Nope, I was one of the comments she deleted on her blog. I was a big meanie. I said things like this: "Conversations start from the perspective that other people matter, too. Your comments in the thread showed a complete disregard for the opinions and desires of anyone but yourself."

Problem solving v. venting. Like a said, you're a guy. We want to fix it, not just vent about it. In the last decade or so I've gotten much better about recognizing the signs of when that's happening. Online, I'll just go away. In person, it's a bit more challenging. :-)