I can understand that posting feels vulnerable, but I am asking, again, that you don't delete your post.

I have two reasons.

First, your post might help someone else who is facing something similar.

Two, it feels disrespectful to me to the Dom(s) (or subs) who took the time and energy to reply.

This is a community of support, not a gumball machine where other people's efforts are used and then discarded.

Create a throwaway account if you absolutely must but please have the courtesy not to erase your post. (What is even more annoying is that many of these deletes are already from accounts with zero history).

As always, if I'm missing something and I need to reassess my stance, feel free to speak up.

Otherwise, stop it.