Eric has been the driving force behind RfM for over a decade. Without him, many exmos would still be suffering mormons, depressed, trapped, and miserable with nowhere to turn for comfort.

I just read read that Eric is working twice as hard as any human should and his boss is the worst ever. Thankfully, I'm retired but I do remember what it was like some of the time, slaving in unworkable situations and answering to bosses who made Scrooge look angelic.

Who can offer Eric support and appreciation? I read that his wife is worried about him and if she's worried, so am I.

Eric, hang in there, buddy. Breathe deeply and take it an hour at a time for now. I can only hope that things improve for you and soon.

Why do I appreciate RfM? First and above everything else is knowing I'm not alone. Because of RfM no exmo needs to feel they are the only one who went through the struggles of the morg. Thankfully, we're all in this together.

Why do you aprreciate Eric and RfM?

What about Susan?

I appreciate her skill, wisdom, and dedication. Without her there would be no RfM and if she didn't stay on top of the situation day in and day out, this place would be overrun with nasty TBM interlopers and trouble makers. It would be uglier than last week's creamed tuna warmed over.

I believe that Eric and Susan have saved marriages, the lives of children, and the mental health of 1000s. We owe them and today is a day to tell them so.

Thanks!

inthenameofCheeseandCrackers,AMEN.

Woot! ;o)

Absolutely! Thanks for giving me a place to learn how to get out of the cult, a place to vent and a place to just be silly once in awhile.

Hip Hip Hooray!

100 thumbs up!

Yay for Eric and Susan!

Thank you for your hard work and dedication. The forum has been very, very helpful for me personally. Thanks to the other unsung admins as well.

A hearty Whoo, followed by a loud non-'WoW' Hoo!!

Indeed!.....until I discovered exmormon.org I was unaware of the possibility of resigning from the church. It has also opened my eyes to the grief experienced by so many here just trying to live their lives while dealing with parents and others who put this idiotic church in front of everything else. Well done, and thank you!

Ron Burr



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Thank you for maintaining this site. Knowing that I was not alone made all the difference for me when I was tearing myself from the lds church.

Yo, word to yo mutha!

Seriously, I appreciate all those that help make and keep this forum going, and also everyone that posts here too. Whether or not I agree with a particular point of view, they all give me something to chew on. The thing I appreciate the most is that RfM is a place where I can come and be reminded that we aren't the ones that are delusional nuts that have lost our minds and gone off the rails. I appreciate the admins and mods and all the effort they put in to keeping this place running smoothly for us!

So, a BIG thank you to all!

Now, I'd like to bare and beat my testimonkey to everyone... I know this forum is true with every fiber of my dookey. Joseph Smith was a pedophile, and Tommy Boy is true profit at the head of this money grubbing corporation masquerading as the one and only true and living church owned by sweet baby haysuess. I know the gold plates were really a prop made by a money-digger to perpetrate the world's greatest con. Praise the Lard and pass the biscuits, in the name of sausage and gravy, Amen! Proceed.

Yay for Eric & Susan I/S! I can't imagine how hard it would be to run a board like this. It has been a huge resource for me and getting my head on straight after leaving the church. You have made a big difference in my life and the lives of those around me!

I can't thank you enough!

They work SO hard for no pay, just to help people.
That's special!

And Susan is a friend to us doglets and other furthingies.

So thank you both!

THANK YOU Eric & Susan and everyone who runs this board!!! Finding RfM has been priceless to me, I cannot thank you enough.

Eric and Susan thank you from the bottom of my heart!

I don't post a lot but reading this and using many of the suggestions has been so helpful.

thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

Chiming in with my thanks...the full extent of the good that this forum has done will probably never be known.

Thank you!!

(music notes)
C'est un M, un E, un R
C'est un C avec un I
Rassemblez toutes ces lettres
Vous y trouverez MERCI, (echo: MERCI, MERCI, MERCI!)
(music notes of a Thank you French song)


Thank you Eric and Susan for providing a place where I feel/know that I'm not alone.

Amen!

As a never-Mo, let me just say how much I appreciate how your efforts, and the group wisdom and experience found here, have undoubtedly helped keep many "investigators" and potential investigators out of the clutches of the cult.

You guys are great, and RFM is great. Great work!

Thank you!!!

YAYYYYY and thanks. You have helped and comforted so many, and I believe saved some lives.

