You Ruined My Mylot Party You Unmannerly Cad!

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Do you consider it good manners to criticize, then rationalize your criticism, of your loved ones in public, on public forums, or anywhere else for that matter, that removes the expectation of privacy between you and them? Let me make it clear that here on mylot, we have a unique environment where many of us post about our personal lives and the ups and downs and yes, even the ins and outs of our more personal relationships. But we do it with humor, grace and respect. We rant without pointing specifically at the subject of our rants in such a way as to make them a figure of ridicule or contempt. Until recently I haven't seen anyone who was the subject of such a discussion *show up* and take their loved one to task publicly. I was, quite literally, astounded at the reaction I encountered here over the last few days by one such *loved one*. Now I agree that everyone has the right to state their opinion. What floored me was that within a very short time I felt like I was at a party where someone's hubby showed up drunk and proceeded to berate his wife and everyone else within earshot that dared to intervene on the wife's behalf. Everyone flirts at a party - that's half the fun of partying for crying out loud. And mylot is like a party where you can go from group to group, flirt here, have a serious discussion there, get tipsy and silly over there and so on. But it's all VIRTUAL! Helllllllooo! Most of us click offline, and out of sight, out of mind. If someone feels the need to make a point of a personal point in a pointed way, at least have the creativity to post a discussion about it without making it obvious who you are pointing at. In other words, show some respect. How do you deal with *wet blankets* at your mylot parties? Wring them thoroughly and hang them out to dry or just beat them with rug beaters until they cry uncle? Personally, I prefer the latter, but wet blankets can be stubborn don't you think?