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My last post!

I have not been coming here regularly in a long time, but my thought was that I would always check in once in a while, because I felt I had made some real friendships here and there are people here I care about. I realized today that maybe friendships here are not real after all. I was always a person who believed once you made a connection with people, you could always carry it with you. I believed there were a few people here I had made a real connection with. Most of them are gone and they left in a way that tells me this place was not what I thought it was. At least five people I adored had left this way. Today I found out the person I felt the strongest connection with had left this way and removed me from his friends list. This was a crushing blow that brought tears to my eyes, because he didn’t even say goodbye. The reason I am writing this post is because I have decided that it is my time to leave the way the others had, but I wanted to say goodbye to those on my friends list. I can’t take seeing any one else leave in manner that tells me that the words and love that is given here does not matter. I know why they left and I completely understand, which is why it is time for me to follow them. For all of you who have lent me your kind words and prayers I will always be grateful to you. You will all remain in my heart. I wish all of you the best!
Sincerely ,
Max

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Nante offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 29 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (8 minutes after post)

*Sigh*

I know one day will come where I am the only one here…

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Kanabi offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (16 minutes after post)

:(. Don’t leave!!

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littlenick offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 158 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (16 minutes after post)

I was almost about to vanish myself into the sunset. I will miss you Maxi. You are a true friend of mine!

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~Charlii-Party~ offline Verified User (1 year) Long Term User Shouts: 0 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (16 minutes after post)

Yeah…I know how you feel…it seems like whenever I meet people online, they always disappear…like a guy I realy liked, and a girl that turned out to be the ideal best friend that I never had.

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thep offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 28 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (33 minutes after post)

Sorry you are leaving as well. There seam to be more and more users leaving as of late.
I will miss you, oh well, all I can do is hope you find what it is you wish for.

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1 year ago (34 minutes after post)

sorry u left max and i never got to meet you i know what u mean tho about people leaving…

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Sans offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 57 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (38 minutes after post)

Hey. I thought you and I had made the kind of connection you talk about. But I do know what you mean. I have wondered if anyone on this crazy site would miss me if I was gone. And more importantly, if any of you are really my friends or are just a figment of my imagination.

I left for a month recently. I was going through a hard time, and i really hoped that not only my absence would be felt, but that people with whom I had conversed regularly would sense my need and reach out to me. What I discovered is that in the online world, the words we put out there like little paper boats on a river are subject to all kinds of winds and current. Each of us has our own life in the real world. That doesn’t mean that this world is fake or invalid, just that each person’s participation in it is subject to the circumstances of a larger world. Sometimes we don’t get the satisfaction of knowing what happened to someone we considered a dear friend. Sometimes we do. We have all lost friends, or at least lost track of friends. Right now I’m wondering where El (Raver Barbie) has been.

We are at an in-between point. One day, when I want to talk to Maximina, all I will have to do is think of you. We will connect and converse to whatever degree we feel comfortable, but we won’t be limited by a website or the written word. As closely as a husband and wife can commune, we will be able to commune. For now, we navigate this relatively impersonal virtual world, hoping that people are who they say, and hoping that we don’t expend love in vain.. as though one could love in vain.

As for me, Maxi, Max (I won’t say your name here), I have been as real a person to you as I can. And you have been a caring soul for whom I feel nothing but warmth and good will. Your life as a teacher of special needs kids up there in Chi-town is precious to me. If you feel the need to move on, to see what other minds and hearts are still to cross your path, and to leave this place, I will not say that I don’t have regrets. You are beautiful body and soul.

Just know that you are real to me, and that you will always have friends here who love you. Don’t forget me.

Sans

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Felicity offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (40 minutes after post)

I know what you mean about how disappointing it is to find out who your true friends are. Its discouraging too.But this is the place to get those feelings out.Of course you do what you need to do but I just hate to see you leave upset.Also since you haven’t been around much the communication makes a big difference in holding friendships together. Im not blaming b/c you did what you had to do but just putting it out there ,food 4 thought.Its your choice but we will listen if you want to vent, you certainly have good reason to.

