Tell your mom that was never so. Not that she was lying or anything, she was clearly genuinely happy for you, but mourning a lie isn’t going to help you. It’s totally normal for her to be sad and angry for you, of course! But constantly going over “your secret language” and other shit he cooked up as sheer…

I’m genuinely sorry for the pain that you are going through. I have been exactly where you are, until I went through it, I didn’t know that a broken heart was an actual, physical pain, deep in the chest.

Asking yourself questions like that is digging deeper and deeper into crazy land. You have to accept that normal rules of human behavior don't apply to this guy. Some people are really just crazy and there are more people like him out there than you would think. It's a total mindfuck. You absolutely can recover from…

Girl, get thee to Chicago. I totally get it being scary to upend your life—and at 28, you feel like you should have this all sorted by now (I’m not much older than you, so I’m with you on your late 20s being hard!)—but you owe it to yourself to go for this opportunity. He doesn’t have to move for your job, but it…

The brain tumor thing is so fucked but it cracked me up. My friend (who was living on the east coast, I was on the west, or I would have made them meet) speculated very early on before I knew CK existed, that M had a comatose wife, and he couldn’t pull the plug/leave her. And she was in a hospital bed in the living…

Take the job. You need to focus on yourself and your future.

Thank you! It’s so useful to hear from people who have been in this situation. I’m lucky in that we had very few physical ties since I went out of state. I never met any of his friends or family (how did I forget to mention that in my post?). How do you recommend dealing the memories? I took him to all my favorite…

Oh I didn’t think you were being insulting. My goodness, you’ve suffered a huge blow. No one would blame you for feeling and saying some of the things you’re saying right now. You’re trying to work through a whole big complicated mess of feelings. You’ll do that at your own pace—just take the time you need to take…

Yeah, of course. I didn’t mean to come off as insulting to her. You’re right, I got vibes from her on the phone, but I have no idea what she’s like because I don’t know her. I’m actually not eating much either, and I’ve lost 5 lbs since this happened. It’s common but I really believe it’s a bit indicative of…

I am glad you are.

I’m trying to be gentle ... but I think you know the explanation. His wife caught him in yet another web of lies, and he’s freaked out about destroying his marriage. Even though he already did. His wife probably banned him from talking with you or texting you. (Please, please, please do not reach out to his wife…

I think always read “as fuck”

So this is what happens to those arsehole kids who suddenly introduce a new rule in the middle of the game and insist it means they aren’t really losing. They grow up to be sovereign citizens.

Some of us know we can’t pull it off so we lash out. Plus, I just can’t be seen wearing them.

Oh my GAWD.

KELLY. Shiplap, overplayed, okay, whatever. I love home renovation shows so much, I can overlook it as a charming quirk. BUT YOU’RE MISSING THE BEST PART. As I recently discovered, Chip and Joanna are apparently super serious Christians, which explains all the kids and the farm sort of and the vague gender-roles-y…

I normally stay out of Jez comments as I’m the wrong demographic, but you hit the nail on the head. Any person who remembers seeing the original art or who just re-watched it would see that Fiona wasn’t acting. She was able to channel something real, or fooled us into thinking she was. This video falls somewhere…

This was all very... Cringey????

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