What Are You Thinking? Continued 14

Is there anyone else like me that has absolutely no interest in ever attending a high school reunion until you rewatch Grosse Pointe Blank for the umpteenth time and then you just get this weird urge to go? Maybe without the stab-someone-to-death-with-a-pen-through-his-neck scene. But other than that...
 
Is there anyone else like me that has absolutely no interest in ever attending a high school reunion until you rewatch Grosse Pointe Blank for the umpteenth time and then you just get this weird urge to go? Maybe without the stab-someone-to-death-with-a-pen-through-his-neck scene. But other than that...
Thinking I hope that’s not a movie worth watching, since I now know what happens lol
 
Is there anyone else like me that has absolutely no interest in ever attending a high school reunion until you rewatch Grosse Pointe Blank for the umpteenth time and then you just get this weird urge to go? Maybe without the stab-someone-to-death-with-a-pen-through-his-neck scene. But other than that...
definitely the best reunion movie i can think of...great movie in general...but no, high school reunion? im good...its been 26 years, haha
 
Okay, I was trying to just ignore this sub-post, but it’s just making me more upset.

First though, I will say I’m sorry for the loss of your friend. I also lost a friend who was close enough that I called her “ate” (pronounced ah-teh, older sister in Tagalog) for 20 years, to C19. She was one in a string of 11 deaths of of people I cared about in 11 months, including my brother, his wife, her brother-in-law, my aunt, my cousin, my brother-in-law’s father whom I’ve know since I was like 5, and several friends.

What you were referring to was a lighthearted conversation about “man flu,” in which men are overly dramatic when sick, and it was started by a man who admitted he’s a baby when sick, and we both specifically referred to “low-grade colds.” In no way, shape or form did I or anyone else indicate someone sick shouldn’t be cared for, whether they’re overly dramatic or not.

If you want to passive aggressively sub-post and get into it though, we can revisit the conversation from this very thread a few days ago, about how women absolutely do not receive an equal level of care, in medical settings or at home. Here in the states, medical professionals are letting miscarrying women bleed out and/or go septic and die because predominantly-male lawmakers are passing laws that make helping them an offense punishable by stripping their medical license and/or life in prison. Even before that, how women in the US have a considerably worse maternal mortality rate than other developed countries, especially for women of color. Or about how women are constantly under-treated for the same pains and symptoms as men because, and under-prescribed pain medication that could provide much-needed relief. Also, how men have a better outcome and survival rate than women because there are usually at least 1-2 women who will step up and care for them, even ex-wives, while female patients sit alone and unsupported in chemo and dialysis chairs. Or how men are six times more likely to leave their wife when she’s facing a chronic or terminal condition. This is not just a statistic for me, as I mentioned in this thread the other day, it has happened to me with two different men who thought they wanted to spend forever with me, until they faced the reality of my health issues. The last one even said mid-breakup that the day he had to call 911 and I had to go to the ER was “the beginning of the end” for him.
So yeah, I did not and would not have said or implied that anyone who is sick should not be cared for, but I stand by the fact that women absolutely do not receive the same standard or care. And next time you want to twist my words around, don’t sub-post; quote or tag me.
You seem a thoughtful person with a lot to say. Thank you for your insight.

I am really sorry your healthcare experiences are not up to expectations. Truly, I wish they were. For all of us.

We all have experiences that color our world.

I am not a fan of making broad general statements to the experiences of all based upon my own. But that's me.

In any case. I wish you well, in all things.
 
Thinking I sometimes feel I have it difficult, but I don’t have it Syrian-refugee-trying-to-learn-to-teach-to-help-her-son difficult. Brave smiling kind-hearted woman

Which isn’t to say my or anyone else’s difficulties don’t count. But reminds me that I can always try to dig deeper, seek solutions, be more optimistic and patient
 
This is going through my head right now. Pat Suzuki does the best rendition in my opinion.


 
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