I don't feel like going back and quoting walls of posts, so I will give my story. I want to apologize up front if anything I say betrays anyone's trust, in particular Eclair.
Many of you know about my situation, but some of you do not know I never moved out. I continue cohabiting so I can be with my kids. Things are awkward and weird and recent information from my minions has me realizing I need to be more active to get their mother to shape up or force the issue and go to the courts.
For several months Eclair and I were talking privately. Some of it was getting to know each other, some of it was giving each other support, and some of it was more private. I did have difficulty talking to her at times and thought conversations were over when I guess a response was expected. I was troubled when it was inferred she genuinely liked me, whatever that really meant. I can't understand as I find it hard to really know and thus like someone just from words on a screen and each sharing a picture that didn't even show faces. Regardless, I was not able to handle this and felt personally awful as I felt guilt over possibly misleading Eclair. This all happened the same time I was talking to Elle about meeting up again, which I think I had shared with Eclair. Then Scrap sent me an intimate picture of Eclair and I responded that 'they' looked really nice. Probably was inappropriate on my part. The picture was deleted by Scrap as soon as I viewed it. Combined with personal stuff at work and home, I stopped posting in here. Take from this information whatever you want. I like Eclair, but didn't get the attacks on Elle, especially since accusations flew that included me and seemed to imply things. Since I came back, and before I read this thread, I sent her several PMs and have gotten no response. I guess she left and that is too bad.
I want to publicly apologize to Eclair for any wrongdoing I did to her. All I can say is I did not do anything intentionally and I genuinely like her and if I ever do make it Down Under, I would love to take her out for dinner...no strings attached.
As far as Les vs. Elle, in my opinion you both should get over it. Remove the inferences in your signatures and titles and move on. Having met Elle and hung out with her as long as I have on here, I think I get that a lot of her attacks on men are in jest. I miss the "Goddess of Blue Balls" moniker as I had dubbed it. Made me feel special. Also, I apologize for making jokes about the whole thing between you two as I had no idea what was going on. I also had no idea about Hyke. My apologies for dragging that out by "correcting" posts.
With regards to Les' attacks on Elle...I believe that they were very hateful and quite frankly out of line. Calling Elle a bigot is a pretty wild accusation. It's not about being a victim, but from what I know of Elle and what she has shared on here, she hasn't had the greatest experiences with men. I have actually tried to be her friend to show her we are not all trying to get in her pants. Maybe if some others would do the same, not you Les - I'm talking about Scrap and others, she wouldn't be so negative on here at times. Only she can really speak to her personal stuff and how they intertwine with any of this. Regardless, your accusations Les were not very well backed up anyway. Get over it and move on. I like you and have nothing personal with you. Just my opinion. Also, Hyke is really cool.
As far as Heinrich goes, duuuude, I consider you a friend and am sorry you stumbled into this nonsense and got run over in the process. For that, I apologize for instigating, apparently, this volatile situation. I followed you and your cohorts to zOMG and then here. I feel we have shared in a way a very difficult time and it affected us both profoundly, although you waaaaay more intimately. PM me if you ever want to talk.
FINALLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY:
DUNKIN DONUTS
KICK KRISPY KREME'S ASS!!! AND I CAN GET EITHER AT ANY TIME I WANT!!!
If I think of anything else, I will post it.
"Is she gone yet?"