#mr seldnei

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Just saw ‘Longlegs,’ and Mr Seldnei and I came out of it going “I don’t know if it was good or bad, but it sure was *something.*”

(We both quite enjoyed it—love a movie where I have no goddamn idea what the fuck it’s doing until the end, and even then I’m not sure.)

And saw a trailer for ‘Megalopolis’ and I may have to track down a showing of that when it releases. Everything I have read says *nobody* knows what that movie is about.

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In my opinion, if you want loving gestures that you didn’t ask for then it behooves you to look closely at what your partner does naturally. As an example: if I want a love letter, I’m going to need to ask Mr Seldnei to write me one, because his mind doesn’t naturally go there. But that man knows my order at every restaurant, knows the names of my favorite writers, and makes sure I get to ride the Haunted Mansion any time we go to Disney. Once I realized these were his romantic gestures, I started feeling very much like the lead in a romcom, even if I did have to flat out tell him I’d like flowers on my birthday.

So yeah, if you want something you’re not getting, ask for it. If you really want stuff you don’t have to ask for, start looking for what you’re already being given.

btw one of the key components of actually being in a healthy relationship is just asking for things that you want. i keep seeing posts on this website saying 'i really want to do/receive [X] but my partner has never done it'. just ask. 'nobody exchanges love letters anymore' ask. 'i want to have my partner's hair in a locket like the victorians' just ask. 'i want to be bought flowers regularly :((' literally just ask. your partner doesn't know they're being held to these expectations and that you're unhappy unless you tell them. it's so unfair to expect your partner to read your mind. 'it's less special if you have to ask :((' grow up and stop pretending you're the lead in a romcom. when people say communication is crucial they mean it !! just ask !!

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Mr Seldnei woke up and chose violence.

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The fam went to Disney this weekend, and the plan last night was to get dinner in the park, ride a few things, and watch the fireworks. We got to the park and every last dumbass one of us, including my mother who is supposed to be in command of our shared brain cell 98% of the time, forgot about dinner.

(“Why are we all so tired, woozy, and angry?” we wondered at 11pm in line for the ferry out of the park. Well, at least the ghost of Walt Disney didn’t get the $120+ we probably would have spent on mediocre food.)

We get in the car, and I set Siri up to give us directions to the nearest Burger King (I didn’t say I was doing this; when Siri announced through the stereo that we were starting route to Burger King my husband cracked up).

So we make our way to the random access road where this BK is supposed to be, and like a lot of touristy areas there are other fast food joints off this road, which is how this exchange happened:

Siri: Turn left into the parking lot.

Me: Siri, this is a Wendy’s.

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Me, coming out of the shower, to Mr Seldnei: So i managed to flip a glob of shampoo directly into my eye. I rinsed it out and am now experiencing minor discomfort, so you know what that means—I am DYING and when you wake up next to my CORPSE in the MORNING, that is WHY.

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My husband, pre-me (so, 20ish?) drank a bottle of Everclear and lit the fumes on fire.

This is cinema actually

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Mr Seldnei just got banned from an Elon Musk subreddit.

His response to the message informing him of this and the instructions for possibly being unbanned was “Nah, that’s fair.”

First he’s fixing shit around the house and now this? How hot can one man be?

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Had some plans for the morning, but the husband is fixing drywall and otherwise being handy and competent, so that all went out the window because hello, there …

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Apparently Mr Seldnei was today years old when he learned about Magic Earring Ken.

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Mr Seldnei: <plays pokemon>

Me: <starts playing the song>

Mr Seldnei: <bops head. recognizes song. grins>

Me: <looks for phone>

Mr Seldnei: <grins again as the melody kicks in>

Me: <starts recording video of adorable husband bopping his head and foot along as he plays pokemon>

Mr Seldnei: Who is this?

Me: Ginger Root.

Mr Seldnei: That’s pretty cute. … Why are you taping me?

Me: ‘cause *you’re* pretty cute.

Listen/purchase: Linus N’ Lucy by Ginger Root

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Husband is listening to Mongolian Throat Metal at the moment.

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Things I Said That Made Mr Seldnei Propose A Quiet Day Today:

1. “You know what we, as a society, did not give enough of a chance to? Leeches and cocaine.”

2. “Ya know how there’s the term ‘freeballing’ for going without underwear? I think there should also be ‘breasting boobily’ for going without a bra.”

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Y’all Mr. Seldnei is over here putting together furniture and for fuck’s sake, using a drill should not be this attractive.

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Mr Seldnei when Guns and Roses comes on the coffeehouse sound system.

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Q has friends over. They have taken over the living room. They are playing … Mario Party? Maybe? Anyway, the husband has decided that what we need is a metric ton of popcorn made with ghee, like we’re some sort of hipster cool parent nightmare, and honestly it’s ghee popcorn, I’m not going to *argue* with him about making it, but he is being the most Mr Seldnei he could possibly be right now.

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Sat at the kitchen table tonight going over page proofs while Mr Seldnei sat across from me re-reading Swamp Thing and occasionally pointing out the bits he found really cool, and my kid and his friend played Smash Bros in the living room.

Honestly, after the chaos of the past week, this was really good.