Maiana Forum Posts (108)
I can be more relaxed with them.
) expected me to say. And why? In order to be more liked (again, by whom? )? In order to feel more like I belong to CS (but I felt that already being myself ) or some CS group, if there is such a thing at all (but I don't like belonging to groups, I'm a very individualistic person )? 
I preferred their forum persona and felt very bad about it.
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RE: Everything has changed
I was a member around 8 years ago. At that time I joined CS mainly for forums. I was also single and didn't mind meeting someone. Forums were a lot of fun back then. There were a lot of Irish people and I remember having a good laugh every day. I rarely wrote anything, but I did exchange PMs with some men and they were in general pleasant and fun. However, those men were all far away - mostly from the USA, Canada and other English-speaking countries. I soon left (I met someone on some other site).But, I remember getting a very good piece of advice on CS, something I never forgot. There was a lady from some Eastern European country (I cannot remember which one). She said that there were a lot of Western European men on dating sites who pretended that they were interested in serious relationships, but they only wanted weekend romances. It was cheap for them to travel to Eastern European countries and they considered it to be some sort of a short enjoyable holiday. She said I should be careful. I hadn't thought about that ever before (didn't even consider a long-distance relationship), but thanks to that advice, I managed to avoid many situations that could have turned very bad for me in the years that came. I don't remember who she was, but I'm going to use this opportunity to thank her if she's still around.
I came on CS once again in December. I was heartbroken and wanted something fun to get my mind occupied. I joined many pen-palling and similar sites and then remembered CS. I expected to have a good laugh again, practise my English and make some new virtual friends. Of course, the moment I came - I started getting messages from "weekend romance predators"
Forums also changed (except some members I remembered who looked just the same as 8 years ago - never changed their profile photo
The internet has really changed considerably. It's not much different on other sites. There are many fake profiles and scammers everywhere and most forums are like CS - almost empty with a small number of new members (mostly people who are there for years).
My conclusion about CS today is that - it's a good place if people don't spend too much time here, if they don't get themselves involved into quarrels, fights, gossips, etc. and if people don't exchange any PMs with people from blogs and forums. It's also good to take breaks - shorter ones and longer ones. The problem is that places like CS are highly addictive and it's hard to limit your coming here and to keep the distance from all the turbulence that constantly takes place. I find CS fun for a couple of days, a week at most, then I get exhausted and have to leave.
But, what exhausts me, might be thrilling and fun for someone else.