Money

[Minerva]

thanks for being awesome

Grow up.

Just because you want something doesn't entitle you to it. And acting like a snot won't endear you to anyone.

Last night I saw two men on the streets with signs looking for work. These were middle aged men who likely have families they're desperate to support. And if you think I must live in a bad area, think again -- I live in one of the richest areas of the country. There are people in this world who have far bigger problems than not having money to see their girlfriend.

Take accountability for your actions, and stop expecting people to give you everything you demand. It's a hard world getting harder by the day, and no one is going to hand you a thing. You can pout and act bratty all you want, but you're an adult now. Act like it.

[Haley53]

Grow up.

Just because you want something doesn't entitle you to it. And acting like a snot won't endear you to anyone.

Last night I saw two men on the streets with signs looking for work. These were middle aged men who likely have families they're desperate to support. And if you think I must live in a bad area, think again -- I live in one of the richest areas of the country. There are people in this world who have far bigger problems than not having money to see their girlfriend.

Take accountability for your actions, and stop expecting people to give you everything you demand. It's a hard world getting harder by the day, and no one is going to hand you a thing. You can pout and act bratty all you want, but you're an adult now. Act like it.

I'm still unsure of how to "like" posts or provide a positive reputation (I received reputations on one of my posts, yet I have no clue how that even occurred? XD Can't figure it out for the life of me...) but I wanted to post and say that this stated it perfectly.

[Lissy]

I'm still unsure of how to "like" posts or provide a positive reputation (I received reputations on one of my posts, yet I have no clue how that even occurred? XD Can't figure it out for the life of me...) but I wanted to post and say that this stated it perfectly.

The little grey bar underneath a person's post has a few options, like "Blog this Post," a little star-like symbol, etc. The little star symbol allows you to give people Rep Power. :3

[snow_girl]

I agree with Eclaire, get a job.

[WakeUpSusie]

get a job.

[Moon]

So you think you can join a site, and in your first post here (when nobody even knows you) ask for money? You didn't think anybody would go for that, did you? Silly boy, grow up and finance your own LDR.

[Haley53]

The little star-like symbol only shows up on/for my own posts. o_o Do I have to post a certain amount of times to "unlock" the feature?

[Moon]

The little star-like symbol only shows up on/for my own posts. o_o Do I have to post a certain amount of times to "unlock" the feature?

No, there should be a star at the bottom of every post, right next to "Blog This Post" and a triangle with an exclamation point On the post you want to give rep to, hit the star at the bottom of that particular post, on the lower left-hand side.[COLOR="Silver"]

[Dziubka]

The little star-like symbol only shows up on/for my own posts. o_o Do I have to post a certain amount of times to "unlock" the feature?

Yes.
I don't remember when exactly I was able to give reputations, but I remember that at the very beginning I couldn't give any either :-D

Oh and to the original poster... no comment.

[Haley53]

Yes.
I don't remember when exactly I was able to give reputations, but I remember that at the very beginning I couldn't give any either :-D

Oh and to the original poster... no comment.

Oh, okay, that explains it, seeing as there is no star symbol there yet. :P

[London-FortCollins]

Yeah I think maybe you have to have XX amount of posts and/or been registered xx amount of time to rate posts.

Just as a heads up to the opening poster, I know it may seem like everyone's on your case with a large amount of anger, but in all honesty that's not generally what the people on this forum are about at all.

We are generally a very loving and supportive community. However we are also very protective of each other and the struggles each of us go through in our LDR.

Its one thing to ask for a vote on a website to win a trip to see your SO for example (again though - we would generally prefer to get to know the poster requesting that first) but quite another to ask for money. It may have started as a bit of a joke, but as the thread went on it actually became quite offensive to us here as a group.

We all work very hard to save money to see our SOs. Fitting in jobs around school, family, sometimes working 2 or even 3 jobs to save for those precious plane tickets. (My SO is working 7 days a week at the moment) Some people on here havn't seen their SOs in many many months - sometimes even over a year - because they cant afford to. So to see a newbie come in and on the first post start asking for money, understandably put peoples backs up.

If you stick around, read some threads and understand us as a community you may find a lot of helpful advice and support. However if you start pulling crap like sarcasm and setting up multiple accounts, no-one's going to have any time for you and you wont get anything out of this forum at all.

Your call really. I hope you can maybe start over and forget about this thread, because this forum truly is amazing for anyone in a LDR.

[Moon]

Ooops, I had no idea you had to have a certain amount of posts before you could give rep, sorry Eclaire!

[Lissy]

Sorry, Eclaire! My mistake. ^^;

Also, to London-FortCollins; very well said. :3

[Minerva]

So you think you can join a site, and in your first post here (when nobody even knows you) ask for money? You didn't think anybody would go for that, did you? Silly boy, grow up and finance your own LDR.

I think we do know this poster and this was not his first post. Doesn't matter though, he's banned again.

And thank you Eclaire, it's the thought that counts, hehe.