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Originally posted by Bean:
This one does not stand out ...he's married and his wife just had baby number 4!!!! And he keeps coming round to "make sure i'm ok" ... urgh, sorry but i'm not happy with men at the moment ... present company not included

uhhh...run away. far, far away. or kill him. whatever suits you when the moment of truth comes.

Dear Board,

Tonight, before I go to bed, I thought I'd let you all know how much you mean to me.

We celebrate each other's birthdays, engagements, childbirths, we comiserate when we are hurting and when we feel alone we turn to one another for comfort. There are some of you who I've met in person, some of you that I've exchanged IMs with, some of you who I've only exchanged words with on the board, and there are some who I've never interacted with but always make sure to read your posts. In some cases, if I were to pass some of you on the street, I wouldn't recognize you, yet I've shared cherished parts of my life with you, and you with me. I've had dreams about you. I've written stories with characters inspired by you. I tell my loved ones about you and stories from your lives. My sense of who I am, of who I want to be, has been shaped by what I've learned from you.

There is only one definition for a relationship that contains all of these qualities: you are my friends.

I am blessed to find a place such as this, and people such as you.

Love,

Alaura

*hugs Alaura*

*hugs Alaura*
I feel like you.

Also:

Dear Board,
One thing I have learnt is this: Never be afraid to post, PM or otherwise offer a hug. People often hold back thinking "I don't know this person enough. Probably, they're being deluged with hugs already by their *real* friends. I don't want to be forward."

I have never met a single person on this board who objected to getting a hug. And quite often, people are grateful because they get too few of them - precisely because people are holding back out of a sense of courtesy.

And now, I am even more certain of this. Somebody PMed me a hug the day before yesterday, and she almost didn't send that PM because it didn't seem appropriate. I think she was a little embarassed because she didn't know how it would be received. I admit I was a little embarassed because it didn't seem like I deserve a special hug for me in this situation. But it feels really good to know I'm cared for and thought of. And sometimes it's the hugs of people you don't know well that surprise you most and put a smile in your face.

Things are hard. Make them easier for each other and send those hugs you've been thinking about.

Your faithful poster,
BtB

*hugs Alaura & BTB*

Dear Bosses,

Please take this into consideration when you are reviewing our reports - each time you make changes, one of your subordinates has to go back through the entire report, word-by-word, to determine what has been changed and make updates to other documents. I know this doesn't sound so bad, but consider the fact that I have done this a dozen times in the last three days, you will start to see my frustration. At the bare minimum, if you make changes to the report, have the courtesy to mark those changes (so that I don't have to compare each word, each punctuation mark between the different files to find the changes on my own).

Also, please keep this in mind when you come to my office in a few days to yell at me when the referencing isn't finished and it's holding up the release of the report. I had the referencing finished last week, but each time you make changes, I have to go back and verify that your changes are supported. Then I have to get someone to verify that the work I did was correct. It takes time to do this, but apparently I am just lazy and need to work faster. Maybe if you had made all the changes you wanted in the first review, I wouldn't have to go back and re-do work for the 10th time...

Sincerely,

Your Frustrated Employee

Dear Dad,

you're right, damn you

Amy

Dear Dancer with Jerk Father,
The weather is bad. You don't want to come to dance today. You are withdrawing anyway, so why bother? Please don't come in until my Boss has sent your father that letter. I don't want to have to deal with him.

Thank you.
Underpaid and Underappreciated Administrative Staff at Your Dance Studio

Dear Fuckwit

You have enough energy to dial the phone, but apparently not enough to open your mouth and actually say something when I answer the phone!

Seriously, either say something or don't bother.

Dear crazy girl,
Just because I ran into a few times between classes does not mean I'm stalking you. Guess what? We both go to a rather small college. I run into at least a half dozen people more than you between classes. I don't have the slightest idea why you feel like you're being watched. I don't know why you'd blame me for this. Oh and if you tell my roommate you think I'm stalking you there is a good chance I'll here about it. I know some of your schedule because we have some classes together, I walked with you to some other classes. I know when you work because YOU told me to come hang out with you so you didn't get bored. And now because of your paranoia you didn't show up to help me with what you promised to help me with. Thanks.
Sincerely, not your stalker

Dear me,
Stop getting involved with the unstable girls, seriously. This is probably a sign you're deeply screwed up. Avoid them at all costs.
With love, Your Sanity

Hey El! Where have you been? I've missed you!

Dear Alaura and BtB, i agree.
also

Dear Board:
For all the times i've said "lookit! Alaura/Beezer/Aita/Silverfoot/Murphy/BtB/Weeble/Thirith and lots of other Boardians have complimented me/given me hugs/said someting nice/said something special" i feel like Roger Ebert has complimented me on a review/ Bernstein complimented me on my musicality/ Tom Stoppard complimented me on my use of words.

Therefore i am and shall remain your devoted fan.
Sincerely,
Fins.

Aww, thanks Bean. I've been busy with school. And when I do get on here I tend to lurk because I can't think of anything to say.

Dear Idiot that almost drove into me today:

Hello? Red eight-sided sign? Says STOP? Can you read or are you just abusing your liver earlier than normal?

Dear ex-neighborlady with no sex life:

I will not miss you. I will not miss your yappy dog. May your future neighbors be as uptight as you.

Go in peace and enormous dislike.

Sincerely,
Apathy

Dear landlord:

Thank you for understanding that we are not freaks for having sex.

*hugs*

Gratefully,
Apathy

Hello Idiot,

Hope you and your "girlfriend" had a nice weekend...I hate you both...don't think i'm stupid

Your Ex,

Bean

P.S What goes around comes around

quote:

Originally posted by Apathy:
Dear ex-neighborlady with no sex life:

I will not miss you. I will not miss your yappy dog. May your future neighbors be as uptight as you.

Go in peace and enormous dislike.

Sincerely,
Apathy

Dear landlord:

Thank you for understanding that we are not freaks for having sex.

*hugs*

Gratefully,
Apathy

Yeah! That's great she's moving I take it?

*Hugs Bean*

*Hugs Bean too.*

*Hugs Bean tightly*

*is waiting for her turn to give Bean a hug, if Mythos would only let go of her*


edit: typo. (yeah, OCT)

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