I think I figured it out. It wasnt defaulting me back to the index, so i never had a chance to view this screen. Thats probably what confused the other person as well. All i was seeing was my default bravent screen. Maybe something to look into.
You need to go the other way, one category with multiple forms.
A category is simple a holder of forums, forums is where you can post. So a category is useless without a forum.
Also, after saving the service simple returns you to the page you were on. I see how that could cause confusion, but it would also cause confusion and frustration for people if the editors took them to a different page.