[SchmennaLeigh]

I'm curious. Will probably blog this next week.

Have you been randomly attacked on the internet (via e-mail/PM/blog comment/etc) regarding your status as a birth mother? Or for your experience? Or for verbalizing grief and loss? Or for anything in general?

How did it make you feel? Did you respond? Did you stop doing what you were doing or sharing what you were sharing?

Have you ever had a respectful disagreement with someone on the internet concerning birth parent issues? What do you believe lead for the respectful part of the ordeal? Were they willing to listen or learn? Or were they just kind people in general? Were they simply willing to agree that people have different experiences and no one experience negates another?

Why do you think people use the anonymity of the internet to lash out at others in ways that they would never do in person? If you were face to face with the person who attacked you, do you think they would say the same things? Do you think they would apologize?

What advice do you have to other birth mothers who might, in the future, deal with random, negative people on the internet?