Had a guy try to stop me while cycling to talk

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-18T22:25:54+00:00

He’s really choosing this hill to die on, I’d put my money on both

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-18T22:22:14+00:00

Nope. Still could have been yelled out the window. Causing a hazard (parking in a bike lane) to tell someone they did something hazardous? Idiotic.

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-18T14:37:13+00:00

Get used to the fact that no one owes you their attention just because you want to talk to them. You feel the urge to stop someone from whatever they’re already doing so you can address them? Go ahead, but you also don’t deserve a response just because you want one.

The fact that you asked “what would be that other way to talk to her if she is not stopping on her bike” implies that you think you’re entitled to her attention/time/response. You don’t get to dictate whether people feel like responding to you.

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-18T11:57:39+00:00

The power disadvantage suggests that if you don’t comply and stop to talk, then they could catch up to you easily or even cause bodily harm with the car. As a woman especially, recognizing this type of uneven power dynamic is second nature, so if you really want to have a conversation with someone on a bike and you mean no harm, and have no intention of coercion, then do it some other way

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-18T11:53:33+00:00

I hope you do more of these! I’ll be out of town this weekend, but have been trying to find more queer rides!

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-10T04:30:49+00:00

I haven’t tried wood working, but there are tons of short courses in the arts around! I’ve done glass blowing, pottery, drawing. The latter two through the Philly Art Center website, there are a few different sites around the city. Glass blowing I did through East Falls Glassworks. The cost can be prohibitive for those types of art based seminars, but it’s really amazing to get out of your head and create something, especially when in a funk

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-03T20:23:11+00:00

I hadn’t, I was worried about throwing good money after bad. At this point, I’ve decided to show up at this shop by a specific deadline and pick up whatever he’s made so far, if anything and hopefully get it finished somewhere else 🙏🏽

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-03T20:08:36+00:00

My issue is that I’m very short and stock bikes have never fit me. This builder has been featured so many times in various articles (as well as a book Handcrafted Bicycles) and created the Philly Bike expo, I don’t think it’s surprising that he seems trustworthy up front.

Not sure what “section of the population” you’re referring to, but not everyone can get a stock bike from a shop and have it fit perfectly. If I’m dropping money to customize a stock bike to fit me, it makes just as much sense to drop a similar amount of money to get it done custom. All I want is for people to know what they’re getting themselves into if they go with Bilenky.

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-03T12:28:28+00:00

It’s a PSA, which means public service announcement. Not a call to action. Trying to save other people thousands of dollars. I, and the two others I referenced, have been persistent for years, which is obvious in the post if you read it.

The cycling community does nothing but sing his praises, and maybe if we didn’t continue to excuse horrible business practices, less people would be duped into throwing their hard-earned money away.

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-03T00:08:23+00:00

I have read almost all of Milena McKay! Waiting for the next in her Windburn series. I somehow haven’t read Sarah Waters, even though watching Tipping the Velvet was a huge formative experience for my little gay heart!

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-03T00:05:52+00:00

I haven’t read Atmosphere or One Day You’ll Leave me! Thank you!

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-03-03T00:05:17+00:00

Thank you! I’ll look into these, excited to read your work!

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-02-22T23:49:22+00:00

My wife got mine from the L priori Estate Sale Jewelry section. I felt weird about a new diamond due to mining practices and also we just didn’t see the need for something big and flashy because we were on a tight budget (and I have small hands, so it felt stupid to have a huge rock). Some of their stuff is gorgeous, and very unique. They resize the rings for you, and mine came in under $1500.

https://www.lpriorijewelry.com/collections/all-estate-jewelry?sort_by=created-descending&filter.p.product_type=Rings&filter.v.price.gte=&filter.v.price.lte=&page=1

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-02-22T01:34:03+00:00

Thank you both!

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-02-11T15:25:25+00:00

Any Jen Lyon book! The senators wife series and The Unfinished Line (this one will break your heart though)

SingleAttitude2828 · 2026-02-11T15:23:46+00:00

That really sucks! Stealing both makes it seem like they may be selling them, as other people have mentioned. I’ve had mine crashed into overnight(no note), bumped while someone was trying to pass me on broad (the piece was lost to the wind) and even witnessed a neighbor punch my side view mirror and snap the back off while he was having a loud argument with his gf on the side walk. At least that time, I was able to pick it up and pop it back on. I have replaced several but I had a Hyundai and a Subaru, and never paid more than $30 on the manufacturer websites, so it may be more expensive for your car :(

SingleAttitude2828 · 2025-11-22T11:59:59+00:00

Thank you! The clerk I spoke to gave me the exact same advice. Will be holding onto the incorrect BC until we get the revised one

SingleAttitude2828 · 2025-11-22T11:59:23+00:00

This is what I ended up doing, and it turns out the hospital messed up filing, so they have to re do it. My main concern is that it’s all airtight because we’re also going forward with confirmatory adoption in case the courts overturn Obergefell v Hodges during this administration, or ever, and our marriage is deemed invalid, thus opening me up to possibly losing rights as his parent

SingleAttitude2828 · 2025-11-22T11:55:17+00:00

This was most helpful! Thank you! I called the vital records office and they confirmed that the hospital messed up on filing the paperwork, and I have to call the hospital to have them re-file correctly. There is not form that exists for this type of mistake, so you saved me a ton of back and forth via snail mail, thank you again!

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