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MgivenUp
@mgivenup.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I’m Melissa, 51, she/her.
Mom
Divorced
Exvangelical
Agnostic/Atheist
Chronically ill
Introvert
I love animals, especially my Chiweenies, David and Goliath, reading, listening to music, playing cards and board games, cooking, crafting, and traveling (although I don’t get to do much these days.)
Mom
Divorced
Exvangelical
Agnostic/Atheist
Chronically ill
Introvert
I love animals, especially my Chiweenies, David and Goliath, reading, listening to music, playing cards and board games, cooking, crafting, and traveling (although I don’t get to do much these days.)
I’m going to delete my social media, some time today, until after I get Q set up at college Thursday. If we are friends and I have your number, don’t be surprised if I text more. I am trying very hard not to shut all the way down. I need my friends, but I have to have a break from constant bad news.
August 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I’m going to delete my social media, some time today, until after I get Q set up at college Thursday. If we are friends and I have your number, don’t be surprised if I text more. I am trying very hard not to shut all the way down. I need my friends, but I have to have a break from constant bad news.
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Please, forgive my comma usage. It seems to be a skill I no longer have, and though I look it up every now and then, my brain refuses to retain that information. So I just throw them in, when I remember them.
It’s kind of how I am with plants, I forget to water or overwater, there is no in between.
It’s kind of how I am with plants, I forget to water or overwater, there is no in between.
August 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Please, forgive my comma usage. It seems to be a skill I no longer have, and though I look it up every now and then, my brain refuses to retain that information. So I just throw them in, when I remember them.
It’s kind of how I am with plants, I forget to water or overwater, there is no in between.
It’s kind of how I am with plants, I forget to water or overwater, there is no in between.
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Let me be clear. I’m going to use small words to help with the message:
Poor people are not the problem.
Billionaires are!
Poor people are not the problem.
Billionaires are!
August 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Let me be clear. I’m going to use small words to help with the message:
Poor people are not the problem.
Billionaires are!
Poor people are not the problem.
Billionaires are!
Fighting off an anxiety attack. 😭
August 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Fighting off an anxiety attack. 😭
Just a warning…
I may be a mess over the next while. I just rented a van to use to take Q and his stuff to college, Thursday.
FCGU is only 2.5 hours away, but this mom feels like it will be a million.
Don’t take me wrong, I’m so excited for and proud of him. But I am dreading the empty nest.
I may be a mess over the next while. I just rented a van to use to take Q and his stuff to college, Thursday.
FCGU is only 2.5 hours away, but this mom feels like it will be a million.
Don’t take me wrong, I’m so excited for and proud of him. But I am dreading the empty nest.
August 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Just a warning…
I may be a mess over the next while. I just rented a van to use to take Q and his stuff to college, Thursday.
FCGU is only 2.5 hours away, but this mom feels like it will be a million.
Don’t take me wrong, I’m so excited for and proud of him. But I am dreading the empty nest.
I may be a mess over the next while. I just rented a van to use to take Q and his stuff to college, Thursday.
FCGU is only 2.5 hours away, but this mom feels like it will be a million.
Don’t take me wrong, I’m so excited for and proud of him. But I am dreading the empty nest.
Maybe I shouldn’t send reels to friends @ 3am, when I’m in pain and can’t think straight from exhaustion. I sent a couple friends one that I thought was cute and encouraging, then watched it again this afternoon. So, sorry about the smiley Ferris wheel licking its lips, suggestively in the end.
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Maybe I shouldn’t send reels to friends @ 3am, when I’m in pain and can’t think straight from exhaustion. I sent a couple friends one that I thought was cute and encouraging, then watched it again this afternoon. So, sorry about the smiley Ferris wheel licking its lips, suggestively in the end.
Painsomnia strikes again.
This pain and fatigue is not conducive to getting this house finished. I am struggling to do anything. Generally, my pain and fatigue don’t affect my strength too much, but it is now. It sucks, bc I’m not extremely strong to start with. I feel defeated about the house.
