Squirrly and Dani

ohwhynot

The Knot will not let me do a private message to Squirrly and it won't let me do a follow-up to the one I wrote to Dani.  So, sorry about this.

I would like to have my post about my family deleted, if that is possible.  I have received so much wonderful insight and advice, and I really, really appreciate it.  People here have done a world of good for me; thanks.  I can't even put into words how much it helped.

But upon I reflection I realized that I revealed a lot of stuff about my family that my siblings may not want public.  Although no one knows my full real name, I have posted my photo and my first name and it's possible that someone who knows me and my family could come here.  Maybe I'm being overly cautious, but it's been known to happen. 

In any event, if you could delete it, I would appreciate it very much.  Whether you can or cannot, I can't express enough how much I appreciate everyone's input and advice.  Thank you. 

amlaplante

If they aren't able to remove your post you can edit it and get rid of any information you wish to not have public. Of course the responses will still be posted.

BecW2be

If they can't remove it, I'll go in and delete my comments.

danieliza1127

OWN, I'm just going to respond here instead of to the PM since it's here now and people will be curious.

I'll delete the post, but I don't like to make a habit of doing that. We do get requests from people wanting their posts deleted from time to time when they don't like the responses they got, and I always say no.  But in your situation, I get it.  In the future, just be careful not to reveal more than you are comfortable having out on a public message board.

ohwhynot

Thanks, Dani.  You are absolutely right; I appreciate you making an exception in my case.  Awhile ago, I had considered making up a new knot identity to ask this question, but decided against it.  Then, when I was out for a run over the lunch hour, I started to regret the post for the reasons I indicated.  I apologize; it won't happen again. 

squirrly

Yeah, normally my response would be for us to just delete the parts that have personal info that you can't delete yourself, but there's just too much of it and the thread wouldn't make sense anymore.  So, in this instance, I'm ok with it, but I want to be sure everybody really carefully considers what they post (and what they quote!) in the future.