Ok, here is my opinion on this topic. Middlepath, your posts here are so helpful to so many people. I and many others will miss you but I definitely understand how you can get frustrated and even upset by some posts here.
I too feel out of place here sometimes. I feel like maybe I am just not as “good” or as “frum” as the people on here. A lot of the time I do not post on certain topics because they just are so frustrating and infuriating to me. For a while I felt like people tried to push their “frumness” and “yeshivishness” onto the “regulars” here but then I just realized that this is their way of life, their minhagim and this is what they really and truly believe in. I may not agree with everything they say but everyone is allowed their own opinion and minhagim and rabbanim type that they ask their sheilos too.
But I REALLY REALLY understand how you might feel out of place here. For real sometimes I read some topics and just want to cry because they sound so ridiculous to me and I always ask myself, don’t Jews (especially frum Jews) have enough to worry about without nitpicking over every little thing. I still do not understand this and really still get frustrated sometimes (like I did on the Dov Hikind and Hatzala issue that was discussed or the gum chewing thread) but I just try my hardest to keep my mouth shut so others don’t hear my frustration and feelings about it.
I know I’ve rambled on and on here but if it makes you feel any better, you’re really liked here. Your posts really mean a lot to many people so you will be missed!! You obviously need to do what is good for you but we will miss you!!!