I have returned, but I will use caution.

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Again I want to thank all of you for welcoming me back. I have truly missed all of you. Since joining the WP in Nov. of 2008 I have come to know so many of you in these forums. You have become online friends to me. In the non-online world, I have no friends---just acquaintances at work and church. I am close to my family though. I did join a couple dulcimer forums, but just didn't find them that interesting to me. Although there are some threads that cause me anxiety here (and I see I am not alone in this), WP for the most part is pleasurable for me. By late Winter of this year, I was feeling a lot of anxiety coming into WP. I think breaks are nice. But I am glad to be back. There is a lot to learn here.

I like the advice of starting a thread on Members Only dealing with the anxiety during troubled posts.

It's really nice to see you back again, glider18. WP just hasn't been quite the same without you. Taking a break was a wise move if you were feeling anxious about the posts here. I must admit, I don't post here as often as I used to, and a lot of the other older members (aged over 40 or so) seem to be here less often, too. Sometimes the anger and unhappiness expressed in some of the forums can get a little overwhelming, so take care of yourself this time, won't you? I look forward to seeing more of your posts. Jenny

Good to see you again, Glider18. I admit that I myself have been distancing myself from here for some time.

Welcome back!

I also took a break. I was diagnosed with cancer last year, so I was on chemotherapy and feeling rather bad. I often had no energy to even look at WP. When I did, I usually only read and didn´t post because I had no energy to interact at all. I´ve gone through all my chemotherapy and I´m healthy again, so I´m also back.....but when I first came back, it was all new "faces" (i.e., all new Avatars belonging to new members I didn´t recognize), and it seemed like the "old crowd" was gone- (not "old" as in age, rather as in the people I knew from the time I posted). Anyway, I´m so glad to see you are back! Although I´m getting to know the new posters too, I also wondered where the old posters had gone.

Welcome Back! I am The Ghost!

I would suggest some fighting skills may be needed!

I'm new here, but was challenged by some members, immediately after my first post!

If you stick your head out, someone will try to knock it off.



I have noticed a worrying amount of slander and warring here on WP. Initially I have assigned this to feisty American culture and high school culture.

Lately, I have thought that bullying amongst AS is more prevalent than first thought

Welcome back. I did miss you.

Thank you for the return greeting. I feel refreshed with WP now---the break was good.

I wish you all the best Morgana---I am sorry you had to go through your illness. I will be thinking about you.

Yes Surfman, some fighting skills can come in handy at times. I will tell you that the majority of members here that I have posted with are wonderful people. It was just a handful that I got into debates with---but that was enough for me. I did stand up for myself---but I got too much anxiety standing up for my beliefs.

It has been so wonderful to see all the familiar names responding here---I am so happy many of you are still here. Away from the computer I have no real friends. So you have become my friends.

Thank you all for welcoming me back.

Welcome back, Glider!

it's good you return;