Soooo me.
I “knew” all my neighbors where I used to live bc of morning walks.
By “knew all my neighbors,” I mean, “I knew their dogs.”
I still remember every pup.
The people’s names? Those I have forgotten. 😬

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. 🦃🍂🍁

Omg, I so feel this. Big, giant hugs to you.
I want a relationship with my family so bad, too. But I also had to flee because they weren’t going to change, and I couldn’t handle being in that environment. Now I have an emptiness that doesn’t go away, but to be with them meant sacrificing myself.

White male…Afghan male…I do see a pattern here but I guess it’s a pattern we aren’t allowed to talk about in our society because like, males build buildings and cars and wage wars and do macho stuff like that, so we dare not ever suggest we have a problem with male violence. 🤷‍♀️

TIL about monotropism. And OMG, now I totally get why I am so burned out and why social situations make me SO tired, even when I like the people. But I love when I can hyperfocus on my special interests. That’s fun. That flow state? I can stay there all day long (till someone starts talking).

I have one thing to say:
Ew.

Srsly, WTF? He gave me bad vibes WAY before he joined this admin.

This isn’t a comment on his looks.

It’s his vibe.

😂😂😂
That’s a code GFY.
Ask anyone who knows me in person.
I keep the healthiest routine of anyone I know.
Organic plant-based diet. Limited meat. Regular exercise. Daily yoga.
Guess what?
I’m. Still. Sick.
There are REASONS.
Being sick itself can make you fat (meds) & slovenly (you’re poor!).

I have felt like I am completely falling apart my whole life.
Thanks for what you do. If it weren’t for you and folks like you like Mom on the Spectrum, I never would have figured out what was “wrong” with me & got diagnosed. I would have been just another “bad kid gone addict.” So thank you. 🩷

What makes people think folks of this mindset would draw the line at torturing family members they don’t like?
Anyone who thinks that is so lucky to have never experienced how a such a family operates.
You OBEY.
If you dare even QUESTION, they take great joy in punishing you.
They’re sadists.

When I am sad (which is a lot), I like to look at scenes like this in silence and remember when you could experience them in silence. When the world wasn’t so full of people and noise. When the biggest predator really was the bear (but you didn’t see them EVERY day, and your nerves could heal).

Human beings have a timeline. It’s a big reason no one wants kids. We want a HOME for them to grow up in. We also want to retire someday, and it’s impossible if you don’t own with rents. Corporations may be legally “people,” but they are immortal. They can play the long game as long as it takes.

What people don’t see is that firms like Blackstone aren’t mortal. They play the long game. They don’t have kids to provide an actual HOME for. They are buying ALL of America a little at a time. “You will own nothing and be happy.” 50-year mortgages? HOA “code enforcers?” Welcome to PERMANENT rent.

The problem is that it never balances. Even as home prices fall, wages still fail to keep up. Wait. Just as it’s getting reasonable for the average person to afford a home again, another mass disaster will jack up prices. Every year there is less starter home inventory and higher rents.