Background: I'm working a double today (3pm + Audit shift) because the auditor called in on my shift and conveniently everyone has plans including the weekend manager (if you count being at a bar "bowling alley" plans lol). I know he's going to a bar because he told me before he left haha so I didn't want to spoil that but I asked him to send me a picture of his score lol good luck with that. Supposedly the managers are supposed to be on call BUT it is payday so I'm not going to push it because I will get OT. Conveniently for me not by request, today was just supposed to be my last day for the week.
Anyway its busy were almost sold out so I turn off the inventory for the night etc. and am going to close up the pool when this story gets me thankful for this subreddit ... people think I'm exaggeration when I tell them what's going on and maybe I am a little bit here and there but WOW. Ya know what I mean.
Our sign reads: Pool hours 10am - 10pm Hot Tub closes at 11pm. That little ambiguity alone makes the maintenance guys think it doesn't have to open at 10am with the pool so sometimes they take their time with the morning chemicals before they open it up. We had a family swimming in the pool on and off throughout the evening and we allow "infants" in a certain area depending on the parents discretion ... I wish that wasn't the case its led to so many issues in itself. We don't allow kids at all into the hot tub that's strictly adults only. Despite our signage that is always an issue too. IF covid was good for anything it was closed pools and a pared down or completely shut down breakfast. Those good? days are over, for us here anyway.
Anyway the family I mentioned was enjoying out pool throughout the day and they took the posted sign about hours to mean the pool was open until 11pm and not 10. So when I came in 15 minutes earlier to get everyone out of the pool the kids started moaning and complaining then the adults started in as well. That's half-expected on any given night so I stood there for a few moments and let them rip then I pointed out our signage and before I finish one of the adults screamed "IT SAYS 11!"
I'm prepared for that too so I say in my loud firm customer service voice "The pool closes at 10pm as posted points to sign and the hot tub is open until 11pm and kids are not allowed in the hot tub points again to sign. I get the normal blowback as the kids start exiting with a few adults and usually the more tipsy adults stick around for the hot tub. I don't mind that it usually calms them down and they get to drink alcohol in cans and surprisingly we get few issues from that in particular. Unless they're with a sports group that's a whole different story.
So the kids leave and a few adults stay behind and a woman with a baby from the same family comes up and asks where our mother's room is. I don't remember the last time someone asked me that question and it takes me a moment to realize what she's asking so I tell her we don't have one and I offer her extra towels if she needs them for her room to nurse there. I honestly don't know if I overstepped a boundary by tacitly suggesting she go to her room to nurse because we don't allow that if asked in our lobby restrooms. Or at least we don't have the facilities for that in our lobby restrooms and we do not suggest that they nurse there. I think people go to their rooms generally to nurse because as I said I can't remember the last time I was asked that.
My response irked her and she began complaining about our pool hours, she doesn't want to be in the pool area if she can't sit in the hot tub with her baby if all the other people (ADULTS keyword) are allowed, etc. I hope she was just being difficult about not being able to take her baby into the hot tub and wouldn't actually do that. The baby starts crying and she said Oh great, now my babies upset and stared at me bug eyed for a few moments. I started to mutter something and she went "tsk tsk" and waved her hand in my face and said "whatever, I'll fix it with your manager tomorrow" and asked me to write my name down on my managers card. I just put an X with a few serifs or something and handed it to her and she took it without looking at it and walked off.
So I was still processing that when the rest of the people left the hot tub. They were pretty cool and relaxed and chatty and said our hot tub and pool were excellent and handed me a sizable tip and left the desk with a few cans of nice IPA. I packed that up quick for later and checked my tips and it was $45 bucks. That lessened the sting a bit of cleaning their mess while I finished shutting down the pool for the night.

