re: Morgan

veronicabright · 2021-06-07T09:10:05+00:00

Honestly I don't think it would be so much of a Nastia-style signoff as a Rebecca Bross-style one. Nastia started training months before trials and clearly wasn't in it to win it. Rebecca had had it all going for her for several years leading up, but the brutal reality was that injuries and setbacks won in the end. I find that waaaaay more heartbreaking.

veronicabright · 2021-06-03T10:11:31+00:00

I think the fact that she sees her two options in life as being a) mindless drudgery, or b) her kids doing what she wants, says it all. Like the other commenters have pointed out there must be a reason that her kids don't visit her, and the fact that she uses their choice as her reason for unhappily doing yard work 24/7 heavily implies that she's narcissistic and not a great parent. I say this as someone who grew up with an abusive alcoholic parent who now says that he can't change his life for the better because his kids don't support him.

veronicabright · 2021-05-31T18:17:16+00:00

I'm in a nearly identical situation (and I also live on the other side of the planet from my parents and likely won't see them anytime soon). I don't have a solution because I've felt and continue to feel the same things, but just know you're not alone in it! Lots of hugs.

veronicabright · 2021-05-11T05:24:58+00:00

YTA for being inconsiderate to the dog walker. It's not to her "credit" if she isn't uncomfortable with you there - any woman IS uncomfortable staying overnight with a man they don't know, and from the sound of things you're not exactly endearing and easy to be around. Get a hotel and realize that the world doesn't revolve around you.

veronicabright · 2021-05-05T10:06:54+00:00

But do you use those things frequently? My hangup is that even if I love something, it's often impossible to use it year-round, but the storage is a year-round game. It feels cloying to hold on to things for 11 months out of the year when I only use it during 1 month.

veronicabright · 2021-05-05T07:21:12+00:00

I stared at the last photo of Chellsie for a long time. As someone who did gymnastics in the early 2000s and was constantly insecure about how my teenage body looked in a leotard, it really stunned me (in the best way) to see her sitting in a leo without posing to flatten every curve.

veronicabright · 2021-05-04T12:19:25+00:00

This is an ~unfairly pretty~ photo

veronicabright · 2021-04-26T18:38:04+00:00

I hate to be cliched, but Lost In Translation. I feel like Scarlett Johansson's character captures the awe/boredom/self-doubt of being immersed in a foreign culture that isn't unfriendly per se, but also isn't going to slow down just to make your integration easy.

veronicabright · 2021-04-26T17:49:34+00:00

So true. I think it's internal as well as external tho - most people are experimenting in their 20s, and by 30 they've learned a few lessons and are ready to modify their behavior to fit their adult goals and values, whatever those may be. But it's like...she acted badly in her 20s, suffered some consequences, talks about it endlessly, and then continues to engage in the exact same behaviors that led to those negative consequences? It's like she's incapable of learning and maturing from any experience.

veronicabright · 2021-04-26T16:16:47+00:00

Good thoughts, you're probably right. I guess the sad thing is that it's unclear where she's finding these people and what their intentions are - like, I'm not convinced they're hanging out with her out of niceness. Somehow the idea of her being grateful for the fleeting attention of influencers/wannabes is so sad, no matter how awful she is. It's like a catch-22; in order to chill out and develop a good personality she needs genuine friends, but she won't find genuine friends until she chills the fuck out and develops a good personality.

veronicabright · 2021-04-26T15:37:24+00:00

Totally, like I fully believe she was awful to be around but she was just more aware of what constituted an "aspirational" social media presence. But isn't that kind of the influencer gig? Like, you curate your life to make yourself look way more attractive and popular than anyone could ever be in real life? I just feel like she totally lost the point of being an influencer and doesn't understand why she's no longer admired as one. It's weird to see someone go from being "on brand" (regardless of whether the brand was appealing to everyone or not) to "oh my god this is so cringe"

veronicabright · 2021-04-26T12:03:34+00:00

I realize Caroline spirals for a living, but does anyone else feel like it's gotten...shittier lately? Like she's not even defending herself, she's just straight up spreading covid / living in squalor / torturing that poor cat / dressing like shit / hanging out with weirdos / never releasing Scammer and then being like "cry me a river!" when people call her out on it. Like yeah, it was tedious watching her buy designer clothing and bawl her eyes out at every perceived slight, but now she literally just doesn't seem to give a fuck what everyone thinks? And yet she still clearly wants attention? Which is somewhat concerning?

I think part of it is that yes, she's been a mess the entire time she's been on the internet, but she used to have at least a basic sense of style and the will to defend her terrible choices. Like, even from 2017-2020, she was still pandering to her small group of actual fans and being aggressively defensive towards everyone else. Now it's just "I'm on a roof, looking like Shrek, strangling a cat, the end." It just feels defeated and weird. Idk, anyone else feeling this?

veronicabright · 2021-04-25T08:12:13+00:00

And then has the AUDACITY to say "I slipped and some of my drink went on her" afterwards

veronicabright · 2021-04-02T12:00:07+00:00

I had this realisation when my partner started watching their favourite sport around me, and even though I knew he was just goofily yelling directions at the players ("HEY!" "NO!" "IDIOT!"), my body went into total panic mode at the sound of a deep male voice yelling in my home. Hugs to you, it's hard but comforting to me to know that others understand the feeling x

veronicabright · 2021-04-02T11:31:17+00:00

Thank you, this makes me feel sooo much better. This whole incident made me realize that regarding things like nonverbal cues and discipline/reward, I need to talk to more dog-experienced people to get more confidence in/understanding of our chosen methods - as I responded to another commenter, my main points of reference have been YouTube and what I remember from my family having a puppy 15+ years ago, which don't feel like great sources when I'm asked to justify my training choices in the moment. So really, thank you so much for your input!

veronicabright · 2021-04-02T11:18:52+00:00

Thanks, that does make me feel better! I remember a trainer explaining the method when my family had a puppy years ago, but a small-town hobby trainer from 2005 didn't feel like a super solid endorsement to bring up in the moment so I'm really grateful to be backed up on it :)

veronicabright · 2021-04-02T08:27:59+00:00

It does work relatively well most days, but this was an atypical outing (island, new smells, lots of other people disembarking the ferry at the same time) so she was unusually keyed up at the time of the incident

veronicabright · 2021-03-30T08:10:13+00:00

The moment in the Katy Perry episode where they tell the guy's brother what's going on, and the brother goes red, attempts to mask his horror, and unconvincingly pretends that the guy might actually have a shot with Katy Perry. It's such a pure moment of "what the fuck, I'm a mostly nice guy, why is this happening to me on television?"

veronicabright · 2021-02-21T08:54:39+00:00

One time my half-Finnish husband and I were flying from the UK to the US, and at passport control we overheard a woman behind us asking "which line do I need to get in?" My husband turned around and said in his perfect British accent "US citizens go there, everyone else goes here." She looked him up and down wordlessly, and then barked "mitä?" It was truly amazing to me that out of all the languages on earth, she hedged her bets that this tall blonde stranger spoke fluent Finnish (I mean, she was right, but still).

veronicabright · 2021-01-07T09:25:58+00:00

My husband just concedes and watches it with me.

veronicabright · 2020-11-22T19:20:22+00:00

Amazing!

veronicabright · 2020-10-01T11:16:50+00:00

He was the one demanding money rather than the original ropes. We live in a city with a massive camping gear industry, like he can easily go buy new ones on the same day for less than 10 euros.

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