@rpardee Whew boy. Hit hard because I’ve lived it. “It was just a joke … You are all too sensitive … my only fault is loving you too much” and much more were staples in my growing up years.

When I hear that “we” have more in common than our differences, it sets my teeth on edge, because the ‘differences’ may be few but are life threatening to me and I can’t put them aside.

“Apology not accepted” seems harsh, but it’s true that a bully doesn’t ever offer a sincere apology 1/2