What do you feel like saying, right now?

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I lost the weight since then, but the boots stayed loyal. And real talk? I got them joints from a Payless that were going out of business — two for one deal next to the clearance Crocs.

LMAO @ PB making a failed attempt to talk hood. You posted that like it was your first time trying to be urban since SAT prep. Dude said “joints” like it was on a resume LOL!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

17 senior in high school

Originally Posted by AGDee

As if we're going to believe that.

Originally Posted by Zach

For a minute I thought that was really pretty boy. I was thinking that dude ain’t a pretty boy. Username doesn’t match.

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Could just be an ironic nickname like calling a bigger guy Slim or a tall guy Tiny.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Big dude in the boots looks like he ate PB and still had room for desert LOL

And I just realized just now after reading these, they were low-key going to paparazzi PB,

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

I lost the weight since then, but the boots stayed loyal. And real talk? I got them joints from a Payless that were going out of business — two for one deal next to the clearance Crocs.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

LMAO @ PB making a failed attempt to talk hood. You posted that like it was your first time trying to be urban since SAT prep. Dude said “joints” like it was on a resume LOL!

[Sciencewoman]

LOL! That pic was obviously taken by a professional photographer with a studio set-up, and THAT is what the guy chose to wear?

CG, thanks for the liver info...I will definitely let you know what Pip's vet does. He"s been fine since his bug ...eating, energetic, etc.

[cheerfulgreek]

WIFLSRN: The end of my day at work just now was so much fun, lol. My coworkers didn’t know I could dance. I’m like, seriously? And then I’m like, yes, I know how to dance. I don’t know how they didn’t know this about me. Just in our random conversations on seldom slower days, I told them I cheered and I was also on the dance team, so how they didn’t know…. Maybe they thought I forgot. Well, they didn’t believe me so I took my lab coat off, put on a song from one of my playlists, and I showed them. They were like “Wow!” Then they tried it. Hilarious!

One of our patients was literally looking at me like…..



lol

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

So, looking back on my first pregnancy, I realized just how hard it was, not just on me, but like on my husband too. I was hormonal, tired, uncomfortable, and honestly, not always the easiest person to be around. I’d get emotional over small things, lose my temper too fast, and even though I knew it wasn’t fair, sometimes I just couldn’t help it?

My husband isn’t the type to argue or guilt trip. He’s pretty reserved, and during that time, he stayed like, steady, not perfect, but steady. And I could tell it took effort for him to be that way, and I appreciated that more than I probably said out loud.

And then, what stood out to me was that he didn’t make me feel worse when I was already struggling. He didn’t try to fix everything or lecture me, he just stayed calm, listened, and gave me space when I needed it. It wasn’t always graceful, but it was consistent.

And then, at some point, I realized he was like, quietly carrying the weight of both of us in a way I hadn’t noticed before. While I was like totally caught up in the chaos of how I felt, he was focused on keeping things stable and together. And that hit me really hard, because that’s when I saw what emotional safety actually looked like. No over the top stuff or constant reassurance, just someone who chooses to stay grounded when it matters most. Know what I mean?

That’s when I started to really think about what it feels like to be married to me, especially when I’m not at my best. If that makes sense.

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. What you just described? That’s what real love looks like. Not the fireworks, it’s the foundation.

And honestly, props to your hubby for holding it down without making it about him. That’s strength most people don’t even notice unless they’ve had to do it. Emotional safety ain’t loud. It’s consistent. It’s choosing calm when everything in you wants to react. That’s rare.

But I also respect you for looking back and owning your part. A lot of people don’t do that. Chicks especially. They bounce before owning up. The fact that you see him now, even retroactively, that matters. That kind of awareness? That’s how you grow closer, for real.

Y’all are a solid couple, no doubt. It ain’t about being perfect. It’s about being accountable to each other when life ain’t pretty. I respect that heavy. Thanks for sharing that, CG. Now, I get what you meant by that.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

So, my practice partner wanted to get a key for the bathroom at work. It’s just to prevent random people who aren’t clients to come in and use our bathroom. So, I suggested that we use like a code that people have to punch in order to use it. And then, she was like it’d be too expensive. I didn’t say anything, but I was not for doing the key thing. I didn’t know she knew me as well as she does. And I didn’t know my coworkers know me as well as they do. Long story short, whenever a client uses bathroom, which isn’t often, when they get done, they leave the key on the counter. So like, no one would put it back on the hook. They just left it out for me to do it just so they could watch me and laugh. So, they all had bets that I would use gloves to hang it back on the hook or use Kleenex or something. Well, I used Kleenex to pick it up. They all started laughing when I did. I’m like… ok, what’s the joke?

