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I suck at this (vent) (long)
So you all remember my participation in Nanowrimo in an attempt to make friends and do something interesting with my free time. And you all remember that the making friends part was basically a dismal failure based on the fact that 99.4% of Nanowrimo people are fvcking weird (yes, I do realize what this says about me).
I decided to make a last-ditch effort to cull the semi-normals from the bunch and started a writing critique group. There wasn't a ton of interest, but I had hoped that those who were interested would be more similar to me in their goals.
No such luck. These people are the weirdest of the weird. And now I'm committed to spending 3 hours with them every month. I can't even hope to get anything out of it writing-wise, as one guy wants to format our meetings the same way his dream-interpretation club does, and one girl thinks we should do positive feedback only.
Anyway, our next meeting is scheduled during. the. superbowl. I sent out an email asking when everyone wanted to reschedule to, and got a resounding "We don't like baseball. Let's just keep the meeting as it is."
Sorry, mouthbreathers. I may not be the biggest football fan in the world, but I'd sure as hell rather spend my day eating wings and drinking beer with the few friends I do have out here than trying to come up with nice things to say about your post-apocalyptic steampunk vampire romance novel.
I feel like I can't just back out because I'm the one who started the group. But part of me is really tempted to just delete all their emails and pretend the whole thing was a bad dream. WWWWD?
Re: I suck at this (vent) (long)
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I know all these words, but not in that order.
I didn't get past this: one guy wants to format our meetings the same way his dream-interpretation club does,
Leave this bunch of freaks alone. That's all.
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I am also stuck on this.
But moving on...your first mistake was to ask if they wanted to move it. If you want it moved, you move it. Yes, you formed the group and need to show up. But since I'm guessing you haven't yet established bylaws, you are also welcome to be the dictator and declare the meeting moved. Anyone who doesn't like it is just one less weirdo with whom you must deal.
I just a friendly gal looking for options.
My initial email actually only gave the options of changing the day or changing the time that we met. I thought that by cleverly leaving "keep it the same" off the option list I would avoid this problem. I was wrong.
Don't even get me started on the dream interpretation group dude. Just imagine the weirdest person you've ever known, multiply it by a thousand, and add Miss Frizzle from The Magic School Bus as his girlfriend.
Crap...I Mean Crafts
These are the people Bmom's poster needs to worry about.
Just say you can't attend. You can't be expected to make every meeting from here to eternity. Well, maybe in the guy's dreams.
"Dear Group,
I'm very sorry, but I'll have to bow out of the critique group, as my needs have changed. I hope you'll continue to meet if your needs are still the same, but I'll be taking myself out of the email loop and will be unavailable from X date.
Thanks for getting together with me."
But you know, this just reinforces my belief that I do my best work stuck in my little cave under the stairs, taking breaks to harrass the goats like the good little troll I am.
Also, I am too intrigued by a post-apocalyptic steampunk vampire romance. That is a lot of sht to cram into one story, yo. I have enough trouble with just the one idea.