I was really, really uncomfortable with Nancy's postings last year, and I'm even more uncomfortable with them now. First of all, they're only peripherally related to travel. Second of all, who needs to hear all this, or be a sounding board for her divorce problems? Surely there are message boards more *suitable* for her problems. She goes from taking a long-anticipated trip to Italy with husband on which they feign that the relationship is still fine, when it isn't, to keep the kids from screaming, to a year later with her having a new boyfriend and chuckling over preservativi for her upcoming trip to Italy. My reaction now is the same as it was when she first posted - do we really need to know, and do we care? I sure don't. I think Nancy is looking for *affirmation* from a bunch of strangers - I think that's not healthy. I don't care what she thinks or does, but her bizarre inclination to share it on Fodor's travel boards is a sign of total weirdness, IMO. Those of you who have acted as her personal psychiatrists have only served to further her inclination to use this board, which is meant to share information on travel (not pat each other on the back for petty personal *triumphs*), as her personal sounding board. Can we get back to travel, please? I wish Nancy well but really I don't care what the heck happens to her. It's her life, not someone's trip.

"This Upsets:" Part of sharing travel experiences is sharing the life experiences that intertwine with our individual travel stories. Nancy is a brave girl who has many friends on this board who were rooting for her, and are happy to hear from her.<BR><BR>Nancy, Sweetie-Darling, we are glad to hear from you that your life is going better, and wish you a much happier trip to Italy this time!

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If memory serves, Nancy was posting about her trip to Italy long before the husband dropped the bombshell. We had discussed language and itineraries for some time before she shared her personal problems. Although it may be somewhat of an illusion, we do feel a sense of community here -especially those of us who don't post anonymously. I, too, have noticed the nastiness here lately. I don't post as often as I used to but I still dream of traveling and I look to this board for not only travel advice but laughs and old friends. <BR><BR>Audrey

Count me as another naysayer. All this soul bearing and these amateur psychiatrists are indeed a bit much.

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To: This upsets me. I agree with you and especially so because this Nancy person has slammed me and others, also. It seems like she is getting her just desserts.

I'm sorry this got topped (and I'm making it worse, aren't I?). Let's just be glad we haven't heard from Nancy recently and had to deal with whatever the heck is going on with her now. I hope she manages to plan her liaison with Federico and the preservativi without Fodor's help this summer. She must be a pro by now.

Hi Nancy, <BR>hope you are checking in. I too have not been away from this board, but I have thought of you.<BR>Lots of luck to you.<BR>Joanne

What happened to all her soul baring? Now she won't even say what restaurants she went to in Italy.<BR>Maybe she finally gained some maturity.

more likely she got fed up with bozos. never understood why people get so exercised about a posting no one is forcing them to read. (translation - people who do this are losers)

She was the loser moaning about her husband on an international travel forum no less. Maybe she just isn't a loser any more.

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She obviously had a bad trip recently in Italy, she won't post about it and is in hiding, peeking out once in a while. Leave the poor woman alone, maybe she is finally getting her act together.

We sure don't want to hear another story of how she tried to hit on some guy in her hotel while her kids were sleeping.

I missed that one. Where is that posted? You mean she is still desperate?