i saw this in like 2018 but i think it came out before then. there was a black/brown haired pregnant woman who was in a bad mood and got into a bathtub. a lighter brunette/redhead said something like "oh you shouldn't be in a hot tub it's bad for the baby" and then the black haired lady drowned her. later the police are chasing her down a road and she's barefoot and wearing a black and white plaid flannel shirt. when she sees the police she picks up a stone and hits herself in the stomach and i think kills the baby. after that i got scared and left rhe room lol. PLEASEEE TELL ME WHAT THIS IS

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Battleship 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Beauty & the Beast ‘17 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Beauty & the Beast ‘91 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Bedknobs & Broomsticks HD/GP $3.5
Before I Fall HD/VU or IT $3.5
Begin Again HD/VU $3.5
Beiruit HD/MA $3.5
Belly 4K/VU $5.5
Ben-Hur ‘16 HD/VU $3.5
Between Worlds HD/VU $3.5
Big Hero 6 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Big Lebowski 4K/MA or IT $5.5
Big Short HD/VU $3.5
Big Wedding HD/VU or IT $3
Billy Elliot HD/MA or IT $4
Birdman HD/MA $4
Black & Blue HD/MA $4
Black Christmas '19 HD/MA $4.5
Black Panther 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Black Panther Wakanda Forever 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
BlackKklansman HD/MA $4.5
Blacklight HD/MA $4
Black Widow HD/GP $3
Blackhat HD/IT $3.5
Blair Witch Project ‘99 HD/VU $4
Bleeding Steel HD/VU $3.5
Blindspotting 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Blood Money ‘17 HD/VU $3.5
Blood Ties HD/VU $3.5
Blue Jasmine HD/MA $3.5
Blue Ruin HD/VU $4
Blues Brothers HD/MA $4 or 4K/IT $4.5
Bob's Burgers Movie HD/GP $3
Body Cam HD/VU $4
Bohemian Rhapsody 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Bombshell 4K/VU $5
Book of Life HD/MA $3.5
Boss Baby HD/MA $2.5
Bourne Identity 4K/IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Bourne Legacy HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Bourne Supremacy HD/MA $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Bourne Ultimatum 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Boy ‘16 HD/IT $3.5
Boy & the World HD/IT $3.5
Braven HD/VU $4
Breakfast Club HD/MA or IT $4
Breakthrough HD/MA $3
Brian Banks HD/MA $3
Bridge of Spies HD/GP $3.5
Brothers Bloom HD/VU $4.5
Bumblebee 4K/VU or IT $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Butler HD/VU $3
Cabin in the Woods HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Cake HD/MA $4
Call of Wild 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Calvary HD/MA $4
Candyman '20 4K/MA $6 or HD/MA $4.5
Candyman 3 HD/VU $4
Captain America Civil War HD/GP $2.5
Captain America First Avenger HD/GP $3.5
Captain America Winter Soldier HD/GP $3.5
Captain Marvel 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Captain Phillips HD/MA $3.5
Captain Underpants First Epic Movie HD/MA $2.5
Carol HD/VU $4
Cars 3 HD/GP $2.5
Casablanca 4K/MA $5.5
Case for Christ HD/MA or IT $2.5
Casper HD/IT $4
Celebrating Mickey HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Chaos Walking 4K/VU $5
Chappaquiddick HD/VU $4
Chasing Mavericks HD/MA $3.5
Chicago HD/VU $4
Child 44 HD/VU $4
Children ‘08 HD/VU $4
Christopher Robin HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Clerks 3 4K/VU $4.5
Clifford the Big Red Dog HD/VU $4
Cloverfield 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Coco HD/GP $2.5
Cold Pursuit 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Collection HD/VU $3.5
Collide ‘17 HD/VU or IT $2.5
Colma The Musical HD/VU $4
Colombiana (Unr) HD/MA $4
Colony 4K/VU $5
Come & Find Me HD/VU $4
Commuter 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Company of Heroes HD/MA $4
Conspirator HD/VU $4
Contraband HD/IT $3
Contractor HD/VU $4.5
Cooler HD/VU $4
Cool Hand Luke 4K/MA $5.5
Cooties HD/VU $4
Cotton Club Encore 4K/VU $5.5
Countdown ‘16 HD/VU $3.5
