Hey, we’re here fr you man. Some may say it’s silly to feel broken up over a pet dying, but different things mean differently to different people.
We’ll listen at the very least.
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Oh, fuck them? Don’t feeling broken about a pet dying is… Is? Silly is not the right word…
I pity the one who don’t mourn the dead of there pet.
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Neti pot or closest equivalent if you are far from a neti pot vendor. Hose the nose. Normal saline (sea salt and warm water from a clean proven source). Hose the nose 4-6x/day even if you feel like it’s not helping.
Next level is goldenseal tincture, 10 drops in normal saline, repeat as above. Garlic yes is very useful fresh, raw, and if you can’t stomach it (raw makes me feel seasick), tape it to the soles of your feet. In 20 minutes you’ll have garlic breath. Your lungs, sinuses and immune system will thank you.
IF you are having elevated temperature, IF you are in tremendous pain, IF you feel your sinuses take a turn for the infected worse, RUN don’t walk to the doc and get some friggin antibiotics fergoodnesssakesarreddy. Sinuses are very very close to the brain in a human, and you can’t afford to mess around and neglect any warning signs.
I am not saying @anon61221983 is doing suchlike now. I am saying one should take infections in one’s skull casing seriously.
Get well Mindy. Good luck.
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Sorry. I understand how it feels. Love my cats more than anything/anyone, and I’ve lost a few over the years. Don’t let anyone give you shit about ‘just a cat’, just let it pass in one ear out the other. Saying goodbye to a friend like that is no different or less than saying goodbye to any other friend or love.
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It always sucks. Even when they are not social cuddle monsters. As annoying as Mothra kitty was at the dinner table… ‘That’s some nice halibut (or anything that was $10+/lb) you have there, be a shame if something should happen to these pants while you are wearing them if you don’t share that’ I still miss it every now and then even a year out. She was 15 and had a pretty happy life at least when the other cats in the house left her alone.
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I am so sorry. It hurts so much to say goodbye to our furbabies. Wishing you hugs…
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I’m so sorry. That well and truly sucks.
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I’m so sorry! Its so hard to say goodbye when its time to go, so hard to let them go.
Sounds like you went above and beyond and did everything you could, sometimes its just time…
Sorry for your loss. 
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I think at this point it’s true just to say Fuck This Year!
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All of it. With a cactus. 
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And a hot poker. 
️:dagger:
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Ugh; my freakin’ soul hurts.
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I just learned that my daughter’s prom is so insane that I am supposed to hire a seat sitter to get me a good spot on the bleachers for her entrance. This is so stupid I can’t even.
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That’s… excessive.
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It is truly the most insane prom on the planet.
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Fuck that noise.
I’m the sort that’s seldom beholden to the norms and conventions of a group- I didn’t rent a limo or anything for prom (drove Dad’s car…), I didn’t do a party afterwards (or, indeed, at all). I’ve not gone to a single graduation ceremony since. I got married in my dining room.
I can understand the social pressures- and I understand, as a parent, wanting to make things special for their kids. That’s fine.
But it’s gone totally out of control- Thousands spent on gowns, makeup, tanning, flowers… whatever. Too much. It’s a child going to a fancy dress party- let’s all keep it in perspective, ok?
Sorry. Rant/off.
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Late stage capitalism, run amok.
Right on.
Liked for the use of ‘throw-back’ slang, as well as agreement.
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WTF? go to the kids prom? What white nonsense is that?
It is about the kids having a nice night WITHOUT THE PARENTS AROUND!
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That’s what I said to my co-worker. It is so helicopter parent-y for us all to be there clapping them in. Kids, go get drunk alone together. Please.
@nothingfuture - My daughter’s friend was telling us that many girls do a test run on their hairdos in advance. For freakin’ prom. We have spent so much more than I would have imagined on her dress and such, and her friends are actually sane compared to a lot of the kids. I hope they all have a good time, but it just seems like they jacked the pressure up on this thing to the Crazy level.
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I feel like such a wet blanket. So yeah I was 21 when I finally got a proper girlfriend who was a senior in high school. Anyway I didn’t take her and her friends out for booze, partly because I had been a reasonably responsible kid and knew we didn’t have a place to crash after drinking and bigger part to an all day hangover about a month before I turned 21 making pretty much quit getting drunk ever since. I did take her and another couple to a really artsy/prehipster/beatnik type coffee house and we got wired on french roast till 2am. There was a live band that night and we got ‘picked on’ since we were in the nice clothes.
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