thelyesmith
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8 years ago @ The Toast - Aunt Acid: Advice on P... · 2 replies · +87 points
In my situation, my housemate had rescued a kitten from the street, and he was pretty much half-wild as a young cat, and she would intermittently grab to cuddle him, or just ignore him altogether. The housemate moved out last March to live with her mom who didn't like cats - with the promise to move back out as soon as possible, and to take the cat by the time my other housemate and I moved out (which we expected to happen within 2-3 months).
She then bailed on her last share of the utilities bill, blocked me on Facebook when I asked her about it, and has literally never asked about the cat nor offered money to pay for his needs. My other housemate later told me that this is the second cat she's abandoned.
At this point, I've had my cat for more than a year, have changed his ownership on his microchip, and love him more than could possibly be reasonable. As far as I'm concerned, I am the one who has taken responsibility & care of him (and feed him very expensive organic food) when she hadn't even bothered check to make sure we were able to keep him and that he wasn't back out on the street. So yeah, if she comes back for him, I am pretty much not giving him back, ever.
(this is my little monster)
8 years ago @ The Toast - How to Tell if You're ... · 1 reply · +22 points
8 years ago @ The Toast - How To Tell If Someone... · 2 replies · +14 points
I have recently been flirted with by someone I really liked, whom I'd been thinking about asking out - so I was thrilled when they asked first. I told them I was interested, and they responded by telling me that, oh, sorry, they didn't know I was into that, and they meant friends with benefits, and they are not currently doing relationships. And honestly? It's kind of pretty okay! I was intensely sad the day they told me, and then intensely okay the following days. (It's also the first time i went out on a limb like this, romantically)
It's surprising how not-hard it is to get over your feelings if you actually ask, and get whatever answer you will get.
9 years ago @ The Toast - Link Roundup! · 1 reply · +37 points
... I was young, okay.
9 years ago @ The Toast - Cocktail Hour: Open Th... · 1 reply · +14 points
9 years ago @ The Toast - Which Jane Austen Hero... · 1 reply · +71 points
I'm awful, and think that acknowledging it makes it better.
But it doesn't! It really doesn't.
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