You just seem to have a blunt personality, is all, Ali, that is to say that you tend to get right to your point, I don't get the impression that you necessarily
mean anything by it.
Unfortunately, not everyone knows that, so sometimes folks
read your words more strongly than you meant to
write them. It happens to everyone at some point -- anyone who does much writing, anyway.
It's one of the challenges inherent in a written exchange like this. As you've probably noticed, I try to compensate for it with (lots of) smilies ... well, that and being a lot wordier than I'd be if I could count on my tone coming through with the written words. But the simple fact that we all have to struggle with (to one degree or another) is that it's tough sometimes to write something that says just exactly what you mean to the fellow who's reading it.
