Just checking......I'm the good......right?
Have you ever regretted joining the SKMB?
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Sunny, I'm surprised you even asked..all the sunshine you bring...
Who the heck is Quirk and why are they buried?
Of course! Daisies can't possibly be bad, or ugly, right? Well, maybe just a little when they end with "she loves me not."Just checking......I'm the good......right?
If your daisy ends with "she loves me not", consider it a blessing to find out early....before she costs you your life savings, a house, and the dog.....Of course! Daisies can't possibly be bad, or ugly, right? Well, maybe just a little when they end with "she loves me not."
Daisies like to spread happiness
For me the question isn't if I've regretted joining the SKMB, but if the SKMB has regretted joining me. Historically I tend not to feel like I fit in human society well despite my love and need for others. This helps explain why I was a member about 1 1/2 years, I think, before I felt comfortable with posting on the MB. I've never regretted joining the SKMB; indeed, I've always believed it was fate (Ka) for me to find this place, as it was to find sK in the first place. God knew I needed the members here, that I needed to find community here. I understand that part of my need has been about learning certain lessons. I don't know all of the reasons I need to learn here, otherwise. Meanwhile, I tend to avoid certain areas of the site since they don't seem to serve my need for friendship. I don't come to the SKMB to get into certain kinds of debates. I am willing to debate someone, but only on certain kinds of subjects; whether or not this or that movie is any good, for instance. I avoid subject matter that risks offending strongly held belief systems. Imho, this leads to strife and negative feelings. I don't come to the SKMB to get negative or to exercise whatever already existing negativity I'm guilty of cherishing.
Life's too short and peace is precious, and when I find a haven I treat it carefully.
Life's too short and peace is precious, and when I find a haven I treat it carefully.
B, I couldn't imagine the board without you, or Sunny, or Neesy, or GG, or Sheemiee, or Siggy, Nate, or Dio, Or Triple O, krf...So many good people. Heck no, I don't regret it, I am blessed to have found this Message Board.
Oh great... NOW you tell me!
But regret that you mercilessly tortured and murdered a magic flower.
Seriously, I never have been a message board member in my life. This is the ONLY board I am a member of. This is the ONLY board I want to be a member of. Not that I am a Stephen King 'crazy' fan, but I don't feel the need to go anywhere else. This is THE place to be for me. I have been a member for a while, hung around when I first discovered stephenking.com, afraid to post anything but finally took the jump and did it. I have enjoyed being a member. I have learned alot of things here, I have come to enjoy the folken that hang out here like me. I, too, tend to avoid the more scandalous (i.e. politics, religion, etc.) threads after being burned a few times. I don't come here to argue or fight or impose my beliefs on others. If I'm having a bad day, I know I can come here and someone will bring a smile to my face or make me LOL. I come here to hopefully make someone laugh and brighten their day. I come here to relax and laugh and share my love of SK and give my hugs to those who need them whenever and for whatever reason they might need. We are Ka-tet. We just are.
Wait... There's cheesecake? Nobody tells me nothin'.
Ah oh, I let the Cat Out Of The Bag!!!!Wait... There's cheesecake? Nobody tells me nothin'.
No, there isn't. Yer too late.Wait... There's cheesecake? Nobody tells me nothin'.
I can honestly say I don't get angry in forums. At some point in my life - maybe the late forties - after getting worked up about being cut off in traffic, I thought, "Waitaminnit!! I'm getting angry at this person, and letting them control my mood, and they don't even know who I am, don't know what effect they're having on me, and couldn't care in the slightest. Why am I letting that run how I feel?"
So the switch clicked on. People cut me off now, and I give them room. I give them no more thought than they give me. People say silly or psycho things on a forum (not here, other forums)(seriously!!), and I either brush it off or respond with something mild. And I've found out that the mild responses get more mileage than a rant exchange anyway.
Save the anger for the important things. Long-distance and semi-anonymous discussions aren't that important in the big scheme.
So the switch clicked on. People cut me off now, and I give them room. I give them no more thought than they give me. People say silly or psycho things on a forum (not here, other forums)(seriously!!), and I either brush it off or respond with something mild. And I've found out that the mild responses get more mileage than a rant exchange anyway.
Save the anger for the important things. Long-distance and semi-anonymous discussions aren't that important in the big scheme.
Nope. Joining the board and the friendships I made (especially John D, bless him) shook me out of a 10 year Mommy funk. It got me thinking again, reading again, listening to music again. I regained the desire to write, and the courage to put it out there for the world. I've been irritated, I've laughed, I've been touched deeply; most of all, I've met some of the best people I've ever known--kind, generous, and loving.
No regrets, ever.
No regrets, ever.