Empty Closets is a great site for support and just general chit chat like this. So what do you enjoy most about it? I personally love seeing a new poster ask question and get replies almost instantly. This often surprises the newcomers and it makes me smile inside knowing that we are helping others, especially since I was once in that terrified newcomer position. I also enjoy having intelligent conversations that I couldn't usually have in my regular life. Everyone here is so respectful and kind.
The reasons you've mentioned. Also, I like having the support that I don't get in real life - friends where there are none. It helps me work through my problems and have advice from people who have been through the same/similar situations. Plus it's fun to meet and interact with all these different kinds of people. It's really opened my mind to a whole other world.
I love that I can completely be myself (not just the sexuality part) and not be judged or feel weird. I love that people "get me" and all the fun threads people make
The chatroom tbh. You directly interact with a lot more people, and they're all cleared as full members, which is nice If you wanted a more abstract answer however, I would have to say the fun banter and silly discussions we have. Sometimes it's hard to see beneath all the controversial posts, but then you get something like the Pineapple on Pizza thread, or any number of silly posts which are just chock-full of sarcasm.
All of the above to be honest. It's a place where I can be serious or silly. Where I can give advice and get advice. Where nobody looks down on each other if their sexuality or gender differs from yours. It's a place where I can feel like I belong, and a place to make wonderful online friends from all over the world.
Getting to meet & interact with all stripes of LGBT people I would never get to meet in my daily life. You've all taught me so much
I think the amount of dissection and analysis that goes on here is so much more than I could possibly have in any other way, shape, or form at this current time. I no longer have that friend that I could go on road trips with and talk the whole way about all these scenarios and he was also funny because we'd repeat great lines ("protect me, baby," from that one story I posted), acronyms like GMASS, and here's another one - FFH. He and I were in another city and popped into a matinee and saw "Far from Heaven." It was a great movie. It was really convincing. When there's the encounter his wife witnesses, actor Dennis Quaid is with a handsome guy around his age. Toward the end of the movie, he is on the phone with his estranged wife and there's a much, much younger guy lounging in the room. I quietly said to my friend, "I give that 6 months." He said, "Maybe 4." Then, whenever we saw what looked like impossible pairings, we'd say "FFH." The friendship fell apart because of extended family issues and not because he and I didn't get along, because we got along great. So, a lot of people on here and the discussions here remind me of that friend and a few rare others like him.
Meeting new people, no contest. I've had the privilege of getting to know a few truly special people and I wouldn't trade that for anything.
