I have a greivance to wage against internet users..................

I talk to lots of people on MSN etc. and I would never leave a convo in full flight without saying something unless I get called away by my mum. If that happens I ALWAYS apologise afterwards. Having said that, there are people that I would have an intermittent conversation with throughout the day/night and if the conversation had lapsed I wouldn't always say I was leaving to do something or log off. I think this kind of thing depends very much on the relationship you have with the person you are talking to. There are some people that I would never consider logging off on without saying something, and others that I know understand and do the same with me

My husband and I have a friend who we know personally. He has a mylot but hasn't done anything as of yet. I suppose that's beyond the point though. In any case, he will sometimes say night, but most of the time he'll just log off or be idle, sometimes even going to wal*mart. It doesn't hurt us so much as annoy us, but I thought I'd let you know that your not the only one who has experience in this. I always say, I'm going to be right back, or what now because it's only nice.

I always say bbl I might not get back till the next day but that IS later

celticeagle I am not much into chat rooms except for my diabetes chatroom. but I would be really angry if someone did that to me. that is a lot like talking with someone who just all of a sudden just up and leaves without saying goodbye, or I have to leave for another appointment or anything.that would really make me feel hurt. I have had that happen a few times and figured the person just did not have any fetching up as my grandpa would have said. bad manners all around. I never do that to people as I know that is very bad manners.It only takes a few minutes to explain that you must leave for some reason and then say goodbye.

It would really bug me too if that happened to me. I don't chat often but if I did and they were that rude, I might not bother with them again. It wouldn't break their fingers to type a simple good bye or good night. No way I would do it.

That happened to me,but i have found that people that use their mobile phones to do im on tend to not have a strong enough signal therefore that makes it cut off until they can sign in again.That is the only time i have had a problem with it.

Well, I no longer get hurt to these types of situations because they're online buddies, they're not real buddies. I have been an internet junkie a few years back and perhaps in those days I'd take the experience personally, but knowing these types of people, I no longer care. Which is why I don't try to get deeper relationships with people online anymore.

I have not had that happen but yes...it would bother me. It is no different than ending a phone call by hanging up without a good bye or walking out of someone's home without saying goodbye. It is just plain rude. I can't even imagine doing that to someone. I'd call them on it the next time we talked.

CE- It used to really bother me when people did that, until when speaking to someone my internet cut out and I lost power. It took me a few to reboot, reconnect, and come back to chat. Needless to say they were angry, thought I was rude, and I realized that perhaps others may feel the same way when they suddenly leave online without so much as a good-bye and I am a bit cold toward them. Things occur in life that perhaps people have to suddenly leave their online conversations to handle. Perhaps a friend who had a child that needed sudden attention. Perhaps a cut internet connection. I do realize that some people online are just rude, but you are above those sorts of people. Don't let them fret you too much and enjoy those friends who do like speaking with you. Have a great rest of the week. Namaste-Anora

i understand eagle, has happened with me too and it certainly is a little irritating at times, i never do that with people i chat, i don't like to ends abruptly like that unless it is something really important and i let them know later, if i have to leave quickly i at least them know that i am very busy and get offline...

Well that makes us humans, people tend to do harsh little things without even noticing it, people already hurt other people's feelings but for them it's nothing, they don't know that they already hurt you. Nobody is perfect cause we are humans, that are called mistakes, have you asked your self? have i done this before? definitely your answer will be no! but are you sure? are you 100% sure? I'm sure some noticed it but we don't, cause for us it is also normal, vice-versa for others it's the same. Remember some personalities that people have cannot be noticed by themselves, sometimes it needs other people for you to know what you have done or what are the not so good personalities you have. So don't get hurt it happens to everyone and even with your love ones. Try asking them someday what are the things that you've done to them that they really did not like and you did not even noticed that you've done such things. Just try, and sometimes you'll be shocked it's worst than you expected. Be happy because you feel a little hurt! it is a proof that you are still a human and can be hurt and commit mistakes anytime and anywhere. it's just my opinion but sometimes other told me i am right. ^^

Oh yes! I hate when people do that! I always try to let the person I am chatting with know when I am leaving and sometimes the reason also. I try not to just leave with no goodbye or anything. It has happened before but it does not happen often with me. I love chatting. I will let the person I am chatting with know if something comes up and I have to leave out quickly and then follow up later to finish the conversation if we were not completely finished the time I had to leave. Jen aka Kittykat7983

I wouldn't take it seriously unless I'm close to the person I'm chatting with in some way. Maybe we've struck up a deep friendship. And even if they disappear, I'd think they got disconnected. This happens a lot you know. So best to be optimistic.

IMs aren't like a phone conversation. I know when conversation lags I generally find myself going to find something else to do. But I usually say gotta go or something. If it's like right in the middle of the conversation, that's a bit rude but I usually attribute it to an internet disconnection or something. It's really no big deal, just one more thing to get upset about.

I feel sorry for you and your situation,and I can definitely relate to your situation about people being rude,and me and my wife talk to a friend that I found again after two years and we talk to him on AIM everyday,and he has a bad habit of stopping typing and then he will pop up and say I am back,and it is like why did you not tell me you were doing whatever you were doing,and there are times where he just signs off without saying anything and it can get really annoying,and sometimes I want to just reach through the IM and slap him lol.

I've had that happen to me a couple of times too, thankfully not that often because yes, it does hurt a bit that they can't even manage to type the word 'bye' before they up and leave. I do admit that I get a little put off by them but I try not to take it too heart sometimes because it could just be a careless action on their part. I believe that I have done this to others before, but without my realizing it and a lot of the times, because my internet disconnects so much I can't continue on the conversation until quite a while after and by then, they don't really want to talk.

that sort of things happen to me almost all of the time. sometimes it can be hard to find others that are truly polite even online. it can hurt at times but also you never will know what is really going on. chatting online and even offline it can be hard to communicate with others in a manorly way for some people at times. but its not always.