Oh, Strix, honey. You've made tremendous progress since a very low place, and you deserve friends as compassionate and loyal as you are.
Wash: Mal, your dead army buddy's on the bridge! Zoe: He ain't dead. Wash: Oh.
'The Message'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Nov 23, 2017 7:26:43 am PST #19179 of 30002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Strix - Nov 23, 2017 7:38:10 am PST #19180 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I just burst into tears. Thank you, amych. The angry part of me is telling me the same thing, but the devastated part of me keeps trying to tell me that's not true. And we all know which voice is louder.
Thank you.
Connie Neil - Nov 23, 2017 7:56:59 am PST #19181 of 30002
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That person is a scum-sucking piece of dog shit and doesn't deserve to have someone as nice as you in their life.
Steph L. - Nov 23, 2017 8:35:46 am PST #19182 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Strix, your friend is deeply messed up. It sounds like there's something going on with her and she took it out on you. That is so damn unfair.
Laura - Nov 23, 2017 8:46:22 am PST #19183 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
Really, I can't say it better than Connie. That is not how friends treat friends. She does not care for you deeply. I am sorry she has done this when so much is up in the air and awful. I wish I were closer to give you the hugs you deserve. Much love.
WindSparrow - Nov 23, 2017 9:07:26 am PST #19184 of 30002
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Much love to you and yours, Sparky. I'm sorry for your loss.
Strix, overcoming addiction is a challenge I have never known. I am proud of you for the progress you have made. You deserve support and if you do not get it from someone you trusted, well, really, the fault is not inside you.
Atropa - Nov 23, 2017 9:18:48 am PST #19185 of 30002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm so sorry, Sparky. Much love to you and yours.
Oh Strix, honey. You have made so much progress. I'm sorry a person you trusted, a person who was so close to you and that you considered part of your foundation, turned out to be a judgmental asshole. What your former friend said and did is not about you, it's about whatever is going on inside their head that they never told you about. IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU.
Again, you've made a lot of progress, and that's something to be fiercely proud of.
Strix - Nov 23, 2017 9:29:30 am PST #19186 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I am so deeply grateful to you all. I've spent the last two on the phone with my bluntly honest sister, who knows just how awful I was and who knows tve person in question and likes her, and she said tbe same things. And she has ZERO compunctions with telling me exactly when and how I fuck up. And I have hurt her and mom deeply in the past...but they told me that I *am* much better, and that what K did was indeed legitimately awful.
I am drained...but I feel so much better.
Thank you, so much.
ETA: Daddy has been admitted with pneumonia.
Amy - Nov 23, 2017 10:32:14 am PST #19187 of 30002
Because books.
Many hugs, Strix. What everyone said, plus much love to your dad. I'm sorry it's such a rotten holiday for you, but grateful that you know you can always come here. (And that we can all always come here.)
Beverly - Nov 23, 2017 11:48:03 am PST #19188 of 30002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Strix, we are glad you came here when you needed us. You have made enormous progress and can be proud of what you have achieved. As others have observed, that person obviously has some issues of her own, and I'm sorry she took them out on you.
H mended one of the neighbors' dining room chairs overnight and just took it back to her. We're due there at 3:00--she's an amazing cook and won't even allow help with cleanup, so we're being spoiled for the day. I miss sons and grandsons, but given the givens, we're in good company, and I'm grateful for that.
And I'm beyond grateful for us. Bless us all.