Goodbye letter from chess_kebabs

 She's done this before!!!

Now that gives me a good laugh to finish my day.

What a loser.

They still are... just the dysfunctional kind that went through a messy divorce years ago but still run into each other when dropping the kids off at their play groups.

she never closed her account before. She was going to but friends talked her out of it. This time she did it.

 This does not change the fact that she has perpetuated this drama before and that this is "not her first rodeo" of this type.

Babs and I had a few heated debates but we always ended them with mutual respect. So I guess my comments here are my tribute to babs.

Although perhaps this applies to babs:

     “Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.”

Ralph Charell

Yeaaaah. This time. Anyone who knows her knows she threatened this every other weekend, and anyone who knows her knows she'll be back before the next. It's a lil bit o' drama queen if you ask me.

Please do not be so short sighted.  Everyone has demands on their time and attention.  It is very easy to get so involved with any social website that it can cause stress in the real (you know, the world we deal with inside and outside of our house) world.  Even as I write this someone is pissing off their spouse by catching up their games or setting up a team challenge.  Let's just let those that wish to take a break do so without any judgement from the other members.  Rael and Babs go way back, maybe we should get them a room and a bottle of Cristal so they can get back to business.

 Why the hostility towards Babs Rael? Did she ever do anything bad towards you? You are acting a bit like a drama king  yourself here.

The difference here is yes babs did threaten to close her account before, but she never did it. This time she did it.

Attacking babs is your tribute to her?

Aww Hamza... you white knight, you. She's owed a tribute now?

Rock out, Lionheart. Seriously, have at it. It's boring, but sure, go ahead. Put your lionheart into it, really.

this forum was created for friends of babs who want to wish her good luck in her life.

 so, please, keep the purpose of this forum in your minds.

I've never been good with words, Babsy. I must have hit backspace a million times in attempt to express how I really feel right now.

When we first chatted, I said that I had always respected chess_kebabs, and I still feel that way.

Man, this is really hard to get out, right now especially. For now please don't forget Mark S. Wilkinson and please check my profile in about a week or so; I'll explain everything there. -MICKEY-

Luv ya and will always miss ya babsy :)

You know, it never ceases to amaze me how nasty people can be in cyberspace.  This thread is about people saying good-bye to a friend who has left this on-line community. Some of us will miss her both because we liked her and because of all she did for chess.com in general and for Chess Nuts! in particular.  The latter was clearly a labor of love and I can't imagine she's not in pain right now -- as are those of us who will truly miss her.

If you don't consider Babs a friend, it's not clear why you're posting here at all.  And if you're deliberately choosing to say insulting things about her, it seems unlikely you were one of her friends -- so again, what are you doing here?  I can only think of three reasons:

• You want to hurt someone anonymousely and indiscriminately for whatever reason and this is a great opportunity to spew some bile into cyberspace.
• You want to hurt Babs' feelings.
• You want to hurt Babs' friends' feelings.

I'm sure there's a fourth, purely noble and selfless reason I've overlooked that one of you will put forward to demonstrate to the rest of us what a wonderful person you really are.  I can't wait to be edified...

I was shocked when I read about it But I agree with her to take care of her family

I hope  she may  return us from time to time .

SHE deserves medal of honor ,gift ,and  donation 

Sigh, another great person bites the dust.  She really was a great person.  I will dearly miss her.  I hope that everything will calm down soon.  I would love to see you come back Babs.  You really were alot of fun and probably one of my chillest friends here on Chess.com.   I wish that the circumstances could have been diffrent.  I wish that you didnt have to close your account.  But I understand that it isnt my choice.  That I cant change anything.  I right now just want to give her a giant hug.  For even though I was apart of her amazing group for only a month, She was always was so nice and kind.  Soon enough, I hope that our paths will cross again one day.  Till then Babs, Good luck and I really hope we are able to meet you again some where. 

Love,

Ryan

Babs,

 Sorry to see you go!  Hope you can return to us soon.  I know exactly how you feel.  I've taken breaks from things before, too, when I found that they were eating up huge chunks of my time.  Sometimes, that time away is all that you need to put everything into focus.  Things that are worth doing, will always be worth doing, even after you spend time away from them.  And it helps to show you just how much value your various endeavors really have.

 Hope to see you again in the future!

Diana's the brains and beauty of Chess.com.  She's the best.

Babs' writings were shrill, overbearing, emotional, irrational and illogical.... Chess.com will be a better place without her bullying ways. She obviously got fat on her own feelings of self-importance, fuelled by many of the sycophants who have posted here. Harsh but fair, deal with it.

Sycophants? So you are insulting me Prawn? One can have friends on and off line. But if one have very very good friends online he is sycophants?

You know, online there is 2 ways to get attention.

1st is to try and be as annoying as it is possible. Make people angry and just build on their reactions. It requires very little effort and intelligence.

2nd is to talk to people, try to understand them, leave your predujice aside, and try to teach them something and learn something from them too. To make someone happy they see you are online.

Try to guess in what group you belong and in what does Babs belong.