I have been posting on the breast feeding thread and became involved in what felt at the time like a big argument with another poster. I'm not going to name them because this isn't the point of this thread. Anyway, yesterday I was upset about it, it was on my mind, I felt it was personal, and it felt massive. I went to an appointment at the consultants in the afternoon with my 3 year old son and was given some pretty devastating news about his eyesight. To cut a long story short my son is blind in one eye and is going to need major surgery. Obviously news like this puts everything into perspective for you, and the reason I am posting this is to say to everyone, Mumsnet is here to encourage, support and help each other. Life can sometimes be really crap and we don't need to come on here and make it worse for each other. I feel really silly that I have spent so much time on here, and even sillier for getting into a stupid meaningless spat with someone I will never meet and whose life I know nothing about. Before you post something to someone who you don't know, try and not make it personal. You don't know what sort of day they are going to have, you don't know what sort of day they have had. Its easy to be a bitch on here because its anonymous. This is my last post for a while. I'm not flouncing or anything silly like that, I just have a bit more on my mind at the moment and want some clear head space. To eveyone who I've chatted to over the last few months, I've really enjoyed your company and I will be back at some time when I have sorted things out. In the meantime, be good to each other!