I have felt body aches and “general unease” all year, and everything I’ve read (and my doctor confirmed) said this was more likely anxiety at living during a pandemic while an incompetent asshole tried to steal an election, so if those truly were his only symptoms, I can’t totally blame the guy for not going to a…

Damn, poor guy. IIRC the 5 year survival rate for small cell lung cancer is not even 10%, and that includes the rare patients that have it caught early enough for surgery.

god damn

If you read any deeper coverage from when he was initially diagnosed, you’ll see he had some symptoms but was sadly afraid to have it checked out.  So sad.

While cancer can certainly move fast, I do wonder if this is also a symptom of folks putting off routine medical checks throughout 2020 because of the pandemic. News coverage said he felt body ache and “general unease” at the beginning of the year and that’s what sent him in. Wonder if he was supposed to have an exam…

What a shitty deal man. So fucked that cancer can come at you like that with ZERO warning.

LOL. Just admit that you have no idea what you are talking about. There’s no shame in being wrong. Doubling down on your being wrong is shameful though.

Literal guy is taking it literally.

I’m an attorney. That’s not a law. google is not a legal precedent.

This is a joke, right? Or are you trolling? No way this is a serious argument.

I’d bet that the defense lawyer is thinking “holy crap, it worked!”

Bastard. Using coronavirus to effectively get himself off scot-free. And fuck the courts for allowing this to happen. 

The confrontation clause doesn’t say shit about masks.  I’m all for criminal defendants getting their constitutional rights, but seeing the witness’s teeth isn’t a necessary component of a fair trial. 

THe witness was facing the accused. A mask doesn’t make the witness not there, and seeing her mouth doesn’t grant anyone anything. Face to face just means in the same damn place. 

I like how Anne Lamott put it: “Maybe we’re not supposed to get over certain people.”

Hell yes to this. Angry? You should be fricking LIVID. This douchecanoe was all revved up to cheat, if he didn’t already.

Damn girl. I’m so sorry. Eons ago I dated someone who was “separated” from his partner of 14 years. Sob story, sob story, sob story, and I fell for it. Being lied to is the worst. And I thought I was immune to that shit b/c my dad was a guy like your ex. I knew that game and how it hurt people. But if someone is…

I personally know two couples who decided to get a divorce after 30+ years together since covid hit - one discovered there was another woman, and one discovered a very well-concealed addiction. It’s been a revealing time, to say the least.

I read a book in college called ‘Uncoupling.’ Really interesting.  

I’ve heard a formula/theory that it can take up to half the duration of a significant relationship to “get over” it once it ends and IMHO it kind of makes sense and was about that for mine. Given it’s only been six months I’d say cut yourself some slack.