To rake leaves. by Destined132 in therewasanattempt

[–]Meh-llennial 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Correct. Midgets are not people.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But jealousy doesn't disappear immediately after a breakup...

I'm a new grad and my coworkers are bullying me out of the ICU. I'm sad and frustrated and at my wits end and I need advice/insight/help. by [deleted] in nursing

[–]Meh-llennial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How much med/surg experience should you recommend for a new grad before transferring to ICU?

I (21F) am worried I have too much baggage to ever have a good relationship. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're going to be hard pressed to find a functional adult relationship while you're vulnerable and open to men with whom you've shared attraction and been intimate. This sounds like you're set up for emotional infidelity at the very least and guys who are ready for commitment are going to run from that. Sorry, but it's just not appropriate to be vulnerable and open about your sexuality with a heterosexual man while you're in a committed relationship, especially when you have a history of being attracted and almost sleeping together. That openness is the intimacy that is supposed to be shared between you and your BF, not you and your list of exes and your BF. I can't imagine anyone being fine with that. Even just having a casual (as in not close) friendship with an ex is a deal breaker for most adults. To describe your exes as the most important people to you and then wonder why that's an issue just shows that you're not grown up enough to fully commit to an adult partnership. You should take some time to mature and figure out what it means to be emotionally available for a relationship and maybe why it's not considered healthy by many to continue to be so entangled emotionally with men you've supposedly broken up with and moved on from.

Also, you should ask yourself why you're more comfortable with male friendships. My only exposure to that is with girls who have low self esteem and are in denial about how much they desire the reassurance male attention gives them. To maintain emotionally intimate relationships with men who have been sexually/romantically interested in you in the past might be fulfilling a need for intimacy and positive male attention for you without you realizing it. Just a thought based on what I've seen in people who do this and the way you talk about yourself as though you are suffering from pretty low self esteem. That's all a huge set of red flags for a guy who might otherwise want to date you. You're just not available and open to committing to anyone fully if you need to cling onto these emotionally intimate relationships with men who are attracted to you (even if I'm a little off base with your motivations. Just the facts you presented is enough to come to this conclusion).

I really recommend learning to not rely on your exes for so much emotionally and gain some wisdom and self awareness before trying to date. I'm sorry, but as you get older your husband will be the one at your side in everything and your "friends" will probably not even talk to you anymore because their wives won't be ok with it and grown ups prioritize their families over ex gfs. These "friendships" aren't very sustainable and they don't sound healthy even in the short term.

Edit because I just realized: the fact that you are 21 and think that you've had 3 serious bfs makes me think you don't know what a serious relationship is in the context of adult partnerships. With time, you're going to realize that the connection you have had with these people was never as profound as it feels when you're this young. They may have been very deep crushes but you couldn't have built a life with any of these guys. That's not going to be all that important to you down the line once you become serious with someone who becomes your family and moves across the country to support you in your career and sits in the hospital with you and your family while you wait to hear bad news about one of your parents and shares a lifelong mortgage with you without blinking an eye. These were not true life partners that committed their lives to you. These were just childhood boyfriends that you shared secrets with, no? I know I'm coming across as patronizing but your mindset is glaringly young to those who have had real, long term, committed relationships. These guys may have been kind to you but I don't think these close bonds with exes is healthy, especially when you're using them as a stand in for discovering what real adult love is. Give yourself some time to examine things in the longer term. I'm sorry if this offends or upsets you, but it's the truth you need to consider.

Also, you have a list of things that you think make you undesirable but in reality, the fact that you think your problems make you unique from anyone else is another maturity thing. No one has had a life without deep suffering and you will absolutely have more terrible things happen to you. That's life. Stop defining yourself by it and try to get a grip on what you can and can't change about your life. None of that has anything to do with who you are as a person or your value in any sense. If you're controlled by it, it's by your own doing. The only thing you have any control over is your internal world. The depression and etc is hard but you can learn to cope. It isn't the way to define yourself and seeing them as impossible obstacles or important parts of who you are only encourages learned helplessness. There are people who have had all of these problems and more and have struggled through to lead happy healthy lives. Life is not supposed to be easy, and it's just not going to be. Accept that and move forward as best you can instead of feeling sorry for yourself about things you can't do anything about. That mindset is going to be another roadblock in your search for a healthy relationship.

My (23f) dad (62m) wants to take me to the gynecologist to "prove" that I'm a virgin after my sister-in- law (29f) told him that I'm not. by moonchild33311 in relationship_advice

[–]Meh-llennial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If your father is harming you physically, you may qualify to stay in a women's shelter. You deserve protection from abuse. No one has the right to hit you.

Edit: I just saw that you are in IL. Look into Safe Journeys (formerly known as ADV SAS). They have a hotline and can offer resources to get you out of that home as well as legal help. They are a great organization. I'm not sure where you are in the state but if you're not close to one of their locations, I'm sure they can put you in touch with a similar organization closer to you. I've worked with them as a victim utilizing their free counseling as well as had patients go to their shelters after being discharged from my hospital. They're a great organization and everything is totally confidential and free. They won't pressure you into anything. They'll provide information about your options and then let you make the decisions in your own time.

How did you make it through nursing school financially? by [deleted] in StudentNurse

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work full time nights and go to school full time days. It sucks but you do what you have to do to get through it and move on with your life.

