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Sabo wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:11 am Man, today's been awful. Had a bad night of sleep last night because my mind was racing (which is very unusual for me), and I've been navel gazing ever since. It doesn't help I've had a lot of work stress the last couple of days (Apple's incompetence as a corporate entity is astounding), a lot of house stress the last few weeks (that may require spending about 20 percent of my home's value in repairs) and the anxiety of a company-wide webinar this afternoon which might result in a mandatory pay cut and/or furlough.

Happy Monday, everyone.

ETA: I didn't write this to request sympathy or anything, but I think writing it out helped me let some of it go. That in itself is a good thing. Thanks, frogs.
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bfj wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 6:11 pm
Sabo wrote: Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:11 am Man, today's been awful. Had a bad night of sleep last night because my mind was racing (which is very unusual for me), and I've been navel gazing ever since. It doesn't help I've had a lot of work stress the last couple of days (Apple's incompetence as a corporate entity is astounding), a lot of house stress the last few weeks (that may require spending about 20 percent of my home's value in repairs) and the anxiety of a company-wide webinar this afternoon which might result in a mandatory pay cut and/or furlough.

Happy Monday, everyone.

ETA: I didn't write this to request sympathy or anything, but I think writing it out helped me let some of it go. That in itself is a good thing. Thanks, frogs.
Hope your day improved.
It improved a little bit. Fortunately the company-wide webinar didn't result in any immediate bad news, but the executives did say all options are on still on the table. So we'll see. Thanks for asking.
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I feel like I was too free with a "hang in there man" to AB last night. Let me see if I can very gingerly ask him if I can have it back and transfer it to this thread.

Seriously though, hope it gets better. Is the house issue something you need to take care of *right* now in the middle of the CV shit?
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rass wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:37 am I feel like I was too free with a "hang in there man" to AB last night. Let me see if I can very gingerly ask him if I can have it back and transfer it to this thread.

Seriously though, hope it gets better. Is the house issue something you need to take care of *right* now in the middle of the CV shit?
Yeah, I'm not to "hang in there" level yet. Feel free to transfer to here.
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rass wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:37 amIs the house issue something you need to take care of *right* now in the middle of the CV shit?
Yes and no.

A few Sundays ago, we had a very heavy rain (something like three inches in less than an hour) and we had rain water back up into the house through our basement drains. This is at least the fourth time we've had rain water in our basement, but this was the worst flooding yet. To fix the issue, we need to seal off the basement drains from the storm sewer system and install a sump pump and connect it to the sanitary sewer line. That was supposed to be done when the city installed sanitary sewer mains to replace septic tanks in the late 1980s, but the previous owners didn't do that.

Naturally, the best place to seal the basement drains is where the pipes exit the house. And guess where that is? Directly underneath one of the walls of my finished basement. So I'll have to rip out a section of wall to expose the floor for the plumbers to seal the pipe.

On top of that, we learned some of our down spouts and the driveway drain are clogged with rocks, and the only way to clear it is to remove it all and start again. That means we'll have to rip out our driveway and pour a new one. Concrete isn't cheap, unfortunately.

I could decide to not address these issues, but that just means over the coming years, I'll have water in my basement through the basement drains and the foundation because the footer drains get backed up during these heavy rain events, too. Our basement is finished and we use it a lot. There's a bedroom, TV room, my office and the Snoopy room (for Mrs. Sabo's substantial Snoopy and Peanuts collection). I plan to convert my TV room into a Tiki bar at some point, but I'll only do that once the basement floods are a thing of the past.

Also, we need a new roof/siding/soffits too and just signed a contract earlier this week. The roof was a planned expense. The basement and driveway were not. Good times.

