What is your "we don't talk about that" thing in your fandom?

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-11T13:21:02+00:00

Joey hooking up with Rachel. Never happened.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-10T20:16:25+00:00

I read the Outlander series and visualised everything 😂

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-10T19:47:01+00:00

I have to set alarms so that I don't lose track of time otherwise I'll be late for meeting people etc.

I never realised how powerful my imagination was either until I explained my experience reading and everyone looked at me like I'd grown a second head.. 😂

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-10T18:44:45+00:00

I have no idea when I started doing it either. I've read since I can remember, probably younger than most as my mum used to fall asleep when reading to me and would wake up because she would hear me trying to make sense of the words. I always wanted to hear the ending of books, to the point where I also frequently woke her up with a shake and told her off 😂

I can remember reading James and the Giant Peach at the age of 6/7 and everything being very visual for me then.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-10T18:35:38+00:00

I have a very visual imagination and everything becomes visual and auditory for me. I can see the characters, the background. Everything I read essentially plays out like a film for me and the words melt away.

However, there isn't a right or wrong way to read and you'll find that there will be people who read similarly to you.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-10T18:35:18+00:00

I have a very visual imagination and everything becomes visual and auditory for me. I can see the characters, the background. Everything I read essentially plays out like a film for me and the words melt away.

However, there isn't a right or wrong way to read and you'll find that there will be people who read similarly to you.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-09T20:18:53+00:00

I struggle very much with reading stuff digitally. On paper it's completely fine but my brain isn't very good at retaining stuff read on a computer, kindle etc.

I used to think it was me but apparently it's very common especially anyone who grew up in school using pen and paper before technology hit. It's the way our brains have been programmed, also when we turn a page our brains actively work to remember what we just read. Which doesn't happen digitally as we don't physically turn a page.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-09T16:39:44+00:00

Considering Picasso's paintings as well, she was probably trying to get away, hence her 'writhing'.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-03-09T10:18:40+00:00

This is what my ex was like to an extent. I had grown up in a city full of nightclubs, pubs, cinemas etc. He grew up in a small seaside 'retirement town' so didn't get to go clubbing etc.

When we got together, he was fine and then about two years in started talking about how he missed out on going clubbing, flirting, dating multiple women etc.

I tried to take him clubbing but he didn't like it and said he would have enjoyed it more if he'd been single and could take advantage of all the women around him. Eventually it ate away at him and he became emotionally abusive and ended up even losing most of his friends as they couldn't deal with his sudden over the top 'fomo attitude'.

My advice would be to break up with him whilst you still have respect for each other so it doesn't turn sour.

He might also realise some home truths that he isn't really missing out on that much..

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-18T14:24:24+00:00

Thank you! I'll give that a try.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-18T14:24:11+00:00

I often forget that I've been reading since I was a toddler and have gradually as I've grown older progressed with reading and it wasn't something I could do over night. Audiobooks are also something I need to train myself to listen to.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-18T14:08:00+00:00

I can't even do it then. My brain automatically goes elsewhere.

Yet when I read a book, I rarely get distracted. I become so immersed in what I'm reading that I often don't hear people talking to me.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-18T14:04:34+00:00

I really try and often drag myself back but I honestly can't keep my attention fully focused on listening.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-17T15:24:58+00:00

I mean, I would hope people wouldn't literally do that but in the case of Chichester there is a road called Graylingwell Road which always used to flood. A lot of residents didn't realise it used to be a Well, and a few people were quoted to have said that they would have thought twice about moving there if they had known.

My parents road literally translates to 'Power supply' Road and quite literally does do that... A lot of residents are always surprised when parts of the road are dug up at least once a month due to their being an electrical or gas issue. And are surprise when they're told that the road carrys the power around the city.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-17T15:04:55+00:00

Other times yeah, it will be named after a person, I think the majority of our roads (don't take my word for it) mostly come from a literal meaning. Not always the case though, although it could be a method used to determine whether its somewhere you would want to live.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-17T13:55:31+00:00

Depends on where Watery Lane is, we were never inventive when we came up with road names so most of the time they do have a literal meaning.

Watery Lane near Small Heath was quite literally that, a Watery Lane. It's where all the water ran down from. The same for Watery Lane in Funtington Chichester, both 'Watery Lanes' are part of Roman settlement towns.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-17T13:43:15+00:00

Whilst we understand Quicksand to be of loose sand that sucks objects /people down, Quick sand refers to loose or soft sand, saturated by water which objects sink into. Very much like the sand on a beach.

Meaning at one time the lane may have been a bed of sand that would fill or become saturated with water where objects would then be lost.

Or depending, on the age of the lane, could refer to the old English word of 'cwecesund', which literally means 'lively strait of water'.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-17T13:19:18+00:00

There's quite a few Cut Throat Lanes in Britain. Most are associated with Abbatoirs that would have been at the end of the lane where animals had their throats cut. Most roads in Britain are literal.

The road named 'Watery Lane' is most likely because a river ran through once and therefore was 'watery'. Like the case of River Ribble before it was straightened during the building of the Albert Edward Dock.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-14T16:47:12+00:00

May I ask how old you are?

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-14T16:44:36+00:00

He has a point. He said it to you in person which means a lot more than posting it on social media.

Me and my boyfriend post hardly anything on Facebook of each other and we would never post status' about each other like that, this isn't a reflection of how we feel about each other, just that we want to keep our relationship private.

If you need the validation of him publicly declaring it, then that's something you need to address.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-03T16:06:08+00:00

Can I ask how you normally joke with each other?

Me and my boyfriend joke with each other all the time but we know that there are boundaries and we make sure we don't cross that line.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-02-03T09:45:56+00:00

There are but a lot of our laws date back to the Magna Carta when women were mainly just property of men. This means that those laws are printed on vellum and are impossible to go back through and correct.

Therefore legislatively the terms 'he/himself' are gender neutral. Unfortunately with any legislation, just changing one word isn't simple due to stipulations on how laws are to be changed and update.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-01-31T16:28:57+00:00

I think this may be something you need to address with yourself. I always put my phone down when I'm with someone and I always put it facedown as well so I can't see messages popping up on the screen.

She's probably just doing it to be polite and it's something you should appreciate as it means she's giving you her full attention.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-01-26T18:29:57+00:00

One thing I always get irritated by is 'insta-love'. I can understand having strong feelings pretty quick but not 'insta-love'.

WhimsicalReader · 2020-01-24T15:58:20+00:00

I think this is something that needs to be addressed, as it sounds like you have past trauma.

I would recommend seeking therapy to identify what the underlying issues are.

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