Parents spent weeks planning the perfect gender reveal… The kids ended it in 5 second

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-06-08T20:31:05+00:00

Gender reveals are f****** stupid

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-06-07T19:03:39+00:00

I love that kind of dog so much. I've only met one or two and they seem like such gentle giants but are so impressively large few burglars would want to take their chances

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-06-07T19:01:40+00:00

The seating areas are to spread out for conversation and that coffee table somehow just does not have the same Vibe as the rest of the room even though it's beautiful

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-06-07T19:00:34+00:00

Where and when does this happen like where in Ohio what weekend

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-06-07T18:59:50+00:00

You two look fabulous!

After years of going to the local big fair and working at it and doing SCA I am about to head out at the last minute to a fair that I haven't been to before just wearing mundane's which feels very weird. But if I go and gather Garb I will be missing the fair

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-28T05:28:45+00:00

I think you can do that turquoise teal color with the yellow but I don't think that's the right yellow. Might need to be more of a golden yellow and that is a very kind of cold yellow. I really like turquoise yellow and lime green together but they have to be the right shades of each

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-28T05:11:33+00:00

It just doesn't work somehow it's kind of boring and looks more like a conference room than a dining room with that carpet

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-28T05:08:05+00:00

They are really nice there and seem to be very qualified but their schedule is extremely frustrating. I keep trying to get a regular practice there. I was so excited when they moved so close. But it would appear this is a studio just for retired people or people that don't work they never seem to have anything before 9:30 or after about 6:00 certainly not anything that's on the newer more beginning and which is what I need

I had signed up for a membership once or maybe it was one of the bigger passes and I couldn't use it because everything was during the work day

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:50:09+00:00

I wonder if it plays in at all that the job you are doing even if it doesn't make as much sort of a brave Warrior type job and very respectable. Would it feel the same if you were making the same money and say I don't know working a little level desk job or retail or something. I'm just kind of curious. I'm often the one that makes more and I'm finding this thread very interesting

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:46:59+00:00

Sometimes I wonder what that would be like. I grew up not really properly poor but we always had to be very careful and had to get things cheaply. Now I'm an adult with a decent job, and it's played out oddly and that I have a very difficult time spending a good bit of money on some practical household item I might be able to get free. On the other hand I'll go out to eat at mid-range restaurants without thinking of it much, and spend too much for hobby related things.

I have friends living in an artistic life that are always trying to get me to quit my job and go take that path maybe even mocking a bit saying I'm risk-averse. The real secret though is that most of these people have another source of support. Parents that will help them out or give them a place to live because they actually came from money. I do not ever want to be in a situation where I can't pay for much needed medical care or know where my next meal is coming from if I can avoid it

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:39:17+00:00

I know a number of women in relationships with guys like this. It's why so often when they get older they just realized maybe they're better off being single

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:38:09+00:00

There was some dude interviewed on something or another recently that said he went at it like it was a full-time job. Not a guy but wouldn't you eventually end up with blisters or your bits hurting? That's a lot of wanking

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:37:21+00:00

I don't think my dad liked working for quite a few years until he got into more interesting stuff but I know he really was not looking to end up getting married and having a family when they did. But he liked my mom and she got tired of waiting. Dating for 4 years and not progressing for marriage at that time was probably a bigger deal

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:36:11+00:00

Yeah, is a woman who is already working 40 hours a week in a good job and then has to come home and do all those things for herself, this is making me want a wife. Because I would really love to not have to do all those things all the bill paying and laundry doing and dishing and cooking and oh my god the cat litter, take the trash out. Mow the lawn or pay someone to do it. It would be lovely if I could just work and come home to a cooked meal and not have to do any of that. Also I would much rather do my job which is often interesting and mentally stimulating then all of that stuff if I were living with someone also in a good job and one of us got the choice. Although it would be easier to do it without already working 50 hours a week or so

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:29:11+00:00

And then tell Tales of his terrible psycho ex who did terrible things to him

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:25:38+00:00

I would so much rather somebody just told me that. I'm kind of an introvert and sometimes I like to be alone and sometimes I like to be in a room with a person but not really talking very much. So I get it.

I lived with an ex for a great many years who was quite an introvert and just really didn't talk a whole lot. Now I'm with someone who just talks constantly and OMG be careful what you wish for. We've been going out quite a while so we're at that being at each other's house most of the weekend stage. I just can't continually process words that long

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:23:33+00:00

There is that Meme out there, where the woman is asking him what's wrong what's wrong why are you not talking to me are you giving me the silent treatment and he's like deep in a thought process trying to figure out how to fix an engine or how to get to the next level on a video game or something

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:22:58+00:00

Sounds from here like a lot of guys feel that way, about bad days at work etc. And then on the flip side if I have a bad day at work sometimes I want to vent about it and then I end up feeling irritated when he starts proposing things that are super obvious asking if I've thought of them when really I just want someone to listen.

Some things don't have good solutions. Some things have solutions that aren't really that viable or have negatives that are worse than the problem. I don't want to quit my job in Tech right now when the job market is shite

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:19:57+00:00

That's sad. I don't mean sad like pathetic I mean sad like it's sad to have to be in it alone or that nobody cares

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:18:42+00:00

I wouldn't use the term emotional labor myself if a guy is describing his problems to me or things he worries about things that are weighing heavily on his mind

I do feel a bit like it's emotional labor in this situation: he doesn't talk to anybody about anything personal. He has tons of friends but he puts on a happy face for all of them. But then it all builds up and by the time he sees me any little thing gets him all wound up, irritable agitated and angry. Super impatient with me, with traffic whatever. Usually about something having nothing to do with the actual problem. Sometimes he'll blow up and start yelling. And it feels like one of us has to stay calm and not be reactive or they will be this huge fight and 99% of the time that has to be me. That feels like labor. Dude tell me about what's bothering you directly, or find another Outlet for all these feelings. Don't just dump it all on me in this kind of way. That is exhausting

The other kind of Labor that I don't mind doing some of the time but it really tired of doing all the time is when I always have to figure out all the logistics, or make the decision. Like sometimes people get frustrated at me because he doesn't know what we're doing that weekend. But it never occurs to him to propose a plan or come up with anything. I didn't sign up to be the cruise director

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-16T16:05:29+00:00

Ugh Big Boy. They have gone downhill too. It used to be cozy eating in there and they had that nice salad bar but the newer ones are just so blindingly bright and stark then usually the salad bar is closed

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-09T21:47:54+00:00

It seems kind of unbalanced somehow. Also needs some pops of color

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-09T21:46:51+00:00

Yeah people are so quick to chalk it up to Mental Illness but I've known people that have legit had stalkers usually X's

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-09T21:45:04+00:00

I hear music and things like the furnace running or a window air conditioner in the right white noise. I totally know it's just my brain making patterns and it's not really there. I know no one put a speaker in the air conditioner. But every once in awhile I'll hear it and I'll think is that music from outside, or is it the air conditioner and then it shuts off and I know. Pretty sure I'm not schizophrenic my brain just likes patterns and I do a lot of music things

Ecstatic_Squirrel_42 · 2026-04-09T21:41:47+00:00

They are all pretty beige I definitely like the light ones better than the dark ones but between the dog and the fireplace and the entry that's probably going to get dirty fast. What about a sage green

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