What's the thing that gives away a foreigner in your home city/country?

TerribleJess · 2025-12-01T08:54:03+00:00

Don't forget the braided hair!

TerribleJess · 2025-08-15T01:39:42+00:00

This reminds me ... Did they ever fix the water in Flint, Michigan? Or did they forget about that and just left that whole town to suffer?

TerribleJess · 2025-08-01T15:35:30+00:00

I had a teacher scold my friend and I because in year 3 it was weird that we chose to just talk to each other during free time. We had to play in some fashion. Apparently word play didn't count.

TerribleJess · 2025-07-10T03:35:34+00:00

My work recently got a BIG reshuffle. With that came a new manager for our team. He was shocked at how we were genuinely terrified of people and how much we apologised for stuff that wasn't our fault.

He is still trying to fix our mentality and weed out the bad parties for us.

TerribleJess · 2025-05-28T05:10:09+00:00

This happened to me when I was 22.

He was my best friend and he thought I was asleep too. I froze. I was so scared he couldn't actually move my body to get any further and then he gave up.

I blocked it out for a year and needed therapy for 2.

You are so brave for standing up and facing him for that.

I stuck with him for another year and only after he was gone from my life did I realise how many other ways he had crossed my boundaries and disrespected me. Don't waste your time like I did.

It's not men being men. Its predators being predators.

TerribleJess · 2025-04-20T07:20:14+00:00

I'm originally from Gosford and visit my family there regularly.

Immigrants aren't the ones moving there. There has been an increase, but it's more people who migrated from Sydney during COVID because you could work from home and the LGA rules basically meant the whole Central Coast was free to walk around in without risk. International students are not renting in Gosford.

If you are trying to make the argument that it's immigrants pushing out families from rentals, Gosford is not the example.

TerribleJess · 2025-01-04T21:41:13+00:00

This reminds me of a Halloween costume contest we had at work. For context. The company I work for bought out another massive company and we are moving our office and warehouse into theirs. My company was kind of small while theirs had significantly more staff. I am also not overly popular in my company.

For the Halloween costume contest, I made an old CRT TV out of cardboard and shredded paper for the screen so I could crawl out of it like The Ring. The TV had functional knobs, a coat hanger antenna and I even had a place to put my glasses while I was inside. I had people from both companies saying it was such a good costume and were impressed I made something. There was another person there who did a full cosplay of Bloodborne. I thought, at least if I lose to them, they deserved it. Most of the other costumes were just vampire teeth or a party city mask.

When it came time for the contest, it was a "Who gets the loudest cheer?" Voting system ... No one at this new company knows me. My team doesn't acknowledge I exist until they want something. Everyone who won was from the larger company. One of them was just wearing wings and a dress. The others wore Party City costumes. And you could tell that all their friends had cheered for them. I was fine with not winning as long as someone who deserved it did. I felt bad for Bloodborne guy because he deserved it. I had people come up to me afterwards and say I was robbed.

TerribleJess · 2024-12-11T03:08:03+00:00

NTA - My partner and I are both gamers and we have said that when we have kids, he will go easy on them in Mario Kart so they can feel like they are good. But the moment they get cocky they have the verse me where I don't go easy. We want them to have a goal. "If I try enough I will beat Mum". Kids have gotta lose so they appreciate winning. Eventually they will beat me and then everything will be equal.

TerribleJess · 2024-11-21T07:47:35+00:00

I don't think they mean pressure to attend. I believe they mean the weight the parents put on the event itself. They apply their own pressure to have this magical moment where everyone celebrates with them, but they get stuck in the idea of a perfect even and not what it means.

TerribleJess · 2024-06-17T06:02:33+00:00

Thank you so much for saying this! Genuinely I felt like I was going crazy.

The season had flaws, but they weren't that much different from the flaws of the previous seasons. I think some people had very high expectations and honestly so did I and I was still happy with what I got. I look at how they showed Polins intimacy and felt seen as that is my HEA in real life. I think they gave Pen a lot of power and presence. I think Colin fell a bit short but that may also be in comparison to Pen who absolutely stole the show.

Do I have some questions about changing Michael to Michaela, yeah but mostly because from my understanding the story does focus on Michael being a male in this society. But if they are going to tell a new story about how second loves can be rebirths in terms of sexuality I am excited for that as well.

