Hey sleeps, nice to talk to you again :-)

> I also hope this isn't going to be a dumping ground for you and Alex to go on about how long you will be here till you are welcome back to that other site.

I'm sorry if I said anything that contributed to your feeling like I see this site as a 'dumping ground'. I would feel fairly hurt if I thought someone was only posting to me / being nice to me because they couldn't be with other friends who they liked a whole heap more.

I want to let you (and anyone else who is reading) know that I don't feel like that about this site. I don't see it as a 'dumping ground' at all.

Sometimes it feels like... A different country. Different countries have different laws; different cultures; different customs; different histories; and different citizens (though some people are joint citizens of more than one country).

Sometimes it is nice to see what a big wide world is out there. And sometimes it is nice to go on a bit of a holiday and go live with the locals for a while. Sometimes people prefer the new country - especially when they aren't so keen on their previous countries history. Sometimes people are a little homesick for their old country for a time. Starting to feel like part of the new countries history tends to help with that. But it does, of course, take time.

Sorry... Rambelling a bit really...

I haven't been posting very much in general recently. But when I do... I guess I have been tending to go with history. My role in history here isn't something that I'm particularly proud of either...

But I have missed chatting with you and others.

> Can you maybe keep the being blocked things to PM?

Could do...

One of the advantages of posting about this kind of thing publicly is that sometimes other people can relate (having been in similar situations) and they may benefit from the thread. Maybe not with the blocking thing in particular but maybe with related issues where people have been excluded from something / somewhere for a bit; where people are having a hard time feeling accepted here; where people are having a hard time seeing how to regulate their emotions etc etc. And a lot of people do read without responding...

But I don't mean to come here and create hurt / upset. So I can keep it to PM's if you (or others) would prefer...

I guess it might be about weighing how hard it is for some people to read...

Compared with the possible benefit for others to read...