Well, all I can say is that I hope I haven't affected someone's mental health or made them embarrassed or feel rejected by dismissing an idea. :confused:

:hug:

( i love the new smileys. thank you docjohn and doody )

just want to keep this bumped up so everyone who wants to will get the opportunity to vote

:thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :D

I wanted to come over real quick and say, thank you as well!
I love the new cute lil smiley's..

:grouphug:

I love the idea of a drop down menu - it would definetly make my life much easier if I could just select something from a menu as typing takes forever. Also a thanks button would be really good - as sometimes you just want to say "that was very useful" or "gentle hugs" or "is there anything I can do to help?" etc. I know I find times when I just feel I need to know that other people are out there and understand what I'm going for - so just having a couple of people just either saying thanks or "I understand what you're going through" can make such a difference sometimes. Especially when there are no words that can comfort you.

Thanks

Frogga xxxxx

Wow! I just came in to vote on this and thought for sure people would love the thanks button! I'm even more surprised to see that people want it removed though as it's not like everyone's required to use it just because it's there.

It never dawned on me that people would post little things just to 'up' their 'level' and I don't really care if people do that. I also don't really care if 'thanks' posts are counted or not but I lean toward not counting them because in my own mind, my most contributing posts are the only ones that really count anyway.

I like the button idea because sometimes when I see some really good advice, I like to acknowledge the contribution but don't have enough of my own information to contribute to the discussion. However, I still want to say 'thanks' because the information they posted is good enough to guide me in my next bit of 'research' to try and find some more answers for myself/my family.

Also, it's a nice big time saver whilst still allowing me to be supportive of valuable/contributing members who are posting outstanding information... esp. if it's a new thread and it seems like no one is acknowledging the contribution.

I think that's about all I thought on it... Oh, I really like the cute new graphics for hugs. I also had a great chuckle when I saw all the other little 'characters' that were posted on this thread... They were cute enough that I had to call the whole family over to see and so we all laughed well tonight... So, thanks for that from all of us here, ages 7 to 40. :):grouphug:

I think you are wonderful Lara.
bizi:hug:

Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!:grouphug:
I love the new smiles....
If we could only have my favorite....
winnie the pooh hugging tigger
anyway anyone?

bizi
*whisper...(the hug from OBT)

hehehe...I heard ya whispering there ms bizi:D

dont have the original but I do have this one
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...575-19-044.jpg