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I am just as entitled to my feelings as everybody else is to theirs. I think what I would've prefered to see as responses is validation of my feelings with your opinion that you disagree that it was about me, instead of bypassing that my feelings were ever hurt to begin with. ...
If I have made a mistake and my feelings were validated, then I apologize. Without going back to the beginning of this thread, I don't recall seeing any validation at all and is that not what we all would want?

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Just for the record...when we talked earlier, I believe I said while I disagreed that it was directed at you, I could see how you would be upset by it. (((((AG))))) Very nice replies, btw, eloquently stated.

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Thank you. I thought long and hard on how to respond to everybody in what I think is what is being presented here in the self-esteem forum .... STOP, THINK, ACT! I feel I have done that instead of reacting. Thank you for noticing that I'm trying.

I do apologize for the oversight of your acknowledging my feelings along with your stating your opinion. Maybe it would've been more wise for me to go back to the beginning of the thread and reread everything before making that statement. But as you can see by my quote, I did however extend my apology at the same time as my generalization. I will however say again that I'm sorry that I overlooked your validation of my feelings. I'm sorry. I'll try to be more careful the next time, should there be one.