A thread for DUers that are MIA

[rpannier]

61. Hearing that from you makes me sad

I have been afraid that she might not have made it
But, I still hold out hope
Hearing from someone she trusts/trusted enough to stay in contact with and then suddenly vanish makes my worst fears seem more probable

I'll be honest, our first encounter on DU is something I am not proud of and, I think and hope she does/did as well, I tried hard to make amends for writing something so stupid

She commented to something I wrote about how great the economy was in the 90's.
She said she didn't do well in the 90's
and I made some jack ass post like, "Well, you were in a small number then."

That was back when after 10 minutes your post was glued there unless a mod pulled it
She saw it and was offended and (I think) hurt by my dismissiveness

I apologized several times.
She explained how difficult the 90's were for her (no great detail, just enough so I'd have some understanding)
I felt so badly for everything
The closest I could come was being without electricity for 4 months in the summer and no heat in sub zero temperatures for three weeks in the winter because I couldn't pay the bill
But that was temporary and I had a roof over my head.
It wasn't the same as what she went through

I commented on a few of her posts trying to be supportive and then she was gone

I don't know why but there was an empty feeling like something bad had happened and I couldn't help
I hoped she'd come back

It may sound stupid or melodramatic, but she was one of the few truly genuine people I saw on the site and I grew a lot from my few interactions with her
I hope you're wrong and that she's out there and just decided DU wasn't worth it any more