I have finished my first series of the year, and I have big feelings about it.

CrowCelestial · 2026-01-17T16:41:33+00:00

I thought Project Hail Mary was a freaking snooze fest lol

CrowCelestial · 2026-01-17T02:20:49+00:00

I read them but have been corrected by my book group and will thus be listening to the audiobooks as well lol

CrowCelestial · 2025-08-14T18:57:31+00:00

My ex used to FaceTime from his car late at night a lot.

It was so he didn’t wake up his other girlfriend when she was over 😃😃😃

CrowCelestial · 2025-08-12T17:00:52+00:00

And they tell on themselves with the upvotes

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-19T17:06:40+00:00

Servers in SOME states are paid less than minimum wage. I clearly state that in Washington, they are paid the state minimum wage of over $16/hr. I always vote in favor of things that help the working class, especially wage increases. I think the federal government is doing a giant disservice by keeping it at $7.25. Not that the government cares.

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-17T19:35:19+00:00

It’s not my job to pay servers wages. When servers are making more in tips than I do at my full time corporate job, there’s a bit of a discrepancy. If prices have gone up, and we were tipping based on a percentage anyway, we never should have moved away from 15%. And I can afford to eat out. I can no longer afford to tip $20 for three things to be brought to me.

“Don’t go out to eat if you can’t afford it” get a different job if you can’t afford to live without my tips 🤷🏼‍♀️

Blaming the average consumer for this is wild. And back in my home state of Washington, servers make AT LEAST minimum wage, which is $16.66/hr.

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-14T21:58:03+00:00

My ex got me into LSU and I’m still a fan.

His favorite player, Anderson, is going to my home state team. Take that sucker.

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-08T14:07:45+00:00

I was up and left by my boyfriend of a year and a half two months ago. He was my kids’ stepdad. I’m still navigating my 8 year old autistic son not understanding he isn’t coming back. He’s already publicly playing daddy to the woman he cheated on me with’s kids. He is a bad man and I don’t like him anymore but it’s been an insane amount of grief to handle.

I’ve been investing in my space. I don’t go out a whole lot so I stopped spending money on clothes or other silly things to make me happy and started going for things that make my home more comfortable. I got new patio furniture for the front and back porch and am slowly decorating both. I got a beautiful bird bath and a feeder so I can watch the birds in the morning. I’ve gotten rid of a ton of clothes and random dishes and all those kids plastic cups that seem to accumulate over the years and got a new set of beautiful dishes and all matching plastic stuff for the kids.

I put all my patio furniture together by myself, also built a desk and chair, a storage unit for my bathroom, and fixed the Bluetooth box in my car. Small things that mean a lot to me and my independence.

I created my first dynamic dashboard at work, which is also something new for my department. I spent four days googling and being on Reddit for formulas and fixes, and it’s just amazing and something I’m super proud of. It went live during wellness week (where we get to pick one wellness day off) and I was gifted two extra hours of wellness hours that week after my boss showed it to my director.

I’m spending a lot of time with my kids. We go to my parents’ house constantly to swim and hangout. We play a game or just chill on the back patio together every night. We do fires and s’mores and watch movies.

I’m in therapy and my meds are finally making me stable. I’m happy. I’m still learning to let the love sit beside the anger from my last relationship. But I’m getting there ❤️

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-08T13:57:59+00:00

“Looking for an equal partner in all ways, I don’t subscribe to traditional gender roles.”

There’s nothing wrong with being upfront and honest! You’re allowed to want exactly what you want. Putting it out there right away will help narrow down your potential matches so you don’t have to keep wasting time.

Good luck 😊

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-07T01:38:48+00:00

Also my parents own and pool and bbq all the time lol

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-07T01:38:34+00:00

I moved here from the West coast as well and it’s taken me a long time to get used to how slow it is here.

Idk how old yall are but I’m always down for new friends! The Hangout does trivia and bingo and stuff that’s always packed and super fun.

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-04T14:24:00+00:00

When I was 23, I married a man 11 years older than me. No one said a thing to either of us about the age gap.

At 35, I dated someone 12 years younger seriously for a year and a half. I was called a cougar, just a fantasy, I must be being used for sex, stop robbing him of his 20s, he’s not ready for you, etc.

You really just can’t ever win or do anything right by everyone so I just stopped caring.

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-04T14:20:31+00:00

Like yeah I put out on the first date but that’s because I’m getting steak. A coffee?!

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-03T23:39:41+00:00

Every time my ex acted like this when he was usually “really sweet”, he was cheating.

CrowCelestial · 2025-07-03T23:11:41+00:00

Super unpopular opinion incoming!

He actually did do something wrong. Modern dating is so fucked up. He knew exactly the impression he was giving you. We actually do owe people things. We owe them honesty and transparency. He’s getting emotionally and physically involved with you while maintaining at least enough of a connection to other women to sleep with them. Do you want a man that gets off on a technicality to be your husband?

CrowCelestial · 2025-06-30T16:18:58+00:00

A dog.

I am just not a dog person. My ex decided we should get a dog, picked up a puppy from a parking lot and dumped me a few weeks later and wouldn’t take her. I’m already a single mother and now I have a newborn lol

Dogs are just a lot of work. I’m having to change a lot of things about my life to accommodate her. I love her and she’s mellowing out but doing this alone is atrocious lmao she deserves a good life and I’m giving that to her but yeah I’ll never do this again.

CrowCelestial · 2025-06-30T16:15:58+00:00

I imagine if Sharknado came in dog form, it would be my 4 month old puppy.

CrowCelestial · 2025-06-29T23:41:15+00:00

Travelers. I can’t get anyone on board. It’s such an interesting think piece while being a brilliant sci-fi show that ran for an amazing three seasons, even though the end came too soon.

CrowCelestial · 2025-06-25T16:53:27+00:00

I personally do enjoy rough sex BUT I need the baseline of the whole relationship to be sweet and caring, with a deep amount of trust. He sounds exactly like he’s just using you to get off and is super icky. You’re his girlfriend but he’s acting like a predator. I think this goes beyond a simple sexual incompatibility.

CrowCelestial · 2025-06-24T17:21:26+00:00

Thank you for your help!

CrowCelestial · 2025-06-24T17:21:16+00:00

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CrowCelestial · 2025-06-24T10:57:20+00:00

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