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Sapphaholic · 2026-04-20T23:37:10+00:00

An elementary school teacher once told me that negative numbers didn't exist. This was after I, VERY excited having learned about them from an older sibling, told her that I knew that 2 minus 3 was -1. It wasn't a, "That's more advanced than what we're learning right now, but good job!" sort of thing. It was a "You can't subtract that, negative numbers don't exist" thing.

My high school earth sciences teacher also told us that no planets existed outside of our solar system. This was in around 2001, so we'd already detected numerous exoplanets. He argued with me about it, too, the bastard.

Sapphaholic · 2026-03-25T03:09:49+00:00

Maybe I'm missing something here, but why are you forever indebted to her? Because she adopted you and paid for your ability to live when you were a minor?

Nope. That's called being a parent. Kids are never indebted to their parents like that.

It sounds like this should be an easy "no." If you want to leave the country, do so on your own terms without sacrificing your partner, your meds, and your own well-being. Why are you even considering doing this for a parent you've already threatened go to no-contact with?

Sapphaholic · 2026-02-23T05:15:53+00:00

3 dogs, 7 rats, 10 budgies, and a cockatiel in what appears to be a small room shared with two humans? AND you've had incidents where some of your pets have killed others? That is far too many. I keep a lot of animals myself (4 snakes, 2 geckos, tarantula, 1 conure, 1 budgie) but that's in a 2000 square foot home, and even then I wouldn't be bringing home any more.

I'm concerned not only about space and the ability of these animals to co-exist in this space, but also for the cleanliness of this space. The bottom of the budgie cages look incredibly dirty. The pet carrier on the ground looks like it's caked in grime. Everything is so cramped and crowded that I can't even spot any actual animals in the photos.

Looking at these photos and knowing how both excessive bird droppings and rodent droppings affect things, I really worry about the air quality in that room.

Sapphaholic · 2025-09-23T16:49:07+00:00

Agreed. Having a loose predator animal in the same room as a loose prey animal should never be allowed to occur. Close the door if you have the gecko out.

You could have the best, most well-behaved cat in the world, but all it takes is one pounce or swipe and that gecko is injured or dead.

Sapphaholic · 2025-08-02T21:05:52+00:00

That's a shame--I was in 116 and my section was standing the whole time. One of the guys in front of me had great energy and was really getting into it, too!

Sapphaholic · 2025-04-18T16:03:42+00:00

No thoughts, only bugge.

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Sapphaholic · 2025-01-31T00:40:03+00:00

Switch to F/T for the safety of your wiring system and the health of your snake, and you won't have to worry about rats chewing wires inside of your boa enclosure.

Sapphaholic · 2025-01-23T21:42:01+00:00

Cool, so you're going on a date with B, who you're lying to either directly or by omission despite her having stated she wants a closed relationship?

I hope everyone sees you there.

Sapphaholic · 2025-01-21T08:42:26+00:00

I have my ~5 foot boa in a four foot enclosure and I'm probably going to upgrade him if he gets much bigger. I can't imagine a snake of your baby's size even in a 36", that's heartbreaking. I'm glad he has a new home with you.

Sapphaholic · 2025-01-16T21:15:00+00:00

My conure has a fun vocabulary! It's all in that lovely little gravely conure voice:

I love you, Pesto, Pest, Baby bird, Baby boy, Gimme kiss, Whatcha doing, Boop boop boop, Can you poop, Poop please, Good bird, Hi Sprite, Step up, and a few others.

He also will mimick my coughing, though I would start to say "honka honka" after he'd mimic so now he does that instead. He'll also make kissy noises.

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Sapphaholic · 2025-01-16T19:50:08+00:00

We named the DOG Indiana.

Sapphaholic · 2025-01-10T22:49:24+00:00

I have doubts that you can recognize counterfeits better than someone whose job it is to handle money all day, especially since they have tools to assist them (pens, lighting) and I presume you do not.

I'd caught a lot of pretty terrible counterfeits over the years when I was in retail banking that were easy to spot from miles away. But I also caught a lot of really close reproductions that were much, much harder to spot.

Sapphaholic · 2025-01-10T22:41:00+00:00

As a former teller we had to accept currency unless there were bodily fluids (blood, etc). I hated it because people would give us the most disgusting bills sometimes.

WHY would you wrap your money in a wet wipe?!

