--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Can't any of you see that Rick is the one who is wrong here? Not > for > > > what he said or did that caused the anger (that's his business) but > > > because he dismissed his friend's anger by the old copout "it's OK, > > I > > > still love you?" > > > > Not really, no. His stance felt genuinely mature and loving to me. I > > don't see that he rejected anything other than his friend's rejection. > > He rejected his friends emotional state and invalidated it by doing the > old adult-child game.
OK, true; I suppose it could be seen as a power play when looked at from your angle. That's not the way it felt to me, though; it felt like warmth and a reassuring Heart. To each his own. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/