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Is SW a dating website?

I've been on here for some time already but I still don't fully grasp what the purpose of this site is. Personally I treat this site for practicing English (other than Reddit) since I'm an Easterner. Can anyone tell me?
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Typicalpisces · 41-45, F
I use this site to work through my problems... Almost like I'm processing life with a therapist... My process starts with something I don't understand... I usually start a story about something I can't wrap my head around , something that doesn't make sense to me... I write until I get stuck or I get too frustrated or too emotional to continue and I put it aside continue to think on it throughout the day or days and then come back to it and start tweaking it and fine-tuning it adding things more imagery... sometimes I break it up into chunks and although the individual pieces, (we will call them "paragraphs") make sense by themselves, but don't make sense when they're put together so I end up scrapping the whole thing and starting over... Which I recently just had the idea to post the individual paragraphs as stories by themselves, but they usually lose vital context when separated.

I can go back to the same story anywhere between 3-20 times, doing revision after revision, or adding more elements that come to me. Sometimes I go back and read all the unfinished pieces to see if I can gain perspective on my current issue or I go back and read stories I've already posted to find something I need to remember, something I've already learned from something else, but didn't realize was applicable
One time I almost completely rewrote a story I had already posted, and left both stories so I could remember both processes.

When I feel like I need other peoples perspective on something, I just post a random FML Rant and see what wise words are bestowed upon me
Micromint · 36-40, F
@Typicalpisces that's a wonderful way to put it. It certainly has helped me deal with my problems and having a total stranger to give you some prospective is so helpful
( for me anyway)
Typicalpisces · 41-45, F
@Micromint EXACTLY... Its damn near impossible to get any useful feedback from anyone you know because they always seem to have hidden agendas and their own selfish motivations... People here have nothing to gain from giving you guidance...