You slip up and mention out loud to a friend that you got pinged six times today!
You begin wondering just which of the avatars are real pictures, and which ones were taken a long time ago.
You know exactly how many Gather Points it takes to get that $25 gift card from Starbucks....or the $50 one for that matter.
You feel that starting your own group is a big deal, so you decide you want to discuss it with some friends first before you go any further with the idea....
You wonder if Meg is really as hot in person as she seems to be here on Gather....
You glance at your watch, notice you've been on Gather for a good hour and fifteen minutes, and decide you may as well make it two hours as you're already so close anyway.
Eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner in front of your computer screen doesn't seem near as bothersome as it used to.
You find yourself writing an article not because you feel the urge to write, but because you haven't posted anything new up on Gather for awhile.
You wonder if Esther is really as hot in person as she seems to be here on Gather...
You start adding your name to all these "we shamelessly want points" type groups without even batting an eye anymore.
You get mad when Gather announces that it's going to be down for a few hours for scheduled maintenance, thinking, "Why can't they do that while the damn site is running!"
You get a bit indignant when you discover friends of yours are on popular social networking sites other than Gather....
You wonder if Princess Spanky Pants is really as hot in person as she seems to be here on Gather...
You give silent thanks that Gather doesn't let it's members attach music files to their profile pages, thus preserving your sanity...
You feel a rush of adrenaline whenever you get more than one friend request at a time....
You know exactly how many pings you have on your profile page at any given time.
If y'all want to add more of these, or just comment below, by all means......
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You think something is wrong because Phyllis R. hasn't signed in in over a week.
That's another one-- you consider petitioning Webster to give "Gathering" it's own special place in the dictionary.
Thanks mucho for the comments!
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You go to check your friend's new content and then while enjoying it realize that you are actually asleep and dreaming about Gather....I'm not sure but I think this is a sure sign I've been on too much ;)
You realize you have neglected the people you actually know for your new friends on gather.
Thanks for all the comments, much appreciated!
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That's it.
My Public New Year's Resolution #1: REDUCE MY TIME ON GATHER.
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Your sleep hours decrease while your gather hours increase...
You resent the real world for intruding on your gathering time...
I'm doomed, I could relate to several of your examples and come up with a couple of my own!
I hate missing all the stuff I do on here! It kills me lol
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You give silent thanks that Gather doesn't let it's members attach music files to their profile pages, thus preserving your sanity... --- This might have been a big mistake listing this one. If Gather staff reads it, it's likely to be implemented. Anything to avoid giving us decent tools to help us group owners or to sort our posts.
And, thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
I also discuss stuff they've posted here with people who aren't even hooked up to the internet!
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I expected to come across something like this.
"Hi, my name is Ed, and I'm a Gatherholic."
Y'all have a great Sunday!
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I see my sweet step granny Sandy has lost all color sense. Dear, don't you find the "rainbow" effect a bit loud on your frail senses? Hugs!
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Please add & join to our
Gather Towns Christmas@gather.com
Have great day now Ed.
Ed, I know someone who will gladly add a rainbow to your icon for you.
Thanks.
Wait.....
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And before you said you were just some old guy! Ha!
One quick and one one-time plug - for anyone interested, I have a group that's just a collection of the posts I've put up here at Gather, the URL is:
edsposts.gather.com
Thanks again!
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