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Im leaving. No,
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Im leaving. No,
Im leaving. No, before you ask, this is not about that stupid Longest Thread Ever misunderstanding. Its because I dont belong here.
Many CBers have left since I joined beacause of changes. Because of exclusions, upsettings and feeling as if they dont belong. Recently, a fellow CBer, who is just as amazing, equal and fair as the rest of us, left because of people like me. People wh arrived and suddenly dove right in, took over and took the places of other, older CBers who were suddenly ignored and exluded from the rest of us.
The CB is like a home to me. But to take the place of others, kick them away and leave them behind as if they dont matter, I would rather stay out of it.
Goodbye to all of my CB friends whom I love, know and will remember. Goodbye. I will miss you. To all those who bothered to read my boring goodbye thread, thankyou. I love you, goodbye and I will miss you. Goodbye, Admin.
XOX ❤❤❤
submitted by LilyPad
(February 13, 2017 - 3:03 am)
(February 13, 2017 - 3:03 am)
What? NO! Nononononooo! Please don't leave, LilyPad! Please, please don't leave!!! Oh my gosh, this day is just terrible. First the whole thing with Lucy, now this? No, I'm sure they weren't talking about you! The CB is like a river- it constantly changes and grows. You have added so much light and beauty to this place, so much creativity and wonder. Brilliant, that was the word I used to discribe you. But not just a brilliant brain- a brilliant soul. A shining, glowing soul. You are bright. So bright. You shine. Please don't leave. I feel like you are a kindred spirit to me, I don't know if you feel the same. But I want you to know that.
Keep shining, LilyPad. Stay bright.
(February 13, 2017 - 11:39 am)
(February 13, 2017 - 2:01 pm)
Normally with a thread like this I would either ignore it or say something among the lines of "Bye, we'll miss you."
And I realize why now.
It's because I never connected to those people, or I felt like they wanted to add drama to teh CB and would come back within a day.
But I honestly feel sad that you are leaving.
I feel like I have connected with you. You are such a good Cber, Lilly, even though you do have much to learn. Yes, I want you to stay, but I also want to respect your desicion.
Never forget the CB, and come back Valentine's Day 2019.
I'll miss you sweet LilyPad.
:)
(February 13, 2017 - 2:11 pm)
LilyPad, if you want to leave, you have every right to, but you certainly didn't kick anyone into the dust! The CB is open to everyone, and that has been said many, many times before. You didn't take the place of anyone! You took YOUR place. There's room for anybody who wants to be here!
The CB isn't a stick of rebar; it's more like a circle. Just as everything in real life lives and dies, so happen the constant fluctuations of the CB. If you look through all the previous pages of the Chatterbox, you'll find different strata of threads made by at least three groups of the same people. But just as we'll all leave the CB one day, most of them have long since moved on.
If new CBers stopped joining; if they stopped bringing in fresh ideas for fear of displacing the older CBers, then the CB would dwindle and die, because the the same people who had been here longest would have no one else to talk to. The Chatterbox is just going through another cycle. It's the way of nature. Fierce though it may be, it just is.
I understand if you want to leave, but I guess what I'm trying to say is please don't feel bad about your time on Cricket! I can assure you that I extremely enjoyed reading your wonderful, creative posts and ideas, and you definitely will not be forgotten! Until we meet again!
(February 13, 2017 - 2:53 pm)
Well said, Mice.
(February 14, 2017 - 1:42 pm)
Don't Go!!! I will really miss you Lily. I do want to respect your decision to leave, and it really has been hurting me about what many other Cbers said of many of us are being ignored. You are really an amazing and imaginative CBer, we will all be sad without you :(. Your positive and creative threads really mean a lot to me and I don't want tehm to dissapear. The CB is always changing, there are always new Cbers joining. When I first joined, it was a very different place, but that's OK. Well, good luck in the world out there if you must leave. And I want you to know, I really think you belong here.
Farewell, my friend, I will really miss you.
(February 13, 2017 - 3:18 pm)
Noooo! Lily, please don't leave! The CB won't be the same without you. Please don't leave!
(February 13, 2017 - 3:22 pm)
I am literally crying like no joke really you can not leave no it is under my Happy Rules that Lily pad CAN NOT LEAVE! *SOBS*You did not even get to know me Her AE Squaishey! And me Squaisheyś brother Jack *sniff*
(February 13, 2017 - 4:53 pm)
Cockleburr, Butterfly, Micearenice, Dandilion and Ember, thank you. Thank you so much for your sweet replies, but answer me truthfully. If you really, honestly want me to stay, please answer. Because these are such heart warming goodbyes that I can't bare to just turn away. I dont want to be one of the people Butterfly described, and just leave to add "drama" to the chatterbox, then return in a day. I guess you are all right, its not excactly my fault, that a few CBers have left, feeling ignored. Everyone, as you said, has a place in the CB, and all have things they do right, and need to work on.
Please, tell t he truth, Cockleburr, Butterfly, Micearenice, Dandilion and Ember. Do you want me to stay?
(February 13, 2017 - 4:36 pm)
I am sorry. I missed the post because I have been very busy lately, and I would have posted sooner.
I reallly want you to stay. You bring so much to here. I always thought you were very interesting, and added a lot.
(February 13, 2017 - 6:00 pm)
I want you to stay! Truly! But, I also understand if you don't want to or can't. I just really would love if you stayed. You are always so nice and posting really cool threads that make everyone included and have fun. Please, stay.
(February 13, 2017 - 6:30 pm)
Yes. I want you to stay, from the bottom of my heart.
(February 13, 2017 - 7:01 pm)
LilyPad, you are one of the most spectacular people I have ever got to know. Your ideas, kind comments, and brilliant threads make my day, make me smile. If you left, there goes a light, a very bright light, of the CB. I would have posted sooner, but alas, I had school. I need you to understand that we need you here, LilyPad. Please stay. No one can force you, but you are brilliant, and it's wonderful.
Everyone should be united on the CB. If you leave due to the reasons you stated, you are not leaving some mark as in "oh we should fix this" as strong as if you stayed and helped correct the issue. If there is something you want to fix, don't turn your back and walk away. And no, you didn't cause this. Your generation didn't cause this. It's just that some of us are a little bit emotional with the whole idea of fresh things, and it's, in a sense, more our fault. I apologize if you felt that you were the source of the problem. It is merely just human emotions that are to blame.
So please, LilyPad, please do stay and continue being our little light of the CB.
(February 13, 2017 - 7:35 pm)
None of this is your fault, and you shouldn't blame yourself for "interfering" with the CB. It's meant to be a welcoming place for everyone, and from what I've seen you're doing nothing to contradict that - on the contrary, you've made a lot of creative, fun, and inclusive threads in the few weeks you've been here. Believe me, more people leaving certainly isn't going to fix things. If anything, it'll set off a chain reaction and before you know it we'll have to find another soapbox - a toothpaste tube perhaps? Might be a bit difficult to stand on, but oh well. Point is, you should stay.
(February 13, 2017 - 7:37 pm)
Yes. Yes. YES. YESYESYESYEYEYSYEYSYES!!! I want you to stay, LilyPad! I would never lie to you. You are a truly, truly special person. I don't think I have ever connected to another person as quickly as you. Not in real life, not on the CB. I have never ever connected to another person like you. You are so unique and I want you to stay. Please, please stay.
(February 13, 2017 - 10:34 pm)