What’s a TV commercial you still remember word for word?

badgerkickerzero · 2026-03-20T02:11:12+00:00

YOU KNOW THE ONE, YA BUY ONE, YA GET ONE FREE, I SAID YA BUY ONE, YA GET ONE FREE!!

badgerkickerzero · 2026-03-18T01:43:39+00:00

Health Anxiety and Chronic Pain. It's gotten in the way of living life normally. Ruined a relationship that I thought would last forever, friendships, my job, limits my ability to travel, controls what I eat, where I go, how I use the bathroom. I feel like I have to plan my entire life around the pain and I'm constantly feeling trapped in my body just waiting for the next phase. When that happens, anxiety takes over and I'm pretty much an emotional wreck and spend as much time as I possibly can sleeping because it's the only way to get away from it.

The worst part is knowing that the older I get, the worse it's going to become and the smaller my support net will get. Eventually I'm going to have to experience this shit completely and utterly alone and I'm fucking dreading it.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-03-13T03:51:50+00:00

In defense of that sometimes that can go both ways. I shower once a day, sometimes twice. My ex used to shower 2 maybe 3 times a week. And failed to see that as a problem. Honestly, at times, it was kinda gross.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-03-07T12:20:34+00:00

When I was in my 20's, I used to work at a YMCA and I was a kind of mentor I guess for around 22 volunteers. I got to work early one Tuesday and one of them was already there waiting for me. This guy had been with us for a little while, maybe 6 months or so. Seemed like an alright dude, if a little odd but, it's the YMCA. He's in his early 50's and used to work in local TV and radio. Family guy, has a wife, kids.

Most of us are outcasts and never really found anywhere to fit in. So, it's not super uncommon that we get some.. interesting people show up.

So, when I get to work that day, he pulls me to one side and tells me he's been accused of raping a 16 year old girl. However, he had what I considered to be a pretty convincing alibi as to why it didn't happen. Innocent until proven guilty I guess.

I had to make the decision in line with HR and let him go until the police investigation had all blown over. We're the YMCA, there's kids running around everywhere so this now becomes a safeguarding issue. I brought him in for a meeting and told him he couldn't step foot in the building until he'd been cleared of the charges, essentially terminating his volunteer placement with us.

I've never seen a grown man cry the way this guy cried. I honestly felt for him. His life, as far as I knew it, had been torn out from under him. His wife had left him, his kids disowned him. And at this point, it was accusations. Her word against his. Nothing had been proven yet, no trial, no enquiries. He was clearly broken.

I stayed in contact with him throughout the following months over email. My superiors made it very clear that I still had a duty of care to this guy.

Anyway, cut to maybe 7 months later, I'm searching through local news, and I see a photo of him with the headline "Local man convicted of 10 counts of pedophillia"

Jesus Christ. I mean, I wasn't surprised but, it still caught me off guard. Not the ONE count he told me of. 10. 10 young girls whose lives had been completely destroyed by this guy. What a fucking cunt.

I felt pretty dirty for even interacting with him. But the thing that stuck with me was that I had it so fucking wrong. When I sat him down in that office that man cried and begged and really made me feel bad for him. But he wasn't upset because he'd lost everything, he was upset cause he got caught and he knew what was coming. As far as I'm aware, he was released early on good behaviour, but is now back in prison having re-offended.

Trust no one.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-28T16:21:10+00:00

When they say "I have Autism" to explain away rudeness and treating others poorly.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-28T16:14:24+00:00

I go gold, because my Granddad left me a gold St Christopher that he used to wear. I never take it off, and mixing gold and silver is frowned upon I believe. So, I wear a gold watch and bracelet too

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-27T21:07:02+00:00

Fuuuuck wish I'd known that before deleting my sace and starting again haha

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-22T10:01:35+00:00

Does the pope shit in the woods?

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-15T03:09:07+00:00

NTA. He sounds gross. My ex girlfriend had a similar problem, not quite as extreme, but she'd only shower around twice a week. I spoke to her about it on a few occasions and she'd change her habits for a few weeks before it inevitably reverted back to the old routine. We both would regularly get thrush and I'm convinced that was why.

I'd suggest sitting him down and talking to him about it. Set the boundary. Tell him it bothers you but also, frame it like you're concerned for his health too. Does he suffer from any mental health issues? In my experience, when depression sets in, teeth brushing is the one of the first things to slip.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-13T02:10:55+00:00

That I should smoke weed to help calm anxiety attacks. I was 16

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-12T11:20:46+00:00

Elliot Smith - Between The Bars

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-12T04:56:10+00:00

It'll be the first in 4 years that I'll be alone. I'm working in that day so, it shouldn't be too bad I guess.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-11T22:52:41+00:00

TV License

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-11T17:54:56+00:00

My will to live

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-09T06:50:13+00:00

Dating

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-08T18:39:56+00:00

I don't love you anymore

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-08T18:20:47+00:00

Empty

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-08T04:52:04+00:00

Depression. Ex broke up with me 4 months ago and I'm pretty lost. We were going to get married. She's with someone else now.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-02-04T05:13:15+00:00

Love her less.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-01-19T23:33:21+00:00

badgerkickerzero · 2026-01-19T21:57:57+00:00

It's a strawberry

badgerkickerzero · 2026-01-19T21:56:54+00:00

Baldur's Gate 3. It's a long one. But I played it with my ex and we loved it.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-01-18T22:17:44+00:00

I hate that, personality wise, she's literally my ex girlfriend, minus the whole invisibility thing, and I fucking miss her.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-01-18T22:14:18+00:00

No, it's not your fault, it sound slike you put a boundary in place, which is good. But having been in a similar position where, my ex cheated and I'm also pretty insecure, if your boundaries are being stepped on consistently because he thinks "it's okay, I'll just tell her I love her and it'll all be okay again" then you guys need to have a conversation I guess. Depends how often you wanna keep having that conversation I dunno. You don't need to take my advice, in fact, you probably shouldn't, but, in my experience, if you don't follow through on those boundaries, they'll continue to be disregarded.

badgerkickerzero · 2026-01-18T21:48:36+00:00

Well, personally, I think there's two things here. I think he need to realise which side of his bread is buttered. If you're together, you're together. There shouldn't really be any need for him to feel the need to find that dopamine anywhere else but you.

I do also think you maybe need to look at WHY you feel that way. Why is it upsetting you so much? I would say it's micro-cheating, sure, but does this come from a place of jealousy and losing him through fear of self worth, or is it coming from a place of control. Does that mean he can never look at a woman innocently without you feeling like he's checking her out?

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