wanted to post this before it drove me mad- get some advice with what you guys do about this!

so, anyway, where i am, their are 3 of us that share the same computer- so naturally, when someone else signs up to a forum or what ever, it uses the same IP address as the other person... if that makes sense

anyway we don't tell each other wat sites we use- to avoid that happening

anyway:

a few years ago i signed up on this forum called the realm, well this was back in the days when my brother would tell me what sites he used

anyway my brother got the blame for creating another acount with the forum, and we were both banned from using it (which is ashame because it was a good site, and his original acount.. he was a moderator their)

anyway more recently

as i've just said, we don't share our web activity anymore

anyway- last week, i signed up on this site- it's just a place where you can play a few games, talk to people, post on forums, etc.

yesterday i got a message from 1 of the moderators, notifying me that someone other than me loggs in from this IPP address, and that multiple acounts by the same person are not allowed

she said, that because of this, both our acounts (mine and my brothers) would be banned from using the site

i was really hurt, but replied the best i could.. i just said, we use the same PC, we live together, where's the harm in it if we're diffrent people on the same address?

the moderator responded... okay, yeah i understand that- but how do i know that you're not the same person?

left me feeling really sick... i can see her reasoning kind of, but i'm also mad at her because she should take in to acount that these situations do happen

so.. anyway, i stayed online for another half hour, and the moderator left without banning our acounts (and this morning we're both still active on their), but still i can't help thinking she's planning something:

so, i've been trying to think how to handle it (i'm not the best when it comes to speaking to moderators)

do i write to her, or do i just leave it? and if i write to her, what do i say?

i was thinking of something like:

dear clare,

this is such and such a person, who just signed up on your site

while i understand your reasoning, and that you have to check these things, please bear in mind that my brother has used your comunity for 8 years, he still has and active acount- so has no reason to create another one. i know we like a lot of the same stuff, and from our profiles, it looks like we're no diffrent... but hey, that's what family do. share a lot of the same likes, experiences, etc

i hope you, or 1 of the other moderators knows my brother well enough- and knows that he wouldn't do such a thing (create a new acount when his old acount is still active)

thanks

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but the more and more i thought about it, the more and more i thought... well i'd be so anxious to write to them!. and what if i'm making things worse as well if i do that

i also thought about leaving it, because when the moderators told me they would bann both acounts (it was like 1130 PM, and i logged out that site at 12 15.. and when i logged out, all the moderators had left and done nothing- so i don't know if i should step in, or let things play out

also both our acounts were working this morning... so the moderators had a whole night to do something, and they didon't- well i've not even checked if a moderator's been on since i left.

what should i do

thanks