Posted by Tamar on March 4, 2006, at 21:20:51
In reply to Re: Yo, Babblers, posted by Dr. Bob on February 28, 2006, at 1:52:46
Gosh… I’ve never emailed Dr Bob, but I’ve posted maybe two or three things to which he’s replied, and I’ve read various replies that Dr Bob has made to other posts.
As for feelings of outright love… yeah, I think I can admit easily enough to feelings of outright love for Dr Bob on occasion. For example, when he unblocked Larry, and when he posted to Deneb (while blocking her, I think) that it didn’t mean he didn’t like her. I thought those were brave decisions and it would have been easy for him to ignore the feelings involved in the dialogue. I’m always impressed when professional people can be confident enough to change things when it really matters.
But at the same time… it’s true that I can admit to feelings of outright love for Dr Bob. But I haven’t had much contact with him. I’ve had a great deal of contact with other people at Babble and I find it very easy to say that I love them. There are people here who have supported me when I’ve felt there was no point in continuing to live. There are people here who have babblemailed me to offer support even though we’ve had no previous contact on the boards. There are people who notice when I’m not feeling very communicative and who ask if I’m still around, and there are people who have very different perspectives from mine who have nevertheless taken the time to respond to me with their own ideas, even though they know that they’re coming from a different place.
Do I love Dr Bob? Heck yeah. Do I love other people at Babble? With all my heart.
(((((Babblers)))))
Tamar
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