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Dragon_Lady offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (43 minutes after post)

Max, don’t take it personally when people wander away from a website. They are like truckstops or public parks -people come here when they’re inclined, and wander away when life takes them elsewhere. That doesn’t make the personal connections any less real or the friendships any less important.

I’ve been posting on message boards for well over ten years, and have learned that folks will come and go, but the relationships they form often last for decades. Just relax, visit when you like, take your leave when the time is right, and wander back when you ready.

There will always be people who care about you, and there will always be someone ready to meet you. And here at Help.com, there will always be someone who really needs you.

So far as taking friends off the list, often it’s just because the list gets so long, and people change their names so often that it’s hard to sort out who’s who. I wish this board was built differently to make it easier to use, but as it is what it is, I don’t take anything personal from it when someone removes me. They can still read what I say, shout me if they like, invite me through shout to participate somewhere…so really, the friends list doesn’t have a huge value.

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Barbyman offline Verified User (2 years, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 5 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 6 minutes after post)

max this is cyberspace you can love me hate me and really you can’t touch me but the feeling inside me is sadness when i see someone leave .every so often i check who is on ,who is not here, who came back,who haven’t heard from in a while and your real Journey is not in here it is: Angst, Sweat,Tears,all human things we have and going to do even though, do check in its called HELP.COM

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beatricegalant offline Verified User (1 year, 4 months) Long Term User Shouts: 9 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 10 minutes after post)

Maximina, it is sad that you decided to leave. You are such a wonderful person, you helped so many people and you contributed so much in here. Even though you don’t feel it or know it but people here will really miss you and your wisdom and advice. Take good care of yourself and all the best for you too! I WILL MISS YOU!

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Andi Leigh offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Slocum, RI, US | 1 year ago (1 hour, 12 minutes after post)

It’s sad to see you go, we really only spoke a couple of times in political posts, but I definitely had respect for your opinions and your knowledge. The best of luck in everything you do.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 15 minutes after post)

I think you guys are reading this wrong. I am not upset at the person I talked about in the post and that person has not spent time here in quite a while. Me leaving is not because of him. Just seeing me off his friends list hurt my feelings, which may have been the first time my feelings have been hurt on this place. He is someone I have been friends with almost the whole time I have been here. I know why he left and support him, but something in me was triggered is all. I also don’t think my friendship with him is over. It is just I don’t think I have anything left to give in the virtual world. Too many of the people I felt close to here have left in a manner that tells me this place was never what I thought it to be, not that it is not wonerful and not that the people left are not amazing, but rather it is not for me any more. I will continue my helping in the outside world.
Also a few months ago I put my trust heavily in someone I met online only to discover they were not at all who they said they were. A good friend once told me that online relatioships were not for me because I was the type of girl how needed relationships that were tangible. He was completely right. This post was not meant to be dramatic. It was meant to say goodbye. I always said I would not make a goodbye post, but I realized that if I really was not coming back it was the right thing to do.
Thanks for all your kind words and I promise I am ok, so ok, maybe even wonderful! :)
I will miss all of you and please continue to be amazing and believe in yourselves.

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 20 minutes after post)

he didnt say goodbye to anyone, max. it was due to IRL complications and a security breach that involved coworkers looking at his help.com account.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 23 minutes after post)

Dr. Foreman wrote:
he didnt say goodbye to anyone, max. it was due to IRL complications and a security breach that involved coworkers looking at his help.com account.

You have the wrong person in mind.

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 24 minutes after post)

sounds like BK?

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 27 minutes after post)

No

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 27 minutes after post)

well nevarmind then

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 28 minutes after post)

youll be back. its only a matter of time

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 32 minutes after post)

That is always what I think when people write these types of posts, but mine is not to get people to beg me to stay or to gain sympathy, but really to say goodbye to friends. I may come back, but never in the same way and not for a long time. If any friends indicate to me they need someone to defend them on here or they are in need of significant help, I certianly would not ignor them.
You have interacted with me enough on here to know I am a serious girl who means what I say!

