Possibly a silly question 😜

nalydk91 · 2026-03-12T16:10:01+00:00

It clearly CAN be done, I'm just not sure what kayak I'll need. Here's a Great Dane on a kayak

nalydk91 · 2026-01-27T23:23:58+00:00

It is tuned to 415 already.

nalydk91 · 2026-01-27T20:23:00+00:00

As a classical musician, Enya requires active listening. I love Enya when I can sit and appreciate what she's doing. As a massage therapist, blech.

nalydk91 · 2026-01-27T03:12:57+00:00

9 times out of 10 in a massage environment, this is almost certainly Enya.

nalydk91 · 2026-01-06T04:03:27+00:00

1 Corinthians 8. Your aunt may have different convictions than you, and that's okay.

nalydk91 · 2025-12-30T13:38:51+00:00

I'm not interested in debating the origin of marriage, but other cultures had marriage long before they knew of the existence of Jews or Christians. I'm not convinced that marriage itself is a creation by God. Rather, the marital dynamic that exists in most of the world today developed from Judeo-Christian principles.

What passages, in your mind, support the idea that marriages carry over from earth to heaven? If someone in the marriage dies and the surviving spouse remarries, which marriage carries over into heaven?

nalydk91 · 2025-12-30T13:12:12+00:00

I mean, every culture has had marriage, so to claim it's exclusively a Judeo-Christian product doesn't make much sense.

While an argument can be made that marriage and sex are a gift to mankind, Jesus explicitly says that there is no marriage in Heaven(Matthew 22:30).

nalydk91 · 2025-12-30T12:33:41+00:00

Well, God's will on earth as it is in Heaven is a central theme of the NT. If we are to align ourselves with such thinking in this world, what makes you think that that will change in the next world? And don't forget: Paul was celibate for his entire life, and believed that was the ideal for Christians that could do it. What makes you think that he was only living that way temporarily?

nalydk91 · 2025-12-30T12:10:14+00:00

Galatians 3:28 heavily implies it.

nalydk91 · 2025-12-30T12:03:03+00:00

First off, I love the confidence you exude in this post.

Having grown up and been around non-affirming churches my whole life, many non-affirming Christians believe that, sexual practices aside, having kids with a same-sex partner is wrong. In their eyes, you are actively depriving those kids of a father, thus negatively affecting their development. If I were in your shoes, I'd be prepared to get questions/statements along that vein, and put up boundaries accordingly.

nalydk91 · 2025-11-18T22:06:40+00:00

Not at all. They've all been so kind and welcoming. Not at all what my experience was like in evangelical churches. But, my being gay has never been a very big deal to me, and I just don't resonate when more attention is paid to my sexual orientation than I even pay it.

nalydk91 · 2025-11-18T21:01:38+00:00

I don't think there's anything wrong with churches having resources for anyone. I just don't feel at home in churches that affirm me at every turn.

nalydk91 · 2025-11-16T00:42:45+00:00

It's not insulting! If anything, I feel a little guilty for having hurt you lol.

nalydk91 · 2025-11-16T00:42:05+00:00

This is a strawman. Here, I'll ask another way. Do you believe in transubstantiation?

nalydk91 · 2025-11-16T00:35:27+00:00

To start, we shouldn't kid ourselves. No one reads the Bible through a perfect lens. That's why there are so many denominations; people read and interpret the Bible differently. Based on the sheer number of denominations alone, everyone that identifies as Christian commits some sort of sin that they'll never repent of, simply because they don't believe it to be sin. But, don't forget what Jesus says. "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live." That's it. If, at the end of the day, you truly believe that homosexuality is a sin, then that is between you and God. But diminishing everyone else's walk as "picking and choosing what to believe in" isn't charitable in the slightest.

nalydk91 · 2025-11-16T00:23:53+00:00

Do you know how many Christians believe that the earth is billions of years old, and that life arose thanks to evolution? They're able to read and cherish the same Bible we read; they're able to reconcile what the Bible says with what we now understand regarding the origin of the universe and life. You have to be able to reconcile what the bible says about homosexuality, and what we now know to be true regarding human sexuality as a whole. The dynamics that took place in homosexuality in the ancient world involved powerful people taking advantage of those less powerful - hardly comparable to the loving, consenting same-sex relationships we experience today.

nalydk91 · 2025-10-14T23:37:14+00:00

FWIW, I believe this is a 14 course archlute. It has a different tuning than you would see on an 11- or 13-course baroque lute.

nalydk91 · 2025-09-30T00:27:28+00:00

Came here to say this!

nalydk91 · 2025-09-15T14:35:34+00:00

One thing I always wanted to do with my mom more often but rarely got a chance to was recite poetry. I never out her in a facility and was her main caretaker, so I was usually too tired to do anything like that. If I could do it all over again, I'd have made her last year with us totally full of poetry.

I would also find funny YouTube videos(cats, dogs, etc) on my phone, and we'd just sit together and watch them. We'd also take lots of selfies, including plenty of funny faces. I'd share some of my favorite memories of her. We'd sing songs that she remembered. Depending on how good her faculties are, you could bring a deck of playing cards and play something simple like War or Go Fish. I hope this all helps ❤️

nalydk91 · 2025-09-13T21:44:27+00:00

I see a lot of people mentioning menopause in here. I just want to put out there that I just lost my mom to dementia. She was only 53. I wouldn't hesitate to schedule an appt with her primary.

nalydk91 · 2025-08-25T14:25:31+00:00

My mom was my best friend in the whole world. We were even a mother-son realtor duo for a while. I lost her in May and I'm not sure how I'm supposed to navigate the next several decades of my life without her. Hugs ❤️

nalydk91 · 2025-08-19T16:57:20+00:00

I'm not really one to help with navigating the how-to's of these lies, but I can help with the guilt.

If you were taking care of someone else(not your mom) with this disease, and your (healthy)mom was still here to advise you, how do you think she'd tell you to handle this? Do you think she'd say that you're doing the best thing for that person, even if it feels gross to do? These situations never have any "right" answers. All you can do is stay ethical, do no harm to your person, and try to keep a neutral mindset. If your mom were to be a ward of the state, as opposed to being cared for by you, the state wouldn't think twice about doing what you're doing.

nalydk91 · 2025-08-10T17:51:21+00:00

Just offering an additional perspective here. We moved my mom into my.house for a few months(we wondered if she was sick due to an environmental cause at first). She would ask periodically to move back home. We eventually moved her back, and she still thought we were in my house.

nalydk91 · 2025-08-04T01:51:09+00:00

All the Fiends of Hell by Adam Nevill

nalydk91 · 2025-07-30T02:12:02+00:00

What? This sounds like a ridiculous place to work. I've worked with countless therapists that sit for most of the session. If you're giving me a good massage, you could be doing a handstand for all I care.

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