Thank you and take care!

[jm5855]

Time for me to leave this board soley to you awesome women. I had always hoped more men would find this board and add to the discussion but that obviously hasn't happened. If more men knew of this board they would be flocking here because this really is an invaluable resource.

I came here a long time ago because I was overly jaded about relationships after getting scortched by my ex. I wanted to understand women more and hopefully help me heal so I could engage in healthy relationships moving forward. I have accomplished that and SO much more. I really can not thank this board enough for all the encouragement, advice, and laughs I have had on here. Aside from that I have made some friends and look forward to continuing those relationships.

I have tried to inject some humor into this board, sometimes it worked...other times I was flamed...lol. If I offended some of you with my comments, well that is just too damned bad!! Joking. I always believed in my message, but it was delivered poorly at times. Sometimes I failed to remember I was talking to a group of women and not my buddies.

I am sure I will come on and lurk every once in a while. My two girlfriends Doris and Bully (hey a guy can dream) know how to get in touch with me so if there is anything I can do for anyone please let me know.

I can't think of ending on a better note after witnessing the seemingly endless eye candy from yesterday's "PIP yourself" post. Damn

Again thanks and I wish everyone the best of luck!!!

[hainesherway]

NOOOOO!!! Don't leave JM! I appreciate having a dude's point of view on here.

[roselis]

You will be missed! It was nice having a guy to turn to for a guys opinion

[doriswe]

lol...I'm still going to send the random "tell me what you think about....." messages, you know that right??

[jm5855]

Aug 30, 2012 10:05:27 GMT -5 doriswe said:

lol...I'm still going to send the random "tell me what you think about....." messages, you know that right??

I welcome it Doris, you will always be able to count on me

[heyney]

Oh nooooo! Good luck to you

[turtle1120]

Booooo! You will be missed!

[blackkitty]

Peace out

[chrissie3416]

I also will miss the male opinion....best of luck to you and we are always here should you choose to come back!!

[wrathofkuus]

Did you just get bored, or what?

[jm5855]

Aug 30, 2012 10:34:51 GMT -5 wrathofkuus said:

Did you just get bored, or what?

I will say that SO has not been as lively as in the past, but that would be a very small part of why I am not going to post anymore. I may look for a forum that has a better gender mix.

[turtle1120]

Aug 30, 2012 10:52:22 GMT -5 jm5855 said:

Aug 30, 2012 10:34:51 GMT -5 wrathofkuus said:

Did you just get bored, or what?

I will say that SO has not been as lively as in the past, but that would be a very small part of why I am not going to post anymore. I may look for a forum that has a better gender mix.

Well let me know if you find a fun board!!!

[achase123]

WE will miss you!

[explorer2001]

Good luck. I'll miss your perspective.

[heavenly]

Best of Luck to you!

[wrathofkuus]

Aug 30, 2012 10:52:22 GMT -5 jm5855 said:

Aug 30, 2012 10:34:51 GMT -5 wrathofkuus said:

Did you just get bored, or what?

I will say that SO has not been as lively as in the past, but that would be a very small part of why I am not going to post anymore. I may look for a forum that has a better gender mix.

Odd answer, but okay.

[gozf]

Good luck, JM!

[jm5855]

Aug 30, 2012 11:53:11 GMT -5 wrathofkuus said:

Aug 30, 2012 10:52:22 GMT -5 jm5855 said:

I will say that SO has not been as lively as in the past, but that would be a very small part of why I am not going to post anymore. I may look for a forum that has a better gender mix.

Odd answer, but okay.

Odd? I am looking for a board with more male perspective. What answer were you looking for?

[wrathofkuus]

It's odd in that self-help book sort of way. Unless we're talking about the social impact of gender and how it relates to issues (and if we were, we'd probably be having this conversation on CE&P rather than here), I'm not sure how being male or female is relevant to, well, much of anything. Maybe too much dating and divorce talk here, perhaps?

I don't know. I guess it seems weird to me that, when you get sick of being the token dude (which I totally understand), you don't just pick another board here, where people talk about, you know, stuff. On ML or CE&P, I doubt anyone would even notice you were some sort of gender.

[jm5855]

I see your point Kuus. I guess I will take it a bit further. I may (or may not) seek another board where the forum is relationship/dating heavy, like this one, but that offers more male input. It would be nice to hear other stories from men about what they are facing/experiencing in the dating world. The perfect board for me would be structured like SO but have just as much male input as female. Not sure if that even exists.

[chrissie3416]

If that board exists, Id love to be a part of it!!

[wrathofkuus]

Ah. There aren't many boards here that are relationship talk-heavy, period.

[Deleted]

No! Don't leave! It's nice to have a guy's perspective.

I think you should create a proboard relationship board! Not on GBCN but create your own thing using proboard. I don't know if forums/boards where there is the same amount of men/women exist. But if you find one or create one, let us know!

You'll be missed and maybe someday we'll do a GTG with all the SO women living in MN, WI, IL and IA!