Under Assault

I recently "agreed" to co-author a blog on dating. We were going to provide a point/counter point dialogue on dating from a man and a woman's perspective. The only agreement that we had was that the points would not be "personal". It sounded like a good idea to me because we both share a passion for writing, we have vastly differing view points, and I thought it could be funny. Although my co-author did not mention my name, I thought one of her first blogs was a personal attack on me and it was in response to a blog I had written several months ago. If I respond, everyone who reads her blog is going to know it was me. When I pointed out that I thought her blog was personal, her response was basically "Why did you write what you did?" Was I stupid for writing what I did? There is no doubt in my mind. My point is that she violated an agreement we had by making a personal attack on me. I could retaliate but what purpose would that serve? I often fail to remember that when you put yourself out there in cyberspace, words can have a powerful impact, both negative and positive, even if only one person reads it.