Sticks And Stones May Break My Bones

I’m sure that you remember the phrase ‘Sticks and stones can break my bones, but names can never harm me” from childhood, I know I certainly do. But is it true? Or is it one of those pieces of old-time nonsense that appears to be wise at first glance, but when you dig a bit deeper possess all the wisdom of a Paris Hilton led think tank on Quantum Mechanics. I got into a lively debate recently with somebody who had posted, “Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can also hurt me” when I ventured to disagree. I even went as far as to post it to my ‘Terrible Quotes On Pinterest’ board. The woman in question told me I was wrong because she had been hurt by words in the past. In fact worse than that, she’d been the victim of terrible verbal abuse as a child. It’s difficult to argue about something so personal and awful, especially as I have never had to deal with such things in my life. But she was still wrong even if it sounds insensitive to say so. It wasn’t actually the words that hurt her growing up, it was her interpretation of what the words meant. Imagine going to see your friends new baby. When you get there she’s all wrinkly with screwed up eyes, pasty skin and a head that looks too big for her body. She’s definitely not going to win any beauty contests, even for new born babies. The mom asks you to hold her as she goes to the bathroom and while she is out of the room you decide to tell the baby the cold hard truth, that she looks like a w...
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