A kidney stone is more than fair!
This is a good one! I had to do this this year and it was terrifying.
My attorney did a great job preparing me. I was a witness, but they were trying to use me to get to my spouse. One wrong word and spousal privilege would be null. Luckily the defense council was one of these guys who thought being aggressive & confrontational would get me to crack. A weird quirk of my personality is that even if I'm shaking on the inside, the more someone loses their shit, the more calm I appear.
Oh god that's way too much pressure! I don't blame you.
Eating at Taco Bell
Being gaslit.
See we can't be friends...
Oh Rosie a mindfuck is an excellent one.
Oof, that's a heavy one.
OK so... I always felt really weird about not actually having a crush on any celebs when I was young. Not a one. Back then it always felt like, "oh hey, what's the point, these people might as well be imaginary."09.23.24
Something lighter...
Is there a celebrity (or hell tell me about the real life people too!) that in your childhood you had a major crush on that now, when you look back, you can't understand why you were so smitten?
Ever practical! Is there any normal person that you look back and say "Alpine, my fine chap, what the actual fuck?"
Hah! Not so much "what the actual fuck?" but recently an ex changed her profile pic on FB and the algo showed me, and I had two reactions. 1) Oh! I'd forgotten we were even still friends, 2) how interesting, once upon a time you left me feeling all messed up in great and awful ways, and now... nothing, just neutral except some recognition. You're just another person now. Someone in my past who I haven't interacted with in any way for years and years, and likely never will again. It made me reflect a lot on the importance of keeping strong bonds with the people you care about.
Oh god there was this boy in school that I decided was gonna be my future husband. I can not remember why at all because we weren't friends and barely even talked to each other.09.23.24
Something lighter...
Is there a celebrity (or hell tell me about the real life people too!) that in your childhood you had a major crush on that now, when you look back, you can't understand why you were so smitten?
but he was just a gobby little shit.
The first girl I remember having a crush on was in 1st grade. Pretty sure her name was Jenny. She was faster than me and apparently that’s all it took to get my attention. She was going to be my wife and we were going to have children that were faster yet.09.23.24
Something lighter...
Is there a celebrity (or hell tell me about the real life people too!) that in your childhood you had a major crush on that now, when you look back, you can't understand why you were so smitten?
09.23.24
Something lighter...
Is there a celebrity (or hell tell me about the real life people too!) that in your childhood you had a major crush on that now, when you look back, you can't understand why you were so smitten?
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I think top tier is when it comes to you second hand. When you hear that someone complimented you when you weren’t present.
Gah compliments make me feel itchy which is weird because I love praise
A compliment that I can believe.
I think theres a lot of overlap there but I'm just maybe a bit needier with people I'm sexually or romantically interested in.
When it's about something I care about, worked on, or think is an important part of who I am. And again, when I really believe the person saying it really means it.
All things.
Honestly I'd rather be shown what someone thinks of me than to be told.
Top tier compliments are ones that indicate a person really sees me and the effort I put in. I like to hear the same things from friends and lovers in terms of compliments. Something real and genuine specific to me and genuine. I don't think I hate being complimented on anything-i love hearing nice things about myself
but focusing on looks/physical attributes only is yucky and if I get a generic or insincere compliment and I totally check out.
Please don't compliment me on my appearance. I know what I look like.
Top Tier compliments are the ones you feel in your heart rather than hear with your ears and head.
Umm, my friends won’t ever compliment me on my looks or my sexual prowess. But I’d sure hope my lover mentions something about those things at some point.
The ones we love have the most power to build us up and tear us down. So it should mean a whole lot more coming from them as long as it’s genuine.
Like a lot of others, I’m not great at taking a compliment to begin with. Definitely trying to graciously accept it and then quickly change the subject.
