I am late for work....I haven't talked to my husband for days....my kids just roll there eyes at my as they pass the computer room and I refer to everyone who responds as my friends, "my friends say Del Senato is wonderful" I think I need fodor's rehab. Thanks to everyone who has helped me plan this trip (and past trips).

Hey panucci, *again* I find myself agreeing w/you!! I first discovered this board when I had a ? about a trip we were planning. I had never participated in a talk forum but once I started, now I can't stop!!

Add me to your list of true believers!

...and then the obsession Grows...and you find




WEBCAMS! AAAAGH

But the true test of addiction is when you come back daily even when you are not planning a trip for yourself.

Yup.

Agree with all totally. I've been addicted since 2002.

and it makes me want to travel more.

You should pay more attention to your spouse and children. They are the important things in your life,not this forum.

Is there a destination where one could find/regain some sense of humor?

Hopefully one of you "addicts" could help.

Yes, it's addictive all right. You find yourself reading about places that you had no intention of ever visiting, or maybe had never even heard of...and all of a sudden you're thinking "Hmm...maybe I should revise my trave plans to include that country/city/museum/site of natural beauty..."

The downside of this is that sometimes I feel overwhelmed by information. I find myself thinking "If I visit just one more website, I'll have the complete picture," but of course one more website leads you to another, and another, until you feel like throwing in the towel. I have to impose "No browsing days" on myself.

Hi gojacks--I think my screen name tells you my profession and while you are, of course, correct that children and family are what matter in lfe, I think you may have lost sight of the hyperbole that panucci was expressing. The kind of person who is wantonly neglecting her family is not the kind of person who generally admits it. In short, she was exaggerating to make a point and a joke.

I'm a perfect fit by Bob's definition. I've visited several times per day since 1998. Fodor's rehab, now there's an idea!

It is addictive. And thanks to St.Cirq and others, I'll discover the Dordogne as well as Uzès and surrounding areas come September.

Ginny

Socialworker..I think perhaps you may have lost sight of the sarcasm I was expressing. Although we can agree that my interpretaion of family values are correct.

Hello, my name is P_M and I'm a Fodoroholic....

Yes, it's the most addictive web site I've ever visited. Since joining earlier this year, my productivity at work has dropped terribly. I want to stop but I can't. Maybe we need to start a 12-step program for our fellow addicts....

Naaahhh, let's just enjoy the rush!!

Fodors rehab--I'm in but where is it?! Vienna?? Rio?? Venice???

OWJ, Paris, of course. I'm late for an appointment...gotta run.

I agree about just reading adventures about places I have never heard of or have even thought about and yet, thinking, Mmm--sounds like my "kind of place." I am taking a trip to Wales in Sept. to visit my daughter and am taking a friend who has never been out of the USA. I find I am talking to him about a "side trip" to Majorica or Italy and rattling off places to see and his eyes glaze over! Bless him--he knows when to let me go on and on and tunes me out when I get these "flights of fancy".

I know how bad off I am when I actually get upset when the Fodors website is down with technical difficulties! Or when I refer (more than once in a single conversation) to things I've read on the board.