Do You Get Emotionally Caught up on Here?

Updated on May 25, 2011
R.D. asks from Richmond, VA
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I ask because Momma of One just posted a question about her baby girl, and I am SO worried about her, and I'm NOT a worrier.

And Lee P is getting married this Saturday, and I feel like I've known her forever; I'm so happy and excited for her :)

And to all the moms posting about the tornado destruction, asking for prayers...

There are lots of other examples... but am I the only one who genuinely gets emotionally attached to certain people/circumstances on here? Do you have to find out what happens? Does it drive you nuts if you don't?

I don't know, it's like a mini real life soap opera... I get worried, happy, mad, sad, upset, elated, etc at other people's situations on here sometimes... am I the only one?

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BTW, I wasn't trying to leave any of my ladies out, you know who you are... and if you have to stop and ask yourself if you're one of them, yes, you ALL are ;)

@Denise, she had sort of recently posted another question and was moving forward and sounded better... but I can't find it! I was thinking the same thing...

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B.K.

answers from San Francisco on

Yes
Especially the one's in domestic violence situations,I wonder did they leave.
This 16yr old poster ,pregnant,I wonder about her too.
B. k

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G.T.

answers from Modesto on

I know what you mean. I have emotions about certain girls on the site, but it's cyber emotions-- not the same I have for people I physically know.

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T.N.

answers from Albany on

Yes, and I LOOOOVE EVERY ONE of you, even (especially) on your SuperBitch days!

:)

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A.C.

answers from Jacksonville on

I do find myself going back and hoping for an update on alot of questions. I also will read a response and think about other responses they've written and you can kinda get a glimpse of what someone is like. I love this site, and alot of the women on it, I look forward to reading it every day. I need a hobby ;)

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N.G.

answers from Dallas on

Yes! I'm beginning to wonder if this is an unhealthy addiction... lol

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E.S.

answers from Asheville on

Oh yes! I cried at work this morning reading the post about the mommy with 3 families/friends hit by the tornadoes. I was hit hard by the pregnant mom who was found 'unrecognizable' with a 5yo with head injury, 15mo didn't make it and 3yo still missing. I hope she tells us when they find that baby! (A co worker cried too, and she's not a mamapedia mamma)

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L.B.

answers from Biloxi on

You are not the only one R.,
:)
I sometimes go back to my Answers and check the original post in hopes of an update. Some of the questions stick with me,and I find myself talking to my sister about them later. Others drive me crazy, and I find myself talking to my sister about them. LOL She should just get an account on MP.

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A.F.

answers from Fargo on

No, you're not the only one! Oh, and for the record, every time I do laundry I feel thankful that I don't have to go outside my house and into a basement where a snake may or may not fall on my head! Thanks to you, R.! :)
I will remember that story forever!

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S.G.

answers from Norfolk on

No, you are not alone in laughing and crying along with these amazing stories!! I really am feeling badly for Katie S. lately, who lost her husband and is trying to pick up the pieces the best she can for her twin daughters. There but for the grace of God go I. I often find myself mulling over different questions on my drive to and from work.
Oh, and I get p.o'd at snotty beeeyotches, too! Especially the holier-than-thou "don't be so judgemental" hypocrites who are actually being judgemental themselves.
Good, bad, or ugly, my skin should probably be thicker because you ladies definitely have been known to get to me:)!

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J.B.

answers from Detroit on

Yes, I feel the same way. I have actually became friends with a few of the Mom's I met on here. I get really angry when someone pours their heart out asking for help and another Mom makes them feel worse about the situation. This is a site for help not for someone to harm us emotionally. One Mom who I haven't seen on here for a while now would contact me privately everytime I would respond to someone she said I was giving medical advise by telling them what I did and what helped me for certain health issues. She was really rude to me and made me afraid to answer anyone for a long time after I told her what I thought she finally stopped posting and answering. So the answer is a double yes, I do feel for and worry about and happy for the Mom's and their situations.

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L.F.

answers from San Francisco on

I am the same way, its like we all know eachother-we have a connection with the moms on here and yes, i do worry as well! I want to know what happens and how they are doing etc.

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D.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Yeah...whatever happened to the mom whose BF kicked her son? I still wonder....

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M..

answers from Ocala on

I feel the same way. = )

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Sometimes I want to go back and ask some mama's what happened and how are they doing, but I don't want anyone to think that I am stalking them.

= )

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S.K.

answers from Denver on

There are a few of you that I seem to keep up with more than others. Some stories make me sad, some happy and there is one lady who I really really want to slap.

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L.M.

answers from Houston on

No, you are not the only one. I get really mad when people post for advice and they get completely torn apart by other mom's. It makes me so mad like it was toward me. LOL I wish people would just provide good feedback and be nice. You are right...it is like a soap opera. But hey, we all keep coming back... : )

Many smiles..

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

nope, my empathy grabs me too on here.

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L.G.

answers from Eugene on

All these woman are asking for your support for a single issue. Relax each of us is living our own life. We are not responsible for each other.
If it makes it easier for you pray for each and every person whose situation draws on your heart strings. God is the best one to take these problems to since He sent each and every one of us here.

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M.P.

answers from Lafayette on

i definitely get caught up in this site. Heck, so does my fiance. he will sneak on my computer and read some while I'm cooking dinner, especially if i was telling him about an interesting post.

there are days that he will ban me from mamapedia because it will get me so riled up. i don't know what I'd do most days without you mama's. i really wish i could get to know some of you better :)

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H.G.

answers from Dallas on

Yes I do that's why I love it so much!

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