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Sophie_M Welcome to the BB Social Zone - guidelines for posting in this section
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Hi everyone, This section of the forum is a little different to the others, as you may have noticed in looking around the threads. Elsewhere on the forums, we discuss some pretty heavy topics: mental health issues, thoughts of suicide, trauma, abuse,... View more

Hi everyone, This section of the forum is a little different to the others, as you may have noticed in looking around the threads. Elsewhere on the forums, we discuss some pretty heavy topics: mental health issues, thoughts of suicide, trauma, abuse, relationship breakdowns. Here is the place to come to get away from that and have a bit of fun. Distraction can be an important tool to draw on if you're finding yourself overwhelmed by distressing thoughts and feelings. As this is a section for respite from difficult topics, we will remove posts made in this section that attempt to discuss personal issues. Please use a support thread in the appropriate section for these discussions. Happy posting!

Kazzl The BB cafe
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The BB cafe is open for business! Welcome all to a new chill and chat place for everyone on the forum. The BB cafe is whatever you want it to be. There are comfy sofas, tables and chairs, coffee machines, a kitchen stocked with everything. There's a ... View more

The BB cafe is open for business! Welcome all to a new chill and chat place for everyone on the forum. The BB cafe is whatever you want it to be. There are comfy sofas, tables and chairs, coffee machines, a kitchen stocked with everything. There's a pool outside, a bbq area, an annexe with comfy beds for a quiet sleep, tv, dvd, books and whatever else you would like to have here. Most of all, it's a place to meet friends and fellow travellers for a bit of company. Talk over problems, tell jokes, share your day, escape into a world of your making. Grab a coffee and pull up a chair ... So, with a nod to the wonderful Carole King (Hard Rock Cafe) ... Now if you're feeling just a little bit lonely Don't sit at home just mopin' Come on down to where the friendship flows freely You know the door is always open At the BB cafe Come to the BB cafe They will help keep your blues at bay At the BB cafe Important Message from ModSupport: The main intention of the BB Cafe is to encourage light conversation. Please look after your fellow community members by nuturing the BB Cafe as a place to escape some of the more pressing issues in life and save those conversations for personal threads.

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EmPTSD Version of 20 questions...
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Hey, Just feeling the need to add a few random mates to my handful, so here we go! 20 questions (condensed to 10 haha) that can help start a conversation with just about anyone, find people with similar interests or assist us help someone in need...i... View more

Hey, Just feeling the need to add a few random mates to my handful, so here we go! 20 questions (condensed to 10 haha) that can help start a conversation with just about anyone, find people with similar interests or assist us help someone in need...if there is any questions you aren't comfortable with answering, just swap it with one of your own no pressure, just want to have a chat with fellow Aussies I'll go first...here we go! 1. Favourite Colour: Red 2. Fail-Safe Way to Make You Smile: Watching any Robin Williams movie always gets me chuckling.. 3. Favourite Animal: Meerkat 4. State Where You Were Born/Live: Born in Melbourne, living in Brisbane... 5. Dog or Cat: Dogs always and forever 6. Favourite Movie/TV Show: Any games show, currently watching reruns of wheel of furtune hehe 7. Android or Apple or Windows: Android all the way 8. Favourite Activity: Playing Volleyball/Painting 9. Something You're Passionate About: Children's rights 10. Freebie Question: Farourite Poem - A gloom of one's own. A gloom of one's own, a picture or two. A chair by the window, a sad little view. Of yourself walking by, in the street all alone. What a wonderful thing, is a gloom of one's own.

mmMekitty End of 2021, Holiday, Humbug, or what?
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Hello everyone, It's getting close to 'that time of year', & I'm seeing some mention of it here on BB, so I thought, wonder what people are doing this year? Will this year be the same as always for you, or what? Do you plan anything? Go anywhere? Do ... View more

Hello everyone, It's getting close to 'that time of year', & I'm seeing some mention of it here on BB, so I thought, wonder what people are doing this year? Will this year be the same as always for you, or what? Do you plan anything? Go anywhere? Do you want a grand Xmas / New Year? Or something simple &, whether by yourself, or with others? Will you be around BB over the 'silly season', as much, less or more? I would like to be hanging around here, greeting people who may be lonely, or feeling the stress of societal expectations around these days, such as we see & hear in the ads, movies, & how people always ask 'what are you doing for xmas?', 'spending time with family?' & astonishment if you are not. I'm not sure what I'm doing this year, I do like to buy myself something, because I don't expect anyone else will. I get some food I usually don't have (not xmas food), & to make my own special meal. I Know I am mostly doing this because of the societal expectations that 'everyone' does it, & people seem honestly puzzled if I'm not doing anything, because I don't practice any religion, don't have a lot of money to buy gifts, & don't like the commercial crap, or go on holidays, & such, don't even like noisy parties.. maybe I'll be invited to one Xmas lunch, like last year, (while COVID-19 was a little quiet & we could), but it seems I won't have other places to go & catch up with some people I know, & think of as friends, well, sort of...not as much as I thought, I guess.so I can say I do something. I do struggle with people I would usually see being away for up to a month, possibly more, & because I don't have a wide circle of friends or family I miss the presence of even one. A couple years ago, I went to a community lunch, hosted by a church, for anyone to come along to, & be with other people. I did enjoy that. But I'm not sure if they will be doing that again, yet. In any event, I thought, this year, I can hang around here, Any thoughts? Any ideas? Any plans? Or what? mmMekitty

technooz New Year Feelings
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Hi everyone, With 2022 approaching, let's talk about how you feel for the past 2 years living with Covid and what you look forward to once everything goes back to normal. Let's keep our hopes up and spirits high and celebrate the new year!