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 32 minutes after post)

so are most the people that say it, people change their minds.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 36 minutes after post)

I have been here almost two years and never even considered for a moment leaving, so I think I am pretty serios, but like I said it does not mean I will ever type the url in my computer again. It means I don’t exist on here. Part of me is no longer on this site. I am not leaving because I am distressed or feel I spend too much time on here. I am saying goodbye because I know I will never pour my heart into this place again. This place will always have a place in my heart, but it is a chapter that I am closing. Seriously B you know I am not a dramatic person who just makes one of these for attention!

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BaconByAnyOtherName offline Verified User (2 years, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 39 minutes after post)

i know, i know. at least gimme yer Yahoo or your MSN or something

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 39 minutes after post)

I will be checking in for at least the next day so I have a chance to say goodbye to some people.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 40 minutes after post)

I will make sure my email is open to you. :) If you ever need any help you can contact me anytime.

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ambrutellow offline Verified User (1 year, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 hour, 56 minutes after post)

I know I don’t really know you but I enjoyed reading all your political posts. I wish you weren’t leaving because I believe you really contributed a lot to this site. Bye

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ScreaminglyWonderful offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
Wilmington, NC, US | 1 year ago (2 hours, 6 minutes after post)

Maximina,
I think it is nice that you are sharing with folks your intention to move on and I appreciate the opportunity to say goodbye. You are an impressive person, and I am changed because I have known you. I have stayed away from this site for extended periods of time and honestly always assumed that no one here would ever miss me…. I am not defending the people who have gone without saying goodbye, but maybe it is more about their relationship with themselves then anything else. If a person doesn’t value themselves it would be difficult for them to value others or their relationships with others. (I know you know all that, and are just saying goodbye) I wish you well, and I hope that you can find a way in your life (besides teaching) to help others as much as you have helped the masses here on HELP.
Best wishes, and many good thoughts, and thank you for being true blue. You are a gem.
Samantha

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¡Nellie.Skywalker! offline Verified User (2 years, 6 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Washington, DC, US | 1 year ago (2 hours, 26 minutes after post)

At least you have a legitimate reason, vague goodbye posts are the worst.
Anyway, I will miss you and your awesome opinions and rants :)
I hope the rest of your life is happy and satisfying, even if all of us here aren’t really a part of it anymore.

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Xeno Dragon online Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 72 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (2 hours, 53 minutes after post)

I’ll miss you.

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Sir Cody † offline Verified User (1 year, 5 months) Long Term User Shouts: 59 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (2 hours, 58 minutes after post)

Funny, I could have sworn that I replied to this. Oh well, I am sorry to see you leave, but it is understandable. If you want to talk or anything or if Meagans condition changes let me know, you have my email so don’t hesitate to contact me. It was nice knowing you Max.

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Commander Ikari offline Verified User (1 year, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 78 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 4 minutes after post)

Odd, you are driven to leave by others leaving, perhaps your departure will lead to others leaving to..

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Goodfella offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 26 minutes after post)

Max , I will miss you , but do what makes you happy , CIAO…..God Bless……………RON.

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Goodfella offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 30 minutes after post)

I know how you feel ,it hurts when you give your all and find out some people or at least the one’s you trusted the most were only leading you on.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 54 minutes after post)

Goodfella wrote:
I know how you feel ,it hurts when you give your all and find out some people or at least the one’s you trusted the most were only leading you on.

Nah, no one was leading me on. All the friendships I made here were valid. It is just too many people who have defined what help stands for have left. There are many of you still here, but the truth is I have not helped like I use to in quite sometime and it is time to move on.
Thanks Ron, I will miss you too. You are one of the good guys! :)

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 55 minutes after post)

Commander Ikari wrote:
Odd, you are driven to leave by others leaving, perhaps your departure will lead to others leaving to..

I hope not! This place needs all of you to stay and keep doing what you do.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 56 minutes after post)

Sir Cody † wrote:
Funny, I could have sworn that I replied to this. Oh well, I am sorry to see you leave, but it is understandable. If you want to talk or anything or if Meagans condition changes let me know, you have my email so don’t hesitate to contact me. It was nice knowing you Max.

