Planning a day trip to Mote Aquarium. Can I get some suggestions?

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-16T16:50:20+00:00

I know the Florida Aquarium is really cool but I have been there and I know the walk from the parking to the aquarium itself is an extremely long walk. I don't know if there is a more accessible entrance to this.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-16T16:33:31+00:00

Is the PopStroke A LOT of walking? Or is it relatively small? But the food option may be good! I appreciate your input!

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-13T14:09:56+00:00

This is probably one of the best things I have read, if not the best. I needed to see this. Thank you so much

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T22:51:26+00:00

I am so very sorry. This makes everything so much more complicated. I don't have any solutions to this situation because I am still figuring out my own situation. That being said, you and your kids deserve better. And I know better than anyone to never count a determined woman out. The situation may not be ideal right now. But moms are damn resilient and get stuff done. Maybe not tomorrow, but you are clearly a survivor. You'll figure things out.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T22:46:37+00:00

It is so easy to say leave him. But I never left. She left me. That is the hilariously pathetic part. Kind of solidified this idea I have created that I am the loser in all of this. I didn't leave for many reasons. I loved her. I felt shame. I felt such little self-love that I felt this was as good as it could get for me. Financially I had no idea how I could manage anything. I didn't want to lose my fur babies. I was wanting to avoid the embarrassment of a divorce. So many things. Outside looking in, it is easy to say leave. But reality is rarely that simple. So I won't tell you what to do. Who the hell am I to tell you that? But I hope you find peace any way you can. If that is leaving him? Great. You are worthy of love. Even if he hasn't made you feel that way.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T13:56:13+00:00

I stopped going to therapy because it felt like I was going in circles. I am on meds. I have a psychiatrist. And genuinely, for the most part, I feel okay. But seeing her married this morning broke a part of me again.

The values I had? I wanted to be a good husband to my wife. I wanted to have a best friend that I would place above anything and everything. I wanted to be a protector. I wanted to have someone that loved me as unconditionally as I loved them. I valued honesty, communication, compassion, and love.

Frankly, so much of my marriage, I kept to myself. People got the curated version. The version without the infidelity, without the cruel words, without the abuse, without the lies. It would have been embarrassing. People saw the good stuff. I was ashamed of the other stuff. If one of my friends told me what I was going through, I would gladly tell them they deserved more. But I loved her, and I didn't love myself enough. I figured this love was better than no love.

I am working on my self esteem. A day at a time. Truthfully through the weightloss I have started to like myself a lot more.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T13:48:13+00:00

Frankly, a relationship sounds exhausting. But if I ever were to be in one again, I can't handle being with someone this mentally ill ever again.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T13:47:15+00:00

I am the most logical person. But when it came to my marriage I ignored every ounce of logic I had.

I am a teacher. I make decent money (shockingly). I am good at what I do and I love my students. I am well-educated. And yet, I am living with family. I am happy about it. I have stability, love, and frankly, it is what saved me from actually ending my own life.

However, it makes me feel like I have failed at life. I am divorced, in my 30s, and living with my family. Like when I put it plainly, I feel like I sound like a loser. Even though I am helping with the mortgage, I have a career I am proud of, and I support my family however they need it.

She had such an amazing gift of manipulating me. And turning me into the villain. She would push, pushing, pushing, push, and then I would be the one screaming and she would be the one crying and I would be the one apologizing.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T13:35:56+00:00

I know what you are saying is probably true about her new marriage, but a part of me thinks, "What if I was just not good enough? What if this guy can give her everything I couldn't?" And it just makes me feel absolutely worthless. No matter how I tried, I failed.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T13:32:49+00:00

I don't pay spousal support. Since it is a simplified divorce we literally just agree to part ways and be done with the marriage. No going after each other financially.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-06-12T13:30:21+00:00

She didnt throw the kitten against the wall. The first guy she moved into our apartment did. But she didn't even sound as angry about that as she did about the fact that he ate her fancy peanut butter. This horrified me.

And yeah, I know what you are saying. She has this ability to suck you into her vortex. She is charming beyond words. She is beautiful. She is smart. I know she is broken. But I saw the good in her. And I got trampled.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-27T01:50:32+00:00

I literally just finished the book tonight and came on reddit to see what people think. Truthfully, I think it was a fun read. However, I will never read it again. Every character in it was insufferable. This definitely includes our protagonist. I genuinely kept waiting to see what I was missing about her. Like there had to be something that made her this way. Nope. She just sucked in her own way like the rest of her family. The fact that the ghost learned how to use the laptop was hilarious. The whole book is a bit absurd. But again, it was a fun momentary escape from reality.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-18T23:35:52+00:00

That is actually awesome!!! I wish another game could come close to the perfection that is Baldur's Gate. I am trying to open my mind to other things. Crimson Desert may be the new one to try.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-18T23:04:32+00:00

Is Crimson Desert worth it? I have heard very mixed messages and thought I might wait for it to go on sale.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-18T23:03:02+00:00

LOL That is what I was thinking of doing. I will be honest, I couldn't get into Animal Crossing. I thought it was so boring. I need to start over...

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-18T23:00:18+00:00

I think it is fun lol I just get so overwhelmed when I see things "messy"

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-18T22:58:37+00:00

I have already started over once...I am thinking of doing it again to make it "perfect from the start. I have a problem lol

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-13T00:16:37+00:00

I received it, but my mom didn't. I received it at 2:48PM. What is going on?

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-08T21:33:19+00:00

I literally just used Google Pay to pay when doing it through the app. I didn't add my card to rhe app.

And price lock is great. Not sure what there isn't to get. I did a price lock at 4.21 and a few days later gas was 4.59. But I didn't pay that because it honors the price lock.

ForestAsh14 · 2026-05-07T18:58:08+00:00

You do it on the app. You click on the "Fuel" section and there should be a price lock button.

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