Posted by Dinah on January 25, 2005, at 9:18:11
In reply to Re: gated communities, posted by Dr. Bob on January 25, 2005, at 3:55:29
I clearly care about Babble. I know you do too. And transference quite aside, I care very much about you, based on the part of you you've been willing to share with us. I realize I don't know all of you.
My therapist sometimes says he gets frustrated with me because I don't listen as much as I try to prove my point. I say I get the same feeling from him. And he has the grace to agree. I see something similar going on here.
I clearly don't understand your deepfelt desire for what you consider small town boards. But I want to understand. I think it's worth understanding, and I'm willing to invest the energy to understand. I'm even (reluctantly) ready to put aside my moral objections to restrictions long enough to try to understand.
I get glimpses now and again that intrigue me. The fact that you put enough thought into it to consider different background colors for different boards. Your mention of how things used to be on Babble.
Can you do what you've been asking others to do lately? Take a risk, expose a bit of yourself, and tell us what small town boards mean to you without trying to convince us that they'd be good for Babble?
I care about you, Dr. Bob. I may not know Bob Hsiung, but I know Dr. Bob enough to care. I don't like to fight or feel frustrated or angry.
Can we stop trying to convince each other long enough to listen and try to understand and try to reflect back that understanding? Then we can go back to trying to convince each other. :)
(Although I realize my impotence. Trying to convince you is all I have, you know.)
poster:Dinah
thread:441543
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