Thanks Cody! You are such a sweet soul. Thank you for being there for me! Please don’t ever change.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 56 minutes after post)

ambrutellow wrote:
I know I don’t really know you but I enjoyed reading all your political posts. I wish you weren’t leaving because I believe you really contributed a lot to this site. Bye

I enjoyed our interactions. You are a wise soul!

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 58 minutes after post)

beatricegalant wrote:
Maximina, it is sad that you decided to leave. You are such a wonderful person, you helped so many people and you contributed so much in here. Even though you don’t feel it or know it but people here will really miss you and your wisdom and advice. Take good care of yourself and all the best for you too! I WILL MISS YOU!

:) Thanks for the kind words! I wish you the best too!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 hours, 59 minutes after post)

Andi Leigh wrote:
It’s sad to see you go, we really only spoke a couple of times in political posts, but I definitely had respect for your opinions and your knowledge. The best of luck in everything you do.

Thanks. I wish we would of had a chance to get to know each other. The best of luck to you too!

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 hours after post)

littlenick wrote:
I was almost about to vanish myself into the sunset. I will miss you Maxi. You are a true friend of mine!

You are my friend too! Keep being cute and feisty. Don’t ever change! :)

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 hours, 2 minutes after post)

Nante wrote:

*Sigh*

I know one day will come where I am the only one here…

Even when that day comes the site will still be amazing because you are still here! :)

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Sasha101 offline Verified User (1 year, 3 months) Long Term User Shouts: 6 #
An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (4 hours, 21 minutes after post)

Im sorry to see you leave Maximina, I didn’t get to know you real well , but a few of your replies when I first came told me enough to know you are a valid member of this little community. Your replies were full of knowledge and wisdom which are going to be greatly missed.
I wish you luck and happiness in everything you do, and hope to see you back one day.
~Sasha~ xx

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (4 hours, 49 minutes after post)

bye maxmina!
:)
I wish you the best of luck and the greatest of happiness, you deserve it!

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tricky offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 65 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (6 hours, 2 minutes after post)

i know what you mean, at some point you have to face the reality of some matters, it’s like real friendship or non at least this is how i think… but you have to know when the time is right… if the time is right and you have the energy to keep going on without help.com i think you should go for it and not ever look back… i wish you the best of luck and i hope everything goes well with you… you are really a gr8 person ^_^ keep that going on for ^_^… if you need to come back we are here for you ^_^…

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (8 hours, 59 minutes after post)

Bye Max. I also have had a similar experience. Although to be fair, from both sides of the coin. I tried to avoid someone who became too full on and freaked me out a bit. But also I have made real connections here. But the person I thought I had the strongest connection with, let me down, lied about me (although they don’t know that I know!) and now just blanks me, and all for no reason I can think of. Maybe I deserved it, in fact knowing what a prat I can be at times I probably do. But it hurts, just like it would anywhere, being on the internet doesn’t soften the blow much.

But it also made me put this site into perspective. There are very genuine, lovely people on here whom you can go on to have ‘real life’ friendships with, but I take most people with a pinch of salt, and try not to get too emotionally attached. So I can completely understand why you are leaving, and all I can say is that I hope everything goes well. Take care :)

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Max offline Verified User (1 year, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 198 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (9 hours, 56 minutes after post)

Hey Maxy:) One of my friends were asked by the software if they wanted to remove me(like a system auto thing). Just a thought that maybe it wasn’t done on purpose or with any real thought. This is a virtual world and of coarse the relationships can’t be real. lol..it would really screw us up if it were…lol. I have witnessed first hand the good you spread and how you share heart felt replies:) Do what you need to do, but please never forget that some here will remember how kind you really are. The net period seems to make us into introverts and I sometimes wonder if it steals our face time:) Like anything else….requires moderation and a good skill with the tags and posts:)
One Max to another….I got your back:)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (10 hours, 17 minutes after post)

Goodluck

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Ballinteer, 07, IE | 1 year ago (10 hours, 22 minutes after post)

People vanish online, it’s a hazard of online socializing. I’m always here, though, don’t feel you can’t come back because you’ve made this post.

