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Originally Posted by Innerzone
This. BIG TIME! Humor is a huge defense mechanism for me too. I have a pretty twisted and dark sense of humor, so can make a quip or smarta** comment on just about anything. I'll chuckle about the darkest things. To my mind, I have to. It's so horrible what can one do but laugh? Sounds weird, but sometimes I just don't know what else to do. (Trust me, I'm not always laughing...it's a public face.) People will comment that I seem to present well, but the humor is really only a shield because I'm afraid to let them in or admit how bad it is and because...
Exactly.
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I guess the upside to being witty is something my hubs says - that the things my sister and I say are so over the heads of the people they're about, that they don't even know they've been insulted.
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