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OaktreeSenior Contributor
@Sophia1 @Flax @Adge @Appleblossom @Shaz51 @HenryX
Is there anyone I am forgetting?
Here is a thread to discuss any issues or problems so that we can keep the other thread just for the stories and pictures. Hope that this is acceptable.
Love,
Meggle
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BPDSurvivorSenior Contributor
Sounds like a very proactive idea @Oaktree !
Also, thanks for reminding me to head over to the writing thread. I haven't been there in a while now. I think the last time I was there, a girl was going into some fantasy place 🙂
BPDSurvivor
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Sophia1Senior Contributor
Wonderful @Oaktree
Talk about on the ball and organised..
What a relief....
Yes our dear quiet Little Bee @Exoplanet whom we all love ...
Our thread would not be the same without her...
Our little Bee has rescued many blanks or gaps in stories just out of the blue as she buzzes away out of sight.
Thank you so much for doing this dear Vanessa
Sophia
💛
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OaktreeSenior Contributor
Oh dear how could I forget our dear bee. Sorry @Exoplanet
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Sophia1Senior Contributor
Dear @Oaktree
Perhaps the difference between administration and creativity...
no offence in advance anyone
just a little levity..
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LostAngelSenior Contributor
hope its ok for me to join this group I quite enjoy writting ,and is this connected to the Poetry writting thread thanks @Oaktree
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Sophia1Senior Contributor
Hello @Appleblossom @Exoplanet @Adge @Oaktree @Shaz51 @HenryX
I have deleted original response to you all here...
I needed to vent and have said what I needed to..
I do not have the need for the venting to remain...
Moving forward now..
At the same time thank you 🙏 to those who supported me at a time where I felt very vulnerable..
Much appreciated my friends.
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OaktreeSenior Contributor
Oh @Sophia1
I am so sorry you did not deserve whatever happened. It makes me wonder who it is we cannot trust. Look after yourself hun.
Much love and hugs
Meggle
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Dear @Sophia1
Sorry to hear of your personal and family health issues.
Regarding admin of creative writing thread. I think this is a wise adjunct that @Oaktree set up.
Regarding sense of being exposed to deliberate hurt on the forum. It has happened a few times for me. Not many times, but enough for me to request that general forum statements of safety be relevant and true to the online environment. There are risks.
It can be very disturbing.
Gentle Hand reaching out.
Regarding deleterious posts being liked, sometimes people who are very manipulative can prey on the goodwill of others and unwitting draw others into acts of collusion. Apparently there is a form of politeness theory that touches on some of these issues.
I have had too much going on personally to put a lot of energy into the thread. I am sorry, but I still love the idea and believe it has beneficial aspects for the forum generally. An important part of spontaneous imaginative play is ... no pressure ...
Cheers All
Apple
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AdgeSenior Contributor
I'm sorry this has happened to you @Sophia1 It happened to me too.
Perhaps it was the Same Post - Which then Disappeared (was Deleted).
There were very personal references, which I found hurtful & not necessary - I said nothing, at the time.
All the Best to you 
Adge
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Sending you lots of tender hugs my friend xx @Sophia1 ❤❤🥰❤
And hugs for you too @Adge , @Oaktree , @Appleblossom ❤
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