It's great to see you on here again. You have been missed. A lot has happened to me as well since you departed. Some good....some bad. But I'm sure that we can catch up. I hope that you've been staying fabulous.  

It is amazing to see you again, it really is. You were one of my best friends, it absolutely sucked when you just left in the manner you did. I always knew you would return. 

17 minutes ago, Twilight Luna said:

It's great to see you on here again. You have been missed. A lot has happened to me as well since you departed. Some good....some bad. But I'm sure that we can catch up. I hope that you've been staying fabulous.  

I can certainly believe that, considering how eventful the past two or so years have been. A new administration, a pandemic, and just the mere passing of time has probably done a lot to whittle our sanity to a fine dust. I do appreciate your kind words, either way. I am looking forward to hearing more from you very soon!

17 minutes ago, Starforce said:

It is amazing to see you again, it really is. You were one of my best friends, it absolutely sucked when you just left in the manner you did. I always knew you would return. 

It was indeed abrupt, I admit. I do apologize for anyone who wanted a bit more of an explanation out of me. To provide one, I will keep it private and say that I was not in a great place a while back, in any particular way, really. My relationship with MLPF soured a bit thanks to this. Things have changed for the better in spite of it all though, so I feel much more comfortable saying hello to everyone, now that I have a clear conscience. I will say that I do intend to keep MLPF more at arm's length this time though, just in case.

I do look forward to speaking to you all again.

@The Recherche

I understand how you felt, while I am not one who enjoys information being withheld I can understand why you would. I am glad that things have changed for the better. For me personally it definitely has changed for the better. I am out of high school a few months now and I feel so much happier with the various personal choices I made. I don't regret returning to these forums a year ago and I definitely made a mistake in leaving for as long as I did. I also definitely feel as if I've developed a lot more in the past year, I don't believe a lot of the things I once did back then when we talked. 

1 minute ago, Starforce said:

@The Recherche

I understand how you felt, while I am not one who enjoys information being withheld I can understand why you would. I am glad that things have changed for the better. For me personally it definitely has changed for the better. I am out of high school a few months now and I feel so much happier with the various personal choices I made. I don't regret returning to these forums a year ago and I definitely made a mistake in leaving for as long as I did. I also definitely feel as if I've developed a lot more in the past year, I don't believe a lot of the things I once did back then when we talked. 

I am definitely glad to hear it. 2019 and 2020 did not seem to be anyone's year at all, it seems. At least we managed to find our way back here, though. I believe I made a good choice in stepping away for a bit, but it certainly doesn't hurt for us to be back either.

@The Recherche

Indeed. I hope we can talk on Discord again soon.

I don't know if l did met you.  Nice to meet ya anyway!

Welcome back, my friend! It's great to see you here again – the most fabulous surprise in a while!

I've been fine myself. Times haven't always been the most eventful, but thankfully they haven't been the worst either. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better than you did earlier, it's always sad to see a friend feeling down. *hugs*

Even if you don't visit regularly, I hope you make occasional visits to the forums. I'm not really as active as I was in 2018 or 2019, either... but no matter what happens, I have no plans to leave any time soon – I've had and still have too much fun here to do that.

I hadn't had a chance to meet you before since I've been here for not so long. 

Nice to meet you now! My name's Pearly. 

1 hour ago, Tacodidra said:

Welcome back, my friend! It's great to see you here again – the most fabulous surprise in a while!

I've been fine myself. Times haven't always been the most eventful, but thankfully they haven't been the worst either. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better than you did earlier, it's always sad to see a friend feeling down. *hugs*

Even if you don't visit regularly, I hope you make occasional visits to the forums. I'm not really as active as I was in 2018 or 2019, either... but no matter what happens, I have no plans to leave any time soon – I've had and still have too much fun here to do that.

Don't worry; I won't be omnipresent, but I plan to show up once in a while. I would hate to spoil the most Fabulous surprise MLP has had in approximately 2 years, after all.

I am pleased to hear you're doing well, though, especially nowadays, where that has gotten much more difficult. Things do seem to be looking up for most everyone nowadays, which is definitely a welcome change from how dismal 2019/20 have been. Perhaps 2022 will be even better?

1 hour ago, Pearly Marshmallow said:

I hadn't had a chance to meet you before since I've been here for not so long. 

Nice to meet you now! My name's Pearly. 

3 hours ago, Midnight Danny said:

I don't know if l did met you.  Nice to meet ya anyway!

And hello to some new faces! Glad to see that new folks are still joining us after so long. I do look forward to seeing you lads in the near future!

Oh! Hello again! 

A long while it has been indeed. Glad to hear things have got better for you. 

As for me, if you inquire, no significant changes. There always are some ups and downs, but generally everything is okay.

Hey, good to see you again!!

1 hour ago, Rikifive said:

Oh! Hello again! 

A long while it has been indeed. Glad to hear things have got better for you. 

As for me, if you inquire, no significant changes. There always are some ups and downs, but generally everything is okay.

That's always good. I do see that MLPF has gotten quite a few more bells and whistles in the time I have been gone. How many of them are you responsible for, I wonder? It does feel quite a bit more slick here, either way.

1 hour ago, Cash_In said:

Hey, good to see you again!!

Another familiar face! It's wonderful to see you again to, Cash. How have you been, if I may ask?

34 minutes ago, The Recherche said:

Another familiar face! It's wonderful to see you again to, Cash. How have you been, if I may ask?

A bit older and less fat. Other than that, same as always.

How about you? It's definitely been a while.

9 hours ago, Cash_In said:

A bit older and less fat. Other than that, same as always.

How about you? It's definitely been a while.

Getting older is always rubbish, but it is good to hear your health has been improving! Especially in the two years which have more or less incentivized being a lazy bum.

I have been well enough myself, though. This year has been markedly less remarkable than the past two, but I will take it at this point. I would do anything to not have to endure that nonsense again.

1 hour ago, The Recherche said:

Getting older is always rubbish, but it is good to hear your health has been improving! Especially in the two years which have more or less incentivized being a lazy bum.

I have been well enough myself, though. This year has been markedly less remarkable than the past two, but I will take it at this point. I would do anything to not have to endure that nonsense again.

Getting older isn't the best feeling, especially because of how dull everything has been in the past year and a half. But yeah, I've reached my goal and I'm actually in decent shape now.

I get what you mean. Hopefully things will be better for all of us next year. 

It's good to see ya on here again, Recherche! 

A lot has happened in the last year or so. Last year was very dark for my family to say  the least but I don't wish to dwell on that. This year has been much better: I got my house built on my land and now I'm pretty much settled in. Also, finally decided it was time to ditch this weight. I've lost over 60lbs since May and am feeling great physically.

Hope to see ya around more often. Don't be a stranger.  

3 hours ago, Phosphor said:

It's good to see ya on here again, Recherche! 

A lot has happened in the last year or so. Last year was very dark for my family to say  the least but I don't wish to dwell on that. This year has been much better: I got my house built on my land and now I'm pretty much settled in. Also, finally decided it was time to ditch this weight. I've lost over 60lbs since May and am feeling great physically.

Hope to see ya around more often. Don't be a stranger.  

Hello again, Phosphor! I see you appreciated Rarity's woefully inaccurate historic portrayal as well.

But more importantly, I am very glad to hear about your health improvements, especially considering how easy it is to just loaf around indulge yourself now. It's not always fun, but getting healthier make a world of difference for.... everything, truly. Congratulations on your home as well!

And no need to worry; I don't plan on breathing down anyone's neck, but I will certainly drop by here or there. Look forward to it, as I know you will be no-doubt amazed by my mere presence alone.