Closed
Yes, closed. The Ham Ham Hangout is offically CLOSED. Why, you ask? I'll tell you.

The truth is, well...I never asked my parents if I could chat online with people I don't know. They don't have a clue, but they're getting suspicious, I know. See, when I became obessed with Hamtaro, I one day submitted a Ask the Ham Hams question to the Clubhouse, Hammy Girl's site. She showed my email on it, and a boy emailed me. I didn't know him, but he just said hello and stuff. Unsure what to do, I told my mom that somebody emailed me. She said, "Well, don't talk to him." so I nodded, but the guy seemed so nice, so I emailed him back. We started chatting like this, but soon we stopped, and I began chatting online more, while my family never knew. I soon joined forums, chatted at drawing boards and tagboards, and even made websites dedicated to Hamtaro.

And my family never knew.

I continued this for 2 years, chatting online. I chatted at Neopets, forums, everywhere. I made so many friends, and I IMed them and chatted with them. I always had so much fun talking to them, but I never wanted to tell my family, because I was afraid of them not letting me chat anymore.

But then I started getting guilty. My family told me countless times never to talk online, and I agreed. But secretly, I was. The guilt was weighing on me, but I continued chatting anyway. But one day I seemed to feel like the Lord was telling me to stop; to not hurt myself, and my family any longer.

So I am. I'm stopping all of this. I've been living a lie, and I can't live it no more. I'm going to stop chatting on the Net, making websites, IMing people--PERMANTLY. It will be hard, but I have even talked to my stuffed Pikachu about this. Talking to him is comforting, even though he's not real. This isn't right--I should be able to talk to my family about anything. But I can't. I have to quit this, and nothing will stop me.

I will miss all of you so dearly! I've made so many great friends, seen so many great things, and learned so many great things. I've found people who have the same intrests as I do; I learned a lot about Japan; and I saw great artists and writers and read and saw their work. But I saw so many bad things as well; I saw hentai, naked things, and more. I know all about it now; my mind feels pervertated. I feel like I'm not innocent anymore, even though I am. The Internet has fed my mind good things, but also poisoined it as well. I started getting distraced from my school work, and I hardly ever venture outside on days I'm alone at home; I just stay inside and chat. I hardly ever talk to my family; I just eat dinner, lunch, or breakfest then leave. The Internet has made me anti social, and more shy then ever to face the reality, and real people.

Like I said, I will miss you all so much; but everybody lets go sometimes. You let go of life; friends; family; realtives; everything. But I started crying yesterday, because I was going to lose you all. But this girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. I'm following my heart and the Lord, and I can't do this any longer. I will remember you all; and perhaps I will be back when I'm 13 or so, and actually ASK my parents if I can chat online. I hope you all won't forget me.

Please don't think I lost intrest in Hamtaro, and that's why I closed the site. It's NOT true. I still love Hamtaro, and I always will. I have to close the site; there's no purpose in it anymore if I'm leaving. I'm sorry if you liked the site; I sure did.

I love you all, you've been so great to me. You've taught me good things and bad things, you've made me laugh out loud when I chat, you've made me smile when I had a bad day. But I have to leave. Like I said, I might be back...just watch out for me, Michiko, the new and improved, and the one who asked her parents for permission.
God Bless you all!

Love,

For HamClover...

Thank you...for being such a good friend.

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