Sean and Catherine Lowe - General Discussion

instinct wrote:

iloveromance wrote:I'm leaving this board for good this time. I posted something last night that was my opinion. It was an opinion coming from a very, very huge fan of Sean/Catherine. I love them and support them very much. I had some concerns about him going back to tv so soon after the wedding, I knew the fans and media would most likely say he was after fame and I had hoped he would wait a little before doing that.

I wrote very little in my original post. But then this morning I come on here, after being sick last night with 102 fever. And to my surprise, I read post after post talking about what a downer it was to read my post, about how negative it was. Since when is voicing an opinion negative? Am I suppose to only say how wonderful they are day and night, even when I have a concern about something. And who is anyone to tell me what I can and cannot say? Only the MODS have the right for that, and they surely would not object to me having an opinion about my FAVORITE couple. If someone like me, who loves them so much, has concerns, then the general public will as well. Why can't there be a conversation about that? Why does anyone have the right to dictate where the conversation can and cannot go?
I wrote a long post in that thread, the twitter thread, and it was there for half an hour and not one person responded,yet they were posting other stuff. I feel hurt by the responses last night and the lack of responses this morning. I've decided that this time I'm leaving the board for good, because I feel pretty ganged up on last night by all the posts saying how down and negative I was. I felt like I have no right to an opinion on this board, and therefore why would I want to post anything in the future.

I vowed to never post on this board again due to its rigidity and judgemental tone, but I'm breaking that vow to support what you said.  Overall this is a fantastic, well run message board but the fan threads tend to become narrower and narrower in focus and less and less welcoming.  People, this is not a private board.  There should be a place for opinions that are expressed in a respectful manner without the posters being dismissed as haters, or jealous, or ill informed.  If a thoughtful comment from someone like Ilove is not tolerated, then you can imagine how intimidated and turned off the "silent majority" is!

Just Here In Ohio wrote:

instinct wrote:

iloveromance wrote:I'm leaving this board for good this time. I posted something last night that was my opinion. It was an opinion coming from a very, very huge fan of Sean/Catherine. I love them and support them very much. I had some concerns about him going back to tv so soon after the wedding, I knew the fans and media would most likely say he was after fame and I had hoped he would wait a little before doing that.

I wrote very little in my original post. But then this morning I come on here, after being sick last night with 102 fever. And to my surprise, I read post after post talking about what a downer it was to read my post, about how negative it was. Since when is voicing an opinion negative? Am I suppose to only say how wonderful they are day and night, even when I have a concern about something. And who is anyone to tell me what I can and cannot say? Only the MODS have the right for that, and they surely would not object to me having an opinion about my FAVORITE couple. If someone like me, who loves them so much, has concerns, then the general public will as well. Why can't there be a conversation about that? Why does anyone have the right to dictate where the conversation can and cannot go?
I wrote a long post in that thread, the twitter thread, and it was there for half an hour and not one person responded,yet they were posting other stuff. I feel hurt by the responses last night and the lack of responses this morning. I've decided that this time I'm leaving the board for good, because I feel pretty ganged up on last night by all the posts saying how down and negative I was. I felt like I have no right to an opinion on this board, and therefore why would I want to post anything in the future.

I vowed to never post on this board again due to its rigidity and judgemental tone, but I'm breaking that vow to support what you said.  Overall this is a fantastic, well run message board but the fan threads tend to become narrower and narrower in focus and less and less welcoming.  People, this is not a private board.  There should be a place for opinions that are expressed in a respectful manner without the posters being dismissed as haters, or jealous, or ill informed.  If a thoughtful comment from someone like Ilove is not tolerated, then you can imagine how intimidated and turned off the "silent majority" is!

I apologize up front because this is a negative post..
Love both of these post above...  Saying what the silent will not or can not because of the intimidation.

I do not post on any threads much at all..  Whether it is a 'fan' thread or otherwise.
When I did post, I never/rarely ever got a reponse either, so why bother.  
I do not sit on here and post just to see how many post I can get in, in a day.
IMO/MY 2 cents, I feel like there are a few that sit on here 24/7 and wait to pounce on anyone that is not in their "group" of hee hee haa haa's. Anyone that may a not be all sunshine and sprinkles all the time. Anyone that would have a concern.
They think this is their board, their threads and it isn't.
I stay in the sluething threads even though I am no good at it, hoping to learn something and how it is done.  That's what I like, that is what I miss.  I miss all of the old timers that made this board so much fun, so interesting to read.  There are still a few on here and that is I pay attention to and ready EVERY single one of their post.
 
Ilove, should you choose to do so I really hate to see you leave but, I understand

I do apologize for this negative post and I assure you, you will not see anything from me again for another long while.

Macswife8 wrote:This all makes me very sad. I hate the thought of Ilove thinking of not coming back and also of umngirl thinking of going private. We don't want to lose either one of you. We're a family here and expressing thoughts is part of it and very welcome. I hope that you both know just how much you are wanted and needed here and this board wouldn't be the same without either one of you. We need everyone here to keep this board the wonderful, fantastic, happy, heartfelt, loving board that it is. Ilove get to feeling better and please don't make any decisions right now.

It's crazy how being a part of this board makes you feel like part of a family here and I can't tell you what you all have meant to me. I'm very serious when I say that it would just not be the same here if anyone one of you weren't here. I know I'm probably repeating myself but we need you guys and want you guys here for all the things we have to look forward too including the patter of little feet one day and all those adorable baby pictures not to mention Sean during the whole process which we know is going to be the most adorable thing any of us women have probably seen even from our own spouses, etc. Love sent out for a great day.

landrje wrote:

Macswife8 wrote:This all makes me very sad. I hate the thought of Ilove thinking of not coming back and also of umngirl thinking of going private. We don't want to lose either one of you. We're a family here and expressing thoughts is part of it and very welcome. I hope that you both know just how much you are wanted and needed here and this board wouldn't be the same without either one of you. We need everyone here to keep this board the wonderful, fantastic, happy, heartfelt, loving board that it is. Ilove get to feeling better and please don't make any decisions right now.

It's crazy how being a part of this board makes you feel like part of a family here and I can't tell you what you all have meant to me. I'm very serious when I say that it would just not be the same here if anyone one of you weren't here. I know I'm probably repeating myself but we need you guys and want you guys here for all the things we have to look forward too including the patter of little feet one day and all those adorable baby pictures not to mention Sean during the whole process which we know is going to be the most adorable thing any of us women have probably seen even from our own spouses, etc. Love sent out for a great day.

^^^ very, very nice summation of how the overwhelming majority of posters feel Macswife8 ... you certainly stole the thoughts from my brain, thank you for posting

Poppycorn wrote:Wow.  I never realized there were so many people who felt intimidated to post on this board.  I thought it was a fun place.  Yes, there are those who see our couple as perfect and get all mushy over them but I thought it was cute.  I don't see them through rose colored glasses.  I know they have flaws like everyone else and may not always make the best decisions.  But they are such a level headed pair that they seem they will overcome any obstacle together.

I really hope we can all get past this bump in the road.  We are all SeanCat fans and enjoy seeing pics of them and reading about them.  I hope more people will feel like posting and not feel intimidated.  It's good that this came up so that we can all be more aware of people's feelings and encourage all kinds of discussions.  I would be sad to lose great posters like ILR and umngirl.  Can we all just kiss and make up?