RL Peeves

Nynrose

So I just discovered that I either need bifocals, or, I need to tilt my glasses down my nose a bit to read stuff in small text or real close to my face…

Now what am I going to do when I have my contacts in?

Ugh.

Old, why you hate me so?

Bifocal contacts are a thing now; but I’ve been too scared to try them. For the moment, I’m using readers. However, I have found this is not yet an every day occurrence for me, and that makes it even worse. Today I’m having a great eye day and don’t need to use anything additional. Tomorrow I might be consigned to using readers all day long. It sucks, getting older.

Solstice

@TNP

Thanks. Already initiated 1. People dismissing my pain is an instant drop for me.

Testament

So I don’t want anyone to think this is a legit peeve. It is not, it is a highly self-aware peeve, that I know is stupid, but I’m going to talk about it anyways.

My fiance, I feel like, has shown everyone and their dog her wedding dress. And for good reason, she’s thrilled with it. She also was thrilled of the fact that it’s a black wedding dress because she hates white. She also, has gone on a long explanation to me that the only reason white was chosen was some in the aristocracy some couple hundred of years ago wore white and everyone else, who generally would just wear whatever thought this was the best thing ever and followed suit. Note: I do not know how accurate that statement is, but that’s what she found from her own research to justify a black dress(also, I said it’s your wedding, you don’t have to justify anything to anyone, wear a fluorescent lime green dress if you really wanted to).

The point is is that everyone has seen the dress.

Except me. And I’m exceptionally salty about it.

That is all.

Snackness

@Testament It was Queen Victoria~

Solstice

@Testament said in RL Peeves:

The point is is that everyone has seen the dress.

Except me. And I’m exceptionally salty about it.

I think it looks great, I’m sure you’ll love it when you can see it.

Testament

@Solstice

i see what you did there

TNP

@Testament It would be amusing if you wore a white tux.

Testament

@TNP said in RL Peeves:

@Testament It would be amusing if you wore a white tux.

Oh shit. If I hadn’t already bought my suit, that would be a hilarious temptation.

junipersky

@Testament

What I hear is “send money for new tux”

Kestrel

I thought about posting this in ‘Good Things in Mushing’, because it is. But I feel like that thread’s there for positive vibes, and although I feel entirely positive about this situation, it’s on the sassy side and I don’t wanna pollute people’s good cheer with sassy bitch energy.

Rolling my sleeves up:

God bless this hobby, for all its ups and downs and occasional bouts of immense drama, for having taught me the absolutely vital life skills of keeping receipts and handling verbal disputes.

I’m having trouble right now with an unkind individual in my RL sphere who made an entirely unreasonable request of me two years ago, to which I said, ‘No’. I’d initially been open to compromise, but they immediately jumped to threats and attempted blackmail. So, I did everything right: I immediately cut them off and ensured that any further communications I had with them were exclusively in writing, so there’d be a paper-trail if I needed to handle the situation again down the line. (And my gut told me I might.) They let off some steam into the void and then I never heard from them again, which is a result I was fully satisfied with.

It’s taken them this long to come back, this time with backup (vague threats to sue etc.), but other than that they have … less than nothing. Frankly, I’m pleased with myself. For the many times in this hobby where I’ve handled situations like this the wrong way, I’m grateful to have taken my lessons in protecting myself IRL where it counts.

It’s an RL happy! And a MU* happy. But like, low-key toxic, so I’m shoehorning it here.

EDIT: Should this have been in RL Vent? Idk, if mods want to move it that would be fine!

Mourne

Youtube is somehow got it in its head that I want to read right-wing nutjobs because I am interested in global finance…

Yeesh this is horrible.

GF

@Mourne I like leftist video essays so apparently to YouTube, that means I want to watch Fresh and Fit’s channel, which, no. No. Why would I ever? Why would anyone?

junipersky

Husband is cooking pizza and my peeve is that I can SMELL IT but it’s not ready to EAT.

Roz

@junipersky said in RL Peeves:

Husband is cooking pizza and my peeve is that I can SMELL IT but it’s not ready to EAT.

i hope he realizes how hurtful he’s being

junipersky

@Roz He LAUGHED AT ME.

GF

@junipersky Homemade, or freezer?

junipersky

@GF

A little of both. We buy pre-made cauliflower crusts but then add everything else ourselves.

GF

@junipersky I need to see if the stores near me sell cauliflower pizza crusts. Thanks!

mietze

TFW you realize your oldest kid is a little older than you were when you got engaged for the first time.

While also worrying that they don’t seem to have the same drive as you to be on their own (or the skills) so you wonder if you fucked up somehow but you also realize that actually its probably healthier that they don’t feel like they have to get married bc its the only way they can escape and maybe them not being overeager to escape is not a bad thing so maybe you did something right or at least ok.

Also summer’s almost over and I’m feeling a little sad.

Kestrel

The sinking realisation as an ageing Millennial that most of my childhood friends now have wrinkles.