What Are You Thinking? Continued 4

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:) I just have a thing for quirky women.

Sure, like a lot of guys have things for gamer girls, too. A girl who'll wear a Nintendo t-shirt while looking hawt, but if she's actually BETTER than him at CoD he'll very quickly go off the whole idea. :D
 
Sure, like a lot of guys have things for gamer girls, too. A girl who'll wear a Nintendo t-shirt while looking hawt, but if she's actually BETTER than him at CoD he'll very quickly go off the whole idea. :D

Har! I'd love to find a woman who's better than me at plumbing, landscaping or electrical work. I'd happily stand back and let her go to town.
 
I fixed my first TV when I was eight, just so ya know. ;)

Yeah, I started taking things apart when I was a kid. Didn't know what I was doing, but I was curious. Fifty years later, I think I'm about 50/50 with the things I can fix versus the things that just make me curse. But you gotta keep trying. :)
 
Yeah, I started taking things apart when I was a kid. Didn't know what I was doing, but I was curious. Fifty years later, I think I'm about 50/50 with the things I can fix versus the things that just make me curse. But you gotta keep trying. :)

I also took a lot of things apart as a kid, no one would keep screwdrivers around near me lol! I just liked to see how things worked, and work it all out.. still hopeless at fixing them though!
 
Yeah, I started taking things apart when I was a kid. Didn't know what I was doing, but I was curious. Fifty years later, I think I'm about 50/50 with the things I can fix versus the things that just make me curse. But you gotta keep trying. :)

I also took a lot of things apart as a kid, no one would keep screwdrivers around near me lol! I just liked to see how things worked, and work it all out.. still hopeless at fixing them though!

Likewise! I loved tearing things down. Putting them back together was, like you say, a bit of a different story. Good experience for working with PCs later, though. :)
 
Which soup to get ingredients for using in my Instant Pot?

Split Pea with ham, or

Pasta e Fagioli with ground Italian sausage?
 
Unfortunately in times of tragedy you aren’t yourself and your time is rarely your own.
Is it fair to put this on someone who is struggling to get through their day to day? To discover their new normal?
This seems cruel and unnecessary and is putting the onus on the person who needs support.
Losing a friend sucks. It hurts a lot but it’s nothing compared to losing your family.
I’ve pushed many people away this year. My friendship with everyone have changed as a navigate my world while grieving.
Life is different.
Unfortunately not everything is about everyone, even if it feels like it.



Chris, we’ve had our differences in the past but i feel like you are getting unnecessarily vilified here.
You owe no one anything.
You are entitled to grieve the way you need to, I hope you remember that.

First of all, I really really appreciate your support as well as Tolyk's. Both of you have said very very kind things to me, which I am grateful to hear. I'm also glad to hear you two aren't super pissed at me.

But what you said is absolutely correct.

I don't mean to give a sob story here, but mental illness is something I've dealt with for all of my life. I already had problems before my parents died - Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, and Social Anxiety. These HUGE problems were already present. When my parents died, it really threw me over the edge.

Well, when I met my therapist, I had a huge issue that was causing me an INSANE amount of unneeded stress. I was having a hard time dealing with it. The problem was that Sassy threw a FIT when I told her I couldn't go to her son's wedding. It was scheduled four months after my parents died.

At the time of my parent's death, I had a job. My boss was kind enough to give me time off with pay to deal with life shit. And it was many weeks. So, of course, it seems very unreasonable to ask them to let me ALSO have off for a wedding in 4 months. When I told Sassy that my boss wasn't going to let me off for the wedding, she responded "They had better" and she got really upset. REALLY UPSET.

One day, I was complaining to a coworker in administration. I was telling her, "Man, I have a friend who's losing her mind over the fact that I'll probably have to work during this wedding." So, that got back to my boss and he said, "Hey, it's cool if you take that week off. We'll just move one of these weeks back so it even things out."

When I told Sassy my boss gave me the green light, she became SUPER apologetic, said she was sorry about how she treated me, etc.

Weeeell.... over time, I realized that I wasn't going to that wedding. Besides the fact that the bride is a complete cunt to me, I just didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. So, I knew I wasn't going to that wedding.

BUT.... when I looked back on how Sassy reacted the first time I told her about that, I also considered how bad it would be the second time.

All of this culminated into a huge shit storm of guilt, stress, and avoidance. My therapist pointed out that I had a huge problem with avoiding conflict, avoiding stressful situations, and avoiding problems. So, I guess you could basically say that I'm the polar opposite in real life than I am on the forum.

