Quote: Matter-eater Man said: Sorry but I believe that is your duty to do a good job. Your certainly entitled to feel good about doing it but gauging it by what other parents are not doing seems like parenting on a curve. No big surprise but I like my parent's approach better.
You'll forgive me if I continue to look at my work as a parent as perhaps my proudest accomplishment.
I find your parenting attitude far too dismissive.
Have kids of your own, come back to me, and then let's talk about it.
Quote: While people were in the streets feeling good this weekend you made somebody feel bad for participating in something they were excited about.
I didn't "make" anyone feel bad. Other than in this forum and with another gay friend of mine who holds the same opinions about the Pride Parade that I do, I didn't talk to anyone. Wait, I take that back. I looked at another friend's photos of the event and I didn't give him any grief at all about it because I know he values it, has fun, etc. He is a friend after all. To piss on his fun wouldn't make me much of a friend.
Quote: Your behavior was literally the only negative I ran into this weekend.
Then you can view that in one of two ways: Either I'm unique and the sole owner of this kind of opinion. Or I'm not unique and there are other gays who feel as I do.
Which do you choose?
And if my remarks here literally ruined your experience of Pride, then your self-esteem seems to me on shaky grounds to begin with.
