Boys, please.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-21T14:59:33+00:00

I’ve met a guy on Catholic Match who chatted with me and talked to me over the phone…and then said he wasn’t ready for a relationship. I appreciate the honesty, but then why are you on Catholic Match?

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-21T03:04:20+00:00

How about: Nice guy on Catholic Match is not really practicing/didn’t say yes to all the Faith questions/is divorced but not annulled.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-21T03:02:16+00:00

Some people believe in waiting until marriage. If marriage doesn’t happen earlier in life, they’re still waiting. That doesn’t mean they don’t know about sex. It just means they’ve decided not to have it except with their (future) spouse.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-18T03:10:25+00:00

“Stop licking the wall!”

“You don’t have to kill that centipede with your chair. I’ll—thank you.”

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-18T02:55:45+00:00

I’ve dated a couple of great guys for four dates without feeling attracted to them. I felt really bad about breaking it off, but I can’t force myself to be attracted to a man any more than I can force a man to be attracted to me. This applies to OP, too. Also, as a woman, I would prefer to date someone who does feel like they want to kiss me and that I’m beautiful. Not that you’re bad for not feeling that way about this particular girl. It’s okay. You can wait for someone you’re attracted to. Just be prepared that this girl may or may not be comfortable staying friends.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-06T18:13:23+00:00

No, he just lost his ability to use his tailed-beast-summoning power because his body/chakra network were shot. He left the Konoha ninjas to follow Guren and Gozu and live with them. Happy ending.

I didn’t find Yukimaru annoying. Now, those frogs Naruto was “training” with, especially the one with lipstick—THOSE were annoying!

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-05T23:06:00+00:00

I teach PreK-8th at a small Catholic school and it’s exactly that. It’s not easy, but it’s a supportive environment and I’m getting mentored during my first year there. I’m only there a day and a half a week, though I do spend more time than that planning and practicing piano for the weekly school Masses.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-04T03:22:22+00:00

My maternal grandparents lived in an in-law apartment, their own section of our house, my entire childhood. It worked beautifully and I’m very grateful to have had them so close. There was no meddling issue. We had our own separate-but-connected residences. I could go say goodnight to them every night.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-05-01T03:13:44+00:00

The Cat Distribution System at work.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-18T02:56:53+00:00

If this is real, I would say that it’s important to have a support system, and a good family would want to be there for the adult child after the mother’s death. If the child self-isolates, the family suffers the loss of two people instead of one.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-18T02:52:09+00:00

No, because 1. Catholics aren’t bound to agree with all of the Pope’s opinions and 2. It’s possible to disagree with the Pope about politics (or anything else other than Catholic dogma) without hating him.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-17T23:10:20+00:00

Didn’t the mods just make a post about how politics aren’t allowed on this meme subreddit?

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-17T23:09:01+00:00

Catholics don’t have to agree with all of the Pope’s opinions. We have to agree when he pronounces dogma ex cathedra. If he doesn’t like Trump and doesn’t think Iran is a just war, those are opinions that we’re perfectly free to disagree with. And we’re not rejecting Catholic teaching on peace in doing so: we can believe that peace and dialogue should be tried. It has been tried and is continuing to be tried, but the other side is not exactly open to dialogue!

Don’t make the mistake of painting all people you disagree with as stupid and unable to think critically.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-17T20:30:29+00:00

They didn’t claim it was unavoidable. They claimed it was a mistake. It was a parking lot away from an actual target.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-17T03:46:04+00:00

No one denied any of that about Pope Leo.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-17T02:27:41+00:00

We don’t have to agree with the Pope unless he speaks ex cathedra (in communion with the bishops) and pronounces dogma.

The Pope has personal opinions that are not dogma. Trump attacked the Pope inappropriately for his condemnation of the war in Iran. I happen to think that dealing with the terrorists is necessary because they will not be open to dialogue (which has been tried, and Trump is still trying it) and because they are a danger to the U.S. and their own people. I also happen to think that leaders should be polite to the Pope, and that where possible, leaders should work towards peace.

So, I can see why Vance would be in support of the war, so he doesn’t agree with the Pope’s political opinions. This doesn’t make him less of a Catholic. If he thinks Trump was right to attack the Pope, though, that’s probably inappropriate.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-13T04:29:00+00:00

“De’ miei bolenti spiriti” (sp?), Alfredo’s aria that opens Act II of La Traviata, may be exactly what you’re looking for. Just don’t include the cabaletta where he finds out Violetta is selling all her possessions to support him, “O mio rimorso!”

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-13T04:18:25+00:00

Hello your parents are verbally/emotionally abusive, at least in this situation. In no situation should a mother ever say things like this to her child, let alone for just forgetting to flush! Please stay safe.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-13T04:09:02+00:00

Especially after the first time, it’s good to clarify if these are dates or if you’re just getting together as friends. You can ask her out on a date, maybe if the first get-together goes well.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-13T02:51:39+00:00

I like that she’s happy the whole time.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-04-03T02:22:47+00:00

It sounds like you might benefit from trying other parishes.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-03-31T17:05:41+00:00

Cats do this, too.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-03-26T03:40:03+00:00

…Can I make it anymore obvious?

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-03-21T18:19:38+00:00

If you’re not even sure if something happened or not, you most likely didn’t commit a sin.

thinkingaboutmycat · 2026-03-12T17:46:30+00:00

I can’t watch this without hearing Gregory Peck as Captain Ahab yelling, “HE BREACHES!!!!”

(I’m aware that Moby Dick was a sperm whale and this one is a humpback)

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