Well said, Xoconostle. My thoughts exactly. My husband died last month and let me tell you that one realizes what's really important in life. This forum isn't one of them. My point of view was changed not so much by his death but by his suffering. Four months of the most agonizing pain I've ever seen a human being have to go through. Death was a release. It puts things into perspective. Although I may not agree with all of Rosity's new policies I have to respect their right to do as they wish with their own site. I won't be visiting here as much as I used to because some of the threads are just plain pointless, the arguing, pettiness and bitchiness redundant, and not worth my time anymore. I've been coming here since '99 when it used to be a place of learning but now it's a place of constant and annoying contention. There are still merchants here that I have always purchased from and will continue to do so as long as they remain here but other than that, I'm no longer interested in what goes on here. There are other places to visit where people are civil to one another and disagreements are just that. Where people share what they love to do and enjoy it. Sometimes when I'm reading these threads it almost sounds like the teacher in the Charlie Brown cartoons in my head. Sometimes it just makes me want to scream. Then I look over to my husband's computer which sits next to mine, I see the blank screen, usually dark most of the time now, the empty chair and know I have better places to be, better things to do with my life and my time. My browser is then closed. I have enough pain in my life without having to come here and be bombarded by more of it. And so I open up Poser once again and lose myself in it for a little while. Getting back to posing. Thanks, Rosity, for the lessons I've learned here and thank you to the people who gave their time so willingly to teach them. You will be what I shall miss the most.

FlyByNight