• oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    15·
    12 hours ago

    Just back from dinner with the guy who organises the local Meetup dining group.
    I’d dropped into the conversation when he invited me to a cafe that I wasn’t looking for a relationship right now, just to lay it on the table, then after some messaging that was pushing the boundaries and some blatantly flirtatious behaviour in front of others I had to have a stern talk of the You’re Making Me Uncomfortable Back Off variety.
    So he walked me home, came in briefly to meet the cats and then I drove him home making it plain that I was just going to drop him home and run.
    So what does he do? Ask me to stay the night!
    Firstly NO, secondly I’ve never left the cats alone overnight and I’m not going to start now, thirdly I Told You I’m Not Interested Several Times Jesus Christ. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I think he’s more of a clueless scungie type - I know the breed from Uni God knows - but seriously, which part of I Am Not Interested does this guy not understand?

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      Lock down did a real number on people and we barely even acknowledge it anymore.

      Theres a psychic wound that was inflicted on a lot of people.

      I think it changed a lot of people.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      10 hours ago

      I am the great cornholio! I need tp for my bunghole.

      And it isn’t just you, people are just that much more inconsiderate. I blame lockdowns, but also the general state of the world right now - wars, rescinding rights, needless death, no ability to buy a house, pollies are landlords and two faced scum, far right bullshit, climate change… I can understand people reacting with general disrespect when it doesn’t feel like this world will last, and we suffer.

      But I also believe in times like these, we have MORE of a duty to be kind to one other, to show compassion and grace. And that is severely lacking within the general population. Their attitudes compound upon the state of the world and just hurt us even more than we already are.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        9 hours ago

        It would be nice to be kind… but I’ve found people are just getting more predatory and boundary stomping to the point I’m forced to be hostile to protect myself. :(

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          9 hours ago

          Absolutely, and it’s painful to do because it goes against our personalities and our very nature as human beings. Empathy and compassion is sacrificed for survival.

          I have hope kindness and love will prevail, but our suffering in the meantime is wearing on me.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    9·
    12 hours ago

    Whoop de doo… I knew I had it going well for a while, but just as I’m looking at having to drop my overall hours because I am simply not coping with doing it all and trying to finish degree, I get an email from the landlord about upping the rent to 550/week (15% increase).

    Pour one out for me, this has just ruined my weekend. Landlords do be collecting more and more for adding zero value…

    She’s said she’s open to negotiation but I really suck at working out a middle ground. Too many emotions. I’ll have to sleep on it. Why did she have to send this on a Friday night.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    2·
    9 hours ago

    I just remembered there was someone who used to be on the other DT a couple of years ago who lived with their son and was pretty active. Forgot their name but I wonder if they’re doing okay.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    14 hours ago

    Tonight it’s singing practice. I cancelled my plans so I could have the evening to myself to get my voice back to a usable state.

    I miss performing so much. I just love the vulnerability that you feel when you’re giving a part of yourself to strangers for a short while. Putting yourself out there.

    Music had been such an important part of my life. Every step of the way music has kept me going when I felt I didn’t want to. I could always rely on making music for catharsis.

    And I think that’s what makes it such an important part of my life. I feel like everything is bottled up unless I’m playing regularly.

    /end over sharing rant

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    13·
    14 hours ago

    Long day… cranky… not a drop of moisture all day, but I just managed to miss the rain and got to come home to silky kitty and a bit of silliness (=much-needed energy expenditure) with the feather toy. Thank god I have food in the fridge… rest my tired soul with the sound of rain and a nourishing meal. I’m spent.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    11·
    14 hours ago

    I was flash flooded down here on the bellarine. Holy fuck I’ve never seen rain like that. Every gutter was overflowing. Here was the start:

    Been spending the last 2 hrs having an intimate conversation with a bucket. I have not seen this level of water down here before.

    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
      5·
      14 hours ago

      It was pissing down hard in Heidelberg but only for 20 minutes or so. It looked like the Bellarine and Mornington got all the extreme stuff.

      Hope you don’t have much damage.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    5·
    13 hours ago

    Ordered pizza that includes prawns. They put calamari on too, I don’t mind but hello allergy nightmare. Don’t do that!

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    16 hours ago

    Just had a company meeting about raises. I don’t quality because I just started, but they gave everyone:

    2%

    You should have seen everyone’s face. The mood in the meeting plummeted instantly.

    I’m expecting some resignations in the next few weeks.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    4·
    13 hours ago

    These pj pants I bought today are so much thinner and maybe more breathable thanks it then being cotton.

    I’m definitely going to have to buy a few more of them either this weekend or next week.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    12·
    17 hours ago

    Fed the kitty this morning and we went back to bed, cuddling sweetly… she stretched her arm, dropped it and punctured a single secretly sharp claw into my eyelid like a fishhook.

    After a delay of refusing to get up it was washed with antibacterial hand soap and dabbed with Betadine so fingers crossed. I have a spare box of antibiotics ready to go.

    But yeah, that was literally half a centimetre from my actual eye.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      2·
      8 hours ago

      Yup, they’ll do that. Cerys sliced my left nipple in half once.

      Keep an eye on that shit. Uh. Pun unintended

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        1·
        8 hours ago

        I clip her claws but she always secretly sharpens just a single one so I don’t notice. It’s her stiletto.

        Wondering about those colourful nail caps but they seem like they’d cause distress

        Edit: And yes, I’m watching it because litterbox paws and will start the box of antibiotics that’s on hand if anything changes. It would be a nasty spot for an infection

    • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
      6·
      16 hours ago

      That makes me feel sick because I can’t have anything go near my eye ( like I can’t wear contacts because I freak out about it )

      My painful cat encounter story is, I was trying to save someone’s cat in a tree so I climbed way up and grabbed it.

      It got scared and wriggled and thrashed around so much that it fell…almost. It managed to hook a single claw into my forearm and was just hanging there…stretching my skin.

      I could only freak out and scream and shake it off. Of course it landed on its feet and just sauntered away.