Posted by AuntieMel on April 14, 2005, at 9:40:05
In reply to Re: I-statements... » Tabitha, posted by used2b on April 14, 2005, at 0:43:39
"To you it might be real, to me it is all pretense."
"It's difficult for me to believe that people are expressing true affection when they post hug symbols."
You are correct that they mean the same thing. And you are correct that economy of words usually is a better, more readable means to communicate.
Note: following is my opinion only. Accept it if you like it, chunk it if you don't.
But the second one makes it clearer that it is *your* perception that you are talking about and it makes it clearer that there is a possiblity that it wasn't what the poster was intending.
And it is much softer, which gives the other poster a chance to reply in an equally soft manner.
And I'm not a verbose person.
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