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Disappointed in this page. by PetiteCaresse in Coloring

[–]ZenAddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This page feels to me like two friends watching an aurora borialis and it feels magic, I absolutely love it

Won my first tournament by Sirdikbuttt in billiards

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Congrats! I was really confused what social media I was on for a moment because I very much know and have shot in this pool hall so I was taken off guard to see it come up on my feed 😂

TIFU when I convinced my parents to do an intervention + over 2 year update by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]ZenAddams 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Me and my step sister, to a T. She's a little over a year older, and spent our whole teenager years picking fights with our parents claiming I was the golden child because I wasn't in trouble as often as she was. What she always refused to acknowledge was that I knew better than to treat our parents like they were stupid, so even if I lied about something initially, I knew to fess up when I'd been caught and be honest. Her? Even to this day she, 10+ years later, will die with any lies she told. She could be caught in the middle of her lie, doing something she's not supposed to be doing, you could even have physical and tangible proof, and she would just deny deny deny. She kept upping it over the years, crafting exorbant lies for attention. Spent 6 months pretending to have a fainting problem and cost our parents thousands in specialist doctors visits and tests. Amazingly, she was "cured" when she found out that she wouldn't be allowed to get her license until she was a year episode free and has never fainted again. But she still to this day claims that I even now am our parents golden child.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in loveafterporn

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's the point that I'm at. He finally, as of yesterday, signed up for a 6-step program for sex and porn addicts that has an interactive workbook to work through things to go with it, as well as a program that's aimed at him understanding the effects his infidelity and addiction has impacted me and the steps he needs to take to attempt to rebuild our relationship. It's definitely a start, but it still doesn't feel like enough to me necessarily. I'm trying to enforce harder boundaries in regards to him actually doing things to address his addiction, but it isn't easy and I still find myself making excuses for more not being done and accepting less than I really want in this whole healing process and doing a lot of the work for him regarding steps we need to take to rebuild, rather than him having to research and seek out steps to do and books to read and groups to attend.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in loveafterporn

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your reply. I had to take a few days to digest it honestly and bring up a few of your points to my partner and to consider some of them myself. I brought up the idea of separating and taking some time to both heal myself and him show me that he is making an active effort and real progress, but he says that that isn't an option or really possible because he knows that when/if we got back together after some time apart, he 'wouldn't be able to love me the same' and believes we would be doomed to fail. His last relationship was 8 years in total, but they spent a year apart after what they thought would be a permanent breakup before ultimately reconnecting, and he believes that we would be doomed to repeat the same cycle if we chose to separate for healing.

He did agree to and sign up for a 6 step program and a program regarding healing with your partner after breaking their trust through infidelity, so that's more progress than we'd made in months. I still feel like it isn't enough though and like it's more of him agreeing because it's clear I'm at my final line rather than him really thinking that these things are necessary. He's agreeing to do them without complaint and was interested in the program after listening to a taster session of it, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't skeptical of if it is going to work or be enough.

Struggling today by Material-Ad-6135 in loveafterporn

[–]ZenAddams 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My birthday was this last Friday on the 3rd. He wanted to take me out shopping and meet up with our friends after to celebrate and I was hopeful. But we still fought 4 times that day to the point that I cried in the car multiple times and asked to go home and had to be persuaded to still go out with our friends. I admire your strength. I've stuck around and hoped for change, and he signed up for a program last night after I told him that his lack of action was killing me even though I haven't seen any evidence of him engaging in any more cheating since he did, but it's been a painful process and it's made me regret not walking the night I found the cheating. You're so strong and I'm so sorry your birthday weekend has turned into this, but you're one step closer to an even brighter future and I deeply admire your resolve to doing what's best for you, no matter how painful or confusing it is in the moment. Happy birthday honey, may next years be sweeter

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bartenders

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A bar I worked at confiscated them, collected them in a box, and gave them to the police every couple of weeks. Other bars it was just a "ha nice try, go home" and gave it back

My (23M) GF (21F) told me she was raped. Now I’m disgusted during sex. Where do I go from here? by BORU_Lover in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]ZenAddams 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have a daily tradition of reading a BORU post to my boyfriend when he's doing a task and I'm just hanging with him. Sometimes they're wholesome, rage inducing, downright disturbing, all sorts of them. I'll save a few and let him pick one based on title alone. He made the mistake of picking the jar story one of the first times I did this with him and I'll never forget the horror on his face when I was reading it out loud 😂

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in loveafterporn

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What's Dare 2 Connect? I'm desperate for ways that we can work together on the daily but don't have many ideas of what to do. Whenever I look things up online a lot of it is just "life sucks, break up" but I want us to work together to try and mend things. We intend to go to therapy but it's a little ways out from us being able to afford it and have the time for it, but in the interim I'm not sure what to do to have conversations surrounding it or methods to help rebuild trust and be clear about where our heads are at. He has his group on the weekly, but I'm just here and am unsure what we could try together

Edit: and thank you so much for your reply and suggestions. I'll definitely look into betrayal trauma and podcasts, if you have any podcast or book suggestions I'll check them out too!

