to be sick of threads asking for people's opinions on things, in which the poster gets upset if someone's opinion is not what they want to hear.

[HereComeTheGirls]

Apologies if this has been done a million times before, haven't been on here that long

But aaaaaaargh

Why post asking for opinions then get all huffy if the opinion makes you feel bad or isn't what you want to hear?

Have just encountered this a LOT today and it frankly puts me off posting on any thread which asks for my honest opinion.

Note: I will not be offended by any opinion on this topic

oh PHEW, I did think I had offended you, have been offending people left right and centre without meaning to today

Now I bet that has offended the easily offended and sensitive types here

PMSL kerrymum, you are WILDLY off the mark on this one. it was me who first mentioned G&T in any case, and i was doing it with reference to a particularly huffy poster who only wanted one answer, ie, that her child was teething unusually early. so I was posting in a manner relevant to the OP, unlike you.

Well, I totally disagree with bashing threads, I also find it in bad taste to bash posters from one thread on another thread, however silly we may think they are.
It is just not on. The poster in question is not even here to defend. This is low.

Yeah, HereComeTheGirls, nothing is better than boasting about offending "sensitive types".

Lighten up KerryMum. They are not having a go at G&T Children and their parents, only those who post wondering if their kids are G&T, for reading early, teething early, or whatever.

Are you deliberately trying to take offence, here?@KM. I'm genuinely baffled as to how you can get yourself worked up into a huge tizzy about this thread. Are you confusing it with another thread?

QuintessentialScorpio. I wasn't BOASTING about offending ANYONE. I was saying I seem to be offending everyone without realising it. And then I said in saying that I had probably offended the easily offended - since I was managing to offend everyone without meaning to.

Jeeze.

kmum, that is of course terrible, but you are projecting this anger and upset on the wrong thread..... and it is true, noone said anything mean about actually gifted children.... not once I don't think.

Really, sorry you had it so hard, but can I suggest that here is not the best place to try and talk about it? As nicely as I can... I mean, MN, yes, but this particular thread was started to discuss something else, and although threads take twists and turns and go off topic, you've projected an insult out of it that was never actually there in the first place.

Yes, "Jeez".

I can see how you do that.

Anyway I guess it proved my point since I ended up offending someone yet again

Yes, you even made a point about calling me a Scorpio in my posting name, for disagreeing with you with posting this thread, so you really have proved your point about the AIBU OPs.

Or was that another unintensional offence?

actually yes, I misread your name I am an offensive name misreading vile vile hag, please forgive me

I think some people enjoy taking offence.

Message withdrawn

Cod - how dare you call me a wanker on my own thread ~stamps foot in huffy manner~

Agrees with Cod. I think we are all wankers to still be discussing this. I know I am very, very bored today and I'm assuming the rest of you are too?

But that is not your worst offence, my dear. You got all huffy when I criticized your OP, just like you criticize others who get criticized for getting huffy. So you are guilty of the same. See how easy it is? AND you have to add a "jeez". Thats pure class.

Ohhh, and I luuurve taking offence. (truly I cant be arsed)

Message withdrawn

Quintessentialshadows - are you REALLY upset at me misreading your name? If I was going to insult you I'd pick something less lame than a star sign..which my DH is incidentally..

Now I really am fecking confused!!!!

But that's my favourite exasperated expression! "jeeeeez", it just says it all....
I can't be very classy

Oh Jeeez is great. I use it all the time. It is polite code for 'Oh fuck off you boring wankstain'.

It is such a load of shite that I can't even understand why people are taking offence, tbh!!

My WORST offence??

huffy when people criticise my OP?

this is weiiiiiiird.........

maybe this is a weird huffy parallel dimension

If I were to post that I think grass might in fact be green, I wonder what the response would be ?