The moral of the story is, chess is a game, and that’s it. Nothing to fight over! We all start at different levels. I’m still a beginner myself. So I don’t expect anymore nonsense. Either be friends or go your seperate ways.
Keeping Faith

The moral of the story is that you take what you read on the internet with a massive grain of salt. Along with things like setting realistic goals unique to one's lifestyle and not just playing online (single player too, with a good book), then keeping one's faith in the game is not really an issue at this level imo.

As a result of "SorryImAnon"s account being closed for fair play overnight.....I have deleted my post in an effort to get the OP's thread back on topic of Keeping The Faith.
Thanks.

Even if you are bad at chess, you can improve, and even if you aren't improving, what does it matter? Unless you play for money, it's nothing more than a game. Don't worry about it.
Beth, you're better than most people I know in person, so don't worry about your skill level.
Winning does motivate like little els