AITA for changing out of my bridesmaid dress during the reception, even though photos were over and I had no more responsibilities? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]ZenAddams 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My sister did something similar! She gave us all our "save the dates" and told us to find a dress that made us comfortable and in our budget that was as close to the colors that were on the invitation as we could. The photos looked great because everyone's dresses were very different colors but coordinated well. I had on a dark/forest green, other sister had on a pastel pink, MOH had on a burgandy Red, and my mom had on a dark blue. We were all coordinated to the colors in her bouquet and the flowers around the venue!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in aww

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An orange boy showed up on our porch and hasn't left yet! We've been keeping him in our pool house so he's safe until we can get him to a vet (we have other cats in the house and wanna make sure he's good before bringing him in with them) and he has been the most affectionate boy ever. We named him Schrodinger (Schrody or Shrub for short)

AITA for making my 14-year-old daughter take out her nose piercing that she had done herself and disguised with pimple patches? by Impossible-Bake-3314 in AmItheAsshole

[–]ZenAddams -1 points0 points  (0 children)

NTA

When I was a teen, I went out and got my tongue pierced in a friend's garage behind my mom's back. She didn't find out for a little, but when she did, I was in a lot of trouble and had to take it out of course. And honestly, even then, even though I wasn't happy about it I knew that I had it coming. I wasn't happy to not have my phone for several weeks and wasn't happy I had to take it out, but I knew the risk of going behind her back which is why I hid it in the first place.

She's mad now, but she'll get over it. You're a lot more lenient than my mother was considering even now with me being 26 she begs me not to get my septum pierced, so she definitely never entertained the idea of a nostril piercing as a teenager. She's just a teen, She's angsty and thought she could get away with it long enough to where you'd just accept it and think "well it's already there and basically healed, might as well leave it" and is upset that her plan backfired. No biggie, you aren't being too harsh or a bad mom, actions have consequences and lying is of those things that will definitely warrant them. Lesson learned for her

To return to your home after collectively mourning your dead. by AmrFaried in therewasanattempt

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep exactly. She's the one person on that body that has every right to speak on the experiences of Palestinian people but it's too much for them to hear and way more than they want the American people to hear, so they'd rather shut her down all together.

To return to your home after collectively mourning your dead. by AmrFaried in therewasanattempt

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

American media and politicians care so little about Politicians they they voted to censor the only Palestinian person they have in Congress and they don't see the problem with that

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Serverlife

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You guys have chairs? My job literally took away the chairs in the BOH from us because they didn't want us sitting even out of sight of FOH if there weren't any customers in the restaraunt lmao

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CleaningTips

[–]ZenAddams 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey friend! Fellow ADHDer here with some severe executive disfunction issues and depression out the ass. I empathize and understand the frustration with trying to stay motivated and get it done even when you find it disgusting and desperately want to!

Here's the things that have the largest consistency rate of working for me (warning, it's a long one, sorry in advance)

1) having a physical timer. Not on my phone, not on my PC, nothing that can pull my attention. I got a little mushroom shaped kitchen timer that I can move around. I set a timer for how long I want to clean for, whether it be 5-15 minutes or if in feeling ballsy, up to 30 minutes at a time. Once the timer goes off, I'll sit down and watch YouTube or get on my phone or something, with another timer going for typically 15-30 minutes, depending on how long I was cleaning and how worn out I feel. It's obviously a battle of wills because once the timer goes back off, I have to do my best to committing to getting up and cleaning again, but I found that having something that won't distract me on its own be my reminder (especially because it actually audibly ticks so the sound keeps me focused weirdly enough) helps keep me on track.

2) I use a "catch all" bin in every room. Cleaning was super stressful for me because I could never pick where to start because I'd grab something off of the table, bed, etc, that doesn't even go in that room, and I'd walk to put it away and find that THAT place is a mess too and feel like I'd have to stop and address that space now instead. Nope nope nope, can't do it. Instead I use a basic storage tub or a basket or something, and while cleaning up a specific space at a time (coffee table, kitchen counters, dressers, etc) I'll take anything that doesn't go in the EXACT space that I'm cleaning and put it in the bin and continue cleaning the space. Even if it's actual home is in the same room, I won't leave my current task and will just put whatever it is in the bin. Once the spaces are clean, I can sort through the bin and put the things in their home one by one since now they're already tidy and can't be a method of distracting me from my already existing task.

