Why I Love This Place

[5ft Diva]

What do you love about this place?

First and foremost, I love the members of BnS. W/o them, it wouldn't exist. I also love BnS because you can come here after being gone for awhile and pick right back up where you left off - just like w/ a really good friend. I also love this place for the motivation I receive from it's members. I love coming to this place because I am heard and validated - especially when it matters most. I love that I don't feel judged or pressured. I love being introduced to new things to try and new ideas to explore. I love that help, for whatever reason, is only a mouse click away. I especially love the friends I've made that I never would have otherwise.

[Meticulous madness]

Yeah...WHAT SHE SAID!!!

[Dia Minha]

I have a hard time getting out. Most of the time it is just not worth the effort it takes to get there. But having a social life is very important and this site gives it to me. It is my reward for accomplishing all the little things around the house that wouldn't get done otherwise. I have never had a lot of "friends" before, because it is always too hard to keep in touch. This site makes it easy for me to have "friends".

I don't even like to imagine what it would have been like to go through loosing Levi without out all you on this board to support me. To give you an example: I had a miscarraige in July of 2005. I didn't tell anyone for a long time. The only person that I told soon after was the Primary President that I was serving under at the time and that was only because she noticed something was wrong. I tend to try and cover up a lot of bad things that happen to me. I always feel like it is too hard to share those things, so I just don't. I have a feeling that without this board I would have done the same with Levi. There are still people that I have not talked to about him face to face. It is hard to just break that to someone, when they wouldn't have any time to confront their own feelings about it. This board makes it safe, because if the person reading what you are writing is not strong enough to accept it, they have time to deal with it, without being faced directly by the person going through it.

I don't think I'm making much sense, so I'll just close by saying, I feel safe here.

[Big_Sissy]

I like it because I can read up on what everyone is doing, and it makes me feel like I'm not insane. I'm normal just like the rest of you are.

I don't feel judged here either.

I also feel like I have a lot more friends now.

[bookworm]

I love it because I connect here with people that I seldom (or never) get to see and visit with in person, at our leisure we can converse, rather than scheduling time for a phone chat or personal visit. I enjoy those, too (well, not really, but just because I'm a bum and like to stay home more than go visiting, and because I'm a phone-a-phobe, as I've mentioned before), but this is much more casual and I love it. And I like seeing this side of BS, who is an enigma.

[Big_Sissy]

An Enigma eh.

enigma

Pronunciation: \i-ˈnig-mə, e-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin aenigma, from Greek ainigmat-, ainigma, from ainissesthai to speak in riddles, from ainos fable
Date: 1539

1 : an obscure speech or writing
2 : something hard to understand or explain
3 : an inscrutable or mysterious person

[bookworm]

I rest my case

[Stargazer]

I really enjoy the variety. There is almost always something that suits my mood or captures my interest.

I also enjoy being able to see into other people's lives, and that we can feel safe enough to share whatever. Like BS is makes me feel normal.

[Big_Sissy]

Originally Posted by bookworm

I rest my case