I've Had Enough.

[sandragonfly]

pet talk, this is not to bring up problems again as everyone says, "let it go..." -- this is about how I'm dealing with this site and I just want to leave. this awful feeling really sucks, I didn't want to start this, bother and disappear but don't want to leave my loving, caring and kind friends wondering also. I don't have time to PM everyone, I am afraid I would forget someone at this worst moment.

if I peep out just one, one opinion, prayer, feeling or two cents than pictures, there's always at least one attacker crawling into my life. just because I don't have the right words to say sometimes or asked for too much prayers in past, I don't know what is it or why some of you just don't like me or took my posts personally for what we have done to you. only thing I know I can't please everyone but I didn't or never had to get harsh, abrupt or harsh messages here, behind or off the site out of blue.

I kept coming here, feel so unsure what to post, say or share but I respect a lot of you here. everything around here for me (and the ark) has been absolute tumoril, lately I've been very fragile to not take or ignore this pain easily and I just can't take it anymore. I've had it and am sick of crying. around egg shells. I've shared a lot of pictures more than I wanted to because I don't know what else to replace my thank you. not that some of you care, I know - but I don't have to be here anymore.

I'm sorry friends, I hate to leave you here but I believe if we were meant to be, we both will keep in touch somehow. I'm not here for my name, number of posts or fights but for the good hearts and love of animals.

goodby and every one of you who posted in my first set pictures of park thread will get the second set of pictures because I said I would, as soon as I can. and I, we all, my furkids too, with greatest appreciation thank you for everything you did for us.

again, I'm truly sorry. I loved this place. like my home.
..gina's ark inc.

rsmgwskalnmsafo ...for my own protection.

[Kfamr]

I am sorry you feel the need to leave. I'm not sure that I've seen anyone be personally harsh to you, but I am sorry that some have.

I wish you luck and hope that you can stop by from time to time to give us updates on yourself and the ark.

Good luck in life, I wish you well.

{{HUGS}}

Kay

[lvpets2002]

Well said Kay.. Enough said for me ..

I am sorry you feel the need to leave. I'm not sure that I've seen anyone be personally harsh to you, but I am sorry that some have.

I wish you luck and hope that you can stop by from time to time to give us updates on yourself and the ark.

Good luck in life, I wish you well.

{{HUGS}}

Kay

[JenBKR]

Gina, I haven't been around too much lately, and I don't know what happened, but I am truly sorry that your feelings have been hurt. I always look forward to pictures of your ark, and I am sad that you are going. Please check in with us every once in a while, you will be greatly missed. ((((hugs))))

Jen

[critter crazy]

Gina! you just finally wre able to come back to us, and now you are leaving already??? I am so sorry that you feel this way! You will be missed!

[Daisy and Delilah]

What's going on Gina? These attacks must be through PM or otherwise cause I haven't seen or heard of anything harsh either. If it's through the board, please let Karen know. Please PM me if you can. I'm very worried about you. In the meantime, please take care, hon.

[carole]

Gosh i really got a shock when i read your post, i had no idea you were feeling like this and truely it saddens me terribly, this is mean't to be a place for enjoyment and obviously you and many others are not feeling that warmth that usually comes from PT.

I don't know what has been said or done to you Gina, all i know is you have had more than your fair share of ups and downs going on, and i had hoped PT would bring you comfort and understanding, and that you would feel you were among friends, I am sorry to hear you feel PT has let you down in that respect and honestly if it really is making you feel so bad, you are best to do as you have decided, but i for one will really miss you, i do hope you will still come by and maybe give PT another chance, your contribution will be sorely missed by me and many others,so please do re-consider you decision, but i understand how you feel and why you feel it necessary to leave, i wish you all the best and hope that in time you will feel PT is still a good place for you to come and visit, love and hugs.

[Alysser]

Gina, I'm so sorry you feel this way. I will miss you, you were a wonderful member of pettalk. You have always been up there with my top favorite Pt'ers. I loved reading your responses to posts, seeing pics of Crayola, etc.

I wish you well in life, and I hope one day you can come back to pettalk.

(((HUGS)))

[Catty1]

Gina -

Wherever the attacks were coming from...I hope one day you can register under a different name, maybe, and fool them all! That would be hard for you to do, maybe, since I get the feeling you just wanna be YOU!

I hope you find a wonderful place to live, and school goes well...

Please check in with updates once in a while...please!

And hopefully one day you can join us again.

HUGS

[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.

[sandragonfly]

I've been wondering where you have gone, lizzie. I missed our conversations. and yours too, kuhio98, I never could thank you both enough.

quoted by moosmom
They would never EVER do what you are accusing them of. I also believe that it's not PT or the members that are the issue. Your life reads like a great American novel. Like I've said before, it's always something with you. You got thrown out of your apartment, you had to rehome your cats, you got assaulted, you adopted a chinchilla, you got your cats back, yada, yada, yada. What's next???

yadayada?? I never felt I had to feel godsmacked by a post here I didn't needed to hear. I don't think I have to copy/paste off mayor's apologizes, and what's next??? a better place, I hope. if you please read my threads carefully, chinchilla was a gift and getting cats back wasn't what I expected at first and I'm thankful to have them back because I wouldn't have had them back. I wish you'd PM me with what you're upset about but I can't take the blame from anyone when there's always something happens that were not IN my hands and I will always fight what lies untrue.

everyone, please understand, I truly don't want to leave either. I'm tired of hiding, carrying my pet talk burdens around where I always come here for public peace and then mayor can't do the justice here. I know it's just a forum, but remember, if it's just a forum, it must be more than just a forum (strangers) that hurt me the most. plus, with my ridiculous tumoril, I need to go and figure out what's more important for me, fair for you all and gather everything into one place. I just don't know what's right or too much I am asking for where my life stands now... but tonight, my friend's going to cook me a big belated italian birthday dinner and I'll start there.

as always, thank you everyone for posting in this, and PMs - there were a couple of good points here I needed to be reminded of - I will be the change I want to see. I promise I will think twice and keep in touch with you friends, just not for a while now.. I will miss you all.