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Always the voice of reason

I can honestly say that I wouldn't allow someone to make me feel guilty that I have a good experience with my band!  That's giving others control of you. That just doesn't make sense to me.

I can definitely relate to the rants on here though.  I just stay away from that now.  Trying to be rational to someone unrational just isn't going to work no matter how hard you try.

Today is my first day back on the site after many weeks. I was getting too freaked out by all the "problem" threads. Then I read "Bandwagon"... twice actually. It made me realize that yes there are problems with the band but when putting it in perspective with other life events, not to mention  obesity related side effects, it's not something that I should spend my day worrying over. It also made me feel better equipped to treat my band the way that I should to avoid many of the problems commonly mentioned. Thanks to Jean's great advice, the negative threads don't really both me.