Do you miss answering your friends posts?

@Evacuee (1147)
February 2, 2007 2:05pm CST
I've not been well for the past couple of days. I suffer with unstable angina and it comes without warning. I'm not looking for sympathy I've just got it and thats that!! Because I have not been here I have not managed to keep up with my friends posts and I miss that, for which I apologise. Now I'm going to have to spend all evening trying to catch up. I enjoy reading my friends posts because they are all sensible constructive ones and not these one liners, I hate them!! Anyway my question is ...do you bother to answer your friends posts? If not....why not!!
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@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
3 Feb 07
I am very picky about my friends list. I usually let people join, but if I get a ton of oneliners, I have a tendency to delete that person. I have a had time responding to "u like fruit?" etc etc. I find it a waste of my time. I much prefer a real discussion and my friends network is really amazing. I does get hectic at times, but I do try and answer all of the posts as long as I have something to contribute.
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
3 Feb 07
i admit, i am only picky when it comes to choosing friends in real life. but here in mylot, i am not picky at all. sometimes, i find discussions that are so unncecessary and i just skip them. i am happy for your kind of friends. and yep. we all try to answer their discussions but sometimes, we are time's short. but i know our friends understand us.
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@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Thanks to you both. I find one liners quite useless and I wonder sometimes if my long monologues get boring too but I'm a bit of a chatterbox at the best of times and go on a bit. But I like a good discussion specially when the other person will take your point of view on board. Thanks for posting.
@rosie_123 (6113)
2 Feb 07
I had noticed that you hadn't been around, and I was wondering what had happened. I am sorry that you have been ill, and I hope you're feeling better now. Please don't overdo things, rushing around here. Your friends will understand. You have no obligation to us, - just to yourself and yur family first and foremost. Please take it easy, and look after yourself.
@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Thank you for your few kind words 'Rosie'
• Australia
5 Feb 07
I purposely keep a smallish number of friends because I believe we have a responsibility towards our friends. I try to respond to at least most of my friend's discussions. I find that I have nothing to say on some of them, but I still usually read them. I reply to most of the responses to my own discussions and rate them positively unless they are abusive or have no connection with the discussion.
@Evacuee (1147)
7 Feb 07
I do the same thing Cloud because like you I like to keep a nucleus of friends around me. Thanks for posting.
• Ireland
4 Feb 07
Sorry to hear you haven't been well Evacuee. Hope you are making a satisfactory recovery. I have been away for a few days and I am now trying to catch up on my responses to my friends posts. Yes, I really missed responding to them, and as MyLot was so slow last night, I had to give up, and now I have the additional ones to answer to-day. The typing is a bit slow, so I might have to settle for just answering a couple of posts for each friend. At least they will know that I am not ignoring them. Take care.
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@Evacuee (1147)
4 Feb 07
Thanks for that Alexandria and I have a lovely wife to take care of me. (but that goes both ways!)
@cultoffury (1283)
• India
3 Feb 07
Yeah, Nowadays I am finding it harder to get a post to reply to. Now whenever your friend starts one, there is no hesitation, you can always respond as the interests would surely match, otherwise searching for the right post to reply is really hard.
@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
I do believe you are right 'cultoffury'!
• Grand Junction, Colorado
2 Feb 07
I'm new here but yes I have been going to my friends sites and answering posts now I have quite a few new friends and haven't replied to all of them but am working through the list. I also have the notify button on so it notifies me by e-mail. I'm working hard to have a network of friends that we can work together participating in each others discussions. Good luck to you at mylot!
@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Good luck to you too 'beaniefanatic'. I can see we both cherish our friends.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
3 Feb 07
hi1 glad to know that you are doing better now and you're back! and yes. i do spend time answering some of my friend's discussions. i can't attend to all of them. but atleast, i try to choose ten friends per day, and respond to some of their discussions. it's a bit time consuming but i admit, my friend's discussions are interesting as well. there are times when i can't get on the internet for many hours. and i miss getting in touch of my friends. but that's just natural. we do understand that we are all trying our best here. so, let's all just have fun here!