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Felicity offline Verified User (1 year, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 15 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (10 hours, 25 minutes after post)

When I first replied I had hoped you would change your mind, now I see that may not happen :( sorry to see you go, take care and God Bless you

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (11 hours, 41 minutes after post)

Sorry to see you leave!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (12 hours, 56 minutes after post)

Thank you Max , I will miss you also , it has been a pleasure having you as my friend on here , and you will always remain my friend .

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (13 hours, 7 minutes after post)

You will be deeply missed :(

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Karma Amelia offline Verified User (1 year, 1 month) Long Term User Shouts: 21 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (15 hours, 37 minutes after post)

I will miss you :(

If you ever come back, please remember me. You’ve been good to me and I really appreciate you for all that you have done.

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Gävle, 03, SE | 1 year ago (15 hours, 37 minutes after post)

Maxi!
We have not talked much lately, not as much as before. But that does not mean that I did not think of you. You have been occupied with other stuff, and so have I. I also haven’t been much on ‘help’ lately.
But don’t ever believe that I will let you off my hook!
You are awesome, and you are my friend.
I have your email, and if you change it I will find the new one!

Lots of hugs, and not-at-all goodbye!
:-)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (17 hours, 24 minutes after post)

I’ve seen you around since I joined, and you’ve always seemed really nice =). Sad to see you choose to go, but hopefully you’ll stop in sometimes. I wish you all the best IRL.

~Nisa

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (21 hours, 23 minutes after post)

Max, You have ALWAS been a good friend to me.Good luck in everything you do.

Love RG

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Midvale, UT, US | 1 year ago (22 hours, 45 minutes after post)

Hi Max,
Im sorry to hear you are leaving. I hope you are able to come back and check in. I am thankful for the friends I met here. Seen many go as well. It does give you a feeling of loss. Life is a constant change, and as you know change isn’t always pleasant.
I think maybe many find it wearing with the depression and the struggle of trolls. Most of all I think the economy, has many depressed, and it can make you feel hypocritical. But survival is literally screaming. Some have, or are about to loose everything. Some are so busy looking for a job after loosing thiers.
I wish you well Max and hope that you can find a happy thought of your friends on help. I understand your hurt, and Im sorry someone special to you did not say goodbye. I have had this very same feeling and I know it is a let down when you thought you connected with someone and they just faded, Im sorry Max, and good luck to you. I hope you will stop by sometime and say howdy, and I appreciated you inviting me to your goodbye, that was thoughtful of you in your pain. Goodbye Max and good luck out there.

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Maximina offline Verified User (2 years, 7 months) Long Term User Shouts: 7 #
An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (23 hours, 23 minutes after post)

Sasha101 wrote:
Im sorry to see you leave Maximina, I didn’t get to know you real well , but a few of your replies when I first came told me enough to know you are a valid member of this little community. Your replies were full of knowledge and wisdom which are going to be greatly missed.
I wish you luck and happiness in everything you do, and hope to see you back one day.
~Sasha~ xx

Thanks Sasha :) I wish you all the happiness in the World!

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (23 hours, 39 minutes after post)

Jet|ImNoLongerAstray wrote:
bye maxmina!
:)
I wish you the best of luck and the greatest of happiness, you deserve it!

Thanks Jet! I have always enjoyed your spirit here at help. You deserve it too!

tricky wrote:
i know what you mean, at some point you have to face the reality of some matters, it’s like real friendship or non at least this is how i think… but you have to know when the time is right… if the time is right and you have the energy to keep going on without help.com i think you should go for it and not ever look back… i wish you the best of luck and i hope everything goes well with you… you are really a gr8 person ^_^ keep that going on for ^_^… if you need to come back we are here for you ^_^…

Thank you! Tricky your kinds words and support mean a lot. My non virtual World takes up so much time, I just don’t have anything left to give help. My job is about helping, so I think outside of it I need to focus on me for a while.
Thanks :)

cookies and cream wrote:
Goodbye Max :(
*tries to regain a calm composure*
I’ll miss you, I hope everything goes well for you :)
*wails*

