i'm almost the opposite - I ALMOST don't like getting replies cos i'm afraid i'm gonna get yelled at, and I know that comes from my past too - I just tried to keep my parents from noticing me, "flying under the radar" as they say. they didn't want to let me KNOW that they didn't like me, because that would have looked bad for them, but they weren't gonna pretend, either. so I have a very strange view of what affection is, cos I did think they liked me. most people apparently do not think that being blunt or sarcastic is showing affection, but I guess that's how I tried to take it. Stupid, stupid, stupid! Gotta laugh at myself.