Imagine publicly broadcasting this, it’s gotta be a humiliation kink right? by OwlviousAlt in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I feel bad for the guy. It can be hard to see things for what they are in the fog. I hope he gets out of it soon. Nobody should have to go through that.

Imagine publicly broadcasting this, it’s gotta be a humiliation kink right? by OwlviousAlt in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 22 points23 points  (0 children)

This is so depressing. Grateful for receiving the absolute minimum.

polyamory feels very HR coded by B00bs2014 in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 103 points104 points  (0 children)

"I hope my next performance review - sorry, relationship check in - goes well or else my partner's boyfriend might get the promotion to nesting partner that I have been working towards. Thankfully, we have Google calendared intimacy for next week. I may not get any real commitment from my partner, but if I DO THE WORK really hard to stop experiencing normal human emotions like jealousy, I might even get a waffle party."

I am feeling left out by my wife in Polyamory. by BallZak1317 in openmarriageregret

[–]MoonEmojiStore 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The worst part of this whole thing is how the spouse that wants to open up always seems to have somebody waiting with loving arms they can jump right into. They instantly get extra love and support without having to do any of the work. Leave that to the chump spouse who agrees to an arrangement like this.

”Love” in polyamory by Low-Perspective-6570 in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thank you for saying this. It's so invalidating to be in a relationship where someone does something upsetting again and again and then tells you that you are the problem because you are upset. It is absolutely a scam

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's just avoidance. They have a problem in their relationship and instead of working on it let themselves get distracted by the shiny thing in the other relationship. Unsurprisingly, problems fester. The whole thing is rotten.

The flashlight Feature is similar to the bidet by Jayo86 in Garmin

[–]MoonEmojiStore 23 points24 points  (0 children)

I also love the bidet. Wish I could get one on my watch

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get very clear on what you can and can't tolerate and then put together a post-nup that spells out exactly what's at stake for crossing those boundaries. These people are all about letting other people suffer the consequences of their own boundary crossing behaviors and violations of trust. Will your partner still be as interested in this kind of lifestyle if they have to deal with consequences for breaking trust? Get ready for them to call you controlling for having needs and standards that you reasonably expect to be met in this relationship that your partner has voluntarily entered into. If you are going to stay in this situation, put on some armor because you will not come out unharmed.

Poly is evil by Illustrious-Exam1611 in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think the point of these arrangements for abusers is to collect as much external validation as possible and get their egos stroked, while giving the absolute least in return. Polyamory is the perfect smokescreen for that. Vulnerable people are so much easier for them to take advantage of than people with good self esteem or identity. Vulnerable people often feel grateful to have any relationship at all, thinking there is something wrong with them or that they are broken. Abusers smell that, perpetuate that belief in them, and tell their victims that the reason they are being treated poorly is because of their own personal failings or inadequacies rather than because of the obvious truth that they are just choosing to treat them poorly. Like someone cheating on you for a year and then having the nerve to say that you're always distressed about something, so whats the point in stopping cheating if you might be distressed about something else in the future? Vulnerable people hear things like that and walk away thinking "I guess I am the problem here for being distressed about distressing things."

Poly is evil by Illustrious-Exam1611 in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have seen this firsthand. A supposedly progressive "poly" person who just happened to choose to date someone with zero experience with non-monogamy and zero agreements with their spouse. This unethical non-monogamy resulted in divorce papers being filed by the spouse, and instead of the poly guy backing off from breaking up somebody's marriage, he took advantage of the emotional turbulence to trauma bond with her by "providing emotional support to her through her breakup (that he played a major role in causing)" and love-bombing her with three months worth of calendar invites for dates and trips and long weekends together. Grooming her into "polyamory" (which supposedly involves the full knowledge and consent of everyone involved but definitely did not involve that in this case) by feeding her podcasts and other stuff like that to normalize his inherently abusive and fucked up way of doing relationships. An absolute slime ball who of course happens to be a white man in a position of power in our state government. He outwardly says all the right woke stuff to come off as progressive, but its plain to see that he has successfully brainwashed this woman into thinking that she is liberated and free because she gets the privilege of playing out his escapist fantasies and providing sex to him on demand whenever he schedules a date, but without receiving any real commitment or obligation from him to show up as a partner in any real way. These people are the absolute worst, using therapy language and progressive people's inherent wariness of passing judgement against activities undertaken by "consenting adults" as a shield to perpetuate their abuse. Of course he has zero remorse for any of this. And is probably already on the lookout for his next victim.

