[twinklesweep]

Originally Posted by buggyone

I cannot understand all the back and forth on a Del Webb community and here. It sounds as though the OP is a salesperson for Del Webb but is on TOTV. Strange!

If she likes Del Webb Ponte Verde, move there. There are lots of nice retirement communities from North Carolina to Florida.

Most of us on TOTV have made our choice.

Thank you, buggyone. Apparently I am not the only poster who's puzzled not by someone interested in looking at MANY retirement communities but rather the huge amount of time and energy put into accumulating 1,100 posts in the forum of only one of these "many" when one expresses an interest in ONE other community that appears so powerful that "It sounds as though the OP is a salesperson for Del Webb but is on TOTV. Strange!"

And so I expressed my "curiosity" (nothing more) and (politely) "asked" (did not demand and believe I was not rude...) if she could explain this. Though her response did not address my specific question, she did graciously respond, which I appreciated. I quote myself to show exactly what I was asking:

Originally Posted by twinklesweep

Goodness knows that there are countless retirement community possibilities in FL, let alone throughout the country, besides The Villages and Del Webb Ponte Vedra. Since you've chosen the latter as your community and say that it "really appeals to [you] in many ways," I am curious about the amount of time you must be spending focusing on The Villages as evidenced by your nearly 1,100 posts on this forum (TOTV). Could you explain this, please? Thank you.

I was taken aback by the response that I received from one poster who interpreted my curiosity about 1,100 posts: "There are some that just have to challenge why someone would mention on this forum other options than The Villages." Hmmm.... "Challenge"? Did I "challenge"? And in my question, did I focus on The Villages? I thought I had alluded to "countless retirement community possibilities in FL, let alone throughout the country...." Even so, I apologized that perhaps I hadn't phrased my question clearly.

Originally Posted by twinklesweep

Please re-read my question, gomoho. I believe I asked for an explanation as to why someone who expresses a preference for living in one community (which made it sound as though she lives there, although her subsequent post clarified that she does not) would spend what I would call an inordinate amount of time (with nearly 1,100 posts) on a different community. I not only did NOT focus on The Villages (and yes, I do live here) but rather made reference to "countless retirement community possibilities in FL, let alone throughout the country." If you see this as a "challenge," then perhaps I, who would be more inclined to devote my time and energies to where I live, was not clear in asking what I thought was a simple question. Sorry....

Next we hear about "Debbie Downers" and "Harry Haters." Goodness! Where did that come from, I asked myself.... I don't believe I had expressed myself in any which way like this!

Originally Posted by Barefoot

No-one owes anyone an explanation of why they post on TOTV.

Goodness, now where did THIS come from? Of course no one "owes" anyone in this sense!

Originally Posted by janmcn

A few of the most prolific posters on TOTV do not live in The Villages. It's nice to hear about other Florida communties that others have researched. After all, 19.22 million Floridians choose other lifestyles.

I agree; I'd been interested in other retirement options for decades, since the time my parents retired to south Florida in the early '70s, which prompted me to begin looking ahead. it's the DEGREE of involvement in but one community (1,100 posts) that I still don't get while simultaneously committing oneself to another community to such a degree that I thought she already lived there (which the OP later clarified) and another poster thought that she must be a salesperson for that other community!

By this point it's apparent that I will not get an answer to my specific question, so I accepted it while still puzzled (and realizing later that I am not the only puzzled poster). So I'm done; it started with a silly curiosity question on my part which seemed to take on a life of its own. Really, it's so trivial; I'm dropping out of this thread and am instead leaving it to the "Debbie Downers" and "Harry Haters." Thank you.