Thank you very much.

Come on everybody. This thread needs to be the longest one on the board!!!

HUZZAH!!!

I don't post much, but I will certainly post here. I love this site and your work is very much appreciated.

I am comfortably ignorant of what Susan and Eric do exactly. But, I so very much appreciate this board, and if they have anything (probably everything) to do with keeping it up and going, well then, I am ideed grateful for their good work.

Thank you both very much.

I don't want to think about where our marriage would be without RfM.

Your hard work and dedication has made the transition out of mormonism so much easier for my family.

I had no idea there were so many ex-mormons out there. The church has done a good job of keeping that a secret.

You have outed them in a big way. This site has saved families and lives. It has helped so many to move into a normal life and leave behind the insidious brainwashing of mormonism.

Thank-you for all you do. There really aren't words enough to express my gratitude.

And Eric, if at all possible, please try to give yourself a break.

+1000

I just read that post and it broke my heart.

Thank you both so so much for this board and for helping me and so many others though some of the hardest days of our lives. I am so grateful that this board is here. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!!

I can't thank you enough for giving me the opportunity to meet all these wonderful people.

For giving us a place to vent, laugh and overall discuss.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

This board has helped me a) get out and B) not feel so alone with my feelings, even after getting out. It's helped me validate my feelings and my journey.

+1000 to what everyone else has said!!!

Thank you both for your hard work. If it wasn't for this board, I would of certainly went through the process of becoming part of this horrible cult. But I also want to thank all of you guys that do post on here because you all have incrediable stories and I thank God that you all were able to leave the church and move on to bigger and better things.

Thanks to both of you for this place to freely exchange ideas. I felt alone in my deprogramming before I found RfM.

Thank you. And thank you for keeping this board simple, and not overrun with extra features. Other boards make my brain hurt. The simplicity keeps us focused and I'm sure helps you out administratively. RfM is my fall asleep ritual, and I have learned a great deal here. We are a community not everyone can relate to, and that is very special. Thank you for cultivating us.

I thank all that accepted me ... I was so befuddled and hurt when I found this site ... it has been a life saver for me

Thank you.

And yes, thank you for keeping the board simple.

I appreciate them as well.

Late to the party here, but yea much appreciation. I also want to add that I love the look and feel of RFM. Thank you for not making avatars, and animated gifs part of my RFM experience.

Thanks to both of you. Your time and efforts are appreciated.

Thank you from this corner of the universe too. And let's not forget to thank their unnamed and unrecognised helpers, wherever they are.

Thanks y'all! I love this board and it's a daily ritual to log on and see what people are talking about.

Librarykim2

Yes! Many thanks! My life has changed for the better because of you :)

TG

Thank you ssoooooo much. You have served others in a very powerful long lasting way.

Thanks for 10+ years of entertainment, therapy, knowledge, community building, & etc.

RG

This is his vision. When he put the site up it was just to put up the story of his family in the hope that it would help one other person. To let them know they were not alone as his family felt so alone when they left. He is the one that has kept us going through failed foundations and nasty politics. You may not see him too much but his is the hand behind policy and decisions. He is a very very kind person.

If you have not seen it this is his exit story - this is what ExMormon.Org was started with
http://www.exmormon.org/whyileft.htm

And let's not forget Concrete Zipper! CZ has been with us since 2000 and does a lot of things behind the scenes. He is very very very smart and understands all the program things that I don't have a clue on.

All I do is clean up the floor around here but thanks very much everyone :)

Susan I/S Wrote: He [Eric] is a very very kind person.

I can attest to this, in all I've seen during my yrs here. Also, I had the great opportunity to meet Eric when he was in my area a few yrs back. I really enjoyed meeting and talking to him. Tal Bachman (a great storyteller and fun person) was also there so it was a great time for me.

Sus I/S: "He [CZ] is very very very smart and understands all the program things..."

I can also attest to this, having been around when CZ was more visible (so to speak) doing Admin and tech things behind the scenes. He is quieter these days. But maybe really really smart people are very quiet with it?

Sus: "All I [Sus I/S] do is clean up the floor around here..."

Well, you know what they say. Every member a janitor - oh wait. I think it's true, though, that s/he who helps in myriad ways also serves. Or something like that. :)

Floors do need cleaning. Some floors more than others.

I also extend my thanks. I have greatly enjoyed reading and posting here throughout this century.

