I have a confession.
I'm still a frequent lurker on a wedding-planning chat forum from back when I was planning our wedding. I joined this wedding forum called Weddingbells back in either Dec 2005 or Jan 2006. We were married Aug 2007. Yet...I....*deep breath* STILL visit this forum daily. We're going to celebrate our 2nd anniversary this year....and I'm still on this forum.
Its bad...well....no...its quite good actually. The addiction is bad. The feeling like a loser is bad. I need to leave & not go back.....and I can't!!!!! When I was in the hospital giving birth to my son...and the few days we stayed in.....I kept wondering what was going on in "WB-land".
Its crazy. I need to let go. I've signed onto other forums & yet....I keep going back.
So to help me let go.....I'm going to do a Pros & Cons list.
Pros:
-I can go to any city in Canada, or go to San Fran, NYC, Austria, Australia and a few other countries....and meet up for lunch with strangers...yet 'know' them quite well from my years on WBs.
* I met up with ladies already from Saskatoon, Regina, Toronto, Edmonton & PA.
-I can get a good cross-canada opinion on any topic, at any time.
* Like when I was thisclose to being suckered into blue velvet swag living room curtains.
-There's a great support system on WBs.
-There's usually good entertainment that can kill an hour or so.
-There's a few book clubs, mommy clubs, fitness clubs, ect..its not just about weddings.
-I can 'shop' in another city with the help & trust of a WBer who will ship my purchases to me...and we've never met & yet I have no issue sending her money to shop for me.
-I've met great friends there.
-I get a gift & card mailed to me every month from one of the other ladies on WBs
Cons:
-I start too many sentances with: "And this one time on WBs...."
-I call ladies I've never met or talked to in real life, my 'friends'.
-I have more 'friends' on WBs than I do in real life.
-I think my opinion really matters on WBs, when really it doesn't....they'd be just fine without me
-I'm too involved in people's lives....and I've nver met these people
-My wedding was 2 years ago
-I feel like a loser when I make reference to something that has happened on WBs to the people in my life
-Its embarassing telling a seating hostess that you need help finding your friends' table at a luncheon....because you don't know what these friends actually look like
-My Husband asks me: Do you mean your real friends, or your WBs friends....when I tell him a story.
-As I'm typing/chicken-pecking....I have WBs open on another window....just in case.
So there you have it. My secret confession of the day. Which reminds me.....this one time, on WBs...there was a 'secrets' thread & then someone started a not-so-secret-secret thread where they told secrets under their real names....LOL...jk...sort of.
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Char...it's Tina from WB...hahaha...I just read this post and don't worry honey you aren't the only one that goes back. I had to comment because all your Pros & Cons are so true. But the Pros definately out weigh the Cons.
Hope you are doing well, it's been a while.
Don't leave!!!
It's elliot5 by the way... ;)
I also think the Pros outweigh the Cons.
Noooooo.........you can't leave us? Who would start the sex threads??
Wait - you might add that to your 'Con' list. Forget that I wrote that.
historian/Erin
LOL....no worries....I've been thinking of 'leaving' for the past year...and I'm still here..I mean there...
lol lol lol!!! That was the funniest thing ever!
We can be losers together! ;)
Holy WBlosers batman! I'm totally one of them. And even if others might not miss you (very unlikely), I would.
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