#communication gap

[spiderace]

So, I was talking with my mother and trying to explain a meme saying raccoons are trash pandas. Then she stopped me dead by saying, "Is that real?"

"What?"

"Is that a real animal?"

I was utterly flummoxed, but tried to answer the question as asked.

"Yes, a raccoon is a real animal. We have them here."

She immediately demanded to know if I thought she was an idiot, OBVIOUSLY she knows RACCOONS are real.

I fumbled around verbally for a while and eventually ascertained that she was asking if "trash pandas" were a real and separate animal from raccoons. Apparently she regards my memes as "a fantasy world," so she is never sure if any animal I describe is on the level of Autism Cat or Pallas Cats.

I could then further explain that "trash panda" was a descriptive nickname, like "cat snake" or "cobra chicken."

I then had to ALSO explain, in the face of ongoing indignance, that I did not think she was crazy, I did not understand the question correctly. I regularly, like almost every day, have someone ask a question that makes zero sense to me. Then I have to try to give a rational answer to what appears to be a question about if raccoons are real or why do buses have wheels or why am I wearing a shirt.

Because I can just say "I don't understand the question," and sometimes I do, but that never produces good results. It's like they've just said "what color?" As I was in a buffet line, and it sounds to me like they're asking what color the chicken is. If I say I don't understand, they'll just say it again but less patiently. If I say "light brown?" Then they might think I'm an idiot or a smartass, but at least they will be forced to clarify that they want to know if I want a blue or green tray.

Why do I care about tray color? I do not know and I will never know. Or I will get charged more because a green tray indicates a different price category that indicates I want to include the sushi bar. It could go either way.

Being around people is exhausting. Even when it's people I love, at some point my brain is going to fail to correctly interact with what someone's trying to tell or ask me. Then I'm going to have to try and navigate toward a meaning that is obvious to them but impenetrable to me.

This is also why texting or internet is easier. I less often have to try and correctly parse if someone is looking at a different part of the environment than I am or asking about a different part of something I said than the part I intended to be important.

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[the-chandrian]

To Crave

I know you baby girl. You don't just want. You don't merely desire. You crave. I know because I've spent the time to build that craving within you. I've watched it grow from a simple spark to an all-consuming fire. And that power that I have, to make you crave, was not taken but was given to me by you. And it is that gift that grants me the authority to control you and to take you places you didn't even know you wanted to go.

My warm breath brushing against your tender cheek. Crave

Tracing gentle lines from cheek, to neck, to shoulder. Crave

A fist full of hair, pulling hard to expose your tender neck. Crave

A gentle nibble on lip, ear, neck and breast. Crave

The sound of my low guttural moans. Crave

The dark intensity of my deep blue eyes. Crave

When I whisper "Good girl" into your ear. Crave

Every time I take you to the edge and back again, you become just a little bit more MINE. And ultimately, to be called "mine" is the destination that you crave most of all.

[valentin3s]

｡･ﾟﾟ･🍒lil one humping her stuffie ♡

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[urbruisedgf]

I really really want to be corrupted, have daddy sneak in my room and tell me that he needs to inspect my princess part but it ends with his big daddy part inside me 🎀

[inkskinned]

100,000 dollars is not a lot of money.

it is also a lot more money than i will ever have. my student loans make up half of that - they're coming back, i'm told, like we all bounced back recently. the other day while paying for gas to go to work, i overdrew my account without knowing it.

i sat in the car and looked at the charge and tried to do the math. where the fuck is the money even going? i don't live extravagantly. i live in a hole in the ground, in an apartment the size of a sneeze; covered in ants. yes, i wanted to live close to a population center. maybe that's my fault. i've downloaded the apps and i've spoken to the experts and i've cut back on excess. i can't help the pharmacy bills or the medical debt.

i have a good, well-paying job. when i googled it to see if i was getting a fair salary, i found out i'd be making "upper middle class" money. which doesn't make sense - is "upper middle class" now just "able to afford a one-bedroom without a roommate". when i was younger, upper-middle meant a nice big house and a backyard and vacations and not flinching about eating at a resturant.

i was talking to my friend who is a realtor. he said 100,000 dollars is extremely cheap for housing. he's not wrong. 100,000 dollars would change my life. 100,000 dollars also won't really buy you anything. it could get you out of debt, potentially, if you were lucky and had a certain amount of scholarships to tack onto your degree. you could pay off the car and then have enough left over for "spending" money. how fucking amazing. one vacation, maybe two if you're thrifty. and then - like magic - the money would evaporate into nothing. people would sigh and tell you see, you should have put it into savings! like "upper middle class" people can't afford to value "actually living" over squirrelling wealth. you should spend your life only in scarcity. like that is what made the rich people all their real "actually a lot of money".

