Re: David C, IS this the post you meant???? I see you still need forgiving.

Thank you Marlene, I appreciate the sentiment, but I can't accept it while you go after my friend. You see, David means more to me than you could know. He is a loyal and caring person, if you would have taken the time to know him, you would know that. I completely understand the concept of divide and conquer, and it won't work. I have a circle of very close friends, and they are friends for life. I wouldn't trade one of them for anything, and I certainly can't accept compliments on my wonderful self while listening to you slander David. He's been there when times for me have been so tough I didn't want to go on. He backs me when your friends have attacked me, and shares my frustration when things aren't going well. If I'm having a bad day, I can always count on him to make me smile and laugh again. I've had really bad days that he has known about, and he is relentless in bugging me until I finally do laugh out loud, because he knows that laughing out loud produces endorphins and makes me feel better. He is familiar with the lives of everyone on his board, and he does the same for each of them. So while your compliment is lovely, I won't accept it. What I will accept is an apology to my friend. I find it hypocritical to claim to be caring and loving and crucify him in the same paragraph. He has reasons to say the things that he has said, and reasons to be angry with you. If I didn't see that I'd be pretty stupid. I was there for your equally bad attacks on him from the beginning. I've been there for each and every time he's been baited by you and your friends. And so while your compliment was attractive wrapping, it was wrapped around something that I can't accept, and that's betrayal to my friend. And that is something that I will never, ever do.
Maybe if we had met under different circumstances we might have been friends, but that would have come if you understood what it takes to be my friend. I accept people as friends if they are giving and loving and unpretentious. People that are willing to give, and have no trouble receiving. They need humor to be my friend, and they can never, ever be self important or self absorbed. They need to be able to see that they are human, don't have all the answers, and are willing to admit when they are wrong. And each and every one of my friends has one special quality that I have witnessed. They are all able to go to someone that they have hurt and have said that they were sorry. So while I can tell you that I AM a keeper, I am a keeper for David and the rest of my friends. Nobody will ever come between our friendship. Ever.