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charlie61
12-07-2020, 06:28 PM
^Yeah, that's ridiculous. But it seems like he's just so used to you taking control of plans that it might not have even occurred to him. Alternatively, maybe he's enjoying the solo time now that it's more rare?

carmen_b
12-07-2020, 06:38 PM
I definitely am not taking more time than he wants either. I’m traveling for work often.
We had that plan for the time increase but it was only a day increased once said and done ( my schedule ).

carmen_b
12-07-2020, 06:44 PM
Nevermind. Compromise struck.
I went there but he ordered really great food.

I'm a sucker for good food. ;/

charlie61
12-07-2020, 06:55 PM
We compromised on it but I’m wondering about things again. :/

I definitely am not taking more time than he wants either. I’m traveling for work often.
We had that plan for the time increase but it was only a day increased once said and done ( my schedule ).

Now that you've resolved what you thought was the core issue (needing more quality time), it's possible you're realizing that that wasn't really the CORE issue, you know? Just a theory since I've been there before.

I would definitely be salty in your position... you commute all of the time. Does he have his kid or something?

carmen_b
12-07-2020, 07:05 PM
^ No kid.
He had some ants infest the house and it sucked time. Maybe I’ll go easy. :/
He made a great food bribe.
His hours increased a lot at work. Maybe I’m being too hard on him.

LoveyDovey
12-07-2020, 10:51 PM
Guys suck. That is all.

indiegirl
12-08-2020, 12:43 AM
The Honey App is awesome. It's free and I save money using it and gain points for gift cards for free money. Just selected a 20 dollar gift card for Home Depot and one for Amazon. Had no idea we get free gift cards for it!!! Wahoooo!

AChildOfBoredom
12-08-2020, 02:11 AM
Been pondering a lot over what happens after the hallucination. Especially with being almost halfway through the final month of this year. And I wonder too if the propensity most people have to be fearful and distrusting of the unknown is a survival instinct. It makes sense, after all… if humankind collectively discarded their apprehensions about the unknown and just saw all these unknown things as spew frontiers to discover, explore, perhaps even conquer and societies were built on that mentality, what would the world be like? If that were the case, what would be a more exciting proposition than death and the opportunity to encroach on a whole new frontier and find out if perhaps there are ascents which come afterwards? And if there was nothing, there’d be nothing to be remorseful or regretful about. But we’re not wired that way. Even those who buy into religious beliefs and feel assured that something so much better awaits them after death will still use every medical and scientific means to cling to every second of life they possibly can, to the point where it seems like they’d rather not go to this “better place”. So if they have doubts about this better place which awaits them, then I have to wonder are they equally as doubtful about the bad place which serves as the alternative? And if so, then what it is it they really fear? The prospect of nothingness? It would make sense, given the human propensity to want to leave a legacy behind, but it still seems a bit bizarre to me that nothingness would somehow be more frightening than an afterlife tales which carries the threat of eternal suffering, whether it’s a matter of fire end brimstone, a beast eating your soul of it weighs more than a feather, etc.

LoveyDovey
12-08-2020, 07:55 AM
The Honey App is awesome. It's free and I save money using it and gain points for gift cards for free money. Just selected a 20 dollar gift card for Home Depot and one for Amazon. Had no idea we get free gift cards for it!!! Wahoooo!

Thank you so much for sharing this! I was just browsing their site and was able to get a good deal on some makeup brushes at Ulta.

WendiStarr
12-09-2020, 08:32 AM
I sent Christmas cards out. Seeing as how 4 of my younger siblings are living with my ex-stepdad, I sent him a Christmas card. My mom somehow came to the gross and inaccurate conclusion that I want to sleep with him. My mom's logic is bizarre.