Hi everyone, With 2022 approaching, let's talk about how you feel for the past 2 years living with Covid and what you look forward to once everything goes back to normal. Let's keep our hopes up and spirits high and celebrate the new year!

Mae51 What I did today!!!!!
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I am 70 yr old lady who lives on her own and would like to post what I did today and hear what others are doing. Life can be a bit lonely around dinner time and I thought it would be somewhere safe to chat about the day.

I am 70 yr old lady who lives on her own and would like to post what I did today and hear what others are doing. Life can be a bit lonely around dinner time and I thought it would be somewhere safe to chat about the day.

Gothamfan Favourite dc characters <3
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I just want y’all to list ur favs from dc mine are: the riddler (Ed nygma) penguin (Oswald cobblepot) Batman (Bruce Wayne) jim Gordon mad hatter (Jarvis tetch) superman (Clark Kent) list ur favs <33

I just want y’all to list ur favs from dc mine are: the riddler (Ed nygma) penguin (Oswald cobblepot) Batman (Bruce Wayne) jim Gordon mad hatter (Jarvis tetch) superman (Clark Kent) list ur favs <33

LorenaC 5 Minutes with you
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Hola everyone, What normally you do when you have 5 minutes with yourself? no phone, no tv, no work... I normally enjoy taking 5 minutes. Sometimes I close my eyes and I feel my breath, sometimes I enjoy a cup of tea, another I just observe what I ha... View more

Hola everyone, What normally you do when you have 5 minutes with yourself? no phone, no tv, no work... I normally enjoy taking 5 minutes. Sometimes I close my eyes and I feel my breath, sometimes I enjoy a cup of tea, another I just observe what I have around me.

Tam122 Wanting a chat :)
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Hello, not to sure where to start. Feeling a little lonely at the moment, would love someone to chat to

Hello, not to sure where to start. Feeling a little lonely at the moment, would love someone to chat to

LorenaC Three things you feel grateful
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Hi everyone, No long time ago i discover the power of gratitud even in the hard times.Gratitud helps with our mental and physical health, improve our sleep, our perception of life and make feel us much better when our mood is not the beate. Let’s sha... View more

Hi everyone, No long time ago i discover the power of gratitud even in the hard times.Gratitud helps with our mental and physical health, improve our sleep, our perception of life and make feel us much better when our mood is not the beate. Let’s share 3 things we feel grateful for today 1. I feel grateful living this lockdown because it allows me learn new things. 2. I am grateful for my breath because that make me feel i am healthy and alive. 3. I am grateful for my family, because even in the distance, i can feel their support. Thanks Thanks Thanks

Guest9337 Creative writing, solo or collaborative. A bit of literary fun at bb...
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Hi everyone, I really like reading and sharing fiction, so thought we could have a thread on that topic. Please post up your creative writings, perhaps expecting or hoping for some feedback from our awesome BB community. Hi amberlite! Here is a snipp... View more

Hi everyone, I really like reading and sharing fiction, so thought we could have a thread on that topic. Please post up your creative writings, perhaps expecting or hoping for some feedback from our awesome BB community. Hi amberlite! Here is a snippet of something I wrote in 2014, I hope you are reminded of your sassy lady! Feel free to add anything you want - maybe describing Stephanie's district or Stephanie and sassygirl's meeting, or even an "old" memory sassygirl/She has about Stephanie. glhf. She flicked the cigarette into the night, its arc lit up like tracer fire but she didn't see, as she'd already turned her back and was striding the other way. Before the discarded cigarette had touched the ground She knew her answer to Little Johnnie's "request" would be no, and as the burning remains of tar sizzled in the shallow pavement puddle She calculated the consequences of her decision. It wouldn't be hard for Johnnie's Crew to take her down at the usual meet place, just too many of them and not enough exits, despite the publicity. No, this would require a rethinking of the relationship from the environment up. She'd been useful to Little Johnnie for a long time, but now She had discovered a deeply personal reason to turn him down, and worse a recently discovered obligation that has a priority superior to everything else. Circumstances, data, observations, theories, plots, webs, truths and propaganda flew threw Her head as the now firmly out cigarette was crushed and twisted to wedge into the left shoe of Doby, a quieteye in Johnnie's Crew, tailing a little too close, but still unnoticed due to Her distracted state. Doby stopped and scrapped the cigarette off onto the gutter and hitched his collar up higher against the light rain just now restarting. Pacing firmly as was Her custom, She was twenty two metres away from the discarded tobacco, when her query to Steph was answered succintely "Yes." which meant that She would walk another one hundred and forty metres to the subway entrance and seek passage to Stephanie's district, literately Stephanie's district...

Here2Talk When music heals
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Some lines from a band I love - A Day Remember: ”All I want is a place to call my own To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone Whoa, you know to keep your hopes up high and your head down low” i think a lot of people on this forum would resonat... View more

Some lines from a band I love - A Day Remember: ”All I want is a place to call my own To mend the hearts of everyone who feels alone Whoa, you know to keep your hopes up high and your head down low” i think a lot of people on this forum would resonate with this????