Thank you DSUsb for your feedback. I think I will try to offer an incentive (I'm a single mom so I can't blow the wad on 'research' ; ) I guess it'll give me more incentive to be serious about the endeavor anyway.
As for the idea that I'm writing a term paper, I wish I had the time to go back school. Besides, I never put stuff off to the last anyway. I'd have had it finished by now.
I didn't want to 'lurk' around the site just to glean some info for a book. I'm a person that likes to be very upfront with my agendas and I don't ever want to trick anyone into sharing personal info with me. Bad karma.
As for sharing traumatic events, this question wasn't for everyone. Some people are okay talking about their life, some are not. I didn't post my initial thread to receive a barage of nasty responses. I really thought people would be pretty cool. Seems that people are pretty defensive. If the post doesn't apply to you, leave it alone. Thankfully, the web is still a somewhat free space and while you may not agree with my endeavor, you should be happy places like this exist for 'exploitive a**holes' like me to speak up. Kinda like America in general.
Besides, when this old broad danced (I just turned 34 ; ) it was $10 a dance even at the best clubs in South Florida (meaning=maybe things have changed a bit?) Just because I had the same profession at one time doesn't mean I would've reacted the same way. I've always been pretty okay with people asking questions about me. I have nothing to hide and maybe something I could answer for them would shed some light on an unfamiliar topic, whatever the topic may be. Hell, I might have even learned something about myself.
I hope that when its finished, it does well and I would be more than happy to share with people that took time to speak with me. Good karma.
BTW...to whomever has the quote about Heaven & Hell (the English are chefs, Italians run the trains, the Swiss are lovers, etc.)...very funny.


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Considering your attitude and what you've said here, I find it difficult to believe you're trying to accomplish anything legitimate.

; my focus is more to the archaeological side of things...) where a lot of this type of thing takes place and i hear about people's projects all the time i am really surprised in the fact that you refuse to pay your interviewees! 

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