AIBU - To feel a tad disappointed

I'm with Esspee. Don't 'know' anyone on here from Adam nor they me. Wouldn't for one minute expect anyone to either miss me or welcome me back. Often amazes me that some posters can remember things that particular posters wrote months before. I'm lucky if I can remember yesterday. I regard it as a very congenial and usually pleasant place to visit but certainly not important in the grand scheme of things. I daresay the lonlier of us might find it an absolute haven and that's great. Long may it continue.

We were all new members of that club once. You cannot expect every member to acknowledge everyone's post. We would be here all day, if we did. No-one is being deliberately ignored.
It's the nature of the thread.

I once looked on the Good Morning thread but it seemed like a club where I felt like an outsider so I-have never posted there.Often when I post on other threads, my timing is wrong and I realise I have “ interrupted” a flow of conversation so I don’t get a response. It is not unusual to be unnoticed, so don’t take it personally. Most of us don’t really notice people’s names, though a few stand out as being somewhat dogmatic.

I have never even looked at Good morning threads. I tend to go for the problem ones.

Hollysteers, some of we early posters, don't sleep well, hence the late night posts or very early ones.
I tend to go back to read all the posts, later on in the day and sometimes it seems too late to comment.

I do read your posts hollysteers but not until the late afternoon, when I pop back in for a catchup. That’s why I don’t comment on them, but I will today!

Maydonoz I do recognise your name and I did notice you posting. I often register events and forget names, my short term memory is crap as a result of my brain injury, it takes me a while to get used to who is who. My left shoulder is weak and unstable due also to the brain injury, I’m right handed too, which is very fortunate as I can’t use my left hand. I hope your shoulder is recovering.

I hardly ever get a response on the Good morning thread and post regularly. However I’m a late morning poster being a night owl, so don’t expect it.
The early birds start posting at 5 - 6 so obviously get reactions. Maybe if you post then you will be noticed!
I’m intrigued by the early posters, they must go to bed at 9.30?

Hi all
Thanks for your replies and comments and of course, in general I don't expect individual responses to my post. It's just the fact that I explained about my mishap and had been suffering from a sprained shoulder due to a fall.
However it's not a fracture and I am hoping the pain will ease up slowly.
Also on the positive side it is my left shoulder as I am very right handed and can get on with doing most things.
Enough of my ramblings, my woes are very minimal in comparison to what people in Ukraine are suffering or indeed other parts of the world.
Wishing you all a good day, the sun is shining where I live.

Pants, I did respond to your post, but it seems to have disappeared into the ether.
I just wanted to say that I love reading about other posters' jollies. Just because I have a hard time of it sometimes and can't go on jollies, doesn't mean I resent hearing about others having fun. Quite the opposite!

Sorry you feel disappointed. If I didn't post for a long time and then came back, I wouldn't expect anyone to notice. Posters come and go.

maryd, Frankly, I'm a bit surprised at your post, please don't take it personally, that no-one welcomed you back to GN.

I have been a poster daily on that thread for years and despite going AWOL at times, due to ill health, I don't expect to be welcomed back to GN. when I do eventually post, nor do I expect posters to actually comment on my posts. It is nice when people do and offer support, but no great deal if they don't. There are a fair number, who post regularly on that thread, so its difficult to respond to each post. Perhaps you could try again and people can get to know you.

For me it's/ was just an outlet for my musings and to witter on. Being CEV, I have to be very careful about socialising and I am a very chatty person, as some grans will verify! I miss social interaction and my life can be quite lonely at times. That thread helps me to connect to others.

I find it quite cathartic to offload my worries and then move on to my next novella. .

Esspee

Gosh, I wouldn’t expect anyone to notice if I wasn’t around, far less welcome me back.

Same here, Esspee. I hardly ever get, or expect, a comment in reply to my words of wisdom. And I’ve been here for 10 years.

I don’t do the regular cosy threads though. But I must say that when I did have something to say in the kitchen, the lovely soop made a point of acknowledging me both times. I don’t think you’d feel left out there, May.

Maydonoz I have been a regular poster on the GM tread but recent , for various reasons, didn’t post for a month or so. I don’t think anyone noticed I’d been missing either so don’t take it personally.
I don’t have very good recall of the names on threads and I expect others are the same.

Welcome back May - sorry you feel like that. TBH, I come on here almost everyday/ night and sometimes, just read. If it’s a topic I know something about (usually, not much) I will comment. I love the ‘Games’ thread.
Dont leave maydonoz

I m afraid I wouldn’t really notice if someone had been away unless they were a very regular prolific poster
I rarely notice names just read with interest what someone’s got to say however I only posted on the ‘good morning’ thread a few times, years ago, but felt that there are regulars who talk to each other about what’s going on in their life and I wasn’t included however in fairness it probably takes time to be noticed or included……. and that’s how it goes
Don’t worry i post most days but often talk to myself haha that’s life

Why don’t you try posting on the soop’s kitchen thread? Everyone is really lovely there and you won’t be ignored.

I read the Good Morning thread , but seldom post on it , my life is too boring !

I know exactly how you feel Maydonoz. I wonder too how some posters are more missed than others. I just carry on regardless and like kitty I say my piece and move on.

So sorry that you felt disappointed maydonoz please don’t take it personally as the Good Morning thread is usually very busy and often posters aren’t responded to individually
Please post again on the thread whenever you can, it’s lovely to hear your news and to have you back with us ?

I know several people on GN right now who have changed their name for one reason or another, hardly anyone has noticed.

Gosh, I wouldn’t expect anyone to notice if I wasn’t around, far less welcome me back.

Hello, and welcome back!

Don't get discouraged, sometimes timing is important. I think on the good morning thread, the responses die off before noon. I am in a different time zone, so sometimes I will post something but it's the middle of the night in UK, so my posts get a bit lost.

I do find there are a few threads that are a bit ... not cliquey in a snobby sense, but clubby in that they are all familiar with each other.

Maydonoz
There have been dozens of posters, who, like me have been with GN from the beginning ( 2011) many of these posters have left or just don’t post anymore.
The majority of these missing posters are never mentioned.
It’s nothing personal. It’s the way forums operate.

I’ve seen your name May and might have commented but I wouldn’t get too upset if folks don’t appear to have missed you.

I don’t always post, especially if I’m not up to much or as was the case whilst on holiday recently, others there were having a tough time with health issues and it seemed insensitive to post about a jolly!

Keep on keeping on as it were, these things often take a little time x

Hi Maydonoz - I don't post much either, but have never posted on the Good Morning thread. I've looked at it a few times, but it seems there are a lot of regulars there who know each other. They probably didn't ignore you on purpose - just didn't notice you! Best to stick to threads on topics that interest you