Re: the power of the shirt is endless (Score: 2)
posted Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 06:28 AM (
#24148)
In Response to tor (#24142):
I don't know whether i was really trying to be your friend. I was only hoping to get along.
I wasn't looking for you to say "don't go". I was apologizing sincerely. I was really sorry because i thought i was making too much trouble-- for you, and for other people. I think i'm at least partially responsible for driving Graham away. I know i've caused Jon to give up in disgust, and probably seemed like a terrible pain in the ass. I know several other people ran out of patience repeatedly, and i basically understand why. But i didn't learn my lesson, i stupidly kept returning to the same sorts of situations. It's not that people aren't sufficiently tolerant, it's that i am terribly slow to learn sometimes, and i'm embarassed to admit that i keep repeating some of my mistakes, so i really want to change this.
I wasn't looking for sympathy (it has little or no value to me, in this instance) and i wasn't trying to cause you to react in any specific way, nor to have any particular feelings as a result. I was attempting to be honest, that's all.
I feel like i should have made many different choices along the way; but since i can't undo the past, i can only attempt to start doing better now.
Really, truly, honestly, i'm thankful that you put up with so much for so long. It has been interesting, entertaining, sometimes enlightening (for me), and sometimes even good exercise for my mind. Maybe i've been here for a few of the same reasons as you. I hope you'll find that some good somehow came from our interactions. I appreciate all the effort that you and anybody else has made. It wasn't completely wasted. I'll use my experiences here to improve my conduct elsewhere.
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"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind!"