I'll let you know! Right now juggling time with a group of kittens that were abandoned at our shelter that have to be fed every two hours. It's why I haven't had much to say today, because the comments I have about whoever did that are unkind. But I think I want to do more! So far at least.

Appreciate the work you're putting into it, have a few more pushpins. Don't mine the poptart crumbs.

It's such a hard place to be. I wouldn't wish it on anyone, but take it one day at a time. Find those small things. Hold onto them with your whole heart. It's so scary knowing what is coming, but that doesn't mean we forsake the good we have. I send you the best, friend.

Take care of yourself too. I am so sorry that you had to carry this weight in your life too, but I believe in you. If you ever need to talk, I'm here.

I'm not mad, I just have to explain to my IRL wife we're marrying an NB catgirl. We foster cats, we're lesbians, this is the obvious next step, clearly.

Exactly how I feel every Thursday on paperwork days. May your AAAAAHHHHH!! be swiftly finished.

And to everyone here, thank you for being so positive and encouraging.

I don't discuss politics online, and while I have no intention to start, it's important for me to say my brother might still be here if politics had been different. And I fear for those in shoes like his.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

So I'll be sharing that document for those who wish to read on why I, December 8th, 2024, decided to start playing FFXIV.

As for what G'xelo has done that I didn't expect? Existed. And everything afterwards.

Document is in the next part of the thread.

I have no intention of sharing super specific details, namely because there are people - my parents - that I don't want to know anything about myself or my family, or anything I do.

This is also why I don't share IRL pictures or names of my spouse or son. However, over lunch break I finally wrote.

I haven't shared a lot about my personal life, aside from anecdotes.

I did mention that I watched a lot of the game played by my brother in another post.

December 8th, 2020, my brother took his own life. He suffered from schizophrenia, but for him, FFXIV was just his safe place.

That is one of the 5 million things I have changed. Two weeks ago I wasn't even going to play this game, and now I've found a community of people I not only want to get to know, but that have inspired me to chase dreams I left behind.

Even if I don't know who I'll be shipping with yet.