AChildOfBoredom
12-09-2020, 12:43 PM
I regret that I may have caused my sister to at least partly lose her filter. I asked if she wanted to do anything special for her 18th birthday (which is in January) as we did for S. Turning 18 isn’t a big deal for us, because Rumspringa comes at 14. So what she said to me in response translated to, “It’s not necessary. All it means is I’ll be old enough to go to war and suffer for it as you have”. Which I know she didn’t mean it like that, but it still cuts a little deep.

lilylilylily
12-09-2020, 05:03 PM
I should not have seen my ex last night but at least I got a very good vegan meal out of it

Genoveve
12-10-2020, 06:24 PM
Tripping out in the gym parking lot and calling 911 on myself was so embarrassing. They were laughing as they rolled me in the paramedics bahaha felt like I was dying. *Cringe

LMAOOOOOO :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry not trying to laugh at your misfortune, but picturing it is cracking me up.

indiegirl
12-10-2020, 06:37 PM
LMAOOOOOO :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sorry not trying to laugh at your misfortune, but picturing it is cracking me up.

Bahaha I laugh at it now but it was awful in the present! Worst part was the lady I was giving dirty looks at hogging my leg machine all the time was the female police officer that showed up with other officers for me. I never went back to that gym again. Such a nightmare experience. No idea why they send police and fire for a clear ambulance situation. I wanted to be discreet.

Genoveve
12-10-2020, 07:45 PM
Worst part was the lady I was giving dirty looks at hogging my leg machine all the time was the female police officer that showed up with other officers for me. I never went back to that gym again..

Omgggggggg LMAO. It just HAD to be someone you knew right.

indiegirl
12-10-2020, 07:53 PM
Omgggggggg LMAO. It just HAD to be someone you knew right.

I know. Welcome to life. LOL. Shit loves to pour down on me.

JGB2009
12-11-2020, 05:10 AM
I am trying so hard. I hope something on my list works out for me.

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-11-2020, 06:28 PM
I sent Christmas cards out. Seeing as how 4 of my younger siblings are living with my ex-stepdad, I sent him a Christmas card. My mom somehow came to the gross and inaccurate conclusion that I want to sleep with him. My mom's logic is bizarre.

Your Mom is a piece of work.

I really enjoyed that caramel roll. Oh yeah

indiegirl
12-11-2020, 07:45 PM
Used to be in the dance competition world from age 10-18 and this 12 year old nailed the song (one song I love listening to it nowadays when men piss me off lol)... Ahhh the old days of KAR dance competitions...lol. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsbspWb5PQw

Kinda love the song far more!

AChildOfBoredom
12-11-2020, 11:13 PM
Have you ever kinda made a list of criteria for something you’re seeking, but where you find it leaves you thinking, “This just can’t be right”? Because the hallucination has taken a really weird turn.

Elektra Luxx
12-13-2020, 03:20 PM
Yesterday I saw my friend Jennifer from hs. I hadn't seen her in about 2 years. She was always pretty, but now she eats really healthy and she looks amazing.

I need to get off my ass.

WendiStarr
12-13-2020, 07:11 PM
I have a fascination with lighthouses lately.

naomi_doll
12-13-2020, 07:25 PM
I have a fascination with lighthouses lately.

That’s very cool. Because of the way they look, that people think they are haunted?

WendiStarr
12-14-2020, 10:32 AM
Both. The historical aspects can be cool too. I find them interesting.

AChildOfBoredom
12-14-2020, 03:01 PM
Well, I had a bit of a slightly embarrassing oversight. I had a couple errands to run after work, so I took a quick shower, threw on some leggings and and oversized t-shirt, then grabbed S and we took off because I had to get to one place before it closed. S didn’t say anything to me, and I kept getting all these weird looks, and I couldn’t figure out why until I realized the t-shirt I grabbed was one which somebody had bought for me as a gag gift… it said, “Je suis Charlie”, but had a photo of Charles Manson on it. I am what they call hyper observant. It completely failed me this time.

indiegirl
12-14-2020, 03:15 PM
https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1338572539883384838

If I ever reach this point where I'm standing on a table with a megaphone in a Costco, somebody slap me back to my senses. LOL

baer45
12-14-2020, 08:23 PM
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/[email protected]_ V1_UY1200_CR585,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg

indiegirl
12-14-2020, 09:58 PM
I want to start researching more on how to properly do intermittent fasting. Heard it's good for the body to do 1 time a week. Other people will do water fasts, juice fasts, etc. I think it sounds healthy but don't wanna screw it up.

