Problem: TextEdit and RTF

Since a while TextEdit opens RTF documets as PLAIN TEXT and makes my life harder... what would be the solution?
this is what I get to see when I try to open an RTF document created with TextEdit:
"{\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\cocoartf824\cocoasubrtf440
{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset77 Helvetica;}
{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}"
that's the heading... sort of... what should I do to make it work again?

I am having great difficulty opening a file in .rtf format on mail or any other applications. My only question is why? I am trying to receive posts via e-mail and it just does not work. Text edit (default opens a blank screen) with a flashing bar, and pages gives me a 200 page document which is empty of all pages.
Help Please!!!

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