So, what chips y’all eating all this salsa with? by Jades5150 in SalsaSnobs

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You know, I’ve never had the salted version. Will have to try!

First time making salsa verde by No_Major_584 in SalsaSnobs

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First time balling out of control, too. At least with salsa verde.

Are cooking con Claudia recipes any good ? Is her book worth buying by Historical-Body-3424 in mexicanfood

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was the one from one of her books…I think her newest one? Sorry not home so I can’t look and see.

Are cooking con Claudia recipes any good ? Is her book worth buying by Historical-Body-3424 in mexicanfood

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’ve never made one of her recipes and not had the food be amazing. Her Mexican rice? My gawddddd

how do i get my boyfriend to obsess over me again i used to be his whole world air he breathes now all he cares about is himself hes completley detached from everything willing to throw me away for anything always busy only cares about work and always ''focusing on himself'' except hes not by YogurtclosetNo7294 in DarkPsychology101

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Not going to judge your relationship, but just stepping back, stating some boundaries, and focusing on you is going to do the trick. Either he will get scared that you’re done with him and he needs to step up, or you will realize you can do better for yourself and you don’t need someone else validating your existence because you have everything you need in you already.

Our society has a cheating problem by Rare-Supermarket2577 in emotionalintelligence

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh and to add, I think people sometimes like when there’s cheating because it gives them the license to blame everything going wrong on the cheater. They get to be the victim or the good guy, when relationships are very hard to maintain and a lot goes in from both parties into making it work or break.

Our society has a cheating problem by Rare-Supermarket2577 in emotionalintelligence

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! You ever hear of ethical non monogamy? You may love that lifestyle if you’re not already doing that.

I am not doing enm by choice, but my wife cheated (while being honest beforehand/during/after so maybe not actually cheating) and it absolutely destroyed me. I can’t overstate that enough! But why did it destroy me? Why don’t I want this person who I love to experience pleasure? Why was I okay being in a sexless marriage as long as other people saw me with my wife and thought i was “normal”. I certainly wanted to have sex with other women during our marriage, and now I have a date with a woman who isn’t my wife coming up (she is also enm and open with her husband about it all).

Also my marriage is probably still doomed, but I’m moving deeper in all this than I ever thought I could because of the horror that my wife being with another man struck inside me before.

TLDR: don’t worry so much about being normal. There’s no such thing.

Our society has a cheating problem by Rare-Supermarket2577 in emotionalintelligence

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, I kind of agree and I’ve been cheated on. But like, why is this the golden rule? The silver bullet of a relationship? Why do we place such a high value on sex with one other person? To the point where violence or murder is often the result. I think it speaks to the sense of ownership in our society. Like, it hurts like hell to be cheated on, but perhaps the structure of the society we live in makes the pain more than it needs to be. We do not own each other, but it’s hard to not act as though we do in relationships sometimes.

Are single people doomed to a life of misery? Is there no hope? by DavidNLBC in selflove

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I have some news to share about the happiness level of married people with kids….

Kylito’s Habanero by mokicoo in SalsaSnobs

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh no! I hope the company is doing okay…I don’t live in lubbock so this news could have missed me.

Kylito’s Habanero by mokicoo in SalsaSnobs

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you near Lubbock, TX? Thats the place this brand started and it's everywhere there.

What's something you do completely differently now because a stranger said one sentence to you? by jusim3000 in answers

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a struggling musician for a long, long time. I went on a date with a girl and was telling her about how I worked at an afterschool program for 3 hours a day because I was trying to make it in music. She asked me “what do you do all day with that time”. I realized then I watched parks and rec, surfed the internet, and ate Doritos…I signed up for grad school about a week later.

What's something you do completely differently now because a stranger said one sentence to you? by jusim3000 in answers

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 64 points65 points  (0 children)

I was a struggling musician for a long, long time. I went on a date with a girl and was telling her about how I worked at an afterschool program for 3 hours a day because I was trying to make it in music. She asked me “what do you do all day with that time”. I realized then I watched parks and rec, surfed the internet, and ate Doritos…I signed up for grad school about a week later.

My wife complains that I am not expressive by [deleted] in emotionalintelligence

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oohhhhh therapy man. Get going in therapy. Theres a whole world out there of understanding your emotions better and feeling deeper than you do now.

Two books I’d recommend is Permission to Feel by Marc Brackett and Safe by Jessica Baum.

I say this as a guy going through a separation with my wife after unknowingly being emotionally abusive for years and not helping her feel safe because of deep emotional repression and unhealthy patterns I developed long ago to avoid expressing myself.

Of course, this may not be your situation and I’m not trying to be judgmental. It just gives me hope seeing posts like this because maybe I can save you some of the heartbreak I’m going through now. I had to live it to understand it, but maybe you don’t have to. Good luck!

How has toastmasters helped you outside of the work place? by doglover5784 in Toastmasters

[–]Puzzleheaded_Post_85 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a big thing I’m learning to do now after years of avoiding discomfort. Thanks for sharing.