Taken for granted

What a heartwarming blog.

Shucks Biff, reading that brought a tear to my eye

The older we become, we understand our mothers more ....

Nice read Biff

I'm feeling the biggest retrospective heel on earth and you're being nice to me

Go be nice to someone who deserves it! (and THANKS even so)

Bogart, you have a knack sometimes of seeing more than I did and you are completely right. Oh man I probably have more apologies to make.

Thanks!

Nice blog, Biff.
Nobody likes to be taken for granted, even when they are happy to do what is asked of them.
Showing one's appreciation for any good deeds received, and not taking a mile when offered an inch is a good way to live.

This blog must be written for me.

Yesterday i drew a line in the sand. No more giving of my time and expenses.

People take and take and they don't appreciate nor give back.

I'm done with those people and moving along and maybe i'll find different kind of people.

Excellent insite into a situation. Older heads and hindsight , neither can be blamed without understanding.

At the moment I am reading a book by Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things it is showing just that kind of thing about black and white communities and as they say situations are never black and white. It's more or less showing you different shoes we live in and then awareness, just as your situation.

Brilliant book taught me too a sudden awareness like yours Biff

As en ex people pleasing doormat, I’m totally with your friend. Resentment is a relationship killer. Better to say no.

“a no to you is a yes to me”

“We teach people how to treat us”

“Givers need to set boundaries because takers rarely do”

Biff enjoy your time with daughter we await your return

I was going to say I sometimes take it for granted people get my humour and find it funny as well...
not always

Delighted to read Fay you get it

Have a wonderful time with you Daughter Biff, have fun making new memories

Hi Biff
I think everyone takes someone for granted once in a while whether we admit it or not. But often the words "please" and "thank you" could make it up well.

online now!
Elegsabiff•3 hrs ago•Motril-ish, Andalusia Spain
Trumptrumptrumptrumptrumptrump boring, divisive, monotonous, AND POINTLESS. Not a single reader for or against will change their views by a hairsbreadth no matter how much bigotry is trumpeted but the ugliness and hate displayed in the comments are certainly changing the way members view each other, destroying casual banter, wrecking the place.

Mods – is this really what you want the blogs to be? Really? I'm posting this comment on every trumptrumptrumptrumptrump blog raised in the last week to make a point. Gee I'm sorry if it bores anyone.

Please. crying no more

Because I miss seeing you around ....
I guess I took it for granted Biff how much I liked seeing you around

Biff I thought we would see you back by now. I did not agree with your last stance but does not mean I do not like to see you on blogs Blogland is blogland always had its ups and downs.
I know iv had a hissy fit in the past and left to cool down but its over now and many including YES me miss you.
We cannot always agree on everything as you know however I wish you well and COME BACK

Red, I seriously doubt that Elegs cancelled her profile. She's not a coward. Nor is Harbal. What some of the new members don't/can't/refuse to understand is that this is an international site which doesn't cater to any one particular country. As you said, many of us have had disagreements before, but we go away rather than strike up a fight that no can win. Like many here, to continually read "I have the right to free speech" is becoming the death knell of this site. We all have the right to free speech, but that doesn't mean we should always express it. Common sense and decency are required from everyone who participates on this site. The name calling and downright venom that people spew is really shocking and disturbing. Read the final post on Elegs' "Hello Mods" blog. That pretty much sums up the mentality of some of the people here - from both sides of the political spectrum. Someone posted a blog “Success, Happiness and your future”. Why would anyone gloat so publicly after what happened? There’s a lack of decent behaviour and respect. While we may not agree with the method that was used to highlight the issues, I believe it was done from sheer exasperation. And, it did highlight the excessive number of political blogs that get posted here daily. Why? Everyone has access to the same websites that you do. If people want to read about American politics, we can find these articles ourselves. We don’t need you to inform us several times a day, every day. That is not expressing free speech. It’s reposting. Just because some of us dislike American political blogs, doesn’t mean we’re uninformed. Quite the contrary. We’ve always come to CS to participate in conversation with others from different countries, to banter, to discuss serious issues, to commiserate and to share. But definitely not to dominate. There’s a section on the Forums called USA. That’s where the American political blogs should be posted.

Lucy that was a long lecture I truly don't need you nor anyone else to lecture me on a situation, I was there, I did read, IT

On the poetry site sometimes a newbie floods the site with poems, at first that is what I thought had happened and put a silly blog about compost heap to start knocking them down THEN I REALIZED BIFF HAD DONE IT

Well now Biff and I do not always agree but not enough to fall out over I THOUGHT we are not clones.


But this site has always had its infights, I myself have left a couple of times when I thought things had gone overboard. YOU SEE IF YOU DO NOT LIKE SOMETHING YOU MOVE ON.

oh that's JMO of course.


Biff is big enough to stick up for herself I believe that.

Thank you, Red, but I wasn't lecturing you. My first sentence was the only part of my post directed at you. The rest was a general comment. I'm sorry, I thought you'd understand that.

sorry lucy with a paragraph I may have got you.

Whatever until folk get sick cs goes on or we leave until its worked out.

I would miss cs now as I am retired and this blogs, poetry, forums distract me from news I THINK for some part of day.

Yes I do have beer for evening its red hot here, ive played badminton, done garden half ton of soil was delivered in 20 bags I have emptied 10 so far. Now I rest sit quietly and view my work with cool beer, life is good I am lucky

wishing you well

Red, I typed that on my cellphone and thought I had separated my text in paragraphs. I hate using my cellphone for things like that exactly for that reason (and a few others). Another idea might be for you not to judge too quickly?

Lucy lecturing again. Or is this a plot to keep this blog going. Well I don't mind being used ?? in certain circumstances

Sorry if I misread you again ??

Sorry, Red, I don't play silly games (like posting to keep a blog going), but I did want to point out that you were very quick to jump to conclusions about my first post. Amen.