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fayerody said:
i finally got up the nerve to speak honestly to my "mean" sister last week and she got all huffy and said i was rude. i told her that "i've been rude before when i didn't tell you the truth, now i'm being honest with you about how you hurt me and i don't consider it rude".

i've always acted like her words don't hurt me and it shocked her when i called her on it with the truth...it's true, the shock of hearing the truth can mean different things to different people. to me it was very liberating and she was much nicer to me yesterday......

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> good for you for speaking up!

like time0 started this thread out...we CAN be honest w/o being rude.

AS01 develops on this idea with a really great post as well.

this is good to read about how you and time0 and AS have stuck up for yourselves in various situations.

good thread time0 (non-posting but maybe lurking......maybe)