I would love to see statistics on how much board usage has gone down since the changeover. Visually I have seen it gone down dramatically.

This board just doesn't have the same "feel" to it. Still doesn't seem like a friendly posting environment. It's too "busy" visually or something. And it's annoying that when I hit "back" on my browser it takes me to the top of the page instead of the place where I last was (for instance, I've gone halfway through the posts and enter one post. I hit "back" to go back to the post listings...and don't end up half-way down the page..I end up on top).

I can get around just fine..no problems logging in, no problems posting etc. It just doesn't feel the same.

It isn't the same at all. The board $ucks for all intents and purposes when you compare it to how "it used to be". I can't imgagine the good Doctor Harley at Marriage Builders headquarters isn't fuming with the person who "chose" this board web builder. The fact is, while Harley has helped many in repairing marriages, he is still a business man and was/is making a lot of money off of this board in generating book sales and counseling sessions. Lower board volume means lower people visiting the site which in the end means less $$$$. THIS IS A FACT OF LIFE PEOPLE. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE TO THIS STATEMENT. IT IS THE TRUTH.

In any other business, this kind of thing which has in my mind really damaged the board costs people jobs.

In a way, it has been good FOR ME what happend to the board. I stopped coming her so often and used that time to finish a manuscript I was writing for a journal, and finsihed a much delayed book chapter of a text that I am co-authoring on with 26 other MD's. That is selfish I guess, but I am sure that others feel the exact opposite and probably like it that the baord is smaller now and the "cliques" here can resume without as much distraction. Who knows?

LM

lemonman...good for you for doing that "stuff"!!

I definitely ocme here less frequently and when I do, I tend to just to a "drive by" into Idiotville. This is for a lot of reasons--one being that I do not like the feel of the new board. Also, while I appreciate all the help I've gotten here and enjoy the friends I've made--in some ways it's made it more difficult for me to "move on". I think it gave me a sense of rightousness about my marriage that probably has no place in a marital situation--especially when that marriage was likely to end from the moment of separation. While I do not regret anything that I've done, I feel I held on too long and it was partly because of this board and the concepts here.

What I definitely don't regret is the tools I now have for my next relationship as a way to PREVENT ever having to come here for infidelty reasons again.