Thanks for a nice post, Joy. I think you have it right on... Most Whaley's I know have a sense of humor that won't quit! keith whaley * * * Joy Woods wrote: > > In answer to several letters that have been sent to our Whaley Family > Members, I would like to know what is happening? I have been on this list > for three years and I have never noticed anything like this before. Please > permit me some space for my thoughts. > > To Terry and the lady who was insulted by the joke: You can't be more > Southern than I am. All four parental lines are "deep South", even my > French and English ancestors came from South France and South England and > Southern Ireland. I remember jokes about in-family marriages in my > families. One old uncle use to say country families did not know there > were people not kin to them until cars were invented and they could go to > town. My mother said she went to medical school out of state so she could > find a husband that wasn't a cousin. > > I guess I am getting old, but I remember when people (especially fun-lovin > Whaleys) had a sense of humor. We laughed at ourselves and laughed with > each other over human frailties. We understood that no one is without > flaws. Today, everyone is so angry, we fight back because someone has hurt > our feelings. We try to read deep dark meanings into every statement. > Everyone and every situation has to be handled with kid gloves so as to not > damage our self-esteem. That means we have no self-esteem to begin with. > "We must be politically correct" has resulted in suspicion. This is the > reason that we are now so hateful, we are trained to believe that every > word could be an insult. > > Maybe if we try to understand the lighter side of life instead of hunting > for things to make us angry, we might become a more tolerant nation, AGAIN. > Don't take life so seriously! > > Joy Woods

Is THAT where I got my sense of humor? I always wondered! LOL Leslie Quist My great grandmother was Laura Jane Whaley keith whaley wrote: > Thanks for a nice post, Joy. > I think you have it right on... > Most Whaley's I know have a sense of humor that won't quit! > > keith whaley > > * * * > > Joy Woods wrote: > > > > In answer to several letters that have been sent to our Whaley Family > > Members, I would like to know what is happening? I have been on this list > > for three years and I have never noticed anything like this before. Please > > permit me some space for my thoughts. > > > > To Terry and the lady who was insulted by the joke: You can't be more > > Southern than I am. All four parental lines are "deep South", even my > > French and English ancestors came from South France and South England and > > Southern Ireland. I remember jokes about in-family marriages in my > > families. One old uncle use to say country families did not know there > > were people not kin to them until cars were invented and they could go to > > town. My mother said she went to medical school out of state so she could > > find a husband that wasn't a cousin. > > > > I guess I am getting old, but I remember when people (especially fun-lovin > > Whaleys) had a sense of humor. We laughed at ourselves and laughed with > > each other over human frailties. We understood that no one is without > > flaws. Today, everyone is so angry, we fight back because someone has hurt > > our feelings. We try to read deep dark meanings into every statement. > > Everyone and every situation has to be handled with kid gloves so as to not > > damage our self-esteem. That means we have no self-esteem to begin with. > > "We must be politically correct" has resulted in suspicion. This is the > > reason that we are now so hateful, we are trained to believe that every > > word could be an insult. > > > > Maybe if we try to understand the lighter side of life instead of hunting > > for things to make us angry, we might become a more tolerant nation, AGAIN. > > Don't take life so seriously! > > > > Joy Woods