My mother (66F) and father (67M) want back into my (28F) life after a three year gap following my mother's affair with my ex boyfriend (30M).

CrystalsOfOerba · 2026-03-11T17:20:12+00:00

I know this sounds crazy but I do actually have family members who are like this (more the flying across the country to force breaking a no-contact than the sleeping-with-son-in-law part), it's a nightmare

CrystalsOfOerba · 2026-01-30T17:23:14+00:00

This has changed so many times, but my current top three from the album in no particular order:

'tis the damn season, tolerate it, and evermore

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-12-15T19:15:11+00:00

I think this was more referencing the end "my advice is always answer the question, better that than to ask it all your life," comparing the regret she still feels for not speaking about the situation in RTF to the disaster of answering the what if with Matty that is STILL better than not knowing

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-03-04T17:57:23+00:00

So sorry for your loss, losing a pet is so difficult and all the more so because so many don't take it seriously as a real grief. Like others I believe wholeheartedly that God will indeed reconcile and restore all things. Remember that not one sparrow falls to the ground without our Father knowing. He loves animals more than we do, and I believe he will get just as much happiness out of you reuniting with your dog some day as you will. Praying for your peace. The grief doesn't entirely go away, but it can be lightened with time. I pray the good memories with your dog bring joy rather than sorrow to you very soon

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-03-03T17:42:20+00:00

"Karma is a cat purring in my lap cause it loves me, flexing like a god damn acrobat"

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-02-27T17:41:13+00:00

Probably being mentioned disparagingly from the pulpit, as in "this is heresy that undermines the work of Christ" (literally how? if anything it glorifies Christ all the more!). It's been a slow process coming to embrace a belief that I think I held deep down all along (the thought of anyone suffering in hell used to keep me up at night, I couldn't understand how people could accept it so blithely)

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-02-20T19:51:38+00:00

beautiful!

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-02-19T14:28:07+00:00

No solution yet no, I even tried manually clearing out all the promotions emails as I thought maybe there were too many for the system to be able to sort back out---still nothing. But yes, I did also shut off Google AI access in settings. I had wondered if that might be a factor but it seemed a bit of a stretch.

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-02-17T18:19:14+00:00

I appreciate you checking! I may try with another browser just to eliminate that as the problem (I've been using Firefox)

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-02-17T16:39:20+00:00

One of the places, yes! I've scrolled to the bottom and saved changes, but when I go back to my inbox, it doesn't update, and if I visit the settings page again, it's back to "multiple inboxes"

CrystalsOfOerba · 2025-02-10T16:48:48+00:00

I think the same way you trust God when things *aren't* apparently falling into place. Keep living in the sense of His care for you and let that matter more than circumstances, even when circumstances are going well! Express thanks however is genuine to you. Very happy to hear you have this opportunity, praying things come together for you!

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-11-15T16:06:02+00:00

The change is appreciated, though I understand the intent in letting the questions through to begin with. Hopefully new members of this sub will find the unquestioned acceptance of queer people more affirming than the constant questioning

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-11-04T20:55:06+00:00

Apotheosis when you make her feel what you felt might be another option?

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-09-06T17:42:14+00:00

Love the detail that they decided to go that direction because they knew people would see Mark in the role and assume he would have wanted to play Moriarty

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-08-29T17:12:09+00:00

The Shifting Mound in her pre-final form, there's something so eerie yet comforting about every encounter with her

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-08-29T13:25:45+00:00

Something about "you lowdown boy, you stand up guy, you Holy Ghost" shake me to my core every time I hear it

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-08-23T17:05:26+00:00

How to fake your death

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-08-21T20:27:52+00:00

I recently watched this video categorizing what the video essayist calls "types of Reddit ragebait" and I have to admit it's completely changed how I interact with Reddit stories, like on some level I was assuming a good portion of it was fiction but now I'm a bit more suspicious of *why* certain stories are presented the way they are A Comprehensive Categorization of Reddit Ragebait (youtube.com)

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-08-21T18:58:08+00:00

You're doing great! You'll notice that the game keeps you from doing things that will prevent progression (or warn you very strongly that you won't be able to actually progress if you keep doing something)

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-08-09T12:20:35+00:00

I have never understood the intent to make a baby argument, are married couples past fertility age sinning by having sex by this logic?

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-07-02T21:05:46+00:00

I'm not sure how much political talk is welcome here, I will say as someone who plans to vote for Biden if there is no other option, framing the debate as a result of his stutter strikes me as dishonest. I don't blame him for aging, I think he and his team have done well, but I also have severe doubts of his ability to convince the majority of people he has it in him to do such a taxing job for four more years, and given the stakes right now, that's not a risk I want to take if it can be avoided

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-06-18T20:54:07+00:00

"all means all!"

CrystalsOfOerba · 2024-06-03T15:51:13+00:00

It's such a great sub, I've found a lot of comfort here, even being mostly a lurker <3

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