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Why I was bummed out.
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MMXII
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I do/did too. That's why I didn't keep it off for long. Shame you can't just turn off the receiving.
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Watchman4hm
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This says it all!!...It would be HIS choice and not influenced or pressured by others to do what they are doing.
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Ariel
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Thank you. I love the prayer thread.
I also pray every day, and every week I go out with my pastor's wife and one other to pray for shut ins and people who are sick or discouraged. The Lord has been there every time, it has been so awesome.
But I do it out of LOVE. Not because I have to, or someone demands that I do it. I do it freely, out of love, because I love the Lord, and because I love His people.
Similarly, I need the freedom to rep whom I choose, and not be tied down by someone else's expectations. I am sorry if this hurts someone here, but I think this issue needs to come out.
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I do not feel any obligation to rep unless I agreed to rep. And I seek to keep really low expectations that folks rep me.
Now I beg with the best of them and use whatever leverage I can, but that is my personna, not my expectation.
If I get NO reps for this post I will be just fine.... really I will. ... I think I will... I probably will...
but rep me just in case!
Now I beg with the best of them and use whatever leverage I can, but that is my personna, not my expectation.
If I get NO reps for this post I will be just fine.... really I will. ... I think I will... I probably will...
but rep me just in case!
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My advice would be to tell them privately that you don't feel obligated to rep back unless agreed and they can take that into account when they rep you, Then I would rep them for that one post and continue on my way.
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I consider reps just like gifts. If I give you a gift it was mine to give. You don't have to repay a gift nor do you even have to acknowledge it. If you give me the gift of a rep, I appreciate it. Someday I hope to repay a gift for a gift but I don't feel obligated to do so.
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The way I feel is they are my reps to do with however I please. If someone reps me I decide if I want to rep them back or not. I wont be pressured or guilt tripped into it either. I just plug along and do my own thing.
I've been keeping a list of who I rep and the time for well over a month now. It helps me see where my reps are going and how I'm spending them.
I also go into threads and just randomly reps someone and leave back out of the thread without saying anything. I've spent a lot of my reps on one member getting them to their first star.
People shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.
I've been keeping a list of who I rep and the time for well over a month now. It helps me see where my reps are going and how I'm spending them.
I also go into threads and just randomly reps someone and leave back out of the thread without saying anything. I've spent a lot of my reps on one member getting them to their first star.
People shouldn't judge a book by it's cover.
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