My dear cookies who I will ALWAYS adore. My email is open to you if you ever need it. You are one person I may be tempted to come back and check up on. You may be one of the cutest people on the face of the earth. I will miss you as well. I would love to hear from you via email!
*huge hugs*

Anubis wrote:
Bye Max. I also have had a similar experience. Although to be fair, from both sides of the coin. I tried to avoid someone who became too full on and freaked me out a bit. But also I have made real connections here. But the person I thought I had the strongest connection with, let me down, lied about me (although they don’t know that I know!) and now just blanks me, and all for no reason I can think of. Maybe I deserved it, in fact knowing what a prat I can be at times I probably do. But it hurts, just like it would anywhere, being on the internet doesn’t soften the blow much.

But it also made me put this site into perspective. There are very genuine, lovely people on here whom you can go on to have ‘real life’ friendships with, but I take most people with a pinch of salt, and try not to get too emotionally attached. So I can completely understand why you are leaving, and all I can say is that I hope everything goes well. Take care :)

Thank you for your thoughtful words. I had a friend on here a long time ago who clearly turned out to be something he was not, but I was not that close to him. However, the situation taught me to be careful who I make friends with and the information I give out. The friend I mentioned in my post will ALWAYS be my friend. He is one of the greatest people I have met, even if it is only virtual. I was not upset with him leaving. It was his leaving made me face the fact that I am not here any more and have not been for a long time. When I come to find so many invites I can’t possible respond to, I sort of feel guilty, so if I am not a part of help any more I might as well make it official. My friend leaving the site is good news and I couldn’t be happier for him. I hope he does not come back because I think it will signify he is on the right path.

Max wrote:
Hey Maxy:) One of my friends were asked by the software if they wanted to remove me(like a system auto thing). Just a thought that maybe it wasn’t done on purpose or with any real thought. This is a virtual world and of coarse the relationships can’t be real. lol..it would really screw us up if it were…lol. I have witnessed first hand the good you spread and how you share heart felt replies:) Do what you need to do, but please never forget that some here will remember how kind you really are. The net period seems to make us into introverts and I sometimes wonder if it steals our face time:) Like anything else….requires moderation and a good skill with the tags and posts:)
One Max to another….I got your back:)

I am actually VERY extroverted in real life, but in the past this place has been a distraction from responsibilities. I am so grateful for all the friends I made here and all the people who have touched my heart. This pace has been such a blessing to my life, but all good things come to an end. I also think it has taught me to communicate through written language more efficiently. I do believe friendships formed here are real, but they are rare and take a long time. I would say that I can think of at least three people I know for sure I will keep in contact with, but I am hoping there are more. Max I have always appreciated your consistent and thoughtful participation on help. And although you and I were not close friends, we have ended up on so many of the same posts. Keep being you, because you are wonderful.

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Gävle, 03, SE | 1 year ago (23 hours, 42 minutes after post)

Hi Maxi, you are interrupting me!
Because I am just now sitting and writing a mail, to YOU!
Hehe

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (23 hours, 53 minutes after post)

Trampy (LostPilgrim) wrote:
Goodluck

Thanks! I wish you the best of luck too! :)

- Fourthings - wrote:
People vanish online, it’s a hazard of online socializing. I’m always here, though, don’t feel you can’t come back because you’ve made this post.

Thanks fourthings that means a lot. You are a cool guy!

seas light wrote:
You will be deeply missed :(

Thanks, I will deeply miss all of you!

{Felicity} wrote:
When I first replied I had hoped you would change your mind, now I see that may not happen :( sorry to see you go, take care and God Bless you

Awww, thanks for trying Felicity. I promise for me it is a good thing. There are so many great helpers here, that it I know they will keep this place running. You are amazing!

Luck of the Irish wrote:
Sorry to see you leave!

You know where to find me! I hope to continue to hear from you!

Karma Amelia wrote:
I will miss you :(

If you ever come back, please remember me. You’ve been good to me and I really appreciate you for all that you have done.