Elektra Luxx
12-15-2020, 07:49 AM
Bf and I take a lot pics and are looking to buy a nice camera for Christmas, but there are so many choices it's hard to decide. We'd like to pics that are more professional looking and get more creative. Some advice would be appreciated.

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-entry-level-dslr-camera

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
12-15-2020, 09:28 AM
Bf and I take a lot pics and are looking to buy a nice camera for Christmas, but there are so many choices it's hard to decide. We'd like to pics that are more professional looking and get more creative. Some advice would be appreciated.

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-entry-level-dslr-camera

I'm shocked that this article didn't mention the Canon M series (https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/eos-m-series#a7) at all? Those are the most recent and beginner friendly cameras that canon has to offer. Also the M-50 ($600) can be paired up with some of the best lenses that are out right now and you don't need an adapter.

Right now my favorite camera is a Canon t7i but because it's an older model I needed an adapter for my sigma lenses. Just scratch Nikon off the list and do more research on the Canon M Series. (M50 or M7).

AMaetv breaks it down here


https://youtu.be/nFvsqNFpNVA

Sony also makes great cameras but can be more expensive than canon. You don't have to spend lots of money on a camera body because it's really all about the lenses. That's what can take your content to the next level. When you decide on a camera let me know so we can talk about lenses.

baer45
12-15-2020, 10:35 AM
Bf and I take a lot pics and are looking to buy a nice camera for Christmas, but there are so many choices it's hard to decide. We'd like to pics that are more professional looking and get more creative. Some advice would be appreciated.

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-entry-level-dslr-camera

I have a canon 6D camera from 2013 and it still serves me well. The essential of DSLR cameraS are lens. Depends on what you plan to do with your camera. The all around lens is 24-70mm 2.8F. Canon Lens are expensive but they retain value well. I have owned some of them at some point and sold them...Don’t need them now
1. For portraits: 84mm 1.2 or 1.4F
2. For birds photo: 200mm or 400mm
3. For taking city photos: 50mm or 15-36mm in 2.8f
4. for sports: 100mm or 135mm in 2.8f
All these are expensive...canon brand...you can try brand like Tamron or sigma lens, they work just well. The only requirement for dslr camera for me is a full frame sensor like 5d or 6D. Don’t spend too much on the camera body. I know it’s too much info, like I said get a full frame camera then 50mm 1.8f lens or 24-70mm 2.8F. That will be the best starter package.


The best website to read reviews:
https://www.dpreview.com/products/canon/cameras?subcategoryId=cameras&page=1

Elektra Luxx
12-15-2020, 10:36 AM
I'm shocked that this article didn't mention the Canon M series (https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/explore/eos-m-series#a7) at all? Those are the most recent and beginner friendly cameras that canon has to offer. Also the M-50 ($600) can be paired up with some of the best lenses that are out right now and you don't need an adapter.

Right now my favorite camera is a Canon t7i but because it's an older model I needed an adapter for my sigma lenses. Just scratch Nikon off the list and do more research on the Canon M Series. (M50 or M7).

AMaetv breaks it down here


https://youtu.be/nFvsqNFpNVA

Sony also makes great cameras but can be more expensive than canon. You don't have to spend lots of money on a camera body because it's really all about the lenses. That's what can take your content to the next level. When you decide on a camera let me know so we can talk about lenses.


I have a canon 6D camera from 2013 and it still serves me well. The essential of DSLR cameraS are lens. Depends on what you plan to do with your camera. The all around lens is 24-70mm 2.8F. Canon Lens are expensive but they retain value well. I have owned some of them at some point and sold them...Don’t need them now
1. For portraits: 84mm 1.2 or 1.4F
2. For birds photo: 200mm or 400mm
3. For taking city photos: 50mm or 15-36mm in 2.8f
4. for sports: 100mm or 135mm in 2.8f
All these are expensive...canon brand...you can try brand like Tamron or sigma lens, they work just well. The only requirement for dslr camera for me is a full frame sensor like 5d or 6D. Don’t spend too much on the camera body. I know it’s too much info, like I said get a full frame camera then 50mm 1.8f lens or 24-70mm 2.8F. That will be the best starter package.

Thank you for some direction. There are so many choices it's so confusing.

baer45
12-15-2020, 10:50 AM
Thank you for some direction. There are so many choices it's so confusing.

