[Boomer]

Good morning, retiredguy123,

Thank you for your response to my response to your post.

I find myself half criticizing you and half defending you — almost, sort of defending you.

In your original post, it was the second part of the fourth sentence about not seeing, followed by the blanket statement of not trusting the process, that mostly caused the reactions from several posters, including me. Words carry weight and words like ‘PTSD’ and ‘trust’ carry a lot of weight, as does the word ‘veteran.’

Those two sentences were perceived by some of us to be kicking someone who is down — down due to circumstances that were not of their own making and that’s what started the criticism, along with the unfair judgment of the qualifying process as not being worthy of trust — which was a statement that painted with a very wide brush.

Military experience ( both good and bad) gives a perspective on a lot of things that those who have not served cannot understand. My guess is that you were never in the military. But — the fact that your favorite charity helps veterans speaks well of your respect for veterans and shows that you care — so for that part, I can see that your actions speak louder than words. . .Maybe just try to be more aware of the weight of words.

And sooooo, I still say you stepped in it, BUT like in a lot of cases of “stepping in it” — I don’t think you really meant to.

Boomer