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laura_seabrookI got an email from GothicMatch this morning. All it did was upset me, and I deleted the account I'd created in 2008. Here's the reason I gave...
I joined this site in a fit of desperation, in the last days of my involvement in the local Goth scene. Like everybody else I was desperate for social contact and intimate friendships. But this site (and other sites like it) are just reminders to me of what I DON'T have. I'm now either unable or unwilling to respond to anything I get from here, so what's the point in staying?
...and it's true. All sites like this one, or OKCupid have ever done, is make me feel more lonely and isolated. I think I'll be deleting that one next. Sometimes, I have to remember the words of this song:
