is it a sin leaving my lot without saying goodbye?

I am fairly new here, so may not be aware of the general protocol. I would think it's a question of degree. If you are not here for a few days because you are otherwise busy, I would think that goes with the flow. I work 4 nights on, 4 off, so there will be times when I will not be looking at the internet. It's good to know if someone is away a week or so, as it would explain why topics or messages may go unanswered. I recently left another site. Posted a good bye topic, and contacted a few I felt were close with some contact details. Short of bereavement etc, I would certainly think it inconsiderate to leave a site where you had good contacts, or were popular, without letting people know- and perhaps why.

If you are really good friends with your Mylotters then it would be nice to tell them that you are leaving. If you don't want to disclose full details simply tell them that you feel it's time to leave and then privately give them an explanation. I would not recommend simply disappearing with no notice or warning.

Hi ifa225, so far I couldn't see any rule or guideline that one should say goodbye before leaving myLot site. Moreover sometimes we have to stay away from this site due to our respective offline personal affair. I believe it's not appropriate to mention our personal matter by starting a new discussion just to say good bye to our friends here. It's quite normal to see users on and off having their activities here as well. If one really has some good friends he could say goodbye to them via myLot pm. Other than that I believe we have our myLot good friends' email address as well. We could inform them by writing email to them. It's really amazing as well to some of our myLot friends happen to participate in the activities here again after a long leave. And I'm used to see people leaving here without saying goodbye. Having posting

I don't think its a big deal, but I know I start to worry when people "drop off the planet" and I never hear from them, so I try to do it

i don't think it will ever be a sin to leave mylot without permission from the other members. i too leave mylot for a few days due to some important matters that i won't be able to come here. but people will understand if we need to attend to with some things that prevent us from come here.

i don't think it's a sin.... but it is good manners to say goodbye to friends that you have made. they are your friends who have accepted you into their circle (regardless if that circle is limited to being on myLot). and i would appreciate if my friends just drop me a note to say that they are leaving....instead of letting me wonder about what happened to them are you hinting that you're leaving..?

hi ifa its kind of nice when fellow mylotters do do that' but theres no written or unwritten law that says it is a must do thing. I think most of us understand that sometimes life is much more important than my lotting. after all most 'of us are adults here. If I was oft for awhile I would probably say something about leaving for such and such reason but If I did not I would not feel guilty. Life is too short to feel guilty about anything.

Anyone who wants to go or want to leave, we would always say goodbye. This is not a cause of sin if we do not say goodbye, but has become a habit that occurs when going away.

Well I think its only right to let your friends know if you are going to be away for awhile. So your friends don't think something happened to you. I plan to be away for at least a month due to moving and before it happens I will let my friends know ahead of time. There are people now that I haven't heard from in a long time and I wonder what has happened to them. Why aren't they on mylot anymore? Are they gone for good or just taking a break? I think as addicted that I am to mylot I would feel guilty if I was away for a long period of time and know one knew why.

hey, i did give my say, so there's no way am saying good bye with out permission because i have consulted with other mylotters first before i made a decision. turns out am not leaving after all. probably not this year. but i have noticed people leaving mylot with out even telling the others, except last year about a good friend of ours left because of work.

Yes, I do feel kinda bad leaving Mylot and not saying goodbye. But I can understand someone's personal decision to do that. Because aren't we all busy with our own lives that we forget these kinds of things. I would be polite about leaving for a while and leave a personal message for that person so they would know that I am gone.

I think that's no problem to leave mylot without saying goodbye. If you think it was sin leave mylot without saying goodbye then you should post discussion before you leave mylot. It's good and I appreciate it. I will do the same if I could. But if I leave this community by accident so I can't say good bye, I won't feel guilty. I think I will feel guilty if I don't comment back on responses I get to my discussion.

Well...i dont know what to say...imagine if i had to leave suddenly without a notice...would anyone care...i dont know... but there may be some situations when we will be caught in an important work or the computer has broken down or we are travelling...there will not be a chance to inform my lot.

if i believe what i did is really right i don't feel guilty for the things that i done.

No, I don't think that it's a sin. If someone has to leave for a few days, they don't necessarily have to say goodbye on mylot. Yes, it's true that some members of mylot do. However, I think that they do so, because they want to do it. Or, at least, that's my impression. Though it isn't necessary to do so.

It is but with blood over the site.

It is with blood over the site!

I don't think so. People are free =)

I often become very diffirent on that case. I dont want to see my partner a lot. And If we must to meet each other, I am so nervous. Whoever can find that I having some troubles. I think it so bad when I must to say goodbye with my partner. I dont knoe how I can do it.