Well, as a bear, I get on with most people here I hope, but there are a few people, particularly of late, whose posts really trigger me. So I have decided to avoid them. This topic of cliques has come up before. I think that part of the problem is that this site is so rapidly growing at the moment, and there do seem to have been some quite severe growing pains of late. But in general, the people here are welcoming and friendly. I sometimes prefer straight talking myself and I feel that I have to bite my tongue here, especially as a bear/moderator. I don't know if any of this has made any sense. I just wanted to post so that you don't feel so alone in this corner of cyber space. I still know that feeling myself

Another thought is, have you pm'd people or chatted much? That is how I formed most of my friendships here.

I do know what you mean about the long standing ties. It can be frustrating when a few people seem to almost flaunt those, and that may encourage copy cat type behaviour as other people feel left out or invalidated. But I think that happens on all boards, unfortunately

Thanks for your reply on my thread, it meant a lot, and I hope things start to feel better for you soon...

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Take care,
Fuzzy