Once while on prednisone I drove 2 hours to buy a compound bow.

You did the good, hard work. Dammit it’s tough, but it’s necessary because you get this one life - one! - and if you want all the tiny fat babies you need to make those tough decisions. Tiny fat babies sound pretty damn great.

That’s correct! You can also use Goo Gone, I’ve heard that helps with sticky situations.

No helpful input but I’m right there with you - just trade your GI condition with my painful gyno one and that’s it. I would love a man friend to be my pal, cuddle buddy, maybe gentle sex maybe?, adventures and mutual cheering and support. I think I’d be a pretty fun girlfriend now that I’ve dealt with a shit ton of…

Moral turpitude? Turpitude? Really?

I love that you let your husband’s ashes watch the superbowl. No you are not losing your mind (though grief mixed with prednisone must be a bitch). You are doing what you need to keep together during one of the hardest things anyone can ever do. Hugs from internet stranger.

Huuuuge peeve of mine is slow/oblivious walkers where people are trying to get to work. Working district sidewalks are like freeways with fast and slow lanes. If you’re slow, stay the fuck out of the fast lanes!

You may feel shitty and drunk, but you are full of all kinds of value and will absolutely be loved, again and again. The guy has revealed that he has some really unacceptable attitudes, so it’s good he’s out of the way. Let yourself feel bad as long as you need, but waste no time in upping the self-love behaviors…

Sending hugs. And hopes that the crying and self-disliking flip on their heads to become laughter and self love, self care, and joy. You deserve nothing less.

I tried watching those but they were too upsetting. They made me hate humanity even more than I already do, which was not very helpful.

I was just now looking at my old collection of Richard Stark novels, the Parker series, and although I haven’t read them in a long time, I know their storylines don’t *revolve around* sexual violence. There might be some incidentally, but the plots are about a lone wolf criminal going up against organized crime.…

Please don’t feed the trolls.

He tried to whine his way out of it because it was so upsetting for him, and the judge was like, nope. Sit down, shut up, and listen to every word that’s said, motherfucker.

Just remember this doesn’t have to be dichotomy of 2 guys. There are other guys out there and your future holds lots of them as possible interesting connections of many kinds. Just personally, feeling like I have to beg to be touched is a hard no (been there).

This made me tear all the way up.

I love this so much! What a fun idea. What is the stitch you’re using there?

I can’t find it either now!

That sounds absolutely horrifying.

Make sure to take a few check-in-with-self breaks during the day, whether it’s at your desk in a small notebook or on a walk around the block. Be good to yourself!

MD, thanks for this. I’m usually kind of oblivious (and enjoying my wine) during SNS, but at some point I thought that handle looked familiar. Good to know.