So, I just didn't feel like dealing with Sassy at all.
 
First of all, I really really appreciate your support as well as Tolyk's. Both of you have said very very kind things to me, which I am grateful to hear. I'm also glad to hear you two aren't super pissed at me.

But what you said is absolutely correct.

I don't mean to give a sob story here, but mental illness is something I've dealt with for all of my life. I already had problems before my parents died - Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, and Social Anxiety. These HUGE problems were already present. When my parents died, it really threw me over the edge.

Well, when I met my therapist, I had a huge issue that was causing me an INSANE amount of unneeded stress. I was having a hard time dealing with it. The problem was that Sassy threw a FIT when I told her I couldn't go to her son's wedding. It was scheduled four months after my parents died.

At the time of my parent's death, I had a job. My boss was kind enough to give me time off with pay to deal with life shit. And it was many weeks. So, of course, it seems very unreasonable to ask them to let me ALSO have off for a wedding in 4 months. When I told Sassy that my boss wasn't going to let me off for the wedding, she responded "They had better" and she got really upset. REALLY UPSET.

One day, I was complaining to a coworker in administration. I was telling her, "Man, I have a friend who's losing her mind over the fact that I'll probably have to work during this wedding." So, that got back to my boss and he said, "Hey, it's cool if you take that week off. We'll just move one of these weeks back so it even things out."

When I told Sassy my boss gave me the green light, she became SUPER apologetic, said she was sorry about how she treated me, etc.

Weeeell.... over time, I realized that I wasn't going to that wedding. Besides the fact that the bride is a complete cunt to me, I just didn't want to go anywhere or do anything. So, I knew I wasn't going to that wedding.

BUT.... when I looked back on how Sassy reacted the first time I told her about that, I also considered how bad it would be the second time.

All of this culminated into a huge shit storm of guilt, stress, and avoidance. My therapist pointed out that I had a huge problem with avoiding conflict, avoiding stressful situations, and avoiding problems. So, I guess you could basically say that I'm the polar opposite in real life than I am on the forum.

So, I just didn't feel like dealing with Sassy at all.

I want to reply to this, but I am super triggered about my mum’s death today, and have already had four double whiskeys, and just poured a quadruple, so I’m not going to attempt to reply in the way I want to. All I will say for now is that true friends who care so much that they get upset or angry about our absence is rare.. seriously. Literally everyone dropped me when my mum passed away. I had a friend since I was 11 years old - I was there for everything she needed, I was even in loco parentis when she was about to lose her kids.. basically put my life on hold for over ten years when she needed help, only to be dropped when my mum died. I could be totally wrong, and I apologise if I am, but if like me, you struggle to explain, and just want to switch your mind off - then Sassy is being left to work things out from her own understanding. Trying to be a good friend with limited understanding. But the fact that she is thinking about it and drawing conclusions shows she still cares, and shows she is invested. The only time I have spoken to Sassy is when we lost a mutual friend to cancer, which also triggered me, so was limited communication, but I really, honestly, believe that you guys need a good heart to heart. I can see both sides, I feel like I can see a miscommunication, and I don’t want either of you in the position I am currently in. Even if the communication is just that you can’t talk right now, it’s something.
 
Chris, first of all, very sorry for what you had to deal with regarding your parents. Please take the next steps in real life, with a therapist who is trained to deal with your grieving and your anger. I mean this in the best way: we at Lit are not equipped for that. I mean, do as you wish, but just sayin’
 
Sometimes I wonder why I don’t keep a diary. Then I remember how the blank pages haunt me and I can never think of anything to write. Plus I am never going to reread them.
 
I don’t like being top of the page, so it cancels out what I said lol
 
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Damn Chris... Sorry to hear that shit. You were like the son I never had or wanted. :D You cracked me up. I hope you are going to be okay, in spite of it all.

I wouldn't wish what you went through on anyone. Be well, man.

ETA: I will never forget you calling that SatinDesire lunatic out. Poetic genius.
 
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Damn Chris... Sorry to hear that shit. You were like the son I never had or wanted. :D You cracked me up. I hope you are going to be okay, in spite of it all.

I wouldn't wish what you went through on anyone. Be well, man.

ETA: I will never forget you calling that SatinDesire lunatic out. Poetic genius.

Hey, another OG from the early 2010s!

Dude! What’s up man? How ya been?!?! Where do you hang out on the boards? And when did you become a lord!? 😂🤣

SatinDesire... the name sounds familiar, but I don’t recall that person or why I called them out? Can you refresh my memory? Lol
 
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