For the older posters here, you know the drill. No struggle sessions, keep it nice.
For the newer folks, hi! I’m Corgi! I made these threads from time to time to see if everyone is doing OK. Got something cool you wanna talk about? Need an ear for venting? This is your space! Just be nice, this isn’t the thread for arguments.
I made a down payment for next year’s wedding recently, and I’ve been having a BLAST with the Retroid 3+. I’ve been going to the bar with the pup the last few days and just sitting with a pint and playing MVC2, Twisted Metal Black, Smash, and Mario. Met another Hexbear IRL recently, that was nice!
Hope everyone is doing well! Remember, you are loved
Baaaad.
Good news: BF recovered from COVID about two weeks ago. Yay!
Bad News: He took up the bottle again for reasons too complex to talk about here. Then he tried to start a fight over something that is a legit grievance(I failed to be attentive to his needs, check in more) but when I tried to deescalate he continued to try and fight, and threatened to follow me if I tried to get away. (
After giving him 24 hours to cool off- he did it again over text.
So, I told him to get his stuff, now he’s my ex boyfriend.
I was shocked with his behavior. He’s a grief counselor ffs. But he is also a recovering alcoholic and I just met who he is after a weekend bender.
Sucks.
CW
Bonded with a father figure that is about to die, was nice and yet wished communication like that would be more often possible instead of only in extreme situations.
Talked to my therapist, thinking about starting HRT. I just don’t wanna do it while I’m living with my mom (she’s not exactly anti-trans, just weird and uncomfortable about it) but we’re still living together and will be until I can get a job and find a place of my own :(
I’m having a bad time!
I’m single for the first time in my adult life after 8 years with the same person, so I’m using this time to try and vetter myself and get control over my vices now that I’ve got the freedom to introspect at my pace.
I’ve mostly quit smoking weed, and significantly cut back on cigarettes, and I’ve increased my drinking now that I’ve realized that I don’t actually have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol and was just afraid of it because of my parents being alcoholics.
I’m in a new city with no friends, no family, and no support system, so it’s been really rough, but I’m determined to come out of this shit clean on the other side.
Thank you for asking, I’ve been looking for a place to vent a little
please don’t drink too much, alcoholism is a progressive disease and the more you drink and the longer you drink a lot the more likely you are to realize three years from now that you have a huge problem. believe me i know.
I never drink more than one drink in a night, and never when I’m in a bad mood. Generally I only drink with friends, but sometimes I’ll crack open a beer when I’m gaming. It’s a rarity. That I’ve slightly increased it, should probably alarm me though, especially given my current situation.
Your concern is both noted and appreciated, genuinely.
First time listener, first time caller. Homeschool for our two kids starts next week, and we are studying Dad’s Extremely Anti-Colonialist Early Modern History: Part One™ this year. Can’t wait
Roughly how old are the kids? I could ask down the street about materials for teaching kids / work sheets (they are mostly focused on science and practical things for kids though, German academic material).
They’re 9 and 6. We’re in the very fortunate position of having too many resources available, so we’re trying to pare down what we’re doing to avoid frying their brains. That said, there’s a real shortage of homeschool resources in the Lemmy world, so anything you’ve got that handy will be useful. Thanks, and you’re awesome
We did commie homeschool for three years since the pandemic started, but my kids said that they wanted to go back this year, so they’re going, although they won’t be taking off their n95s at school. I’m pretty anxious about them getting sick (or getting me sick) and hope that they change their minds, but I support whatever decision they make. We studied really well together and I was really impressed with how basically any kind of problem can be overcome with enough attention, resources, encouragement, etc. They head back tomorrow. Good luck with this adventure.
That’s a bittersweet feeling for sure. We went through the same thing last year, sending them to public school after two great years of homeschool; we wanted to give them a chance to learn some social skills, make some friends, and just generally get a sense of what public school is like so that they have that cultural reference point going forward.
If it helps at all, they managed to avoid COVID (thank you, KF94 masks), built some great friendships that have grown outside of school, and got to participate in some fun stuff that they would have otherwise missed. It also gave them a greater appreciation for the fun and flexibility of homeschool.
So: good luck tomorrow and for the rest of the schoolyear! And maybe don’t give away all your homeschool stuff just yet.
