I never hoped to have anyone "asking me to stay." Furthermore, I had no delusions of some individual saying "please stay" when I made my decision. I knew I didn't want to participate anymore. And I simply preferred, for whatever reason, to have my info taken off their list. Nothing more, nothing less. I've always been one to shy away from "narrow-mindedness." It it is rampant over there. Just a personal preference. As for this site. I enjoy it because I see opinions that range from the supremely optimistic to the downright hopeless. If you have paid attention to anything I have contributed over the years, one could describe my point of view as jaded to say the least. The beauty of this board and all forms of discussion is that you can learn about others as well as yourself since we all have "blind spots." I know I have them. To reference this forum as some sort of Pollyanna is imprecise, counterfactual and unreasonable. As you were.