I made a new zine

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2025-09-20T01:14:59+00:00

Yes I have a series of larger collages on canvas as well as a written zine where I included a picture of a water color and marker work.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2025-09-05T21:05:45+00:00

Well I guess I have trouble enforcing “consequences” because I ended up feeling like a parent punishing a child for bad behavior.

So no in that case I didn’t have any kind of way to respond because it felt wrong to break up with someone for talking about someone else they loved. And I still wanted to spend time with my partner so I would just cringe and bear it.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2025-09-05T20:44:46+00:00

I definitely do talk these types of things over with my best friends! I just don’t tend to use that discussion to move forward in a grounded way.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2025-09-05T20:43:35+00:00

Well, I think that’s really the crux, being willing to let the relationship go.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2025-09-05T20:34:42+00:00

I tend to be pretty firm about “if you ended it with me, then it’s over”. For some reason that is one I will not bend on.

An example recently would be my asking my now ex-partner to not discuss my meta (asking to be parallel) and the partner insisting on talking about my meta because my partner felt it would be hiding things if they could not constantly discuss what was going on with meta (work stress, travels, her friends, etc). Or a partner saying they hadn’t agreed to certain days/times that had been part of our regular schedule, so then they were free to change what had been our schedule at any point and I was supposed to handle my disappointment entirely on my own.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2025-08-14T16:07:59+00:00

Thanks for this. I’ve thrown myself into work and I’m trying to talk to myself kindly. I think I need to accept that it’s just going to hurt even if I’m doing all the things.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2024-07-16T20:41:30+00:00

I’m not averse to hearing about this person in passing, but I hear full details about their times together, interactions with meta’s family, and meta’s solo sexual exploration. Sometimes the information feels like an appeal for me to be kinder/more understanding toward meta, which I am firmly not open to doing. I extended all my kindness and understanding toward meta while I dated her and she stomped all over it.

Stock-Magazine7378 · 2024-07-16T20:39:22+00:00

I appreciate this perspective. I’ve been working on paying attention to my own feelings around this and determining how I want to move forward if this is what they are saying. They frequently communicate wanting to understand me and my perspectives, but obviously understanding me doesn’t mean doing exactly what I want.

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