❤ FAREWELL from MALLORY ❤

[Mallory {The Boss}]

Dear KITG,

The day has finally come... after six long years, I'm leaving the site.

Donation time has always been excruciatingly frustrating, but this

year has been exceptionally bad: I can never get answers from 

Dvhour because he is never around. I've been carrying the site for

four years now, doing 95% of the work and all I ask of Dvhour is for

him to handle the whole donation headache, but every year, I can

never reach him to get answers on how we're doing. We were supposed

to talk this weekend to figure out what to do with the site from here,

but as usual, he was not around and it is IMPOSSIBLE to get an answer

out of him. I have reached the end of my patience.

Even worse, only 56 people donated this year, with only 5 days left

before the deadline. 56 out of 8000 members!! Every year, we get

at least 100 loyal members to keep this site going, and even that is

pathetic, considering we have 8000 members. But, this...this is an

all-time low. I can't tell you how disheartening this feels to me. With

all the time and energy I put into this place, it is beyond insulting.

If only 56 people think this site, and my work, is not even worth a few

dollars, why the fuck are we here?? This tells me that it is time to go.

Whether or not you make the deadline, I am done here. I want to thank

all who donated the past five years and kept us online. I want to thank

all who shared their wonderful videos and pictures and stories because

we couldn't exist without your contributions. I want to thank the core

of the community, the dedicated who made this site a family...it was

you that I stayed for to make this site a HOME. And as utterly frustrated 

as I am right now with him, I want to thank Dvhour for trusting me to

run the site...I had some wonderful experiences because of it, and there

may be a couple more in the works ;) But most of all, I want to thank all

of you who shared your experiences and stories and lives...your hearts

and souls, with me...I stayed this long because of you.

(see: http://kickedinthegroin.ning.com/forum/topics/looks-like-goodbye)

(see: http://kickedinthegroin.ning.com/forum/topics/ask-mallory)

I will leave this open for a week, until I leave. Please feel free to leave

any hellos or goodbyes, any final thoughts, good or bad...or say hi on

chat. I don't want this to be a somber last week...I want to celebrate 

it, so I will be answering any last questions and sharing my thoughts on

blogs, discussions, stories, etc. Let's make it a happy final week :)

~ Mallory ~

[Edward D]

I shall miss our cooking chats too.  Hey, if you ever want to talk, just hit me up for my info, the world's a much smaller place now, something I'm personally grateful for! :D

[greeneyedsusan]

Mal Mal, I'm pretty bossy too, you can give it a try :)

[Mallory {The Boss}]

yeah, but I'm a LATINA...that's an extra heeeaping dose of BOSSiness :P

[Oliver Andrews]

Mallory... please reconsider. Don't read too much into the percentages. Many folks are on tight family budgets and don't have the funds for any kind of entertainment. Others are worried about anonymity. Doesn't mean they don't love the site. It's always the dedicate 1% that keeps everything running.

[Rigoletto Mobile]

To be honest, the anonymity given who I am is very important and the main reason I am afraid to pay even a couple bucks.  I don't want any record of that with my bank.

[3dk1tm29uk1v2]

the paypal donation doesn't have any statement on it referring to this site, it is so an email account directly to DVhour, nothing else is on it. 

I can see the concern with the recent ashley madison hack, etc though. 

Just know that anyhting said on the interwebz is forever, and you can always be found out, if someone wants to bad enough. 

[Rigoletto Mobile]

IP Traces I leave at the discretion of the site owner.

[Frans Elmendorp]

hey Oliver.

I agree with you..most people can't afford to give/donate money...mostly the single guys can. I always gladly donated 50 dollars each year..thats because I can easely afford it...and we don't have this kind of site in holland (netherlands)..I hope Mallory will reconsider it...have a great evening...day??...haha!! here in holland is it almost 2100 hr.

[Mallory {The Boss}]

I totally see your points, Oli...but my point is we're not even pulling in the core 

100 donors anymore - like wayyy off :/ That's a problem. Maybe more time would

have helped, I don't know. Peeps just want everything free, not thinking or caring

about how much time and energy it takes to keep it running...while we have our

own lives to run and all that comes with that. We only ask for donations to keep

the site running FOR THEM. Beyond frustrating... rant over...again, haha. On a

lighter note, I am glad you finally changed your Lennon avatar :) Take care Oli.

[joshua resnick]

mallory im extre,ly saden that ur leaving ur the heart and soul of this site seriously extremly saddened im sorry i couldn't donate i only get limited amount of money i would donate  but i don't get much money. to be honest i don't think u should leave i know it is a headache but  u shouldn't leave  seriously ur the heart and soul of this site!!!

DON'T LEAVE  

[Frans Elmendorp]

Heeyyy...Josh!!

U R right!!! we all should say to Mallory! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US!!!! We need you!! we love you!

DON'T LEAVE!!!!!!!! DON'T LEAVE!!!!!!!! DON'T LEAVE!!!!!!!! DON'T LEAVE!!!!!!!!

Now ALL TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dvhour (Site Owner)]

What he and Josh said :)