Leaving The Forum ( Archived) (24)

I have talked to some really nice people on here, Karla, Laura,Cajunfroggy, Landy, Abracadabra, and I will miss being on the forum, but I have so much going on in my life, that I just need to take a break. Also if I have offended anyone on here, I sincerely apologize. If you have not talked to someone in a long time call them up and tell them that you love them. If you have had a fight with a friend/boyfriend/husband, forgive them, tell them you love them. If anyone would like to stay in touch with me, Karla(sweetcheeks) has my email address and I give her my permission to give out my email address.

Peace, Betty G.

Betty, why don't you leave your profile up or hide it and just take a break then? Take care of business and come back when you need a friend. I honestly do not understand why you think you would have offended anyone here. Any post that I have read of yours was heartfelt and honest. I do hope that you find out just how valuable a person you are and don't let anyone belittle you and make you feel worthless. I wish you the best of luck.

Best Wishes Betty!

Actually I think it's a good choice. Real life is always better than cyberspace. I wish I had a real life to go back to. Seriously. In fact, I probably should shut down my computer and focus on reality a little bit more myself. That's kind of hard for me to do right now for reasons I'd rather not go into. I don't really expect to meet a potential partner on here anyway. I'm just having fun driving everyone batty with my silly poems. If I go off line I won't have anyone to bug. So here I'll stay, and waste away, in my empty cyber loneliness.

I know how taking a break is important. See you when you get back, Betty. :)

don't laugh too long magic man
it's not very attractive

Alex wrote:
"don't laugh too long magic man
it's not very attractive"

Once in a while I write serious prose Alex, but for the post part I just pop off cocky wise-cracks in the spirit of a fictitious character. I use that character in a sarcastic way to point out the absurdities of some of the topics around here. I make men sound like they are pathetically more hard-up than they really are often focusing the brunt of those character traits on myself (as writer of the poem) so as not to seriously project those negative images onto men in general.

What's my point?

It's like saying, "Yeah right. Does anyone really believe that men in general are this frig'in ignorant?"

It's also sometimes just done for humor and no other reason.

If you're taking those poems as a genuine read of my personality you've missed the point entirely.

In fact, I put them in the form of a poem especially to try to hint that this isn't for *real*. If I actually said the same things in regular print like as if I'm serious about them people would vomit.

And rightfully so!

It can (and does) get in the way then when I go to write serious prose (or even just a regular post) sometimes because people have a hard time separating their previous images of the fictitious cocky character in my poems with the more serious personality of the actual poet. I can only refer to a quote from Dr. Seuss on that one;

"Those that matter don't mind, those that mind don't matter."

I think that's a good quote for Betty too. In the OP of this thread she felt that she was being misunderstood to the point that some people might have actually been offended. Well, let me tell you something. I talked with Betty in emails and she is a very down-to-earth loving and caring person. She would never intentionally offend anyone. For her to suggest such a thing makes it obvious to me that she felt that she was being grossly misread and misunderstood.

I think we all are misunderstood to a great extent via the printed medium. I can assure you that anyone who puts any negative connotations onto me is fabricating them in their own imagination. They would never even dream up such fantasies if they knew me in person.

So please don't confuse my sarcastic wit and highly-egotistical poems as an extension of my personality. You need to read way deeper between the lines if you're going to read me. I'm nowhere near that shallow that I can be read from the a superficial surface layer so easily. You've obviously been blinded by the fictitious character I create in my poems so that you can't see through to the author.

To be perfectly honest Alex, of all people, you would be the last one I would expect that from. I'm really kind of surprised. I thought you read me deeper than that.

you mean the cat in the hat is not real :_<(


and no green eggs and ham for breakfast either

hhhmmmmmmmm i am so disillussioned now

lmao

Online, when you can't hear a person's voice, can't see their face and can't spend "real in person" time with them, it's hard to know what they think and who they really are.

As for being on the forum? You can't please all the people all the time.....so just be yourself.