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It has been interesting to me to read the threads about CGT, and now Waltaja and CherryPie7788.
I don't know about Pixies being cliquish. I've been a member about a year and a half, and have felt welcome. I am not as active on the board as I once was, but that's my deal, not because I didn't feel like I belonged. I know that if I made myself more of a presence here, I would feel more involved. In that, I echo GingerV, who makes excellent points about what we bring with us. Right on, Ginger! Truth is, I have met some very, very dear friends here, and some really wonderful acquaintances. I have no complaints. And there is a handful of folks that keep this place going with their dedicated activity, the keepers of the Pixie fire, and I appreciate that.
It is human nature to vote with your feet, and when things don't suit you, you have a couple of choices. You can stay and do what you can to make a place you've come to love a place you want to stay loving, or you can walk away. Critical parting shots are meant only to hurt, throwing big rocks as you scamper away out of reach of confrontation. If you really wanted things to be better, you'd be diplomatic and start a real discussion. If you were really fed up, you'd just go because you'd made up your mind. No point in salting the earth when you do.
In any case, I plan to stick around. I love a place where we can share our pervy selves, give and take advice about moving, things that make us laugh and cry, and where people take the time to make sure our British Pixies are okay, even though we have never met in person.
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