2020 can go fuck itself. And the shittiest thing about this year so far is the worst (all of the presidential election bullshit) is yet to come.
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I might have gotten approved for unemployment today. Im not counting chickens until i make the payment request tomorrow, but my account online looks different. I have a whole host of conflicting emotions about having to go on unemployment...even when I was a fucking drug addict I always worked for myself. I feel a special kind of worthless this morning.
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TT2.0 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:49 pm I might have gotten approved for unemployment today. Im not counting chickens until i make the payment request tomorrow, but my account online looks different. I have a whole host of conflicting emotions about having to go on unemployment...even when I was a fucking drug addict I always worked for myself. I feel a special kind of worthless this morning.
Yeah, that's literally what the unemployment insurance is for. You shouldn't feel bad at all.
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mister d wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:50 pm No bonus points for paying in but never taking out.
Hard to explain but it feels like I'm literally the opposite of everything my dad ever taught me right now. Maybe its a being raised by a southern republican thing i dont know.
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TT2.0 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:04 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:50 pm No bonus points for paying in but never taking out.
Hard to explain but it feels like I'm literally the opposite of everything my dad ever taught me right now. Maybe its a being raised by a southern republican thing i dont know.
Most southern republicans are former southern democrats, so not getting paid for labor would be more their bag. Unemployment is something you paid into for the rainy day and wouldn’t you say it’s pooring right now?
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cerrano wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:10 pm
TT2.0 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:04 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:50 pm No bonus points for paying in but never taking out.
Hard to explain but it feels like I'm literally the opposite of everything my dad ever taught me right now. Maybe its a being raised by a southern republican thing i dont know.
Most southern republicans are former southern democrats, so not getting paid for labor would be more their bag. Unemployment is something you paid into for the rainy day and wouldn’t you say it’s pooring right now?
It definitely is at that.
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TT2.0 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:04 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:50 pm No bonus points for paying in but never taking out.
Hard to explain but it feels like I'm literally the opposite of everything my dad ever taught me right now. Maybe its a being raised by a southern republican thing i dont know.
I get it, but try to remember that you are unemployed through no fault of your own and 20% of Americans lost their jobs at the same time for the same reason. You are only out of work because your employer had to temporarily shut down operations. And it's not like it's a cushy job market to walk outside and find another line of work. That said, I'd probably feel the same way, and I respect not wanting to collect unemployment, but it's your money. You paid into it while working as a safety net in case something like this happened. No reason to pay insurance and not collect when you qualify.

On the bright side, your dumb ass Governor is likely to open up the economy very soon to get you back to work!
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The Sybian wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:13 pm
TT2.0 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:04 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:50 pm No bonus points for paying in but never taking out.
Hard to explain but it feels like I'm literally the opposite of everything my dad ever taught me right now. Maybe its a being raised by a southern republican thing i dont know.
I get it, but try to remember that you are unemployed through no fault of your own and 20% of Americans lost their jobs at the same time for the same reason. You are only out of work because your employer had to temporarily shut down operations. And it's not like it's a cushy job market to walk outside and find another line of work. That said, I'd probably feel the same way, and I respect not wanting to collect unemployment, but it's your money. You paid into it while working as a safety net in case something like this happened. No reason to pay insurance and not collect when you qualify.

On the bright side, your dumb ass Governor is likely to open up the economy very soon to get you back to work!
This. Not only that, people are *supposed* to be unemployed right now. An economic slowdown is an important step in limiting the spread of the virus.

Our PPP money just came in yesterday. So while my employees won't need to apply for unemployment, the government is still paying them.
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cerrano wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:10 pm
TT2.0 wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:04 pm
mister d wrote: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:50 pm No bonus points for paying in but never taking out.
Hard to explain but it feels like I'm literally the opposite of everything my dad ever taught me right now. Maybe its a being raised by a southern republican thing i dont know.
Most southern republicans are former southern democrats, so not getting paid for labor would be more their bag. Unemployment is something you paid into for the rainy day and wouldn’t you say it’s pooring right now?
He lives in Texas. A state that has 7.5 billion in a rainy day fund, yet Harvey or Corona can't get them to open it.
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brian wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 3:39 pm Not sure where else really to put this, but found out yesterday a very good friend of mine from back home went missing last week and yesterday her car was found abandoned in southern Oregon.

Probably not anything anyone can do, but maybe spare a positive thought or two. It's not hopeless -- I'm trying to stay positive and it's possible maybe she's in a facility somewhere, but that fact that a police report was filed and it didn't match up with anyone in custody in mental health or similar facilities in OR means that's probably not the case. If you happen to know anyone in southern Oregon (especially Grants Pass area near where her car was found, maybe asking them to post on Facebook or something. Thanks.
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Sorry brian.

My sister's HS graduating class had a series of deaths over the course of a couple of years. Sad enough, but despite all logic, it is a little creepy.
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Mine has had a rash of parents dying this year. Which isn't all that crazy considering our age and maybe I notice it more because I'm in the group.
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Out of the 18 kids from my sixth grade class, there have been 3 deaths. Senior class of 121 has had 7. 2 of the deaths from sixth grade went to my rival school.
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On the flipside, I'm pretty sure my graduating year plus the year below (75-100 each) are both still at zero.
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Impressive that you know. I couldn't tell you either way.
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degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
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degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
Wait until she gets to menopause. Shit gets real in a hurry.

