I have to agree.

I have noticed several people will come to my signature thread and ask for a signature. Then when I check out other peoples' signature threads, just to look at their beautiful work, I see that the VERY same person has asked for signatures from them too, at the very same time.

First of all, it takes me quite awhile to make signatures.....especially when I make 'sets', with a matching signature, avartar, and blinkie. Sometimes it takes an hour +. I *do* enjoy making them, but it feels good to know that the person you spent all that time for appreciates your work. When the person puts it up for one day and immediately changes it, or doesn't bother putting it up at all, honestly, it is very hurtful. And when someone asks me for a signature and I see that they have already asked someone else for one at the same time, I don't want to make one for them. Honestly, its because I know it hurts the other person they asked, and it hurts me too. When that happens, the signature someone spent so much time on never gets used. There have been times when I was too busy to make signatures, but I just didn't have the heart to tell the person asking me for one *no*. I slept at 1:30am that night, because I felt guilty about delaying it too much. After all that effort, the person put it up and replaced it with another after just two days.

When I make signatures for MYSELF, I keep it for months. I don't see why people ask when they're not going to keep it. It isn't fair to the one who spends so much time to make it for them.

I *love* making signatures, but I've been thinking of only making them for my close friends from now on........people who always appreciate them and keep them up there for awhile before changing them. There are people that I know truely appreciate it when I make stuff for them, and some of them keep their signatures up for months. It feels good to see people appreciate the time and effort you spent just for them, and I want to make those people signatures myself. Sometimes I make them signatures as a surprise, because I know they will appreciate it.

When there are people who ask you for signatures, and then discard them, you don't want to make them a signature again. It hurts, and I've been wanting to say something about this for quite sometime, but didn't know how to say it. I'm glad other people feel the same way.

If you want a signature, PLEASE ask only ONE person, and use their signature for at least a few weeks/months before asking someone else to make you a new one.