R Nitelight
Her Rock
- Joined
- Sep 10, 2000
- Posts
- 10,003
Did you ever really need the Board?
And did it ever really let you down?
The answer to both of those questions for me is yes.
And that's part of the reason I'm leaving.
This site has been so very important to me. I found love here, and the possibility of a dream future I never thought I would have.
BlondeBeauty, the love of my life, went home on Thursday. Our contact over the next few months will be limited. We'll email each other, and write, and talk on the telephone occasionally, but it won't be nearly as much as we've shared over the last few months.
I've been sad and lonely since she left.
So I did what I always do when I'm sad and lonely.
I went to the Board.
I did what most people do when they log on. I looked for my friends. But that's when it really hit me. Most of my friends have left the Board in recent weeks. And I really haven't made many new friends.
I thought that maybe it was time to change that. So I started reaching out to people.
Then, I started reaching out to the newbies.
That's how I met my Beauty, after all.
I said hello to a couple of them.
They didn't say hello back.
But that's okay. There are always plenty of newbies. Keep at it, and eventually you'll connect.
Boy, did I ever keep at it!!!!!
I went a bit overboard. It happens.
Cheyenne gently pointed this out to me, and I stopped immediately.
End of story, right?
Nope.
Apparently, my behavior upset a number of people. These people passed their misgivings on to Laurel, who passed them on to me.
Madam has shown me nothing but kindness in my time here and I don't like to infringe on it.
Those emails, combined with some of the threads today, combined to suck a lot of the fun out of the Board for me.
Remember, people, it's supposed to be fun.
For me, it isn't right now. Therefore, my decision to leave.
I can't leave completely. I still have to make one post a day, but there are special circumstances there.
It's odd when I think about my place here.
A handful of people will miss me terribly.
A handful of people will dance for joy.
But the overwhelming majority will won't even know I'm gone.
That's life.
In my time here, I tried to make the Board a better place. I think I succeeded more often than I failed. Debate it at your leisure.
Still, love me or hate me, you must surely acknowledge I had an impact here.
And I'm leaving.
Like so many impact members over the last few weeks.
Just remember that a person having a bad day on the Board might be having a bad day in RL. Cut them a little slack.
Good luck.
See you around.
Your Pal,
R Nitelight
And did it ever really let you down?
The answer to both of those questions for me is yes.
And that's part of the reason I'm leaving.
This site has been so very important to me. I found love here, and the possibility of a dream future I never thought I would have.
BlondeBeauty, the love of my life, went home on Thursday. Our contact over the next few months will be limited. We'll email each other, and write, and talk on the telephone occasionally, but it won't be nearly as much as we've shared over the last few months.
I've been sad and lonely since she left.
So I did what I always do when I'm sad and lonely.
I went to the Board.
I did what most people do when they log on. I looked for my friends. But that's when it really hit me. Most of my friends have left the Board in recent weeks. And I really haven't made many new friends.
I thought that maybe it was time to change that. So I started reaching out to people.
Then, I started reaching out to the newbies.
That's how I met my Beauty, after all.
I said hello to a couple of them.
They didn't say hello back.
But that's okay. There are always plenty of newbies. Keep at it, and eventually you'll connect.
Boy, did I ever keep at it!!!!!
I went a bit overboard. It happens.
Cheyenne gently pointed this out to me, and I stopped immediately.
End of story, right?
Nope.
Apparently, my behavior upset a number of people. These people passed their misgivings on to Laurel, who passed them on to me.
Madam has shown me nothing but kindness in my time here and I don't like to infringe on it.
Those emails, combined with some of the threads today, combined to suck a lot of the fun out of the Board for me.
Remember, people, it's supposed to be fun.
For me, it isn't right now. Therefore, my decision to leave.
I can't leave completely. I still have to make one post a day, but there are special circumstances there.
It's odd when I think about my place here.
A handful of people will miss me terribly.
A handful of people will dance for joy.
But the overwhelming majority will won't even know I'm gone.
That's life.
In my time here, I tried to make the Board a better place. I think I succeeded more often than I failed. Debate it at your leisure.
Still, love me or hate me, you must surely acknowledge I had an impact here.
And I'm leaving.
Like so many impact members over the last few weeks.
Just remember that a person having a bad day on the Board might be having a bad day in RL. Cut them a little slack.
Good luck.
See you around.
Your Pal,
R Nitelight
