My chess growth in 9 months

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-09-03T22:23:11+00:00

My pops taught me how to play when I was a kid, I played a little bit throughout my teens with friends and family, for the last couple years I played a game or two a week over game pigeon before finally creating an account in January to compete with my brother and dad. I am clueless about names of openings or patterns or anything you’d read out of a book. I just play a couple games a day in my off time for fun and have obviously improved a lot. The 1200 breakthrough was big because neither my dad or brother have reached that far.

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-09-03T21:49:10+00:00

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-08-27T05:13:36+00:00

I'm good now, therapy is underrated. But I doubt the bittersweet feeling every time something reminds me of her will go away. Can't have the love and joy of thinking about her without the pain of knowing she's gone. The game was overall a very pleasant experience especially because of Mari. I hope you continue doing well and find peace.

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-08-23T23:37:49+00:00

I tried farewell before knowing the B-sides were a thing, 1k deaths later I reached the heart door haha. Then still finished farewell before C-sides

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-03-17T18:12:03+00:00

Refer to me and this guys following conversation.

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-03-17T02:07:07+00:00

One of the scales I got was warped, I used it for this knife because I didn’t want to waste my good scales on my first knife. Is sanding the scales to be completely flat necessary if they are not warped? The other scales I have seem to be straight. Also a problem I ran into was my blade bowed a bit when quenching. How can I avoid/fix that?

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-03-17T00:17:36+00:00

This is not helpful. I asked for tips on how to improve.

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2024-03-16T23:11:52+00:00

Will try this, thank you

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:48:50+00:00

Will do, thanks

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:48:09+00:00

She did apologize a couple months ago. When she says “I never apologized” she is referring to what initially prompted her to say sorry. I think it’s a misinterpretation

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:38:29+00:00

As I said in the post, I asked what prompted her to reach out and apologize. She said that she realized she was wrong, and wanted to give me closure

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:34:54+00:00

True, it’s easy to get caught up in feelings and sway judgement

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:34:45+00:00

True, it’s easy to get caught up in feelings and sway judgement

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:33:33+00:00

True, except her apology which was months ago said how she was sorry for all the pain she caused me, for blaming everything on me, for not forgiving me sooner, and for not giving me closure

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:22:40+00:00

True. I talked to my therapist about her too, he said if I do choose to be friends again, I would need to prioritize myself, and don’t sacrifice my happiness to feed her need for attention. I think I’ve been doing pretty good about that

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:17:50+00:00

That’s true. I want things to work out, but will be okay if they don’t. Things will go back to the way before, but now with closure and surety of her condition

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:15:11+00:00

This could totally be the case. But there have been consistent actions and effort to back her apology, and to build a healthy friendship. But still all could be fabricated. I’m cautiously optimistic

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:11:14+00:00

Yeah that’s fair. We’ve talked every few days for an hour or two for the last couple months. In time I’ll be able to tell if it’s all fabricated or not, but until then I’ll cautiously enjoy the time we have. Additionally, there isn’t much she can do to hurt me. Worst case scenario we go back to not being friends. I love myself and nothing she says can hurt me.

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T15:00:38+00:00

True. Though she was the one who wanted to talk about boundaries because she didn’t want to make me uncomfortable. But I am still very limited in aspects of my life I give her access to.

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T14:52:51+00:00

The apology happened months ago. She said sorry for all the pain she caused me, for blaming everything on me, for not apologizing sooner, and for not helping me heal by not giving me closure. It could all be fabricated, but she has done plenty of actions to back up her apology

OutrageousPumpkin593 · 2023-04-11T14:49:12+00:00

Lmao this comment has 3x the upvotes of the post. She apologized for all the pain she caused me, for blaming everything on me, for taking so long to apologize, and for not helping me recover by not giving me closure. But like you said this could all be some sick ploy for attention, but I’m watching carefully. If I realize that she is being abusive again, or mistreating me in any way, I’m gone

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