They can laugh at me, I don’t care. I am NOT touching that key. Ew!

Lol CG, you’re dramatic as hell.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Is anyone watching the protests?

Yeah, dude is sending Venezuelans back who came here legally.

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

WIFLSRN: The end of my day at work just now was so much fun, lol. My coworkers didn’t know I could dance. I’m like, seriously? And then I’m like, yes, I know how to dance. I don’t know how they didn’t know this about me. Just in our random conversations on seldom slower days, I told them I cheered and I was also on the dance team, so how they didn’t know…. Maybe they thought I forgot. Well, they didn’t believe me so I took my lab coat off, put on a song from one of my playlists, and I showed them. They were like “Wow!” Then they tried it. Hilarious!

One of our patients was literally looking at me like…..



lol

Wish I could be a fly on the wall watching a veterinarian do that in a vet clinic Lol.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. What you just described? That’s what real love looks like. Not the fireworks, it’s the foundation.

And honestly, props to your hubby for holding it down without making it about him. That’s strength most people don’t even notice unless they’ve had to do it. Emotional safety ain’t loud. It’s consistent. It’s choosing calm when everything in you wants to react. That’s rare.

But I also respect you for looking back and owning your part. A lot of people don’t do that. Chicks especially. They bounce before owning up. The fact that you see him now, even retroactively, that matters. That kind of awareness? That’s how you grow closer, for real.

Y’all are a solid couple, no doubt. It ain’t about being perfect. It’s about being accountable to each other when life ain’t pretty. I respect that heavy. Thanks for sharing that, CG. Now, I get what you meant by that.

I can’t speak for other women and why they act on the decisions they make. I mean, some have good reason to leave if they married a jerk, lol. I’m very lucky though. When I met him, something in me just clicked. I fell hard and fast… and it felt so safe to. It’s like, how I am, I don’t halfway love, I go all in.. heart, mind, soul, the whole thing. And I’m so glad I did with him.

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Yeah, dude is sending Venezuelans back who came here legally.

Yep. I think he’s sending the Marines in to stop the protests, if he hasn’t already. I hate him. I’m so sick of watching evil people win. They lie, manipulate, hurt others, and somehow they get rewarded for it. And yeah, I know God sees everything, but sometimes I wish He’d move faster? Because good people are drowning while cowards keep getting crowns. Pisses me off!

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Wish I could be a fly on the wall watching a veterinarian do that in a vet clinic Lol.

I put on “Music in You” and I rocked it… in scrubs, lol. This dance.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I can’t speak for other women and why they act on the decisions they make. I mean, some have good reason to leave if they married a jerk, lol. I’m very lucky though. When I met him, something in me just clicked. I fell hard and fast… and it felt so safe to. It’s like, how I am, I don’t halfway love, I go all in.. heart, mind, soul, the whole thing. And I’m so glad I did with him.

LOL! Some of us on here know why. You remember Jeremy’s cold ass breadsticks? And how he left that Yelp review like, “Pizza dude had no expression. Looked like he just saw the meaning of life in the cheese”? That’s what your hubby did to you. Turned you out. Had you out here looking emotionally sautéed. “I fell hard and fast and it felt safe”. Girl please. He hit that spiritual nerve so good you started quoting scripture and aromatherapy oils. Dude didn’t just take your heart, he reset your entire factory settings.

When he saw you, and you saw him, he didn’t just move in for the kill, he walked into your emotional control panel, hit “select all,” and reprogrammed who you were/are as a woman. That’s beyond “turned out”, that’s transcendent upgrade.

“I fell hard and fast and it felt safe”. Yeah, okay, CG. Up in here trying to sound soft and poetic LOL!

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Yep. I think he’s sending the Marines in to stop the protests, if he hasn’t already. I hate him. I’m so sick of watching evil people win. They lie, manipulate, hurt others, and somehow they get rewarded for it. And yeah, I know God sees everything, but sometimes I wish He’d move faster? Because good people are drowning while cowards keep getting crowns. Pisses me off!

You see that senator get arrested?

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I put on “Music in You” and I rocked it… in scrubs, lol. This dance.

