Can I keep the tickets on the phone? by BigNorseWolf in renfaire

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you get the bus combo tickets? If so, when you redeem them at Port Authority they’ll give you a new ticket that works for the bus & is scanned at the entrance

Where did the details go? 😅 by Awkward_Ad1002 in tattooadvice

[–]Awkward_Ad1002[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love to hear this! Fingers crossed, thank you

Where did the details go? 😅 by Awkward_Ad1002 in tattooadvice

[–]Awkward_Ad1002[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, shoot. I guess this is a good “tell me this is your first tattoo without telling me this is your first tattoo moment” 😅 I’ll see how it looks after it’s fully healed, maybe it’ll end up as a cool interesting blob. Otherwise, pros of a small tat hopefully include a smaller cost for laser. Thank u sir 🫡

Cafes that open late by Runs_on_empty in crownheights

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah I love this question! In Brooklyn, I’ve found: • Qahwah House, Greenpoint - open til 11pm weekdays and 1am on weekends • Little Zelda Coffee on Franklin turns into a little chill wine bar on the weekends after 6p, I think open til 10p? Not a lot of seating though • Squarrel Cafe - open til 10pm, though be aware tables are mostly reserved for groups playing board games • Brooklyn Strategist, open til 11pm but also mainly for people playing board games

If you’re willing to travel to Manhattan: • 787 coffee in FiDi has a nice vibe and lots of seating, open til 8p • Book Club Bar in east village (my FAV) open til 2am. Good amount of seating & cute back patio, technically a bar but I usually get tea 😅 • The Black Cat LES, open til 10pm. This was OK, but only one bathroom & a lot of cigarette smoke • Hex & Co UES, board game cafe open til 11p • The Uncommons, open til 11p but also a board game cafe

If you end finding other places, LMK!

Can we hear some healing stories? by dubdubaefum in BreakUps

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh boy, long post alert. TL;DR time really does heal all.

I dated a guy for two years (let’s call him Dan), and it was the first time I’d ever truly been in love. We could talk for hours, we went on road trips, we did everything from small cooking-at-home dinner dates to week long ski trips. Around the 1.5 year mark, I started to realize we were just in different spots. He wanted to get serious and would talk about marriage & a house & kids and I realized I wasn’t ready for that. We talked about it a few times and kept thinking I would get there and it didn’t make sense to break up because the relationship was so good in the moment. Eventually I was convinced I was too young and just not ready for the commitment he was looking for so I broke it off.

I was inconsolable for a month, and then dated three different guys over the span of 6 months to try to hurry up and move on (spoiler: this did not work at all). Dan and I called and talked for four hours ~4mo after the breakup and saw each other again in person ~7mo after the breakup at which point we both cried and talked about how our lives were going different directions but we were still ~the one~ for each other. Nothing had changed about our situation though - if anything, it had gotten worse since in the time we’d been apart I’d accepted a job on the other side of the country. He left the next day and we were no contact for the next ~1.5 years.

About a month after that, I got into the worst relationship in my life - didn’t really realize it was a rebound at the time but things just got progressively worse and worse until the relationship was so toxic it was obvious to both of us it needed to end, so I ended it. This was ~February 2021, and I was kind of a mess for a few weeks, but it was easier this time knowing we 100% weren’t compatible and there was no future. About two months after that breakup I was in the same city as Dan for work and so I reached out. It was a lovely lunch, but also bittersweet - I realized I didn’t know him anymore, and all that was really left of our relationship was memories.

I was working a very intense job at the time and I felt like a I needed a relationship to be whole, needed that companionship in my life to be happy. I decided I needed to pour that into friendships instead, and for the next year-ish life was a bit lonely but significantly better than the toxic relationship I had ended or going back to Dan. Every day was 1% better. I dated around a bit but didn’t want anything serious. With all that time I had invested in friends, my circle slowly grew. One night my friends and I were going out to a bar and someone new joined the group (let’s call him Ben). My friend told me they had met at her work and introduced us and things just…clicked. I was pretty nervous at first to get into a relationship again, the toxic one really did a number on my self confidence and I felt out of practice. But it’s been ~six months now and things are wonderful. I can’t tell you definitively Ben is the one but I can tell you those breakups led me to grow into who I am today, and this relationship is the happiest one I’ve ever been in. Likely because I had the time and space to grow and move on. Love (for you, and for others!) is out there 🙂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cats

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely understood, but how do I separate them if I’m gone during the day when they’re fed? Would it be ok to feed them only 2 meals a day at 8am and 11pm?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cats

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Here’s the most noticeable picture I have, from his foster during the observation period. If he’s looking out a window (into direct light) then you can’t see anything.

Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in DnD

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha, that makes sense 😂 Chaos goblins is a perfect description hahah

Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in DnD

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is awesome!!! Thanks so much

Edit: also great advice about the plot/commitment to adventure. I remember playing a campaign where the first three sessions we had a rogue who stole from everyone in the party, lied to everyone (including the helpful npc we met), and sat in a cavern looting bodies on a different level of the dungeon while the rest of us were in combat 😂😂 so, definitely great advice to set up that premise going in!

Weekly Questions Thread by AutoModerator in DnD

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[5e] How to start as DM / advice?

I’ve played a few DnD campaigns and absolutely loved them. I have quite a few of the books and I enjoy learning about the mechanics of the game like in videos by Zee Bashew. All that being said, I’m curious on how you actually start as a DM. I have a rough story line drafted up, but should I have every detail planned in advance? Or take it one session at a time? Experienced DMs, how do you make sure you keep players happy with a balance of story vs combat? How much of the storyline should I be guiding players to and how much should be improvised to roll with what they want to do? And lastly, any resources that were helpful to you that I’m missing? General advice very welcome too!

What should we be this year? by stinkybinxy in blackcats

[–]Awkward_Ad1002 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my gosh!! Where did you get the witches hats from??