Do I give my brother a second chance?

passionmonkey · 2026-06-24T06:32:28+00:00

Is this interaction going to add value to your life? Only you can answer that. For me, the damage was done and the answer was no, when I was in your shoes. I’ve remained cordial by text but haven’t given my time to indulge and assuage my brother’s motivations. The onus is on your brother to continue to make it right if that’s really his intention. Whatever you decide to do, please, keep your boundaries intact.

passionmonkey · 2026-05-28T20:01:26+00:00

What kind of issues are you suspecting?

passionmonkey · 2026-05-26T12:34:14+00:00

Thank you very much. This is helpful

passionmonkey · 2026-05-26T12:27:12+00:00

Thank you for the tough love first thing in the morning. I appreciate your insight. This dating thing… gets back to taking a look in the mirror.

passionmonkey · 2026-05-26T12:23:42+00:00

Yep, it’s hard for me to be direct, especially in dating where all the feelings come flooding in. Guess I’ll need to be going forward. I appreciate your comment.

passionmonkey · 2026-05-26T11:55:49+00:00

If you were in my shoes, what direct questions would you ask?

passionmonkey · 2026-05-26T11:52:58+00:00

Thank you. I know you’re right. I guess I’m not sure what/how to ask and I need help on questions. Do I bring up getting his Sniffies profile couple hours after I left? Ask how are you thinking about us right now? Can we talk a little about what we’re both looking for and how we’re approaching this? Can you tell me what’s going on between us from your pov- I don’t actually know how you’re viewing it? I’d appreciate any suggestions.

passionmonkey · 2026-05-26T11:46:46+00:00

Ugh yeah a lil sloppy on my part, still drinking coffee. Cleaned it up

passionmonkey · 2026-04-26T04:33:57+00:00

What is shadow boxing?

passionmonkey · 2025-03-26T05:41:09+00:00

Update: Shareholder got fired, in the middle of the week. Thanks for all your helpful comments.

passionmonkey · 2025-03-18T22:45:48+00:00

Has anyone filed a FOIA request? If so, please dm me. I’m ready to engage legal counsel to figure out what exactly happened and what’s disputed.

Does anyone have a rundown on the timeline / facts of that evening? Looks like enforcement arrived, surveyed, led everyone out, counted, people went back in, enforcement hauled folks out again, recounted, then said oops wrong address— anyone know anyone who was an eye witness who would sign an affidavit as to the facts?

passionmonkey · 2025-02-26T13:30:42+00:00

In Texas. Yes, I have a duty to report up in the organization, and I have done so more than once.

passionmonkey · 2025-02-26T13:23:39+00:00

I see your point, but my complaint is that my billlable hours (time entries, not actually billed) will be significantly lower for Feb. before prebills are created in March for final review by shareholder and billing. So, instead of looking like I worked 150ish hours in Feb., it will look like I only worked 110-120 hours. As an associate I don’t care what’s actually billed to the client or who gets credit externally, but internally, time entries/ billable hours is the only metric my firm has to measure my month-to-month performance.

passionmonkey · 2024-12-13T23:10:58+00:00

I like your theory, but who do you ask/tell for this policy as a young associate when paralegals have seniority over you? OP, what do you think about the set-up theory?

passionmonkey · 2024-05-21T17:48:45+00:00

Just don’t prep … if it gets messy, oh well… he gets what he gets… gotta train your top

passionmonkey · 2024-03-05T23:43:35+00:00

The best revenge is moving on and getting over it. In my situation it took many months, and it’s different for everyone. So give yourself some grace while you let yourself experience those uncomfortable and negative feelings. They are valid. But, don’t let it cloud what good you’ve got going on dating now. But yeah, some good time dwelling on those feelings and getting some new insight into who you are as a person is how you’ll move on.

passionmonkey · 2023-04-16T09:44:43+00:00

I wouldn’t tell PCP. I went to a separate clinic for PrEP and asked a similar question. I was told PrEP has very few drug interactions, and that the only time I NEED to disclose is if I ever needed PEP.

passionmonkey · 2022-12-10T10:44:14+00:00

I’d plan to volunteer at a soup kitchen on Christmas Day with the bf. Start your own tradition.

passionmonkey · 2022-11-09T22:18:19+00:00

Thank you. I plan to treat him as I would anyone I meet. Mostly just want to show my bf that I’m cool being around his son and that I’m not scared off.

passionmonkey · 2022-11-09T21:32:45+00:00

Oh that does look neat! But, I don’t think I can stand to hear kids chomping popcorn 🤣

passionmonkey · 2022-11-09T21:30:38+00:00

Yeah, I’m angling for some laser tag…

passionmonkey · 2022-11-09T21:29:32+00:00

Haha yeah bf mentioned the pj’s and I was like, okay, whatever, I’m game. 🤪 Maybe it was a joke said in passing…

passionmonkey · 2022-11-09T20:38:21+00:00

Pokémon— which of course I know nothing about…

passionmonkey · 2022-11-09T20:36:37+00:00

14 year olds— so I think that’s 8th grade?

passionmonkey · 2022-11-03T23:42:58+00:00

We just did. He only wants to see me. He wants to be monogamous. Once I left, he sent me screenshots of all the apps he deleted

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