Old Two Peas: My we have changed and not changed...

The YaYa thing--there was a site where you'd enter your name and it would give you yours. This was way before Facebook quizzes made that sort of thing mainstream, so everyone went crazy doing it.

I sure talked a lot back then. Not only 1 thread started by me on the first page, but 2. My kids were young then and DH traveled a lot. 2ps was my sanity saver.

I kind of miss the old us. We sure were chatty, about EVERYTHING.

I was 6 months pregnant with my son in June 2004. Wow, how time flies! I'm sure that I was on the board back then, but I don't think I was very active. I've opened a couple of threads that I think I'd have been likely to post on, but so far nothing from me. 

(I was sure I'd have posted on the coloured toilet paper thread, to mention the hideous bright green toilet paper that my mum used to buy circa 1982.)

TFS The Great Carpezio! 

So true. As a Jewish Democrat I felt like an outsider.

That said, I really wish that we had more conservative women here now. I miss hearing from those with differing opinions and beliefs.

I started reading one of the Bush threads and felt my blood pressure going up all over again, lol.

When did the message board first appear. I know I started reading pretty close to the beginning but I was scared to post much. I think I got piled on my very first post and backed way off. I do wish many of the old (nice) Peas would return. I’m feeling quite nostalgic.

Okay, I rescind my previous statement. I just read the threads about Bush and the pledge.🤦🏼‍♀️

There are conservative members, we just don't participate in political threads. There are a few that do, but it's usually the same small handful. I don't have any desire to defend my politics, defend if I did or did not vote for Trump, try to explain that just because I'm a conservative doesn't mean I'm racist, anti-feminist, pro life, anti LGBTQ, complicit, super religious, stupid, uneducated or just plain ignorant, etc, etc, etc. I must live in the south or some rural hick town, or I'm rich keeping down the poor. I'm sure if I was on the other end and this board was mostly conservative I would feel the same way going the opposite direction. As a matter of fact, based on comments since I joined the peas, it seems like that's the way it used to be. It's really too bad that when the political make-up of this board swung the other way, nothing really changed.

Well, in that case, I'm pretty prolific on the threads I find interesting! But, I guess other than political threads, I don't know that my being conservative or liberal has much to do with my thoughts and I don't declare my position as being from a conservative or liberal standpoint. I'd say that my views regarding some social issues are pretty darn liberal. However, I think that where I veer into conservative territory is my belief in personal responsibility. Thanks for clarifying your intent in asking about stance. I'm definitely a live and let live person in most cases, which is why most of the political threads hold no interest for me. It's usually assimilate or die. I think this is where we go wrong, trying to pigeonhole people into one side or the other, as if there is no independent thought or position for any subject. If you're A you must think B. That's what I find disheartening.

I went to the link in the OP and then clicked on Message Boards.

Awww found a post of my almost 16 year old-back when he was 4 months old! Screen shot that for my scrapbook.

That's awesome!