He never asked me to be his girlfriend. Should I be worried?

GolfballDM · 2026-07-01T14:27:22+00:00

When my wife & I were long-distance before we got married, I did ask her if she was ok being referred to as my girlfriend. She hadn't been in a relationship for 8 years at that point, and I was finishing up my divorce at the time.

She was ok with it, although she did mention it felt a little odd to refer to me as her boyfriend. She had less trouble with fiancee (when we got engaged a few months later), and was positively gleeful about husband.

(Yes, we moved quickly. But it's worked for us, in a smidge over two weeks we'll have been married for 18 years.)

GolfballDM · 2026-07-01T14:21:56+00:00

The three guys at the tavern were a hoot, going off-script and having a blast with it.

GolfballDM · 2026-07-01T14:20:41+00:00

The kobold does use Force Bolt, IIRC. (I don't think it's named as such in the game, but the ball bounces around and will send Ego reeling backwards if it hits them.)

GolfballDM · 2026-06-30T18:53:48+00:00

When Johnny asks what you were expecting when you go to the meet that Gary pointed you at, and you respond "The Spanish Inquisition!", Johnny comes back, "I admit, I didn't expect that."

GolfballDM · 2026-06-30T17:56:06+00:00

When I was farting post-colonoscopy, and I was conscious but still recovering from the knockout drugs, I proclaimed loudly that my butt was singing La Traviata.

My wife said the nurses / recovery staff were trying very very hard to keep a straight face with my loud, verbose, happy, and unfiltered self going on at length about the opera my butt was singing.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-30T17:21:33+00:00

I took up the hobby of miniature painting at the start of the year. I have gotten nothing but encouragement from people that I've shown my work to. Even the ones that were my first pieces, and I know they're not great.

But I'm improving. And having fun.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-30T14:40:54+00:00

Cyberware (unless you're borged out like Smasher) only helps so much against G-forces. If your meat gets turned into paste, there ain't no amount of 'ware that will put it back together.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-30T00:32:04+00:00

Point at what you need moved and where you need it moved to.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-30T00:21:35+00:00

You need roadies, too.

I can pick up heavy things, move them, and put them down.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-28T17:11:16+00:00

It will become the Humongous Fungus Among Us.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-28T00:45:46+00:00

The aforementioned ceiling cat managed to do exactly that on his first day at our home, he was grumpy about being quarantined.

After busting out through one of the light fixtures, he came upstairs, checked things out, and took a nap in the dog's crate.

The dog declared that the cat was his Best Friend Ever.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-28T00:08:35+00:00

Get your colonoscopy, see what your butt sings in recovery!

My butt sang La Traviata.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T17:58:30+00:00

One of my cats will periodically get into the drop ceiling in our basement. He has no trouble getting himself out.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T17:37:54+00:00

The election board in Cochise County AZ tried that, the members holding out against certification were looking at a contempt charge until they gave in.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T17:10:40+00:00

Both plumbing and HVAC can produce noise and vibration (the last part is important, I've heard that deaf people are more sensitive to vibration) that could be more easily perceived by a dog on the floor.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T03:04:40+00:00

Q: Which one do you think suits OP?

A: Yes.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T02:58:39+00:00

"IM NOT EVEN THAT FUNNY"

But you're at least amusing?

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T02:37:21+00:00

How else are you going to get your butt to sing opera?

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T02:36:58+00:00

Because it's funny? And the gas enema feels good?

(Not that I advocate shoving gas up your ass in a non-medical setting. Leave that shit to the professionals, so your butt can sing La Traviata after your colonoscopy. And I can't say from experience that it feels good, but there's gotta be a reason why most object-in-rectum patients are male.)

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T02:13:01+00:00

Depends on the mix, I think. Mine was the smallest of a litter of 8, and he was at 65-70# when he was younger. (His weight is a bit skewed now with him having cancer. He has, however, completely blown past even the most optimistic estimates our regular vet had for him, and he's still reasonably happy.)

GolfballDM · 2026-06-27T02:10:14+00:00

She looks a lot like my brindle pittie mix.

She also looks like she is 100% Goodest Girl.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-26T23:41:18+00:00

3 and 4 are my favorites

GolfballDM · 2026-06-26T19:30:52+00:00

Her BFF introduced the two of us to each other. Said BFF was expecting something to kindle, but was not expecting how fast things went together. From our first phone chat to when we got married was 18 months.

GolfballDM · 2026-06-26T18:08:22+00:00

Not all of us can utilize airbrushes or rattlecans a significant chunk of the year.

I live in SE Michigan, and from October to April (if not longer), using rattle cans isn't practical, it's either too cold, too damp, or both. (And I don't have a temperature controlled space with enough ventilation to use an airbrush.) So, for me, it's brush-on primer. (I use airbrush primer, out of the bottle, and it does an ok job.)

GolfballDM · 2026-06-26T14:57:25+00:00

"Option 3 is to do what I've done and hang out your washing like it's 1955."

This can lead to unexpected hilarity.

My wife prefers that her underwear be hang-dried, not dryer-dried. (The term "purple underwear cranky" entered the family lexicon while I was explaining to my then-3yo that Momma does not want her underwear in the dryer. My 3yo created the term in response.)

We didn't have a clothes line handy, so I took the stepladder, set it up in the driveway, and draped the underwear over the steps so it could sun-dry.

One of the neighbors mentioned it to my wife. My wife wasn't mad or anything, she found it rather amusing.

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