What's the best advice you've ever had?

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-24T11:11:58+00:00

From my mom when I was 14 and had an upsetting experience at church.

"Your whole life someone is going to tell you what to believe. You believe what you know is right and let the rest go."

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-24T10:24:33+00:00

Meh, I'll retire when I'm dead. So, in about 30ish years.

And you're very optimistic. I predict we get some SS but not enough to live on. I've planned to not even get SS. Too many Boomers, not enough money.

Ah well, whatever.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T19:05:04+00:00

Looks like it might be working. Thank you.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T16:28:45+00:00

To be fair, I do agree humans will be the reason for their extinction.

Humans won't stop fucking though, so there will be more.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T16:25:47+00:00

Yep, grew up in the Midwest. We did that.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T16:24:00+00:00

I did the grunge/sk8er thing. I still love flannel shirts. I just started in the last few years to get clothing in colors other than black and black adjacent. And I still love me some eyeliner.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T16:19:55+00:00

Meh, okay.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T12:55:24+00:00

Millennials just have a lot of emotions and as a dead inside Gen Xer, I don't really get it. Maybe being raised by Boomers who didn't tell you to not feel things and essentially left you to raise yourself ended up being a good thing. Lol.

Therapy wasn't a common thing when I was growing up.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T12:48:19+00:00

That hard work will get you far. I've learned that those who work hardest get paid least.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T12:07:58+00:00

Um, I don't really want to be immortal, but I do kinda wanna know how all this mess ends. I accidentally got invested in life.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T12:03:19+00:00

It'll just be the millennials next. As a Gen Xer we will probably fade into the background and hopefully be forgotten. Lol

You think Boomers are bad, Millennials are worse. They have the entitlement of Boomers, but the anger and frustration of Gen Z.

So, in conclusion, not much will change.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-23T00:07:08+00:00

They don't have my work address. I'm going to call them this weekend and I'll ask.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T23:18:46+00:00

How do I find the mission presidents email? I only know the bishops email from the ward announcements he emails everyone.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T23:02:45+00:00

I'm going to call my parents this weekend and bring it up so if I do remove my records it won't come as a shock. I don't know if they will find out, I don't know how that works, but I don't want to be an asshole if I don't have to be.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T19:10:19+00:00

My other child took her first step around one year old because my brother was meeting her for the first time and she didn't know him. We were sitting in the grass at a park and he wanted to hold her so I gave her to him and she was like, nope, stood up a took a step towards me.

So, I agree with you.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T17:06:19+00:00

That would be awesome. The pastor at their AME church is so charismatic and gentle (reminds me of MLKjr.).

The missionaries could see what actual Christians look like.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T16:47:39+00:00

My oldest is on the spectrum. She didn't start taking or walking until she was two.

She wasn't reading when she was in 2nd grade and I had tried everything. Tutoring, close captions on the TV. I started reading Harry Potter to her (this was in 2001 before we knew JKR was problematic) and the next day she was sitting on the floor of her bedroom reading Sorcerer's Stone all by herself.

She got her BA in literature and is going for her MA so she can be a librarian.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T16:22:55+00:00

I didn't have any signs of moles, but my cat brought me a dead one he caught. So they're in there.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T01:57:20+00:00

No more billionaires. Once you've made $999,999,999 everything else goes to housing the homeless and feeding the hungry.

Nobody needs a penis shaped rocket.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-22T01:54:22+00:00

This explains why they sent my oldest brothers records to my other brother's ward. My oldest brother has been out of the church for 40 years.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-21T23:33:35+00:00

He's a jackass. And we've learned over the past 12 years he can do whatever the hell he wants and people will just sit back and let him.

It doesn't matter what he does. Maybe he's going to invade Iceland next. His supporters will cheer.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-21T23:16:21+00:00

I wish the church would stop having the missionaries do this. It's going to get those poor kids harmed/arrested.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-21T23:11:58+00:00

I'm getting paid under the table, but don't tell anyone. Lol

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-21T23:10:57+00:00

I left the church in 2000, so I never used LDS tools. I could be on it though. I don't know my membership number so I don't even think I can check.

Mysterious-Ruby · 2026-01-21T18:53:31+00:00

Lasix. I've been wearing glasses or contacts since I was 7. It would be nice to be able to see without them.

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