New Dev from Germany

[linda]

Hello you lovely Paradevo-Community,

I just wanted to introduce myself. Apparently I am too stupid to create an account, so it took me a couple of days to succeed. In the meantime, I spent some time reading through some threads and actually got the feeling that some of you dear people are already very familiar to me. And I have to say: I love this community - the openness, the kind way of interaction and the respect for each other, the acceptance and not at last the humor... it feels a bit like coming home at last.

My name is Linda and I am a devotee - I guess. It is not easy for me to accept that. I just came to realize it recently. Although like so many others here, I had some kind of feeling since my childhood. Apart from being a dev, I am a quite normal woman from Germany, 44 years old, working single mom of three wonderful children, having many interests such as music, languages, different cultures and many more.

If I were to bake myself the man of my dreams, he would be a dark haired para with the looks of Alain Delon who happened to be a world famous concert pianist who despite all his fame would remain very modest and down-to-earth and not the least bit arrogant. This might sound a bit unrealistic, but hey - there are many people dreaming of world peace (me being one of them), so why not reach out for the stars? So you Bambi eyed Alain Delon out here, if you read this, please do not hesitate to pm me right away! ;-)
Of course I love to meet everyone else here too...

So thanks for accepting me, I am glad to have found this site and I am looking forward to being part of this illustrious community!

Cheers,
Linda

[happyface2013]

A warm welcome from Ireland..

[Deleted]

Hi Linda,
welcome to PD! Great intro, nothing wrong with dreaming and reaching for the stars...
It's great you were able to sign on here.
I'm German as well, from the Wuerzburg area but live in the US.
I'm curious, how did you find us?
Looking forward to see you here a lot hopefully,
Greetings, Dani

[linda]

Thanks a lot for the warm welcome everyone!

[SouthernCalGal]

linda, Welcome. I hope you stick around and enjoy it here. It has been a special place for me to share and make some new friends 😊.

P.S. I like that dream of world peace 😉.

[wonk]

Welcome from Australia.

I am almost your perfect guy. I am a para, however I don't look anything like Alain, I can't play the piano, and I am incredibly arrogant.

[linda]

Feb 14, 2019 16:38:14 GMT -5 wonk said:

Welcome from Australia.

I am almost your perfect guy. I am a para, however I don't look anything like Alain, I can't play the piano, and I am incredibly arrogant.

Well, almost perfect! ;-)

But thanks for the welcome and greetings to Australia.

[blueskye101]

Welcome! Lovely intro. So glad to have you.

[pam]

Welcome Linda. Nice to have you on here. I am also a mother of 3 who likes paras. Hope you have a good time on PD and your dreams come true.

[loreley]

Hi Linda,
welcome to PD from another German dev! Good to have you here! Great intro and I'm looking forward to reading more from you.

[Emma]

Welcome Linda! I love it when new devs join and post nice informative intros. I'm looking forward to getting to know you and having you join in on the conversations. I am a Mom of 2 wonderful kids and know a bit of German, my dad is from Switzerland.

[britishtetra]

Welcome Linda! What a wonderful introduction, unfortunately yesterday “apart from all my troubles being so far away;” I had my hair shaved. Oh but then again I’m not a para and my musical talents consisted from playing the bugle badly, to the flute. Also badly!
I wish you well in here, I bet you’ve had more PM’s than Westminster by now😉

Cheerio for now…

[linda]

Feb 14, 2019 14:13:00 GMT -5 Dani said:

Hi Linda,
welcome to PD! Great intro, nothing wrong with dreaming and reaching for the stars...
It's great you were able to sign on here.
I'm German as well, from the Wuerzburg area but live in the US.
I'm curious, how did you find us?
Looking forward to see you here a lot hopefully,
Greetings, Dani

Hi Dani,
thanks a lot for the warm welcome. Würzburg - beautiful. Makes me think of Bocksbeutel immediately. 
You ask how I found you. I was searching on the internet. Actually I was quite frustrated when I first checked out some German sites. The perception of devs is just terrible as you know, and for me, who really is a total newbie still struggling a lot accepting it, it was very hard to realize the way we are seen. After all, I asked the same questions to myself... but then again I came to think that I didn’t choose to be a den, same like (almost) no disabled person made the choice. And I know deep in my heart that I am not a bad person. I don’t want to harm anyone, the basis of every relationship is mutual consent, so what’s so wrong about it? After all it’s a win-win situation for both sides.
You got me talking here... ;-) Well, it’s really great to not feel guilty about it.
viele Grüße,
Linda

[linda]

Feb 15, 2019 3:49:42 GMT -5 britishtetra said:

Welcome Linda! What a wonderful introduction, unfortunately yesterday “apart from all my troubles being so far away;” I had my hair shaved. Oh but then again I’m not a para and my musical talents consisted from playing the bugle badly, to the flute. Also badly!
I wish you well in here, I bet you’ve had more PM’s than Westminster by now😉

Cheerio for now…

Hello britishtetra and thanks for the warm welcome.
Who or what is Westminster? (of course I know Westminster Abbey...)

[hankster]

I bet lots of people have messaged you!! I like your personality a lot, I’m new myself, but I have had fun reading threads and comments on here like you. Very nice community so far!