lol trust me your not alone. You often want to choose your words right as to sound correct or emotionally right. But when you write you often get lost in words and cant explain it how you think it.............well for me that was my issue so I would often have to delete what I typed and rewrite it.. anyhow.....just know many others have gone through it....as you'll see in the replies to this post......read my journals and I can tell you that I have rewritten them as I typed them out cause I type how I think....and as my college english teacher once told me..."you write how you think...all over the place" yet I was just trying to say one thing and over explain it........... your on the right track and not alone. ;) ((Hugs))

~Joe

LOL you are definitely not alone.. I have done that ,, I think we all have.. Hugs to you, Kimmee

Guilty as charged!!! :) (((((((((HUG)))))))))

Yay! I'm glad to know it's not just me!

And I do the same thing Joe - I write like I think and then it sounds weird sometimes or doesn't even come close to what I wanted to get across - so I'll rewrite mine, too.
And the funny thing is it's my own journal; you'd think I wouldn't care. I've rewritten a couple of them quite a few times before finally saving it.
And I am also way wordy when trying to say something; I seem to have to explain everything around it - the back story, the details, the this and that. It's like I think if I don't include all the info it won't come across as I want it to. The 'if you knew the whole story you'd understand' thing I guess.
Another goal I should start - figuring out how to say things without it being novel! Maybe knock it down to a short story! Baby steps. ha ha =)

Do it allllll the time!

^ *raises right hand*

I do it too. Thought it was just me. Good to know I'm not the only one.

LOL - I think I spend more time writing and deleting than anything else! My kids laugh at me when I leave notes for them - they say "mom, you are so funny, you write how you talk" whatever that means...

All the time~~~~guilty! (((hugs)))

Hey, sweetie, as you can tell by the replies, you are not alone. I do it & I do it well... and often... but one thing I've come to realize... When I write, it comes from my heart. There are so, so many times that I will just be typing away, trying to help someone else makes sense of something or how to deal with something, and I have to stop and think... "Dang, I should write this stuff down for myself." This stuff is often times lengthy & I am also guilty of the wordiness & writing as I talk, but I have made a promise to myself that I am NOT going to delete what I feel in my heart. I have often thought something WAY too lengthy for someone to read, and at the end wrote something along the lines of 'sorry, can't write anymore on the subject or I'll have to charge you for a novel'... something like that... whatever strikes me at that time
I have also come to a point in my life where mistakes are just that... mistakes, and you know what? EVERYONE MAKES MISTAKES, TYPOS, whatever, so I will not read over my comments to a thread. That way, I cannot change the wording. I would rather use my time responding to another thread.
I feel... IF I DELETE WHAT I WROTE, I HAVE WASTED MY TIME & MY TIME IS TOO PRECIOUS TO WASTE! YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH TIME IN YOUR LIFE, WHY DELETE SOME OF YOUR HEART FELT FEELINGS?
Just my brain farting away...
CJ

I just write stupid replies.

Its the reason I haven't changed my DS name. My DS friends tell me I "ramble" on my journals, their journals. I can't keep things short, sweet and simple. Nope. not me.

I constantly delete trying but I'm a "rambler". What can I say?

CJ - That's a really cool way to look at things - that whatever you are writing when you aren't necessarily 'thinking' of how to word it just right IS coming from the heart and a very 'real' response. Like talking - we just talk and can't 'erase' what we've said so if we don't make sense or fumble words we just deal with it, laugh and so on.
I think it's something I might try doing from now on see how it goes and how long my OCD's will let me be! LOL

as a man your post topic caught my attention, farts are funny.

raising hand *guilty*