Only CG would do this at work Lol

Who’s the artist of that song?

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

LOL! Some of us on here know why. You remember Jeremy’s cold ass breadsticks? And how he left that Yelp review like, “Pizza dude had no expression. Looked like he just saw the meaning of life in the cheese”? That’s what your hubby did to you. Turned you out. Had you out here looking emotionally sautéed. “I fell hard and fast and it felt safe”. Girl please. He hit that spiritual nerve so good you started quoting scripture and aromatherapy oils. Dude didn’t just take your heart, he reset your entire factory settings.

When he saw you, and you saw him, he didn’t just move in for the kill, he walked into your emotional control panel, hit “select all,” and reprogrammed who you were/are as a woman. That’s beyond “turned out”, that’s transcendent upgrade.

“I fell hard and fast and it felt safe”. Yeah, okay, CG. Up in here trying to sound soft and poetic LOL!

Okay wow. I literally hate all of you right now, lol. Next topic PLEASE.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Okay wow. I literally hate all of you right now, lol. Next topic PLEASE.

Ma’am… don’t hate me. Hate the upgraded version of you that finally got a taste of her own chaos. You been out here emotionally sautéing dudes since Sun Country Airlines — making grown men drop their pretzel bags. And then God said, “Bet. Enter your husband” — one look at him, and dude hit you with your own energy, and now look at you. Lightly toasted. Spiritually folded. And suddenly you’re the one flustered, glowing, and out here quoting scripture like… “I don’t halfway love… I go all in.”

LMAO! I’m over here cracking myself up.

CG, you know I’m messing with you, right? You know I’m right, but I’m still messing with you LOL

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Lane swerve.

I skipped sororities on purpose. I mean, I already had enough drama in AIM chats and dorm hallway gossip, but even I know a man in a dress doesn’t make him a woman. That’s not empowerment, it’s cosplay with hormones. And trust me, if I were in a sorority, I’d smile and say, “Congrats on your new pronouns, but no, you’re still not getting a bid.” You don’t rush your way into womanhood. Try again … oh wait, you can’t. Sorry.

End lane swerve.

Here’s my question. Why didn’t you join a sorority? I think you’d have gotten selected fast Lol. For real. I think you’d have been a good member to one of them.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Here’s my question. Why didn’t you join a sorority? I think you’d have gotten selected fast Lol. For real. I think you’d have been a good member to one of them.

Thanks, Phrozen, but I just didn’t feel I needed to join a sorority. I mean, I’m not anti-sorority, I just felt like I didn’t need the title or system to have a presence? I mean, I already had the personality, the attention, and the connections without paying for them. Know what I mean? And then, my personality already came with a following. My best friend wanted me to rush with her, but I told her I wasn’t about to pay money to pretend I liked people I’d ghost after graduation.

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

LMAO! CG, is there anything you don’t laugh at? It’s easy as hell to make you laugh Lol

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

LMAO @ PB making a failed attempt to talk hood. You posted that like it was your first time trying to be urban since SAT prep. Dude said “joints” like it was on a resume LOL!

😂 Okay, you got me. You gotta at least give me credit for trying.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

You stopped watching, CG? Lol! You’re missing some funny parts. My friend was hanging out with me this weekend… the chick I met when I was in Minneapolis in February. We watched it. She and I had some interesting talks on what we watched. How would anybody know what it’s like to be married to themselves? That doesn’t make any sense, CG.

Yes it does, it makes complete sense. So, it’s kind of like living in, like a blind spot? Like, you can’t live in your own blind spots, but your spouse does. That’s the point I was making. And that’s what those couples in the documentary couldn’t see. They just kept analyzing each other, and not themselves. So, it’s not really about imagining being married to yourself, it’s like recognizing the emotional environment you create. If that makes sense.

Those couples were a mess, lol.

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Anyway, here's a photo of a university-aged Ant

I love the pic, Xant. I remember your band picture on here from way back when.

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

CG, thanks for the liver info...I will definitely let you know what Pip's vet does. He"s been fine since his bug ...eating, energetic, etc.

You’re very welcome. I’m so glad he’s eating and being himself. Thank you for keeping me posted.

[cheerfulgreek]

WIFLSRN:

1. Thank you greekchat for the laughs. My God, I laughed SO hard I was in tears. Hilarious!

2. My coworkers totally set me up today at work. I’m just like… 🫤