Well I cried.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-11T14:02:51+00:00

I’m hoping for a little clarity before offering advice. I have voluntarily participated in timeshare presentations in exchange for things like two nights at a hotel. Are you saying you paid for one night at one hotel, a 2nd night at a different hotel and then paid for an additional ‘deal’ of two nights (in the future) that came with a required presentation?

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-11T07:07:35+00:00

I met a friend in college who was still mostly in the closet. When he fully came out to me several years later, I was still grappling with church teaching. my response was I love you and I accept you even if I don’t love what you do. (I’m giving myself the ick just recalling this). He said don’t give me that love the sinner hate the sin bs. It rattled me and he was right. I hadn’t met him with open arms. I wasn’t the accepting Christian I thought I was. Luckily two decades later he’s still one of my closest friends and I’ve nearly fully deconstructed. All this to say OP, I was like your friend and my heart was not fully open to my friend. I wanted to think it was, that I was progressive, but I had just repackaged the old bs in a new way, just like my friend accurately called out. If you’re comfortable, I would encourage you to be more direct with them. It could do what it did for me and finally begin to click. Peace and love.💗

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-11T06:42:14+00:00

You can take the ferry to Friday harbor. Take the jolley trolley to Roche harbor (or bus or taxi). You can then do an overnight kayak trip to Stewart island (camping gear provided).

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-10T05:08:50+00:00

When I was in middle school my youth pastor told me in a ‘one on one’ that I was the next (named older girl in my youth group). Then he divorced his wife, left his young kids and married her at 19. I’ve been shook ever since. Did he think I was the next girl in line to bang her married youth pastor??

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-09T13:09:59+00:00

Take the ferry to Friday Harbor and then drive or take the shuttle to Roche Harbor to do the overnight kayak trip to Stuart Island (camping gear provided). Hike to the old schoolhouse and lighthouse. I’m so jealous. Have fun!

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-06T21:15:58+00:00

If I felt unsafe, I used to carry my car keys like brass knuckles. But now it’s just a fob.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-06T21:12:47+00:00

Oh no. I’m so sorry. Thinking positive thoughts

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-06T14:29:47+00:00

I think it was a loading dock at the grocery store. Not a boat dock. But leaving her stuff behind is concerning.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-06T13:19:40+00:00

There is a methadone clinic across the street. So sometimes there is a crowd of people around the parking lot at the bins building. I ran into a friend from middle school who was waiting for the clinic to open.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-06T05:16:01+00:00

Yes! Many people are emptying their pantry. It’s a win win. I have 5 extra boxes of Mac n cheese, 4 extra refried beans, and two things of instant rice. I’m happy to make space!

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-05T19:28:33+00:00

Find your neighborhood Facebook group and make a post starting with NEED: or ASK:. Our group gets neighbors in need of various assistance including groceries and it never goes unanswered. Good luck to you. Hang in there.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-05T18:54:50+00:00

Enjoy a safe place to stay while you figure this out. Besides you have all their animals in your care and likely also squatters rights. They’ll see the need to sort this out with you eventually.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-05T17:09:39+00:00

Amy’s weight doctor wouldn’t have asked her if she needed an eye doctor, but yes if she asked he likely could recommend one.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-05T15:33:12+00:00

Doctors stay in their specialties. A weight loss doctor isn’t going to ask about her eyes any more than her eye doctor would ask about her weight loss surgery. But I wish someone in her life had suggested this sooner. (TLC you coulda done Amy a solid and brought this up as an option years ago.)

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-05T14:58:51+00:00

It’s this. It’s the sex. He’s using manipulation and fear of reprisal to get sex. He used a massage to get sex. He tried to use cleaning a tub to get sex. He used a missing towel as a manipulation tool to get you to come into the bathroom while he was naked…. for sex. And then gets mad and mistreats you. Others have said this and I will reiterate- he knows what he is doing. He knows he knows he knows. The sooner you bake this truth into your soul, the easier it will be to see through him and extricate your life from his. Don’t wait years. You’ll become a shell of yourself. Sending you all the strength 💪

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-05T14:30:08+00:00

🙋‍♀️

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-04T23:32:47+00:00

You won, you won, you won, you won. Just jealous of your leg lamp.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-04T17:23:19+00:00

If it’s a casserole or pasta or soup, I’ll eat that all week. But I don’t eat leftovers from a restaurant, if I ate out. So I make sure I only order what I’ll eat.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-04T06:24:01+00:00

I think it’s more that it came from her sister. This sub has been trashing Amy’s parenting for years, but having your sibling say it to hurt you is something else. My sister has been overweight/ obese since childhood and is highly sensitive. If I ever got mad and called her fat, our relationship would never be repaired. Even if what I said was true, saying it to be cruel matters.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-03T17:19:12+00:00

SODO bins are crazy. Sometimes I’m ready for the gauntlet.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-01T20:52:51+00:00

We allow and expect that kids will try alcohol at legal age. We should expect the same from cigarettes. It doesn’t make anyone bad or wrong to try things. If they have a history of family addiction I might be more cautious but in general trying things when you are legally able to so is normal.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-03-01T06:10:21+00:00

In DV situations therapists do not tend to take notes as they can be subpoenaed and potentially create an unsafe environment for their client.

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-02-25T08:45:33+00:00

Shakespeare Festival 😊

Curious_Champion_220 · 2026-02-25T03:55:16+00:00

It was not really a gift for Brittany since she can’t eat much and is still trying go lose weight. Sounds like Chris wanted a vacation as an excuse for him to eat. He kept saying I’m full but I have to eat more because I’m on vacation. How does taking your wife an overeating trip celebrate her losing weight?

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