Flame Free Confession III: Even More Flame Free (Part 2)

[cyclonengineer]

I share this concern

[Bagsy]

@garagerocker13

Echoing this, but only if it doesn’t mentally suck you back into a bad situation from which you have a tough time escaping, whether mentally or physically.

Yep, this is my bigger concern.

[garagerocker13]

At first I 100% agreed with polar bear, but got to thinking how just one contact like that can suck you right back in. You do you, as in do what you know will balance your conscience with your mental health.

[SkyzykS]

My wife’s dad uses every opportunity, Especially ones that have an emotional obligation component, to get right in under the skin.

No advice for you though, as you know your own situation and boundaries as well as anybody.

[garagerocker13]

@Polar-Bear

I drive a 4x4 BMW X6 because once every two months we go to Costco and my wife fills the whole damn thing with “essentials”.

Yuuuuuuup. I traded in an '01 Ranger I paid cash for on my current F-150. Amenities and capability are sweet, but gas is getting more expensive and I’m gonna feel the squeeze before long.

[Bagsy]

@garagerocker13

At first I 100% agreed with polar bear, but got to thinking how just one contact like that can suck you right back in. You do you, as in do what you know will balance your conscience with your mental health.

@SkyzykS

My wife’s dad uses every opportunity, Especially ones that have an emotional obligation component, to get right in under the skin.

Said parent already tries once in a blue moon to connect. We’re not no contact but very close to it, and this would be the first year I don’t say anything on this day. I think that’s why it’s tough. Thanks both for the words.

[loppar]

@dt79

This shit is getting scary.

I do hope your TV is not connected to the internet. That is arguably the worst thing you can do.

Buy a VPN. Sure, the (or a) government can find you but it gets somewhat harder for companies using Adwords. Delete your cookies on all of your gadgets, including your mobile phone.

[alex_uk]

Not that I know the situation well, but I’d say unless it gives a significant negative to you personally (as opposed to just a minor feeling of disgruntlement) always take the opportunity to be the better person, but easier said than done.

[dt79]

Everything’s connected…

EDIT:

If my internet goes down, even the fucking robot vacuum doesn’t work lol.

[strongmangoals]

@dt79

Everything’s connected…

The worst is my wife and I use the same WiFi network and every now and again she will get ads for shit I have been looking up. Don’t worry about the government, when she gets an ad for a drill slightly more powerful than the one I bought six months ago shit is going to go down.

[anna_5588]

I confess I made and ate non keto soda bread today ( they ran out of almond flour) with my liver pate…

It was good, but combining fat and carbs probably wasn’t the best idea

[dt79]

I used to get fucking China propaganda videos on my feed. Some were hilarious. There was one fucking c**t who claimed to be from the US giving out “inside information” on what’s happening there but had a link to a website that’s really from a China provider when you actually go and check.

There was even some kind of theory of a prophecy(yes, that was the EXACT word used) that Trump’s mother made when he was born that this kid must “never enter politics” or there would be chaos and hoards of locusts and shit. Someone there finally watched The Omen. They should have laid off crap like The Exorcist 2.

That’s the shit MY wife was watching.

They’ve stopped after the US elections. I think most of the shit has been removed. I can’t even find the aforementioned website now.

[rroo]

It’s probably fine for you, don’t sweat

[T3hPwnisher]

I confess that I was WAY too happy when I went to Sam’s Club yesterday and saw that the food court was re-opened AND you could buy a fountain soda at the check out.

The world is healing.

The unfortunate consequence is that people are now all up in my 6’ bubble. I will miss my bubble greatly.

[cyclonengineer]

@T3hPwnisher

I will miss my bubble greatly.

As someone with social anxiety, My bubble and I are best friends. Now the radius must shrink again. The one advantage to being 6’3 and 285lbs is most people tend to get out of my naturally.

[T3hPwnisher]

@cyclonengineer

The one advantage to being 6’3 and 285lbs is most people tend to get out of my naturally.

I was just about to ask if people are naturally handsy with you. I deal with that sh*t ALL the time. For some reason, if you have muscle, people think you’re so sort of f**king living sculpture and they get to put hands on you and touch you. Even during COVID I had dudes put hands on my back and shoulders. I’d scream at them “There is a global pandemic: stop touching me!”

[Pinkylifting]

@T3hPwnisher

I’d scream at them “There is a global pandemic: stop touching me!”

I bet that established a nice 6’ bubble rather quickly

[cyclonengineer]

I generally haven’t had people get handsy with me since I left college. Usually the fact I have my daughters with me deters that I think. I get the occasional “Damn, you’re huge” type comments, but that’s about it these days. I also think the old folks here in FL just don’t care.

You’re more ripped than I am (by a long shot) and people tend to equate ripped with muscle size, more so than the “strongman” type build I have.

[T3hPwnisher]

Nope. Often I was just ignored it was taken as a joke. People are so self-entitled to these sort of behaviors that they can’t fathom being corrected on them. It was watching cognitive dissonance occur in real time.

[cyclonengineer]

When people (generally older women) would come up and touch my wife’s belly while she was pregnant or try to grab my newborn’s feet to “play” with them, my wife started grabbing their chest or butt. They would react like “WTH?” and her response was “Oh, I thought touching strangers was cool now”