Adoption thread - Closed

Yeah, that's right, I've temporarily closed the adoption center and it will remain that way for two weeks. And once again people seem surprised that I have done so... Which only justifies my reasons.

You see it's my 21st birthday on Wednesday and as always Jayms is coming up to see me, so I've booked the time off work. Well I book all of Jayms' visits off of work, but I still tend to pop in to check up on things. It goes slow when I pair people up, but I don't usually close it, so why am I now?

Simple.

And I'm sure a fair few adopters can relate to this as well.

How many people do I pair up a month? Around 50. Do you know how many actually talk to their adopters after I've paired them up? around 10 a month. And do you know how many of those actually thank me? less than one a month.

Do you know how many adopters don't bother to tell me when they're going to be away? Around five. And they're also the ones who reply back to me when they contact their newbie. Everyone else I don't know. I have no idea if they still want to adopt, until their newbie starts crying on the thread about not hearing from their adopter.

A lot of Adopters have expressed a wish to leave the thread because of the ungrateful newbies, and you guys should understand that reason very well. Because you see, while I give you a few newbies a month, I get it from pretty much every one that applies. And I get it from some of the adopters too. So I am going to take a well earned break from it.

I think I deserve it.

But that's not where it stops. A lot of people who call me their friend no longer stop by to talk to me. So I don't even feel wanted off of the thread. At least in the thread there are a coupleof regulars who stop and chat with me, and angel spirit girl will do too whenever she sees me out of the thread. But There's not many people who do anymore.

I think a couple of weeks away from this site will do me the world of good. Even if no one really misses me, I should miss Mene enough afterwards to be active again.

Now I know some of you see that I have a helper on this thread and are wondering why she doesn't run it while I'm gone. The simple answer....
She's left Menewsha.

Probably not for good, but she's not expected to return any time soon because of family commitments and emotional issues. And I'd never ask her to come here and do this for me. But I still love her and she will probably be my helper again when and if she comes back, and I'm not about to give up on her. And that is why she is still listed as my helper but not actually helping at the moment.

See you in two weeks...ish.