u/ohcheayeah

I get to do shows a decent amount. More opportunities come my way because I work hard to get them. Not really getting paid as much as I like but the amount of stage time is amazing. With that being said. The people I started out doing standup with have been weird recently. Its made me feel a bit lonely. Sometimes I can sense they are jealous or resentful (mainly by how they react when I share good news). Which makes me feel weird because I always celebrate their wins. I want us all to win but some of them just don't work hard enough. Like I really want to do this as a career and not treat it like a hobby. Any thoughts!?

Which theater was pepper sprayed?! Did they close it off or clean it up yet?

I wanted to start off with this first. In the past, my girlfriend's parents have been racist. Not outwardly like hating me, but microaggressions towards me. They are also MAGA. Not only that, the last time I saw them, they tried to offer me alcohol multiple times knowing that i'm sober. With that being said, her family wants to do a trip in our home state. I currently don't reside there but have family there. They want my girlfriend and I to help pitch in and rent a house. As of now, it's just a group text that they left me out of. Mainly everyone else is in the group chat. I can tell my girlfriend's heart strings are being pulled when it comes to her family. I just don't like being in a place where I am tolerated and not fully accepted. Two top it all off, her sister's husband always plays devils advocate. The last time I saw him, he was pretty much saying that hate speech.It is protected under free speech. Which is technically true, but really weird to say. Should I even feel bad about heavily declining? This trip. My girlfriend was like your family should also join. My family isn't financially stable.So I already knew they wouldn't be able to join. I don't know, i've been thinking about this on and off all day. What do y'all think?