RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
Married to a tomboy, so I have that going for me, which is nice.
User ID: 3756
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
17d ago
Congratulations on making it out!
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
22d ago
I am quite convinced that the deeper issue is in women having a totally irrational fear of being "trapped" because they aren't making their own money.
I have heard from several different elder millennial lady attorneys (obvious sample bias) that their Boomer mothers verbally beat into their heads that they had to have their own income and never be dependent on a man. As an outside observer, their marriages seem to be... fraught.
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
22d ago
Picking and choosing to preserve just the taboos that overwhelmingly benefit women over men isn't a sustainable pattern in the long term.
Modern U.S. society will head straight for its grave rather than break from that pattern.
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
22d ago
My prior is that people accused of wrongdoing will almost always deny the thing they're accused of.
There is a fun (not fun) variation of this as a public defender: people will freely admit the horrible thing they've done to any cop who will listen, and then once arrested, will swear on their mother's grave to their attorney that they're innocent and being railroaded, and that their attorney is a piece of shit working for the prosecutor when the defense attorney can't do anything about the prosecutor using all those voluntary and damning statements.
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
22d ago
Model > bank branch manager > yoga teacher > therapist is an interesting progression. Usually it goes more like "model (or some other role making a living off being young, attractive, and female) > yoga teacher or massage therapist > realtor."
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
22d ago
If someone pops up on a dating app that hasn't been jaded to all hell, you've got a VERY small window of time to match with them and get them face-to-face and then try and convince them to get off the app entirely.
One of my favorite (in a dark humor kind of way) pairings is the "I was on an app for one time for 15 minutes and met the love of my life, so apps are great for dating" fresh-faced woman with the "1000-yard stare multi-year veteran of trying to date from apps" man.
RoyGBivensAction
Zensunni Scientologist
22d ago
Everyone is addicted to hearing "but what happened to characters after!!!"
Not just that, they're addicted to "BUT whut happ'n to the characters before?!" See the obsession with lore and prequels as well. I want a well-written self-contained story, which is anathema to Hollywood and many viewers, so it's another reason I've chosen to exit tv/movies/streaming/etc.
My goals are about the same as last year:
Do a spring hiking trip around 100ish miles (about a week)
Do a summer hiking trip around 200ish miles (around 2-3 weeks)
Read a bunch of books
Do a trail race in the fall
Right now I need to work on putting some weight back on, which, despite being in my 40s, is harder than it seems since I can't have lunch. My chicken and rice lunches were very good at adding some pounds.
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