# I think I have a problem with commitment **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241 "2000-11-08T04:16:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/1 "2000-11-08T04:16:03Z")
I don’t know about the rest of the minions around here, but does anyone else here read a post, hit the reply button, start to type out something unbelievably great and creative, and then just say, ‘Aaaa, Fuck it’? It’s happened about five times tonight. I read a thread and think of something I’d like to add to it, get to the writing phase of the process, and, well, nothing. I back out of it and move on. Later when I’m re-reading the thread, I recall seeing it before and the post I _thought_ I made, smile, because it was _really_ good, scroll down and find nothing!! This is beginning to piss me off. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/2 "2000-11-08T04:18:00Z")
well, i don’t look for my non-posts later; i just yell at myself for not posting. same idea though ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/3 "2000-11-08T04:19:08Z")
I had the same problem. Now I find I’m having shorter thoughts. I chalk it up to a shortening of the national attention span. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/4 "2000-11-08T17:02:56Z")
Sheesh. Two almost instantaneous responses to the thread (How’d you do that, anyway?) and then nothing. I see I’m _not_ the only one with this problem. ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/5 "2000-11-08T17:09:11Z")
All the time. Its an issue. drugs? Therapy? A support group? Le Sang, if this is you practicing restraint, I don’t want to think about what you want to share… ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/6 "2000-11-08T19:26:03Z")
**CnoteChris** , I do that all the time. Usually, when I start to reply, I think that I have something of value or insight to provide, but as I start typing I realize, upon further reflection, that either I don’t really have a cogent response, or I’m simply rehashing something already posted by another. In the unusual cases, I realize that whatever smart-ass response I thought of simply wasn’t that humorous. I think it’s pretty useful that my typing is slower than my mind or my mouth in responding. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/7 "2000-11-08T22:27:11Z")
**Medea’s Child** _wrote:_ > [@](#): > > **A support group?** That’d be one quiet support group if it were online. **Purd Werfect** _wrote:_ -I just have to say that I’ve always liked your screen name. It makes me smile whenever I see it.- > [@](#): > > **Usually, when I start to reply, I think that I have something of value or insight to provide, but as I start typing I realize, upon further reflection, that either I don’t really have a cogent response, or I’m simply rehashing something already posted by another.** Do you get dissapointed when re-read it later and see that it would have added to it rather than hurt it? That’s what always ticks me off. And, AND, some of the one’s I do respond to I wish I hadn’t later on. Damned if I do or don’t. Pisser. ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/8 "2000-11-08T22:53:54Z")
I typed out a long, thoughtful & provocative response to this thread. I then decided not to post it. I then decided I should post _ **something** _. I don’t have the time or inclination to retype my original post. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/9 "2000-11-08T23:43:16Z")
I do that all the time - and I don’t doubt the sum of human knowlege is better off when most of my contributions die aborning. In fact, you’re all invited to my 1000th non-post party. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/10 "2000-11-08T23:58:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Medea’s Child \* > \*\*Le Sang, if this is you practicing restraint, I don’t want to think about what you want to share… \*\* hmm… should I start posting in the TMI thread then? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/11 "2000-11-09T21:13:33Z")
I think the only responses I make that I later wish I hadn’t are the few I’ve made while under the influence of grain-based liquids. Fortunately, that doesn’t happen to often, because I’m one of those folks who loves everyone while drinking, so I tend to get sappy. (Not to mention often missing the point of the OP.) One of the things which annoys me is finding old threads and wishing that I was around here at the time the thread was started so as to be able to comment in a timely fashion. Ah well. **CnoteChris** , glad you like the name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-have-a-problem-with-commitment/40241/12 "2000-11-09T22:03:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\*I don’t know about the rest of the minions around here, but does anyone else here read a post, hit the reply button, start to type out something unbelievably great and creative, and then just say, ‘Aaaa, Fuck it’? > > It’s happened about five times tonight. I read a thread and think of something I’d like to add to it, get to the writing phase of the process, and, well, nothing. I back out of it and move on. > > Later when I’m re-reading the thread, I recall seeing it before and the post I _thought_ I made, smile, because it was _really_ good, scroll down and find nothing!! > > This is beginning to piss me off. > \*\* YES. All the time. Its especially annoying when you get signed off and go to rewrite the post and then decide not to…I really should start posting more.