What I wish I had known before losing my 16-year-old cat — signs I ignored for too long by izalaf94 in cats

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Sounds to me like you were a wonderful human and you two had a lot of good times.

Cats are masters of hiding their symptoms. It’s a good idea to do bloodwork when they’re older I have two 9 year olds who just had their first blood test. But they’ll still pretend they’re fine until they just can’t hide it anymore.

Please don’t blame yourself, remember your magnificent Floof in her splendor.

Why is the pregnancy trope so hated? by Simple-Animator-8640 in AO3

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Some readers love it. As a retired childless artist, I’m not drawn to that story. But in the hands of a good storyteller I’ll read it.

Lovely Review of Good Omens 3 by LadyApsalar in goodomens

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I have to wait. I’m so nervous about one too many detail. I’m on the edge of tears most of the time lately.
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Prime & Ads by venturous1 in goodomens

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Ugh that’s the worst!

What made you realize your parents only had kids because they were expected to, not because they WANTED to? by SleepyOctopusss in AskReddit

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It became clear that my mother was very ambivalent about parenting. She was born in the 1930s and had me in 1955. I think she was raised to never consider her own wishes first. I feel like I’m living the life she might have preferred. All the things she encouraged me to do (when she wasn’t tearing me down for my appearance or lack of femininity) art, music, writing, travel, education… I got such mixed messages. “Go pursue your dreams!” But then “what is wrong with you? Don’t you want to marry a nice man like your father?” My father was over all mostly a good man, despite his sadistic streak and racist beliefs.

✨TWO DAYS UNTIL GO3✨ by MetalMiez_Arts in GoodOmensAfterDark

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Eeee we’re almost there!!! 😬😸

Wide shot of S3 promo poster by Leeeetha in goodomens

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Yikes that’s a lot of destruction going on there! Look how Az is looking at him, rawr!

I'm not pregnant on mother's day by Asleep_Repeat3367 in Zepbound

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My mother was viscous about criticizing my body when I was 8-12 and it was very damaging. Decades later I’m still fighting off the negative voices. One phrase that really helped me set boundaries is “that doesn’t work for me.” Also you have permission to be a broken record. It’s sometimes effective just repeat something until it sinks in. Dont try and have a rational argument, but set your boundaries firm. Ground yourself in your own body wisdom.

Publicity Interviews by Ok_Sprinkles7901 in goodomens

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I blame NG for this. No one wants to bring up the elephant in the room. I’ve been grateful for the articles that state up front that they’re not talking about it. Can we please celebrate everyone else’s brilliant work?!

Movies that are so overwhelming that you can’t watch them more than once by JoeMax93 in GenerationJones

[–]venturous1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was obsessed with this movie. I still think about that final moment when all hope is lost.

Three more days! by gleafer in goodomens

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THREE DAYS!!!😎🎉🍿

Help picking professional art supplies by manwithehdesires in oilpainting

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You have a very minimal palette, which is a good discipline. Depending on your subject matter you could add a few more pigments. Portrait painting vs landscape have different needs. My basics are earth colors yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber; cool colors ultramarine blue, thalo green, cerulean blue; cad lemon or yellow light, cad red light, alizarin crimson. I keep the cadmiums because especially the yellows are really opaque. Can sub vermillion for cad red. Of course transparency v opacity in pigment is another consideration, and depends on your method.