Am I a little sensitive today or......

[RedHedd]

Like everyone else has stated, school is back in session so the younguns are probably offline during the day. For me, work ebbs and flows; when it's busy I don't post as much, although I do find myself lurking more. posting less. It's just part of the natural flow of life - up and down and sometimes sideways. I hardly ever pay attention to thread counts, hits or replies. If a post has poor spelling or grammar or is a sticky situation I prefer to stay out of, I probably won't respond; cute kitty pictures I will almost always respond if I haven't fainted dead away from the cuteness.

[Logan]

Jen, I wouldn't take it personally. You know everyone loves you!!!!

I am one of the worst at responding, regularly. There just aren't enough hours in the day. I try to read as many as possible, but if I stopped to answer each one, I'd never get anything done. I feel certain that the people, like you, who are so good about responding on so many posts, are the ones who are most hurt when they don't get a lot of responses on their own, and I completely understand that.

I simply don't pay attention to the numbers most of the time. I want lots of people to enjoy the few pictures I post, here and there, and sometimes I'll even send an email to some of my best Pet Talk buddies to make sure they see a post since things move so quickly in Cat General, Dog General and General. Pam is really good about sending an email to me when she posts something new, with a link to the post, so I won't miss it. We call it "Thread alert"! And it really does help!

Keep your chin up. We LOVE to hear from you!