You're not frustrating! I just want to talk more. PM/IM me if you want.

I never want to call the "leaving" posts a game, but I can see how others would take them that way. I mean, not a game in the sense that they're posting and then giggling over the responses. This topic has already been covered, but I think that there are some members who sincerely want to let others know that they'll be gone so that nobody gets worried, and others who secretly hope that others will beg them to stay.

Either way, though, if you find it triggering, then that's something about YOU that you should probably try to resolve. Face it -- people aren't going to altogether stop posting their "leaving" posts. It's inevitable. The only thing you can change is your response.

So, do you mean triggering in an annoyed way, or triggering in a fear of abandonment way? What happens to you when you are triggered?