Life Lessons from Dad
(who, it is well established, is a total boss)
When deciding whether to say something, three questions:
1. Does it need to be said?
2. Does it need to be said right now?
3. Does it need to be said by you?
@SWENGDAD
After 9 years of physical, emotional, social, financial, and sexual abuse...my 17 month old son calling me a bitch when he got in trouble for not listening was the final straw.
For myself, I put up with it. But I wasn't going to let him turn my baby into a monster.
@KILLTOPARTY
I actually get what he's saying at the end there tho - I had a guy lie to me once about his age and it legitimately affected my ability to believe anything he said 🤷🏻♀️
@AGHamilton29
Beautifully written. Thank you so much for sharing - I think many of us (who aren't Jewish and haven't grown up with this) are instinctively outraged by the last week, but this puts into much clearer perspective *why*.
Having been a woman defending herself from a man a foot taller than her, I have no hesitation at all in saying that given a choice between minimum required force and overwhelming force, I'm going to go with the latter every time when it comes to self-defense.
My boy just had his first ever range day and I can't begin to say how proud I am of him. 🥰
He's come so far in the last few years, from a traumatized little boy to a happy, outgoing young man. He's still got a hard road in front of him - teenage years approach, God help me -
@PolitiBunny
I've held my 14 week baby in my hands after miscarriage, and I held my son right after he was born. The idea that anyone could stomach making the former happen on purpose, instead of embracing the miracle of the latter...It's unfathomable to me.
@MisterBimms
@SWENGDAD
Yes you're right. I have a deeply rooted need for my son to grow up with positive examples of strong masculinity, not weak, insecure, and violent ones. That need wasn't being met.
By this one post of yours alone, I can tell that you and he have some critical qualities in common.
@SWENGDAD
He was halfway into a bottle of wine before the date even started. He knew I like chess and somehow decided the sexy thing to do was to try to suggestively quiz me on the rules of the game.
My friends still laugh about "but does he know about...*eyebrow waggle*...en passant?"
I don't normally talk about prayer intentions publicly, but it's the day before Ash Wednesday and this is important. This might be long, but stick with me, please.
We're family around here. We don't always get along, and we don't all know all of the extended cousins, but we do
Guys like Sean, who put their devotion to God in their bio, are usually the worst people on twitter. Sean attacked Joe after he admitted relapsing back into drug use. Joe killed himself tonight.
I bet Sean thinks he's a real warrior for God.
I'm...not okay, y'all. I shove it all down and keep it away from everyone but my closest, but this has been a really really hard week. Jesus has been weeping for me.
I'll be okay. Just not yet.
@spetsnazhands
@SWENGDAD
Wow...is he...is he still alive? 'Cause I think I might've gone full Rosamund Pike if my kids told me that sitting at an elementary school lunch table.
@Kronykal
@TexasGuard
Not just the Texas Guard, but also the thousands of USBP agents whose homes are here in Texas. Most of them would likely choose state, if forced to a decision.
@braxton_mccoy
As much as I'd like to say we'd catch that kind of behavior for what it is now (the falling asleep in class), we're really still struggling to get through to teachers, administrators, and even voters what the reality actually can be for kids in horrid situations like that.
In light of recent debate, just wanted to remind my girls: learning to shoot and getting and carrying your own gun is one of the best things you can do to protect yourself.
Stay strapped, girls. 💅
@KILLTOPARTY
I mean, in terms of preferences, I'm def with the chick on this one...but it's way not cool to try to just arbitrarily go for it. Reverse the situation and there'd be rabid women calling for castration in the comments.
@Shadzey1
Hey folks, just an observation here...this isn't exactly a cue to go detailing your home security arrangements on a public forum. Probably not the best idea in terms of opsec, ja know?
Hey y'all, to expand on this not in Shadz's thread - my back has been bothering me again, and last night I finally went to the ER for it when the pain got to be too much.
Good thing, apparently, since it turned out my gallbladder was infected and needed to come out. So after
@JustinH86189338
@Shadzey1
@Shr00merz
Nah I've just been juggling a shit ton of life stuff. Probably gonna be around a bit more for a few days, I'm recovering from surgery today.
My sister just committed murder/suicide...
Me: I got new bras the other day.
Her: Cool, where?
Me: Soma. Guess size.
Her: Triple E.
Me: That's...not a size.
Her: It's a place...about as big as your tits.
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This is not a situation in which I care about maximizing conservation of resources. If someone is coming to destroy me, I'm going to destroy them first or die trying. I vastly prefer to avoid death, and I refuse to accept it because anyone thinks some arbitrary line is overkill.
My niece apparently has a new boyfriend. She dumped her old boyfriend, because quote, "He's dumb. I gave him a chance to do good, but he's dumb." Apparently he's been getting in too much trouble at school and she didn't like that. So now she has a new boyfriend.
Y'all...she's 6.
BREAKING: The UK judiciary orders the death of the little patient
#IndiGregory
tomorrow at 2 pm 🇬🇧, despite the fact that the roman Bambino Gesù Hospital has offered to treat her in Italy and the Italian Government has granted Italian citizenship to the little girl to allow the
GM.
I love you guys, seriously.
I was in a rough spot yesterday evening, and the amount of support I got as soon as I said something was honestly a little overwhelming. My phone was blowing up for hours with people checking on me and offering help. This is why I'll never leave
Fr y'all, the bitching and moaning at each other needs to simmer the fuck down around here. Everybody go get laid, or have a drink, or a toke, or look at some tits...do SOMETHING, but knock off the tearing the community apart over egos, will you?
Can I just say, if I ever do anything to piss off a significant portion of our little corner of Twitter, can y'all please just take me out behind the woodshed and put me out of my misery? I love y'all but some of you is scary mfkrs.
Yet another regular reminder, folks, that I keep my DMs open specifically to be available to anyone who needs someone to talk to when they're in crisis or even just struggling.
I don't care if I know you or not or which side of the political spectrum you're on or what religion
@ASo1omons
Hold up, can we get some clarification on what they mean by "rapid unscheduled disassembly"? Cause this sounds like it might be something I'm interested in...
HOE-LEE SHIIIIIT.
New requirement before a candidate can even go to confirmation hearings for a SCOTUS seat: must pass an 11th grade civics exam from 1950.
This is the most horrifying thing I've ever heard from a Supreme Court Justice.
Ketanji Brown-Jackson is concerned that the First Amendment is making it harder for the government to censor speech.
That's literally the entire point.
GM frens - one last day to knock out before the weekend. 🫶🏻 Remember you don't have to be perfect to win at life, you just have to be better than you were yesterday.
Let's get to work.
@VivaldiVril
If there's one thing I've learned that I don't think can actually be explained in just words, it's that men feel waaaay more deeply than the world gives y'all credit for. You don't talk about it much; that doesn't mean it's not there.
One of my favorite + most used tools for unballing screwed up emotional waves...being able to identify what you're feeling and name it is so critical for maintaining emotional homeostasis.
Anxiety itself is not an emotion. Instead, it’s a cluster of emotions that jumble up to the point of being indistinguishable.
This is what happens when you label what you feel. It’s important to work through your emotions and get help to recognize them better.
Some people just don't seem to understand how few fucks I have to give for most people's sensibilities, or quite how many I have to give for the people I love.