u/ElectricKoolAidPower

I feel a bit silly posting this but I need to cover some hickeys 😅

The reason I feel silly is because I’m a 37 year old man. I have no experience with makeup at all beyond what I’ve heard past girlfriends talk about.

For context I work outside so my neck is pretty tan. The bruises are pretty dark. How do I match my tone? Would a makeup counter laugh me out of the store if I asked for help?

I have a family function I have to be at on Saturday and I can’t show up with these things visible.

Edit: thanks for the helpful advice, y’all are lifesavers. I’m headed to the department store in a little bit to see what I can find and what they recommend. Worst case scenario I can totally get my little sister to help me but she’s gonna clown me hard 😅

I’ve been going lucid since I was a preteen. I’m 37 now. The one thing that hasn’t changed in all that time is when I go lucid, like in that moment and for the entire time I’m aware; I get this very intense feeling in my body. Borders on an orgasmic feeling.

Best I can compare it to is a really good wave of MDMA. Like that sort of body high, almost like a vibrational energy. It doesn’t feel bad at all it’s just really intense and has been getting more so.

Wondering if anyone else has this experience?

Does anyone else have this? My partner and doctor have confirmed I don’t have pubic lice. I don’t have a visible rash.

But mother of god my boxer line itches like a mf down into my pubes. I shower twice a day and soap the crevice. And I’m not even that big. I don’t have an overhang just a paunch.

Any of you fellas have any insight here?

So in the USA we have no greenskeeper’s unions. I’m seeing that as a problem. As we come into the era of automated equipment we’re going to need to protect our jobs. And down the road when a bunch of us have Parkinson’s Disease resulting directly from work exposure we’re going to need legal representation and protection.

What can be done here? I’m familiar with the process of starting a union, but this sort of thing takes large scale solidarity amongst greenskeepers. Small attempts will only be quashed and jobs lost for trying to shake up the system.

I had to make the call last Thursday and my elderly dog was euthanized at 17 years old. So this wasn’t unexpected. I’ve been bracing for this for years.

So I sort of spent the first few days oscillating between numb and crying. But then the anger hit. And it’s different this time. Last time I lost a dog it seemed sort of sudden and that gave me room to be angry at myself for not seeing what was happening.

But this time there’s no logical thing to be mad at. She was old and sick and getting worse and I made a mercy call like a good pet owner should. So I can’t even be mad at myself which is usually my go-to for almost everything in life, is just to self loathe.

But I can’t logically do that so my anger is manifesting in generalized rage. I already have a short fuse but my fuse is completely gone right now. The smallest, and I mean the TINIEST things are sending me into full on screams these last couple days.

Is this a normal presentation for grief based anger?

How long will this go on?

She came to me for help planning his surprise birthday party at the end of the month. But she sucks at it because rather than just text me she waits until she sees me out at the bars and tries to sneak conversation in while he’s in the bathroom or outside smoking or whatever. So he keeps walking back into the bar to find his girlfriend all up in my ear. Of course he thinks there’s something going on. Saturday night he was completely ignoring me aside from a snide comment about me “having secrets.”

I can’t exactly explain right now or it’ll ruin the surprise. Normally I’d just wait till the party and it’ll all be resolved, but the problem is she wants me to take him out for the day of the party so she can get everything ready. I doubt he’s gonna agree to go anywhere with me at this point.

Any advice?