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>I feel much the same way. > Howver, sometimes the best >way to get your life >straight is to speak the >truth, put it out there >and deal with the mess. > Some people run around >with "rose colored glasses."
Well said. I've seen some great arguments for and against. The only way you can ever deal with your own personal mess is to face it and stop sweeping it under the carpet. I have to do this completely alone, as my family has not lived the life I have, and has no understanding for the healing that I've been trying to do. Because I work from home, I never see anyone besides clients and don't have that friendship base that could provide me with "leaning posts". Then again, the journey is mine and mine alone to take. It would be great to have coaches who - despite their own faults and occasionally misguided efforts - really are in your corner. It would be great to be surrounded by a few guys who are also trying to deal with their lives (instead of being the stereotypical guy and ignoring them or pretending like their problems aren't really there) with whom to share supportive opportunities.
On the other hand, SeasonedRefinement said it best in post #43 - it would be involving family members' reputations who didn't sign up for the show. Personally, aren't you a little surprised that nobody has been sued for slander or defamation of character yet?? Even if it's all true, people don't like to be made to look bad. Someone in this thread once said that they would never ever go out with a guy who had been on SO. That's their choice to make, but I personally would think it would be better to go out with someone who has already cleaned his closet than with someone whose closet is still full of skeletons and cobwebs. JMHO.
Bottom line is that I think the same fears that are being expressed in this thread are the very reason why we went most of the season before we knew about Jill's dad & stepdad and all of the abortions and stuff.
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