Ok, breaking the rules here (shh - don't tell my therapist
GP, firstly welcome to the thread. I think I know who you are from last year. Posting style rings a bell.
None of the examples apply to me really. I read the dialogue between you and Kokeshi, and at first thought it was a bit of banter - tense, but still banter.
I did think it was unkind of you to suggest that Kokeshi was sanctimonious or intrusive. Maybe you thought that, but could you not see that her intentions were good? I know you explained this by saying that you were just objecting..., but I personally felt it went beyond just objecting.
I did read the thread that this all stemmed from and I think Kokeshi got a hard time there too, although not from you. Second thoughts, I'm going to leave that thread in the past where it belongs.
I didn't respond to you when you first came to the thread, but then again I was soooo absorbed with the coming week that I wasn't really responding to anyone. Since then, I've felt uncomfortable, and after having the shittiest of weeks last week, didn't want to engage in any confrontation on here.
BTW, MN probably is constructive for some, but it was part of my drinking habit - sit at my desk, vodka, diet coke and fags, and waste the whole day. It's been good advice actually, as just sitting here now, I've got a glass of water perched under my lips (just like I used to with a vodka) and my anxiety levels are soaring.
I just want the thread to go back to how it used to be, when if we disagreed we'd say so without getting personal. And, yeah it's cheesy and a a bit arse-lickey, but Kokeshi has been like a big sister to me over the past year and it hurt to think that she might feel unwelcome in the future.
I hope I haven't said anything to fan the flames. I just want the thread to get back to the supporting place that it has always been.
So, actually I'm a B.