I am not a confrontational person, but I nearly lost it in the fabric store today. I didn't know if I wanted to laugh, cry, or scream. Overheard this lady and a retired vet talking about how they "heard on the news" that 70% of teenagers can't serve in the military bc of "made up mental health issues and obesity and isn't it just sad how selfish they are. And the military is just a social experiment anyway. All they do now is train for that fake choose your own gender stuff. Anywho, stay strong, keep the faith!" Like legit was waiting on a "Trump 2024". They said some other things too. I hate living here. Freaking backwoods hellhole. That's what I get for eavesdropping I suppose.

It bothers me when I see this guy pay himself 50/hr. and pay his one and only employee- his own son- 13/hr. And everyone is so incredulous that the son isn't taking advantage of the 'generous' retirement plan. NEWSFLASH! It's because he can't wrap his head around ever being able to retire and he needs EVERY PENNY right now. Right now this minute. It bothers me to no end. This is a guy who's almost 30 and has been working there at his dad's store for 6 years. I don't understand how employers sleep at night sometimes. Especially people like this. And this is really common. HEY EMPLOYERS! Your employees fully plan to die on the job. That's why they don't partake in your 'oh so generous' retirement plans. They need every single penny RIGHT NOW and don't see themselves ever retiring. Ever. That's a privilege set aside for YOUR ilk. They avoid the whole thing mentally because they know how f*cked they are. And they know you'll be off boating every day by the time you're 60. It's depressing.

We drove 15 hours Monday night to get home at 5AM yesterday. Obvs, my H and I tried to rest. He had to get up to go run an errand and I went back to bed. My mom showed up out of nowhere, riled up the kids, brought cookies bc "It's the only time I can do it." and left 5 minutes later. So I had hyper kids who were also disappointed bc she just abruptly left and they didn't understand. Now today, she magically has time to come over again for longer and I want to scream at her. She wouldn't get it. She is such a narcissist and so far into her own head. She does this shit on purpose and nobody will ever convince me otherwise. She's just mad bc we went and spent time with my brother and didn't take her with us. I fucking hate her and I don't know how to stop feeling so much hate. I just desperately want to be free of her mentally and physically and I hate myself for feeling that way too. I need a therapist.

My friend is in town visiting, but I can't bear to see her. I feel so depressed and gained a lot of weight recently. I feel bad making an excuse even though it was a little honest. Mostly, it's feel shameful for all this weight gain and in a bad mental space

Someone said today, Love is not stronger than mental illness. Damn I heard that!!!

Awesome, OP! You should feel good. That's a hard feat, both mentally and physically.

DH has made a friend a few years ago that I'm not really fond of. Nothing terrible, they are just a bit annoying, and we have never connected. Friend is having a hard time right now with being alone during Covid, and insisting on more and more of DH's time (which DH is happy to give) while they deal with mental health issues. In the meantime, I've been through an increasingly stressful time for other reasons, and I'm at the point where I have stopped eating and sleeping. Yesterday, the friend said something asshole-ish to me on text, and I told DH I couldn't deal anymore. I said DH needs to make a decision on who comes first, me or the friend. I honestly didn't know which way he would go, but he didn't hesitate to pick me. I'm pleasantly surprised.

Talk to a therapist. For years, I believed I had narcissistic tendencies. It's one of the main reasons I chose to remain childfree. Turns out, my mental health issues (none of which are related to narcissistic tendencies lol) all stem from my narcissistic mother. Talking to a good therapist was mind blowing.

Did ya'll hear about the candle factory boss threatening to fire workers for leaving? Amazon too (although even less surprising from them.) Seriously, anyone who wonders why the rates of mental illness are going through the roof, start here. Society is being made impossibly unfriendly to live in unless you are Jeff Beelzebub.

Bit of a rant; does anyone watch Yellowstone? I really hate the character of Beth Dutton. Shows seem to think the only way to portray a woman as strong and capable, is to make her an emotionally broken, alcoholic cunt with daddy issues. She's completely self destructive, treats everyone, including strangers terribly, and is always acting mentally unstable and unhinged. The other female character, is considered weak, because she just does what her husband says, and he's considered a great husband and father. Because she is weak, she is considered the nice one. I like the show but the tropes annoy me.