.........This concerns that issue,with my sisters,I told y'all about the other day.My oldest sister,has always been the type of woman,that if ANYBODY-and I mean,ANYBODY-has done or said anything,and she takes it as something against her,she makes a federal case out of it...I am a good example:I posted something on Facebook,having to do with Marcia and I PROBABLY getting married next year,and I mistakenly referred to her,as my "fiance";when it was not official yet,and my oldest sister came unglued, and got my other 2 sisters involved in it....They were"DEMANDING",as to WHY,they weren't told FIRST,before anybody else?There is a simple explanation,to all this:It was not official yet,and I was going to call EACH of them on the phone,and PERSONALLY tell them,INDIVIDUALLY,on the phone,the good news,when it WAS official,and not just arbirtarily,on Facebook....It was a simple slip of the tongue on my part,and........WELL,my sister has been sending me these e-mails,that can compare to the Salem witch hunts,"JUST ADMIT YOU SCREWED UP,YOU ARE SO SELF-CENTERED,ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT YOURSELF,YOU HURT US SO BAD!!!"....she got my youngest sister chiming in,saying the same thing...THEN,I called my middle oldest sister in Oregon,and SHE SAID THIS:"Well,I just figured,you would tell me in your own way.in your own time":blush:.......FINALLY:some Sense to this madness....my oldest sister has always been one to yell good and loud about some injustice-real,or perceived-dealt to her,and preaches to the mountaintops,the only thing that will make it go away,is an apology....An admission,that "I REALLY SCREWED UP!!",and if there is a good explanation or not,she has already acted as jury,judge,and executioner,in her righteous eyes.....AND,YES:I got EXTREMELY upset,for her coming unglued at something that was an honest mistake,and I KNEW,I had already been judged,in her eyes(it has happened MANY times before),and the more I tried to explain it as a simple oversight;the more gas was poured on her fire.AND,I knew,if I didn't do something,she would hold this silliness against me,forever(she has held grudges for 20 years or more,to different people,and STILL-to this day-holds them against some people in her old neighborhood,20 years,and 2,000 miles away)....I can see being concerned by my faux-pas,but THIS???SO:To make my sisters feel better,and to put an end,to this uncontrolled wildfire in the woods,I JUST APOLOGIZED,and let me tell ya,brothers and sisters,it was hard for me to do,after she run me thru the wood chipper,verbally.Will SHE apologize??NOT A CHANCE,BABY,because in HER eyes(and my other sister's eyes,whom jumped on the "let's vilify steve" bandwagon,),they are RIGHT,and I am just a lowly nitwit,guilty as charged.....and ,YES;I have apologized,in the past,many times,for perceived "I'm out to get her" thoughts.SO:My advice;if it puts out the fire,REGARDLESS,of ANY real or perceived wrong,take my advice
ON'T TRY TO EXPLAIN,JUST APOLOGIZE....
.....STEVE...........
ON'T TRY TO EXPLAIN,JUST APOLOGIZE.........STEVE...........
Ma