Only veterans will make sense of the following.

So how is it that 8 years after I joined these forums, despite all that's happened, I'm still being directly affected by the people I met here all those years ago?

Not that I'm complaining of course. I just finished spending 3 awesome years with one of the people I met on here - But then life moves on pretty quick if you have the correct circumstances. I don't like sitting and moping about stuff for long.
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