@rixlerr I mean men don’t really care if they’re like in their profession. They’re there to handle business. Plus she sounds like she’s she overcompensating. I knew a girl like that they sound eerily similar
@MaxAnderson 3 year old? I’d gently remind them of earlier and explain to them they had a chance to eat. I’d pause for a few seconds then I’d ask them if they want the food warmed up for them.
July 17 2026
Dear Pretty Little Bird,
You let me use your mirror today. I love what you see. You gave a gift that will last a lifetime. You set me free. Free from this restless ADHD mind that’s always racing. Free from that late-night 4 A.M. anxious pacing. Free from that feeling of I-could-never-get-away escapism. You lifted your mirror and said, “You treat me like a human before you treat me like a woman and I appreciate that, but you also respect me as a woman, you're a very good man hahaha.” You gave me calmness.
I wish I could hear your nervous laughter. It would sound like falling in love each time.
I used to get high locked inside my bathroom. Back against the statement mirror. I couldn’t face it. I started hearing things and it just kept getting louder. Stupid fucking mirror was always making a statement. Towel under the door and exhaust fan blunted, you’re stuck in here with me. Glass on glass violence.
I tried to escape it. Life shatters. You either give up, get numb, or pick up the pieces. I didn’t hate the mirror after that but it sure hated me. Broken-dirty mirror selfie you wouldn’t even want to receive.
Time heals all wounds, but I was still locked in the bathroom trying to escape them. Except I wouldn’t get lifted. I wasn’t doing the consuming, I was being consumed. Until I decided to face it. Turning countertops on this mirror. I must have stuck it back together with some super-duper glue, because I couldn’t break it. Escaping that bathroom was the only other alternative.
Dirty-broken mirror selfie reminders. You didn’t even notice the cracks. Wait! You’re actually more hypervigilant than me, you definitely noticed the cracks. Wait! I show you my mirror and you see the you that I love. You show yours and I see the me that you love…
Being seen,
Me
July 16 2026
Dear Pretty Little Bird,
I never tell you what I like or love about you. In the past, when I did, you retreated into hiding. I stopped saying "I love you." I stopped telling you that you’re beautiful. Since then, you seem more present. The pressure was simply getting to be too much for you. You have so much on your plate right now, and I don't know how much more you can handle.
Maybe that’s my fault. I should have focused on what we both could see, instead of just what I believed. What you think and what I think are two very different things.
I love your strength, but you hate that you are forced to be so strong. I love your resilience, but you hate that life feels so heavy and long. I love your resourcefulness, but you hate having to constantly make do with what you have.
I smile when I tell you to rest and do nothing, only for you to eagerly prove me wrong. I smile when I give you a plan to stick to, just for you to return and proudly show me the one you made on your own.
I love your girliness. You are such a doll. My mom would love you so much! It hurts to know y’all wont get to meet.. She is incredibly kind and sweet. Way more than me. You would adore her. She loves thrifting too, and I can picture her taking you to bingo.
But here I go again, focusing on what could be instead of what is right in front of me.
I love to truly see you. But you hate being seen
Quietly here,
Me
I understand the sentiment but it’s just bad communication. And a lot of online stuff I see about communication would have you believe women are great at it and men suck at it. She could have communicated her uncertainties and out the ball in his court so to speak. But instead her was made to believe that he was rejected
@BlueCollarInvr One of the guys is having a hard time, so today he was talking his shit and said “All I’m waiting on now is for Pdiddy to pop up and fuck me in the ass!”
@theappleMN@C_Web1761 You’re not wrong with the facts. Calling it the softest generation might just be based on emotions however. It’s one of those things that you never think will happen until it happens to you. And the whole “I don’t feel safe” shit is used by a lot of manipulators unfortunately.