Geez guys--- I'm away for a little while (hours) and look what's goin'on....
Susan -- hate to disappoint you girlfriend but you're just not that powerful - not enough to make another make a life-altering decision. We all have free will, free thought and free speech and for whatever reason we come to this forum - it's not driven by you (or anyone else) and what you specifically have to say!!!! Feel better --- God, don't be so hard on yourself!
By the way everyone, I'm not the mysterious guest (aren't you all breathing a sigh of relief - you'd have missed me!)---- and by remaining anonymous, the guest has left the door open to participate here in the forum if they want to --- no identity, no risk!!!!
Here's my two cents --- this is a free forum - good, bad or indifferent I know that I can come here and relate, respond, reason, rant, rave and refresh. When I come here I come here as me - all pimples and warts included - because that is who I am - that is who is on this program - that is who is sometimes happy and sometimes struggling... it is MY CHOICE to come here. I can stay, or leave, or read, or post or agree or disagree - it's all ok ... when I come here I take what I need and leave the rest. That's how this works - online or not - we are in a group therapy situation and are here to primarily HELP OURSELVES and support the other memebers of the group --when we are able. There are things that others share here that they don't even know how much what they shared has helped me .... that's how it works.
So suck it up, be true to YOU and stay if you want to and leave if you don't!!!
WE WILL do this together!!!