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How Did You Find EC?

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Stripe101, Jul 14, 2013.

  1. Stripe101

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    For me, I was searching gay related questions on Google and a couple of threads popped up.
    I read the "Welcome" part and realized it was just what I needed. :icon_bigg
    How did you find it?
     
  2. Randy

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    Same way. I was trying to find myself, then it all just unraveled from there.
     
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    Exactly like you.
     
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    Same as you, and I feel very fortunate for it
     
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    I was trying to find a site like this by using Google. This was the first site that popped up. I figured why not, and here I am today :grin:
     
  6. BornInTexas

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    Looking for support and friends for gay ole me. I found it in a random Google search and lurked it for a couple months before making an account.
     
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    Pretty much what everyone else said: I was confused, depressed, and not sure where to go with regards to my sexuality, I did some research, found this site, lurked for some time, and eventually summed up the courage to make an account.
     
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    Same story here.

    I knew about this site for a while (many of my questions brought me here) but until a few hours ago I couldn't summon up the courage to register.
     
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    I was curious about the occurrence of what I learned were called Intergenerational relationships (IG) and wanted to see how common Gay IG relationships were and there was a thread that popped up on this website so many times, and I read it, for the replies. I ignored what the actual forum was for, and then I kept finding myself back at the same thread, so I explored it further and wallah.
     
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    A gay friend from Facebook suggested I come here. I'm very glad he did!
     
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    I was searching for LGBT forums on Google.
     
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    Same. I was Googling trans* support groups while I was trying to figure out my identity. This was the first one that seemed right up my alley.
     
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    I was confused and had no idea where I needed to go. My first thread here just sorta underscored where I was then. It's really hard to believe that it's only 7 months later, and I am where I'm at. I'm totally comfortable with myself, but still having some difficulties coming out (though that's coming along nicely as well).

    I think the "how" was Google, and I think that I'd seen the site over the last several years and gotten a lot of support from just reading threads, even without posting anything. Now I'd never look back, EC is my home :grin:
     
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    I found it in a comment on a six six billion secrets submission. I thought that it looked like a good place, so I joined up.
     
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    I was searching for LGBT forums. EC is the 4th one I found, but it's the only one I've actually stayed on for over a week. Definitively one of the better (if not THE best) LGBT forum.
     
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    I was referred here after being kicked off another forum, which shall remain nameless, for being underage :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
     
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    1) go to goddamn Google
    2) type something about gay topics, straight crushes, gay feelings, etc.
    3) find EC
    4) feels like registering on EC
    5) threads!
     
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    I was googling something along the lines of coming out to my parents and EC had one of the search results.
     
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    A few months ago a was really depressed (still the same) and angry about the pejudice that gay people go through, so i started making questions to google expecting my live to make sense ^^ That's when i found EC. And since than, that's the only place that i can be me.
     
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    I was questioning for about a month and then I started searching LGBTQ related things/questions and I found this site! Pretty well the same as you, I joined after lurking anonymously for a week on the sexual orientation and gender identity support area :lol: