Posted by Happyflower on June 18, 2008, at 16:44:03
In reply to Re: Please be sensitive, posted by gardenergirl on June 18, 2008, at 15:21:22
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> > And FWIW I didn't think "fractious friendship" sounded like it was meant to be insulting.
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> I agree. It struck me as a very careful word choice intended to reflect the truth without judgment.
How was it received by the person it was intended for? When I look up the word fractious in several on line dictionaries, the word seems to imply something negative. If someone told me our friendship was fractious I would feel hurt if I thought we had a good friendship. Sometimes even the truth is better left unsaid here because of the rules, whether it is blatant or subtle, it still has the same effect on another person.That is why when I get blocked, it was because it was not subtle, too much work to try to stay under the radar of the rules of of this site, I just say what I mean, suffer the coincidences. I have been on the receiving end of subtle insults, it hurts still the same as someone being direct.
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