Yeah, I was just gonna say it’s a kind of magic they call Being Up Early in the Morning. A mysterious skill to many including myself. 😅

It’s a spiral that probably won’t end until I’m alone

Or until you learn to differentiate between those behaviors, thought patterns, and underlying beliefs that make your life better in the present moment and those that pull you down.

There’s always a good reason why we’ve adopted these behaviors-- maybe they were crucial to our survival at one point. But that was then and this is now.

Working through all that is not an easy task. In fact, it can be hard work. But it’s so, so valuable. And when you commit to it you will see real progress.

All the best to you and everyone else who feels they are in this situation.

Okay, here’s a radical thought that has actually helped me overcome this attitude:

Who the fuck do you think you are to discard everyone else’s opinions like that?

Maybe give the people who love and support you a little more credit?

Good post, nothing to add.

Yes, frosted glass and no, not douche. Shower.

Correct.

Not here in Germany. 50 is when you’re supposed to get your first one. Just read a pamphlet from my health insurance about what kind of screening checks they pay for.

Right, and Santa will be coming down the chimney at 25:25 P. M.

The husband’s delay in calling in might also have been caused by Verizon’s telephone network being temporarily overloaded. I remember trying to call my family that morning and only getting a message saying “all circuits are busy now”.

Oh, right the protests against nuclear rearmament in Europe. I was actually part of the “human chain” demo, somewhere between Ulm and Neu-Ulm. Together with my teddy, which got us photographed for the regional newspaper.

That’s what I was thinking as well but I looked it up and the Challenger explosion was shortly before that.

1986 was a strong news year for sure. I was 9 years old at the time.

edit: actually, it was the Pershing II protests of 1983, which my family joined.

O-kay. I can think of a myriad of other reasons than sheer cost why I might not want to buy a home straight away. But I see how the graphic kind of makes sense in the way you describe.

I’m not a big fan of landlords, by the way, and the instant downvoting for asking a simple question is extremely rude. Doesn’t exactly foster community engagement, guys! 😑

Not sure what the graphic is trying to say. Are landlords supposed to protect people from increasing costs of home ownership? 🤔 How are these ideas connected?

Mind you, ownership implies that you are not renting your home, you own it.

Says the guy who has obviously been puffing way too much coco recently.

Here’s to many more like it! 🍻

It’s his remedy to your constant “headaches,” Karen.

(Stereotypes galore, I know, but they don’t seem like the most functional couple.)

Floaters greatly lessen my enjoyment of hot tubs as well.

Oof, alot and smocking in one post. Still, it is a great find.

Almost Looks like a Page out of the Constitution (or pretty much Any Text from that era).

Perhaps they’re harkening to that.

Ah, Frikandel then? Sorry, I was thinking about Austria, where Bosna is a similar snack. But yeah, swamp German should have tipped me off. 😅