The forum DOES have a number of redeeming features though. The biggest one for me is knowing that I'M NOT ALONE. There are others in this mud pit too who are fighting the same fight. Most of us mean well but remember too that we are also dealing with anger and frustration so our 2X4 swinging might not be aimed at what you think is the right target.
Andrew,
You're absolutely right. The anger and frustration surfaces very quickly when I see someone else making the same mistakes (or what I consider to be mistakes) that I made. I feel like I took far too long to wake up from the LBS fog so when I see that happening to someone else, I tend to threaten to run out an buy power tools (I actually did go out and buy a grinder/cutoff tool yesterday).
There are also differing philosophies regarding the best approach to take with a WW. I tend to be a hard-@ss these days; I'd reached a point where I felt like I was a doormat and that's not who I am, so I now have zero tolerance for WW bullsh*t. But, I also understand that approach doesn't work for everyone.
