Re: OT: The Lost Children

Karen
i am not in your shoes,,,
but i feel that using the word leeches when you speak about Humans
sounds unkind , unsensitive......
But as i said i am not in your shoes ....
mirjam
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 19:15:39 -0700, Karen C - California
<KMC528@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Pat P wrote:
>
>> "Karen C - California" <KMC528@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:3oj3krF65hg5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>I find your position to be somewhat puzzling. Being too lazy to work is
>>>bad if you're poor, but perfectly acceptable if your family has a little
>>>extra money and falls for your guilt trips?
>>
>>
>> Why should anyone feel guilty if they don`t want to work, as long as they
>> aren`t a drain on anyone else???
>>
>
>
>Obviously the idiom doesn't translate in the UK. "To lay a guilt trip
>on someone" = making them feel guilty if they don't do what you want
>them to.
>
>Used in a sentence:
>If you don't donate to the panhandler, he lays a guilt trip on you that
>he's going to die of starvation.
>
>It's not that the leech feels guilty about not working, but that he
>makes the family feel guilty if they don't give him money. Some
>techniques are "Dad, you owe me because of my bad childhood" and
>"boohoo, if you REALLY loved me...."
>
>Personally, I refuse to feel guilty, and I will not be dictated to that
>I have to be accepting of an adult in my household who does neither; at
>least not while I'm the one paying the bills. That I don't accept guilt
>trips from people who want me to take care of them because they can't
>handle reality has caused a lot of friction, but, frankly, I don't care.
> I have enough to cope with, without adding taking care of an
>irresponsible "child" to the mix. That's why I pay taxes, so the
>government can take care of the leeches and get their constant emotional
>turmoil out of MY house.
>
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