--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- 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.
Put yourself in the friend's shoes: Someone is very angry and hurt and expressing that anger and hurt and the response is literally: its OK, I still love you. How would YOU feel? 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/
