Hi,
This thread has made me cry (in a good way) in that people are thinking how I am. I have had PM's from posters which is really nice.
To give you my side, things had happened on the homefront which meant I hadn't been on a line for a while, when I came back to post, I had disappeared! So I NEVER saw any of the posts or what people describe as the 'derailment' or 'bunfight' and I guess I'm glad I didn't, as it sounds like I would have been really upset by it.
I have made contact with the good people at MN to ask them to let me know what happened. No names were mentioned or anything like that obviously but they apologised that they had to delete the thread, talked about some fake thread that had been deleted because the OP was a 'troll' and how posters then used mine as an outlet and it went way off topic. (Don't really understand any of that i.e. how a fake troll thread can affect another thread if I'm honest but probably not been on MN long enough to fully understand these things and how it all works). MN said they had tried to bring the thread back on track but without success. (Hope it's ok MN to give these details?). They said they hoped it didn't put me off from posting in the future and encouraged me to start a new thread if I wished.
My main concern was that posters who had supported me over two whole threads thought I was a 'troll' and had invested all their time, emotion, energy and good advice on some fake story and not my real life. I also didn't want these same posters to think that this would make me run away or put me off. Their support is worth more than that.
As I said, I am glad I didn't see the posts and so can only say that my experience of MN is only positive and I have no doubt that I would have been in a very different place without it. I will never forget my Binder Army! x