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MindySue /img/forum/go_quote.gif I get creeped out when people start actually caring who looks at their profiles to be honest. I never bother to even look. lol . . . you should read Mindy's blog about this very topic. I happened upon it one day when I was stalki... errr seeing who she was
I'm guilty of looking at others' profiles multiple times. And, the reason is because I can't keep people straight for the life of me. I really wish I could but it takes me a *VERY* long time to be able to remember who is who. If you think it's frustrating for you to have multiple looks by the same person, imagine how frustrating it is for me to have to look multiple times just to jog my memory as to whom you are?!?! And, even as I type this, I can't for the life of me remember if I have even looked at your profile, ever, although it's possible I could have looked at it seventy-eleven times.
I also don't respond to comments left on my profile views-- or I haven't as of yet. I feel badly for not doing so but then I have no clue what to say.
In addition, I always have a problem remembering what I have commented on and someone could be addressing me in a thread and, instead of me ignoring them, I just forget where I've "spoken" at.
Also, I have a problem returning personal emails and private messages-- sometimes it takes me a week to do so. It's like I don't feel as if I can make a quick reply and the answer I need to give would take so much time that I just can't do it at that moment either because I don't have the time or I don't have the mental energy to do it right then (seriously!!) And then by the time I get around to remembering, it's sooooo late and I feel even worse and . . . it just goes on and on.
I have a difficult time remembering posts from people too. So much so that when I respond and reference something that I *think* I possibly remember someone saying, I have to go back and do a search to make sure it is them who said it. I also have a difficult time remembering people's real names. I feel like a total idiot when others are using someone's real name and I am still calling them "preferdogsovercats, I agree with you-- I hate high heels too!" I can hardly even remember my childrens' names, let alone a semi-total stranger's name. (You think I'm kidding? I call my newborn "what's his name" continually and I also call him "her" and "she" alll the time-- people laugh at me but I'm not trying to be funny!!!)
I've learned that many of the peripheral things in life that I think may have to do with me, most of the time have nothing to do with me at all-- it's all about someone else. Kind of like that thing Dr. Phil says "You wouldnt be so worried about what people think of you, if you knew how seldom they did."
Hope that shines some different light on the subject.
Warmly,
Brandi
