bahmer wrote:
I don't know how old you are there whippersnapper but Auntie knows me and of me whichever way you want to look at it. I don't know that much about you but I have lost a son of 19 years and my wife of 63 years young and I do relate to this song very well thank you. I appreciate the kindness and thoughtfulness of AuntiE and others on this site that have written to me over time. As far as I am concerned AuntiE has my permission no make that my request to post these items and topics whenever she feels led to do so and I for one will cherish each and every one of them. If again you are worried for your children then maybe you should teach them and yourself to respect their elders.
I don't know how old you are there whippersnapper ... (
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I have known AuntiE for almost a year now. We've also exchanged many "private messages" here on OPP, and we also talk through email sometimes several times in the course of a week. She has pictures of my kids, knows their birthdays, as well as mine, she knows more than anyone else here about me and my life outside of OPP. She was one of the first, if not THE first person I connected with here.
I am very sorry for your loss "bahmer", but you don't have the market cornered on loss, and neither does anyone else. I'm sure many if not all on this site have experienced loss. I lost my mother at the young, and impressionable age of eleven. I lost my first wife in my early twenties, after only a few short years of marriage to a drunk driver, leaving me to be a single father to our (at the time) three year old daughter. I spent the next fifteen years teaching her right from wrong, including respect for elders. She is now in college, and a well rounded, well adjusted, young woman, or so I've been told with accompanying pats on the back.
Back to AuntiE's post. It appears that not only she, but also you, missed ** my attempt at humor, along with my appreciation for her post.** I explained already where the avenue of thought came from, regarding the names that she listed. My attempt was to make these and other folks laugh, by referencing the naturally occurring phenomenon that comes with aging, (hearing and/or vision loss). It was not my intent to be disrespectful in any way to any one group. I just figured these things to be common knowledge and used in humor quite often.
I know that she used the "chit chat" catagory for her post, however she titled the post "The History". If she didn't want anyone else involved, perhaps a better title would've been, "This is for my Christian friends only, all others need not apply", which would be uncharacteristically non-inclusive of her. A matter to which she defended recently regarding her religion and belief system to another less desirable member here on OPP. I must say her response to me here has given me pause for thought, considering one cannot have it both ways. I shutter to think that the other member may have indicated a "tell" as a whole.
By the way, I just turned forty-one this month, and I will not apologize for my post. It is not my fault that sometimes people misplace their sense of humor, or a joke goes over their head, or is misunderstood. If anything, an apology should be coming to me, for her public chastising of me, but I can already tell that she has dug in her heels, and it may be snowing in Hell before I see anything resembling such.
Thank you for your input "bahmer" I appreciate where you're coming from, maybe now you know a little more about me.