I have been debating on whether to post this for some time now. I have been accused of being a sock puppet, while I have heard of that term, I had to ask my husband what it meant in here. My husband is rug, a lot of you should recognize the screen name considering he spends way to much time in here. I never made it a secret that he is my husband. Here are a few post recently:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8866582
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8867143
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=8864775

This site has been his place to come and unwind for a long time now. He has 5 kids, a rather demanding wife, and a stressful job.

Your screen names have been part of my life for years now. Even my children know some of your screen names. Dad is in GD arguing again with whomever. Look at him typing fast with that one finger. Dad is such a nerd he wants to meet up with his dork friends on DU. All of these statements have been made several times in my house.

I simply started posting more often to be closer to him. If I knew some of the things going on in here, I would know some of the things he was thinking about. I certainly do not want to interfere with any of his relationships on here, and that is the reason for this post. Please don't let anything I have said interfere with your interactions with him. I assure you every time I post, I post for myself and not him. He and I don't always like the same people, and I would hope just because you don't care for me you don't count him out.

That is all. I hope the mods. do not take this down at least keep it long enough for the right people to see it.

Oh, and Hi, honey. I hope your not upset about me posting this.

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he said that we are going to "rip up the town"...whatever that means. :rofl: (just kidding).

I knew you were his wife, since you mentioned it a few times before.

Nice to "meet" you. :hi:

The Lounge has way too many self-appointed hall monitors.

A belated 'welcome' to you! :hi: Regards to rug!

Most times the hall monitors need to do a little self monitoring ... (little being an extreme understatement)

:hi:

:hi:

Keep right on posting.

You're cool with me!

I hadn't seen those posts, so I had no idea he was your husband, but no problem!

I respect him, and I respect you!

A very belated welcome to DU!

:hi:

We've all been declared one at one point or another.

I finger puppet, but never a sockpuppet

But I've been called a bitch, a freeper, an asshole, a loser, an idiot and a few words I probably shouldn't repeat.

:hug:

:cry:

I'm a nice person, really I am.

though I have been called a freeper by one... person here...

:hug:

but I don't know what a sockpuppet is.

Can you explain it to me, please?

Thank you................

A sockpuppet is an online identity used for purposes of deception within an online community. In its earliest usage, a sockpuppet was a false identity through which a member of an Internet community speaks with or about himself or herself, pretending to be a different person,<1> like a ventriloquist manipulating a hand puppet.

In current usage, the perception of the term has been extended beyond second identities of people who already post in a forum to include other uses of misleading online identities. For example, a NY Times article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sockpuppet_(Internet)

Thank you very much. It never occurred to me to look it up - thinking it was a term exclusive to DU, since I'd never heard it before.

Some people just have GOT to get out of the house more often.

Again, thank you...................

Somehow I avoided that one. :shrug:

Glad you are here and I hope you enjoy being on DU!

:hi:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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NOT FUCKING EVER! ! ! ! !

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:P

N O !

You know better.

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nt

:hi:

and welcome to The Lounge :hi:

thanks for the concern.

welcome to DU. :hi:

the only post of yours i remember is when you accused a mother of posting too many pics of her kid. that sort of thing will piss people off and accuse you of beign a sock puppet

Portrait of rug/newcriminal:









I keed! I keed!

Hi! :hi:


Nice to see you around.

good luck mixing DU with marriage!

He does WoW....I do DU.

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It takes me forever to learn usernames, plus I come and go - sometimes not around much at all then way too much.:rofl:

I have to admit, I kind of wondered - even though you had some valid points and every right to post in a public forum as any of us.

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well, not really but people thought I was a man before I updated my profile. I was new at the time and had NO idea the profile would be screened so carefully for clues of sock puppetry or trollism.

If they had only asked for a picture of the girls, we could have avoided the whole ugly mess.

:hi:

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