CurvedSpace Forums: A Confession - CurvedSpace Forums

Okay, I want to say this quickly, but I know that you guys should know.

I haven't been completely truthful the whole time I've been here. You guys all know that I prefer to keep a certain amount of anonymity, like not telling my age, or any precise details about myself... That sort of stuff.

I'll just get to the point.

The thing is, over the years, I've said that my AIM has been broken. Not completely true. The truth is, I do have AIM... I really don't want to be contacted over it.

Way back when, a few years ago, when you could all contact me on AIM, eventually, my parents found out. Overall, they weren't all that happy. So... I made it so that only people on my buddy list could contact me. This was the case for a while... until a lot of my friends (in real life) started getting their own screenames. So, in the end, I made a big list of SeeD names and blocked them.

I'm really sorry, guys, but this is just one of those things that I need to have done. I can understand if you're angry at me for lying, but please, don't try to contact me.

I should've told you this a while ago, but I didn't. To be honest, I had sort of planned to tell you this along with some of my personal information when I turned 18, however, circumstances prompted me to do otherwise.

I'll say again, I am very sorry. I just hope that you guys can forgive me.

My parents arent particularly happy about me talking to people i don't know in real life either...i have to make up imaginary names for everyone in order to keep talking..very annoying and some times hard.

... Well... I really... Don't know what to say. Meh. I don't like it when serious things happen >.<

I understand perfectly

Yeah, not that big of a deal to me. Although there could have been other ways to go about it. Not that I'm questioning your route.

However, there's nothing really to apologize about, but feeling bad about this won't help. I'm sure there's about 0% of people that will be generally angry about this situation.

But next time, just tell us. We're understanding, after all.

Dunno about your parents, but my parents know I talk to people from around the world. The internets is just my way of being social.
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But about this situation, no worries, don't feel bad. And you're forgiven.

im dissapointed... all you really had to do was just tell people your parents had a problem with it no completely lie to everyone..

again im extreemly dissapointed in the way you handled this.

What, that's all? Come on man, we're your friends; it's not like we're going to make fun of you for having hyper-restrictive parents or anything

...wait... Hyper-restrictive. Heh heh heh.

Please don't hurt me.























No, seriously, I can understand where you're coming from. I'm at least allowed to IM, but my parents are on the restrictive side as well.

You're dissapointed because his parents limit his freedom? They actually care enough to keep him safe... Not dissapointed at all.

:O you didnt have aim? i never knew! you should have told me at school!

Well look now, cut him a bit of slack. That's what I said in my first post. I didn't really agree with how he handled it, but he did what he thought was best. Try to give him that much.

You have to understand his situation before you can get mad at him.

There were probably hundreds of ways he could have taken this situation. Some bad, some good. At least he's come clean now, yes?

Doesn't worry me... I hardly ever use AIM at all.

Hehe parents can be quite surprised when it comes to them finding out that you speak with people from around the world who you don't know (apart from Matt... lucky bum). I know my mum'd flip if she found out I met someone over the internet who I only knew through the internet.

However it's nice to see you have parents concerned for your safety.

No worries, my parents did the same thing when I had AOL (although that was probably 4 years ago and back). Nowadays they don't worry, they understand that I am a mature individual (for the most part ) and can take care of myself.

"The lies I could tell,
when I was growing up
light-brown, near white,
high-yellow, red-boned
in a black place,
were just white lies.

I could easily tell the white folks
that we lived uptown,
not in that pink and green
shanty-fied shotgun section
along the tracks. I could act
like my homemade dresses
came straight out of the window
on Maison Blanche. I could even
keep quiet, quiet as kept,
like the time a white girl said
(squeezing my hand), Now
we have three of us in this class.

But I paid for it everytime
Mama found out.
She laid her hands on me,
then washed out my mouth
with ibory soap. this
is to purify, she said,
and cleanse your tounge.
Believing her, I swallowed suds
thinking they'ed work
from the inside out."

That was "White Lies" by: Natasha Trethewey.....

I feel it is about beating your self up over something, more then others will. I do not feel that you are as guilty as it seems you must have felt to give the out pouring that you did. A white lie is something we tell out of neccesity. to spare others more then our selves.

My parents are the opposite, they encourage me to make friends over the net (Since I don't in real life ), my dad keeps bugging me to make Jonny come over here at Christmas, but he won't.

We were plotting to get him over there in maths today :O