Oh no, David. What a jerk! They'd been together for a while, right? Ouch.

It is lovely that Emmett is such a source of comfort to her.

May today treat you all more kindly.

Hil, meant to say that I’m glad you listened to your body. Adjust wherever you can, I say.

I am... actually having a challenging day with DH. Or, we are with each other, I guess. Talking past each other seems to be the order of the day. Will try more mending tonight after swim.

Yeah, R and I are continuing to ease out of the honeymoon phase and into an actual LTR and we are definitely working through some things. Were you able to reconnect at least a bit?

Fie on Matilda’s ex. Cruel and thoughtless, or just can’t handle Big Emotions, or some of both. Regardless definitely not deserving of her greatness.

My brother’s GF dumped him a few weeks ago, so a couple months after our mom died the day before his 50th, and knowing he’s been depressed. She actually, I shit you not, told him he’d be happier if he smiled more at one point. She’s a psychiatrist - they can be so bad at peopling.

I think I had more meara but I have my first PT appt this morning and don’t want to be late.

Oh, David, I’m sorry for all the suck. I do want to get that in. More later.

David, I’m sorry you had such a terrible day. Grr to Matilda’s ex.

She's a psychiatrist?! Needs her license revoked asap. Ugh.

And Matilda's ex better hope he never meets a Buffista in a dark alley.

David, wish I could wrap you both up with comfort and care. Poor Matilda. She deserves so much better, and you deserve nothing but great days from here on out.

JenP and smonster, wishing you both some ease in relationshipping.

Oh no, David! Poor Matilda. Poor you.

My brother’s GF dumped him a few weeks ago, so a couple months after our mom died the day before his 50th, and knowing he’s been depressed. She actually, I shit you not, told him he’d be happier if he smiled more at one point. She’s a psychiatrist - they can be so bad at peopling.

JFC

(The sketch, for anyone curious:

Just what I needed to brighten my morning.

Odds are pretty good we compromise on sage green and I dig in my heels for the darkest shade of it I can find.

Seems you are settled well into the relationship stage where you know just how much you can push on the compromise.

So very little greatness going on.

Aww, man. Poor Matilda, and you! Ex-BF is indeed a shit-bag. My first thought was that he needs one of the superior smites that only JZ could spin to perfection. Yay for Emmett stepping up in the comfort role.

Sorry about the chunks of body removal. Too many of my Florida friends endure this. No fun at all because they do dig deep. I'll do another body check when I get back home. So far so good, but I have so many moles that I can't tell without having them checked by the pros.

She actually, I shit you not, told him he’d be happier if he smiled more at one point. She’s a psychiatrist - they can be so bad at peopling.

I just can't. WHAT!! Yeah, sad as it is, in the long run, he lucked out that it is over.

It was 48 this morning. Broke out the fuzzy bathrobe. I'm hoping these guys get my living room insulated soon. I have a propane furnace dealio sitting in a box but no sense having the gas people install the thing until I have walls.

Yikes! At least Matilda's ex-bf has the excuse of being an idiot teenager—does this woman have a picture of Hannibal Lecter on her office wall?

Sorry the universe continues to pile on you and Matilda, David.

They'd been together for a while, right? Ouch.

She just spent $200 on their second anniversary present that was coming up in November.

She was completely blindsided.

So he managed to place the breakup exactly between her mother's death and her birthday.

This is not going to go over well at their school (where she was voted "Most Likely To Brighten Your Day" and "Most Likely To Put A Smile On Your Face"). Hell, his little brother is going to be pissed at him too.

Oh, geez, David, that's a ridiculous amount of crap to pack into a single day, especially on top of this year. Wishing you both a much, much better day today.

Oh, Matilda, that's so hard. Not good timing, ex. Good lord.

Not even going to try with your brother's ex, smonster. WTH?

And thank you, yes, we did make some headway over dinner at a really tasty Mexican storefront place. Not gonna lie, the nachos helped. As these things go, apparently, the underlying issues are still there, but we're in a better place about them today than we were yesterday.

My not having had a romantic LTR really at all before 49 has a unique set of challenges, I think. Who knew? (Probably everyone.) And other challenges are universal no matter how much experience one has had at relationshipping, I imagine.

And good vibes for you and R as things progress, too.

We had breakfast today with a new friend that DH met at the pool a few days ago. Neat way to start the day.