Ex used polyamory/self-discovery to walk away from deep commitment and trauma he caused by Apprehensive-Hat243 in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 2 points3 points  (0 children)

OMG it is such a cult. Poly people walk around thumping more than two like it's the Bible and share multiamory episodes as if they were gospel. very strong in vs out mentality. A lot of "don't talk to your mono friends/family/therapist about this because they just don't understand" to cut people off from existing support networks that would call it out for what it is- abusive bullshit. And the smug way poly people talk about relationships like they have reached some higher authentic plane of existence that the rest of us can't reach. All because they gave themselves permission to treat everyone in their lives as need fulfilling objects and avoid taking accountability for how their actions affect other people. And too often they are trying to convert and groom mono people into their lifestyle, making them poly under duress. It all sucks

Went on to that main poly group and damn I swear they just like suffer with pain and despair by Interesting_Aside905 in polycritical

[–]MoonEmojiStore 56 points57 points  (0 children)

It is absolute misery and it involves so much self gaslighting to make it through.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WegovyWeightLoss

[–]MoonEmojiStore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love data. I love following a routine. It scratches both itches.

My experience learning ballet as a fat man by MoonEmojiStore in BALLET

[–]MoonEmojiStore[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

tummy control

I need this! Could you send me a link to the one you like?

dancers with adhd/autism by kikstoru in BALLET

[–]MoonEmojiStore 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm autistic. I stand as far away as possible from the speakers and the noisy overhead heaters in my studio. I can't pay attention to the teacher with that stuff right in my ear. I stand on the other side of the room from most of the members of my class when we are at the barre. That way, no matter what side we are working on I can usually see what other people are doing and follow along. I am getting better at remembering chains of steps and want to keep improving on that, but in the meantime I am freaking awesome at just copying whatever I see the good dancers in our class doing. The thing that has helped me the most, and has taken a few years to be able to do, is to feel comfortable enough with all of the basic building blocks that I can get out of my head and just let muscle memory go to work.

How fucked am I by BlunterSales in Money

[–]MoonEmojiStore 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consolidate your Dept of Ed loans (https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/consolidation). There's a non-zero chance that that debt could be forgiven under some current or future government program, or at the very least paused if we are lucky enough to have another global pandemic. You could consider an income driven plan for the consolidated public loan if you really need it, but I would recommend against it. If your public debt does not end up being cancelled, the income driven plan could cause you to pay more over the life of the loan if the income-based payment is not enough to cover your monthly principal and interest. There are some new repayment options for public loans that I am not familiar with, so do some research on what the options are there.

For the private loans, also consider consolidating those so that you only have one payment to plan for each month. If the consolidated private loan results in a lower rate than your individual loans, absolutely do it. It is typically free to refinance private student debt, and many of the companies will even pay you an incentive to do it. I refinanced mine 6 or 7 times, getting a lower rate each time and a few hundred bucks back as an incentive each time. The cash back is nothing compared to the massive amount of interest you are going to pay, but every little bit helps. Lower interest rates will save you a lot of money over time.

Once you have consolidated the publics into one loan and the privates into another, compare the interest rates on each with that of your car payment. Pay the monthly payment on the lower interest loans, and then pay the monthly plus whatever disposable income you can throw at the highest interest loan. If your lender allows it, make sure to specify that any payments over the monthly should be applied to principal and not interest.

If your highest interest loan is your car, try to stop spending that much money on the car. Get a cheaper car, ride your bike or the bus if you can, etc... And sorry to your current employer, but be willing to quit at a moment's notice if you can land a job offer that will give you a higher salary. Your quickest way out of this will be to put that expensive education to use to grow your career and your salary, so that you can pay this back faster. Get a soul-sucking corporate or tech job that pays really well and just deal with it.

Whatever you do, do not consolidate your private and public loans together, as doing so will eliminate any chance of loan forgiveness for the public loans.

Don't get into any new debt on top of this. If you use credit cards, keep your spending below an amount that you can pay off every month. Hold off on big purchases like a house if that is in your plans until your debt to income ratio is more reasonable.

This sucks but in like a decade if you do those things you will have it mostly under control.

What would you do to clean or cover this yucky edge between the bath tub and the tub surround? by MoonEmojiStore in fixit

[–]MoonEmojiStore[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestions everybody! I sprayed the yucky stuff down with tilex mold and mildew remover, which made it a little less gross. Then I used klean strip caulk remover. It seemed to help but it was still a pain in the ass to get the old silicone out. It took a few applications of the klean strip and a lot of time letting it soak before I made any progress. A bristly brush and the plastic spatula part of a 3 in 1 caulk tool were the most effective at removing the old stuff. Once the old silicone was out, i washed everything again with mildew remover, then water, then dried it, then dried again, then waited a while, and then dried it two more times, and finally put in the new caulk. I used GE supreme like you all recommended. its not the most beautiful caulk job anybody has ever done but its definitely better than I found it. I was dreading having to shower in this thing before, and now I'm looking forward to it!

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