Dear Nichole:

No need to apologize to me for not posting for a while. Post whenever you want to  post. I am okay if you next post this evening, a week from now, a month.. or even a year.  I want you to feel comfortable to post whenever you feel like posting.

Regarding people who are cruel, their cruelty “most likely isn’t even their fault, someone was probably cruel to them”-but it is their fault, a person’s cruelty is a person’s fault.

“I have so much compassion for these people”- for people who are cruel to you? Not a good idea, such compassion will keep you available to a cruel person’s cruelty.

What was your aunts most passive aggressive and manipulative (cruel) behavior toward you recently?

I am asking because I want to understand better your dilemma regarding staying with her vs renting a shared house with four other women.

anita