tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946633910983913667.post144567541587823872..comments2023-05-04T05:39:18.978-04:00Comments on A Little Help, Please?: Double Your Flavor, Double your FunBeckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181224564145367109noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946633910983913667.post-78210794921936556932009-06-03T10:57:18.378-04:002009-06-03T10:57:18.378-04:00You're definitely right. That's what can ...You're definitely right. That's what can make Carolyn's weekly live chats so interesting. Often the answers that columnists give are by necessity vague, because they know they don't have all the information, and can't be more specific. Very often when someone poses a question on the chat, Carolyn will ask them pointed questions about their specific situation. It always shapes, and sometimes totally overturns, her response.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181224564145367109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5946633910983913667.post-54971816731466163682009-06-03T10:28:21.640-04:002009-06-03T10:28:21.640-04:00There has got to be some back story here. I'm...There has got to be some back story here. I'm sure this e-mail didn't come out of nowhere; maybe there was a dispute at a previous family gathering that set off their hurtful comments. I know several people whose in-laws don't like them, but their hurtful comments are always more passive or flippant than in-depth, even when the person isn't around. It's more like we're sitting at a wedding and the kids are running around and someone says: "She really shouldn't let her children do that here." Only someone who had absolutely NO idea how e-mail works would 1) actually write down her feelings about her family so they could potentially be found some time down the road, 2) send it to the person they were talking about, and 3) not eventually realize that the intended recipient didn't get the e-mail, check the info on the e-mail, and realize they made a horrible mistake. It almost makes me think this wasn't an accident. Almost. Unfortunately, people really are that ignorant sometimes.<br /><br />The thing that is really starting to interest me about these letters is how far removed we, as readers, are from the actual situation. There is almost always some back story leading up to the situation that leads a person to write in, which we will never know about. Of course these writers are going to try to put themselves in the best light as they write in, and I wonder how much of what they say is spun in their favor. This is totally fascinating to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com