Friend Requests

hijack: chag Kasher veSameach to you and your family!
Mikimi in Israel

Thanks and a guten moed!

You are NOT crazy my friend....but rather smart!

Patty

I agree with you. I friended you and I do not have a pic but it is ok if you do not accept the request. I personally think you are awesome but I would not show my face at all. Do not be lulled into the false security that because there is a picture or avitar. That means nothing. A profile can also be all lies. WE have to be careful and causious at all times.  I just joined and got some creepy message from some guy saying we will meet soon and his love for me will be evident etc. It freaked me out. I clicked the abuse button but wow. scary.

Not crazy just sensible. 

Not wanting to appear like a pervert I will not ask to friend any body from the PS forum by itself.  As much as I would like to see the before and afters I appreciate that I am a man and the majority of people who post on the PS forum are women.

 

I totally understand.  I feel the same way.  It makes a total difference to be able to learn about the person first.

 LEE,
I TOTALLY DON'T BLAME YOU FOR NOT WANTING TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY SUCH PERSONAL PICTURES.  I AM OF THE SAME MINDSET AS PLUM21 AND WAS JUST STARTING TO COME TO GRIPS WITH MY SHAME OF MY FORMER SELF.  I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING BEFORE AND AFTER WEIGHT LOSS PHOTOS TO POST AS I KNOW WHAT AN INSPIRATION THEY ARE TO ONES JUST STARTING THEIR JOURNEY.  
THEN THE FACEBOOK SNAFU HAPPENED, AND I PULLED OUT OF THAT VENTURE.  I AM AN EXTREMELY PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND I WAS HORRIFIED THAT POSTS ON OH WERE BEING SHARED ON FACEBOOK.
SO THAT IS WHY I STILL HAVE NO AVATAR.  I MAY EVENTUALLY MUSTER ENOUGH COURAGE ONE DAY TO POST AN AVATAR, BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND TOO, THAT A LOT OF MY SHAME ALSO RESIDES IN MY FACE AS WELL AS MY BODY.
IT WILL PROBABLY BE WHEN ALL MY WORK IS COMPLETE BECAUSE I CAN'T HARDLY STAND LOOKING AT PICTURES OF MYSELF, LET ALONE POSTING THEM IN A PUBLIC PLACE.
YOU ARE NOT CRAZY AND I DO NOT BLAME YOU AT ALL.  THANKS FOR ALL YOU HAVE SHARED THUS FAR.  IT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME.

You know Lee, I had my naked pics up for over a year for friends only, but then after the **** storm about privacy/facebook issues came up a couple months ago I took them down.  It seriously freaked me out.  But now I'm rethinking putting one or two back up cause I want to help people that are on this journey.  Maybe this time I'll just wear clothes like you did.  But I totally get where you're coming from and you and I have been around here for a while and there are a lot of new faces so I do get it.

Laura

I totally understand where you are coming from and respect your choice. I'm not at a point in my life where I want to share my journey but that can change. Thanks for sharing what you can, it is greatly appreciated by many. Lori

 Lee:

You know how I felt about stripping for one doctor.  I would have to have a lot of wine to strip for the world.  I thinking maybe leotards and bodysuit when I post?  Just saying...