Re: Why are you here?
Oh yea..better tell my story!
I was googling for pictures of nice clothes I could get made in Pakistan for a wedding and gupshup consistently came up in the image links. I think the members here have copied every design available on the internet!
I had to join to see some pics so I joined. Then I had to have 25 posts to pm anyone so I started to look for ways to waste...errr...I mean complete 25 post by posting on various topics. So I started chatting..and so far so good..mostly.
I am not sure I am totally a fan of this place yet. There are a lot of immature people, there are a lot of trivial topics that really dont need posting other than as a vent and a lot of people who very easily get offended at every comment directed towards them. And of course a few who obviously love to be the center of attention and you wonder..why??
The weakness of such sites is that there is no face to face where one can see visual clues about how a person feels about something (e.g. are they serious, joking, angry, just casually commenting etc..) It leads to a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding.
The good thing about this place is that there are some mature sensible people who balance the board by giving great advice, keeping the peace but also the momentum of a topic. Online forums also give you the anonymity to say your piece and develop a pseudonym more true to who you are and what you belief. You can finally be yourself without the fear of retribution or judgement..and if someone does..you dont have to care..you wont be meeting them any time soon!
The other positive is that genders seem to be removed. Men and women can safely have a discussion without the taboos of social interaction restrictions imposed by culture and religion.
And yes...this place allows me to talk a lot!:p
welcome to the club girl :)