14-11-2011, 08:27 AM
Bryony,
Just to reassure you, as sfem also said, I wasn't in the least offended by your 'controlling' reference. We all can only really speak for ourselves and try to find the best way to express very complex ideas in as few words as possible. One of the really great things about the folks in this little corner of the net is that nobody ever gets nasty or offensive, even if we don't always entirely agree with each other.
I was slightly amused ( bemused?) by your comment regarding you being of an earlier generation. I'm fairly sure I recently saw you give your age in a post, in which case I'm actually about 4 years older than you and Chrissie is of a similar vintage
. I may wrong but I don't think there are many of us on here who have yet to see 40. I'm sure there is a generation effect, indeed I've said so myself in the past, but I suspect there may be an even bigger one associated with family background and upbringing, as much as simply 'signs of the times'.
Just to reassure you, as sfem also said, I wasn't in the least offended by your 'controlling' reference. We all can only really speak for ourselves and try to find the best way to express very complex ideas in as few words as possible. One of the really great things about the folks in this little corner of the net is that nobody ever gets nasty or offensive, even if we don't always entirely agree with each other.
I was slightly amused ( bemused?) by your comment regarding you being of an earlier generation. I'm fairly sure I recently saw you give your age in a post, in which case I'm actually about 4 years older than you and Chrissie is of a similar vintage
. I may wrong but I don't think there are many of us on here who have yet to see 40. I'm sure there is a generation effect, indeed I've said so myself in the past, but I suspect there may be an even bigger one associated with family background and upbringing, as much as simply 'signs of the times'.