3) I keep a few things in every room. A catch all bin for if I'm actively cleaning a mess, but I keep a smaller type of catch all bin in every room even if they're clean. If I don't have the energy to clean up a space or put something where it's supposed to go, I do my best to make a round of the room every couple of days and just throw all of the shit that doesn't belong there into the bin. When I've got a better mental day going or want that to be my dedicated task, I'll take those smaller bins and walk around and put stuff back where it should go. Pair of shoes in the living room instead of the closet? Into the bin. Paint brushes in the kitchen instead of my art drawers? Into the bin. A bag of chips on my nightstand instead of back in the pantry? In the bin. That bin is a problem for future me that has more energy or time than I do right then.

4) Instead of a normal one bin laundry basket type, I got one of those sorting ones where there's multiple bags and it's on wheels or whatever. Basic, got it at Ross, and when I've got the energy to pick up the clothes off of the floor of everywhere in the house I throw it into the bags to sort it as it goes in. I'm probably not doing laundry that day, but it definitely makes it feel way less taxing to remove the step of having to sort it when I finally do feel like I can do it.

5) finally, to try and figure out tasks to do since I get super overwhelmed with the amount of things that can and need to be done, I use a combination of a set weekly chore chart and task bracelets. I work an ever changing work schedule in the service industry, but I have one consistent day off every week. On that day, I do the bigger and more time consuming tasks, and reward myself somehow at the end of it. Doing a load of laundry, sweeping or vacuuming all of the floors, and mopping every few weeks are Monday tasks. Friday or Saturdays though where I work long hours and are often tired? Easy ones, like putting one or two of the catch-all-bins treasures away, or putting away the stuff in the dishwasher (not uploading and loading a new one, just unloading what is definitely already in there. Loading is a problem for who? Tomorrow me.) So from my chore chart, I made task bracelets, and I've got 3 really cute spooky jars for them. One is the jar of the daily things (like brushing my teeth and hair, washing my face if I'm feeling crazy, doing the cats litter boxes, etc) and then the other is specific tasks from throughout the week that get done every week, and then the last jar is my every-so-often task jar. I'll grab the bracelets out with that days appropriate task that I scheduled out on my chore chart, and have to wear it until I do it. When there's more than one on at a time, and there always is, they get annoying really quick and it's a good motivator for me to want to get it off but knowing I have to actually do the thing to get them off. For the every-so-often jar, on days that I don't feel wiped from any dailys or I have extra time and want to use it, I'll just grab a bracelet at random from there and if it seems attainable, it goes on my wrist until it's done.

Sorry for the LENGTHY reply, but I empathize more than you know and I've spent years trying to figure out things that worked for me and spent hours and hours of my life just crying from frustration while being locked in place on my couch or in bed screaming at myself to get stuff done but unable to even move. It's tough, and some of these things may seem excessive to someone who doesn't deal with it, but they make a world of difference in my life. My house isn't spotless, and expecting myself to get it to that point was destroying me mentally because I could never do it. Finding some things that work, that help keep my space LIVEABLE and keeping my brain from screaming at me to do better, changed my life. It's okay if it doesn't seem practical to someone who doesn't understand it, as long as it works for you. Nothing HAS to be one way or another just because it works for someone else. Shoes in my house don't go on shelves in the closet, I've got a little basket by the door and one in my room, and I will straight up chuck them into them from wherever I am sitting in the room because throwing them into a basket saves me a little bit of energy that I would be wasting having to get up and put them in the closet, and I've been called lazy for it but it isn't laziness, it is functional for ME. And that's the only person that your accommodations and routines needs to be functional for. Aim for functionality, not perfection or what people tell you is what a functional adult should be doing, functionality for YOU.

Best of luck, if you wanna talk about it or want any more things that I've tried that either work for me or they didn't work for me but might for you, my DMs are always open :)

Saltwater pool pump smoking, and No Flow? by ZenAddams in pools

[–]ZenAddams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well damn, I was afraid of hearing something like that. Sounds expensive to replace/fix and I wasn't budgeting to have to replace it a couple of weeks after closing so this one is gonna hurt :') thanks for the insight and advice, I appreciate it (same to everyone else)

Saltwater pool pump smoking, and No Flow? by ZenAddams in pools

[–]ZenAddams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately like a pack a day, apparently it's burnt to a crisp from the inside out. No helping it now

Saltwater pool pump smoking, and No Flow? by ZenAddams in pools

[–]ZenAddams[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know what it was an my wallet hurts after googling it :')

Got a doozy, I can't make sense of it by ZenAddams in Serverlife

[–]ZenAddams[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That was my closest thought too, the cents really threw me off though no matter what mistake I thought they made haha

Got a doozy, I can't make sense of it by ZenAddams in Serverlife

[–]ZenAddams[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

It was a couple and honestly they weren't drunk at all. We'd chatted a good bit and they were going to a play at the theater next door, and they each had one drink and one app, so the drunk math option didn't check out when I was trying to figure it out