"But yes, I agree with both of you. Making ignoring her > a kind of warrior's challenge is the only thing that > makes sense at this point. Wish me luck with it..."
Not only can it be done, but it is completely worth it. There is so much more going on here that gets missed when you are caught in that loop. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > on 9/22/06 8:52 AM, wayback71 at wayback71@ wrote: > > > > > > Barry, I appreciate your honesty about dealing with your > > > role in all of this. > > > Thank you. > > > You need to ignore the others, though. You so obviously > > > have long-standing issues with them. You MUST NEVER READ > > > their posts. Disengage. You are getting pulled down. If > > > you can, stay focused on yourself. Your day will go > > > better, you will feel happier. I often > > > like your posts when they are not about Judy, but your own > > > compulsion is to read Judy's > > > and/or react to her. She has you hooked, and you have her hooked. > > > > I like this suggestion. You¹re one of my favorite posters, > > Barry. But you get into pissing contests with Judy, I hit > > the delete button. When you do this often enough, I start > > deleting whole blocks of your posts. Why don¹t you take > > ignoring Judy¹s posts as some sort of Buddhist exercise in > > self-control? If you don¹t engage her in any way, maybe > > this will diminish the volume of her posts too. > > As I posted in response to Alex, statistically this > has never been true. Both on a.m.t. and here, during > those periods when I ignore her it seems to send her > into more of a frenzy. > > But I agree with both of you that it would be a better > approach, so I'll give it another shot. > > I don't think this will help with the overposting > issue, though. If it works here the way it has in > the past on a.m.t., she'll respond by trying to pick > fights with other poor posters here as soon as I step > out of the line of fire. > > My guess as to who will be her "replacement targets" > will be Shemp and Vaj (of course), Paul, geezerfreak, > you, Sal, and pretty much anyone else she thinks she > can suck into a confrontation. She'd *prefer* that > the confrontation was with me, of course, but if I'm > not available, she'll take what's handy. Mark my words. > > But yes, I agree with both of you. Making ignoring her > a kind of warrior's challenge is the only thing that > makes sense at this point. Wish me luck with it... > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
