TO ALL OF YOU THAT ARE BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE

mpdpsr
on 8/27/08 7:24 am - malvern, AR
 TODAY IS B@TCHFEST WED.
I WILL JOIN IN BUT ON MY OWN POST.
NEED NO REPLIES

I HAVE REFERRED MANY MANY FRIENDS TO SHARE THE MOST WONDERFUL THING AND WONDERFUL WEBSITE I HAVE EVER BEEN A PART OF.
I HAD ONE THAT HAPPENED TO CHECK IN ON THE DAY OF TEARING SOME ONE APART ON HERE.   NEEDLESS TO SAY, SHE WON'T BE VISITING THIS BOARD AGAIN.  I TOLD HER ANYTIME I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING I COME HERE BEFORE I CALL MY DOC, ESPECIALLY ON THE SILLY THINGS, OR DAYS I FEEL BLUE, I COME HERE.

I TOLD ALL TO AVOID CERTAIN BOARDS, BECAUSE IF THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE YOUR MIND SET TO, DON'T STRAY FROM THIS BOARD!!!!

I AM ASHAMED TO CALL MYSELF AN OH LAPBAND BOARD MEMBER.
I THOUGHT WE WERE BETTER THAN THAT.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WE ALL HAVE SKELETONS IN OUR CLOSETS!!!!
WE ALL DON'T KNOW THE STORY BEHIND EACH OTHERS SKELETONS, OR THE EXCUSE OR THE TRUTH!!!!!

I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE CLOSE FRIENDS, I DON'T MEAN THAT RUDE, BUT MOST OF YOU LIVE NO WHERE CLOSE TO ME, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO SOCIALIZE.  BUT I AM NOT ON HERE TO HAVE SOMEONE BASH AND TRASH ME THE WAY I HAVE BEEN TRASHED MY WHOLE LIFE, FOR BEING FAT!!!!!!!

THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US OUR WHOLE LIVES OF BEING CALLED FAT!!!!!
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL!!!
 

Highest/Preop/Goal/Current 
220/205/130/141.5

 

Nancy W
on 8/27/08 7:30 am
What are you talking about?
  
Jean M.
on 8/27/08 7:30 am
Revision on 08/16/12
I think I know the posting activity you're referring to, and I don't blame your friend for being turned off by it.

But online forums (in my limited experience) are open forums, and like in 12-step meetings, you have to take what you like and leave the rest.

Despite the activity you're protesting, I still think there's a lot of good information and support available here if you stick with it and keep a sense of humor.

Jean

Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success  with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon.  Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com 

   

 

 

 

SassySuzi
on 8/27/08 7:43 am - CA
I do agree, I have seen a lot of bashing here than when I first started and that is a shame as we should all be about the support.  I can't go to support groups as they are the same, they call people names if they did not choose the surgery they did.....here I can choose what to click on and read and what to click and move forward...I wish I could do that at the support groups....Pick and choose and move away from the negative ones, just as we choose to do in life.
YdnicKay
on 8/27/08 7:58 am - NE
This is so sad.  I agree with Jean.  Take what you need and leave the rest.  I haven't had my surgery yet and I haven't even talked to my surgen about what I need to be doing to be ready, and my surgery is scheduled for 10/28.  So this site is very important to me with a lot of information.  I hope everyone sticks around.  It disappoints me to read the last few days of Post.  I hope it is over.
DrTina
on 8/27/08 8:00 am - Beaverton, OR
 It was a bit harsh-but on the other hand tell your friend to read boards on more than one occasion before they decide whether we are all evil bashers or if she came in on a bad day.  I was surprised by the popularity of that particular post but on the other hand I have been here many many time and found reams of help and support.

I would hate many of even my personal friends to judge how I live my life based on one random visit to my house on a crazy day where the babies are crying and my kitchen is full of dishes and my toilets haven't been cleaned.  consider that day to be one of those ugly days and come back another time!
Jean M.
on 8/27/08 8:09 am
Revision on 08/16/12
"I would hate many of even my personal friends to judge how I live my life based on one random visit to my house on a crazy day where the babies are crying and my kitchen is full of dishes and my toilets haven't been cleaned.  consider that day to be one of those ugly days and come back another time!"

So well put!  There are days when I wouldn't want anybody to see the way I'm living my life, and other days when I'm quite proud of it.  My good, true friends love me no matter what...  And that is what I have found here at OH on the whole.

Jean

Jean McMillan c.2009-2013 - Always a bandster at heart
author of Bandwagon (TM), Strategies for Success  with the Adjustable Gastric Band & Bandwagon Cookery. Bandwagon for Kindle now available on Amazon.  Read my blog at: jean-onthebandwagon.blogspot.com 

   

 

 

 

Yelena K.
on 8/27/08 8:02 am - Plymouth, MN
I am oblivious to what's going on.... and I suppose I like to keep it that way! So for all the 20 nasty people there are 2,000 fun lovely people! Hehe :-) Love you!

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Kris M.
on 8/27/08 8:03 am - Near Dallas, TX
Unfortunately, no message board will ever be perfect.  There will always be people who disagree or don't get along...same as in life.  If you need support or encouragement, for the most part you will find that here.  If you don't want DRAMA, you have to choose which posts to look at or if you see some and don't like it you have to decide to move on.  No one here will "grow up" unless they choose to...certainly not by being told to.
There are impostors, trolls and some unfortunately just plain hateful people.  There are also LOTS AND LOTS of great people here.
This, like any other board is diverse and can be a crazy place.  It takes tolerance and patience...just like life.  Of course, coming here is optional....either you choose to take something good from it or you only see the bad...it's up to you.

Kris M.   Ignorance is bliss...but not when you're aware of it!!
    
Sharon1950
on 8/27/08 9:32 am - Amory, MS
I can add nothing to Kim's post or take anything away! Spoken like a true Southern lady!
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