38F with chronic health issues
No kids. My cat is my child
Not married or dating (straight)
Love reading, walking, cafes, live music in the park
Love shows like Our Flag Means Death, What We Do In The Shadows, The Other Two
Love reading historical fiction - especially women's survival stories
NO MAGA
Edit: NO MEN EITHER!
1 cat is gray and white and the other cat is yellow and white
Both are adults
They have collars and I got to check one of the collars, but there was no ID tag on it
DMs open
I don't have a picnic to go to!
Anybody got a yard with a bonfire to hangout at?
I'll bring the marshmallows and hotdogs
Edit: I'm 37F who lives alone with a cat. I swear I'm not a creep 🤣
I reported sexual harassment by a man in an online space, and immediately a bunch of women started defending him and telling me I was wrong
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I am a rape and abuse survivor and I've dealt with extremely important women in my life flat-out betraying me and defending the guy who raped me
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I know the situation online isn't as serious as what I personally went through but I am feeling so triggered and upset
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Why do women defend men and bully other women so much??????
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I can't stop crying
This was in the "failed inspection" letter. The repairs are the property manager's responsibility.
I (37F) have a rare condition called Sunflower Syndrome. I've had it for as long as I can remember. Here is what it looks like.
I get several cluster absence seizures in a row, which about 1-3 seconds long each. While this is happening, I raise my right hand and wave it over my eyes and my eyelids flicker. The hand-waving is out of my control. This is in response to bright sunlight. If this goes on long enough I'll have a tonic clonic seizure.
It's extremely disorienting. It's impossible to have a conversation or focus on a task. If I'm trying to talk, I'll slur my speech and forget what I was saying. If I'm trying to get something done, I'll forget what I was doing and go around in circles.
I find that wearing a hat helps tremendously to block out the sunlight. But sometimes I forget to wear a hat, or sometimes I'm tired and it happens even when I'm wearing a hat.
Intense heat, humidity, stress, exhaustion, fatigue, and missing my medications all make this worse.
No medications have helped. I've gotten Vagus Nerve Stimulation surgery but it did not help.
I'm thinking of making an Epilepsy Support Group on Meetup
I'm hesitant though because I'm not sure if there'll be much interest, and I'm not sure where to have the meetup. Maybe Allegheny Commons Park? Or maybe a library?
I just wanted to post this and see what kind of feedback I could get. Thanks!
It's the 11th and the housing authority still hasn't paid their portion of the rent.
My rent is due by the third of the month but the housing authority isn't paying it til the 10th of the month, which means I'm getting hit with a $50 late fee every month. I contacted the housing authority and they said they have until the 10th to pay their portion of the rent.
Is there anything I can do about this?
In 2009 I was in an abusive relationship. I was 19 and the guy was 31.
He did a lot of messed up things to me.
One of them was the time he made me pay for a set of tattoos for him and me, with my own money. I said I didn't want to get a tattoo. He called me a pussy.
The tattoos were of scorpions. We each got one on our arms. He was a Scorpio.
When I got out of that relationship I moved back in with my abusive parents. I wanted to get the tattoo removed. The tattoo removal people said that since it was on my arm and since it was summer, I'd have to cover it up with a piece of cloth to prevent it from being exposed to the sun.
There was a dollar store next to the tattoo removal place. My mom and I were standing in the aisle, looking at a bunch of socks in the dollar store. She suggested that I wrap a sock around my arm. I really didn't want to wrap a sock around my arm. She started laughing hysterically at me, looking at me as I was looking at the socks.
I can't remember if I bought a pair of socks to put on my arm.
On the way home from the dollar store I asked her why she was laughing at me. She said "What?? We were having a laugh!"
I wasn't laughing.
The process of getting that tattoo removed meant a lot to me.
It would have meant a lot if my mom could have understood and supported that.
I wish I could get her laughter out of my head.