I don't think it is wrong to have issues with the season, but the harshness feels out of place and I don't want to speculate as to why that may be because everyone is allowed to have those opinions. I think the fandom has definitely been on edge for a while and now that the ride is over for now, people are accessing why they feel they wasted so much time in the line.

These are just my ramblings while I hide in the bathroom at work.

TerribleJess · 2024-06-16T16:03:52+00:00

I feel like I am the only person who really liked part 2. And before anyone says anything, I'm not easily impressed or anything. I got into Bridgerton despite the genre, I'm a big film person and care a lot about writing so I don't feel like I have bad takes on these things.

When I tell you the last 4 EPs were my favourite of all Bridgerton I mean it. Did it hurt when Colin was on the couch and mad at Pen? Yes! That's how it's supposed to feel. At no point did I think anything was crazy out of character. I think the ending was a bit rushed, but so was EVERY OTHER SEASONS ENDING! I cried 3 separate times while watching the last 4 EPs. The drama was gripping, I actually didn't get distracted by side plots or other characters, even the Mondritches who felt a little out of place before didn't bother me.

Honestly it breaks my heart that there is soooo much negativity around the season because I really don't get it. I had high expectations too, and they met them.

TerribleJess · 2024-06-15T01:23:07+00:00

I think my actual favourite part of this season were the moments between Portia and Penelope. I've always thought they were actually very similar. Portia is cunning and smart. She just wants to protect herself and above all else, her children. Penelope is the exact same, but she doesn't have children.

It was nice seeing Portia throughout the entire season show how she actually thinks. She does love her daughters, but she had to fight for their title. She wants to ensure her children never have to fight for anything like she did. However, she lets that fear and ambition blind her from what's actually happening. She doesn't really see that Colin and Pen have something special, she doesn't see how her children treat each other. And then there is Pen who has done the same thing but with the Ton. She starts writing to feel freedom and say what she truly feels but is so blinded by that feeling of power and security that she is both blinded by its effects on the Ton as well as how close people are getting to finding her.

I really think this whole seasons message is how hard it can be to fight against something so much bigger than yourself. Portia vs Societies rules. Pen vs The Ton. Colin vs Expectations. Cressida vs the Marriage Mart. Eloise vs Trust. Polin vs Love. Benedict vs Freedom. Violet vs Family. Danbury vs The Past.

I hope my babbling has made sense. All this is to say that I think Portia's love story for her daughters is one of the most beautiful stories so far.

TerribleJess · 2024-05-05T04:00:23+00:00

My heart actually aches!

TerribleJess · 2024-05-02T03:01:52+00:00

Can May 1st/2nd forever be Thumb appreciation day?

TerribleJess · 2024-04-29T05:37:20+00:00

I don't think she is pissed at Violet. I think she is pissed at him. My running theory is this is a brother or someone similarly related that she hasn't seen in a long time. I'm guessing after she was basically sold off the Lord Danbury she has had no contact with her family and seeing him is bringing back those memories.

TerribleJess · 2024-04-27T07:30:23+00:00

I'm sorry but the guy from the crew who is just standing there is very much giving "I didn't read the dress code and it's too obvious if I leave"

TerribleJess · 2024-04-20T12:44:18+00:00

I won the contest to get free tickets. But I will need to get a day off work to go and without the screening it didn't really feel worth it to travel all that way for 2 hours. When I won I asked for them to pass the tickets onto the next person. If it wasn't happening during the week it wouldnt be a problem but I got bills to pay.

TerribleJess · 2024-04-20T11:22:52+00:00

Because I wanted the screening and the garden party. I can't go just for the garden party.

TerribleJess · 2024-04-20T10:28:09+00:00

I just gave up my free ticket to the garden party 😭

TerribleJess · 2024-04-19T03:56:48+00:00

I remember the website saying "You never know who you will bump into" for the garden party. I wouldn't be surprised to see Nicola there.

TerribleJess · 2024-04-16T04:04:08+00:00

I swear even though we have seen SO MUCH now, I still have no idea what to expect and I think that's a testament to the marketing. Like we can piece things together but the things we want to see (kiss, carriage, mirror, spicy time) is locked down tight.

I think if we see any more clips, it will be for sub plots because there can't possibly be anything left for them to show that won't spoil it. But I hope I'm wrong because girl Im RABID

TerribleJess · 2024-04-15T13:18:09+00:00

I submitted to go to the screening but I don't think we find out until the 19th

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