Re: Re: stressful   
    By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Thu Aug 06 2015 13:40:44   
      
    NB> Stubborn isn't all bad... If she can turn her stubborn to getting   
    NB> better, we should be fine... ;)   
      
    That is absolutely true. I've seen some stubborn relatives of mine push   
   through things that I never would've thought possible. Not to mention a few   
   things that I don't even think the doctors would've ever thought possible.    
   Hell, my adoptive father ended up being the textbook case of the longest life   
   lived with Kartagener's Syndrome. He was a stubborn... well fill in the rest   
   of that sentence with whatever you like. I have scars on my head from banging   
   it with his up through my early adulthood. *grin*   
      
    NB> "But I read it on the internet... it HAS to be true..."    
      
    I'm not sure which is worse, the people that say that, or the ones that tout   
   FAUX News as an unbiased outlet to be taken at literal value at all times.   
      
    NB> I have a friend who tends to want to talk things out with me, at least   
    NB> in part because somewhere along the line I can get her to laugh... see   
    NB> the humor (even if it's just a twist on it, or dark humor) in the   
    NB> situation... even if she'd thought there wasn't anything good at all in   
    NB> the situation...    
      
    Yeah I had some friends like that, still do, actually, but they're all   
   thousands of miles away. Although I have a relationship like that with my   
   roommate quite a bit, but having a bigger circle of friends is still a loss.   
    It's always good to hang out with somebody who can at least get you a cynical   
   chuckle at whatever chips have got a person down.   
      
    NB> Mostly joking... partly, though, along the lines of: even if you aren't   
    NB> planning to take him along, the sort of place you could would probably   
    NB> be a healthier place for you... :)   
      
    Well you're probably right about that. Then again, my chances of meeting   
   potential suitors in a place like that are about 5000% higher than anyplace   
   else I'm going to go, and I'll admit I'm desperate. Not like commence sexual   
   relations with a cigar & Monica Lewinski desperate, but desperate for at least   
   a little bit of validating flirtation and *keep your fingers crossed* maybe   
   even a chance at a bit of a relationship/friendship.   
      
    NB> As long as they are suitable suitors...    
      
    Those are notoriously difficult to come across in the standard meatmarkets.    
   I'm trying to make sure that I do my research on the different places so that   
   I'm not dealing with too much drama. Not that it's avoidable in the club   
   scene.   
      
    NB> And did you get there finally...?   
      
    No. :( I'm a broken record on this, but I've always got an excuse. This   
   time it's that the VA messed up my meds again, and I was agoraphobic enough to   
   not really be able to get out and get that program initiated. At least the   
   money is in place now, though, and the meds are restabilizing in my system. So   
   as soon as I'm able to go out in public again without carrying my shell on my   
   back or finding a rock to scuttle under, I should be able to get there soon.   
    Ugh I feel pretty bad about that, actually. Yet in a way it's a good thing   
   that I'm not in yet, because you pay whether you go to sessions or not, so if I   
   would've been in already, and not comfortable enough there, the agoraphobia   
   then would've meant a lot of wasted money there. I could've at least taken   
   Deschain to his practices, though. *sigh*   
    We got to the church to socialize and are making it about 50% of the time    
   now, though, at least.   
      
    NB> And/or you are earning too much by then... and/or are in a better   
    NB> neighborhood where the hanging out is safer as well... :)   
      
    Wait wut? You mean by next summer?   
      
    -D   
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