A GUEST posted this above:

"I've posted for advice during vunerable times, seeing this place as being full of experienced human people who have to be fairly grounded or cool because they like folk music! I was surprised at some of the ill-intentioned bitter posts."

>>I assume the advice you were looking for was for your personal life and not along the lines as what kind of guitar should you buy. If you were looking here for personal advice, you might want to remember that the majority of us here are not therapists, life counsellors or doctors. While you may get good advice for any question you have, you're just as likely to get bad advice and you're almost guarenteed to get flippant, off-the-cuff advice. The Mudcat is NOT a therapy group!

We do not function as an AA group or as your clergy or anything else other than a group of people who tend to be free with opinions (because that's kind of what posting here on a regular basis comes down to - we share information as well, but opinions really do rule the day).

Please don't use the Mudcat as a surrogate for real help - you'll be dissapponted. Go the TRAINED PROFESSIONALS for anything serious about your life. And, if you still choose to use us - don't blame us, for Goddess's sake!

Consider what your paying for the advice - you're lucky if you get what you paid for.

I have mentioned in other threads that I have Asperger's Syndrome. I did not mention it in order to solicit help or advice, just to explain better who I am (that's kind of a trait of many members here - we WANT everyone to get to know us) And oddly enough, just mentioning it got me a private message from someone here who has a spouse with A.S. - that person offered to converse with me if I ever needed it. THAT is part of what make the Mudcat a great place to me.

pax yall