Neopets is a cold, ruthless place.
by Star
Three years ago, when I was sixteen, I found out that I was pregnant. WITH TWINS.
Naturally, my boyfriend and I were very nervous, but we decided to keep them.
I didn't want to tell anyone. I didn't let my boyfriend tell anyone either. I wouldn't tell one of my sisters, or my brother, or my father, or even my MOTHER, who I needed the most at that time.
WHY?
I thought that I would find enough compassion, concern and advice on neopets. At least that was the plan.
I had been playing for five months by that time, and I had a decent account with a mutant kougra I loved dearly. I went on one day and posted in Newbie Chat about my pregnancy. I asked if anyone had any advice, websites I could visit, doctors I could see.
I was frozen within the hour. I was devastated. And I was stupid. I should have taken that freezing as a sign that NEOPETS DIDNT CARE. But noooo, I thought that they had made a mistake and that I was SURE to find somebody who could help me on neopets.
So I created a new account. But these attempts at getting sympathy and help didn't go too well either. When I neomailed my "friends" about it, I got warnings and no sympathy from them. I got thrown out of my beloved guild because they thought I was posting "innapropriate" things. When I tried talking about it in my shop, the description got cleared. After two months of this, TNT finally got fed up and froze me. That was the last straw. I FINALLY figured out that neopets couldn't help me in any way. Nobody there cared for me in the slightest way. I needed to turn to the people who cared about me and loved me.
So I did. I told my parents, my close friends, my siblings, cousins, aunts and uncles.
Now I'm nineteen. My boyfriend(the father of the twins) and I got married last year. I am in college, studying to be a doctor. My husband is also in college, studying to be a chef. And I am the proud mothers of our three year old daughters Sarah Rose and Sophie Jean, and our six month old son Harrison. My husband and I are working hard to make a good life for our kids.
I hope that nobody was as confused and stupid as I was about who cared about me. Just think about this if you need motivation to quit neopets. NOBODY THERE CARES ABOUT YOU. I mean, NOBODY. TNT sure doesn't. Nobody on the boards do. And I doubt even your "neofriends" care about you in the slightest way, unless they know you in person.
It's a hard pill to swallow, but it's true. Don't go through what I did. Quit.