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I would be happy to check a message over if you would like. Just PM me with it if you would like.

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Thanks for the offer, but I think it's best if I don't thank him again. I've already done it about 2 times.

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Regarding whether people like me or not my motto is 'you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time'.

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That's a hard one to get around...that there will always be someone who doesn't like me. It takes a lot of self esteem to get over that.

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You are asking people to reach out to you... And in not posting to their threads... You really aren't returning the favour.

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A lot of the time I just feel like my advice is not worth giving because of my lack of experience in everything.

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Just a brief little something can mean a lot to a person (I know it means something to me). And the more time / energy you invest in reaching out to others... The more you find that people are going to invest their time / energy in reaching out to you.

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Hmmm...I think you're right. I will try to practice reaching out to others more and see what happens. I'm not sure why I have trouble replying to others in a message board... I think I do a much better job of reaching out to others in chat. It's more like regular social interaction...it's more personal. Maybe I have a hard time realizing that there are real people behind these posts... and it becomes more difficult to care.

Thanks Alex, for the advice. I'll try to imagine people behind posts more...

Hopefully that will help me with helping others more.