You are very welcome :)

DSLR world is a rabbit hole.

AChildOfBoredom
12-15-2020, 01:05 PM
I have a Nikon D3000. Little older, but I bought it at a pawn shop and it came with 6 additional lenses, a tripod, and other accessories. Still learning how to use it properly. I bought a used college photography textbook and learned from that, so I’ll play around with the shutter speed, f stops, depth of field, ISO settings, etc. I did manage to take some pretty glam shots of two way radios we’re selling. I can take good looking photos, but I don’t think I have the sort of intuitiveness a successful professional photographer would have in recognize when and where the perfect shot will be coming up.

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-15-2020, 02:23 PM
Glad I stopped into the Goodwill thrift store after work, they had some kitchenware I needed.

Genoveve
12-15-2020, 04:32 PM
Well, I had a bit of a slightly embarrassing oversight. I had a couple errands to run after work, so I took a quick shower, threw on some leggings and and oversized t-shirt, then grabbed S and we took off because I had to get to one place before it closed. S didn’t say anything to me, and I kept getting all these weird looks, and I couldn’t figure out why until I realized the t-shirt I grabbed was one which somebody had bought for me as a gag gift… it said, “Je suis Charlie”, but had a photo of Charles Manson on it. I am what they call hyper observant. It completely failed me this time.

I have a t-shirt that says 'Don't Fucking Touch Me' inside of a big pink heart over the chest, one day I wore it out because I didn't think I was going to be doing anything involving being around other people and I ended up having to run multiple errands in public around other people. Oh well, the response seemed positive. One time my 100-year-old landlady caught me in it and when she read it she busted out laughing.

lurkingtitties
12-15-2020, 06:13 PM
^^is your landlady really 100? If so that’s amazing!

Elektra Luxx
12-15-2020, 06:25 PM
^^^
Bf just told about a t-shirt that said "Don't tell me what to do...unless I'm naked". I thought it was so funny!

Genoveve
12-15-2020, 06:46 PM
^^is your landlady really 100? If so that’s amazing!

I forget her exact age but she's at LEAST 97-98. She may be over 100.

carmen_b
12-15-2020, 06:47 PM
^ I need that one.

:)

LoveyDovey
12-15-2020, 07:32 PM
I have a t-shirt that says 'Don't Fucking Touch Me' inside of a big pink heart over the chest, one day I wore it out because I didn't think I was going to be doing anything involving being around other people and I ended up having to run multiple errands in public around other people. Oh well, the response seemed positive. One time my 100-year-old landlady caught me in it and when she read it she busted out laughing.

Omg I think I found it! Did it look like these? I so want one now lol!

https://www.bravenewlook.com/products/dont-fucking-touch-me?variant=30849679442&utm_campaign=11443782842&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2uH-BRCCARIsAEeef3m-2nd07jBURjuhYc-R4hC9pxUhKeAyP85boQZ2hIS4Ixu9iBWrnXwaAkuLEALw_wcB

Genoveve
12-16-2020, 11:35 AM
Omg I think I found it! Did it look like these? I so want one now lol!

https://www.bravenewlook.com/products/dont-fucking-touch-me?variant=30849679442&utm_campaign=11443782842&utm_source=google&utm_medium=smart_campaign&gclid=Cj0KCQiA2uH-BRCCARIsAEeef3m-2nd07jBURjuhYc-R4hC9pxUhKeAyP85boQZ2hIS4Ixu9iBWrnXwaAkuLEALw_wcB

That’s it! I love the gray hoodie version. This is me in it when I first got it: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdBfNcPlB1V/?igshid=1bwkcp4hs2sr2

AChildOfBoredom
12-16-2020, 11:35 AM
Well, I managed to get set back emotionally a few years today. We towed in a truck that hadn’t been run in over a year because we’re parting it out. I’m underneath this truck and I suddenly feel something land on my chest. I look, and there’s an opossum staring back at me. So we both froze and just stared at each other for probably a few seconds but it felt much longer. Finally it scurried off.

