I dont dislike you MSK, I dont know you well enough, but your far to self absorbed for me to say “hey there’s one of MSK’s post’s great, I love to read them”. I understand you have problems in your life, and it’s nice to get support from people here at the SDMB, but your constantly telling us how bad things are for you when personaly, I want to come on the board for a bit of a laugh and to relax. I think you would get on alot better if you kept so many personal problems away from here. You seem to rely on people’s opinions far to much here, it may seem like real life and is to a certain extent, but not as much as you seem to want it to be. I know how it feels to be lacking in confidence but I also know from experience it’s not something other people can give you no matter how much they say they like you, you have to work at it yourself and it’s bloody hard work! I don’t know how old you are but you seem to have an awful lot of growing up to do, and being aware of your faults doesen’t mean you don’t have to work on them. Hell, I’m not perfect, nobody is, but well, you are the one asking for an opinion. I hope I don’t seem to harsh but from what I know of you, well there it is.
I agree with the spirit of your post, MysterEcks, albeit not with some of the finer points. All you need to survive on this board is to be a nice person. Having friends will come with that. Respect, too. Hell, I know there are people on this board who don’t like me. I know there are also those at the other end of the spectrum. Such is life, and such is how it’s going to be wherever one goes.