Why ask relationship questions on AskMeFi?
June 3, 2010 1:00 PM Subscribe
Human relations questions on AskMeFi: Why did you ask in the first place, and did it help?
Well I'm pretty new to MetaFilter, and I've been reading all kinds of questions here, especially human relations category. (This is pretty much the best internet community I've ever come across with, and even if it cost me more than 50 bucks to sign up I would have signed up. You guys are amazing.) It's very interesting to read different people's different stories, and occasionally I comment on the questions trying to help the person find the answer(if there is any).
And of course, I have my own story too, and I tried to post a question here at least five different times and I always gave up at the last moment thinking 'What the hell am I doing!? This is something I need to take care of myself. No matter what ANYONE says about it, it's my problem.'
One part of me wants to get some encouraging and thoughtful words from people and reassure myself that I am right. Then, another part of me is afraid of facing any judgements or disapprovals. And either way, no matter what people say, I'm probably going to stick with my decision.
So I'm not sure why I even want to post this question about this problem I have, but at the same time I'm not sure why I can't...AARRGH!
In other words, I'm too much of a coward because I need approvals from people that I don't even know, and I'm too scared to hear any disapproval!
So I want to know what made those of you who posted questions about something like relationships to post the question, and if it helped at all!
Well I'm pretty new to MetaFilter, and I've been reading all kinds of questions here, especially human relations category. (This is pretty much the best internet community I've ever come across with, and even if it cost me more than 50 bucks to sign up I would have signed up. You guys are amazing.) It's very interesting to read different people's different stories, and occasionally I comment on the questions trying to help the person find the answer(if there is any).
And of course, I have my own story too, and I tried to post a question here at least five different times and I always gave up at the last moment thinking 'What the hell am I doing!? This is something I need to take care of myself. No matter what ANYONE says about it, it's my problem.'
One part of me wants to get some encouraging and thoughtful words from people and reassure myself that I am right. Then, another part of me is afraid of facing any judgements or disapprovals. And either way, no matter what people say, I'm probably going to stick with my decision.
So I'm not sure why I even want to post this question about this problem I have, but at the same time I'm not sure why I can't...AARRGH!
In other words, I'm too much of a coward because I need approvals from people that I don't even know, and I'm too scared to hear any disapproval!
So I want to know what made those of you who posted questions about something like relationships to post the question, and if it helped at all!
This post was deleted for the following reason: Yeah, questions about the site itself or the community here should be posted over on Metatalk, the policy/metacommentary part of the site. -- cortex
Some people post it to get a reality check. Some people post it to get approvals, knowingly or not.
You now have my approval to do anything that's legal and perhaps a little unethical. Just a little.
posted by jstarlee at 1:04 PM on June 3, 2010
You now have my approval to do anything that's legal and perhaps a little unethical. Just a little.
posted by jstarlee at 1:04 PM on June 3, 2010
If you're not at the point where you won't be able to handle disapproval, you should definitely not post. However, sometimes you will hear what you need to hear, even if it's not what you want to hear.
posted by amethysts at 1:09 PM on June 3, 2010
posted by amethysts at 1:09 PM on June 3, 2010
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