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The Goodbye post  

hotdreamer1000 64M
8681 posts
4/14/2011 5:29 am

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The Goodbye post


The Goodbye Post

I'm not going write a goodbye post. Partly because I don't want to leave, lol, but partly because I do NOT want to become another blogger who "leaves" and then can't stay away, lol. So if I ever wrote a real goodbye post, I would have to mean it.

Having said that I don't mean any criticism of a particular friend who said goodbye and is back. Or another special friend who had a spell of deleting and then popping up again. It happens, and of course I'm really glad they are both still here. We all know the difference between someone who has had enough and then can't keep away, and someone who really only says "goodbye" just to see how many people will say "oh no please don't go." And anyway, as I have said before, I would much rather get a warning, than turn up to someones blog one day and find they've just gone, deleted, without any warning. I hate that.

But I have to admit it: I do have a secret desire to write that final blog-ending note. It's not that I plan to leave the site or stop blogging, because I have been here long enough to know that moods change and that tomorrow, or next week, I might have something I really want to get your feedback on. But once or twice in the last couple of months I have begun to feel like saying, "okay, that's it, time to stop bothering with this." Maybe we all feel like that from time to time. We are an emotional lot of compulsive communicators, we Local Discreet Affairs bloggers, so there is always a temptation to go out with something which makes an impact.

Theredheadinheat posted how she just couldn't find any point in being here anymore, but with it she put up a picture of a little girl walking away down the path with a bulging plastic bag dragging along the ground and a doll under her arm. I loved that image, and it added a real sense of moving on to her post. I told bubbleviscious that if I left maybe I would post the lyrics to "The Call" by Regina Spektor. In many ways it would sum up how I feel about this place:

It started out as a feeling
Which then grew into a hope
Which then turned into a quiet Thought
Which then turned into a quiet word.
And then that word grew louder and louder
Until it was a battle cry
I'll come back when you call me -
No need to say goodbye.

Just because everything’s changing
Doesn't mean it's never been this way before
All you can do is try to know who your friends are
As you head off to the war.
Pick a star on the dark horizon
And follow the light
You'll come back when it's over –
No need to say goodbye.

Now we're back to the beginning
It's just a feeling and no one knows yet
But just because they can’t feel it too
Doesn't mean you have to forget.
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger
Till they're before your eyes
You'll come back when they call you –
No need to say goodbye.

So if you decided you finally had to leave this place, what would you write?

rm_wantitindeep 58F
1874 posts
4/14/2011 6:35 am

That's all folks!!!
Short, sweet & to the point!

Life isn't about how many breaths you take, but about the moments that take your breath away!


FullOn4U 58M
20399 posts
4/14/2011 6:46 am

I deleted all my posts once - it took ages

Now I keep my blog down to 10 posts (fits in one page) so I can delete it easily if I ever choose to do so.

And I'd be one of those you don't like. I'd just delete the lot and walk off into the sunset... no fanfare, no fuss, just gone


rm_kelidgh 61F
15971 posts
4/14/2011 6:49 am

I've always said that when I choose to go - it will all be done in a day ..
remove the posts, clear the photos .. leave one last post that says ..
It's been a wonderful life

And that would be gone the very next day.

Since I have few intentions either to leave or say "goodbye" just because I can -- it's not something on my radar.

Take care - whatever your final decision. I'm happy to say you aren't saying goodbye and just going - but leaving the light on.



~ [blog kelidgh]~ I am, indeed


TheRedheadinHeat 62F
9294 posts
4/14/2011 6:51 am

That picture evoked every emotion I was feeling at the time I wrote the post. This place is no longer fun, but I guess I have a few things left to do. I hope you find what you seek. Perhaps we can chat in another medium one day! You are one of my faves. You know that, right?

If I have stopped by your blog, please be sure to sign my permission slip Pimp Me, Pimp My Blog, But Let Me Do The Same With You


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/14/2011 12:23 pm

    Quoting TheRedheadinHeat:
    That picture evoked every emotion I was feeling at the time I wrote the post. This place is no longer fun, but I guess I have a few things left to do. I hope you find what you seek. Perhaps we can chat in another medium one day! You are one of my faves. You know that, right?
I know that red, and thanks. But don't worry, you'll always find me here if you want me. Either that or you can always ask a friend.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/14/2011 12:24 pm

And the Merrie Melodies play out? lol!


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/14/2011 12:26 pm

    Quoting rm_kelidgh:
    I've always said that when I choose to go - it will all be done in a day ..
    remove the posts, clear the photos .. leave one last post that says ..
    It's been a wonderful life

    And that would be gone the very next day.

    Since I have few intentions either to leave or say "goodbye" just because I can -- it's not something on my radar.

    Take care - whatever your final decision. I'm happy to say you aren't saying goodbye and just going - but leaving the light on.
I don't really want to go, that's partly why I wrote this, just to get that feeling out of my system. Can't really explain it. But I think I would always leave the light on for you.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/14/2011 12:28 pm

    Quoting  :

I think I will keep hanging around, just in case something fun happens. You never know, WillHe might come back with Slezo, or Jake and the owls. I might even start some fun myself!


