Have you ever had a discussion or comment.......

Well we are all entitled to our own opinion, what for others might be good could be as well bad or misinterpreted by others. I guess the best approach is, to explain it clearly as we could. We are members who came from different parts of the world, some of us have limited knowledge about the English language and only a few lucky folks can muster good communication skills. In my case, as long the comment/post/response doesn't violate the guidelines or anything from it then I would do my best to explain my side and hopefully they would also get to understand what I am trying to say there on. And the best thing from out of it is, we know how to acknowledge our mistakes and politely asks for an apology..

It does happen quite a lot to me... But it usually is in discussions were people take things a little bit too personally... and while my wording might be harsh... they also tend to read between the lines... and accuse me of saying things that I have not said. I don't think there is an easy way to make it sound better in my case... because I tell it like it is. If I cannot do that... I prefer not to answer the question... rather than being an hypocrite. Some people are the opposite... they are constantly nice and full of praise for everyone... no matter what. Everyone to its own.

Sometimes People read it the way they want to read it not how it is meant And sometimes they read only part of the Discussion and get it all wrong, so it is not always you who is writing it wrong it is People glancing through and getting it wrong I have had this happen to me yes in the Past because they did not read properly and got it all wrong

This has happened to me too. i may post something that i know some people wont like and i let them know that its just a thinking and i dont think that way, but i still get negatives b/c my star is lower the next day just b/c people cant see how i could think that way. OH well it happens

yes i sometimes have had a reply that may have sounded harsh to me,but i think it might be how the person interprets your comment,so i really do not take it personally,i try to be light hearted with my responses as not to offend some-one.i think here on mylot we will get the good and the bad with discussions and responses.cheers sue

yes sometimes it happens that you wanted to tell something else and the words give message something else! And you may be so much involved in your thoughts that you don't imagine that someone else might be thinking other way. Such response might hurt you.

A few out of 2000 discussion topics, I must have committed blunders by using the description which was different from discussion topic. But then a few of the friends have understood and answered quite correctly. I also gave some rejoinders to the topic to rectify the defects.

I responded once to a friend and I am quite humerous in my replies to people and I never mean any harm, trouble is she thought I was making fun of her and she got quite annoyed with me and I think she was upset by my response, but I tried to tell her that it's just me and it wasn't meant to sound bad and I was laughing with her not at her, but I don't think she was happy about it. Sometimes people can misconstrew what you put when you are not trying to be hurtful, but once you've said it, it's hard to apologize if they don't understand.

It's not that hard to say something "wrong," since one never knows how they will be interepted by other people. It's especially easy to do this on the internet, since there is no voice tone to back up the meaning. The best thing to do if you are taken the wrong way is to explain what you meant, and try again.

I think it is really easy to take things the wrong way , especially if it is someone you don't know! I am sure people have taken things the wrong way but I am more likely to notice if things sound harsh or judgemental and apologise before they can take offence! xxx

yes.... the statement is very familiar buddy, In my openion it often happens with the many people, and then we think that have we written anything wrong or what ?? why he/ she has replied in such a way, or why is he/she asking such type of questions .............

Yes quite recently I put in the heading goblins and ghosties and things that go bump in the night and people misunderstood what my topic was even thought I explained with an example they thought and I guess still think it was something to do with the paranormal when I was talking about the odd sounds you can hear in your home when you are home alone with the front door locked. So my quotation was taken the wrong way and I probably should have worded it a lot differently.