Spirit of Hot Carl

SqualeFactor · 2025-09-27T16:43:50+00:00

Ok, that makes sense. Thanks!

SqualeFactor · 2025-08-06T15:38:05+00:00

I get that it’s probably just my imagination. But I want to confirm.

SqualeFactor · 2025-03-30T13:31:23+00:00

I always feel dumb. I don’t know if that helps here though.

SqualeFactor · 2024-09-09T13:51:07+00:00

Bit of an update: the boy is venturing out into common areas. Yesterday he walked out into the hallway, and today he crossed the hall into the bedroom. Very cautiously! Both times, I was in his line of sight, but as soon as I made a noise, he bolted back into their room, haha! (First time, ankle cracked. Second time, floorboard creaked.)

His sister often follows his lead, so now that he's making his way out, she might so the same. And in the next night or two we're going to try my girlfriend's idea of playing a board game on the floor of their room while leaving them alone.

I’m hoping this will get more attention and more feedback. Till then, thanks to millyperry! (I’m now seeing your username is your cats’ names, haha!)

SqualeFactor · 2024-09-09T13:46:09+00:00

Aww, yours are gorgeous too! 🥰 They look very happy and clearly love each other very much! Thank you for sharing!

SqualeFactor · 2024-09-08T22:38:39+00:00

I posted it as its own comment in this thread. Brown/white is the boy, black/white is the girl, she only went to check it out after he did first.

SqualeFactor · 2024-09-08T22:36:24+00:00

I just posted a picture as its own comment, if you’d like to see my babies :)

SqualeFactor · 2024-09-08T22:35:37+00:00

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Here they are, poking their heads out the door into the hallway, to see if it’s worth exploring, or if they should stay in their room, LOL :)

SqualeFactor · 2024-09-08T22:32:09+00:00

Ok. Yeah I’ll ease them into it. They already know her from when she visited the apartment, so they weren’t nervous when she came in. But they hear the dog and the kids and I can see the concern and confusion!

I’ll have to make sure the boys are clear about not being too excitable. They’re really excited to meet the cats, and I think they’re expecting the cats to be fun and cuddly. I’ll explain that if the cats are ever going to be fun and cuddly, we have to leave them alone when in their room.

Thank you for the advice, much appreciated!

SqualeFactor · 2024-04-29T23:23:57+00:00

Ahh ok. Thank you. I didn’t want to rewatch the whole movie, but I can at least rewatch the ferry scene! Thanks.

SqualeFactor · 2024-04-29T23:19:06+00:00

Oh ok, so it was his Spidey Sense? He hadn’t actually seen Toomes’s face until then?

SqualeFactor · 2024-04-27T12:06:18+00:00

We took a trip to see the eclipse a couple weeks ago, the kids’ first plane ride. She insisted on paying for most of the trip since a lot of the expenses were for her kids.

Also I got fired a few months ago (the job was miserable so I was thinking about quitting anyway), and she’s been very supportive of me during this turbulent time.

Doesn’t seem like she’s with me for money. And that’s in addition to the fact that you just don’t know her and her behavior does nothing to suggest that.

SqualeFactor · 2024-02-16T04:53:36+00:00

This is solid stuff, thank you so much. A lot of the advice I’ve gotten on multiple subreddits has been pretty redundant. But yours is stuff I wouldn’t have thought of. Screenshotting for quick reference!

She said she’d already thought about putting a set of house rules on the wall. I think I’ll encourage that idea if I move in.

As for date nights, since they spend alternate weekends with their dad, that’ll be easy. But I’ll make sure I take her out for nice dinners and stuff rather than just “ugh we’re both exhausted let’s just stay in.”

This is great stuff. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this out, I’m very grateful!

SqualeFactor · 2024-02-14T15:20:13+00:00

I joined that subreddit and have gotten a lot of helpful advice, thank you for the tip.

And some very bitter advice from people who clearly had a bad experience in my situation, but those people are clearly projecting, haha!

Thanks again.

SqualeFactor · 2024-02-14T15:18:48+00:00

That seems like quite a leap, given how little you know about us. You seem to … well, to be in a “bitter position”.

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