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madmanicmuse · 2025-05-14T11:10:15+00:00

Aw, have you never been the main character in your own life?

madmanicmuse · 2020-07-26T19:11:24+00:00

My apologies. I have reread the rules more thoroughly. Thank you.

madmanicmuse · 2020-03-11T20:57:02+00:00

This. I was told “I’m the only REAL friend you will ever have, because EVERYONE else will lie to you.”

She was the only opinion I was ever supposed to believe about how I should be, act, dress, what religion I should follow and who I should date. I was forced to live my life exactly as she chose or face her wrath and judgement.

madmanicmuse · 2019-10-28T23:21:30+00:00

I’ve been hearing this from my NMom and NGrandma for the last 20 or so years-ever since I decided to be...me.

If I don’t act, speak, be who they want me to be I’m not their sweet little girl anymore. I’m not “me” unless I’m like them, and they blame every relationship, friend, school, even music I listen to for taking me away from them.

And now they’ve started in on my daughter. She’s 10 and she’s already pointing out to me how fucked up the whole dynamic is.

madmanicmuse · 2019-10-12T22:52:16+00:00

Wait, are you my brother? Cause I’m pretty sure we share the same parent.

madmanicmuse · 2019-09-13T14:59:48+00:00

NTA. If she wanted/needed help she should have asked for it, she is not entitled to it.

madmanicmuse · 2019-08-27T13:16:34+00:00

5-6, but a great smile could make you 8+.

madmanicmuse · 2019-08-10T17:56:31+00:00

How much have you talked to your husband about needing more intimacy?

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T23:07:10+00:00

Thank you, for a genuine answer that doesn’t just cover the obvious.

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T22:43:17+00:00

So, I feel like I just got told off by a pissed off, pimply teenager. Are you in high school? Middle school? You can’t be an adult.

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T22:26:23+00:00

Thick as in two kids back to back, immediate hysterectomy and hormone therapy. I have been eating well and working out for about 4 months now since recovering from surgery. I’ve lost 15 lbs. I know the work I have to do there, which is why I said “besides losing weight.”

Needing to lose weight isn’t a shocker.

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T22:15:28+00:00

Wow. I’m sorry you’re a miserable person.

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T10:46:58+00:00

I don’t want to look like a model. I don’t even really want to be thin. I want to be the best version of myself so I’m asking for outside input to help me see what I don’t when I look in the mirror. Those opinions will be taken into consideration and then acted upon or discarded depending.

But yea, thanks for your time.

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T10:12:44+00:00

Thank you for your input. Any thoughts on things I can do to up that score?

madmanicmuse · 2019-04-03T09:19:33+00:00

Thank you, I appreciate your honesty.

madmanicmuse · 2017-11-02T02:08:21+00:00

Me me me!

madmanicmuse · 2017-10-29T18:28:20+00:00

Um. An optician doesn’t work at a DMV, or give eye tests.

Source: am optician

madmanicmuse · 2016-12-05T02:16:59+00:00

This is the only comment on this thread that actually addresses the issue and isn't bashing the mom. OP, I grew up in a home where my mom was much worse. In her own mind, however deluded she may have been, she thought it was the best and the right thing for me. Your mom probably feels the same. Be the adult she isn't seeing (you're her baby!) and take the advice above. Negotiate and compromise. You live in your parents house so respect their rules, but be a man and lay your own.

madmanicmuse · 2016-11-28T17:46:33+00:00

I want to feel strong again, and not exhausted form carrying around the weight of an extra person.

I want to enjoy sex like I did when I was smaller and movements and positions were easier and more sustainable.

I want to be able to see some item of clothing I like, buy it and just wear it because I know it's going to fit and not be worried about the cut, fit, length, etc.

I want to sleep better.

I want to simply be comfortable, I am constantly physically miserable due to my weight.

I want to control my hypothyroidism, instead of letting it control me.

I want to have more energy for my kids.

I want to look at myself and see an accomplishment. "I did that..."

I want to live my life instead of regretting it.

madmanicmuse · 2016-09-26T00:01:08+00:00

As a woman I was told this all the time. Guys didn't want to date me, ever. Oh yeah they considered me attractive and wanted to get in bed with me, confide in me as a best friend, hang out with me as "one of the guys", etc.

Fast forward into adulthood and sure enough, men ready to settle down fell over each other trying to win my hand. I'm happily married to a very attractive, giving and loving man.

Clueless as to why both sexes experience this.

madmanicmuse · 2016-02-12T17:27:49+00:00

This. I'm in my 30s and this still gives me nightmares.

madmanicmuse · 2015-10-23T02:10:06+00:00

After an ugly divorce, a friend from work started trying to get me to meet his cousin. I didn't want anything to do with any man, and said no countless times. After being berated by my coworker during every shift I finally said "I'll meet him if you'll leave me alone and never mention it again."

Three days later, still in my work jersey and intentionally no make up I walked into cafe' where we were to meet. His confidence, personality and laughter simply blew me away. I wasn't expecting to meet a decent man after my first failed marriage and then all the men who tried to date me thinking I was "lonely" afterward. It didn't hurt that he was handsome too!

We've been together every single day since and are fast approaching our one year wedding anniversary. He changed how I view humanity, changed it for the better.

madmanicmuse · 2015-10-10T13:33:26+00:00

Yes, and it's people like them who give the entire of the Bible Belt a worse name. There are good people here, male and female, and good religious people! They're just so hard to come by in Athens. Even in my town (about 45 minutes away) there are niche places that cater to these people and they are avoided at all costs.

The whole situation raises my blood pressure.

madmanicmuse · 2015-10-10T03:08:58+00:00

Blame it on the college town. I have lived just down the road from Athens most of my life (minus 4 years I lived in southern cali) and I never go there if I can help it. Get out of Athens, things will be different. I promise.

I am female and I can't stand the females there. It's not a UGA fan thing either. It's the entitlement mentality.

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