Woah — first — before I go forward at all, this: “I don’t appreciate you acknowledging I touched on your emotions and skipping out before sharing your free upvote with me. 👍🏿” — what does that mean? My free upvote? Sharing it? Also — you didn’t really touch on my emotions, I don’t think — I can’t quite remember, but this isn’t a topic I’m particularly emotional about. I’m a little shocked right now, or, at least, caught off guard.

I want to try to clarify at least some of the misunderstandings — you and your wife seem to be having a really rough go of it and you both took the time to write such detailed responses. First of all — I don’t really know why this is standing out to me so much, but I definitely didn’t mention UCR to intimidate you. I’m a 34 year old single mother of 3 who carves shells for a living. I’m constantly broke and raising my children in my parents house. I sleep in the same bed I grew up in. I can keep going if you want. If there’s any kind of a competition you definitely win. I mean, a lot of people win against me in that respect.

I think I mentioned UCR, along with the rest of the brief summary of my time in CR as part of an explanation as to why my experience was so different to yours. I didn’t have Costa Rican contacts before I arrived, but I had close friends who were locals by the time I decided to stay. I came in through the backdoor, so to speak. Plus I was single and in my twenties — it’s a different world than when you have a family to look after.

Also — I didn’t think I called you a liar, exactly — I definitely thought I was clear that I didn’t find your post remotely deceitful. I mean, for the record, I did specifically say, twice, I think, that I believe you gave an accurate account of your experience. I just wanted to point out that there are different perspectives and that perspective doesn’t equal truth. I’m brand new to Steemit and I was trying to engage in a meaningful way. This happens to be something I have a meaningful experience with.

Oh — and the butthole and face thing — wait — what? I’m talking out of my ass? Well, now I do feel like an asshole for having responded at all.