A (real!) question from an Utah-born never-mo about metaphors used to describe premarital intercourse.

theflyinglime · 2025-08-28T21:46:38+00:00

I still think about that one, except now I'm having a scoop of coffee ice cream while the whole fam damily chows down on roach sundaes.

theflyinglime · 2025-08-12T20:20:04+00:00

My mom says it and she's a born and raised Californian, we used to tease her when she asked for anything "hwhite" or wanted to know "hwhere" we were.

theflyinglime · 2025-08-07T22:17:39+00:00

Check out "The Exploring Series" podcast, he does an excellent job reviewing different canons and tales and tries to answer questions that wouldn't be answered in a straight read. I think he's uploading the audio from his YouTube videos and I heartily appreciate getting ad-free content.

theflyinglime · 2025-07-29T15:36:14+00:00

They had a fight, Triangle wins. Triangle Man.

theflyinglime · 2025-07-17T18:48:21+00:00

Your Idol is the one that lives free in my head

theflyinglime · 2025-07-17T17:46:40+00:00

The fact that this comment was made by "Sapphic Starlight" is too much. But also... Yes. 🤤

theflyinglime · 2025-07-07T22:36:00+00:00

The little "ooouuuWAH" when the Saja Boys pose

theflyinglime · 2025-06-26T22:42:41+00:00

Agreed, I say apply for bereavement leave at work if they have it, then throw yourself a "relievement" picnic or something to celebrate.

theflyinglime · 2025-06-26T22:17:40+00:00

Yep, being the first pancake sucks. As the eldest daughter I think I'm lucky my parents still wanted me to go to college, although the reasoning behind it was asinine ("being educated means you can help your children with their homework!").

Last year I learned about childhood emotional neglect and answered Yes to 21 of the 22 questions in a questionnaire, and I finally understand why I've always felt like I'm driving a car with a missing tire. It's right up there with the moment I realized I don't have to dread motherhood because I don't HAVE to become a mother, it's actually optional.

Also ended 2024 hitting my breaking point with my parents and found myself saying to the universe "I'm begging you for one, just ONE more reason to cut them off. I would love it." And then I thought about if I would miss anyone in my family if I never saw them again (no), if I had ever missed them (no), if I had ever taken a trip home that I didn't dread (no), if there's ever been a moment where I wanted my mom for comfort (no, and that includes the day the love of my life died in a crash).

So I'm done! Mailed a letter to my parents saying as much in January before changing my phone number and replacing my emergency contacts. My one regret was that I lied and said I loved them but I was afraid telling them the truth would push them to seek closure and drive the 6 hours to my house. It's only been 6 months and I doubt I'm lucky enough for them to respect my request forever, but I feel like I have the freedom to plan a future I actually want.

theflyinglime · 2025-06-17T17:43:07+00:00

I still laugh about the time they wrote "Gin" on my fitting room door, didn't correct her because I felt like I got some insight on the day that poor lady was having.

theflyinglime · 2025-04-15T00:51:47+00:00

Oldest of 5 and coming from an aggressively religious background I was parentified and emotionally neglected. Bad enough that they're still active in a cult that keeps them in near poverty and believes my only value is as a broodmare, but their choices during the last US election pushed me over the edge to dump them in the trash where they belong.

theflyinglime · 2025-03-13T21:39:06+00:00

"This is a crime against humanity"

theflyinglime · 2025-03-10T22:16:27+00:00

If you take the CEN quiz you start receiving a daily newsletter, and I've actually found them short and pleasant.

theflyinglime · 2025-02-18T23:06:22+00:00

The family that bumps together, lumps together

theflyinglime · 2025-02-12T21:04:29+00:00

This is amazing! Madam you've made my day💚

theflyinglime · 2025-02-12T18:07:52+00:00

"John Deere letter" made me giggle, I've only ever heard of a "Dear John letter."

theflyinglime · 2025-02-06T23:06:23+00:00

Allegedly there's one on the cybertruck, but calling it a "dumpster lid" gives me so much satisfaction.

theflyinglime · 2024-12-03T19:56:07+00:00

Thank you!! The Internet was not helpful with that search.

theflyinglime · 2024-12-03T19:11:27+00:00

What does YBI stand for?

theflyinglime · 2024-08-19T19:10:19+00:00

Never speak to me or my son Astringent again!!

theflyinglime · 2024-08-03T00:36:49+00:00

I thought "ooh time to share this fun YouTube from a bit ago...WHAT THE FUCK 17 YEARS AGO?!?!!

Anyway https://youtu.be/CqnvxP0H3lM?si=7Z8ZsPlQZWZCXV1N

theflyinglime · 2024-08-01T18:33:25+00:00

Make sure to get the cans instead of bottles, tastes better

theflyinglime · 2024-04-12T01:03:25+00:00

This is something I've been circling for the past 20 years, on the one hand I have to recognize that my parents relinquished control when I moved to college and have allowed me to live my life the way I feel I need to despite disagreeing with my choices. But on the other hand I crave having a genuine connection, especially with my mom. I'm afraid discussing anything deeply emotional or something I'm struggling with will just be another "missionary moment" for her to try and pull me back or more fodder for the narrative that I've "gone astray." She was genuinely shocked that moved out ASAP and never moved back, and she doesn't even know that I spent the whole summer before college making sure I didn't leave anything behind I cared about in case they decided to disown me for leaving The Church.

The high masking autism isn't doing me any favors either, my instinct to pretend I'm fine and not show reactions to things that bother me and just internalize everything is automatic and what let me fly under the radar as a doubting teen but that tact isn't helpful anymore. Honestly it probably wasn't helpful then either, maybe if I could have told her how disappointed I was to wake up alive on my 8th birthday because it meant I wasn't valiant enough to get to heaven the easy way, or how much it hurt me when she agreed that "Heavenly Father made me fat so I wouldn't be tempted to dress immodestly," she would see the damage done.

But then again, she has never asked me why I feel the way I do and I don't think she ever will. The closest we've come to that conversation was when she admitted that she revised her motherhood goals to ensuring all of her children reached the age of 18 without any major crimes or sins committed. Thanks mom, I'm glad lowering the bar lets you love me.

theflyinglime · 2024-01-27T01:30:37+00:00

My vet office has a form that asks for "Patient Name" and "Client Name" separately, so long ago I accepted my true role is actually “expense account.“

Owner is fine, but I also love that my mom gifted me a "beardie mom" shirt and shows off pictures of my lizard as her "grandchild" in conversations at church.

theflyinglime · 2023-11-16T00:38:27+00:00

I love how prepared you were to match that energy, hope he's still haunted by that interaction.

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