A Friend In Dire Need

[fargowolf]

This is a rare, public post, because I'm asking that very question myself and it's not me that needs all the friends possible, it's my friend Shewolf

Comments

[jessntaz]

It takes balls to post up something like this, especially after you shot yourself in the knees not that long ago. I commend you for putting things aside and going for what you believe in and helping someone who seems to be having the emo finger pointed at. Anyone who dares say anything bad about what's been going on really needs to re-evaluate what a true friend is. I have seen the part about upbeat posts getting rave reviews but in all honesty it is appalling to say the least that ppl can't be bothered when the chips are down. Just makes me mad, considering how many times she's been right there for us when we hit dirt.

[sethimothy]

In this thread: replying to a person's livejournal posts is the only acceptable way to comfort them in their time(s) of need, and nobody ever uses messenger or other personal contact information to do so. ¬_¬

[alaskawolf]

wow really so im guilty now? so because i haven't checked my live journal friends list since Thursday im guilty

if i had checked my lj friends list when she had posted it, i most likely would have commented to her Live journal post like i have done many times before

i have a couple hundred people on my friends list and a post from a few days ago will get pushed back a few pages so i have to go through them all to catch up and that usually takes time especially when my internet has been going slow as hell

i have already posted a comment to her but it sure as hell wasn't because of gilt but it was because i actually do care

[fargowolf]

It was a broad and general post to keep it short and to the point. I know you don't check all that often and at the time had yet to reply. I knew that you would eventually, so no, I'm not pissed at you. Thank you for supporting her as she really needs it.

Why posts like that are difficult

[avon_deer]

It does to remember that some people check LJ only once a week or so, so it might be better to leave your scorn for a week or two. I do not. I check LJ quite regularly, yet I had no knowledge of the post in question your post here spurred me on to check. My own personal excuse therefore is simply having missed the post, which HAS been known to happen from time to time; me (and a good deal of other people) being only human and all that. But having read it, I don't think there is a great deal I CAN say. I do not have children or much knowledge of the Candadian social welfare system, and therefore cannot really offer any advice of much value. I will post a supportive hug, but that really is all I can do. I would probably submit that many other people kept silent, not so much through a lack of empathy, but possibly from an inability to come up with much to say, and perhaps feeling awkward as a result. I have to admit I DO have much more trouble with reassuring words now than I used to. I think my post-graduate experience in 2001 really

Re: Why posts like that are difficult

[fargowolf]

Even if all you do is giver a big Avon Deer hug, that would mean a lot to her. I guess my post was just me airing my frustrations. She does so much for others, get gets next to dick all in return. I don't mean to snap at people, but sometimes I find that I have to kick a little to be heard. Thanks you so much for replying, it means a lot.

[shiver_raccoon]

Well, I can't comment on the others, but I've been "on the road" for the last month, with Internet access only once in a few days. Right now I'm sitting in a frozen truck, using free WiFi from the local library. So, with many days worth of posts to catch up on, and no experience dealing with mis-behaving kids, there's not much helpful for me to say. I can't even lend an ear to listen, as I'm not on IM at all.

So yeah, as Avon says, better to wait a week or so before blaming people!

[fargowolf]

It was a rather general post in order to keep it to a reasonable length.. You're not being blamed in any way shape or form given the fact that you aren't online all that often. You are hereby pardoned from not replying right away.