Thread:Jillers/@comment-26501887-20150717223719

First of all, I want to say thank you to all of my friends for making me feel welcome here and for being such awesome friends in the game. I know by writing this post, I may lose some of the friends I have here, but I feel that I have to say what is on my mind. For those people who would still like to communicate with me, you may send me an email at [mailto:sjmuhle@srt.com sjmuhle@srt.com] and I will try to answer the e-mails as quickly as I can. The advantage of doing it this way for me is that I don't have to read what I don't want to read. My understanding of the rules of this wiki site is that I may write what I wish to on my wall as long as I use some basic human decency in dealing with what has been bothering me.

I started coming to this site to find friends for my game and ended up staying here because I met so many nice people who were like-minded in that they also enjoyed playing the game just for the fun of it.

Up until recently, I enjoyed the banter that went back and forth between many of the contributors here and really liked that we were a community of zany, fun people. Even people who were not my game friends were, for the most part, incredibly kind and helpful and seemed to enjoy the banter.

Recently, though, there was someone that made coming to this site extremely uncomfortable. I will not name names as I do not wish to be that kind of person. This person made it obvious how little I was thought of in that person's opinion. No big deal because I am a big girl and can handle the fact that not everyone likes me, even though what was said was hurtful and unkind.

However, this person made some statements on this site that were incredibly hurtful to people whom I consider to be very good friends and they are incredibly kind people. One statement indicated that the person didn't want to "waste" their time by hearing about other people's problems. My response in my own head to that was to think, well, don't read it then. Also, if someone wants to discuss personal things, they are free to do that on their page or as an explanation for being away from the game. I think that is perfectly acceptable.

I am not normally a person that stoops to get to a low that someone else is at...rather I try to ignore that person and the comments made. However, I don't like bullying in any form. This is how I perceived the interactions that this person had with others. There were many comments that bordered on just plain rude. I also perceived some of the statements and comments made by that person to be manipulative towards other people.

These are the reasons I will not be participating in this site any longer. And even if someone doesn't want to know this, I have been dealing with a lot of personal issues and don't feel this is a positive place for me to visit any longer. I was looking to this site to help keep my mood elevated, not to have someone make it a negative experience for me when I already have so many other negative things going on in my life.

I will continue to be active in the game with gifting on a rotational basis. I do apologize for not having visited rooms the last few days, it has just been a very hectic time for me right now. I plan to have a weekend festival of playing though, so hope to see you all in the game. My husband and my granddaughter are also going to continue playing. My husband is known as "papa" in the game and my granddaughter is known as Kianna. Hope to see you there.

All that being said, I really don't want to lose the friends I have. If some of you decide to leave my friend's list, that is a choice I will respect. Again, I want to say thanks to those who have been great friends in the game and on this site. If you do choose to e-mail me, I look forward to that, and I will e-mail you back.

Thank you and good luck to all of you. Happy Playing!!! 