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Old 03-25-2008, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by SnoopyCool View Post
It seems as though you are the judgement police. I'm sorry for my offensiveness. Really, I should have been nicer or more thoughtful in my response. That being said, I'd like to quote from a different post where you pulled out the badge and wrote a ticket on judgementality, as that poster's response would be more eloquent than mine:

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I have no desire to offend, so please let me know how I could share the depth of my feelings without offending. With money or finance it is much easier than children, I can just shrug my shoulders and say oh well, it's just money. I could never do that about the well being of my children...so I am really at a loss. Since I really appreciate the support and advice I get here, I would really like to know. I don't want to be afraid to share what I feel for fear of offending.
I have trouble taking the label of "judgment police" from someone yelling "shame, shame, shame" at others. Who are you to heap shame on anyone?

What I find offensive is the push to impose your value system on other people. It's perfectly OK to love your children, to not be able to imagine your life without them, and to have the idea of regretting them elude you. Perfectly normal and probably typical of many parents.

But it's not OK, in my book, to call someone a bad person for feeling a different way. If that makes me the "judgment police" then hand over my badge and tiara!
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