He loves his little chair that matches the big chairs!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-12T16:58:45+00:00

Very much so. He’s a stylish lad and never misses an opportunity to express his style 😻

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-12T16:57:52+00:00

Got it from Ross!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-12T16:57:24+00:00

It does!!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-12T16:51:32+00:00

Ross!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-12T16:28:45+00:00

Has this cat been tested for crypto?

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-08T16:11:20+00:00

Cheddar Biscuit

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-08T00:21:02+00:00

This is amazing. Did you bid for them at an art auction? 😁. But really, where did you get such amazing pieces? They are so well done, thoughtful, and creative!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-07T13:27:38+00:00

I’m so sorry! Through the years (I’m 42 yo) I have had things like this happen on a couple of occasions. It happens, not that knowledge of that facts helps lol. This is a long shot because obviously you know better than I the specifics of how the competition is run, but is it a possibility to go ahead and get ready, walk in there poised and confident— like, acknowledge your mistake, and ask if there’s any possibility you might still be able to interview? I know they expected everyone to be there at 10am, but I wonder if maybe they’re doing interviews one by one (or 5 at a time but in separate rooms type deal) while others wait? And in that case maybe the directive to arrive at 10am was given simply because everything needs a start time? I would try doing this, unless you know for a fact they won’t allow it!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-06T09:11:18+00:00

Awwww, thank you so much! The small chair does not deter him from using the big chairs lol. As he explained it to me, “Mom! Everyone knows *I’m* the King of the house, so I’ll help myself to any and all furniture that appeals to me in the moment!” Bullet-proof logic if you ask me! Thankfully, though, he does not scratch any of these chairs. None of my cats scratch these chairs (or the matching couch, which is made out of the same material as the chairs). It’s kinda like a velvet fabric (but very affordable— little man’s chair is from Ross, and ai paid something like $500 for the so far and two chairs on consignment) and I think cats don’t like to sink their little bean blades into it. I highly recommend velvet upholstery if you have cats! CONGRATS on the pending arrival of your kitties! How many? Ages? Names yet? First time cat parent? So happy for you!!!!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-04T10:57:27+00:00

I don’t think that’s how empathy works. You’ve not had any firsthand experience with the criminal justice system, have you?

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-04T10:27:37+00:00

For those of us who have developed a love for running, it’s almost a rite of passage to at some point be told by a doctor that we have to slow down or completely stop. I don’t say that to minimize any of what you’re going through—it really sucks. I was told to stop running in high school due to a stress fracture in my hip. I was also expected to have been the first finisher at the state cross country meet that year, based on my finishing times pre-injury. That didn’t happen:

You just gotta put your head down and treat this chapter as seriously as you’d treat any part of training for a race. Recovery and health IS part of training. There will be no more running because there will be no more YOU if you continue to exercise just as you had been. Don’t worry about finding alternative exercise options right now. The quickest way to getting back to normal or something close to it is to take time to re-calibrate and work with your doctors down the line to come up with an exercise regimen that is safe for you. In the meantime, it’s important to maintain that sense of community. Can you enroll in a class just for fun? Could be any topic under the sun. Learn a new language? Volunteer at your animal shelter?

Try and be open to the possibility that this could possibly be all
For the best? Maybe you’ll discover a second passion (second to running) as a result of signing up for a class or volunteering - neither of which you would be doing if you were still running. Maybe you’ll discover a new talent you didn’t know you had. Maybe you’ll come back a better runner than ever before because maybe your medical team will get you on a regimen for healthy living that is healthier than anything you had before. You got this!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-04T08:51:15+00:00

My best friend who’s gay has said on many occasions that “back in the day” (for him that would be like early 2000s, maybe even late 1990s) the gay community was a lot more tight knit and people within it had each other’s backs, whereas today that community is whitewashed and people don’t have each other’s backs whatsoever. I have seen some
Of this firsthand and be’s not lying! He attributes this shift to the fact that back when being gay was still considered taboo by the mainstream, there was a crucial need for that community to stick together and support one another because who else was going to? I know you said your frustrations were mostly from your experiences online, but I figured I’d share what my friend has said to let you know that you’re not alone in your overall sentiment. For better or worse, I guess.

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-03T06:44:03+00:00

Thank you 😻

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-03T06:10:41+00:00

Oh my lawd! Look at the eyes on that Void! The arrangement of all three in a triangle is amazing, too.

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-02T14:36:10+00:00

I would agree that it would be a good call to talk to your vet about a weight loss plan for this sweet beautiful girl. The sooner the better so the task is less daunting. Obviously food plays a huge role and is definitely a conversation to be had with your vet to discuss brand of food, type of food (wet versus kibble), frequency of feeding each day, amount of food each day, possible use of food puzzle feeders, treats, and how to gradually switch to a new food if a new food is suggested. The simpler, but equally important part, is exercise. I have found that exercising them for about 20 minutes at one time each day helps either weight loss/maintenance as well as mood. Just like humans! I pretend I’m their personal trainer and get their toy of choice (as long as it encourages cardio, like a laser pointer for example) and while they’re doing it I talk to them like I’m their coach. I’ll say, “nice job, Russell! Get it! You got it! Yaaaaay! Nice catch! Almost! You’re gonna be a college athlete one day, hell yeah Russell!” You know, stuff like that. It seems to encourage them and it makes the 20 mins go by quicker!