Thanks! You will always remain on my friends list. You will not be forgotten!

molotok wrote:
Maxi!
We have not talked much lately, not as much as before. But that does not mean that I did not think of you. You have been occupied with other stuff, and so have I. I also haven’t been much on ‘help’ lately.
But don’t ever believe that I will let you off my hook!
You are awesome, and you are my friend.
I have your email, and if you change it I will find the new one!

Lots of hugs, and not-at-all goodbye!
:-)

Thanks Molotok, you are so cute. You are my friend no matter how much we talk. You are one of my oldest friends from my earlier days here that still remains. My email will never change. Sorry I interrupted you! ;)

Dr. Cuddy wrote:
I’ve seen you around since I joined, and you’ve always seemed really nice =). Sad to see you choose to go, but hopefully you’ll stop in sometimes. I wish you all the best IRL.

~Nisa

Thanks Nisa! I wish you the best!

ben_j_richard wrote:
Hi maximina you and i have spoken at times, but where never close, even tho i know exactly how you feel. and i feel like leaving too. I cant take losing people… I am s bad at it. It makes me wish that i never made so many friends on here, because they can never be as real as they feel and they leave with you wondering about them for ever more.

Maybe your solution is right, to leave before it happeneds again…..

Etierh way hun I totally understand and hugs i wish i could console you in some way.

I am sorry for the pain that you and now i feel.

Take care hun and they can always be with you in your thoughts and memories.

Hugs

Ben

Ben, your response reminds me of an email I received recently from a close friend we have in common. I hope people like you continue to stick around this place, because your wisdom and kindness are needed. I don’t feel like I am losing anyone, but rather closing a chapter. The people I have made strong connections with here know how I feel about them and that I will be available through email if they want to communicate. I just don’t feel that coming here half a*s is the way to be any more. Although I will always wonder about the friends I have made her, so many who are gone and so many who still remain, I feel comforted knowing they will always remain in my heart!

Rainbow Girl wrote:
Max, You have ALWAS been a good friend to me.Good luck in everything you do.

Love RG

Hey you! My email is open to you if you ever need me. Don’t hesitate to use it. You have an amazing spirit and I hope that you let it soar. Please keep me updated on your family and your artistic career. You rock!

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2greeneyes wrote:
Hi Max,
Im sorry to hear you are leaving. I hope you are able to come back and check in. I am thankful for the friends I met here. Seen many go as well. It does give you a feeling of loss. Life is a constant change, and as you know change isn’t always pleasant.
I think maybe many find it wearing with the depression and the struggle of trolls. Most of all I think the economy, has many depressed, and it can make you feel hypocritical. But survival is literally screaming. Some have, or are about to loose everything. Some are so busy looking for a job after loosing thiers.
I wish you well Max and hope that you can find a happy thought of your friends on help. I understand your hurt, and Im sorry someone special to you did not say goodbye. I have had this very same feeling and I know it is a let down when you thought you connected with someone and they just faded, Im sorry Max, and good luck to you. I hope you will stop by sometime and say howdy, and I appreciated you inviting me to your goodbye, that was thoughtful of you in your pain. Goodbye Max and good luck out there.

He didn’t need to say goodbye because we are still friends, it just was seeing him gone on here that triggered something in me that was inevitable anyways. It was just a reminder that I am not really here any more anyways, so why not make it official. He will remain my friend. I did break down when I seen he was gone, but that was only because I was reminded of all his words that have been so helpful to me. He was the person who knew me best here and he helped me make one of the best decisions of my life. He was one of the people who defined this place for me. I don’t mention his name because I know he is trying to be removed from here, but those who know me best know exactly who he is. Over the last couple of weeks others have left that also defined it for me. You green are definitely a person I consider to be a HUGE assets to this place and you define what is so lovely about it. I hope you continue to keep people laughing and warming their hearts through your words. I wish you all the best! :)

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (1 day, 4 hours after post)

bye…=( i wish you good luck and happiness for the rest of your life.

