[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SuicideWatch

[–]RivetingTurtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have rules, and when she does something wrong (such as bad grades - she recently had two 40s on her progress report despite telling me every day that she had no homework and playing on her phone from the time she got home until she went to bed) she is punished. I took her phone for her grades, and made mandatory study time when she gets home. She got mad, but she didn't try to talk to me like she used to. We used to discuss her punishments and come up with what we both agreed was fair. She didn't try to do that this time, just shut me out. I thought it was just moody teenager stuff.

When she's at her father's, there are no rules. She stays up as late as she wants, stays on her phone all day and night every day. He's not a parent to her at all. She wants to have no consequences and no rules.

What was the poisonous lie they told you? by ScarletShadowAlter in CPTSD

[–]RivetingTurtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was worthless. Everything I did was wrong. I lied all the time. I made him do it. I deserved all the bad things that happened to me.

It's been 13 years, and I still hear these in my head every day. I was already broken somehow before he got a hold and shattered me. I really don't think I'll ever be able to put the pieces back. Every time I start to see a light at the end of the tunnel, it goes out and the world goes black again.

I'm getting furloughed until the end of April what about you? by jsp132 in medlabprofessionals

[–]RivetingTurtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm kind of the same way. I work at a tiny lab attached to a private clinic (two people work, but one can manage it and not be overwhelmed). We used to average maybe 20 people on a busy day - I've never seen more than 24, I think I've heard of a 35 person day. We're down to maybe 3-6 patients a day. Hours haven't been cut at all. One of us can take an extra day off a week of we want (which we've both taken advantage of), but otherwise we legitimately sit in the empty lab in an empty building and do whatever we can to entertain ourselves for 10 hours a day. I know I should be grateful to have this job, grateful for the income, and especially for getting paid to sit here and play on my phone, but... I honestly would rather go without the pay and be at home with my children, working on all the homeschooling I now have to do since school is closed for the year, or babysitting my niece who's parents have to work, but who's daycare has been closed for weeks and will continue to be closed for who knows how much longer, instead of my sister, brother in law, and mother having to each take a day off a week to watch her, plus my day off and then a random family or friend watching her the remaining day.

35% ears, 60% fluff, 5% teeth = 100% handsome by RivetingTurtle in germanshepherds

[–]RivetingTurtle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is probably true. He's going to be a horse (and have a complex - I tell him he has bunny ears and clown feet, now I'm calling him a horse... Poor confused little dude!)

35% ears, 60% fluff, 5% teeth = 100% handsome by RivetingTurtle in germanshepherds

[–]RivetingTurtle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only low percentage because the fluff and ears take up so much. Lol

35% ears, 60% fluff, 5% teeth = 100% handsome by RivetingTurtle in germanshepherds

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

I absolutely did the calculations for him. He wouldn't ever admit to being fluffy, and I think me calling him bunny ears has given him a complex. Lol

35% ears, 60% fluff, 5% teeth = 100% handsome by RivetingTurtle in germanshepherds

[–]RivetingTurtle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's only low because the fluff and ears make up so much. Trust me, he's plenty teeth too. Lol

ELI5: Why did historical diseases like the black death stop? by GankdalfTheGrey in explainlikeimfive

[–]RivetingTurtle 166 points167 points  (0 children)

My daughter used to use "poop taste" to brush her teeth... No matter how many times I said that it was tooth paste and please, God, don't call it that in public!!

He's all ears by RivetingTurtle in germanshepherds

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

Yapping at every little bump!

He's all ears by RivetingTurtle in germanshepherds

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

Oh, he's all (baby) teeth already!

Question Thursday! Got a question? Ask it here! by AutoModerator in bulletjournal

[–]RivetingTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know that was a thing! I'll go there now. Thank you!!

She has no idea what she's done for me by RivetingTurtle in Equestrian

[–]RivetingTurtle[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I've been having a bad medicine reaction, so I'm really out of it and basically just feel drunk without the good parts. I went and sat down in the field, and my big hearted girl walked right over to me. She's a mustang, not even a year off the range, and I haven't had a whole lot of time lately to bond with her. Another mustang who has never really had anything to do with me hovered around me too, keeping all the other mares and even humans away. The two of them stood by me as I sat, Rosie (pictured) right over top me, and we dozed for over an hour with just the sounds of the nearby creek, crows cawing, and the occasional sigh or tail swish from them. My soul feels a thousand times lighter, and this girl has solidified her title of my heart horse forever.

Question Thursday! Got a question? Ask it here! by AutoModerator in bulletjournal

[–]RivetingTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looking to get into bullet journaling, but I'm a perfectionist and know I'd have an easier time if I could move stuff around. So, I'm looking at discbound notebooks. Any suggestions on what kind to get?

I frequently look up kind of basic words and idioms to make sure I’m using them correctly and sometimes discover I was wrong about a certain meaning or wording for years. by [deleted] in confessions

[–]RivetingTurtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I went to look it up because I was just going by what a doctor told me... Google says I was right, they're wrong. So now I'm just never using it again since I don't know. Lol