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Lol, like I have ever had mental bandwidth. Childhood trauma represent!
Spot on with the “I’d really like to get the depression under control before I let you function at your job.”
Because fixing the unfixable is somehow more important than making sure I keep my job so I can like…eat. And live indoors. And afford the healthcare that is paying them.
You should refer to her as her nickname, Rory, since they’re both Lorelei.
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Good luck emigrating unless you can afford those countries that let you buy residency.
Props to anyone who has successfully moved to another country because eegads that is not an easy or quick process.
But girls are gross! We can’t let our city streets and parks be sissies!
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I literally made this mistake 3 weeks ago. Worst oatmeal ever.
I have always been “non-traditional” looking. When I was young and skinny I don’t think I was ugly but certainly not conventionally beautiful. Now that I’m older I am certifiably “meh”.
The expectation to look pretty (for men) is still there even if I don’t meet the criteria for their attention. I still feel the societal pressure, I still feel bad about my appearance when I’m not serving male gaze ideals. It doesn’t just go away even when you’re disqualified from personhood for being ugly.
I’m hoping becoming an old biddy will release me from requirements and I can feel free.
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Oh snap!
Hey! It doesn’t need to be your closest national park.
Is there a term for this “live, laugh, love”-esque pop psych BS?
I reckon we either are or are descended from changelings. All of the downsides of fae ancestry and none of the perks.
It itches and causes a rash that gets worse with prolonged exposure. I can’t even tolerate surgical steel and many gold “hypoallergenic” pieces because those removed still use nickel as part of the alloy.
It’s in all sorts of things. Buttons on jeans, zippers, tools, wire, eyeglasses, and obviously jewelry.
It takes an hour or two of direct contact to start itching and getting raised bumps, less time if it is low quality metal like uncoated wire or something. Prolonged contact greater than a few hours leads to sores and it gets really really itchy and gross from there on out. Stupid jeans.
How people deal with it is just avoid metal things as much as possible because you never know if nickel is mixed in. For metal jewelry you can pay a pretty penny for higher purity metals with a much lower concentration of nickel (hard to be completely nickel free due to natural impurities) or just wear silicone/resin/leather jewelry.
Jeans though…those buttons are gonna get you. Most people paint the inside button with nail polish but that shit rubs off quickly. I just make sure I’m wearing at least 2 layers of barrier fabric between my skin and the jeans (1 layer can be pretty permeable).
I didn’t adjust well to it because I have an erratic sleep schedule, probably partially from a decade of shift work. I am also not a morning person at all and adjusting to 9-5 (or 8-5 or 8-6:30 which is more common around here) was brutal.
Is the job actually 9-5 for real? Like an 8 hour shift that includes lunch? If so, that’s a pretty sweet gig. Like NOWHERE let’s your lunch be part of your day anymore.
Overall I’m happier at a more consistent job time now. Easier to plan around, no more close-to-open bs.