Original post by sweeter than a cherry pieSo what, I should make psychic in-jokes now? It's not my problem that you took something that was clearly said in jest TO SOMEONE ELSE totally seriously.
No, it was not only on this point. You have been condemning me for the queue comment, and for factual statements I made about my ex boyfriends, which led to a very nasty assessment of my character. This was made by yourself and others who decided to join the bandwagon, most of whom clearly hadn't even bothered to read my comments through from the beginning. While I find the psychology of this pack mentality very interesting (it has been proven through experiments that people act far more extremely as part of a unified group than in isolation), the personal attacks soon became tiring.
thts a mouthful
I really don't understand why a factually correct post offended you so much, and nor do I understand how it could have been interpreted as boastful. My most recent ex boyfriend IS still in love with me. That is a simple fact, and as Foo..mp3 has pointed out, that statement says nothing about my own self-esteem. The previous ex IS still sending me flowers. This is also a simple fact, and again, says nothing about how I view myself, and if you read through the later posts I made on the subject it should be clear to you that this is a fact which concerns me, rather than boosts my ego.
Unfortunately you seem devoid of a sense of humour, a deficiency which no doubt impeded you in this exchange. Again, as Foo.mp3 pointed out, the tone of my posts was OBVIOUSLY tongue-in-cheek and the smileys and language I used made this clear. I think you were already on too much of a war-path to see what was plain, even when the posts I made became sincere and explanatory.
You mention I should post things which can only be taken at face value - as far as I'm concerned, "My ex is still in love with me" only reads one way. Yes, one can make inferences about it if one is so inclined, but that's true of pretty much any statement possible, and nothing surrounding the way I phrased it implied it is a situation I am proud of. I have said this already in previous posts.
You told me you were pleased to see how I had backed down about it to another poster! I have already said to you that yes, I could see that the queue comment could come across as boastful to someone determined to take it at face value and ignore my jocular tone and emoticons. You accuse both Foo.mp3 and I of re-contextualising things, but I think that what you're doing is worse; you are ignoring the points I am making in my defence and charging on regardless, and even apparently forgetting exchanges we've already had.
You also claim that you are drawing the only reasonable and obvious meaning from what I've written, which is, quite frankly, rubbish. You have to do an awful lot of reading between the lines to decide I was boasting about having men hung up on me. You leapt to conclusions, and down my throat, about something you made up by yourself. Yes, as I've conceded several times now, I understand why an outsider might think the "queue" comment was boastful, but I DO NOT see how saying "My ex is still in love with me" can be (reasonably, if at all) construed as arrogant, or crowing, or any of that rubbish. IT IS A STATEMENT OF FACT. As is "I am wearing a pair of jeans today." I would expect that to be taken at face value, though you could come along and decide I must be ashamed of the shape of my legs, or couldn't be bothered to shave them so felt I had to conceal them, or that I REALLY think a load of strangers online cares about what I'm wearing.