Posted by Jay_Bravest_Face on June 26, 2008, at 8:42:12
In reply to I must be naive, posted by Dinah on June 24, 2008, at 12:08:12
> My therapist tells me it's pretty common for people to treat their family members with less respect than they treat their coworkers.
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> My family aside, I always thought that people were especially respectful of the people they valued most, and who share their lives and homes. I guess the people who shaped my ethical values (which were at least half celluloid families) wouldn't dream of speaking of their spouses or children without respect, even at those moments when they may not be feeling all that much affection.
Ahhhhh Dinah. You are a sweet woman :) I know exactly what you are saying. Let me put it this way, though.People we love tons are people we can be deeply hurt by, or feel slighted by, or whatever. The emotions are magnified many times moreso then by some stranger on the street. You can never have love without pain. I'd like to copyright that last statement..as I know it quite well. Always smiling and pretty and lovely families are found on t.v. Not in the real world. Yes, there are moments, indeed, hopefully lots of them, but otherwise one day we are bathed in light, one night carried away in storms.
IMHO...
Jay :)
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