@AggieInRedAD And after you get to that third spaces its 2 or 3 dying malls that barely have anything to do anymore with nothing (covid killed our local game stores) to do or you have to go even further for arcades or anything to do.
@AggieInRedAD With how expensive everything is today most of those third spaces aren’t logical for kids today. In my area its not easy to get to any of those 3 spaces anyway, we do have one or 2 local parks but that’s about it otherwise its like a 20 minute drive or 1 or 1.5 hours on a bus,
@AggieInRedAD I was pretty much the same way I had a flip phone, an IPod touch and a Dreamcast for the longest time and when I wanted to watch something it was cable or dvd/ vhs tapes. Kids today are spoiled as shit because parents dont want to raise their kids (there always expectations).
@LujiBoujee I have been PC most of my life, collective we (including family) have had I think 8 consoles over the years (2600, NES, Dreamcast, N64, 360, Wii/ Wii U, Series X). I understand the draw for people who just want to play games but with SteamOS coming out it helps those folks.
@LeNardoragon I normally say “I know them” rather than “im friends with” since im not always around people so I don’t consider them as a close friends but rather acquaintances.
@CherryTigerNom I kinda felt this is how most of my poly’s ended. I would say try and recover, while it’s different for everyone, purge anything that would remind you of them, then take your time to chill and relax and hop back into the dating scene when you feel ready with boundaries.