Im having a collosaaly bad time right now.

Massive family drama/personal stress issue and my wife is very very ill

This forum is my relief and i wont burden you all with any details but talking about wing is keeping me sane.

So please indulge me if i say something stupid or seem to be posting too much as i just need stimuli that *isnt* whats going on in my real life right now.

Noone really knows me in real life on here so its great but i do like chatting to you all.

Im sure i could find lots of hel and counselling forums, and don worry im not here for that but i do need the escapism right now that xwing and chatting about it gives me

so just please indulge me and forgive me if i say anything really stupid as im just not totally with it right now.

cheers

G

If you feel the need to vent, feel free to send me a personal message.

Thanks fella.

Ive got really good friends supporting me at home but obviously all the conversations are about my wife and how she is.

Its just good to be able to come on here and talk toy space ships and 'escape' it if you get me.

Sorry to hear that, I hope your life gets better soon, and we are all here if you need to talk about plastic spaceships.

Soo... the Phantom. Nerfed egregiously, or made more fair after the new FAQ?

Sorry man. I won't ask about your wife at all. Instead we can speculate on when Jar Jar Binks will arrive in X-Wing!

BTW Have you played Armada yet? It's freaking amazing!

Armada is the ****.

There are a few things I don't like but overall its a ton of fun.

Jar Jar crew is not worth the points unless the ship he is on spontaneously explodes.

While I can't speak for others, I can't recall any of your posts causing offense. If anything I consider you one of the more reasonable users here!

I love the ideas of Armada...i dont think my wallet does .In the UK its about GBP £80 for the core set!

P.s.... thanks guys, you rock.

*hugs*

No problem Gadge! We are here for you.

Don't think you've said anything stupid on these forums.*

I wonder how many waves FFG can make before they have to resort to releasing the Ewok Hang glider in Xwing.

Has anyone seen the DS9 model for star trek attack wing? It's friggin' huge! Now I'm wondering how close to a death star we'll get in Armada. (To all you vader haters out there, we'll blow your planet up!)

Hope things get better soon!

* At least not on the ones i read,

I can help you with escapism, Gade. If you could turn into any kind of falcon at all, which kind of falcon would it be? Also, would you prefer to hunt pigeons or seagulls, and why? Or maybe mallards? They look delicious...

Peregrine falcon i think

Who needs falcons with these adorable little buggers around?

Who needs falcons with these adorable little buggers around?

So I just found out this is a thing. http://imgur.com/r/pugs

I prefer pugs over birds.

Who needs falcons with these adorable little buggers around?

Leave it to WW to get a pair of boobies past the censors...

Peregrine falcon i think

I'd definitely go with a gyrfalcon. They're the biggest, strongest falcons and can kill large geese and things. I think knocking geese out of the sky would be tremendously enjoyable. Being a human is so dull in the meals department. No dogfighting at all.

I dunno about that... My grandma use to do that "here comes the aeroplane!" bit when feeding me when I was a baby.

You try dodging strained carrot puree when you are in a highshair. It's quite exiting!

Things are a lot better now.

To apologise for being cryptic i can sort of now say what was up.

My best mate as you know has terminal cancer, thats not going to go away but its always on my mind (see previous threads about raising money by selling off my duplicate cards), my mum who i was estranged from for about 15 years and is now a good mum i love very much needs quite serious neck/spinal surgery and a few weeks back i found out an old school friend had been murdered a year or so ago (it made national news, i didnt notice, we'd not spoke for years but it still upset me).

But the main thing was that my wife was seriously ill and in hospital. She's recovering now but for a short while I just didnt know what was going to happen to her. As a lot of you know she's a gamer, shes the keyboard player in my band, shes my genuine soulmate and seeing her so ill was destroying me. I've barely been online as ive been in the hospital with her every day for as long as they would let me be... but when i have been online ive been talking about spaceships on here.

As said this place was my 'sanctuary' and i thank you all for being a great forum and great people.

Also many thanks to those of you that sent me kind PMs.

With a little luck my wife will be able to come home next week and I can look after her. My mate is being stoic as ever about his battle with cancer so i cant grumble if he isnt, my mums less panicked about her surgery and if Sian is home and well i'll be able to go and spend some time with her while she recovers. Mark being killed... well i cant do much about that but its made me more determined not to lose touch with people.

So, thank you for your patience

Normal service resumes shortly.

We all need some escapism in our lives.

And don't let your friend's not grumbling stop you from being angry. You are losing a friend, you're allowed to be hurt and angry.

Good to hear that your wife will be out of the hospital soon. (I'm focusing on the good news here )

And you might be loosing your friend, but you haven't lost him yet.

One of the last things my granddad said before he went was, "It will be a long while, but we'll meet again some day."

So feel free to rage and escape, but try to think positive.

Cheers!

Aye, as taoist i know that these people will never be 'gone' just part of the worlds energy in a different way.

My hurt is my attachment to the impermanent.

I'll get over it

Meanwhile on the x-wing forums: Have you checked out that thread about Prize sniping?

yeah, im totally guilty.... i steal all the prizes

all the boys come to my yard for my movement rulers....