Morgan -- great tunes! They are two of my favourites.

Upstream: I'm in complete agreement that the "get over it" statement was inappropriate. Another way of seeing a lack of understanding is that it is ignorance...either the ignorance of being unlearned about something, or a chosen ignorance -- a not wanting to know. I've experienced the chosen ignorance from some of my immediate relatives -- one insists that I'm simply crazy and lazy and he leaves it at that. I've chosen not to engage with him because he doesn't want to learn, and he seems to have closed his mind to anything other than his own opinions.

With my own ignorance...I have learned to approach my own lack of knowing with curiousity and respect. I always ask questions, if the other person is open to conversation...and I love to learn.

I hope this clarifies where I'm coming from

Roo