tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post425361145785718992..comments2023-11-05T02:01:09.805-08:00Comments on Sophie Feels Better...: A Postcard From PaphosUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-61683222006171097292011-10-10T01:41:11.253-07:002011-10-10T01:41:11.253-07:00I'm with you on the relaxing spa treatment tur...I'm with you on the relaxing spa treatment turned medical nightmare re lived scenario. There's nothing like going for a relaxing massage only to end up with a therapist too scared to touch you or one who tells you that her mum had breast cancer too. Fab post. Enjoy your rest.billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01080536508129777347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-50366934637104690002011-10-09T04:38:40.637-07:002011-10-09T04:38:40.637-07:00I'm really aware that people struggle to know ...I'm really aware that people struggle to know what to say and worry about saying the wrong thing. So much so that I usually end up trying to cover up their discomfort by jabbering idiotically myself! Fool! But I have been caught off guard a couple of times. It's because you can receive emails, updates and comments whilst on the go- I was at work and an email popped up on my phone to alert me of a new twitter follower- lovely you might think until you read his profile- a man writing a book to help young children cope after losing their mother to breast cancer- as I say I was caught off guard and so I cried- I was in work mode not cancer mode- I just wasn't in the right frame of mind to think about that prospect! My iPhone has a lot to answer for! Or maybe I should just lock it away til hometime! Enjoy the sunshine! XxErin Xxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16105967683231971654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-9982866915227145432011-10-07T09:24:23.343-07:002011-10-07T09:24:23.343-07:00And thanks for all the lovely supportive comments ...And thanks for all the lovely supportive comments while I'm at it. You guys...xxxi love lipstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246098490008925586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-7231129124469771942011-10-07T09:23:38.797-07:002011-10-07T09:23:38.797-07:00Very good point well made Arlene. Can see that im ...Very good point well made Arlene. Can see that im slightly erring on the side of grumpy but certainly not ungrateful! Thanks for commenting xi love lipstickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246098490008925586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-29247959369930042282011-10-07T08:59:37.172-07:002011-10-07T08:59:37.172-07:00It's hard to know what to say I guess. People ...It's hard to know what to say I guess. People can't do right for doing wrong etc etc. I'm not saying you're not right to feel as you do but I think that's why a lot of your frankly brilliant posts receive just a few comments. I suspect, most of us (including normally myself) read and run because we just can't find the words. Y'know?arlenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01065015728653426094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-82154554491058890682011-10-07T03:52:02.180-07:002011-10-07T03:52:02.180-07:00The problem is, they're trying to empathise. T...The problem is, they're trying to empathise. They just don't quite know how to.<br /><br />That's a gorgeous photo of the pair of you. Thank you for sharing it!Sweet Camden Lasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983732031040847147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-73498436255779856202011-10-07T03:27:35.675-07:002011-10-07T03:27:35.675-07:00Firstly that photo of you with the bride is just R...Firstly that photo of you with the bride is just RAVISHING.<br /><br />Secondly, I hear ya sista. With lil'sis and her MS we've had to put up with a twelve year barrage of IDIOCY. When you (or a relative) are sick people seem to think that the illness is public property. If it isn't someone hijacking us for hours at a party or a reader sending me rambling emails about how their second cousin's next door neighbour's auntie was SAVED by rubbing sheep poo in their head, it's someone telling us how very VERY ill their aunt/neighbour/parent is with MS. <br /><br />What IS it with this people and their tongues that appear to be hinged in the middle,so they can rabbit rubbish even faster at us?<br /><br />LLGxxLiberty London Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07990085860723818996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-45495419210329052522011-10-07T02:00:47.530-07:002011-10-07T02:00:47.530-07:00some people are just so tactless and blurt out wha...some people are just so tactless and blurt out whatever they are thinking. i'm sorry you had to deal with their stupid, insensitive jabbering. hope you have a relaxing holiday!!!! xoCaityHeartsFashionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935310785911440292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2090430847904502711.post-91907021185613463392011-10-07T01:01:58.146-07:002011-10-07T01:01:58.146-07:00I can't remember the exact phrase but I'm ...I can't remember the exact phrase but I'm pretty sure some spiritual leader said that the path to enlightenment is achieved by learning to ignore things. And it's things like this- which make your head hurt because they're SO stupid, so achingly slap-that-bitch-hard worthy, that you need to learn and fight to ignore. The success and satisfaction comes from when people come up to you and say things like that and it doesn't bother you anymore. You mention pregnancy, and yes, it's similar but filled with a passive aggressive dictatorship tone where a large proportion of the population seem to think they're an expert, an ACTUAL expert in your body and children and you WILL listen and agree with them. But what I've learnt is that everyone is an expert in their OWN pregnancy, their OWN children and what goes for them is completely different for someone else. Realising this took a lot of fear out. It didn't make it any less annoying but it gives me the power over their words. Maybe that's a way you can deal with these people and their stories? Unfortunately we can't stick fingers in our ears and go la la la la la la........ Can we?!?!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com