The Singles Club! Come join! Take on a position!

*chokes*

What on earth am I supposed to do here? *manically flicks through Home Of Poi Moderator Guide Book, which has DON'T PANIC! in huge glowing letters across the page*

I wish that you Discussion Types would stop lending so much logic and reason to threads like this one. Makes my job harder (read: justifying moderator actions).

*sits back & drinks a tea*

I hope all this furor hasn't dragged any non singles in here, that would be a serious breach of etiquette, and would certainly require some sort of lawsuit.

So sue me *snuggles with partner of 4-years*



Thanks OWD. GO TO BED!

well OWD, the thread has really taken off in debate over whether it should exist or not.............

*single and not caring*

So anyway, being single is crap..

i think the mods can over-rule non-mod directives

how is being single crap?

OK, fine. I'll go through this catagorically.

1. I guess I was a little harsh, and should apologise. I was already tired and in quite a bad mood. I guess I should have left it at the first post I made.

2. I'm not giving reasons for the thread's deletion, I was giving reasons why/how I thought the poster had issues.

3. OWD I'm not bullying anyone, I'm stating my opinion and it's in disagreement with the thread's author. Bullying would involve intimidation, verbal abuse and so on and so forth. I wasn't saying "Come on everyone, let's gang up on the noob!!". I knew when I wrote it that I'd be in the minority with my opinion, and I can live with that.

4. Yes I'm aware we were all new. I'm not disputing that, however one would have to be either blind or very selective in their thread reading to avoid noticing that people have recently been gettig upset over the amount of rubbish in chat. Creating a thread which immediately alienates, what, half of the target audience isn't really constructive IMO. Someone posted a joke of about 3 lines about women a few weeks ago, and it got shouted down as biased an inflammatory. I fail to see the difference here, in fact the joke was probably less offensive.

5. I have no issues with single people, and don't see them as "Ill" or anything else. Most of my friends are single, and I've been single most of my life. There are pros and cons to being in a relationship, just like there are pros and cons to being single.

6. Yes I had a strong reaction to the post, especially the bit about (joking or not) breaking up other people. I'm still (months later) having to deal with the sh!tstorm whipped up by someone trying (and failing, thank god) to break me and my GF up. Forgive me if I'm not really too objective in my viewpoint.

You're happy being single, I'm happy about being in a relationship. Can't we just be happy with that? Why all the hyperbole about one or the other being "Better"? More divisions about Us vs Them doesn't help anyone.

Damn, I think I still sound angry... Maybe I'll go hold my GF until I calm down...

Edit: With all respect to icklepurklegirl, I did take a position, as the title suggests, it was just diametrically opposed to them!

Sethis i understand why your angry but i took the post light harted i dont think he/she was meaning to offend people and i cant see ne1 trying to break people up on hop if they did they shouldnt be on here. may be i took it the wrong way or may be you did. i took it as a joke but i can see your point.

and yes i am happy to be single for a wile but i am happy for anyone who is happy with a partner as i hope to one day be.

Plucking at pretty good straws FRD, plus just the lack of it in the first place, let alone meaningful

Well, there's non-meaningfull sex in a single sense... one night stands etc.

But for some reason, that stuff doesn't appeal to me. Or not yet anyways

any chicago singles?......jk jk
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nvm......

Rozi - you're off topic honey