The chat room

[Jack4]

[CountrySteve937]

Chat room are so five years ago....

 

 

[dominicansoul]

I have such great memories of phatchat...

 

those were the days...

[CountrySteve937]

To seriously answer your question, I have no idea why the chat room is not used anymore. I remember when I first discovered this site the chat room always had people in it.  I think phatmass must have lost a lot of people, perhaps they all joined religious orders 

[penguin31]

15 hours ago, CountrySteve21 said:

 I think phatmass must have lost a lot of people, perhaps they all joined religious orders 

Or we left The Church.  *cough*

[Guest]

Just now, penguin31 said:

Or we left The Church.  *cough*

Hey Penguin✌ Why did you leave?

[Nihil Obstat]

46 minutes ago, penguin31 said:

Or we left The Church.  *cough*

How sad.

I thought you were a dude this whole time.

[He is Risen!]

I didn't realize we even had a chat room!

[Ice_nine]

On 12/13/2016 at 11:58 PM, Nihil Obstat said:

How sad.

I thought you were a dude this whole time.

I'm pretty sure he was. I remember him writing a thread here about gender identity issues.

 

@penguin31 as you might expect I'm sad you left the church, but I hope you stick around here for a bit. 

[CountrySteve937]

On 12/13/2016 at 11:11 PM, penguin31 said:

Or we left The Church.  *cough*

I'm sorry to hear. Would you like to discuss your reasons for leaving in the chat room some time? 

 

[cartermia]

Lol let's start the chat room back (but after my finals...)

[penguin31]

On 12/15/2016 at 3:21 PM, Ice_nine said:

I'm pretty sure he was. I remember him writing a thread here about gender identity issues

@penguin31 as you might expect I'm sad you left the church, but I hope you stick around here for a bit. 

Yup, and you can see how that wound up resolving out. Altho tbh after transition, I became more outgoing and social, got a fantastic new job, got a major promotion and raise in the same year, found a faith community that fits where I'm at spiritually and culturally and as a person, the two major changes actually were able to answer several of the lingering questions of my life, my family and I get alone fairly well (mom about the same, dad better than ever, same with grandparents)...I think gender transition is a path that far too many people take, and take too easily, and it is not for everyone - but for me and I can only answer for myself here, I live a fairly content, productive, and happy life at the moment, far more than I did when I was a regular here at one point in the past 2-7 years ago, and I genuinely consider it to be a fantastic blessing in my life. Because for the first time in years, I actually have my stuff together mentally. 

[franciscanheart]

I wonder how many old phatmassers have left the Church.

[Anomaly]

2 hours ago, franciscanheart said:

I wonder how many old phatmassers have left the Church.

I think on that a lot.  I know of at least a half dozen Catholics who used to post here and have left the Church.  I had misgivings about recommending this site to teens when I taught confirmation classes.   I still strongly discourage my wife from visiting here, she's still Catholic.  I know of others that PM was a very positive Faith experience.  I guess it was dependent on your personal life experiences.  PM is certainly not the vibrant site it was 15 years ago.  

 

[CountrySteve937]

4 hours ago, Anomaly said:

I think on that a lot.  I know of at least a half dozen Catholics who used to post here and have left the Church.  I had misgivings about recommending this site to teens when I taught confirmation classes.   I still strongly discourage my wife from visiting here, she's still Catholic.  I know of others that PM was a very positive Faith experience.  I guess it was dependent on your personal life experiences.  PM is certainly not the vibrant site it was 15 years ago.  

 

Dang, the site is that old? 

[franciscanheart]

18 hours ago, CountrySteve21 said:

Dang, the site is that old? 

I see you're new around here... 

[Lil'Monster]

On ‎12‎/‎13‎/‎2016 at 7:48 AM, CountrySteve21 said:

  I think phatmass must have lost a lot of people, perhaps they all joined religious orders 

Not me.

 

[CountrySteve937]

6 hours ago, franciscanheart said:

I see you're new around here... 

Kind of, I think I joined this site like three or four years ago. I have been on and off with the site, plus I don't think I was ever that active, just a lurker 

[dUSt]

Invision (the company who makes the software for the phorum) sent me an email saying that the chat feature will be retired in April. The internet is constantly changing, and chat rooms are no longer as popular as they once were (kinda like message boards, haha).

[Jack4]

I'd like to mention that I just revived the chatroom.!!!!!!!