Huge apology..... I'm really not a total asshole

[panader0]

My comments about life changes hit a nerve here, one that I did not intend. Whether it pionts to my inate stupidity or just a lapse in judgement, I'm not sure. I don't have many friends here, and I don't want to lose the few I have. Im not sexist, if you read the op I say women are the better half and stronger than men. I guess I didn't say things the way I meant.

[Breeze54]

1. I accept. We all have made mistakes.

Thanks for being big enough to admit it.

You also might want to read through a few posts in GDP and you'll see
that subject has been used to attack women here before and in public office.

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

2. BAH! You're prolly just going through mid-life which messes with your mind.

:evilgrin: I can forgive, this time,...not the next, though!

[babylonsister]

3. Thanks for that; there isn't a saint among us!

:hug:

[TahitiNut]

10. Well, maybe. Maybe not. We can't tell until we're dead.

Since tombstones are reserved for the "other kind" then only Kephra, Andy, and a couple of others are in the running so far.
:dunce:

[babylonsister]

15. There's always one...

:hi: and you've been that one more than once iirc! O8)

[JohnnyLib2]

4. I accept, remembering how I was put in my place years ago

for such statements. Never too old to learn and all that.....

[x-g.o.p.er]

5. No problem, but

How could you NOT think you weren't going to piss off just about everybody? That was an inane thread, and here's a cluebird:

If you write in your post that you don't want to start a flamewar, with a topic like you posted, it's a guaranteed five alarm fire. Even with the mea culpa about women being the better half.

But hey, apology accepted. Live and learn.


:toast:

[NanceGreggs]

6. No worries, panader0!!!

I think we've all been there, done that - posted something that comes across exactly opposite to the way we intended it.

:hi:

[Book Lover]

7. Point of order

Putting women on pedestals is sexist, too. We are not better; we are not stronger. Our bodies differ from yours. Our life experiences differ from yours. But neither is better nor worse.

[trof]

19. Very true. eom

[gateley]

8. I must have missed the brouhaha,

but it's really easy to have our meanings misconstrued on a blog or in an e-mail. So if your intentions were pure, don't beat yourself up too much.

It takes integrity to apologize, and it's not always easy - PROOF that you're really not an asshole! :toast:

[thepurpose]

9. Hey. I'm a man too. Saying stupid shit is our bane.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Ain't it the truth?

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

16. *LOL*

:spray:

[BoneDaddy]

23. "Saying stupid shit is our bane"?

Love the fact that you support women
Love the fact that you can bend, be open to criticism
But there is absolutely no need to attempt to ingratiate yourself to anyone and throw men under the bus in the process. If you say stupid shit, you did, not all men.

[Warpy]

11. You should see some of the flame wars I've

inadvertently started when I've tried to expand on a topic and it's gone spiraling into a totally different place, hijacking the OP into unrecognizability. Holy cow! Sacred cow turned into hamburgers!

You're not alone. Plus, you'll step in it again. We all do if we have opinions.

[mmonk]

13. It happens. Things will work out (but I didn't read the thread

after I glanced at it).

[trof]

14. I actually agree with you.

But I'm not allowed to say that here without fear of retribution.
:-(

[trof]

18. OK, not 'agree', but... *IBTL*

;-)
You did bring up an interesting point.
I consulted my ultimate authority on things PMS and menopausal.
Miz t.

"Hillary is 60. She should be post-menopausal. Not a problem.
But if she were menopausal that can be somewhat 'controlled' with hormonal medications. IF one chooses to. I found the meds were worse (side effects) that the condition.

Also, if I wanted an 'edge', needed to chew somebody out about something, I quit the hormones for a day and be able to REALLY tie into them! ;-)

PMS? That's anybody's guess. I never really had much of a problem with it. My periods were fairly light.
(True as far as I could tell.) But some women do. So we won't elect a 35 year old woman. I can live with that."

I report, you decide.
;-)

[MelissaB]

20. .

:spray:

:rofl:

[trof]

22. Nice to see some humor in here. Thanks.

:hi:

[Robbien]

17. Asshole

You don't think you are going to get off this easily, now do you? One little measly I'm sorry?

Candy and Flowers are expected to be sent all around to all the females in this forum.


:wink:

(Really. Its okay, no harm done)

[MelissaB]

21. Don't worry about it.

No big deal, and the lock was worth reading as was trof's post on this thread.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

24. How old are you?

[panader0]

25. 57

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

26. Are you some sort of monk or hermit?

[panader0]

27. No. I'm a bricklayer. I have two girls age 15 and 16, and a boy 15

and a fine live=in girlfriend, 50. I saw that you lived in rural Oregon. So did I, back before My St Helens blew. I was contractor for the Forest Sevice, a tree thinner, and lived on the reservation at Warm Springs.

[Karenina]

28. I missed it all so...

:spank: Reset.
Clean slates are ALL THE RAGE!

[EFerrari]

29. I miss everything.

Damn!

:)

[DesertRat]

30. It's still up

Locked, but still available to read.

[EFerrari]

32. I don't need to read it, thanks though, DesertRat.

If panader0 says it's all right, that's good enough for me.

[UTUSN]

31. You got a friend with me n/t