By Slanted Light

Oh, no I didn't think you sounded condescending at all - I really honestly did think that's the proper way to look at it, and so true. It's not the end of the world - I said to someone above that it's nothing like being lost at sea because you've been thrown out of your own home due to someone else's war and have lost everything except what you can carry with you, and it really isn't... The feel of it is just so out of proportion to what actually happened - a bit of lost money and inconvenience. Okay, I can't really afford to lose £50+, but I can afford it a hell of a lot better than someone who's unemployed, and only has £55 to their name... It is the kicking yourself about having done something wrong that's the worst thing.... but really, I'm apparently always doing something or other wrong anyway, so even that's not the newest thing under the sun..!

All of which rambling is to say - my first reply held, you're completely right, and what you said is absolutely the right way to think of it!