Monday, April 16, 2007

Pouting

I've been trying to write a post to explain my feeling without sounding whiny but I don't think I can. An online adoption community forum that I have called home is in an uproar and is no longer a place that I want to belong to. I'm hurt by some people I've considered friends, I'm morning the loss of a support system that I've relied on for so long and most of all.....I'm just pouting because my home is gone.

4 comments:

Amanda said...

Ooh, I'm sorry... The internet can be pretty crazy sometimes, it seems like some people say things that would never even enter their mind in person.

I hope you can find a new home :-)

Maggie said...

I'm sorry, too. I know I used to rely pretty heavily on an online forum for Russian adoption, but a lot negative people hung out there. It wasn't a safe place to comment or ask questions.

Yondalla said...

I'm sorry too. I have had to leave support communities that I had thought were safe.

The loss of the support is difficult, but for me it was the sense of having been betrayed that really hurt.

Anonymous said...

Long time lurker - but I have been there/done that, and had to run away from an online forum that had become too angry and unsafe. If you are interested, I now spend what time I have at http://www.adoptionfriendly.com/index.php which seems pretty normal. I don't post much but I read.