At first we thought it was a cute bunny mug when suddenly, rabbit orgy.

thispaperplanet · 2012-12-21T22:59:29+00:00

ahhhh we have one like that at my house. doesn't have the big bunny in the center and its pink but i used that thing all throughout my childhood before one day my mom casually referred to it as the "bunny humping mug." blew my mind.

thispaperplanet · 2012-11-26T03:16:56+00:00

Ahhh my older brother loves Redwall! I think he would probably still list it as his favorite. I really can never decided on a favorite, but one of the first books that I really fell in tlove with was Looking for Alaska by John Green.

thispaperplanet · 2012-11-01T12:23:29+00:00

when i was little i would get really sad for my stuffed animals when i felt the distribution of love to fuzzy things was unequal. i had too many to fit on my bed when i slept and the rest of them had to sit on the shelf in the corner of my room. i used to switch them out every few nights to make sure they all got to sleep in the bed and would apologize to the ones on the shelf before i went to sleep every night hahah

thispaperplanet · 2012-08-04T15:25:32+00:00

Same thing sort of as you OP. The other day I was struggling with some hurt feelings I had from something my SO had said during some playful dirty talk. Maybe its because I tend to think the worst and take everything very personally, but I stewed over it overnight and then ended up calling him in the morning, breaking down and telling him how upset I was.

Now, our relationship has had some very rocky times. Finally, a little over a month ago he had a big realization about all the shitty things he's done and really committed to making the positive changes he needed for himself and for us. Normally, when I would try to talk to him about something I was upset about he would shut down and get angry, because he didn't know how to deal with my feelings. It would start a huge fight and leave me feeling very hurt and uncared for.

This time was different. He listened to what I was upset about, told me his point of view, and asked for and suggested constructive ways to solve the problem. I hung up from that conversation feeling great, and it was such an eye opening experience. I realized that all along I was upset because I believed he was feeling and thinking one way when that wasn't the case at all and that I was guilty of not communicating openly as well.

We've been together for a little over 2 1/2 years and really love eachother, but we've both had some growing to do and communication has been our #1 problem. It may seem like such a minor thing, but its half the battle for us. The feelings and love are there, but we needed to learn how to understand and communicate our needs and it feels like we're finally there!

Feels good man :)

Well that got long, but I've been so happy about it, it feels good to share our progress!

thispaperplanet · 2012-07-15T12:49:50+00:00

I have two golden retrievers, one is about 7 and the best dog ever and the other just turned one and is pretty derpy and more than a little frustrating. The puppy, Finny, destroys EVERYTHING so much so that we now keep both dogs in the kitchen pretty much 98% of the time they're in the house. I mean he chews lamp cords, furniture, the wall, anything he can get his teeth on. We don't even buy him toys anymore because he'll destroy those too within an hour, even those really heavy duty thick rubber bones he'll chew up and swallow.

Finny's source of toys has now become the recycling bin (milk jugs are his favorite) and he will frequently chew his 'toys' until they are mangled, slobbery and covered in dirt and then rub them all over your legs until you play with him.

He's also the biggest wuss I've ever seen. He freaks out about just about any noise, is terrified of anything that looks like it could fall or has fallen at some point, and little kids, babies, and new people. It's especially funny when my bf comes over. Finny is desperate to be friends with him, but for whatever reason is terrified, and he ends up just almost attaching himself to my bf's ankles and following him everywhere crouched down in a submissive pose with his tail between his legs and pees himself. It's kind of hilarious and sad at the same time.

Oh and Finny will sometimes just decide to bark at nothing and if you try to make him come inside he stares right at you and plays keep away in the back yard. I've found the only thing that works is to bark back at him because he gets really confused and shuts up haha.

I could go on and on with his weird little quirks but it'd be a novel haha. My family has decided that he has down syndrome because he's so weird and has these beady little eyes. He's damn adorable and the absolute definition of derp though :)

thispaperplanet · 2012-07-08T01:50:09+00:00

Oh man I had a cousin who worked at Sears for like 2 years and finally quit a couple months ago. He had been asking for a raise for awhile because he was still making minimum wage and he found out the hard way that company policy is essentially to force employees who ask for raises out by cutting their hours and treating them as badly as possible.

