Welcome back, Doug! It would be interesting to hear about those cyber-distractions that kept you away...
>>This forum doesn't exist for the purpose of nurturing relationships or keeping social contacts active (even though this may be the indirect result of conversation. For example, my subjective impression of John is that I like him, so that keeps me involved in the forum (it might be interesting to take a closer look at how that process develops!).... It might be interesting for example to share with each other our emerging first impressions of one another as they occur - <<
An excellent idea, Doug! And maybe that impression-sharing is a kind of relationship "nurturing"... So, anyone what to look over a few of Doug's posts and share your impression of him?...Or your impressions of me? (now stepping into the "hot seat"!)