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 day, 7 hours after post)

Thank you Maximina :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (1 day, 18 hours after post)

bye!!!! =`( i hope u have a good life!! dnt miss us too much ;`) have fun watching Lost ;)

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Midvale, UT, US | 1 year ago (2 days, 15 hours after post)

Oh Maxima,
You sure you need to leave? Look how many are here and like and respect you. Do you realize that unintentionally you are leaving us with a feeling of “there goes another one” A loss of a good person and a helper that has a heart of gold for so many that need it?
Max there are many of us left, why not give us a chance? Keep your prioritys of course, just dont fade out altogether. Give it a thought, hate to loose you and of course respect your choice.

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An Undisclosed Location | 1 year ago (2 days, 16 hours after post)

Maxi, I don’t know you a whole lot. I know that you are one of the sweetest around, a really nice and thoughtful person. I come to this website still, after trying to leave twice already because of people like you!

I think our friends on this post have said it all already but let me just add this much. Many times a day, I think about the people on this website, those on my friends lists, all of you sweet people I wish nothing but the best for and care for dearly. But we also all have our personal lives and our own little struggles so sometimes, you might find us too busy to even log in. That doesn’t mean that we don’t still care. My e-mail is open to my friends and they are welcomed to write me anytime at all! I guess most often, time is was is missing. We all wish we had more time to give and share with those we love…

If you go now, I know for sure, you will be missed so much. Think about it.
But if you do, please come back and say hi to those who matter, from time to time…

Take care, my sweet. :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 days, 17 hours after post)

TheJDevil wrote:
bye…=( i wish you good luck and happiness for the rest of your life.

Thanks! :) I wish you the best.

i love Tigger!!!!!!! wrote:
bye!!!! =`( i hope u have a good life!! dnt miss us too much ;`) have fun watching Lost ;)

I can’t wait for January! :) I hope you have many adventures!

2greeneyes wrote:
Oh Maxima,
You sure you need to leave? Look how many are here and like and respect you. Do you realize that unintentionally you are leaving us with a feeling of “there goes another one” A loss of a good person and a helper that has a heart of gold for so many that need it?
Max there are many of us left, why not give us a chance? Keep your prioritys of course, just dont fade out altogether. Give it a thought, hate to loose you and of course respect your choice.

I am not leaving because others have, but rather others leaving have made me realize I am have not really been here in a while. I just really feel I need to focus on other things. It is not that I spent much time here the last few months, but that if I can’t commit to being a member of this community it is time for me to go. Maybe one day I will come back, but I suspect it will be a long while. You are truly an amazing person and those live you touch are blessed. I am leaving with the highest respect and love for everyone who I have met here and I feel going out on a very positive note.

Marylou wrote:
Maxi, I don’t know you a whole lot. I know that you are one of the sweetest around, a really nice and thoughtful person. I come to this website still, after trying to leave twice already because of people like you!

I think our friends on this post have said it all already but let me just add this much. Many times a day, I think about the people on this website, those on my friends lists, all of you sweet people I wish nothing but the best for and care for dearly. But we also all have our personal lives and our own little struggles so sometimes, you might find us too busy to even log in. That doesn’t mean that we don’t still care. My e-mail is open to my friends and they are welcomed to write me anytime at all! I guess most often, time is was is missing. We all wish we had more time to give and share with those we love…

If you go now, I know for sure, you will be missed so much. Think about it.
But if you do, please come back and say hi to those who matter, from time to time…

Take care, my sweet. :)

Thank you for your kind words. I have read enough of your replies to know that you are a great person who is highly loved and respected on this site. The close friends who I have made here can email me anytime. This past year as been one of many changes and at this time I have too many other things I need to focus on. I don’t have time to help like I use to, but I am ok with that because my occupation is all about helping teens who have serious issues, so I know I am still doing my part. Thank you for you advice. Please keep spreading the love and hope! :)

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An Unknown Location | 1 year ago (3 days, 17 hours after post)

It is time for me to go. Please take care or yourself and each other. This post was never meant to get people to beg me to stay, say nice things about me, nor was it about me being upset. I am leaving on a very positive note. This chapter in my life is closed. This place has changed my life in away that I could not explain. It is a magical place, but every journey comes to an end. Peace Out!
Max

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