LoriO, I appreciated your story and I think it's great that you had such a fun time.

It's pretty difficult to offend me and I have noticed that there are times when someone innocently says something and people take it for more than what it is. I realize that in this forum, we have a lot of diversity and there are some people who are more sensitive than others. I know that there can be word ownership (ie one group can say it but it's bad if someone outside says it) too. I also know I accidently offended someone once because of poor sentence structure.

I think people can be "run out". The written word can be harsh and we can't tell inflection or feeling, especially in criticism.

So, LoriO, please stay