u/Soggy-Beach-1495

It Takes Two is her favorite game of all time. We platinumed it when she was four years old. If there is a Mount Rushmore of grandfathering feats, that should be on there, especially since we did it online. Fittingly, the last trophy we earned for the game was the one in the bug spa, and she was so excited about taking our characters on a spa day.

Anyhow, she had great anticipation for Split Fiction, and we beat it last year, but she just never got as into it as It Takes Two. She had no desire to go back through and clean up the trophies we missed after our first play through. Then she called me yesterday and asked if we could play it again, so we fired it up. I was so surprised how much better she is at it now. There was rarely a time I had to tell her what to do. I was waiting for her less, and she sometimes had to wait for me. And her brother only had to help her once. It was a great day, and she was sad when we had to save it because her mom wanted to take her somewhere.

In Dune and Avatar, there is a magical substance that makes intergalactic conflict justified. Without it, it is complete nonsense. The three body problem is based on an incorrect assumption:

Civilization continuously grows and expands, but the total matter in the universe remains constant.

This is based on 70s thinking that population growth was exponential and unstoppable. Decades later, most countries are now concerned with the exact opposite as their birth rates see substantial declines.

Even if populations continued to increase, the subsequent actions make no sense. If you detect life in another solar system, you obliterate it? That doesn't solve the population problem or the total matter problem. Nor does it factor the cost in energy and resources of traveling to another solar system.

Conflict on Earth has been unprofitable for a century now. No "winner" of a war has come out better than pre conflict except in the case of the US in both world wars where conflict never reached their shores. Conflict in space is infinitely more costly and therefore even less justifiable without spice or unobtanium or some other magical resource making it justifiable.

The bottom line is there has to be something of near limitless value in order to justify interstellar conflict. If a habitable planet is considered to have that kind of value, destroying it would be insanity.

We are trying to raise awareness of my HOAs shitty treatment of a community cat. Local CBS station came to my place to do a story on him. I created an Instagram account for the cat in case the story for popular.

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Here's where things got complicated. The reporter posted the reel and added our account as a collaborator. But then the story got popular, so CBS 8 posted it on their account but did not add us. I've been replying to people's comments on that reel, but is there anything else I can do to bring people to the cat's account? I'll post links below

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Original reel

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZaYHFKhBwr/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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CBS reel

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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZauu53l8q4/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZaLlUcJLqj/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

My wife's AP was an ex, so there was a time when they were physically together, knew each other well, etc. Then it was thirteen years before they reconnected via Facebook. By that time, they were thousands of miles apart and never met up. I think if they lived in the same town, I would have never believed that it was "just" an EA. Also, I would have assumed she really loved this guy. Instead, after researching him, I realized she had no idea who he really was. She was in love with a fantasy version of him that she believed was better than me.

This will be quite different than the typical question on here. A could years ago, a feral cat started visiting our condo and talking to our cat through the window. This was unusual because cats get eaten pretty quickly by coyotes here. After about a month, he came inside, so we took him to the Humane Society thinking they would either find his owner or put him up for adoption. Instead they told us about their TNR/community cat program.

After we released him, we thought we'd never see him again, but he started following our dogs around whenever we'd walk them. He'd then come in the house and take naps with them. Our HOA got crazy and started fining us. This resulted in the local CBS news coming out to do a story about the whole thing. That will air next month.

I figured it would be a good idea to create some social media for the cat prior to the story airing, so I created an IG account for him. I'm just wondering what's the best way to promote the story on the account after it airs.

My wife and I are one of the rare couples on here who lost our virginity to each other. Being a good Christian girl, she had done everything imaginable with other guys that didn't involve penetration. Many people on here obsess about how special that first time is, so I wanted to dive into how that's worked in our relationship.

Was this the best sex we ever had? No, not even close. If you were to ask her, it might be the worst sex she ever had, and that was with me trying to be as gentle as possible and taking a ton of time to prep the battlefield.

Do I reminisce/fantasize about it? Honestly the only time I think about our first time together is when people talk about it on here. Maybe it's because I'm extremely high libido, but I'm much more interested in the next sex we're having than in sex we had decades ago. And if I'm having some solo time, I'm going to choose porn every time over faded memories and thinking about our first time together.

My wife's past happened during a break up we had prior to getting married. A lot of the firsts we shared together she then did with other guys, so this is backwards from how most people experience RJ. You'd think then, based on how most people experience RJ, that I would say well she did this with other guys, but she did it with me first, so our experience was more special. That's not how it's worked.

Lastly, I don't want to gas light anyone. I do remember all our firsts. They are special memories for me. I'm skeptical of people who claim they don't remember them. But again, if I have the choice between thinking about something I did decades ago or doing something fun now, I'm going to choose fun now every time.