@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Thanks for that 'maryannemax'
• Philippines
3 Feb 07
I dont bother answering friends post. I enjoy reading their post 'coz its informative.I dont mind whether their post is sensible or not. If i find it non-sense,i respond it with sense coz for me,to be here on mylot is to share your opinion and knowledge on what you know.I dont mind those 1liners,just filled them with knowledge coz they might out of words to say,thats why.
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@siluka (303)
• Romania
3 Feb 07
Only when I have free time , or when they have a good/interesting subject. Of course in some day i don't enter here at all
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• United States
3 Feb 07
First let me say that I hope you are feeling better today :) I do miss them but try to keep up when I can. Every day when I check this site - the first thing I do is check the discussions my friends have started. I skim through the list and pick out ones that catch my attention. I also try to find ones they have started that do not have many replies. I admit, I do not always respond to every discussions my friends start - some of them either don't apply to me or have a TON of responses already and I like to read what other people say, so it would take me forever to get through them. If they really interest me and have alot of responses - then I'll just add my two cents without reading anything else. I also *try* to post something for each of my friends each week but I imagine that can get hard sometimes. In your case, I think your friends will understand and not expect you to answer every post they have made. I know I do not expect it from you. If I see you once every few weeks, that's good enough for me. :) Take care of yourself and I'll see you on the 'boards'!
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@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Thanks for your post 'Heaven' and I try to answer all my posts just to show I've read them!!
@yanjiaren (9031)
2 Feb 07
you know what is good for angina? co q 10 excellent go and get 60 mg from the health food shop..also take it with vitamin e..this will do wonders for your ticker..and try to get to a tai ji class..that also will stregthen your heart..you are a great friend..
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@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Well thank you my friend. I take 12 tablets a day now and I have to be careful how I walk. I can be heard at 20 paces....!! Yes I used to do Tai-Chi and was in a demonstration class for years but I cannot find anywhere now I've moved. It was very helpful and healthy. Thanks for your post 'yanjiaren'
• Pakistan
3 Feb 07
Yes because if one have too many friends and they all have a lot of posts how could he answer them all? so it's difficult for me also
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@Aditza (76)
• Romania
3 Feb 07
I am new here.I try to answer first at my friends discussion and than to others.If I like an subject I try to answer,but If I dont like an subject doesnt matter who is that that post,I dont answer only because I dont feel nothing for that subject.
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@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
My views too 'aditza' thanks for posting.
@crickethear (1417)
• United States
3 Feb 07
Hey don't feel bad. Sounds like you are a pretty nice guy. Having medical issues can cause interferance. I know. I have multiple sclerosis, and there are some days, I can't even get out of bed. Try email your friends and letting them know that if you don't always respond, it is from having a bad day. If they are your friends, which I am sure they are, they will understand. Hang in there.
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@Evacuee (1147)
3 Feb 07
Thanks 'crickethear' and I hope you are managing your MS well. I have a niece with that and she suffers very badly too so I wish you well. Thanks for your post.
• India
3 Feb 07
no way .. how did u miss to ur friends post ... i will not if i know that he is my friend then sure that i will post atleast hi
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@Jadoon (177)
• Pakistan
3 Feb 07
Yes i missed them sometimes but so much..........Some times when i get no response then i missed my friends posts..........
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@NAB666 (99)
• Canada
3 Feb 07
i try my best to response on my friend's post but sometimes i miss there post because im not a regular user
@chavezrmc (6095)
• Philippines
3 Feb 07
Yesssssssss, if im not here for quite sometimes i miss all the discussions here. Mylot is already a part of my day to day living.
@sanjudear (142)
• India
3 Feb 07
Ya I answer my frnds always but not everybody always
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@langhua (501)
• China
3 Feb 07
i am coming here a little time ,i go to my friends's space is very little.i like to find some response what i like ,i want to myself have a good feeling,in everyday.