A thought .. it has been a wee bit quiet here and we should encorage the new faces more .. is that just my feeling or not? .. I want to meet new people.
the vast majority of this comunity is extremely tight knit....it is daunting to try and merge into it, speaking from experience, even now sometimes i feel outside!!! i think it should be made more open, in-jokes are fine, but make sure there are things for everyone
tight knit .. in what way in ecluding others .. nahhh but close yes .. you will feel on the outside a little kier because maybe you havent been running rounds stone circles naked i am not sure. But i cam here in dec .. and I jumoed straight into it and now I am thinking of kickignsal off and running the show myself!! .. only kidding sal. the point is its up to you to get out and meet us .. and if you do you will find us really approchable ..
i don't drive, and have to save every penny as i am skint and hoping to go to uni! most of you lovely folks live up yorkshire way, which is a way for me to go and i am just reflecting the views of others...i feel i am welcomed by many from this comunity, but after how long? all those confusing in jokes, and stuff i would of course like to meet some of you and i'm sure i will at beaut days and other places, but it's not just that, before you even start planning to meet people, i feel you have to know them a bit...it's easier if they're close of course. ahhh, im just rambling, but do look at how many people tie in together through relationships/friendships
Ahh but Giles... There's new faces still . I don't know half the people here anymore because so many new people have arrived (*giggles* or may be i'm growing too chilled out and forgetful to keep up with it all!)... I did help in allowing a most beautiful and wonderful girl to appear though - look out for AerynClementine. Dum de dum... The key is through communicating to everybody with not a single judgement Love, Sunshine Lily xxx tis a good point you made in this thread though
Our faces not good enough for you eh Giles? No, really, there have been so many new people recently, its hard to keep track of! Back when I first started coming here there were only a dozen or so that posted here really regularly, and now the place is booming! Some of those old people have left, some are still here, but this place is always growing...
as long as you approach from behind with chloroform and a rag... i remember when i was here for the first time...i was really out of the loop on a lot of things...but i made up my own in jokes...and now i feel like a part of something...you just have to sort things on your own terms as it were...if you come in trying to be nice and quiet and not disturb the way things are going then it will take longer for you to get noticed...but the people like maon and dok who haven't been here long and just came in and acted like they'd been here years got taken into the group by everyone a lot quicker... my point is...be a noisy bastard as long as it's good noise we won't mind and we'll get to know you all quicker... and why does no-one hand out tea and special cookies anymore?
it has been a bit quiet here recently & its probably not helped that i've just sat back & watched from the side lines! i can totally understand what your saying kier, sometimes this forum does seam to be quite tight knit (i'm not saying it is, it just sometimes feels it) & i sometimes feel astho i'm still an outsider (i've had a bit of a problem feeling accepted all my life so that dosent help). but you people have to understand that not everyone can come to meets, especially the younger forum members, i've not been to a meet as yet, hopefully one day i will!
Here's a new face! Have you ever seen that baby chinchilla before? I think he's a new face! Sorrie, I just thought he was ever so lovely and needed to bless everybody with his new vibes. Love, Sunshine Lily xxx
It's always quiet over summer, it's just the way things go here. That's not a bad thing at all, it's good to see people getting off the internet and venturing into the wide world for a good long stretch of time before returning to us. There are always new faces, and as ever, I hope they will feel welcome amongst our community. Yes, it's close, but it's not closed, and never should it be....
Heya Sal has a very good point, over summer it always gets quiet in here. People are off doing things in their own lives, but the strong family always returns. And new people enter and some leave again un noticed because yes, it can be quite intimidating. When i first joined i was incredibly intimidated by it all, and i spoke to only Josie really, and moonie after about half a year (and of course dandy jaz and sunny). Ive felt slightly outside it all at the moment, as i did last summer, and its because people ARE doing their own thing and people have made their little... 'cliques'. Ive felt a certain 'in croud' has been made and if people arent doing certain things with certain people then they are going to feel left out of the rope. There are lots of meet ups and things that people dont go on about on here, litte groups of forumers who spend a lot of time together outside the forums, people like me and dandy, dandy and roly , Josie and Power, and then theres the other extreem of people meeting up where its talked about a lot on here and thats the kind thats wonderful to her about but yes, intimidating in its own right. Im sure you giles of all people can meet many a new person without the use of the forums, and whats made us a close family which does grow and bring in new friends is the time its taken to do it. Ive got to go but...yea i love the forums as they are. xoxo llama love Fleassy xox
