Am I the only one who feels this way...or has PT really changed recently?

[teenster3]

I haven't been on here in a VERY longggggggg time.

I actually just thought about unsubscribing to this site, when I came across this post.
I often visit another post now & thought why did I stop writing here?!

To tell you the truth I wasn't sure until I realized it was something that happened with the gift swap here that I wasn't impressed with at all.

There are a lot of sites I feel I haven't neccessarily made friends on but like to talk so I post on what I know or can relate to.

I think people need to post funny stories along with vents or posts that others can relate to.
Maybe something else to get your mind off of troubles or whatever the case may be.

For me, it's not been a good year & I'm looking forward to 2006 being over.

I did end up having a son last Sept., which is great news.

My dear, sweet, father passed away this past March 2006 when my son just turned 6 months old.

My grandmother isn't doing well & now my hubby & I have my own mother staying with us until she sorts out her life after losing my dad.
Also my aunt (dad's sister) passed away this past Nov.

I had a friend pass away last Christmas, 2005 whom I hadn't spoken with in over 3 years.
Still wondering why things never got resolved before her passing (she was only 31).

I still have my Lhasa (Wicket) & 6 Koi in the pond outside but we are down to 1 tank fish & when it goes, no more tank fish inside.
We also have my old dog (Yorkie, Tango) who my dad wanted to keep when I moved out a long time ago, is now staying with us as well, he is 13 years old & Wicket is 6.

So life here has not only been crazy, but sad, very sad at times as well!

I would very much enjoy talking with everyone here!

Maybe we could set up some kind of funny post to get others talking.

Just putting my 2 cents in I guess.

Tina

[joycenalex]

welcome back tina. sounds as though it's been a hard and full year.

[wolf_Q]

To tell you the truth I wasn't sure until I realized it was something that happened with the gift swap here that I wasn't impressed with at all.

Hi, welcome back. I know that you didn't receive a gift from the person who was originally supposed to send to you, but several members got together and sent you a package....I guess that wasn't enough to leave a good impression though...

[Karen]

Um, folks, remember - the original post in this thread is from 2 years ago ... and teenster, welcome back!

[borzoimom]

Well I will admit- there are some days its quiet, but thats only because I am on here every day.- but it never ceases to amaze me in one night- like dog general- the whole page will move in like 12 hours. I have found this a wonderful site, full of people, and totally enjoying it!

[gini]

Gosh, I was surprised to see this thread pop back up again.

All of us have such busy lives - me too - but I come here to visit with friends - see what is going on and I always walk away having learned something new, or had a good laugh, or at times, a good cry.

Yes, Pet Talk is "us" - we make it what it is - a happy place most of the time.

All you have to do is look for the new kitty or puppy pictures and you can't help but smile - and we have so many darling new babies to see.

I, for the moment, am totally enthralled by the anteater who has joined us.

[RedHedd]

Gosh, I was surprised to see this thread pop back up again.

Me too; it seems to come up a few times a year. It's the holidays and people are just busier than at other times of the year. PT is one of the sites I check every single day. I may not post too much and don't post pics as often anymore, but I do peruse the posts. I must admit I don't pay attention to or reply to posts that are so badly written (spelling/grammar) that I can barely understand what the writer is trying to say, but there's another thread for THAT issue.

I, for the moment, am totally enthralled by the anteater who has joined us.

Ooh! An anteater for a pet? Really? Where?

[gini]

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=118142

HERE!

[wolflady]

...
I, for the moment, am totally enthralled by the anteater who has joined us.

*snicker* Me too!

I remember a time when I was really active and in the top 20 posters, so people actually knew me back then. Lately, I've been away a lot, and nobody really knows me anymore. I think I'm away more than I am here because when I do post, hardly anyone responds to me. It's ok, but sometimes frustrating when you post pictures and get only a couple responses as opposed a completely random and off topic thread that gets hundreds of responses. *sigh*

I still lurk here a lot, even though I don't post much though. I still enjoy and smile at all of the cute pictures that are posted.

[Randi]

Wolflady, we're still quite a few who remembers you!

[Husky15]

Wow – this thread is old. I wasn’t even a member when it was made. I’ll say this, though: there has not been a forum, that I am a member of, that hasn’t had its downfalls and times where it completely changes. People join and love the forum, but in time, most members have a period where they don’t go on as much, but they all soon wander back.

One forum I am a member of used to be so busy, you could practically hear all the people, and threads would be answered just a minute after posting it, but now it has come to a time where a small amount of members are on at once. I could literally hear the silence. But it is slowly starting to come back.

Every forum has its good and bad times. People grow older and get busier, so they can't always be on, and some people just are no longer interested. That's the just the way I see it.