I have a shy flatmate, very socially awkward. Whenever I have visitors over, even my mum, he stays in his room.
Sheโs visited twice and he never came out.
Today I went to visit her and, out of nowhere, she asked, โHowโs your flatmate?โ
โHeโs okay.โ
โWhereโs he from?โ she asked, with the unmistakable tone of someone about to give me a lecture.
Already knowing where this was headed, I laughed and said, โI donโt know.โ
She started going on about how careless it was not to know everything about someone I live with.
Then she hit me with:
โAre you sure heโs not even dead and youโve been living with a ghost?โ ๐
My friend was raped by two of his cousins when he was younger, severally.
Both men are now married. Recently, he met them at a relativeโs funeral and told them, โI remember.โ
They apologized. These men are straight btw.
Child abuse is real, but labels are dangerous. Not every man is a predator - gay or straight.
Hold abusers accountable. Leave labels out of it.
You know how people keep spending money until theyโre almost broke?
Itโs funny because we do the same thing when it rainsโ๏ธ
Youโre walking and the weather starts to change.
The sky gets darker, but you keep walking.
It gets windy, you keep walking.๐
It starts drizzling, so you pick up the pace a little.๐ง๏ธ
The drizzle gets heavier, you walk even faster.
Then it starts raining and suddenly youโre running.โ๏ธ
But if you could see where this was heading all along, why didnโt you start running from the beginning?
What is the science behind this human tendency to wait until a problem becomes urgent before we act?