Quote Originally Posted by Bethany1 View Post
I'm usually intimidated by women forums as in some of the quilting and/or the brand of sewing machine sites can get downright mean and ugly. I've found guys just are just harmlessly obnoxious in responses but women are out to stab you in the back if you don't fit the forum ideals. I haven't found this to be true in the few days I've been here and that's refreshing.
I feel this particular forum is less clique-y than the other one (predominantly women) I'm on. They're by-and-large nice people, but part of the reason I don't go there much anymore is that "the rules" didn't seem to apply to a particular group of people. For example, one relatively new member posted something about her pregnancy in a general forum. A member of The Group (and mod) replied that she wasn't allowed to post such things because "there are a number of people on this board who are dealing with infertility and they don't want to read about this." Members of The Group were allowed, however, to go on about their pregnancies and offspring at length in those same general forums.