I'm asking for special permission to make this post even though it's in Ask A Woman. Please???
Two and one-half cents from my perspective as someone who is/was a Member of the SBA group.
I was honored when I was invited to join. IIRC, you had to have at least 300 posts and be a Member for a certain time frame? And not be a dick (at least most of the time, lol).
It was a place to Commiserate. Share. Learn. Kvetch. Bitch. Moan. Groan. Celebrate. Mourn. And on and on.
An area to have some good honest dialog with folks who share a lot of the same values. Agree to disagree. Respectfully, which sadly is not always happening in the public fora. I learned a few things too during my time reading and posting with that group. I'll miss it for sure!
Perfect? Nope! But that group, IMO, was the epitome of the meaning "LPSG Community". A place for those who could share their inner-most thoughts and desires and know that some rando wasn't going to chime in with nonsense. Or post a random dic pic, lol.
I think what made this group work so well is because it had an active Moderator in
@MickeyLee. Which seems to be key IMO to a successful group.
All of that said, knowing
@Mr. LPSG, he'll do whatever he can to make groups possible again. In some format or another.
And if not, it won't be because he didn't try. That I know!