Yes, notably my brother, who snarked that I should be using Gmail. Which I, you know, am, except for legacy purposes, like my mother.

I sent out a "Sorry for all the REALLY inappropriate spam" email when I got hacked, but mine was also a couple of days before I figured out how to deal, so I felt VERY BAD.

And I am sick of people just piping up with "adopt!" to me. Like a kid is something I can just to the store to buy.

Um. That's not really how I would characterize adoption.

Okay, so if you had a friend whose yahoo email was hacked, spewing two spam linky mails to the entire address list, even the dead people, in the two minutes before she discovered the issue and changed the password, would you appreciate a followup "sorry I got hacked" email, or let it be?

Eh, it's usually pretty obvious, so I just delete it and move on. Of course, it's usually pretty obvious because I'm suddenly getting e-mail from someone I haven't spoken to in years.

Lee! You are Lee again.

I have been for a few months, actually.

Very pretty, javachik.

Hello, Karl. You've been in my thoughts.

We were in the waiting room with my dad, and whenever anyone else came into the waiting room (doctor, nurse, random stranger), my dad and I immediately switched on into "charming, set people at ease" mode. Neither of us were aware we were doing it, but we did.

Yes. And so very difficult *not* to do it.

flea, I posted here, on LJ and DW and a couple of other places when it happened to my account. A couple of people mentioned it and I apologized, and that was it. I don't think a mailing list apology is called for, really.

Um. That's not really how I would characterize adoption.

Lee, of COURSE it isn't, which is my point. Well-meaning people, when they hear that I am struggling with not having kids, pipe up very eagerly with "you can always adopt!" It irritates me because adoption IS NOT simple, and it feels a lot like they're not really listening to me or caring. It feels very dismissive about what I might actually be struggling with.

Signed, sorry, everyone, and you should really use my gmail anyway, I just never closed my yahoo address because have you met my mother?

I still have my yahoo address because for some reason, I can't open any attachments I receive through my gmail account. I have no idea what's up with that; but I need to forward anything to my yahoo account before I can open it.

Yahoo is connected to my flickr account and I use it for several email groups. It's still convenient.

Lee, of COURSE it isn't, which is my point.

Ah! I guess it never would have occurred to me that people suggesting adoption would think it was that easy.