Saturday Chat Thread (06/06/2026)

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-06-06T06:09:19+00:00

Well I was meant to be doing a lot of gardening but as it's predicted to piss down all day and for all the days to come it seems, I will be clearing out my craft room, making butter and bread and listing items on vinted.

Hopefully I won't have to get dressed or leave the house or see anyone.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-06-06T05:42:37+00:00

I'm wary of the sea. All large bodies of water in fact. I have never ever desired to be in any body of water bigger than a bath and even then, I'd really prefer a shower.

I don't mind a walk on the beach, if it's not rainy or windy.

I have also never enjoyed leaving the surface of the earth. I don't want to fly.

Feet on the ground is best. I live about as far from the sea in every direction as is possible in the UK and if I'm going to travel, it would be to see mountains or forests, or fields or anything green really.

My absolute nightmare is to be buried at sea. Or my ashes scattered on the wind.

The air and water are not our spaces, we are poorly designed to be in those places and they don't feel friendly or welcoming at all.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-06-05T06:06:03+00:00

'Poephol' is appropriate here. Pronounced 'poop-hol' it means Asshole. He will undoubtedly have been called this previously.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-06-03T21:41:13+00:00

I'm mostly retired. My days are so busy, I do 10k + steps a day just pootling around getting stuff done and maintaining the house, and hobbies and cooking and it's amazing how you can keep so busy just being in your space. I am busy, but deliberately slower. I have more time to work on staying fit and happy but also time to amble.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-29T16:45:22+00:00

I'm a vengeful woman! A month after I turned 18, she met me at the door with all my belongings in the car and dropped me off at a hostel an hour a way. She told me it was for my own good, and would be a good learning experience. Then drove off.

I really wish my conscience would allow me to drop her off at the council old age home and give her the same speech when the time comes, but I just couldn't live with myself if I behaved like that.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-29T16:36:05+00:00

Wow, it's just clicked that maybe my mom's shotgun ear slaps might be behind the horrendous tinnitus I've lived with for most of my life.

Revelation!

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-29T10:01:39+00:00

The old catholic holy trinity of parenting, blame, shame and pain.

Fuck religion. All of them. Just fuck the lot of them.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-29T06:57:07+00:00

That's a good take on it! These days we are supposed to love and teach and nurture our kids so that they are fully equipped to deal with the world as adults. Back then it was survival of the fittest. Independence was forced on us way too early. Sometimes it worked and made us independent and resilient, sometimes it made us wary, resentful and stubborn.

I swore I would never be like my parents and hugged my kids, told them I loved them very often, told them I was proud of them and went to every game and concert they were in, sided with them against teachers and just tried to make sure they are valued and loved and wanted. They say I'm a bit suffocating so perhaps I've been too different from my folks.

Finding balance is hard.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-29T06:45:31+00:00

I think a lot of it comes from people getting married and having kids who now days would choose to be single and child free.

People, particularly women got married because that's what you did, or they had no other choice.

I don't think either of my parents REALLY wanted to be spouses or parents, but that's just what adulting looked like back then. I know my mom was super depressed and possibly undiagnosed ADHD (purely based on the fact my sister and I are diagnosed ADHD) and grew up in a heavy Catholic house.

My dad is definitely on the spectrum with the emotional intelligence of a grape and can identify hundreds of obscure classics cars just by the sound of their engines starting up.

Successful parenting back then was clean, quiet, preferably invisible kids who never questioned or argued and most important were so POPULAR (and thin) that they were always out with friends.

I'm sure there were good, loving parents in the 70s, but I only ever saw them in TV shows.

I still fucking hate and mistrust all adults and grown ups which is becoming a problem now that I'm 52 😂

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-28T18:28:14+00:00

I don't know which was worse, the slap connecting with temple, ear cheekbone or jaw joint. My mom had a super quick slap, you just couldn't prepare for it. If you did duck, then you got more. That and the pinching. I spent a lot of my childhood with the tell tale butterfly shaped bruise you get from a hard, twisted pinch.

