trappedinamuseum
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Joined: 8/24/2006 Status: offline
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I am not new to the site, but haven't posted on the message boards (though I stalk them enough), but here goes: Fakes and Wannabe posts usually are an everyday occurance. Because this is a public message board, they can post those messages, and people can respond to them in any fashion they like. Some people can handle the snarkiness, some can't. I personally find it hella amusing, but that's just my personality. I'm not sure if this is going to go over well, or bite me in the backside, but I'm sure that I have been called a fake before by some people based on my reactions, but those reactions happened for a reason. When someone makes me uncomfortable in an e-mail, or keeps asking me for my yahoo when I explicitly state I don't use it, or even requests my phone number or dirty pictures via e-mail, if they don't respond to my subtle "no's" and the forthcoming not so subtle "no's", then I stop contact with them. Usually, I try to send an e-mail explaining, but some times, I am made to feel so uncomfortable and so disgusted that I can't bring myself to contact them. I'm single, young and vulnerable since I am not protected by anyone, not parents, not friends or even a Dominant which I can call my own. That means I am wary, and my safety comes first. I react instinctually. If I don't feel comfortable giving out my phone number, or sending pictures, then I won't. My thought processis that my safety comes first...always. Does this make me a fake or a wannabe? I truly do not believe so. I am in this for the long haul, and I want tot ake my time and find the right person for me. In my experience, people do not take well to the knowledge that they are not the one, and that is where the name-calling comes in. True, there are people who are fake, and just in it for sex, but they are not the only ones who are affected by these names. It hurts me everytime someone calls me fake, because I know in my heart that I'm not...that person just isn't the one I am looking for, and some people can't handle that. I apologize if this has already been said before, or beaten into the ground like poor Trigger, but I just thought I would add my input.
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