<p>Opie~</p>
<p>I truly understand the point you were/are making. I do. What I didn’t understand then and still don’t understand now is the use of terms such as this in your post #36:</p>
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<p>And…I think that you realized how your remarks sounded because you added this later:</p>
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<p>Maybe we just read the original post differently. As I’ve said many times, message sent rarely equals message received, filtered as it is through our own individual experiences/knowledge/biases. </p>
<p>I suppose that because I have a son who shares some similar characteristics to the OP’s and because I know what my son encountered in middle and high school, I am more apt to take dufus’s story at face value as it meshes with our experiences. </p>
<p>I really, really hope that this:
isn’t a slam at me or at my son because I have said that he is not arrogant. Arrogance is simply not tolerated in our home. It is a buzz issue for me, and that dog just won’t hunt around here.</p>
<p>I shall, however, give you the benefit of the doubt. ;)</p>
<p>~berurah</p>