This pain and fatigue is not conducive to getting this house finished. I am struggling to do anything. Generally, my pain and fatigue don’t affect my strength too much, but it is now. It sucks, bc I’m not extremely strong to start with. I feel defeated about the house.
August 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Painsomnia strikes again.
This pain and fatigue is not conducive to getting this house finished. I am struggling to do anything. Generally, my pain and fatigue don’t affect my strength too much, but it is now. It sucks, bc I’m not extremely strong to start with. I feel defeated about the house.
This pain and fatigue is not conducive to getting this house finished. I am struggling to do anything. Generally, my pain and fatigue don’t affect my strength too much, but it is now. It sucks, bc I’m not extremely strong to start with. I feel defeated about the house.
WTAF!
WASHINGTON (AP) - US Air Force says it will deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service.
August 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
WTAF!
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source: compassionatereminders on Tumblr
August 7, 2025 at 9:05 PM
source: compassionatereminders on Tumblr
Painsomnia is the worst. 😭
August 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Painsomnia is the worst. 😭
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these horrible little ceremonies where you explain the child's sin to them calmly, hurt them, and then have a tender little forgiveness moment -- it's fucked. maybe even more fucked than honest anger?
August 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
these horrible little ceremonies where you explain the child's sin to them calmly, hurt them, and then have a tender little forgiveness moment -- it's fucked. maybe even more fucked than honest anger?
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politically, this moment feels like the agonizing time you spend sitting in front of the toilet waiting to vom
August 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
politically, this moment feels like the agonizing time you spend sitting in front of the toilet waiting to vom
I guess today is going to be a cry day. I am so burned out and frozen.
August 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I guess today is going to be a cry day. I am so burned out and frozen.
I don’t know why (I have more contact with people than I have in years), but lately, I’ve been feeling more lonely than ever.
August 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I don’t know why (I have more contact with people than I have in years), but lately, I’ve been feeling more lonely than ever.
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Will I ever stop thinking, “why did I wake up in so much pain this morning”, as if I don’t have chronic pain issues. And that sometimes, it flairs for no discernible reason. 😭
August 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Will I ever stop thinking, “why did I wake up in so much pain this morning”, as if I don’t have chronic pain issues. And that sometimes, it flairs for no discernible reason. 😭
Found my old Bose Wave radio/cd player, and some old cds. I forgot how good that sound can be. I listened to Tracy Chapman and Janet Jackson. Can’t wait to listen to the others, in this little cd holder, over the next few days, starting with Madonna or Marvin Gay. Or maybe, Live or…
August 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Found my old Bose Wave radio/cd player, and some old cds. I forgot how good that sound can be. I listened to Tracy Chapman and Janet Jackson. Can’t wait to listen to the others, in this little cd holder, over the next few days, starting with Madonna or Marvin Gay. Or maybe, Live or…
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I don’t need a sugar daddy as much as I need a Home Depot daddy.
August 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I don’t need a sugar daddy as much as I need a Home Depot daddy.
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Single biggest middle class tax increase ever
August 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Single biggest middle class tax increase ever
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It’s not just the dollars. It’s the goodwill the US generates, the connections we create student by student—what a devastating loss
The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact
August 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It’s not just the dollars. It’s the goodwill the US generates, the connections we create student by student—what a devastating loss
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Anyone talking about the 90s like it was a feminist haven free of a manosphere has clearly forgotten about what the 90s was actually like or never bothered to study it
August 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Anyone talking about the 90s like it was a feminist haven free of a manosphere has clearly forgotten about what the 90s was actually like or never bothered to study it
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A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
August 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A thing I think we miss is that the “authoritarian playbook” isn’t a set of instructions authoritarians are reading from, it’s just a list of things that happen when narcissists get too much power.
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I just remembered getting pooped on by a pigeon in Paris. 😂
August 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I just remembered getting pooped on by a pigeon in Paris. 😂