I'm leaving WP forever

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Our art styles are quite similar, you know.

I've taken a semi vacation from the May until the September of 2009 because I didn't like the way that I was treated. I came back full time that September. I didn't make any announcement threads.

Same with me. I have almost left a couple of times over hurt feelings - particularly the one time when a former online friend was following me around on the forums and posting passive-aggressive messages towards me. But like glider18 said, even though there may be things which cause me distress at times, I always wind up coming back for some reason.

Surely they'll ask if they're curious? When I left (and I may very well do it again come next week), someone wondered where I went and PM'd me, so I logged on to answer them.

I imagine that it's due to people wanting others to say "No, stay!" and "We'll miss you!" or perhaps due to a more genuine desire to make a general notification so that people wont think that they've taken their life or anything like that. Some people may want attention because they feel an emotional need for attention at that moment, some may wish to be courteous so as to not cause worry among friends, and there are perhaps some who could be temporarily disgruntled and may be merely venting. If there were actually the option to delete one's account from this site it would be more likely that people would actually leave rather than merely take a break, but as it is since their previous correspondence is forever archived here it makes "leaving" a rather moot point or closer to merely saying "I'm going to the restroom, AND YOU'LL NEVER SEE ME AGAIN!! !"

Dear Iamnotaparakeet, Well said...and funny ....Sylkat

Hahaha, I thought you were actually leaving until I read the message. Yet, something from my intuition told me it probably wasn't true.

I had considered leaving several times, but WP is so damn addictive.

Leaving isn't always for attention and an ego boost from other members. I got zilch when I've said I was leaving, but then I am one of the unpopular ones.

Well, Wrong Planet has been around since 2004 and there have been shiploads of people saying that they're leaving so perhaps it's sort of like a matter of supply and demand mixed with the moral of the story of "the boy who cried wolf". Sorry you weren't paid attention to though when you previously said that you were leaving.

There there, I'm sure there's enough unwarranted attention to go around...

Dear simonono, I like both you and Steve Buscemi...Sylkat

I'm leaving WP for twenty minutes. I may be some time.

I'll be leaving for about 24 hours while I sleep then go to college.

Thanks Sylkat

I really don't know because I am not sure I would ask. That feels awkward for some reason. Millie was a dear online friend of mine here at the WrongPlanet. I personally didn't see a post where she left---but she is no longer here. I was always curious, but I never sent her a PM or anything asking where she went.

In my case when I left for those several months on the second occasion, I had already decided not to log in after that. So, after these several months went by, and I decided to come back, I had no idea what anyone had said on my post because I did not read them (I was gone)---I had not logged in until I came back several months later. I saw the WrongPlanet as a kind of new family. And I was leaving this family. I wanted to tell why I was leaving.

On the first occasion I left (also several months I believe), I did read posts because I had been in close contact with some members who have since left (like Millie), and I wanted to inform them why I was going. They were supportive of me, and even explained that they had often thought of leaving at times themselves.

I can say that the two times I decided to leave with no intention of coming back---was very painful for me. I felt I had to leave. And I felt like I was leaving a new family that I cared for. But I had to go. It was sad for me, very sad. And they were hard decisions to make that I thought a lot about. And coming back felt tough to---there was so much catching up to do. But now, I am content here. And at this time, I don't see leaving again. When I joined WrongPlanet, if I saw 400 people online it meant the server was getting bogged down, and many times a screen would come on saying that WrongPlanet was experiencing heavy posting---try again later---and that was with 400 online. Now look at us---there are 1500 online right now. This family has really grown.

When I left the first time, I saw a lot of images in my head. I saw the guy who welcomed me to WrongPlanet when I posted my hello I'm new post. His name is---you guessed it---TimTex. And then I saw the avatar of a lady holding a miniature double decker bus (like the one I have) in her hands. I sent her a message about it and she politely responded. Her name is CockneyRebel. And I saw Fiddlerpianist---a great online friend of mine here, and Strapples with his...well...straps. So it was tough to leave.

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