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/14/2011 12:41 pm

    Quoting PeterWasted:
    I'm going nowhere yet. I started with the intention of just looking at a bit of wider ranging - shall we say - porn. Then found blogs and actual people. This is much more fun (for me). There's now people who care about and I'm happy here. Right now I seem to be posting a lot. It's likely to diminish. One day - maybe - it will just stop. I'd probably leave it all up here so that it acts as a relic of times past.
That sounds like a good plan. I'm glad you've found friends here.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/14/2011 12:43 pm

    Quoting FullOn4U:
    I deleted all my posts once - it took ages

    Now I keep my blog down to 10 posts (fits in one page) so I can delete it easily if I ever choose to do so.

    And I'd be one of those you don't like. I'd just delete the lot and walk off into the sunset... no fanfare, no fuss, just gone
That's up to you of course. I think it depends on whether you make real friends who would miss you. It seems a shame to just disappear on people who might care about you, but each to his own of course.


FullOn4U 58M
20399 posts
4/14/2011 2:05 pm

    Quoting hotdreamer1000:
    That's up to you of course. I think it depends on whether you make real friends who would miss you. It seems a shame to just disappear on people who might care about you, but each to his own of course.
I'd say goodbye to my friends, but my blog would disappear with me. In the end it's just a conversation, and conversations are transient.


zandigal 59F
13016 posts
4/14/2011 6:36 pm

nice song pic, Dreemy...



Respond to every call that excites Your Spirit
~Rumi


..


hippiechick1967 60F  
13154 posts
4/14/2011 7:17 pm

I haven't given it much thought; I read and write when the feeling moves me, and don't when it doesn't. Is that overly simplistic?

Elevate me...


marysia4u 68F
15417 posts
4/14/2011 7:45 pm

Have no intention of leaving.
If something happened to me, Sis would let everyone know.


mystirose 46F

4/14/2011 8:10 pm

Since I don't pay for anything here, and if my life got serious and I didn't need porn anymore and I got bored with the blogs I read then eventually I would just stop coming on here. Thats sort of what I am doing now but I am coming on to read YOUR blog write mine once in a while and maybe watch a bit of porn

So I would just stop being here and the 1 or 2 people that read my blog which includes you would get bored waiting for me to come back and I would float off into the ether


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:32 am

    Quoting  :

I think you have definitely changed - you seem so much happier and more in charge of your life these days. And I think you may have a wider audience than you realise!


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:33 am

    Quoting FullOn4U:
    I'd say goodbye to my friends, but my blog would disappear with me. In the end it's just a conversation, and conversations are transient.
That's fair enough.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:39 am

    Quoting  :

I knew why you had gone, but I couldn't quite get why it stopped you blogging. Nice to have you back though. That's what keeps me here now really, as I have said before, it is like the "cheers" bar.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:40 am

    Quoting  :

I think that's probably what I would be like too. I would probably pop in now and again, but just be here less and less. I think I have begun doing that already.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:41 am

    Quoting zandigal:
    nice song pic, Dreemy...


Thanks Z, glad you liked it.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:44 am

    Quoting mystirose:
    Since I don't pay for anything here, and if my life got serious and I didn't need porn anymore and I got bored with the blogs I read then eventually I would just stop coming on here. Thats sort of what I am doing now but I am coming on to read YOUR blog write mine once in a while and maybe watch a bit of porn

    So I would just stop being here and the 1 or 2 people that read my blog which includes you would get bored waiting for me to come back and I would float off into the ether
I guess that's sort of what I would do really. But I hope you'd tell me where I could reach you if you decided to float off. Otherwise I'd better keep writing to make sure you keep visiting, or it would be a long time before I stopped hoping one day you would come back.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:46 am

    Quoting hippiechick1967:
    I haven't given it much thought; I read and write when the feeling moves me, and don't when it doesn't. Is that overly simplistic?
No, I think that's just how it should be. That way, when you are quiet, I know you are busy having life, and that when you have something to say you'll be back.


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/15/2011 2:47 am

    Quoting marysia4u:
    Have no intention of leaving.
    If something happened to me, Sis would let everyone know.


I suppose she would wouldn't she. That's nice I think. Though I hope it never happens!


mystirose 46F

4/15/2011 7:30 am

    Quoting hotdreamer1000:
    I guess that's sort of what I would do really. But I hope you'd tell me where I could reach you if you decided to float off. Otherwise I'd better keep writing to make sure you keep visiting, or it would be a long time before I stopped hoping one day you would come back.
Thats very sweet of you Dreamer and I would leave a forwarding email or something for you As I hope you would as well!


hotdreamer1000 64M
12409 posts
4/18/2011 4:38 am

    Quoting mystirose:
    Thats very sweet of you Dreamer and I would leave a forwarding email or something for you As I hope you would as well!
It goes without saying.


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