Story of my life ;)

oh, Canada... I hope not only is it criminalized to sterilize someone without informed consent, hospitals are forced to do something about the unequal outcomes for indigenous people in the health system generally. A few years back there was the case of a young Ontario girl who didn’t want to have conventional cancer…

Good for you! I also find watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer cathartic.

Oh good, it’s probably better to have a guide than wade into it on my own.

Sometimes I worry that I’m letting my anxiety hold me back... But most of time dating just seems like work that will take me away from the things I enjoy doing more than talking to strangers. Although I enjoy meetup.com, and that’s also talking to strangers, but they’re nice strangers.

I say go for it! Any chance you could take a day off and go to the open house? You should definitely update your resume and send it in. I don’t really know much about your field or resumes, but I’d say leave worrying about telling your parents if the situation arises. No need to borrow trouble, one step at a time. Eve…

I love sex scene euphemisms in novels so much! :) I await in a fever of anticipation, with heaving bosom, for your literary updates.

Is this something entertaining I should seek out?

Wishing your dad a speedy recovery, and sending you internet hugs.

I’m really sorry. Sometimes the holidays can be the worst when you’re grieving a friendship or a relationship.

I’m sorry. That sucks, and he sucks.

I feel exactly the same way. Sigh. I’d date, if I wasn’t so worried about all the stranger danger dating apps would expose me to.

The holidays can suck for so many reasons. I love my family but I’m not looking forward to hosting everyone for at least a week in my little post-separation flat. I have a number of friends who had shitty childhoods or families, who have conflicted feeling during the holidays. There’s all this pressure to be happy,…

That cushion plus your cat reminds me so much of my favourite book when I was 5. It was about a mean witch named Sizzle who raises witch cats, until one of her cats has a kitten with yellow eyes, and turns Sizzle into a good witch.

I’m also post husband. I had the advantage (?) of discovering he’d been having an affair in a fairly traumatic way, and that really killed any feelings that hadn’t already died in spending months dealing with his drunk driving and shitty behaviour- which turned out to be manifestations of his guilt around the affair.

All of that sounds awful. Maybe all the other people who can’t afford the bay area, but want a decent place to live, will move into your neighbourhood and your city will stop being trash. The housing situation in big cities sucks.

I’m so very sorry for your loss.

Emily, in case no one has said so yet, you’re the best for choosing a nice consistent early hour to post the social! :)

But also, do you have any fun Codco-related stories?

WHAT OMG