# Am I mean?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-mean/683208>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 8, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-mean/683208 "2014-03-08T17:48:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-mean/683208/41 "2014-03-11T14:53:41Z")

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> [@j666](#):
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> But there is a way do to that, **Bozuit**.
> 
> One starts with, “Little sister, you know I have been in your shoes and I have made my mistakes …”
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> One ends with, “… and I know you will do just fine, but I want to make it a little easier on you.”
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> One speaks with humor and affection.
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> One leaves out race.

Well we only have one version to go on, and the race thing came up later and is nothing to do with the OP, so I’m pretty much ignoring it.

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