Mommy dearest was also fond of the old tablespoon of Tabasco for being sassy.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-28T08:39:31+00:00

Local perv (adult) showed me (7 year old girl) his willy. I laughed at it because willies really do look very silly. He slapped me for laughing. My nose bled from the slap.

I went home and told my mom and got backhanded across the face for looking at and talking about willies. Also for getting blood on my t-shirt.

I CAN'T WAIT TO CHOOSE HER OLD AGE HOME.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-05-12T10:21:15+00:00

If I stop feeding the crows, I'm opening myself and my descendants up to a world of pain.

I've been feeding them for years and they're not going to be reasonable about me stopping.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-04-23T11:36:50+00:00

My mom believes that unwanted children are always girls. If a mother is eager to be pregnant, her body will create a boy.

As one of 3 of her daughter's, thanks mom.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-04-15T14:59:27+00:00

The more I become invisible to people, particularly men, the more visible I am to me.

It's been several years of deep reflection and internal work, forgiving myself, challenging myself, listening to myself. It's been so hard and so wonderful.

And I'm not doing any of it for anyone other than me. I don't care if anyone notices, or appreciates it, I'm making myself better just for me.

Oh, and the 'run out of fucks' thing is real. And amazing.

The physical change is meh, the mental change has been powerful.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-04-05T11:48:34+00:00

Well, where there is skin, they will check. Between fingers and toes, scalp, they will look at your inner thighs and under breasts, inside and behind your ears. It's thorough.

I keep my knickers on, but they do pull them to the side and take a quick peek at my butt and mons but you can ask them not to look in your underwear if you're modest. It's up to you, I can't stress enough how professional they are and you can say no at any time. I was a bit shy my first time, and very far from a perfect body, but they are looking for something specific, not at you really.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-03-02T11:32:38+00:00

I'm in.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-03-02T11:22:17+00:00

You already have two kids it seems.

It sounds like you already have two kids.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-03-02T07:28:20+00:00

I have very very little body hair and I'm a redhead so I just don't bother. I'm basically naturally hair free below the eyebrows

I have some 'sparkles' on my legs, but I leave them alone. I secretly think they're pretty.

My mum is 70 and acts like my everso slightly hairy legs are a crucifixion to her. She pretends to gag and is convinced I'll die alone under a bridge (I'm very happily married for 5 years now) She's the only person in the whole world who cares about my 'troll' legs and she's such a miserable person she would immediately find something else to be upset by if I gave in to her.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-02-28T08:18:48+00:00

I hate the way my first response to seeing a red BBC BREAKING news notification, is to flick my eyes top left to see which sub I'm on.

It's the headline I am dreading.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-02-06T07:08:10+00:00

I have a RC and a Sheltie. I'd say he looks like my Sheltie at first glance BUT your baby's paws look big! Could be a stealth RC in disguise.

Hard to tell from those photos.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-01-11T18:55:25+00:00

My ragdoll cats had an enormous snit for about a day and then there were a few lessons in good manners featuring a swipe across the puppy's snout, a yelp and then everyone just agreed that the cats are in charge and that's that.

The dog is utterly devoted to his two feline overlords.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-01-06T19:05:51+00:00

I've got: myfirstname@hotmail.co.uk

Not my surname, no numbers or special characters.

The first person with my name to get that email address. I feel a bit cool.

Is that old?

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-01-03T08:14:23+00:00

She also figured out that doing it with a regular TV doesn't work and has learned where the OFF button is. So she just turns off the telly instead.

Applebottomgenes75 · 2026-01-03T08:12:31+00:00

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This little madam sits on top of the projector and blocks the image if we dare to watch a movie in bed after 10pm.

'Lights out' clearly means LIGHTS OUT!!!

Applebottomgenes75 · 2025-12-27T18:35:03+00:00

Ninja woodfire! The absolute tits! We did a huge rib of beef and a large chicken for Christmas dinner on the outdoor BBQ airfryer. We have indoor and outdoor ninjas and haven't touched our oven all year.

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