LoveyDovey
12-16-2020, 02:45 PM
That’s it! I love the gray hoodie version. This is me in it when I first got it: https://www.instagram.com/p/BdBfNcPlB1V/?igshid=1bwkcp4hs2sr2

I love it!! :-D

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-16-2020, 02:48 PM
Well, I managed to get set back emotionally a few years today. We towed in a truck that hadn’t been run in over a year because we’re parting it out. I’m underneath this truck and I suddenly feel something land on my chest. I look, and there’s an opossum staring back at me. So we both froze and just stared at each other for probably a few seconds but it felt much longer. Finally it scurried off.

Omg that's so cute.

One small problem with being childfree- being totally stumped when trying to buy presents for kids. Ugh ....

baer45
12-16-2020, 02:56 PM
My friend has been telling me how amazing her hairdresser is and encouraging me to try her out. I didn't want to see anyone because of covid. Today, my friend and her hairdresser are all Covid positive.

Genoveve
12-16-2020, 03:00 PM
Well, I managed to get set back emotionally a few years today. We towed in a truck that hadn’t been run in over a year because we’re parting it out. I’m underneath this truck and I suddenly feel something land on my chest. I look, and there’s an opossum staring back at me. So we both froze and just stared at each other for probably a few seconds but it felt much longer. Finally it scurried off.

That's nerve-wracking. I don't have a fear of things like rodents or possums(I think they're all pretty cute actually) but that doesn't mean I'd want a wild one on top of me, I'd be terrified it would bite me and then the bite would get infected or something.

Now that I think about it, you're the only person I know of who's ever touched a possum, it's really random. Made me wonder what possums represent:

When Possum shows up, ask yourself if you’re taking the right road for your goals or if you’ve wandered off track. If the latter, Possum may say, “Lie still and play dead.” Use the time to think of alternatives and genuinely assess the hidden matters of your circumstances. Don’t forget to use surprise or distraction as Possum-supported aids. Possum’s mantra is, Read between the lines.

https://whatismyspiritanimal.com/spirit-totem-power-animal-meanings/mammals/possum-opossum-symbolism-meaning/#PossumSymbolism

indiegirl
12-16-2020, 03:24 PM
That's nerve-wracking. I don't have a fear of things like rodents or possums(I think they're all pretty cute actually) but that doesn't mean I'd want a wild one on top of me, I'd be terrified it would bite me and then the bite would get infected or something.

Now that I think about it, you're the only person I know of who's ever touched a possum, it's really random. Made me wonder what possums represent:

When Possum shows up, ask yourself if you’re taking the right road for your goals or if you’ve wandered off track. If the latter, Possum may say, “Lie still and play dead.” Use the time to think of alternatives and genuinely assess the hidden matters of your circumstances. Don’t forget to use surprise or distraction as Possum-supported aids. Possum’s mantra is, Read between the lines.

https://whatismyspiritanimal.com/spirit-totem-power-animal-meanings/mammals/possum-opossum-symbolism-meaning/#PossumSymbolism

That's interesting. Have you ever heard of power animals that aid us? I once did this spiritual class on the beach where we laid in the sand and meditated with sage in the center. Then we pulled cards for our power (not spirit) animal. I got skunk while everyone else got interesting animals bahaha. It's interesting how those cards can be very accurate. May be fun for you to check out a set of those cards. Completely forgot the name of the cards, I'll have to check.

Who knows if it was accurate though. SO much different info out there on spirituality!

http://www.shamanicjourney.com/skunk-power-animal-symbol-of-self-respect-reputation-sensuality-self-esteem

whirlerz
12-16-2020, 06:38 PM
My friend has been telling me how amazing her hairdresser is and encouraging me to try her out. I didn't want to see anyone because of covid. Today, my friend and her hairdresser are all Covid positive.

OMG!
I've been doing my own hair, I was actually thinking of going to get a few highlights, it's been awhile.
What stopped me was my very sensitive scalp, also fear of Covid.
Damn!

yaya_cash
12-16-2020, 09:44 PM
I requested a gift card from him, and he says he wouldn't feel comfortable sending me one without seeing me in years. Later i ask if he wants to do something for me, he does it, and does something more for me with booking me a business class flight and 5-star stay, based on him being horny. SMh.