Why a women's forum?

[jobob]

Mr. Bloom, for the record, I don't see you as the primary, or even as a, source of controversy.

[strikeout] I respectfully disagree. [/strikeout] [insert] I do not share the above poster's view in this matter. [/insert] I consider Mr. Bloom to be the primary source of the controversy here.

I always wondered why the spouse of one of our TE members hung around so much on this forum; it got to the point where he was posting continuously while she hardly ever posted.

Then, out of the blue, Mr. Bloom saw fit to post a hideous, ugly tirade while he and his wife were in the midst of a divorce. His ex-wife stopped posting on TE, much to the disappointment of many of us here. Considering the venom Mr. Bloom spewed, it was understandable, but still regrettable; in light of the bitter ex-husband's staking his "claim" to this board, I think many of us would have cut our losses and walked away as well.

Mr. Bloom is still here, obviously. He has certainly built himself quite a following here; particularly when there is any discussion of business matters, he presents himself as the voice of manly wisdom and experience. I'm sure he gets quite the ego boost posting here. I suspect that's the main reason why he is here; he's a big fish in our little pond.

I for one do not welcome his presence, but we've dealt with this many times before and the consensus is he is perfectly free to be here.

Fortunately, the TE forum now has an "ignore user" option, so those of us who do not welcome Mr. Bloom here can use that option.

Mr. Bloom's constant presence had actually been a non-issue for me until his ex reappeared (much to the delight of many of us here) and he wasted no time criticizing her for alluding to their divorce, despite the fact it was just a passing mention and there was no reference made to him.

I'm sure Mr. Bloom will once again climb up on his high horse and act the injured party -- that is his pattern whenever any criticism (real or imaginary) comes his way. That, and dropping the names of his good friends on TE, presumably to reinforce the fact that he's a great guy.

Back to the original question -- I have no problem with men occasionally posting on TE. For the reasons above, Mr. Bloom is an exception to that. Which is neither here nor there. Mr. Bloom has every right to be here, as I have every right not to welcome it.