Yeah I totally believe she’s having a hard time. Fully get it and want to help...I just think there’s gotta be safer ways. And I know there’s a certain amount of “fuck it I already have this one risk why not take others” but that’s not true
Willow: Yes. Hi. You must be Angel's handsome, yet androgynous, son. Connor: It's Connor. Willow: And the sneer's genetic. Who knew?
'A Hole in the World'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
meara - Jan 04, 2021 4:48:53 pm PST #1910 of 30000
Dana - Jan 04, 2021 5:10:15 pm PST #1911 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Husband got into a bickering match at the grocery store with a guy whose mask didn't cover his nose. Guy first insisted that it was fine because we were more than six feet away, and eventually he and his wife told us to stay home if we were scared. (My contribution was telling them to fuck off.)
juliana - Jan 04, 2021 5:20:14 pm PST #1912 of 30000
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
And we are like “girl, get all the tinder booty you want after the pandemic and we will cheer you on, but we don’t want you to die from COVID because you are “desperate” to hook up!”
I have a couple friends who are like this, and I just. Cannot.
meara - Jan 04, 2021 5:29:34 pm PST #1913 of 30000
It’s hard, because she’s one of my closest friends, and I know she’s having a really hard time, especially with her kid. But for fucks sake, I don’t think it’s the answer to not care about risk! And I really don’t think asking you to not do it for 10 days is unreasonable, but apparently even discussing it is too shame-inducing for her and makes her spiral. I don’t know what to say—I mean, yeah, I AM judging. Not trying to shame you but want you to care about yourself as much as I do—I don’t want you sick or dead!
Jesse - Jan 04, 2021 6:33:08 pm PST #1914 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'll shame her. Keep your bodily fluids away from other people's bodily fluids as much as possible while we are in a pandemic! Jesus.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2021 6:40:34 pm PST #1915 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I literally just want to sit at a bar with a friend, and I haven't been able to do that for almost a year, and people are out there hooking up? Come ON.
meara - Jan 04, 2021 8:06:48 pm PST #1916 of 30000
Yeah, I support if people want to chat online and eventually meet up distanced a few times and then decide to date and pod. But not “we matched on tinder, met for lunch, spent the afternoon having sex, but I probably won’t see her again” (though I’m definitely impressed as hell, I can’t manage that kind of pulling when we aren’t in a pandemic much less now!)
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 04, 2021 8:25:07 pm PST #1917 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Thankfully having a crush on someone throughout the pandemic has proved quite helpful in muting any urge to hook up with randoms, even if it also means I'm mostly not getting any.
Vortex - Jan 04, 2021 8:42:56 pm PST #1918 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
One of my friend's husband's has COVID. She is negative thus far, and is isolating in a different room in their home, but can't retest until Friday. They went to his sister's for Christmas. His family is in the 'bad flu" camp. SIL's husband was exposed. Podding only works if everyone cooperates.
Jesse - Jan 05, 2021 6:05:18 am PST #1919 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I support if people want to chat online and eventually meet up distanced a few times and then decide to date and pod. But not “we matched on tinder, met for lunch, spent the afternoon having sex, but I probably won’t see her again” (though I’m definitely impressed as hell, I can’t manage that kind of pulling when we aren’t in a pandemic much less now!)
Agreed on all fronts!