of them. LOL It just seemed like a good time to reach a hand out and pick someone up.
Will I give you an extended grip next time? That depends on if it is ME you are debating. :) (JK, sort of)