I certainly relate to those comments - last year's were on to a loser with me from day one because of BB2. Plus the fact that they were crap anyway!
I am liking this one so far, thank goodness because it is time for me to move on. (Well apart from a few minor peccadilloes which will be with me forever regarding a certain couple and a rather lush young man)
Ribbonstring, sorry your friends have deserted you. As my Nursing tutor always used to say when met with a sea of silence following a question.......
'Talk to me'
And as Frasier says
'I'm listening'