I have learned one or two things along the way too. Which is more than you can say for many places, including lots of churches, and especially that one of the hour - the Mormon Church!

Here's to another decade and more. But what are we going to do with Eric, who works too hard? We want him to still be around. Like forever.



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Upon exiting in 2000, When I was in a mess, you referred me to your friend SusieQ#1 for emotional support. I owe a debt of gratitude to both of you.

Yah for eric and susan

Thanks for the sanity check. I have been lurking and posting on and off here for over 10 years (used to use my real name, but decided it was not a good idea after google cranked up). It has been great to find a group of fellow thinkers online.

So, cheers from downunder!

Thank you both (should be ALL - including CZ). I'm sure you know, you've been a sort of "life saver" to many of us, if not all of us.

PapaKen



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Yes, Susan has helped me out of more than one pinch. I'm going to have to make it to one of those October conventions because I owe her a drink. This above and beyond the exceptional work both Eric and Susan do here. Great thread.

Susan I/S isn't involved in the exmo conventions. (That's Sue Emmett.) Susan has made a big difference in my life as well, and I would love to meet her someday. I've met Eric Kettunen, and he and his wife are super nice people.

Thank you so much for making this site available for us. It has done wonders for me.

DITTO! what everyone else said and more!!

Ditto to all the thanks that have been offered. Thanks Eric and Susan.

Thanks Susan and Eric. Even as a Nevermo, I have learned so many interesting things from this board and "met" great people. I appreciate all of your hard work.

Thank you Eric and Susan. You both helped me escape the cult by providing a forum for truth and support. You will always have my gratitude.

From my first forbidden peak here over 10 years ago. And now I'm finally free. Thanks!!



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Yay Eric and Susan!

I was thinking about you guys the other week and noted that through the times I've been off the board (years, as a matter of fact), you stayed. You've improved the board since the dawn of time yet retained its distinctive and awesome retro feel. I have the utmost of respect for you both and am grateful you took "this thing" on to help me and so many others as we progressed to a new life outside the church.

With gratitude,
toto

Thank you Eric and Susan. I will forever be grateful for this board that has given me the strength and knowledge to live openly as a nonbeliever among the TBM's in my life.

Thanks Eric and Susan - this site has been a huge help to me.

Most of us here would have 'gone around the bend' several times over except for the support from those on this site. You provided the safe place for us to come and share.

Thank you for helping us all not to feel so alone.
Thank you for helping us to share facts, history, feelings, experiences.
Thank you for helping us through dark days and nights.
Thank you for giving us hope.

Sorry I am late but I only just switched on my computer --Best wishes to both of them..

JB

Thank-you (Eric), Thank-you (Susan), Thank-you (CZ)!!

Thank you to the best hosts ever. I appreciate your hard work. :-)

HEAR, HEAR! Thanks for all Eric and Susan (and others) do to keep RfM up and running!

: )

(Maybe if I donate enough, Susan and Eric will issue me an RFM TR. That would be cool.)

I've been visiting since way back when, and it's been a wonderful place to visit, to commiserate, to heal, to hurt, to empathize, to sympathize, to carp, to gripe, to gossip, to banter, and to alleviate boredom.

Thanks always.

Cyber-hugs!

I never let a day go by without checking RFM. Thanks so much to Eric and Susan for keeping this wonderful community going!

Cool.

Thank you for everything. :o)

Thanks for everything!

I owe much of my growth to this board, so if Eric and Susan I/S didn't keep it going, I wouldn't be where I am today.

Thank you Eric and Susan I/S!!

Oh, but how much time I spend here, lurking. *sigh*

LAEASIS Day, it is!

Thanks to Eric, Susan I/S, CZ, and the other unsung heroes who keep the RfM lights on for us, even when we piddle on Susan's floor.

Actually, yes I do. Still sitting in church week after week, still hating it, still hating the woman I was forced to become, still wanting something better for my kids, still marginalized, yet not knowing that any other life could exist.

Thank you for giving me hope and a new life.

I can't imagine my life without this board.

I keep learning.

From this board I've met many exmos in real life too.

Thank You so much. My life is so much better.

KJ/AnonyMs

Thanks so much for putting me in touch with so many wonderful and wise people.

Adding my thanks!!

Thanks Eric and Susan. This site opened up the world to me that TSCC had tried to close.

Much appreciation!

+1