Xennial, Atheist, Natural Philosopher, Professional Winemaker, Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reader, Cat Person, Baseball is all (go O's!), bass player, Steven Erikson fan!
@BenStiller
@ZelenskyyUa
@POTUS
I have so much gratitude for you saying this. We need people with your platform to speak up for the atrocities happening to so many innocent people.
@marham50
@sarahecrump
Reminds me of Michelle McNamara:
She hated the phrase βeverything happens for a reason.β She would say, βIt's all chaos,it's all random, and it's horrifying. AndΒ if you want to try and reduce the horror, and reduce the chaos, be kind.Β That's all you can do.Β It's chaos.Β Be kind."
@ScooMansell
@AkilahObviously
This is necessary.
We, white women, need to call out hypocrisy. If that's me showing my true colors, then that is my duty. I will do it.
@ask_aubry
I mean, he clearly identified the problem but manages to still blame her for the radical shift in her life, affecting how much energy and drive she has to be intimate.
She has 4 children. That's the issue.
@CatieSlaughts
@patricia_pierry
The chemistry department staff/professors at my university were rife with rumors and innuendo. It was wild as an undergrad looking at your mentor, and thinking, "Did you really do that with him???". Ah, good times...
@natsechobbyist
@AVindman
I have nothing but the utmost respect for you, your husband and your family. You are all heroes. He and you are right to have your take on this issue and I largely agree with you. I still agree more with Milley on this action. We don't know what he may have prevented.
@ask_aubry
My ex called me a lazy fat-ass when I was working full-time, going to college and raising my 3 stepkids.
Yup, that did it for me. That hurt so much that it still brings tears to my eyes.
I went from 160 to 140 now, but the damage was done.
@shrydar
@ask_aubry
It's a real thing that women's pain is largely ignored. My mom has the highest tolerance I have ever seen.
When her appendix burst, my dad got her to the hospital, they (the doctors/staff) told her she just had the flu. She was in the OR hours later. They almost killed her.
@MichaelZarrabi
All signs point to no. I appreciate people's optimism but it's sorely misplaced here. We are dealing with the strongest wave of ani-intellectualism seen in modern history and nothing will deter these people.
@RemakingManhood
Geriatric Millenial here:
Many of us raised our daughters to take shit from no one. We have clawed our way through wars and a severe recession. Many are still clawing ourselves out. So, yeah. We're pissed and fed up. We want partners, not another child.
@ask_aubry
I had a guy get like this after one date when I was working at a restaurant.
Bro. I don't get breaks and I'm not allowed to have my phone on me during my shift. He lost his shit over 6 hours because I wasn't responding. I wasn't responsible for his insecurities.
@wesalmohamedd
I'm now a winemaker, and this is a small picture of my laboratory. The cellar and production line are absolutely insane. I love what I do!
@waltermasterson
Geriatric Millennial here, and a biologist. ~ 20% has been the number we have been taught for over 20 years. This is not new information. Both gender and sexuality exist on a spectrum. Conservatives need to learn to mind their own business.
@MarkNicker88526
@thejackhopkins
As a person in the wine industry, I can confirm that this is so true. I also lived in the Boise metropolitan area for 16 years, and migrants were critical to the farming industry there, but treated so poorly.
@hart_timothy
When I started dating my now husband (2011), the first thing I did was to get my stepkids out of the church.
At the age of 8, they were already grooming my stepdaughter for sex and marriage. I was appalled.
I refused to raise my stepsons to be misogynists as well.
@sesamestreet
California has seen some very scary fires over the years. This is a picture of me and my friends last week fishing in one of those areas that was affected in 2020. We love Canada, and hope that we send them the help they need to look like this again. β€οΈ
@JessPected
You just described my ex with one caveat; he never explicitly told me that I had a "wall". He just let me know that after years of taking care of my three stepkids, I wasn't the same person he married mentally, emotionally, or physically. Then I found out he was cheating on me.
@ask_aubry
I've waited on/bartended for many guys like this. It's creepy, and I'm not a sex worker (nothing wrong with that work at all!). I'm a server/bartender. You pay me to bring you food and keep your drink filled. That's where the contract ends.
@levarburton
LeVar, thank you for your leadership. Many of us have been terrified since 2015. It's comforting to know we weren't alone, and when you say you see the light at the tunnel, I know I can relax as well.
@ask_aubry
Went through exactly this back in 2016 (also my capstone semester at college) when I had to have my wrist re-broken and a 7-inch metal plate put in. I couldn't take care of my three stepkids for weeks while I recovered. Our marriage never did.
@RadioFreeTom
@TheLastWord
Tom, I trust you. It doesn't make any of this easier, and as a geriatric Millennial, I am very cynical and just plain tired. All we can do is aid and support, watch and hand-wring.
This feels so different from anything we have experienced in our lives.
@HarleyWartooth
@ask_aubry
Harley, I swear you and I have lived mirrored lives.
My ex didn't expect me to take on my three young stepkids the way I did. He resented that he lost the "fun" me he dated and spent years accusing me of prioritizing them over him.
Well, no shit! They were 4, 6, & 8.
@ask_aubry
That girl has been in survival mode all her life. Let her go to her dad under the condition that this the *final* transition for her. Living with this stepfather (I call him that losely) will only harm her more.
@shannonminter5
My dad found this scruff in his pumpkin patch just shy of Halloween. She is Pippin, of the Shire, and I wish your little one the same love and success story.
@Cooperstreaming
12 years with my ex: always said the reason he didn't cook for us, ever (me and his three children from his previous marriage) was because "I wouldn't want him in the kitchen". The kids (20F, 18M, 16M) gave me adoption papers in 2022 for Mother's Day.
@MattWalshBlog
Have you ever once in your relationship asked what your wife truly wants?
Because this sounds like slavery and servitude.
She is a person with her own wants, needs, and dreams. Have you ever once cared about those?
@kat_pep_
That's why it's called systemic racism. The whole system, and all of its infrastructure, is designed to help only a select few.
This is a grossly offensive and dangerously ignorant question.
@ask_aubry
If you grew up in the 90's, you are either Gen X or an Elder Millennial. That puts you in the 40's range.
You want a virgin? Total red flag.
@jessiejensen
16 years in Idaho from ages 14 to 28. Most of my Mormon schoolmates who were married at 19 are now divorced with 3 plus kids.
It's a cult.
@Cooperstreaming
@emilykmay
Dollars to donuts, she was looking for a reason to not tip.
I have way to many years of restaurant/bartending experience to know this.
@ask_aubry
It didn't matter how much I cooked, how well I did it (and I'm damn good), nor how nice I kept the house. I did become quiet, then found out he was cheating.
Now I'm with someone who does things *with* me and adores me as much as I do him.
See how that works?
@ask_aubry
Your account makes me want to hug my man friends so close. I love them for our genuine connection and for making me feel safe. From grabbing a pint, to going to the shooting range, to fishing... I love them.
I found some unicorns, and we are the 4 Musketeers!
@CultistCorasahn
@Rothmus
You wanted incubators. You got 'em. No one should be forced to carry a fetus to term that doesn't want to, and she told him that.
Do keep up.
@dougmartin96
@ProjectLincoln
I hope for the sake of Georgia's residents that you are right. I hope they are incandescent with rage that will fuel massive turnout at the midterms.
@seungminkim
Every tear is justified. After he heals physically, I hope he gets the emotional and mental support he needs to continue his life.
Many of us weep with, and for him.