just remembering someone today

[Guest]

It's been a while since I found myself picking up the phone to tell you something funny that happened. It happened today, I guess I just wanted to hear you laugh one more time. Then I remember and like surgery without anesthesia the pain comes overwhelming and unforgettable once again.

I want you to know I remember all about buttercups and snapdragons and how the ice on the maple trees is sweet in the early spring. I never see a lily of the valley or a sweetpea bloom without thinking of you. I remember and I miss you.

 

[Spinaroonie]

You're going to have to buy me a sandwhich before I let your hand down my pants again.

 

[Guest]

I know you think that was funny, but you know what it isn't even a little bit.

 

[lobito]

*drags spin out by his ear, and slaps his hiney*

unregged, whoever you are. Keep the thoughts coming.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

I know you think that was funny, but you know what it isn't even a little bit.

Yes. It was.

Look, your post was very nice and heartfelt, but we don't know who you are or what you're talking about or why you think the Literotica General Board is the cyber equivalent of stuffing a letter in a bottle and chucking it into the ocean, so sans details you're going to have to expect us to fill them in with a few light-hearted responses, and if you don't want them, give us more information.

It sounds like you've broken up with someone. If you're talking about someone who died and you're in a fragile place, TELL us.

 

[Tantanah]

Yes. It was.

Look, your post was very nice and heartfelt, but we don't know who you are or what you're talking about or why you think the Literotica General Board is the cyber equivalent of stuffing a letter in a bottle and chucking it into the ocean, so sans details you're going to have to expect us to fill them in with a few light-hearted responses, and if you don't want them, give us more information.

It sounds like you've broken up with someone. If you're talking about someone who died and you're in a fragile place, TELL us.

Sometimes when you read a post it's good to remember that you have the option to walk away and say nothing.

 

[binkley]

Sometimes when you read a post it's good to remember that you have the option to walk away and say nothing.

What are you trying to say, actually? DCL's advice was good advice, far more humane than many people on Litty give. He chided with the one hand, and guided with the other. Do you expect more?

 

[Angel]

Sometimes when you read a post it's good to remember that you have the option to walk away and say nothing.

Thank gawd this is the GB, where we don't have to.

 

[Guest]

Sometimes I wonder if I am too sensitive but I have to ask is my naive attempt to share a sense of loss really so misguided to deserve a cheap one liner? Does it really matter if it is death which parted us or circumstances?

Please do not presume to tell me what is funny.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Spin's comment was funny without being hurtful, because Unreg didn't supply us with any real info. And, that's okay, too. He (she) is remembering someone today, and I respect that, and the post was very nice (and certainly doesn't need to be qualified by me or anyone), but you can't really do a hit and run post, with no info or username, and not expect a joke or two. I don't really think it takes away from his ability to empathaize with Unreg should more info be forthcoming, and the issue becomes more personal and real. Right now it's just so anonymous and enigmatic that a smart aleck comment isn't uncalled for, it's just what it is.

 

[Angel]

Please do not presume to tell me what is funny.

Take your own advice.

I myself didn't find it funny, because for some reason your first post made me think of Mensa.
However we don't know what the hell you're talking about so we don't know if you're serious or some fuckwad trying to fish for sympathy.


(Edited because I can't write)

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Sometimes I wonder if I am too sensitive but I have to ask is my naive attempt to share a sense of loss really so misguided to deserve a cheap one liner? Does it really matter if it is death which parted us or circumstances?

Please do not presume to tell me what is funny.

Easy. Share. We'll respond well. I promise. Please do not presume to assume we won't.

 

[Calamity Jane]

for some reason your first post made me think of Mensa.

Me too.

 

[Guest]

I can't get my lit password to work any longer. I guess I pissed off someone high up or forgot my graft payment again.

I am the person who made the mistake of posting about something too personal. The verbal fumblings were about the one person in my life who made me believe in magic. My grandpa. So forgive me if I didn't think it was a funny comment.

I have always loved the board for the humor, the honesty and of course because I met Roger here. But I forgot too the rules of lit are a lot like the rules of the wild. The weak will not survive long in either place.

Gingersnap

 

[bluespoke]

But I forgot too the rules of lit are a lot like the rules of the wild. The weak will not survive long in either place.

Gingersnap

Although predators try to feed off the weak, the strong are always prepared to protect and support the weak.

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Ginger, I understand that YOU had all that in your brain, but none of us did. I had no idea you were talking about someone who had passed. Honestly, it could just as easily have been about a lost ferret. There was no username, no point of reference of any kind. Of course it wasn't funny to you. And now it's not funny to me. But don't blame Spin for anything. Your comment was enigmatic and out of thin air, and his post was offhand. That's all.

Sorry for your loss.

Truly.

 

[Samuari]

I can't get my lit password to work any longer. I guess I pissed off someone high up or forgot my graft payment again.

I am the person who made the mistake of posting about something too personal. The verbal fumblings were about the one person in my life who made me believe in magic. My grandpa. So forgive me if I didn't think it was a funny comment.

I have always loved the board for the humor, the honesty and of course because I met Roger here. But I forgot too the rules of lit are a lot like the rules of the wild. The weak will not survive long in either place.

Gingersnap

Ginger, I sewriously doubt that you pissed anyone off that badly. Email Laurel and ask her how to recover your password. She has a vested interest in getting all the hits she can on the site.

I saw your post and was confused by it, as well. It is hard to be empithetic with an enigmah. I lost my Dad 3 years ago at the end of the month. He lived a marvelous life of 90 years, and was tired, ready to go "home" when he left us. But I still miss him every day. His wit and wisdom, his guiding hand when I am bewildered. I know how intense loss can be. even when it is nearly three years old.

 

[Desert Amazon]

 

[lavender]

 

[Dixon Carter Lee]

Oy. Enough with the Great "Harsh Words" Tragedy. You're being silly. Put things into perspective.

Try.

 

[Guest]

LMAO

 

[Guest]

Thanks Sam I have emailed Laurel but I think it will be a while before she gets around to answering it.

My grandfather died over ten years ago. I have dealt with the loss but today I reconnected with the very essence of his absence in my life. I have been chided for my lack of humor, and informed that what I posted did not give enough information. I do not think anyone meant to be harsh.

Now I ask you to consider one final thing about this topic and then let it fade. When was the last time you just listened without jumping ahead of the speaker in your head. I listened to myself today and now it is time to let it go.

Gingersnap

 

[April]

I thought it was beautiful. Made me remember some of the people that I miss.