'Better Late than Never'

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!

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 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...

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.

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.

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 know I have a lot of older discussions I never took the time to respond back too, and just go in and give the Best responses just to get these all resolved, but often wonder if it would be better to respond back to them as well? It just seems like many times there is never enough time to respond back too and do everything I would like to do for sure.

At some point I tend to go back and work on it to get caught up. You are not the only one who ever does this. it is okay.

Most of the time, I try to go back to my old discussions. This is to ensure that I am not posting a repeated discussion. And when I do a review, I sometimes come across some responses that I forget to reply to, or overlooked. And sometimes, I find that re-reading some of my old post, is like walking down memory lane. It brings back memories of the thoughts I had and the feelings I felt when I started the discussion.

Hi Zandi, Now snd then I go back to my old discussions and give them BR's but sometimes I like to wait and see if any of them get answered before doing that, infact I like to get answers from my old discussions especially when I first started as not being very well known and not having friends whom answered them I didn't get many responses, but it is fine with me if you respond to your old discussions so you needn't apologise really...LoLo

You know, I take the responses in order. So if I get one that has a lot of responses and I get a new response to it, I go to the back page. Sometimes I miss responses on the middle pages because of that. I try to catch them all, but sometimes I don't have time to look at all the pages over and over again. But when I go and do the BR, I read all the responses and then sometimes I catch things that I have missed. And then if I have something to say to those comments, I do respond.

I would not worry too much zandi; it’s hard to keep up sometimes. I have only one discussion where I did not comment on the responses because it was about movies that people enjoyed and, because I had not seen most of the films MyLotters came back with I had absolutely nothing to say to each response. These days I make sure I pick topics that I know I will be able to comment to.

Hi Zandi, thanks for starting this topic and had make me realised that i too, have forgotten to give some comments to those who had replied to my former discussions. When i checked my "unresolved" section, to my surprised, some of my discussions had even a few months ago go passed without any comment or being declared any BR as well. Hope i didn't disappoint any of my respondent much. I think i will try to comment a few responses, in a day, to clear-off my "unresolved" discussions... Thanks for reminding me about it....

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.

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!

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.

hi zandi458 don't feel bad you are human, and we all have done this,I have also, and I just apologize and comment and tell everyone I am sorry and I goofed. most everyone was so sweet and some told me that had happened to them too. we get busy, and life sometimes intrudes in our mylotting and we miss something. we forgive each other and comment and move on,no harm at all. I am sure none of our mylotters are going to be upset with you.

Some times i too forget to comment back on the responses, it is only when i check, my 'unresolved' discussions, i discover my forgetfullness, i feel sad, because it is never negligence or intentional, i next comment back on each and every response.. Thanks for sharing God bless you, have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .

I was just thinking too of doing just that, commenting back to those responses I have not given in the past specially those that I have started when I was a newbie. I had a false notion before that I earn from those responding to me. And it is nice for veterans here at Mylot to guide me, so I learned that you only get paid for what you do here. I want to comment back on them not because I want to revive it but more of owing it to them for participating in my discussions.

Yes I always prefer to go back check uncommoneted response and comment on it. I like old discussions because it was very funny and lots of responses are there. But due to shortage of time I cant go everyday.