Dear Bettina,
It's the Moderators Cat you want to be friends with. To cross reference the movie "Pretty Woman" when the manager says "The maids know everything". Well, the Moderators Cat knows EVERYTHING.
I've been responding for 2 years and have a good friendship with the one they call Geoff who has 2 dogs in his avatar. The old BB site had a whole bunch of about 12 friends in a closely knit core but only a few transferred to the new BB site - Scotty2013 is one. Scotty used to joke that all we needed to fix ourselves was a bit of burnt pavlova, or burnt pav. We used to joke about that all the time when support was needed. Plus, 95% used their real names.
I find the number of new members very encouraging although I'm still a bit perturbed when I am responding to an anonymous user name (without gender) that seems more like a title from a Stephen King novel. But, that's the new system.
I hardly post at all - maybe once every couple of hours........I would have to say that any responding or posting is beneficial. You can't always get such a diverse advisory canter when you are sitting in the stirrups of the counselling chair. So, Tally Ho ! Or as the latest "Lone Ranger"movie led to clarifying, it's "Hi Yo Silver !" NOT "Hi Ho Silver !".
I hope you find your own "Hi Yo" or "Hi Ho" in these Boards. And be nice to the moderators. The line between rant and abuse is ever correcting.
Adios, David.
PS A GP can put you on a Mental Health Plan and organise free counsellinig. Mmm. Probably should have put that first. But, experience has taught me that most will respond to the last bit of info first in a post or email. We tend to be friendly on BB as we are in similar situations within our uber communities.
