Have had dinner and perhaps gained some perspective from distancing myself from the initial *zing* of insult and ruffled feelings.

Am I just being anal? Not taking the joke? Too "conservative"? [Last night one of my kids told me that- that I was too conservative- because I had never watched American Pie...well as much as I love you and value you as one of my kids, screw you Gus, I think it's crude!] Do I have to take things like that in am aim to be liked and widely accepted?

What the hell!??! NO!

ARGH! I hate this! Why am I feeling bad about something which compromises what I think and feel??

But then (gee, I feel like Gollum here...in two TOTALLY different minds), maybe I should just be less easily offended. Maybe it's me. Forgive and forget etc etc.

NO! (See...I told you...Gollum!) (And, no, the humour of this blog is NOT lost on me thankyou very much!) What is the point of forgiving if they never knew they did anything wrong?? Then they'll just keep doing it, not knowing they're hurting you....and what is the point of that?? Argh argh. I will not have my boundaries hammered down by....by....I don't know what. Society? A bunch of crude puerile guys? Life in general? I don't know. But I don't want to compromise on this.

It's just something I DON'T WANT TO DO, OK??

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In other news, I have been reading what's happening (happened now) in season 6 of Dawson's Creek. I must admit, it was all over for me after season 4 and Pacey and Joey broke up. Then they went to college and intoduced dumb characters like Charlie and Audrey and then it was ever MORE all over. But I must say, they've managed to put some corkers of episodes in season 6. GOOOOOOOOOOO PACEY!! Yeeha! heheheheee.