[Guatemom]

Originally Posted by JosieWales

This is the case w/me. I'm pretty sure some of the comments here are referring to my post titles, and here's why I include the bio warning:

I apologize sincerely to those I hurt.

I posted that apology bc I'd posted a question about my pg, asking for help w/something (I can't remember what, and the post was deleted at my request), and I rec'd several PMs asking me to consider how much pain I was causing by discussing my pg on this forum. I don't want to cause any pain for anyone, hence the warning in the title. And I plan to keep it up.

Oh, Becca I think I remember that. I'm sorry you went thru so much. It's very sweet that you put those prefacing things in your titles to try to save others from heartache. At the same time, very sad that no matter what anyone posts, or how anyone reacts, someone SOMEWHERE will always be hurt.

I think as long as your motives are sincere, you should be A-O-K...but of course that goes into the 'how do you know someone's motives'. I'm really not sure what the answer to that is, either. And on the otherhand, you can't help what someone else's motives are. Maybe the most important thing here is not trying to discern motive (or if you're posting, always worrying about hurting someone), but rather, choose how you react when you don't know. That's all you can really do: choose your own reaction/attitude.