I censor myself. I do not say what I really feel. I know that saying the words that boil inside me will render my argument meaningless, that others will hear only the bile and not the truth behind it.
I censor myself. I type a rant and delete all but three sentences. I make personal remarks and backspace over them. I bite my tongue.
Through My Glasses, Dorkily
12 years ago
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Yeah, if people could hear what my inside voice says...
And sometimes they do, but it is rarely worth it, aside from a few key times. And then I blast away.
*hugs*
My Inner Dorothy Parker salutes you.
Sometimes it helps to type it all out and then erase it. Or rehearse it and then forget it.
And then sometimes I wish I just had the nerve to actually say it.
I feel your pain. Hang tough.
So...I'm curious to know the topic that generates such censorship...
I tend to censor my acidic tongue, to a more pleasant, but still tangy taste for the most part...
But the Mommy Wars? I just can't seem to contain myself on that one. People tend to try and "help," and it never feels like help so much as it does a stab in the back.
I have many posts hanging out in "draft" form for this very reason. Sometimes I just seem to damn hateful.
All too familiar. All too true.
Sing it, sister!
I often write a letter 4 or 5 times.
Me too. Because I worry that I would say something awful about my mother, or my mother-in-law, or, or, or...
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