J.T. said concerning the entry I Googled Myself:
What does being white and/or being married have to do with anything?? The sigh of relief indicates to me that you have a bias some way or some other. (“I was so pleased to find out this was a white woman who was married with a new baby. I sighed with relief, sheeshhhh! Okay, I’m good, everything is in tact.”) Actually I don’t need an answer to my question because your statement falls under the category “Stupid People,” which is a stupid category to begin with. I mean, how rude. I assume “in tact” means “intact” but you aren’t “tactful” at all.
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Dear J.T.
The comment about being happy to know she is white and married means that without a doubt she is not me. I’m an unmarried black female. There is no way to mix us up so that seems clear to me that she and I are not the same person. In tact means that I have not had any children. It was also reference to my kitten being spayed today which means she will no longer be in tact but altered. The joke was that all this means the other sundrip person is not one of my personalities. So see the word joke is operative in that sentence. The following is not…….
Thank you for not returning,
Sincerely
Austin of Sundrip Journals
J.T. must be a new reader who, unfortunately, made some incorrect assumptions. I think if s/he had read back a little further into your journal, your meaning of the “white woman” comment would have been obvious. Your regular readers know your heart’s in the right place, and you know it, too, so keep doing what you’re doing, okay?
J.T. had no reason to go berserk like this. You were not rude in any way and it was not insulting to anyone even if you didn’t grasp the joke (though i doubt it was too hard to understand).
some people are always looking for something to be offended by, it was obviously funny, at least to keepers and me.
john and keepers
somebody really wrote that to you?! a little more research please, before leaving a comment….?
you certainly handled it well. its actually kind of funny… (schnikker)
kïrstin