PLEASE block me...

if you don't like what I have to say, think I am a whiner, feel the need to waste your time by reading my posts and then lashing out at me for my personality, think I post too much and ask stupid questions, etc.  It will make life much happier for all involved.

I come here for support and to be supported, like I said in my initial post.  I have been involved in many forum families and never had the issues I am having here, not sure why, but it is the case.  My other forums didn't have the block feature, so this is new to me.  I am not the type to block someone, but the negativity is not what I need to be surrounding myself with, especially when preparing for my upcoming surgery.

Thanks for reading.

Um, not only do you not need to presume to apologize for me, you don't need to presume to decide who I'll block.  I enjoy the train wrecks.

Here, here Mindi.  I don't like that search feature either.  It is the worst one I've ever tried to use and I did go to the post that explains how to use it.  I followed those steps.  I think it's worked that way ... once?  Most of the time, not.

I give up with the search feature.  I just tried again to search for the supposed etiquette rules; no luck.

 Mindi,

If I am reading correctly, Danas Was the only person that had a problem with your postings.  Now, I have to go back and read again, to see if there were more, but is there really a need to start an entire thread over this?  I think you are just setting yourself up for backlash.  However, you won't get it from me.  I know you are here for support, and i respect that.  This topic, however, is not needed.

Thanks Brok, I would miss your great recipes and inspiring posts.  No, unfortunately there has been much said to me since I "arrived" (both on the board and in pms).  I assumed maybe it was the general concensus and I was disliked by many.

I have had enough drama in my life and am not looking here to cause it or be involved in it.  I am however not going to sit on my hands any longer when I see people wronged on this site, I have always stood up for those being bullied (that is just who I am). 

I am beginning to wonder if the DS turns some people into meanies.....

 Okay.  That makes sense then.  I thought it was mainly because of the mishap yesterday.  I would urge you to block who you don't like though.  i think it would work out easier that way.  Most people that antagonize you are not going to block you, only because they enjoy drama.  I like to read it sometimes, I admit it, however I'm not going to give into it.  Just trying to give you some tips. 

I am beginning to wonder if the DS turns some people into meanies.....

Seriously? Coming from a soon-to-be DSer?

Yes Jenna, seriously.  I have seriously thought that based on the mean things I witness on here on a weekly basis.  I have been a member of 3 other forums to which I post regularly.  I have never seen people act the way they have on this site; just my observation.

Why should that surprise you that I said that being a pre-op?  Many people change after WLS, I have seen it happen IRL.  People lose friends, spouses, significant others, their jobs, etc. after experiencing such a life changing experience.  Am I still having surgery, yes, but I am also going to be hyper aware of my attitude and the way I treat others after I lose the weight.

I am genuinely surprised that someone would choose to have surgery which they truly believed could make them "mean".  That is an insult which is often leveled at DSers by other surgery types, and it really ruffles my feathers.

Heck, Danas, the person you appeared to have the biggest problem with in that other thread is a pre-op.

I reject the notion that the DS or any WLS changes someone at their core. Like you, I have also been a part of many forums over the years. I am constantly amazed by the generous support, kindness, friendship and information shared on this DS forum.

It never once occured to me to assume that the DS makes people intelligent, kind, generous, eloquent, etc. Nor would it occur to me that it might make them mean. The DS might attract a certain type of personality, but in general, I just assume folks are who they are, regardless of their surgery status.