I've Had Enough.

[dukedogsmom]

I'm sorry I haven't been around lately. I've been having a rough time, too. I wish you wouldn't let a few people ruin your time here. I hope you can find some happiness in your life. You're too good a person not to have it. Stay in contact with me, ok?

[lizbud]

I have absolutely no idea what has gone on behind the scenes here so
all I have to judge by is the words in these posts.I could never believe
that Karen would ever deliberatly betray anyone's confidences or say
things to hurt anyone's feelings.Wouldn't happen.Maybe the problem is
one of communication & understanding.

We are all limited by our methods of communication & the formats we
are confined too.

Gina, we hope you stay and contnue to share yourself & your pets.

[manda_moo87]

Gina, we hope you stay and contnue to share yourself & your pets.

Ditto to that. Don't leave us Gina...

[Marigold2]

Hi Gina,
I don't know why you are hurt or who hurt you but I hope that things get better soon. Sometimes the people that hurt us are not aware. Now everyone who is married knows that sometimes one's husband says something rude, mean and they have NO idea you are even hurt, or what they said wrong. They are on their own little planet not having any idea your heart has been wounded.
Here is what I do when things are not going well. I do something for myself. Such as a bubble bath, I buy a new lipstick, earrings, go out with friends, or how about a scrapbooking class, a dance class? The time you spent on Pet Talk is now free time where you can do anything you want. And once the hurt is gone and you have learned to Cha Cha, ski dive, bake like a pro, or a million other things come back and tell us how great your life is, cause it will be. I am not saying I want you to stop coming to pet talk, please please don't think that for a second. All I am saying is turn it into a positive. Remember living well is the best revenge. Be happy.

[mike001]

Gina, please wait and hang in there a while longer. This happens on just about every forum I can think of. I've heard of people who said they went through a lot of the same things you are saying, the trouble makers were actually the ones who should have helped, they were doing the attacking. The whole thing was because of one member only and most of the educated posters quit, they all got fed up too. It's now one of the most childish forums around, mostly kids left.
Give it another chance, I'm pretty new here too and I don't post much either, I haven't had the chance to meet you but I would like to.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

Gina,

I feel sad that you want to leave- you will be missed! But, I hope you get some good luck at last and that you find happiness in whatever you do.

[Cataholic]

Gina,
I only want to say that as long as I have been a member of this board, I have never, ever, ever seen the Mayor violate someone's privacy. Never. I have shared personal things with her, heck, I have even had disagreements with her, and never have I seen her do or be anything less than a caring, private individual.

I will go out on a limb here, but, for sometime now, I have thought the situations in your personal life- which you have shared with us- have been such that most people wouldn't have been able to handle them. You have been kicked out of your home, hospitplized, assualted, stranded, suffered tremendous loss of your ark, and prolly more than we know. I do not think PT is your "issue", but, life in general. So, while it might seem that PT is the source of your struggles, from an outsider's perspective, PT is just one of many, many struggles you might have going on.

I wish you well.

Johanna

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Read this earlier and wasn't sure when it was posted.

If it is a recent thread I would just say there is no need for you to leave - the internet is wonderful in so many ways but causes so many problems with misinterpretation of what has been said.

The pm facility is there for this precise reason - a one to one conversation will help clear up issues

[finn's mom]

I'm sorry if you've felt let down. I don't do a lot of chatting in here, but, I do read and view, and I will miss your posts and photos.

[pitc9]

Gina, I do hope you think twice about leaving PT, we are here as your cyber family and always will be!
You and your ark will be in my thoughts and prayers!
{{HUGS}} to you Gina!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Oh no, Gina, I do NOT want you to leave!! I don't understand why you got bad pm's, you are such a sweet person....! You've always been one of my favorite buddies here, and I don't want to see you go....
Please, reconsider.....

[Lobodeb]

I'm in shock for so many reasons....1) that someone could/would want to be negative to such a wonderful caring person, 2) that there isn't anything that can be done about it, 3) that this is what you feel you have to do.

I am so sad to see you go. I do have to agree with Johanna in that you've been dealt a lot of hard times in the recent past, so this kind of petty cat fighting (no pun intended) is the last thing you need when we're all here for the love of our pets. There are a lot of stupid arguments that go on here. I, personally, am upset with someone but I'll never meet that person and they'll never meet me, so it's not worth carrying it on. Besides, most of us are adults and I can just ignore or avoid that person. Simple as that. As much as PT is a cyber family, it's just as easy to remember that we're all strangers in reality. I could probably walk past you on the street and not even now it's you and vice versa. That's not to say that I don't care about you or that I wouldn't love to meet you because neither are true. My point is to not take things so personally. I know it's difficult given all you have going on in your life, but is the negativity your experiencing worth losing the positivity too?

Either way, I respect your decision. Please keep in touch. I'll PM you my e-mail address.

[kuhio98]

Goodbye Gina. I respect your decision.

[jackie]

If things are affecting you so much on here, maybe its better that you take a break. Then you will be able to step back and re-evaluate the really important things.

Words are just that, words, and if you let pm's from virtual strangers hurt you, then you should step back for awhile.

I wish you all the best, and hope to see you back again.

[Muddy4paws]

Please dont leave Gina Is there nothing we can do? I dont want to lose contact with you, you are such a lovely caring person and I think many people will agree you are a very loved member of PT. I hate seeing people leave because of other people.