(Glad she's pain free!)
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degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
I assume you did but has adoption ever called to you? Or is it the pull of "one of your own"?

(I too am glad she's at least pain free. That's worth it's weight in gold alone!)
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degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
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BSF21 wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 10:18 am
degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
I assume you did but has adoption ever called to you? Or is it the pull of "one of your own"?

(I too am glad she's at least pain free. That's worth it's weight in gold alone!)
For her it has to be one of our own. Egg adoption is as far as she'll go.
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degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
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Who did it?
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sancarlos wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:51 pm
degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
Dude. I couldn't get my wife pregnant for years. Then, she had surgery for endometriosis and - boom - knocked up!
Yes we were hoping that as well but the endo destroyed her tubes.
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degenerasian wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:34 pm
sancarlos wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:51 pm
degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
degenerasian wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:49 pm
A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
Dude. I couldn't get my wife pregnant for years. Then, she had surgery for endometriosis and - boom - knocked up!
Yes we were hoping that as well but the endo destroyed her tubes.
Good luck with the IVF, bud!
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sancarlos wrote: Fri Dec 04, 2020 12:52 am
degenerasian wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 11:34 pm
sancarlos wrote: Thu Dec 03, 2020 8:51 pm
degenerasian wrote: Wed Dec 02, 2020 1:35 pm
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A_B wrote: Fri Jun 07, 2019 3:29 pm I hate that you are having to deal with that and that she is going through it as well. I know you're not looking for advice, but I'd offer up a small tidbit that having a kid almost never makes things better unless your situation is "everything is perfect in our lives and this is the absolute perfect time to have a kid." It eventually may work out, of course, but I am just saying it's a potential trap young couples fall when "people say it's time for a kid and maybe that's the missing piece". It usually is not.
We're not young anymore. She's 36 in December. I'm 43.
And she wants one more than me, so i think the pressure is getting to her. She's depressed that her body is like this.

I mean, I'd like a kid if it works out, but not if she has to go through all that.
Quoting myself. An update. My wife was diagnosed with severe endometriosis and had surgery to remove it. All was successful except it got into her tubes and she cannot conceive naturally anymore. IVF is the next stage, and we have an appointment in the new year. We'll go that route as one last hurrah. She's saddened about her situation, and in her words, "What she has become." But she's happy about feeling better and being pain feel. And she can take birth control now, no more periods ever!

I've learned way more about female reproduction than I ever thought I would.
Dude. I couldn't get my wife pregnant for years. Then, she had surgery for endometriosis and - boom - knocked up!
Yes we were hoping that as well but the endo destroyed her tubes.
Good luck with the IVF, bud!
Yep. And feel free to start a thread about it if you need support or want to vent through the process and you don't have to leave it in the depression thread. That's a happy process!
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Friend of my wife went through the process for a while and was getting really frustrated and down for a while.

Her twins are now 6!
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Good luck, degen.
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Yeah, good luck man.
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Which level is finding a song you had forgotten from your deep childhood that loosens waves of melancholy and playing it over and over while you sit at your desk working on a mediation statement and crying as you contemplate having just recently turned 50 and realizing that life has run by and amounts to nothing?

Asking for an aquaintance.
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(Good thoughts, TB.)
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tennbengal wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:46 am Which level is finding a song you had forgotten from your deep childhood that loosens waves of melancholy and playing it over and over while you sit at your desk working on a mediation statement and crying as you contemplate having just recently turned 50 and realizing that life has run by and amounts to nothing?

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I'd label that around 75% from my experiences. Sorry you are feeling it. All I can say is keep in mind that these things come in waves and it will pass. Feel free to reach out if you need to.
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I think you have to buy a Porsche and it goes away?



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tennbengal wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:46 am Which level is finding a song you had forgotten from your deep childhood that loosens waves of melancholy and playing it over and over while you sit at your desk working on a mediation statement and crying as you contemplate having just recently turned 50 and realizing that life has run by and amounts to nothing?

Asking for an aquaintance.
Night Moves did this to me recently.

Life seems to have amounted to nothing when you're down. Take pleasure in little things and the big things won't seem quite so bad.
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tennbengal wrote: Fri Feb 19, 2021 11:46 am Which level is finding a song you had forgotten from your deep childhood that loosens waves of melancholy and playing it over and over while you sit at your desk working on a mediation statement and crying as you contemplate having just recently turned 50 and realizing that life has run by and amounts to nothing?

Asking for an aquaintance.
You've loosed some good kids on the world, dude. Anything else is just the cherry on top.
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