I feel like so many of y'all are extended family to me. Some I write to when I see they're down or if I know they're busy. Others I will write to if I enjoy a review or just wanna say hi.

I've only been here a month but I really feel like I love the people here - even if we are such a diverse group in our political, religious and sexual beliefs.

I love the tolerance level I feel here (as a "prude").

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Consider this:

How many people in this community would you send money to when they can't cover a bill? Or how many of them would you babysit their children for in times of emergency? What would you be willing to do without so someone else could have instead? And on the flipside of that, how many would do the same for you?

Leaning on someone or offering an ear for them to bend is not the same thing as family. Family is there no matter what, regardless of how much they like you or what sacrifices they would have to make in order to make sure you had the bare minimum in life. Well, good family, that is.

So sure, there is potential for people to eventually become like family to someone, but I think we're more just a group of really good people who share an interest in good sex and great orgasms and the love of toys, and close friendships spring from that.

I'm not trying to downplay the community feeling around here, because it is by far the best forum community I have ever been a part of. But, family is a very strong word. Very strong. less

I'm curious to see if I'm the only one.

Sometimes when I see a new member, I want to write "Welcome to the EF family" I never do because I don't know if people think of it the same way. I can say I have a couple off people who know more about me then my family do. I know one maybe two people who know secrets about me that my boyfriend doesn't even know. So I've grown to think of this as a family. Everyone is so kind to eachother and looks out for one another. So? What do you guys think? less