I totally understand. I needed the break, too. I did some lurking and was just so blown away by the wit and wisdom around here that I couldn't stay away. I read several other bulletin boards regularly, one of them for over five years, and NO WHERE do I find the insight, articulateness, depth, and sensitivity that I have found in this group as a group. Other boards have smart, articulate people, but this group has a synergy that is IMHO unique.
This is such a fabulous community of people, maybe I'll start a thread just to talk about books, movies, household repairs, pets, cute stuff the kids did, jokes, etc. with no mention of sex allowed. The trouble is that if we log in to check THAT thread, the temptation to check out the sex-related threads will be pretty powerful.