Courier 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Craft Legacy HD/MA $4.5
Criminal HD/VU or IT $3
Croods HD/VU $3.5
Cruella HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Crypto 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Daddy's Home HD/IT $2.5
Daddy's Home 2 HD/VU or IT $3
Damsel HD/VU $4.5
Dangerous 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Danny Collins HD/IT $3.5
Dark Crimes HD/VU $4
Darkest Minds HD/MA $4
Dark Places HD/VU $4
Dark Tower HD/MA $3.5
Darkest Hour ‘17 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes HD/MA $3.5
Deadpool 2 (w/Super Duper Cut) HD/MA $4
Deadpool HD/MA $2.5
Death of Me HD/VU $4
Death on the Nile HD/GP $3
Death Wish '18 HD/VU $3
Deepwater Horizon HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Deliver Us From Evil HD/MA $3.5
Dentist 2-Film Set HD/VU $7
Despicable Me 2 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Despicable Me 3 4K/MA or IT $4.5
Despicable Me 4K/MA or IT $4.5
Detroit HD/MA $3.5
Devil Inside HD/VU $3.5
Devil's Due HD/MA $3.5
Die Hard HD/MA $3.5
Die Hard 5-film Set HD/MA $18
Die in a Gunfight 4K/VU $5
Dirty Dancing 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Disney Animated Short Films Set HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Disneynature Monkey Kingdom HD/MA $3
Django Unchained HD/VU $3
Doctor Strange HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Dolittle HD/MA $3.5
Dom Hemingway HD/MA $3.5
Don Verdean HD/VU $4.5
Doorman HD/VU $3.5
Doors 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Downsizing HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
Downton Abbey A New Era HD/MA $4
Downton Abbey The Movie HD/MA $3.5
Draft Day HD/IT $3.5
Dragged Across Concrete HD/VU $3.5
Dragonslayer 4K/VU $5.5
Dream a Little Dream HD/VU $4
Dreamkatcher HD/VU $4
Dreamworks 10-Film HD/MA $25
Dredd 4K/VU $4 or HD/VU $2.5
Dying of the Light HD/VU $2.5
E.T. Extra Terrestrial 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Early Man 4K/VU $5.5
Earth Girls are Easy HD/VU $4
Eddie the Eagle HD/MA $4
Edge of Seventeen HD/IT $3
Edward Scissorhands HD/MA $3.5
El Chicano HD/MA $4
Elysium HD/MA $3.5
Emoji Movie HD/MA $3
Empire of Light HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Empire State HD/VU $3
Encanto 4K/GP $3.5
Enough Said HD/MA $3.5
Enter the Dragon 4K/MA $6
Epic HD/MA $3
Equalizer HD/MA $3.5
Equalizer 2 HD/MA $3.5
Escape From Planet Earth HD/VU $3
Eternals HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Everest HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Everything Must Go HD/VU $4
Evil Dead 2 HD/VU $3.5
Ex Machina HD/VU $3
Exodus Gods & Kings HD/MA $3.5
Expired 4K/VU $4.5
Fair Game (Dir) HD/VU $4
Fantastic Four ‘15 HD/MA $4
Fast & Furious 4 4K/MA $5
Fast & the Furious 8-film Set HD/MA $17
Fast & the Furious 9-film Set HD/MA $19
Fast Color 4K/VU $5.5
Fatale ‘20 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Fatherhood HD/MA $4
Fault in Our Stars HD/MA $3.5
Fear of Rain 4K/VU $5.5
Fences HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Ferdinand HD/MA $3.5
Field of Dreams 4K/MA or IT $5.5
Fifty Shades Darker (Unr) HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Fifty Shades Freed HD/MA $4
Fifty Shades of Grey (Unr) 4K/MA or IT $4
Finding Dory HD/GP $2
Finding Nemo HD/GP $3.5
Finest Hours HD/GP $3
Firm 4K/VU $6
First Man HD/MA $4
Flashback ‘20 HD/VU $4
Flight HD/VU or IT $3
Florence Foster Jenkins HD/VU or IT $3
Footloose ‘11 HD/IT $3
Forbidden Kingdom HD/VU $4.5
Ford v Ferrari HD/MA $4
Forest HD/IT $3.5
Forever My Girl HD/IT $3
Fortress HD/VU $3.5
Fortress Sniper's Eye HD/VU $3.5
Fox & the Hound 2 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Foxcatcher HD/MA $4
Frank & Lola HD/VU or IT $3
Free Guy HD/GP $3
French Dispatch HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Friday the 13th 4K/VU $5.5
From Here to Eternity 4K/MA $5.5
Frozen (Sing-Along) HD/MA $2 or HD/GP $1.5
Frozen HD/GP $2
Frozen 2 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Frozen Ground ‘13 HD/VU $3.5
Fury HD/MA $3.5
Future World HD/VU $3.5
