Where Have They Gone?

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FlakeNoir

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One of the toughest but most rewarding lessons I learned was to not let other people control how I felt. Oh, their opinions are important. We need a yardstick for self-evaluation. And I like to please people, make them happy.

But letting others drive my mood to dark places is giving them a level of control I don't want them to have. So I stopped letting them do that. Mostly.
I'm working on learning to do this, but usually I fail utterly.
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
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I think I get hurt more by the ones who have stayed here, but for whatever reason, unfriended me.....I honestly have no idea what I've done to offend them.
Some of the ones who came back can be hurtful too.....I even messaged a couple of them, and kinda got the cold shoulder. One even said something like "I really don't wanna talk, but it's nice seeing you around"....
I try to just shrug my shoulders and move on, but I still get my feelings hurt.
...I don't get that...if there is an issue with someone-face it head on, otherwise it's just insufferably rude and doesn't belong in the type of tight-knit community this is...and I also feel the pathos of what the others have posted...I know there are doors in all of our lives where friends come and go-but somehow I still held out hope that the best of us would never leave until the clearing called our names...
 

Sundrop

Sunny the Great & Wonderful
Jun 12, 2008
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...I don't get that...if there is an issue with someone-face it head on, otherwise it's just insufferably rude and doesn't belong in the type of tight-knit community this is...and I also feel the pathos of what the others have posted...I know there are doors in all of our lives where friends come and go-but somehow I still held out hope that the best of us would never leave until the clearing called our names...
I don't get it either, but it's true.

On the bright side.....you're stuck with me for the long haul. Hope your insurance is up to date. :D
 

Haunted

This is my favorite place
Mar 26, 2008
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The woods are lovely dark and deep
Transitions are the way of the world. Arrivals and departures. Some are hard to take, but they go on regardless. I got some bad news about a friend yesterday. He died of a heart attack. Aside from the loss and pain within our shared community and his other loved ones (I was friends, professionally, with his wife as well), it brought up memories of my own brush with it and how fleeting this all is sometimes.

You've got a really good heart, Scott.
((((Grandpa))))
 

Out of Order

Sign of the Times
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hossenpepper

Don't worry. I have a permit!!!
Feb 5, 2010
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To the thread... I hear ya Giant. I've tried ad nauseum to get a hold of PatriciaA with no luck. At one point, Tery's daughter went to the store where she worked and was going to try to get a report. I've heard nothing further on that. The others that frequent FB now do so it seems for one main reason: no groups here. Furthermore, having watched a couple of these groups migrate over to FB, it's pretty obvious that not just the groups are important, but controlling the commentary as well. I won't mention names, but someone I like a lot has shown themselves to be a bit over the top with the power to control the group. I noticed a lot of people disappeared when we went to the un-moderated posts. Oh well, such is life.