Laura Fiore wrote:How do you think I got here in the first place?
Magistical Memories sent me...and to be honest, I was scared to death of the "group" at the time. I'm glad I stuck around, but you have to know that as a group, you can be a little intimidating. If I didn't know and love y'all, I would have skipped long ago...so glad I didn't let anyone scare me away, because there are so many lovely, friendly people here.
I don't think we have to sugarcoat our feelings, but I also agree that if we aren't excited about what we see in a thread, sometimes we can just choose to ignore it. At least that way we aren't scaring away someone who could potentially be a great new friend.
I have just spent the last few minutes reading through this thread. I have been here for awhile and love all of you! But I admit to feeling a bit intimidated at first because you all are such a close knit group. For someone like myself who is actually kind of shy, it can especially feel that way. But I didn't take it personally and reminded myself that we are all unique individuals that make the world to round! And I personally love to be around people who are chatty and love to talk. I may not always have much to say, but I do enjoy listening/reading what you all have to say!
And like Laura said...I am so glad I stuck around and didn't let you all scare me away!!! I also agree with the rest of her thoughts on how to try to be a little thoughtful of how we respond to people sometimes. I would hate to scare people away. Some of the gals from the Webster DT are super sweet but I am afraid they won't come back after the thread that was started about them. I think ACOT is a great place to hang out and I would hate for us to get a reputation as being unwelcoming to new people. They all must start somewhere!
I see where Leslie and others of you are coming from. It is frustrating when someone just shows up here and "pimps" there stuff. But as a DT member we have requirements to post our stuff, contests, etc on various sites. I prefer to do it here since I already know you guys, but I do what these gals have done here at other sites because of my requirements. Does that make me a bad person? Not sure, but that is what I have been asked to do as part of my DT requirements. And the reality of it is that I don't have time to get to know everyone at every site I post my projects. And since I have a wonderful scrappy home here, I would prefer to spend the free time I do have here on ACOT! I guess my thought is that we want everyone to feel that way. That this is the place they WANT to be because it is the BEST place to be!!!
Ok...off my soap box! I almost said soup box! LOL!!!!
So how was the sex Leslie? Or did you go with the sock darning?!!!