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Have you ever been kind and polite around anyone who was your enemy?


As in, you maybe didn't want to hurt them back or anything, and not just for legal and for that matter moral reasons, and is this normal and acceptable (well, latter one) and is that alright? Briefly speaking, thanks.

P.S. NOT ALWAYS, but on rare occasions, I may have been a little bit but at the same time...

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Yes, I've surprised and gave a GREAT HUG to my stepmother, who believed that my sister and I didn't exist as soon as we reached the age of 18. The wide shock in her eyes as I gave her a kind and friendly hug was just amazing.

It was like her brain broke, she didn't know what to do so her brain just froze 🤣

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I’m being polite now 😉

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Well, not really.

First of all, no enemies that I know of.

And secondly, if there was someone I considered an enemy - I wouldn't be in the same room with them - thus no opportunity to be kind and or polite.

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There are some matters I am more forgiving of than others - but also, even if I don't think in some cases they are right and depends also on consequences and other factors etc, I may be strongly disagreeing with them but I may not hold too strong a grudge or wish for any vengeful retribution, BUT... Seeing some of those things in films have occasionally intrigued and surprise shocked me in their own way, common morality and basic law, no offense to others, and victims' feelings, and certainly no further offense to latter, notwithstanding.

I also felt occasionally something along the lines of "If it isn't just men who are this but also err "not men" and with looks etc who can be guilty of such matters however rarely or even OTHER bad matters", can I as a man or just a human be forgiven for LESSER things and just be given MORE basic freedom in THIS life? Or is there actually a lot of de-facto ILLUSION at play here and that, well, in life, no one is ever totally free of any inconvenience EVER and I should stop philosophizing et all like that.

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(Cough cough, SOME of my relatives in my child and teenage hood spoke very ill of the culprits and perpetrators, but I will leave it up to you to decide how "right" they were but POINT ALSO IS - it affected me in later life on a purely subconscious level, hence, you saw me HERE discuss those topics, OF COURSE in that sense it wasn't any type of "fetish" if you understand what I mean.)

(But I also talked SECRETLY and AMBIGUOUSLY about some stuff in order to avoid MENTAL JINXING and COGNITIVE DISSONANCE of ANY variety too, but that's mostly me.)

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On a related note, and I hope you folks and fellas are alright with me on it but, I will be, minus MAYBE some exceptions, rather or somewhat SHY if for instance I had been involved in any situation where I had to confront some attractive lady who turned to dark sides and did something say criminal or bad or wrong of any variety even if I'm not saying I would simply, you know, but also, here I feel especially awkward thinking this or that, so I GUESS I would settle for a routine say treatment instead and ask no further questions like I MAY have done in other cases. Lol. Including stuff I saw in the movies that also surprised me but also MADE ME QUESTION life and reality and whatnot in general whilst asking and hopefully not to demand, others to understand or just nod or whatever.

But I WAS planning at times to duke it out or get past it, and no offense to anyone, but please not too much authority on me here, thank you.

(Feels shocked, lies in bed, contacts mom at work - the usual routine for life for TheMan18.)

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