Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: babyjane on August 21, 2014, 04:47:19 PM
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I have just noticed in the top corner of the page it tells you how long you have logged in. I joined 24 hours ago and have spent 2 hours and 40 minutes browsing the forum and making the odd comment. It is all so interesting and some of the sections have made me laugh out loud. I think I need to restrict my time or we won't get dinner.
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Take a look at long I've been on! ;D
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I know - I find it rather alarming. This site is truly addictive. It's a gathering of struggling women all sharing and caring for one another - lovely. Dg x
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Oh and me.
I think CG joined after me and has made more posts. Guess who likes to chat the most ;D
Honeyb
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Hello babyjane.
I know what you mean, I look in every morning as a guest but only sign in when I feel I have something to add, or moan about!
I tell my husband that I'm going to check in with the ladies and he knows not to bother me until I'm done.
Take care and dare I say it, keep posting...
K.
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I find it a great site too. I have posted some really moany posts - sorry - as I know at our age we have had experience of many things and I have had some very good advice. I never thought I would participate in a forum but I'm in here a lot - probably too much xx I find the posts interesting and even though I can't comment in HRT I can relate to a lot of the other problems. It really is good to talk and long may it continue xx
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how lovely to get replies, thank you. I already feel better as I think there is more common sense here that at the doctors and it seems whatever the issue of the day is, someone else has it too, or has had it and can share about it :)
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HB I'm a chatterbox once I get going. ;D I joined nearly 5 years ago.
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Doesn't time fly when you are having fun ;D
Honeyb
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Since about 2002/3 :o I am still wondering what to do when I grow up ;D
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I don't want to know how much time I have spent here! Despite the time reading posts, I struggle with some of the abbreviations. Sorted ABs, ADs etc, but DH? Yep, H-husband, now D? Daft? Dopey? Devastatingly handsome? Diligent? Devious? My imagination is fired!
And SL, I've no intention of growing up? How boring would that be?
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Daft.....that would be mine.
My profile says I have been here since 2012 but it has been much longer than that. I left for a short while and then 're joined.
You don't realise how much time you do spend here. It's the popping in and out that increases your hours.
Plus it is addictive ;D. But healthier than chocolate ::)
Honeyb
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Me too HB, I have had a few forum names, started out as ladyjane, must admit I didn't post when I first joined just read posts.
We have had some ups and downs, (Emma runs a tight ship :)) all on MM, but it is still the best forum on the Net.
Ju ju think we are all young at heart on MM :)
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I have looked at other forums over time and this one seems different. On some of them you are only allowed to discuss the issue and topic it is about but on this forum you can talk about anything and everything it seems and seems more like a friendship group. A lot of the posts just seem like regular conversations :)
I keep looking for a 'like' button at the bottom of the posts! :)
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The longer you are here BJ the more you will realise how off topic we can go.
I have made some good friends here. I know they are forum friends but they have offered support and kindness to me for years now. We have never met and probably never will but they are there if I need a shoulder and I hope I do the same for them.
Hark at me getting all sentimental at this time of the morning ::)
Honeyb
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Pass the tissues. :'( ;D
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:lol:
Honeyb
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This forum has offered a great deal of support when I have been panicking about things.
I've heard if forums where you can only discuss the issue and topic.
I'me sure that would work very well, if only I could remember what it was I set out to do in the first place ::)
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The fact you can go off topic is great, much more balanced. I've looked at other websites, but came away, feeling disheartened. Most of the posts seemed full of doom and gloom, whereas here you can get support, but you can also have a joke.
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"SIMPLY THE BEST, BETTER THAN ALL THE REST" :)
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I still keep looking round for the 'like' button :)
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Me too! I'm always wanting to "Like" someone's post. Any chance of it someone?? :) :)
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I think Emma maybe has enough to do ;D
Honeyb
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I've apparently been logged in for 54 days and a bit more, however, as I've been 'here' for 5 years <shrug> ?
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I still keep looking round for the 'like' button :)
Don't mean to be rude Babyjane but i am glad there isn't a like button on here.
Sorry going off topic a bit here but i went on to facebook for the first time recently where the like buttons are.
I looked around for people i know and found an old friend out in Oz but i am going to have to leave it all alone now and delete myself - can't pin point it but there is something about facebook that felt very strange - my children are caught up in it - i sort of wish now that they weren't but i won't be able to change that.
Anyone else feel like i do ?
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Yep. Would never join FaceBook ……..
Because people haven't kept physical contact: i.e. phone calls, c..mas cards etc. : our card lists have halved in recent years. A couple of friends have popped up via e-mail which I OK-ish ………
I was away from the computer for 3 days and missed you all :-\ ……….. if I'm on holiday it's not as bad as we are doing stuff. It was 4 pages to catch up with today! :D
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I adore facebook. You only need to share as much as you want to. You can even set it so that nobody can find you if they search. It's a great way to catch up with lots of people at once via the messaging system. This morning I was chatting to three friends one in the UK, one in New Zealand and another in New York. You can tailor it to meet your own needs but you do need to keep rechecking privacy settings as FB don't always tell you when they make changes.
Taz x
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hattie not rude at all, you are entitled to your opinion. I am not a great fan of facebook and only keep it for immediate family and closest friends and I don't collect friends. I wouldn't want this forum to be like facebook I just meant there are so many good posts I keep wanting to 'like' them.
lets not let this become a debate about facebook as everyone has their own opinions about that :)
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BJ I get what you mean. Sometimes you might not have anything to say, but want to show your appreciation. :)
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I can't live without facebook, love it for my daily laugh :) and lots of interesting things that my "lot" post about or "like" I like to share some of them on MM.
Never in the last five years that I have been on FB has there been any problems or unpleasantness.
If you use FB and you have seen a post on MM you automatically think you want to "Like" it its just an automatic response, perfectly harmless and a compliment or an appreciation of the post, without thinking I have looked for the "like" when I read some posts on MM :D
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silverlady that is exactly what i meant in my usual clumsy way, thank you, I 'like' your post :)
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My apologises Babyjane - i guess i am not into the spirit of facebook and Silverlady has explained your reasoning well.
We have a recent new grandchild whose picture has been posted on there - i have had to ask my son to email it to me as i just don't want to see how many likes and comments the picture has had - but that is just me ::)
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Congratulations on your new grandchild Hattie, grandchildren are a joy, we have 3. When our first came along I was concerned about exposure on FB but it is not my resbonsibility and I had to get over it and trust their parents to make sure settings are secure. It is difficult though, the protective mother hen instinct never leaves you :)
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:congrats: