Longing for How It Used to Be...

I was just thinking that I joined this board ages ago, but never posted.  I think I know why.  In long years past, I loved getting on a board, but there were times when things went horribly wrong, when I, regrettably, engaged in pissing contests, sometimes with people who had once been friends.  Despite the down side, it was lovely to exchange posts on all sorts of topics, some Cure-related, some not, with people who loved The Cure as I did.  

So I'm sitting here after have a look at COF and seeing that comments are no longer permitted, and wondering if and where people are talking.  I'm also wondering why, at my age (a bit older than Robert), boards still beckon.  I'm also  still smarting from the bitch fights of long ago, still find them mortifying, and thus am a bit reluctant to once again become a regular on a fan forum.  On the other hand, I miss the interaction with people from all over, witnessing the passion and joy of fans when major news, or even some little tidbit, is released.  

I'm also wondering what happened to the lovely people I met along the way.  Have they mostly outgrown the need to be in a place like this?

Forgive me for droning on.  It's just that I'm feeling terribly nostalgic and old, and wishing I could feel the way I did when I saw them play, like in in Miami (Ft. Lauderdale) and Seattle.  It was a natural high that a great band conjured, and I so want to feel it again. 

Thanks for 'listening' to an old girl from Florida who still loves The Cure.