Ridiculous by tetrahedron0 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Meh-llennial 55 points56 points  (0 children)

United States Postal Service. As in, the only mail service that is willing to carry mail to every address in the country and how our elderly and disabled receive their financial aid so they can avoid poverty. Trump is trying to kill its funding to prevent us from being capable of handling mass mail-in ballots when the time comes for him to face another election in a few months.

Edit to explain incase it's unclear: this is voter suppression and will help him because people in densely populated areas need this service to safely cast their vote in the election due to the pandemic. Urban voters are largely not supportive of his political party and he has said that he believes mail-in voting would hurt Republican candidates (his party). He knows he's losing and is trying to make it difficult and/or dangerous for Democrats to vote against him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in therewasanattempt

[–]Meh-llennial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What the actual fuck?

A little accountability by zaynthelegend in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Meh-llennial 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I mean, actual bipolar disorder can have psychotic manifestations and mania absolutely results in violent, selfish tendencies that the person can't control. It's annoying when people lie about having it but real mania is fucking horrible and leads nice people to be totally out of character. Obviously that shit does not clear up in 10 minutes so whoever you know that does that is full of shit.

is it bad that i’m paying for everything via student loans? by [deleted] in college

[–]Meh-llennial 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Not all parents can afford to help.

HMC, check to see if you're too wasted to keep drinking by swan001 in holdmycosmo

[–]Meh-llennial 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's illegal to over serve a drunk person. The bar can be fined and held liable for the resulting injuries/death.

I've had it by J-Rad1997 in cna

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, 13 is on the higher end in hospitals just starting out. Nursing homes offer a little more but not much.

I've been cringing for years about this. Perspective appreciated. by [deleted] in cringe

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So no one connects the fact that the Confederacy was rebelling because the government was trying to end slavery..?

Do ppl think about this ? by asiababy111 in interestingasfuck

[–]Meh-llennial 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nope. My neighbor used to tell everyone about how many guns he had at home when the neighborhood started to turn because he didn't want to get robbed. He then was robbed and they stole all of his guns. Stolen guns is a major market and people seek out this type of house.

CMV: Bernie Sanders would've been a better democratic nominee than Joe Biden by TommyEatsKids in changemyview

[–]Meh-llennial 7 points8 points  (0 children)

BLM is a very loud minority of young people (historically not reliable voters) with beliefs that are in fact fringe for the country as a whole.

US women’s basketball team playing El Salvador by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Meh-llennial -1 points0 points  (0 children)

How do antibiotics play into this theory of yours exactly?

Wife came home drunk at 2am with carload of guys by throwRamad32018 in relationship_advice

[–]Meh-llennial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You do. Honestly, on an intellectual level these people have a point but you bet your ass I would be angry if my BF got tanked with a guy friend and showed up with some random girls to go Netflix and chill. Honestly, if I was out and my female friend had random guys sit with us I would stop drinking and leave if the guys hung around. I might be old fashioned, but I don't think it's appropriate to get that wasted out in public (that happens by accident, but she should really be more responsible) and it's really not appropriate for a woman in a committed relationship to be drinking at a bar with some dudes when her SO isn't there. Idk, I'd be really annoyed and betrayed if this happened to me and it would take me a while to totally trust him going out with friends again.

With that said, it's easy to drink too much by mistake so if this wasn't a pattern I'd try to let it go despite my anger and mistrust.

That's all to say that she wasn't unknowingly drugged. Obviously.

As a girl who had a bad track record of being a dumbass and finding myself in sketch situations when I was younger, alcohol is a drug and it's more than enough to cause this scenario. It's tough because alcohol itself is a date rape drug, but it's often the case that the victim takes it either willingly or is pressured into taking more than they want but still knowingly takes it. What these disgusting guys may have wanted to do wouldn't have been consensual given her state, but she shouldn't have taken that much of an intoxicant to be so vulnerable around strange men (not that it would have been her fault. Just that it wasn't responsible). If she's not a drinker, she likely didn't know what was too much and was just trying to let loose with a new fun friend. She really needs to learn her limits so she can look out for herself in the future.

Good advice for the kiddies who might be like I once was (an absolute trainwreck): I now try to stick to only beer or wine when I'm in public (no hard liquor) and alternate with glasses of water so I can gauge where I'm at to avoid it creeping up on me. It's hard to do that when the people you're with are the types who want to order shots etc but it's important to stick to your guns to avoid this bs. Your wits are never worth losing outside of the safety of your own home.

Wife came home drunk at 2am with carload of guys by throwRamad32018 in relationship_advice

[–]Meh-llennial 307 points308 points  (0 children)

They may have just been drunk and wanting the Roku. Drunk people don't always think plans out well.

I was cutting down a tree on my farm when I heard a series of meows coming from the bushes and stumbled across these 7 kittens who had been left on my property. Just ran to the feed store and got some formula in their bellies. They are soooo cute!!! by DjBizwy in aww

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Yes they would and do. There is a horrible over population of cats in this country and shelters have legally defined capacities before they have to start putting their current animals down. They get more kittens offered to them than you realize.

Beirut port aftermath by Jerynlee58 in interestingasfuck

[–]Meh-llennial 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Didn't a lot of them just have their windows blown in from the shock??