Post by medleymisty on May 6, 2009 11:01:38 GMT -5
It feels weird to post an intro thread with my username as the subject but it appears that's the standard practice here.
I just found this blog and board and it seems hugely interesting. I really need to learn to understand other humans, and this seems like a great environment in which to do that.
As for who I am and my past - well, my sister-in-law told me a few weeks ago that I was the least traumatized person she knew. I grew up wild and free with a loving mother who never forced anything on me. My father, who was a wonderful person, died of a heart attack when I had just turned seven. My mother did just fine on her own, though - the other day on the phone she was talking about explaining to other people that we don't really "do" holidays, and she said that her for every day is Mother's Day.
So...yeah. Basically I sometimes feel like I'm a mental and emotional neocon, looking down on people who weren't born into privilege and expecting them to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" without any understanding of the conditions of their lives and minds. It looks like this might be a caring and nurturing place to correct that character fault.
I have been reading some and it seems like this community is full of intelligent and caring people with beautiful souls, and I think that you guys have a lot to teach me. I am a very willing student.
I just found this blog and board and it seems hugely interesting. I really need to learn to understand other humans, and this seems like a great environment in which to do that.
As for who I am and my past - well, my sister-in-law told me a few weeks ago that I was the least traumatized person she knew. I grew up wild and free with a loving mother who never forced anything on me. My father, who was a wonderful person, died of a heart attack when I had just turned seven. My mother did just fine on her own, though - the other day on the phone she was talking about explaining to other people that we don't really "do" holidays, and she said that her for every day is Mother's Day.
So...yeah. Basically I sometimes feel like I'm a mental and emotional neocon, looking down on people who weren't born into privilege and expecting them to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps" without any understanding of the conditions of their lives and minds. It looks like this might be a caring and nurturing place to correct that character fault.
I have been reading some and it seems like this community is full of intelligent and caring people with beautiful souls, and I think that you guys have a lot to teach me. I am a very willing student.