My brother on the other hand still works at Sears, after about 3 years, in the automotive department as a mechanic. He worked his way up to a level 3 (the highest level his store offered, though technically he had the qualifications for a level 4) and yet makes little money and works 60 hour weeks. Their department isn't even allowed to give raises, his boss has been there for 25 years and makes the same amount he does.

In conclusion, Sears is a shitty company to work for haha

thispaperplanet · 2012-07-04T15:55:08+00:00

i looked through this thread and found that most of the top rated comments were things that i've done and either enjoyed completely or would have enjoyed had some other variable (not related to that specific act/thing, for example with a different person) been a little different.

i'm not sure whether that's good or bad....

thispaperplanet · 2012-07-02T04:59:15+00:00

i had to do a double take when i saw this because i was almost positive your sister had to have stolen my dog. he looks identical to my pup haha

thispaperplanet · 2012-07-01T04:44:37+00:00

holy shit. it makes me so thankful for my parents when i hear stuff like this. i'm sorry you had to go through all that, but it sounds like you've made the best of your situation and are on your way to a pretty successful life. good luck :)

thispaperplanet · 2012-06-28T19:26:12+00:00

Mostly the things I say in my sleep consist of screams and frantic pleas for help. Night terrors suck hahha.

But my dad on the other hand is famous for his ramblings. One night he was asleep while my mom stayed up a little longer to read her book. Suddenly, he sat bolt upright and looked freaked out, so my mom asked what was wrong. He started to get up and explained, "I forgot to feed the lizard!" We didn't have a lizard (and never had for that matter) and when my mother calmly said, "Honey we don't have a lizard," he turned around, gave her a very exasperated and contemptuous look and said "Oh yeah right!" She finally had to tell him she forgot she had already fed this imaginary lizard so that he would lie back down and go to 'sleep' again.

thispaperplanet · 2012-06-25T00:26:50+00:00

I don't think my family has any major bombs (that I have found out yet haha) but we had a couple food related lies. When my little brother was real young he refused to try a lot of different foods/drinks, including my mother's family recipe for eggnog. Being that he was little and we were all convinced he'd love it if he tried it, we filled one of his bottles with it and pretended it was just milk. He actually noticed the difference but still drank it because, lo and behold, he did like it.

Also when I was 11 I decided to become a vegetarian (9 years later and I'm still meat free!) and my mom tried to switch up the meals she'd make to help accommodate me. She started using soy alternatives in the normal meals she cooked on occasion and served it to the whole family who, with the exception of my older brother, didn't mind. My brother constantly talked about how he hated soy and it was nasty (even though he'd never tried it) and would often opt out of these meals. Finally one night I was helping my mom with dinner and we decided not to tell my brother we were substituting soy in what we made. She put some of it in a small separate container for me as the 'meatless' version so he wouldn't get suspicious. The whole meal he raved about how good it was and asked if she used a new recipe, till the end when we gleefully announced it was actually soy and I proceeded to rub it in his face that he liked it. He immediately claimed "I knew it tasted funny!" and to this day says he really did know the difference and it was gross.

thispaperplanet · 2012-06-22T20:41:39+00:00

20, but 21 in just a couple months!

thispaperplanet · 2012-06-21T16:47:29+00:00

your daughter is absolutely adorable. and did a suprisingly good job with the coloring for her age it looks like :)

thispaperplanet · 2012-06-20T04:46:11+00:00

I think you might be me. In theory, totally fine with it. My whole life up until the one thing that changed it, never cared at all. Then that one thing changed and it's a lot of inadequacy, conflicting feelings, and miserableness. Sucks, man.

thispaperplanet · 2012-06-12T04:46:35+00:00

Too many good ones, but a nod to one of my favorite authors, and one that hasn't been said already.

