Writing It Is Half the Fun and the Start of a New Headache

If you write an open letter to those who judge you then it is also an open invitation for those same people to respond. If you can handle the comments and insults that will come then it can be a very freeing experience or a very frustrating one.

But it seems to me that writing an open letter to people who have already judged you will cause them to have another opportunity to personally attack yet again.

I used to have a blog on myspace. I used to love blogging and loved networking with other bloggers in other formats. It was kind of like my own little variety show. I did artwork, made funny videos, shared personal stories and many were funny anecdotes of things I learned. You know, just the garden variety "making light" of a situation. It made the regular stresses of daily life easier to deal with. It was a creative outlet, I think?

For a good year, I met friends that were very similar and extremely funny. There were a few people that had dogs that looked and acted as weird as my dog did. It was like my dog had been cloned! I loved sharing funny parenting stories and really stupid facts that we learned the hard way.

Then the really weird people started showing up (anyone noticed a pattern on the Internet? It starts off being really friendly then the really strange or inconsiderate people start making strange comments).

There were people that thought I was talking about them. But they think everyone in the world is talking about them all the time. You know those people. Then there were the people that never read text completely and misinterpret everything. There were also the people that can not move on and start lurking around trying to make anonymous insults but make it obvious who they really are (by using repetitive bad grammar or using a sentence they said before word for word). Or the ones who flood your inbox with "I know we haven't seen each other in ten years but you are wrong. You were always (insert judgmental statement). By the way, it's nice to talk to you again" which I would call "It's nice talking AT you again."

I even wrote an open letter blog towards judgmental people and I got someone who responded. "Was that blog about people responding to your blogs about me?"

OMG. That just got to be so frustrating. I got rid of the blog and took a long break.

People who judge will constantly look for an open avenue to judge. If you are going to write one of these letters then do it ONLY for your peace of mind. Because they sure as heck won't ever give you any even after you write it! Good luck! I know I felt better but my inbox suffered a bit, ha ha!