The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)

[Edwardo Piet]

I'll be sticking around for Mafia and hell, in all honesty I probably won't succeed at pulling myself away from AF but I'm gonna try. I thought I was a valuable member of the community but nowadays I get compared to the troublemakers when I struggle to not respond to them... even though I've always been that way. I don't understand it. I'm no different to I've ever been and I feel like most people used to like me here. Now I just feel so worthless and I don't understand it. I don't want to stick around if I'm bad for the community. It's going to be hard to quit though. I'm not going to pretend I'm gonna be successfully quitting. I'll probably struggle to stop posting. I'm gonna try though. And I'm definitely going to play Mafia when my ban ends.

Tired of some of my friends drifting away too. I just thought that internet friendships could be meaningful too. They always were to me. I feel so depressed.

Love you, squirrel. Thank you for not giving up on me. I'm sorry that I'm not always around. I promise that when I get through this, I'll make it up to you.

I would never give up on you. I don't give up on people. Especially friends as awesome as you.

I was just worried about you and worried I'd said something wrong. I'm a silly squirrel/turtle.

I Skyped you

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I'll be sticking around for Mafia and hell, in all honesty I probably won't succeed at pulling myself away from AF but I'm gonna try. I thought I was a valuable member of the community but nowadays I get compared to the troublemakers when I struggle to not respond to them... even though I've always been that way. I don't understand it. I'm no different to I've ever been and I feel like most people used to like me here. Now I just feel so worthless and I don't understand it. I don't want to stick around if I'm bad for the community. It's going to be hard to quit though. I'm not going to pretend I'm gonna be successfully quitting. I'll probably struggle to stop posting. I'm gonna try though. And I'm definitely going to play Mafia when my ban ends.

Tired of some of my friends drifting away too. I just thought that internet friendships could be meaningful too. They always were to me. I feel so depressed.

Evie, internet friendships can be meaningful. One incident where a mod made an off-hand comment does not make you not valuable to the community. I wonder almost if you have really specific expectations for your friends and are let down if they don't fit that mold. Some people make sarcastic comments, even if they like you. Some people let communication lapse, not because they don't like you, but because they have busy lives or aren't as communicative as you are. Ultimately, it's up to you to take people as they are. Anyway, I don't want to get too into it because I don't think it's healthy for you to dwell on it or for me to try to reassure you.

Thank you so much Shell.

It's definitely not healthy for me to dwell on it. I think it's very good for me when people reassure me though because it makes me feel valued and cared for when I'm in a depression. I'm easily cheered up

Just sorry I'm such hard work

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I let my feelings get hurt so easily. I feel so pathetic. I feel close to my friends quite quickly.

In other news, I miss Gemini. A lot. I hope she's doing okay.

Eh what happened to gemini?

Oh, she checks in from time to time. She's a good friend of mine. She's trying to quit alcohol at the moment. She has my full support and the support of many other people here too

She's like.... super duper awesome. One of my best friends.

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@ Mamacita

Oh, almost forgot. I love you too... my awesome friend