The long haul supporters thread...

niccatw

babyplum wrote: »

PS - Thanks for the warm welcome!

Some people on here have scared me in the past!

I know the feeling - I got quite a fright the first time I posted my SOA. It took me two years to come back again. But I was a bit more thick-skinned this time and sussed out the locals before I posted an SOA again .

I just remind myself that often you don't know the person responding to you and it may be that they have a social commuincation problem (I'm a speech and language therapist so I would think that ) rather than it being them being a muppet (or any stronger word of your choosing!).

Glad you came along tobjoin in in the end .

scoobylicious

niccatw wrote: »

I know the feeling - I got quite a fright the first time I posted my SOA. It took me two years to come back again. But I was a bit more thick-skinned this time and sussed out the locals before I posted an SOA again .

I just remind myself that often you don't know the person responding to you and it may be that they have a social commuincation problem (I'm a speech and language therapist so I would think that ) rather than it being them being a muppet (or any stronger word of your choosing!).

Glad you came along tobjoin in in the end .

You think kinder things than me nicca
I guess I inadvertently made it easier for myself by finding this thread & everyone was so friendly I decided to brave it & add up my scary totals :eek: Travelled around some other threads first though & didn't hang around them long!!

Happytogetdebtfree

Well well ladies get to bed I'm about to have my break yip yip eee some other random nicca has added me lol I put on the personal note is thatvyoi niccaw happens it was blond skinny girl. But now I have the proper nicca it's nice to have a face to the name ahh shame we weren't all closer for coffee mornings lol x

scoobylicious

Mmmm coffee mornings yes I should get to bed! Hope not too much longer before you get to finish happy x

Happytogetdebtfree

I finih at 8am yawn yawn x

talisker78

Mrning all,

Off to London today down the wonderful M25. How depressing!

I have to agree that this is by far the friendliest thread I have ever encountered in MSE (see the acronims there?! - surely thats worth my next 'star'?!)... sorry, I get easily distracted.....

I have been on some of the credit card and loan threads and they take one look at my signature and suddenly I'm geting barraged with judgemental and frankly rude people who seem to know my entire financial situation and my life after just one post, or so they think anyway. Horrible.

I think this thread works so well cause we all know we are in it for the long run. We've all down 'hard time' with our debts and we know there will be more to come, so we have that common bond. We've conquered the initally fright of confronting our debts and we've settled into the long slow attrition of paying them off (sorry, I didn't mean that to sound as depressing as it it did!). Its funny though how after I had been 'offline' for six months after the birth of my daughter that this was the first thread I came back to and have stuck with. I think that says it all....

I hope this thread continues to be as nice as it always is and as welcoming as it always is - which frankly I don't doubt for a second.

As I always say, we will get there in the end and one day I'm sure we will look back on all this and laugh. Chin up peoples!

Catch up with you later if I ever escape the M25!

Happytogetdebtfree

Ah talsiker ive just wiped a tear , always nice to know there are nice threads among the not so nice, i totally agree about the credit card and loans board they are like vultures waiting to pounce, sometime i go for the heated rant at people lol finished nights watching crap tv yay hay .... im a firm believer of people helping people so when i win the lottery il think kindly of those who have been so wonderful here x

scoobylicious

I almost feel we should have a thanksgiving service for us all after Talisker's glowing report! :rotfl: But it is amazing how people feel they can judge you immediately with a 'well you must be very stupid & irresponsible mustn't you?' Even before they have any idea of the circumstances in which you gained the debt. I'm not saying I've fantastacilly clever in racking up this debt but not all of it's been reckless spending & I just don't how they have the cheek!! Glad you've finished nights happy-how often do you have to do night shifts? Must be hard work!
It's sunny & lovely down here at the moment Talisker so hopefully you'll have a nice time

Happytogetdebtfree

scoobs its as and when normally we are encouraged to do 5 nights a month i like a little more sometimes simply because it bumps the wage up .... im having my brows done tomorrow yay i can feel llike a new woman tmz lol .... pretty tired though now just had my coffee and kit kat really fancied it... ive now added a few people on facebook so nice to have faces to names i feel like we are one big family hell we are getting each other through this adventure x

scoobylicious

always nice having anything done I find-like being a little bit pampered Hope you get extra for nights! Fb must make people 'real' lol :rotfl:
Feel free to add me-be v fun to put faces to names!