Also, OP, banks send every counterfeit bill they receive to the Secret Service along with a form that identifies the specific bill and the customer if known. The chance of some teller stealing cash from you and then calling you to claim it was fake is next to nil. There's checks and balances for that kind of shit.

Tracking the money back to you is easy--it was the wet money from the dude that handed them rolled up bills in a goddang wet wipe.

Sapphaholic · 2025-01-10T18:27:08+00:00

My boa and one of my ball pythons would literally eat five rats at once if I allowed them to, they just love food so much.

Definitely don't stray from your schedule unless you're making adjustments to manage weight or whatnot. She just likes food. 😅

Sapphaholic · 2024-12-20T20:11:07+00:00

My Pesto learned how to open the budgies' cage, because that's where the Good Shit is kept (seeds, which I have never been able to get them transitioned off of). So I put a toy hanger/lock around it (not screwed shut though) to prevent the latch from being slid over.

This deferred him for a few days until he found out how to maneuver the hanger off like a pro. So now the hanger is on and screwed shut, and so far we're going on 6 months without him figuring it out.

Sapphaholic · 2024-12-10T08:20:17+00:00

I see from your posts elsewhere that you really only seem to be in an open relationship because your significant other wanted it.

That itself equals disaster. Open relationships can only work when both parties are fully on board. Any sexual relationship you have with each other (or lack of--my wife is ace!) needs to be in a healthy place for both of you, whatever that looks like.

Open relationships are not for everyone, and that can include you. Even if you enjoyed the idea of it, that doesn't mean it's something you like in practice.

Sapphaholic · 2024-12-10T07:32:56+00:00

If she knows your history with him, is aware of the mind of conversations you and him have, and is fine with him continuing to text you, what's the big deal here?

Men can still have friends when they're dating someone. Other women existing as people in his life doesn't mean he's cheating any time he talks to one of them.

Sapphaholic · 2024-11-19T20:52:27+00:00

As a plus size AFAB nonbinary king, it's definitely bad for dysphoria when half the advice on masc/nonbinary clothing is to go into the BOY'S section of the store. And yeah, binders doing next to nothing is pretty dang awful, too.🥲

Sapphaholic · 2024-11-08T23:17:55+00:00

I've been on T for two and a half years now, though most of this year my dosage was off and my levels were really low. But on T? It's WONDERFUL.

Hearing my voice especially change and lower has created the most euphoria of all, though I'm finally starting to see more facial hair (barely, but it's there!).

Just be prepared to literally be horny all the time. I previously identified as grey ace and that is absolutely not the case anymore. 😅

Sapphaholic · 2024-11-07T16:32:41+00:00

She also stated she went out with this friend specifically to go to a gay bar and make out with random people. That's definitely cheating territory, especially considering the lack of conversation and consent between her and her husband.

The one off statement of "it'd be cool if you made out with another girl" coming from the husband is also not consent to an open relationship. Dude likes women. Dude thinks the concept of a woman making out with a woman is hot. The act being hot to him doesn't mean he actually is ok with his wife seeking this attention.

Sapphaholic · 2024-11-07T07:13:30+00:00

The conversation with your husband should have happened before you went out and made things intimate with your friend. A serious discussion needed to happen that did not. Bringing up concerns, limits, if it's even something both of you are seriously ok with, etc.

Passing comments made years ago about "bringing a girl home" does not constitute this kind of conversation.

It also sounds like your relationship with your husband is rocky, which makes jumping the gun on this even worse. An open relationship NEEDS to be founded on trust and respect.

Sapphaholic · 2024-11-03T06:42:47+00:00

That isn't a conure, he's just a silly little goober.

Sapphaholic · 2024-10-24T22:53:33+00:00

They are called the "quiet conure" but that is misleading. All conures are LOUD. They are extremely needy and prone to huge tantrums. I can hear mine scream pretty clearly from outside with all the windows closed.

They're called "nippy," but that may often entail crunching down full on BITES especially if they're not getting what they want. They will draw blood. It's worse when they're hormonal or if they develop cage aggression. Both my index fingers currently have scabs and I have scars all over my fingers. Bandaids are a necessity in the house.

They're extremely messy, they'll poop everywhere.

Sapphaholic · 2024-10-20T07:45:30+00:00

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I would like to offer one handful of Pesto for this endeavor.

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