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when did you feel like you belonged? belonged.. is that even a word?? regardless... lately i've been seeing a lot of new members and i remember not too long ago when i was a new member and i felt like YT was a community but at first i didn't really feel like i was "part" of it... everyone seemed to know everyone and it took me a while to feel like i was a real member.. i'd say 300-400 posts... anyone else feel this way?? i also noticed that once i started pming various people for whatever reason i felt more a member and i felt like i had made connections. |
When I got my first PM from Villette and I sent a PM to Yorkie Rose and she replied! |
Its funny that you asked that. I was actually just thinking about it. I have been a member for about a year but as you can see I dont have all that many posts. None the less I stay on YT ALL day long! I guess I just like to read more and type less. I felt like I belonged when I started to make true friends! Like Patti! She was my first and dearest friend! :) |
Still new... ...and finding my place. But all in all, I think it's a great place to make friends. I've only been an official Yorkie owner for a little over a week so I feel more "a part" of the community now that my Avatar picture is a Yorkie and not a Cairn terrier :) Just takes a while to get to know people in this medium. Is possible though - met my husband online! :cool: |
I'm still new so hopefully no one will take offense to this. YT seems kinda like being a new kid in high school. You don't know anyone and cliques have already formed so it seems hard to find your niche. It seems like certain people have each others backs and you don't know where you fit and if you do fit at all and what to take (and not take) so seriously. I'm probably telling on myself too much but ever since I moved from NY I have found it hard to find quality friends in TX. So I guess I kinda looked to this forum as another outlet besides my only other outlets now; my furbabies and my husband. |
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I had just moved here to NY when I joined too, and I didn't have any friends so I jumped right in! And see, now you know we have a lot in common :) |
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I don't know, probably once I started to get to know people on here. Some people reached out to me and just PM'd me and we would talk. Other times I'd just jump in a thread and start posting (possibly why I killed so many threads :rolleyes: and yet I cannot kill the thread "threadkiller" :cool: ) I guess once I started posting pictures of my two little ones and started getting to know and recognize other peoples babies, then I started feeling more at home here. Sometimes YT seems SO huge when you think of ALL the members on here and I try not to box myself in to just a few people and I try to reach out to new members and welcome them and get to know them too like other people did for me. It's not easy being a new person, sometimes you can feel ignored and like you don't belong on some boards but everyone has always been SO super friendly on YT, in the beginning I wouldn't say I felt unwanted or like I didn't belong but now I feel like all of you are a part of my family :yorkietal :ghug: |
I really haven't felt it yet. I have made a few friends that I will cherish but it seems like I haven't made that connection on the board yet. |
I Agree With All The Comments. I Think That When You Have Experienced Something In Common With Someone, Then You Can Form Friendships And Bonds From That, A Little More So Than Being A Member Who Posts Generally. I Am Still New And Though I Feel I Have Posted Quite A Lot - I Still Feel A Bit Like An Outsider - But With The Door Always Open For Me Too........... If That Makes Sense? I Am Glad To Be Part Of This Fantastic Community. |
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I made some great friends the first month I joined. |
What a "home hitting" thread!!! I have been feeling this way alot. What is causing this is kind of funny. I always go & check my subscribed threads to see what has posted since my post etc... it always seems in almost every one of them that once I post.... no one else posts. :cry: Talk about feeling like the odd man out. The other thing is when I did join and make Rusty's announcement, I didnt seem to get the repsonses that I see others get. I know, I know, I know... WAHHHH... I am a big girl & got over it but, the thread came up and gave me a chance to express it. :p NOW... I will say over the past couple of weeks, I have felt more "love" I am just ANXIOUSLY awaiting the next GE so I can feel more involved. As long as I hit my 100 posts that is :rolleyes: I too am on here CONSTANTLY, I guess I need to quit holding back and post, post & post some more !!! :D Ok... I hope everyone has a great day. Angi:wavey: |
I first felt I belonged when Villette helped me with my picture posting and Avatar. SInce then I have met some wonderful people through PM'ing. Kikipie and I connected thru emailing and we still check in on each other. I met Michiko thru YT and we talk everday and we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to meet in person when she spent a few days with me in January. So many others have reached out to me in Pm when I had problems and it really makes you feel like a family. |
