😀Should I Stay or Should I GO?

Dear Brian England - My motto is, when in doubt don't. Get the facts. As far as gremlins go, not one person on AR should take it personally. Something happened. Unless you walk in somebody else's shoes, there's no sense in casting stones. I can't even imagine what it will cost to fix the problems behind the scenes but the cost more than likely will far exceed what we would pay for our own personal computer or home repairs. I don't believe it was intentional. I pray nobody has COVID or died or was involved in the shootings, lootings, accidents, burying loved ones etc. Now, if I suddenly see a GoFundMePage to help with the cost for repairs, well, I'd have to think really hard. Financially, I couldn't afford a contribution. I do believe the majority of people here on AR are GOOD and not FAKE. That hurts my heart to hear that. If you are getting more support from your Broker or Association or you're paying a Coach, that's great! But if you believe in building relationships, you can honestly say, yes! People care. If you're comfortable with the majority of us here on AR, let's stick together. Why give up the ship? If it's true, birds of a feather flock together and you are fond of the "f" word and you  honestly believe "AR is filled with Fake People," and you decide to leave, I will be disappointed. I disagree. Personally, it's a slap in my face and it makes me sick to even hear that. Misery loves company and I don't fit in with misery. Nor do I think you are a miserable person. Right now, there isn't one person I know who isn't struggling financially or hasn't lost family members because of the virus, or worried about never seeing family and loved once again. Our losses are great - financially, physically, mentally. Everything has changed. In the big scheme of things, in my opinion it's better to to look at the bigger picture. Keep your faith. Pray. Believe that when the going gets tough, the tough get going. I value our friendship and that time I got together with you and your family was the highlight of my summer, even in the torrential rains! Lightning! Flooded streets! and gusty winds! Think about it and reconsider. Let this be your decision and don't let anyone (especially someone in love with the "f" word) persuade you otherwise. 

The people keep me coming back, but I understand your feelings...

Happy Thursday evening Brian England 

Morning Brian.

There was life before AR and there will be after-wards.  Hate to see you go, but I understand.  Check in from time to time..

Brian,

I hope you will continue to have the AR Meet-ups. They are always fun. We hope one of these days the in-person meetings will be resumed ... 

Hi Brian, I can't devote a lot of time on any platform like I did in the beginning. You might know me as a fair weather friend, because I come and go, after several months of absences I pop back in again. It is difficult to devote so much time to creating posts, commenting on everyone's posts, then trying to find enough time in the day for the REAL work of contacting buyers and sellers. I truly hate our work for June disappeared. I participated for the first time in several months and POOF! Gone.

I sent a referral to an AR contact recently and she mentioned the same thing you did, whether people were real or not, and that I sounded very real. Well, of course I am as down to earth as a sweet southern girl can be!

Hopefully there will be answers soon. I may have missed an update, but I am on Facebook every day and we can look each other up there if I should miss you here.

Stay.  And stay at home too - your state is in really bad shape right now.

I suspect a lot of folks have used these pandemic times to reassess how they are spending their hours.  And, certainly, any glitches to the way we have normally done things, seem more frustrating now than in the past!  I hope you will remain on AR in some measure!  Perhaps, with a little luck the gremlins, the pandemic and other issues currently occupying our lives, will lesson their grip, and let us breath freely once again!

Brian, I missed this post, and you are right, sometimes members disappear, and we don't hear from them again.  Gita left quite a while ago, and still email/text and call her.   I talk to Nina frequently too.   I miss Amanda Davidson, but she is busy with her new husband, but catch up on FB.    I pop in and out, but spend lots less time here than before.  I just doesn't seem to pay off anymore.

Hi Brian England,

I can say that it was a pleasure speaking to you in the last few weeks and getting to know you.  From seeing you our weekly calls where you were in your "office" or you were handing out food to the needy.  Your presence on the Rain is truly felt by many.

I can understand your frustration on what you would like to do, but ask yourself if you're benefitting in anyway by staying and if you do, are you learning anything that may be of help to you?  Also, by staying, especially during these times, it just helps to be around others of the same mind set. 

Only you can decide what you want to do and if the people that you surround yourself with on AR are real or not.

Either way that you decide, I'm sure that you will do what you feel is best for you.

Hi Brian... as you may have noticed, I pretty much dropped out a month ago. It was so frustrating to try to post and comment here and when the entire site crashed it only reinforced my decision to minimize my posting here. I don't have enough hours in the day for that. I'll continue to read and comment some... when it doesn't take 15 minutes to log on!

I'm not convinced this platform will survive under current circumstance/ownership. And even if it does, it's so messy it doesn't represent my brand well to the public. And I don't need the Rain messing with my brand image.

I decided I can stay in touch with the people I like here in other ways and learned a long time ago that people who don't reciprocate are easy to forget about and I don't  take it personally. People who leave the Rain, however, need to remember that they also need to reach out and not just assume that everyone will be reaching out to them.

Brian England