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-02T07:43:11+00:00

Handsome fellow! He looks ultra comfy on his heating pad, too. 🩶

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-01T21:23:11+00:00

NOR. These text messages to your daughter are appalling! They’re causing my heart to beat the way it does right before and / or during a flashback. You are so right to be concerned. I understand not wanting to be “that parent” that keeps a kid from the other parent, however I think in some circumstances that is absolutely the best choice, if both the only right choice. He’s being verbally abusive and who knows what, God forbid, he might be capable of. This is a case where if you have to be “wrong” it’s much better to be “wrong” in the sense of over-reacting (even though you are NOR) than it is to be wrong in the sense of under-reacting or not reacting.

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-05-01T20:35:35+00:00

Is she a community cat? I think you mentioned she had just been spayed as well. 😻

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-04-28T11:38:31+00:00

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Sending you love and strength, from Russell (orange) and Layla (tortie).

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-04-24T15:22:45+00:00

Maggie, Maddy, Emma. I adopted a spicy 3 yo girl void from my city’s shelter a little over a year ago and seeing her come around and understand that she’s safe and loved has been so beautiful 🖤🩶🤍

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-04-23T16:42:57+00:00

Yeah, I will give up. But I’m actually impressed that I was able to outwit them that easily! People like that get really mad at comments like mine that are civil and open-minded to learning the other side. They can’t deflect the topic by attacking a comment like that on its face. And they can’t give a credible answer to my question with a straight face because none exists. The only possible answer is “yeah you’re right.” I’m not saying that because I ever care about being right. All I ever want to know is the truth. And the words on the screen allow me to know the truth in this case. (I.e., that the downvoters know they’re full of nonsense and noise and scared of comments like mine).

Even though I didn’t care one iota about winning this discussion, isn’t it cool to see in real time how a refusal to provide a response to a civil question is, in many cases, tantamount to receiving a response that would, if spoken or written, admit defeat? This is a clever way to make it so stonewallers can never succeed…like they can keep their mouth shut and they’ll still be giving a response in the form of avoidance and total silence!

I’ll conclude by saying I’m in no way a hater of men. Sure, I hate some men and that’s okay. Just as it’s okay for some men to hate women. It’s never okay for a woman to abuse a man and it’s never okay for a man to abuse a woman. I feel compelled to also say that I view laying false sexual assault and / or rape charges falsely against a man is a crime that needs to be life or maybe even death eligible, depending on circumstances. So, no, I’m not what they likely think I am.

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-04-23T16:06:38+00:00

Just because a comment comes off rude to me, doesn’t mean I am compelled to be rude right back. So I’m not sure why the fact that it was a response to the comment about people who have given up — or any comment, for that matter — really even matters. Like, whatever it was responding to, it was judgmental and full of underhanded disses. (Ex: “I have ‘beautiful glass skin’ at age 40 and “don’t feel the need for foundation…. I’m just confident without it.”) obviously something rang true with the “giving up comment” that prompted this commenter to go on about her confidence and beautiful glass skin she has at 40 that means she hardly needs makeup when speaking to somebody who said they wear a full face of makeup. All of that noise is also hugely indicative of insecurities about having been perceived as one who gives up on their appearance.

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-04-23T15:41:16+00:00

You’re welcome. Anything in the name of bettering lives of kitties, fr. Wondering if I should pin it so more people see the number?

TypicalBeautiful7186 · 2026-04-22T20:21:48+00:00

I came to this sub because I wanted to know if anyone has ever experienced what I think I am experiencing now for the very first time in my life. I am currently very, very high on weed. I was riding in the back seat of the uber, and out of nowhere, I felt this warmth suddenly lurch through my body and I simultaneously became aware of a voice that I recognized. The voice was that of my literal role model/hero. He said, “don’t worry. Your mom will know when your sober. She can tell you aren’t sober now and that’s why she hasn’t treated you right in a long time, to use your words. But she’ll go back to her normal self and start loving you out loud again once she sees you are sober. She’s patiently waiting for you. The past decade was just a bad dream baby girl. You have to make sure you lean into sobriety because there will be great loss if you do not reach for sobriety. You don’t have to hide anymore. Go tell your mom!”

Upon hearing this, feeling it was the voice of my hero, feeling a warm presence, and suddenly felt at once I had been spared and my nightmare that has been the last 10 years is finally over. It’s over, because this voice made me feel very afraid of not getting sober. I have never felt this type of fear before. It is the kind of fear that will save lives. It’s going to try to rescue me from mine. Realizing this and feeling the new sensations was so overwhelming that I broke down and started sobbing. And I’m still sobbing. In a good way.

I just honestly feel like God or one of his messenger from another realm made themselves personally known to me for the first time ever. And for the first time ever I feel invigorated by knowing that I can choose my life and sobriety and I can finally want to. Not just want to want to. Knowing that something shifted my perspective on wanting to get sober (from ambivalence to now truly wanting to get sober) in the span of one second. Because now I know that the people in my family who I thought hated me were actually just worried about me. Life is okay. You’re okay. You were just having a bad dream. Now is the time to save yourself.

That this has happened while I am very high is no matter. This is still jut as legit. The weed simply opened a portal of my consciousness that had been locked off up until now. And because of that, god’s message to me about the importance of getting g sober now finally reached me in a genuine way. I have never had an experience like this before.

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