She’s trying to make you look bad in the eyes of your daughter over flowers.

I’m pleased to hear your daughter didn’t care, but felt your support in your presence, that’s more authentic. Authenticity is like poison to narcs 😂

I can’t imagine abandoning my guy when it’s his time. He has kidney disease and is still in the early stages, but this is how he’ll pass. I’ve started grieving already and am preparing for that day. He’s getting spoiled and loved more than ever until then.

It will suck, but he’s been my best friend for 14 years, it’s the least I can do.

I don’t try on clothes while thrifting, I’m pretty good at guessing if things will fit, so I wear whatever.

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Jerry doesn’t have a… fax machine 😬

That’s really hard. In my experience, you often have to distance yourself or end the relationship. You can change, but you can’t change the other person.

It can show up in criticisms masked as ‘being helpful’, giving advice that isn’t asked for and over involvement in others’ lives.

Losing control can be perceived as the other person they’re trying to control ‘acting out’ or ‘ruining their life’ and it feels panicky.

Fear of rejection, mostly.

Also, the negative feelings do come out in subtle ways. Control is one.

That sounds very much like a tension headache, I used to get those a lot from stress at work.

That said, you can try eliminating other possibilities - get your eyes checked, use dark mode on all your screens, take breaks from screen time and make sure your sleep hygiene is good.

You could also carry tension in your shoulders/jaw/neck - massages can help with that or yoga targeted to those areas.

Same. I’d still torture myself and look through the catalog though.

Aw, so sweet. Cuddles the pup up to the face and then kisses the belly.