5 i have reconciled with my husband and oldest child.And we have a pretty decent life with all four of us. I will also never, ever allow myself to be controlled by another person again.

4 it was only after this person had passed away. That I was able to free myself and put myself into terrible, terrible debt as well as ruin my credit just to get home. I won't go into massive details about it, but I will say that I actually feel like life is worth living now.

3 i also watched my children be horribly mistreated and literally abused. I had been coerced into moving across the country. So I really didn't feel like I had any way out of it. I wasn't financially able to get myself back home. So I was kind of stuck for several years.

2 after the relationship moved from friendship into something else, I was routinely gaslit, controlled and manipulated. What I thought were genuine feelings were actually trauma bonding. When you're deep in that, you can't actually see it for what it is. It feels completely hopeless and desperate.

1 I can't post this on the other platform because of people that are on my list... so i'm gonna post it here. My last relationship was based on what I thought was a long term friendship. I was basically gaslit into leaving my marriage and really hurt somebody over accusations that were not accurate

I get that you're not an ally. That's on you. However, you do not have the right to get pussed at me for respecting my kid's pronouns or chosen name. Your feelings absolutely do not matter to me on this topic.

Soooo... apparently, amputees and dwarves are causing plane crashes now?

I generally steer away from politics, but if this is the start off, we're in for a loooong four years...

I have an idea for a soup I'm going to try next payday. Chicken broth to start... Italian sausage, shredded carrots, spinach, mushrooms, Gnocchi, some cream at the end. It sounds good in my head, so we'll see!

I'm sorry, but -10 degrees? Gimme a break, weather.

I'm pretty tired of not being rich enough to move to Hawaii and live on the beach. Bah!

Being told your gender fluid/bi child is "confused" is pretty infuriating, honestly.