Chat Room Addiction

A couple of years ago, I started lurking at a chat room devoted to one of my dirty little vices, the TV show Big Brother. Occasionally I would post something, but then some nasty person would take issue with my opinion (i.e. the fact that BB1 was the best), so usually I just hung out in the background. This year I decided to stick it out. After Big Brother ended, it was even more fun. We would talk, and play silly games, Inquiring Minds Want To Know, stuff like that. I found myself beginning to care about some of the posters. Family stories were shared, it really was like one big disfunctional family. Crazy people, sweet people. Oh, a few I avoided, but even the ones I didn't post with were amusing to read.

And now I find myself ready to leave this little family. It's too bad really, it was a fun place. I wish that one person hadn't ruined the whole thing for me. Silly, immature games, and posting and deleting at different sites. Accusing others of awful things. I've raised my children. I don't need, nor want, to deal with that level of maturity any more.

Now if I can just get through the withdrawal.