No more kisses, I cannot stand it, it has to stop!

Perhaps we need a jocularity alert system 🤣 so that people don't think a post is moany and miserable when it's meant to be jokey. Some people do put a "mood" warning in their thread title.

Not being able to see a person's face makes so much difference to how one interprets – how one can interpret – what they're saying.

Yammy

Bubbles71

Yes, you are being unreasonable you miserable old bag!

I think probably Sago because they are miserable old bags and are just waiting to write a miserable comment that shows how they feel about themselves, miserable old bags!!!

agreed.. what on earth does it matter.. most people are just being pleasant and trying to get by.. there's so much grimness out there we really need to support each other

...there's so much grimness out there we really need to support each other

Yes - you're right. I can see how calling someone a "miserable old bag" is supportive.

I have a couple of friends who never use kisses or hearts in messages, so I respect that and tend not to do to them. But it does make wonder if that's a sign of the 'type' of friendship they want with me. So it's a smiley face from them and just about any other emoji you'd care to mention, so long as there's no hearts. 🤔

Saggi

….oh, and Tenko. ….use Ms.

Some women complain about ms too

I put a kiss at the end of messages to friends and relatives. I wouldn't do it for anyone else but I suppose people mean well - though it does rather devalue the sentiment.

People say lots of things that perplex me - especially "take care". Again, it's meant well but it's fairly meaningless. Or "see you/see you later" when it is unlikely that I will ever see that person again.

I have never added kisses to messages - even to friends. I tend to just add my name or even my initial, They can tell by the email adddress who the message is from. If I am replying to a message or in a conversation I dont find it necessary to add a greeting or signature at all. You wouldnt in a real life conversation so why do it in an email?

For business I tend to use my first name and "best wishes" ot just "best" (an American custom) since most of my customers are in USA.

Dickens

^...there's so much grimness out there we really need to support each other^

Yes - you're right. I can see how calling someone a "miserable old bag" is supportive.

Not supportive at all but bloody 😄 funny.

nanna8

Dickens

...there's so much grimness out there we really need to support each other

Yes - you're right. I can see how calling someone a "miserable old bag" is supportive.

Not supportive at all but bloody 😄 funny.

Why?

Is it funny?