100,000 dollars would literally set me free. it also would just set me back to "earning normally" instead of paying down debt into infinity. god, do you know how many of us just want that? that our first thought is we could stop scrambling and just be free of debt if we won the lottery? that we don't even necessarily need to stop working - we just wouldn't have to worry about failing or falling?

and. at the same time. 100,000 dollars is next to fucking nothing.

[northopalshore]

Can you marrying someone older indicators?

Ever since I found out my future spouse will be at least 7 years older than me, I had a compiled list of these in the back of my mind. (Also because I have a few friends who are into significantly older men TT)

Older spouse indicators

(usually an age gap is present) 5-7 years but can go upwards to 30++ , note that these placements could also just mean that they are someone with a mature personality instead as well.

‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

In the natal chart, Juno, Groom & Briede Persona chart

୨ৎ Saturn in the 7th house (natal)

୨ৎ Groom in Capricorn (natal, juno & groom)

୨ৎ 7th house ruler is Saturn (Capricorn & Aquarius)

୨ৎ Jupiter in the 7th house (natal)

୨ৎ Sun in the 7th house (natal)

୨ৎ 7th house ruler conjunct saturn (natal)

୨ৎ Groom conjunct Saturn or Jupiter (groom, natal, juno)

୨ৎ Venus in Capricorn (natal)

୨ৎ Mars in Capricorn (natal)

୨ৎ Jupiter in Capricorn (natal)

୨ৎ Sun in Capricorn (Juno, groom, briede)

୨ৎ Venus conjunct Saturn (natal, juno)

୨ৎ Jupiter conjunct Saturn (nata, juno)

୨ৎ Aries Sun/Moon/Venus/ Mars (natal)

୨ৎ Groom in Sagittarius (situational) (natal, groom, juno)

୨ৎ Venus in Sagittarius (natal)

୨ৎ Mars in Sagittarius (natal)

୨ৎ 7th house ruler in the 9th or 10th House

୨ৎ Groom asteroid in the 8th house (natal) because the 'taboo' thing could be an age gap

Note: when using either briede or groom pc, make sure it pertains to your spouse and not you as a spouse. Or else that would mean you're older than them (⁠･⁠o⁠･⁠;⁠).

Unrelated but leo venus women tend to hunt for younger men lol. Check younger spouse indicators here

₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

Vedic

୨ৎ Saturn Darakaraka (dk)

₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑ . ₊ ⊹ .₊๋‧₊ ˚ ⊹ ࣭ ⭑

***disclaimer: please make sure it tracks with other placements in your chart as well***

Thanks for reading ♡

@northopalshore

@northopalshore 2024 older spouse indicators.

[mikqchoux]

Imagine if he started getting scared of bridges too

[lolitaology]

How we’re supposed to be rn

[lannegarrett]

Writer's friends when they listen to the writer explaining the plot to their story:

[000marie198]

Do you think Toothless ever grumbles and is sarcastic in his internal monologue and then goes: "Great. I must be exhausted I'm starting to sound like Hiccup."

Hiccup building a gadget in the forge two meters away: "Did you just make fun of me?"

Toothless grumbling about how it's a long time past midnight and they should be asleep, can't Hiccup tinker in the morning or something

Hiccup: "No one is forcing you to be here, Toothless."

Toothless howls at the other and glares. Hiccup glares back. They're having a glaring contest at two in the morning.

Moments later, Berk's heir is being dragged back to the hut by his sleeve by a dark creature that almost blends into the shadows save for annoyed vivid green eyes as the boy argues with the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death Itself in hushed grumbles.

..............

(Don't tag as a ship)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I ABSOLUTELY ADORE YOUR SQQ HE LOOKS SO FUCKINH DONE WITH LIFE

The recipe for SQQ is: calm on the outside, screaming on the inside.

[the-chandrian]

[valentin3s]

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