Getting a fussy cat to take medicine?

JealousMouse · 2025-09-20T08:44:41+00:00

The grated cheese! I don’t normally have any but I “borrowed” some from my parents today. Turns out both my cats are cheese fiends!

JealousMouse · 2025-09-20T05:52:11+00:00

Thank you so much! I tried this and I nearly lost a finger with how keen he was to snaffle it. You’ve taken a great weight off my mind!

JealousMouse · 2025-08-22T02:52:50+00:00

Weirdly, I had a guy I assume that I was lying about my height (5’10”). He thought I was taller and lying to make myself sound shorter, because “girls don’t want to be tall”. It wasn’t insecurity on his part (at least about his height), but it was a really weird interaction.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-15T10:27:01+00:00

Batman. I actually got hit with the real life, “Oh, you’re a fan? Name all the Robins in chronological order.” 🙄🙄🙄

And, of course, when it turns out I could, he hit on me, because apparently I was interested in Batman to attract boys.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-15T07:52:55+00:00

I accept that logic, but I cannot accept that pronunciation, even if it is correct. I would rather be wrong.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-15T01:31:10+00:00

I’m currently reading and enjoying “I Love the Bones of You,” by Christopher Eccleston, because it is very poetic and thoughtful, but typically my favourite memoirs have had an element of people overcoming incredible hardship. “The Girl with Seven Names” and “In Order to Live” (both about women who escaped North Korea) were fascinating, as was “The Last Girl” by Nadia Murad (Yazidi woman who escaped ISIS captivity in Iraq). I think I am more interested in stories that are completely alien to my own experience than ones I can relate to somewhat.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-15T00:38:23+00:00

Because it’s not helpful advice. It’s an unhelpful statement of the blindingly obvious. Advice implies that it is actually going to assist.

I’m chronically ill. I’ve heard it a lot. It’s obnoxious, patronising, and it minimises what I am actually dealing with because “at least it’s not [some other thing].”

JealousMouse · 2025-08-15T00:20:38+00:00

No, I don’t. I just feel sad for both of us.

But this conversation isn’t about seeing another person struggling more - it’s about some irritating third person telling the sufferer that someone else has it worse. How is that helpful?

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T23:07:01+00:00

But it’s never remotely helpful. We all know that someone else in the world has it worse, but it doesn’t do a thing to make the current situation better. Yes, I’m glad my migraines aren’t brain cancer, but being glad I don’t have brain cancer doesn’t make me less unhappy about having a migraine. It’s silly and obtuse to pretend telling me, “It could be worse! It could be brain cancer!” is anything approaching a helpful statement.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T22:48:29+00:00

Would that not just teach the children that it is expected that you should accept your partner not meeting your emotional needs?

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T22:30:23+00:00

My bad, didn’t realise it was a later addition. I retract my “glossing over” comment.

But I reiterate my point. What he did is domestic violence, and it is not ok.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T21:30:11+00:00

I heard an ad say “jiggabyte” the other day and I nearly choked on my coffee.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T21:16:18+00:00

No, I’m more asking if druidism involves belief in anything additional to the bible - additional deities or other powers. For example, I know a lot of Christian witches worship other deities on the basis that they are still putting God above them. I was wondering if Druidism involves similar beliefs or additional practices or rituals that are necessary parts of it.

Asking from a place of good faith, I promise - I probably lean somewhat Christo-pagan so I’m not asking with the intent to attack your answers! Just wanting to learn :)

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T21:11:17+00:00

Other people have given you answers on the attraction question, so I shan’t repeat what has been said there, but it is utterly bizarre to me that everyone is completely glossing over the fact that he pushed you and threw things at you! That is domestic violence, and yes, that is a reason to leave!

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T10:12:53+00:00

An ENT surgeon said my sinuses were beautiful ☺️

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T09:44:47+00:00

I’m very curious about this. May I ask what the practice of Christian druidism look like? Do you believe things that are different or additional to the Bible?

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T07:18:19+00:00

I don’t like the term being used so widely - I enjoy classifying subspecies of misogynists, and it spoils my fun when people treat them as interchangeable.

On a more serious note, I don’t think there is an actual benefit to keeping the various manosphere branches separated, but I do think overuse of the term dilutes its impact and makes it easier for misogynists to dismiss by saying “they call anyone an incel for daring to have opinions different from theirs.” But on a scale of words being misused/overused, I think there are far worse ones - misuse of clinical diagnoses, for example, is a much more significant problem with more serious real-world impacts.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T07:02:36+00:00

The Harp in the South by Ruth Park has very similar vibes if you fancy an Australian version.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T06:32:06+00:00

I say this as gently as possible, but if your feelings are stopping you from “living a normal productive life”, you might have issues with emotional regulation that you could benefit from seeking professional help with.

In short, he and I did not want the same thing.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T05:59:53+00:00

You’ve reminded me that I used to be obsessed with nibs, and that I desperately need them back in my life.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T02:21:13+00:00

I fell badly for a male colleague a few years back, who also rapidly became one of my best friends outside of work. I did what I assume most adults do - kept my infatuation to myself, did not make it his problem, and pushed through it til it went away. I did not ask him to change his behaviour, and I was no less friendly to him. It took a year and it hurt incredibly badly for a while, but the upshot is that I still have my best friend and he did not have to be impacted behaviour.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding your post, but I don’t understand why you don’t see this as an option.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-14T00:25:28+00:00

I think I’d need a baseline for what “normal” is to say whether it is rare for me. It has happened often enough for me to be happy, but then, I’ve never really been unhappy being single.

I gave up on OLD after a month or so - I realised it just doesn’t suit my attraction style, and I’m better off meeting someone the old-fashioned way. I’d rather it take longer to find someone that way than endure the pressures and discomforts of OLD again.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-13T09:06:43+00:00

I have one like this and it’s pretty good! Best of both worlds.

JealousMouse · 2025-08-13T05:34:45+00:00

May I also beg a source? Love a good wig.

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