I wish there was some way to know about these missing folks.
Even though we know each other only virtually, forums like this one create relationships between folks and those attachments are every bit as real and enduring as real life ones.
I’ve been on a variety of forums since the ‘90’s, made some fantastic friends who have come to mean a great deal to me and vice versa. We’ve also met and visit with each other from time to time. I’ve hosted several reunions/get togethers of forum friends too.
Those friendships are just as meaningful to me as the friends I’ve met in more traditional ways. The friends I’ve made here are in that same category and if any of you went missing with no explanation It would be deeply worrisome, especially as this is a senior forum and some are not well, so our connection has a tendency to be even more tenuous.
I don’t want to be left with nothing but a mystery of where did my friend go? Is he/she even still alive. Y’know?