Comments on: Hypn07, Day 14: Oh, THANK you! http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html a virgo's guide to the universe Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Bon http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30872 Bon Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:46:46 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30872 So... what is your wonderful, magical middle name? So… what is your wonderful, magical middle name?

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30493 Marilyn Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:21:07 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30493 Yes, ACOA. Also, just plain ol'...you know...AA. ;) Yes, ACOA. Also, just plain ol’…you know…AA. ;)

]]> By: communicatrix http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30403 communicatrix Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:46:28 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30403 Jeremy - Oh, THANK you! dailytri - great analogy. *great*. Mary K: Thank you! I've been working on that sentence for years, ever since I realized that none of my aunts had middle names. It summed up everything that was crappy and wrong about the way those women were raised. The men, too, come to think of it. Talk about breeding entitlement! Jeremy - Oh, THANK you!

dailytri - great analogy. *great*.

Mary K: Thank you! I’ve been working on that sentence for years, ever since I realized that none of my aunts had middle names. It summed up everything that was crappy and wrong about the way those women were raised. The men, too, come to think of it. Talk about breeding entitlement!

]]> By: Mary K http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30383 Mary K Tue, 24 Jul 2007 07:38:35 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30383 You write, "Mom grew up in a family where the expectation that women would accomplish anything significant was so miniscule that she and her sisters were not given middle names—they’d just lose them anyway, when they got married." This was such a brilliant sentence to explain an idea that could easily become hackneyed and trite if stated outright. I stopped to read it a couple of times because I could SEE these people, I knew where they lived, and what they looked like. And my next thoughts were, "How stingy, because everyone needs a wonderful magical middle name." You write, “Mom grew up in a family where the expectation that women would accomplish anything significant was so miniscule that she and her sisters were not given middle names—they’d just lose them anyway, when they got married.”

This was such a brilliant sentence to explain an idea that could easily become hackneyed and trite if stated outright. I stopped to read it a couple of times because I could SEE these people, I knew where they lived, and what they looked like. And my next thoughts were, “How stingy, because everyone needs a wonderful magical middle name.”

]]> By: dailytri http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30345 dailytri Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:12:48 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30345 Learning to take a compliment is sort of like learning to take a punch. At first there is a lot of dodging and weaving and wincing as you get ready to receive the blow. But hey, compliments don't tend to leave bruises, so take them with heart and head and enjoy. Learning to take a compliment is sort of like learning to take a punch. At first there is a lot of dodging and weaving and wincing as you get ready to receive the blow. But hey, compliments don’t tend to leave bruises, so take them with heart and head and enjoy.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30335 Jeremy Mon, 23 Jul 2007 09:54:29 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30335 Dear Communicatrix Sit in THIS. You do this blog really well. Better than well. You excel at it. Your cyber-pal Jeremy Dear Communicatrix

Sit in THIS.

You do this blog really well. Better than well. You excel at it.

Your cyber-pal

Jeremy

]]> By: communicatrix http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30317 communicatrix Mon, 23 Jul 2007 05:09:15 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30317 Haha. There's a reason we find each other, isn't there? Are you ACOA, too, I wonder? Well, cheers to people leaving old, silly habits behind and working on new, cool ones! Haha. There’s a reason we find each other, isn’t there? Are you ACOA, too, I wonder? Well, cheers to people leaving old, silly habits behind and working on new, cool ones!

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30300 Marilyn Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.communicatrix.com/2007/07/hypno-day14.html#comment-30300 "You do the work, and it’s expected you do it well..." Only WELL?? ;) Boy, do I ever relate to this post. "I have a dramatically stunted sense of entitlement..." You and me both, sister. I spent decades steering clear of those entitled ones who didn't see the need to do the work of 3 people while juggling plates and balancing on their heads. That light over my head finally lit up...but I think it's still only a 40-watt bulb. “You do the work, and it’s expected you do it well…” Only WELL?? ;) Boy, do I ever relate to this post. “I have a dramatically stunted sense of entitlement…” You and me both, sister. I spent decades steering clear of those entitled ones who didn’t see the need to do the work of 3 people while juggling plates and balancing on their heads. That light over my head finally lit up…but I think it’s still only a 40-watt bulb.

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