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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 864506" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>[USER=185159]@Busy1[/USER]</p><p></p><p>I bet that OJ story cheered you up, eh?</p><p></p><p>Sorry - shouldn't be frivolous, but that was the kind of thing that you were saying is hard for you to hear, wasn't it? The problem is that horror stories work the best on people with empathy - and they are the ones who were unlikely to need the lecture. The rhino skinned un empathetic ones could probably hear it 10 times and not realise they should be learning something!</p><p></p><p>The way I cope with those horror stories is one or more of the following:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I only tell trusted (or necessary) people I am D</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I usually counter such stories with 'goodness, that's so sad. Thank goodness I've learned how to control my blood glucose. That should mean it doesn't happen to me.'</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I avoid insensitive idiots wherever possible (not 100% effective)</li> </ul><p>And</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have fantasies about the fictional machine gun in my back pocket.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 864506, member: 41816"] [USER=185159]@Busy1[/USER] I bet that OJ story cheered you up, eh? Sorry - shouldn't be frivolous, but that was the kind of thing that you were saying is hard for you to hear, wasn't it? The problem is that horror stories work the best on people with empathy - and they are the ones who were unlikely to need the lecture. The rhino skinned un empathetic ones could probably hear it 10 times and not realise they should be learning something! The way I cope with those horror stories is one or more of the following: [LIST] [*]I only tell trusted (or necessary) people I am D [*]I usually counter such stories with 'goodness, that's so sad. Thank goodness I've learned how to control my blood glucose. That should mean it doesn't happen to me.' [*]I avoid insensitive idiots wherever possible (not 100% effective) [/LIST] And [LIST] [*]I have fantasies about the fictional machine gun in my back pocket. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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