in the physical but in the spiritual. Poster in question took it a different forum. I posted it Lounge and made comments and had three other posters agree, I apologized and said I would take it down.OP said it was a joke. Jokes can hurt too.

You are a wonderful human. I always look for your posts. Your feelings are valid.

Here at DU?

now. It wasn;t bullying per say. just making fun of my belief that Santa is spiritual for love, kindness and Being helpful. It started as a thread to ask when loungers stopped believing in Santa. I did put an edit on my OP stating that if anyone has a problem to add to the discussion or to email me. I thought it was wrong to use my name, Which is my real name/birth year and run to the GD to post it.

Clearly against TOS.

PM me pls?

When I was younger, I had a friend who "chose" to believe in Santa. She and her parents had received help from a Secret Santa at a time when things were so tough for them that they would otherwise not have had a Christmas. Her parents divorced soon after, at a time when divorce was uncommon.

All of their lives improved. She moved away, but I think of her often at this time of year. She is part of my Christmas story.

If Santa is real for you, that is good. I hope he is still real for my friend Teddy, wherever she is. In her own way, she made him real for me.

See what kind of response you get.

Ask for clarification on their comment.

If they were indeed being cruel, they will probably be embarrassed to answer such a question, and they won't respond to you.

If they were indeed trying to be kind, they will tell you that.

since October 20 for posting about a poster who I blocked yesterday for mailing me and calling me a depressed, elderly women sitting at my computer all day and giving me his phone number. This is getting a little strange. If you look at the Lounge posting today I have a debm55 appreciation thread,

I use it frequently, but curate it very occasionally, every few years, to see if blocked posters have gone away, as some of them have, particularly to remove them from blocked jury members.

You're a wonderful person who almost everyone here enjoys, and as for the dissidents on this impression, don't let them get you down. Just ignore them. We do have cranks - and I'm sure there are people who include me as a crank - but I wouldn't worry about it.

Many people are so insecure about themselves, that they feel a need to make fun or criticize others. I pity your critic.

I always enjoy your threads here.