Join Date Anniversary Thread

My 9-year TBT anniversary was actually a week ago today (April 24th). I haven’t felt well physically and/or mentally my past 3 anniversaries, and this year I was doing so poorly mentally that I didn’t even have it in me to acknowledge my anniversary on the actual date. I was debating whether to post in here since it’s been a week, and I know it’s not super important, but I’ve felt awful for not at least acknowledging it more because of how special and important this community is to me.

I was 13-years-old when I joined TBT, and I’m now 22. 13-year-old me never imagined this place becoming as special as it is when she joined, but as imperfect as TBT may be, I’m forever grateful to my younger self for bringing me here, and to all of the incredible people that have kept this community afloat and helped make it as wonderful as it is. I have met some wonderful people that I would’ve never met if it wasn’t for TBT, and my heart is so full of the love, appreciation and gratitude I have for them. I come across some truly despicable people on social media on the regular, but this community is a reminder that there’s still good in the world and on the internet.

There’s so much more I could say, but I’ll leave it at that since this is already mushier and probably cringier than I was anticipating, and I should probably save all that for my 10-year anniversary LOL. Thank you for being a joy in my life, TBT!
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Apparently my 11 year TBT anniversary is in around a week.

I don't really care though. Every year past 10 is just another year of being here, which... I'm not sure how much longer I'll be here going into the future. Happy TBT anniversary to me, I guess.
 
Oh how the time comes and goes, I have joined TBT for 11 years!

The fact that I joined TBT ONLY because one user on ACC decided to join this site and not the other anymore in fear of never seeing him again, which in turn years later I actually never did see him again and started becoming an active member here was wild.

Well, here's to many more on TBT!
 
Looks like I missed mine by a little over a week. Uh-oh! Big oops! 😂 I just end up forgetting about things like that, which is why I didn't pay any attention to it (also because I forget that join dates show up in our profiles, lol if we have the setting turned on) but it's cool that I've been around for 8 years now. 8 is one of my favorite numbers.
 
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