Does anyone else not chat??

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Sarah8914

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It always makes me smile to see these posts about which program to use and everyone panicking when Hello announced it's end and what works and doesn't.

Sometimes I really want to chat. I'd love to get to know some people I see around a lot, my designers and fellow CT members, but I just don't see how I could possibly have time for it. I already browse forums way too much when I could be scrapping and I'm so afraid it would be the same with chatting.

Am I the only one who doesn't? And for those of you that do, how do you do it all?
 
i just chat in little bits here and there. if i feel like I don't have time to chat or don't want to I just don't open my IM programs. It def does take up time but it's fun to get feedback on a layout or possible digi purchase.
 
I chat and scrap. Sometimes more successfully than others, but I figure if I'm struggling wtih the lo then it's not flowing and I should move to something else.

Sometiems itjust takes me a while to get a LO done when I chat at the same time. It's already a slow process for me sometimes, so I just don't care, lol. If I NEED to get something done, I don't sign on until it is. If that means no chatting that night, then so be it.

It's not a big deal to me.
 
I would love to chat with my CTs & such, but since Hello wasn't Mac compatible, I just got used to being out of the loop. I have an AIM account for iChat but I hardly use it. It takes up too much time, and I feel like I have to stay at my computer. And I don't get enough done as it is. But I may join in at sometime since I am a sucker for peer pressure :p
 
I don't chat, I don't really have time. :( And more than that, I'm afraid that even if I DID add people, and stuff, no one would want to talk to me!! *LOL* but I realize I miss out here a lot, and its harder to make friends when I don't chat... :(
Totally feel out of the loop here sometimes, but I'm slowly catching on. :)
 
i can attest for bree, she chats all day long :P i could not live without chatting. seriously i feel blocked when i try to scrap offline...rotfl! and if i am online, i am chatting rotfl!
 
I WOULD chat all day if I could but I try and keep it to a minimum unless I am not scrapping...which is all I do while my niece is sleeping and then again after 9:30 when 3 of my kiddos are in bed.....
 
If I'm online, my chat programs are on. I chat and scrap. :) I feel sort of lost without Meg, Shannon and Col. LOL
 
I used to chat online quite a bit, (in the rooms and on AIM) but with three little ones under the age of four, I don't have time to anymore.:(

I'm lucky to even post places anymore. I can click and read the posts much easier than replying to them nowadays.
 
I used to chat a lot with my playgroup friends, but not so much now. I was a SAHM not working so I had more time. Now that I WAH, I actually need to be WORKING LOL. So when I'm working I dont have any messengers signed in, it works best for me like that.
 
I have my chat program open most of the time, but I don't chat much. There are 2 people I chat with on a regular basis and DH is alwas on for his job so I message him a lot too. I'm not so good at initiating conversation in real life & am no better at it online. I like chatting with people, I'm just unlikely to start the conversation.
 
Although I have my MSN on all the time I never chat. I just get to sucked into it and I'd never ever get anything done or any of my kids fed!!!! :D

If I could learn to limit myself to an 1/2 hour or 1 hour window I might chat more, but I just have a hard time saying "good bye"!! :p
 
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I'm not a big chatter... well, unless you count Jamie... LOL! But I'm not opposed to it because like others have said, I would love to get to know people better!
 
I don't chat with very many people. It is way outside the box for me to initiate a chat with someone I haven't chatted with before LOL and I worry that when people chat with me that they will be offended when I suddenly disappear because I'm dealing with one of the kiddos. I have 2 people I chat with on a regular basis and other than that, it's just IM conversations when there is something specific - like a project - that we need to discuss. I'm trying to get outside the box a bit more on it though.
 
I've met some of my very best friends on IM. You just seem to get to know people better that way, one on one and I don't know what I would do without it. gotta have my Mandy! ROFL
 
I have a list of a few people I talk with a lot...Meg, Kellie, Tracey, Tracy,Traci Amanda H, and Sara...they get most my chatting time, but I'm good at scrapping and chatting.
 
I have recently just started chatting. I can't be on all of the time though. Can't at work or when the kiddos are up and around but I try to remember to turn it on when I'm available.

I used the MSN Live Messenger with Traci last night and really like it.
 
Sarah8914 said:
It always makes me smile to see these posts about which program to use and everyone panicking when Hello announced it's end and what works and doesn't.

Sometimes I really want to chat. I'd love to get to know some people I see around a lot, my designers and fellow CT members, but I just don't see how I could possibly have time for it. I already browse forums way too much when I could be scrapping and I'm so afraid it would be the same with chatting.

Am I the only one who doesn't? And for those of you that do, how do you do it all?
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I could have written your post exactly... LOL I dont chat at all. Years ago I had MSN messenger but I never got anything done.
 
But online chat is so much 'better' than RL/phone chat! *lol*

You're able to talk to multiple people at the same time, but you don't have to have one long continuous convo. You can chat for a few mins and then wander off to do something productive... and then wander back in 15/30/45 minutes to chat again! I like texting for the same reason: convenient, fast, and able to multi-task.

But then again, I'm one of those all or nothing types. I dislike talking on the phone b/c it's half & half. You're involved enough that you can't really do anything else, but not involved enough that you feel you're actually accomplishing something! *lol* KWIM?? If we can't hang IRL, I'd much rather text/IM chat so I can pay bills/clean/TV/scrap simultaneously.

Feel free to hit me up, gurlies, if you see me online! BF has classes two nights a week this summer AND I'm broke as a joke... which means a lot of hanging out at my (already have to pay for) apt! *lol*

And yes, Giz is weird. To paraphrase Col's loldogs: Thatz whyz I luv hers.
 
I don't chat much at all. I had hello, but would only turn it on when I had prearranged plans to chat with someone, usually for a specific purpose (like we are collabing on a kit or something). While I love the idea of chatting with online friends, I don't think I could handle one more time drain. I haven't even started to sort through the other options now that hello is gone. I'll figure it out ... someday :)
 
I have the programs but don't chat too terribly much. Now that I have a new computer that is conducive to multi-tasking I may chat some more. It's a bit out my box too to initiate chats with people I don't know well, though I'd love to get to know people better. :) On the other hand I already spend so much time on the computer that it could be dangerous, lol.
 
I don't chat at all. I don't even have any programs installed on my computer. Between work, kids, house, and wanting some time for scrapping and internet, I just don't have the time.
 
I don't chat either but that's because I don't "know" anybody really. I feel like I'd be getting on their nerves or something.
 
Ah... what would I do without my IM??? It is how I keep in touch with people I don't see often... we don't chat everyday or even every wk but sometimes easier than picking up the phone. BUT there are people I chat with everyday... I think Becca and I spend about every waking hour chating away and then I have a few others that I can with on various Im's. No wonder I never get anything done!!
 
AmyM said:
I don't chat either but that's because I don't "know" anybody really. I feel like I'd be getting on their nerves or something.
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This is why i rarely im too.. only to a few people. I hate starting up conversations cause I never know what the person thinks of me :)
 
I usually don't chat and scrap at the same time, but I'm logged into YIM whenever I'm on my laptop. So people drop in or I do a sneak attack on ppl sometimes. I haven't done the sharing thing if I'm stuck on something though. I might have to try that sometimes since it happens pretty often.
 
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