I felt pretty invisible until the first time some of the more senior/popular members (i.e. Villette, SimonandHallie, Alaska Yorkie) started responding to my posts. Then I felt more like one of the group, not a newbie wallflower anymore! Oh, and also when I finally donated. That definately made me feel more belonging. :D I think the feelings will only get more warm and fuzzy once I participate in my first gift exchange! Can't wait! :) |
I didn't know so many people felt the same way I do sometimes. I have been a member for awhile, but have only gotten really involved with postings since January. I was a slow starter because I don't do chat rooms on the computer, so it took me forever to figure out what ROTFL meant. I finally had to ask my 17 old son what some of these stood for. I also didn't know that I probably high jacked many threads. I think I have finally learned the do's and don'ts. I just hope I didn't offend anyone in the process because that truly was not my intension. People that know me know that I am a real kidder, but sometimes it's hard to relay emotions on here, so I hope I didn't send out the wrong message. I was an absolute idiot when it came to yorkies too. This site has helped me in soooooo many ways. I will be returning to work on Monday after being off since December 18th and it's really going to be hard. I may have to take my laptop with me. He He |
I started feeling like I really belonged when someone created the thread that was to the effect of, "Name as many YT yorkies as you can," And ALOT of people named Hootie and Hobbs! Yes, their names are unique and quite quirky, but to know that people actually know who they are really made me feel special. |
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I think I felt like I belonged as soon as I joined. My mom had already been a member here while we had our first yorkie. When he died and she posted a thread about it, I was amazed by how caring everyone was. I joined right after that and people welcomed me with open arms. :) |
:) I think everyone feels that way in the beginning. I have been here practically since YorkieTalk was in diapers!! :p At first, the handfull of us that joined were sorta talking among ourselves and were thrilled to get to read a half dozen posts a day!! :rolleyes: Since then, I have seen hundreds come and go but all in all ... it's "come a long way, baby"! We are all family even though there are times we don't see eye to eye!! ;) |
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I have no family in this state and I haven't met any 'quality' friends here either. People are much colder out here ya know........if you attempt to strike a conversation at the checkout lane at the grocery store.......they look at you like you're nuts! I was raised in sunny Arizona.........I miss it every day :( However, I have met lots of quality friends on YT.........it's been a blessing finding this site. I still don't think 'I belong, or fit in'............but I post away nonetheless :D I talk to a few people via PM and they rock my world or friendship..........so it's all worth it at the end. I am a thread-killer at times, but don't take it personal. ;) I LOVE reading/learning about others' furbabies...........so I rather spend my free time here than on TV or attempting to meet frivolous people around here.......haha!! So yeah, who knows if I will ever belong........a couple thousand posts later and I am still roaming around ;) |
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I don't know if anyone knows mine..........but I sure know many of yours......including Hootie, Hobbs and that cute little 12 week lab YOU now own ;) :thumbup: |
i felt like i belonged as soon as i started posting and getting replies. thats the best feeling |
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Well, rest assured that I know BOBBI!!!!!!! And I've looked at your dogster several times in the past so I know you have a little black poodle as well! And I know when I was trying to figure out whether to order Chrismas Cards from Villette, she sent me a sample with Bobbi's picture on it. I'll never forget that precious wittle face!!!!! :D :D :D |
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On one of my first threads, I got slammed really bad, and several people PM'd me and told me to ignore the slammers. I still didn't feel like I belonged, but I felt it was a place that if I stuck around long enough, that I would make some friends. A good way to get known is to get involved in a controversy. However be sure that you now what you're talking about else you might end up looking like a fool. |
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ditto...I've had over 500 post and sort of feel out of it still, although I have made a few really good friends (super nice helpful people). Sometimes I wish it wasn't as 'clickish'....I'm on here practically EVERY day! |
I felt I belonged after my first GE. Its really exciting to give and to recieve and , of course, you have something in common, the gift. |
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