'Better Late than Never'

Hi Zandi, always better late than never. I have a system which is not 100% reliable but works most of the time. I regularly at random move a couple of discussions at a time from the unresolved list when I consider them closed, making sure at the time that there are no loose ends. After that new responses move the discussion high in the started list so are easy to spot.
The ones which always catch me unawares though are responses back to comments already given as if they go on later it is hard to keep track and I regularly find ones which are a few weeks old. I don't always respond anyway to a second response but some I would have wanted to and then I do it very late.

Well, zandi, that's okay. Like you said, late is better than never. Sometimes we respond and don't get comments. I don't think it's a problem, though I hope to get some comments.
I think people don't comments in time for many reasons. For me, I started a few discussions, but I will comment ASAP. But sometimes I cannot send my comments as some unknown problem. So I will make them wait a few days.
Sometimes late comments are surprise for us. Just imagine, you don't expect, but you get it. It's wonderful! Anyway, just to comment sincerely is always work well.

Hi zandi,

I have done the comments to some of my topics after 3 months. I left the same just because I become lazy with the topic. I was aware about the same and I left it intentionally or I wanted some gap for replying. I completed all those works later. Today I got a reply to one of my old topic (started 10 months ago) and I checked the same and find out that there were two more replies without my comment. I didn’t get any notification on their responses and I felt bad on seeing the same today.

Mistakes are happen without our knowledge and as a prompt respondent everybody should know about your attitude so no need to worry.

I am actually feeling so bad now…I have so many unresolved discussions and now I feel so utterly selfish for leaving them just like that. I start very few discussions mainly coz they rob me of time to respond to other’s more interesting topics…so whenever I have started discussions, its only coz I was in dire straits and needed solid neutral advise. Friends here have been absolutely wonderful in providing my not only practical advise but support and kind words too! They have been my source of sustenance when I was really down and I have replied back to every one of them, as long as the content of the discussion mattered to me.
Gradually however, the discussions lost their importance and faded from my memory…I never awarded a BR only and only coz I did not want to choose between so many equally wonderful answers.
And now when I see somebody has responded to a discussion I started about a year back, I really don’t go back and respond…maybe I should but I feel that I would be doing better if I responded to a discussion started by the same person instead of responding to her in my year old discussion!

I try to answer all my responses then i usually go back & check to see if people have added other things which so many times they have. I'm sure i have missed some but i sure don't do it intrntionally. If it makes u feel better i forgive u.

Yes, it's better late than never. I am guilty of this too in many ways. Two days ago one discussion I posted 3 years ago resurfaced and there was a response there that I was not able to comment back. I hesitated to write a comment for the simple reason that the person might not be active anymore like in many cases. 3 years is such a long time. But I commented anyway though not really expect that the person will notice it. But a few seconds after I made a comment, the user replied back and he was surprised too. I imagine his face commenting back with eyes wide open .....after all this time. LOL

No, nothing here is too late.

cheers!

I have founbd that when I go back to some that someone had responded that I NEVER got an email on so I then respond back to them .
hard to rerespond when you dont get notifacation!

Hi zandi458

It is hardly possible to attend all the discussion and response. As you are so long in my lot I think you have the haphazard to comment and comment back all. Some time some discussion so may be ignored. I am very new in this site. And I am not to familiar with other member. Moreover I think I am little sincere too. But in this very short period With a very few discussion I am unable to justify with all. So if you unable to comment to the responses is justified. More over from the very short period of myloting I can guess that you are a very responsible myloter. So though that very (I have not read that discussion till now, but have desire to read)discussion is not commended by use I think it is not your ignorance but I know for some inevitable reason you perhaps can't do that. Its my feelings . Just a simple feelings of me.

first i like to see who started discussion,if its started by my ' mylot' friend, i like to give them preference. and if i feel that the discussion subject is good and i have minimum idea on it,i try to share my idea and it and put my response. if any discussion are going old, but subject is well known and easy to me,i like to go back to make post on this type discussion, while i feel mood to write. no matter how long back or old of it.
honestly say,some time i expect response on my started discussion from friend, but not at all, i believe every one have own choice and are not bound to make response on my discussion. but again with response from friend, i really feel smiley and feel proud for them. try honor them so,try post something, what i can to their response too.

i agree with you that it is better to be late than never... i also experienced that before... having started a discussion and forgotten to comment on it... but i straight away try to remedy the situation and try my very best to reply to all the responders... i know that sometimes we are too busy or can just simply forgotten... that is human nature, isn't it???:-) take care and have a nice day...