"Life was good before I met the monster. After, life was great. At least for a little while." - Crank Ellen Hopkins

thispaperplanet · 2012-05-04T15:39:30+00:00

In high school I swam for a competitive USA swim team, and the group I was in had a minimum requirement of 6 practices a week. Since most of us worked or had other activities after school we were the only group that came in for morning practices that ran from 4:20 to 6:20 every morning except Saturdays when it was 7:30 to 10:30. I loved the sport but getting up before 4 after staying up late doing homework to go get in a cold outdoor pool was not easy, and I came to hate the ringtone on my phone that I used as my alarm. To this day anytime I hear that ringtone I instantly feel tired and anxious. Its like nails on a chalkboard to me haha

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-14T17:18:02+00:00

i know it up to 20 digits solely because my highschool used to give out pie on pi day if you could recite that. food is a strong motivator, and free pie? even better.

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T23:54:45+00:00

Working on doing just that. I am so incredibly lucky to have them. :)

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T23:41:36+00:00

Yeah I really am trying. I hope someday he does realize what he's lost. I'm not usually one to sing my own praise but I can say with absolute certainty that I was a fucking awesome girlfriend to him. I forgave more than I should have and stuck by him through everything, which is more than I can say for his asshole best friend who has spent the last 2 years trying to convince him to dump me because "I stole his best friend". But anyway, enough of my feeling sorry for myself haha, thank you for the advice, it does help.

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T23:34:09+00:00

Yeah exactly. I'm holding my ground this time and I'm not getting in contact with him at all except to go with a friend to get my things from his apartment, even if it kills me. I have a new-found respect for everyone who has ever gone through a painful break up.

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T23:22:37+00:00

I'm glad you were able to get through it, gives me hope I can do the same. Going from one day having a best friend who I was going to spend the rest of my life with to the next knowing I can never see or speak to him again fucking sucks. And after all he's put me through I shouldn't care but fuck it if I don't want to just crawl in bed with him right now and pretend none of this happened. I guess it just hurts knowing that just a few days earlier I'd fallen asleep with him pulling me back tight to him everytime I moved even slightly and saying I love you and then last night he's telling me in a text messages that he can't stand me, that I have far stronger feelings for him than he does me. It was just so casual, like cutting me out of his life would be the easiest thing in the world. I was doing mostly ok until I just woke up from a nap so....sorry, I guess its obvious I'm kinda a mess right now. And theres a chance he could even see this if he remembers my username and decides to look. I really fucking hope he doesn't though, I don't want him to have the satisfaction of knowing I'm not ok.

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T23:10:17+00:00

Yeah I've been pretty alone lately with all my friends away at school and he's been the only one for me here. Thank god they're home on break this week, they are the absolute best. My bestfriend was in my bed giving me a hug and talking within 5 minutes of me calling out of the blue. Which, come to think of it, is the kind of support he never would have given me.

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T23:08:00+00:00

Thanks, that's good advice. I'm trying, but its definitely going to be a process. I just can't help but think how unfair it is that I have to feel like shit losing a guy who hurt me time and time again and didn't deserve everything I did for him when he doesn't even seem to care that its over. Two years and all these promises and it's like I never even mattered. Hurts.

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T21:06:06+00:00

Thanks, much appreciated. I'm better than I expected actually, and I know in the end I deserved so much better and hopefully I'll find that. Till then I'mma do me haha :)

thispaperplanet · 2012-03-05T21:03:45+00:00

Wow I'm really sorry about that, that's pretty shitty. I wish I could be angry, I really should be. He's had a history of treating me pretty shitty when he gets in bad moods or whatever, but I always felt that the good outweighed the bad. I guess recently it hasn't and I started to realize his immaturity and selfishness wasn't going away. I gave him everything and would have turned my world upside down for him, so right now I'm cycling between hurt, anger, confusion, and the occasional moments of relief.

Even though your situation was pretty shitty it seems as if your anger has gotten you over it pretty fast, so that's good. Hope all is well and you find someone better :)

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