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Judith Sabalauskas's avatar

"Gaslighting" originates from the 1938 stage play Gas Light by British playwright Patrick Hamilton. The husband would dim the gaslights and tell his wife they were not dimmer in order to drive her crazy. Yep. "In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black." Song lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie.

Yes, I will sign your book when I see you next month in NH as part of my stay in balance plan!

Jean E Ellison's avatar

Our recent cruise to Alaska was both a first cruise and first destination on my bucket list. Magnificent. I'll tell you about it when I see you in June.

Judith Sabalauskas's avatar

A cruise is a good way to restore balance. I'm looking forward to pictures!

donna sophia's avatar

Judiff, so don’t know where the term Gaslighting originated. If one does not have confidence and or has Catholic guilt, we are the proud recipients of this horrible word. But to be fair, I feel we all get satisfaction in zingers when one hurts us. 🙋‍♀️🤷‍♀️ Donna. PS hope to get my copy of Ona’s tears signed in June.

Judith Sabalauskas's avatar

Sorry, this is where my reply to you should have been posted, Donna.

"Gaslighting" originates from the 1938 stage play Gas Light by British playwright Patrick Hamilton. The husband would dim the gaslights and tell his wife they were not dimmer in order to drive her crazy. Yep. "In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black." Song lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie.

Yes, I will sign your book when I see you next month in NH as part of my stay in balance plan!

donna sophia's avatar

Hmmmm interesting. Thank you J for dotting your 👁️ and crossing your ☕️’s 😊

Marisol Muñoz-Kiehne's avatar

To find light, balance

while treading on dark quagmire.

“Modern world” challenge.

Judith Sabalauskas's avatar

I love the way you find a poem in my post.