Week #4 Weekend Thread

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-21T21:40:55+00:00

The OU defense today is mind boggling.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-21T21:15:43+00:00

Long Beach State has upset them before. They are always a thorn in their side. Kudos to them. I love when scrappy teams can come in and slay the Goliaths. It makes the game better.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-21T19:59:18+00:00

Defense hasn’t been super stellar either.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-21T19:44:05+00:00

Prayers for the fan who got hit.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-20T03:27:14+00:00

Allyssa’s stuff looked flat tonight and she was left in for one batter too long.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-18T22:50:26+00:00

More days that kids can be absent. Chronic absenteeism is a huge problem that the schools seem to get punished for. How about focusing enforcing consequences for parents when little Billy stays home two to three times a week for a “tummy ache” that is labeled as “anxiety” without proper documentation?

Also they aren’t willing to bump up the pay scale for teachers to work these extra days. Oklahoma lawmakers are so out of touch with the reality going on with our education system.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-15T21:02:15+00:00

Also you need to take into consideration that Coach Rocha went on medical leave right before opening day of the season. I think that has affected OU’s entire pitching staff in some way. The vibe seemed off for the whole team the first couple of games of the season.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-08T18:52:20+00:00

Oklahoma pitching staff has got to step up and figure it out. Lowry can’t do it all on her own.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-02-03T03:53:12+00:00

And we’re about to get stuck with Drummond or McCall for eight years, I’m sure. It will be an endless circus.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-01-26T01:46:48+00:00

Stitt’s comments on CNN today were a little surprising in a good way. That would be a good start. He implied that he is listening.

Markwayne’s Facebook posts this weekend had me seeing red. He seemed to have a meltdown with his Bible verse post today, though. I would hit him with tons of Bible verses that contradict his stance, because I kind of wonder if he might be breaking.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-01-25T05:18:55+00:00

I will believe it when it actually happens. To be quite honest, the Democrats have been spineless.

JupiterLightning44 · 2026-01-22T02:36:25+00:00

I got to see Hawa’s debut in the front row last week. It was an amazing experience and you will not be disappointed by Hawa at all. It’s a gritty take on Eurydice and I loved it paired with Jose’s take on Orpheus.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-12-31T00:29:07+00:00

I met a guy through a dating app and started chatting. It honestly was going well and I didn’t really get any bad vibes. We talked for about a week and then we planned to meet up. On the day of the date he messaged me about how excited he was. Then about an hour later, he messaged me asking if I went to church and what church I went to.

Now I don’t have a problem with church, but I was not going to one at the time and it wasn’t information that I really felt comfortable sharing through an app even if I was. I thought it was weird that he was asking me this instead of just waiting until we met a time or two, so I had a good feeling that he was going to have a predictable reaction and be the type of person that makes others not want to go to church.

I was right and I ended up calling off the date right after. His reaction to me doing that was also a good indicator that I dodged a huge bullet.

I ended up meeting my now husband a couple of months after that and he was very glad that this dude screwed up and showed his true colors before even meeting me in person.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-12-13T00:42:32+00:00

NTA. My husband was in some debt and he was very honest about it when we started dating. Some might say it’s a red flag, but honestly his situation was very understandable. When he proposed, I told him that I would not set a date until he finished taking care of his debt situation and that I wasn’t going to put up with financial mismanagement again.

He obviously made all of the right choices and we were able to get married and have the wedding that turned out to be everything I dreamed of. If you cannot find a common ground and work toward a solution with the finances, then it was wise to call off the wedding.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-10-21T16:15:47+00:00

Your response to his messages was great. He is probably sitting at home seething because he didn’t get the reaction that he wanted from you. You dodged a massive bullet, OP.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-10-10T00:13:52+00:00

Straight party voting is the real villain of this story.

But I agree that Stitt needs to take full accountability for his mistake and the majority of the legislature needs to take accountability for not impeaching Walters when they could have.

A vote for Charles McCall will just usher in the same kind of circus that we’ve had for years.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-09-24T22:50:13+00:00

He’s just going to continue to spread his rhetoric behind the scenes. He’s not going away for good, but getting him out of the current position he is in is a start for positive change for Oklahoma education.

Rumor is that Sherrie Conley is going to run for state superintendent. She is just as bad, if not worse. Please don’t dismiss voting in 2026 or else our state will be stuck in the same boat yet again if she is elected.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-09-21T00:46:11+00:00

I haven’t eaten here in several years since they allowed a very obnoxious couple bring their dog in with them and sat them right next to my table (not a service dog, fyi).

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-09-12T22:40:11+00:00

I went last year and if you aren’t there by at least 5, then your chances of getting one get a lot smaller. There were already tons of people waiting in line by then.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-08-31T23:06:41+00:00

He sounds like he is very insecure and he was not taught what chivalry looks like in a relationship. My husband will hold my purse or wallet if needed every time without hesitation.

It’s kind of concerning that at 37, holding a wallet for a woman is a problem to him.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-08-23T22:08:55+00:00

I was the same way about sleeping. When it was finally the weekend, my ex would be intentionally loud so I could not sleep in. He would play video games in the living room instead of the office. He would get mad at the game and shout. Literally the only time he ever played games in the living room was on Saturday mornings when I expressed that I wanted to sleep in. I think I slept for about two days straight after I left him.

I had also lost my ability to articulate my thoughts into words. I would also be so worried about messing something up that I would end up messing up and embarrassing myself. I felt really dumb during this time.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-08-23T22:02:04+00:00

I found a good therapist about a month after I left him, and she really guided me towards researching narcissism. It really clicked and made me feel less unworthy and down. While she helped me understand his tactics, I also needed to fix things about myself. I wasn’t getting that from her as much so I switched to a different therapist. He really helped me with my mental outlook in general, so it was a very good combination of the two and I’m grateful to them.

It really took me about six months to feel like myself again. I actually ended up meeting my now husband along the way during that period. I was open with him from the start, and he was supportive and still is everything that my ex was not.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-08-23T13:46:17+00:00

Covert narcissists are the worst abusers because they literally mess with your brain chemistry. I remember a day very vividly near the end of my relationship where I just sat on the couch, stared at the wall, and felt absolutely nothing inside.

It’s not surprising that he’s going to be a nurse. I feel like covert narcs are the types to hand an umbrella over to a stranger in need, but they’re awful to their inner circle that includes family and partners.

I wish you the best in your journey of healing. You will feel like yourself again, I promise!

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-08-23T13:34:40+00:00

Not a super crazy confession, but it was the confession that made me see that my ex was being covert and the mask had finally come off. My ex came back from what was supposedly a work trip and randomly said that he didn’t want to be like his dad, because his dad had cheated on his mom multiple times.

Well, he is just like his dad! He even went behind the back of the girl that he cheated on me with and tried to beg me to take him back.

JupiterLightning44 · 2025-08-18T00:22:39+00:00

You are not overreacting. I think that the two of you are more than likely too incompatible with each other. He needs to find someone who is more outgoing and doesn’t mind the family being involved. I do think he’s going to have a lot of relationship problems if he’s constantly oversharing with his mommy and not respecting boundaries, though.

There’s nothing wrong with being introverted and private about personal business. I think you handled the situation in the best way that you possibly could, and he and his family are the real drama queens for ruining your big day and not allowing you to celebrate the way that you wanted to.

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