I see what you are saying Astrid and agree that it goes both ways and that we have to be mindful of the kind of situations we are portraying. It involves a degree of objectivity to your own situation though which many people can struggle with. That is also a general statement.

One thing that Moondance seemed to allude to though is that all of the members in BB should pull the party line. That every thread is written as if under-written by BB policy makers and that's just not possible. BB isn't like other community services like say, LifeLine, where there is a certain way of doing things. Whilst there are BB guidelines and (volunteer) Mods who do there best to make sure that everything that is read here in BB complies to an Ideal it's impossible to eliminate human nature. There are no guaratees that your feelings won't get hurt in here so you really do have a responsibility to yourself to turn away from your monitor if you are finding that you are becoming
upset. The Mods do their best but they are only human and can't get to every thread. I'm sure only a small minority of BB members have even read this thread.... And even if they have they are free to disagree

Moondance: I recommend contacting Admin if you need to debrief about last nights incident any further darl. I can't recall the wording of BB guidelines but discussing sensitive discussions in other threads is
discouraged in BB.