G.I. Joe Retaliation HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Gambit ‘12 HD/MA $4
Gambler HD/VU or IT $3
Gamer 4K/VU $5.5
Gemini Man 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Get Out 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Ghost in the Shell ‘17 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Ghost in the Shell ‘95 4K/VU $5
Ghost Team One HD/VU or IT $3.5
Ghostbusters ‘84 HD/MA $3.5
Ghostbusters (Thea & Ext) ‘16 HD/MA $3
Ghostbusters 2 HD/MA $3.5
Gifted HD/MA $3
Girl on Train HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Girl w/ All Gifts HD/VU $4
Giver HD/VU $3.5
Glass Castle 4K/VU $5.5
Glass HD/MA $4
God Bless The Broken Road HD/VU $3.5
God's Not Dead 2 HD/MA or IT $2.5
God's Not Dead 3 HD/MA $3
Gods of Egypt HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Gold ‘16 HD/VU $2.5
Good Dinosaur HD/GP $2.5
Good Kill HD/VU or IT $3.5
Grease 2 HD/VU $3.5
Great Wall 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Greatest Showman HD/MA $3.5
Green Book HD/MA $4
Grey HD/VU or IT $3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 HD/GP $2
Guilt Trip HD/VU or IT $3
Gunman HD/MA or IT $3
Guns of Navarone 4K/MA $5.5
Hacksaw Ridge 4K/VU or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Halloween ‘18 HD/MA $3
Hammer of the Gods HD/VU $2
Hannibal S.1 HD/VU $5
Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters (Unr) HD/VU $3
Hard Luck Love Song 4K/VU $5.5
Hard Target 2 HD/IT $1.5
Hardcore Henry HD/VU or IT $3.5
Hate U Give HD/MA $4
Hateful Eight HD/VU $3.5
Heat (Director's Cut) ‘95 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Heaven is for Real HD/MA $3.5
Hercules ‘14 HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Here Comes the Boom HD/MA $3.5
Hereditary HD/VU $3.5
Hidden Figures HD/MA $3
High Note HD/MA $4
Highlander 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Hitchcock '12 HD/MA $4
Hitman Agent 47 HD/MA $3
Hitman's Bodyguard HD/VU $3.5
Hocus Pocus HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Home HD/MA $3
Home Again HD/MA $3
Home Alone 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Homefront HD/MA or IT $3
Homesman HD/VU $3
Honey 2 HD/VU $3
Hostiles 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Hotel Transylvania 3 HD/MA $3.5
Hot Fuzz HD/VU $4
Hotel Mumbai HD/MA $4
Hours ‘13 HD/VU $4
House of 1000 Corpses HD/VU $4
House of Gucci 4K/IT $5.5
House w/ a Clock in Its Walls sHD/MA $4
How to Train Your Dragon 2 HD/MA $2.5
Hugo HD/VU $3
Hunt for Red October 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Huntsman Winter's War (Ext) HD/MA $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
I Can Only Imagine HD/VU $3.5
I Feel Pretty HD/IT $2
Ides of March HD/MA $4
I Know What You Did Last Summer 4K/MA $5.5
Imitation Game HD/VU $3
In Secret ‘14 HD/VU $4.5
In the Blood HD/VU $4
Incredibles 2 HD/GP $3
Independence Day ‘96 HD/MA $4
Independence Day Resurgence HD/MA $2.5
Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark 4K/VU or IT $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom 4K/VU or IT $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Indignation HD/VU $4
Indivisible HD/MA $3.5
Inferno HD/MA $3
Initiation 4K/VU $5
Initiation HD/VU $3.5
Internship HD/MA $3
Interstellar 4K/VU or IT $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Interview HD/MA $3.5
Into the Woods HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Invisible Man '20 HD/MA $3.5
Invisible Man ‘33 HD/MA $3.5
Iron Man 3 HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Iron Man & Hulk Heroes United HD/GP $3.5
Iron Mask ‘19 HD/VU $4.5
It Follows HD/VU $3.5
It's a Wonderful Life HD/VU $3
Jack & Jill HD/MA $3.5
Jack Reacher 4K/IT $4.5
Jack Reacher Never Go Back HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit 4K/IT $4 or HD/VU $2.5
Jacob's Ladder HD/VU $4
Jane Got a Gun HD/VU $4
Jason Bourne HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Jesus Music HD/VU $3.5
Jexi HD/VU $3.5
Jobs HD/MA or IT $3.5
Joe HD/VU $3.5
Joe Kidd HD/IT $4
John Wick 1 & 2 Bundle HD/VU $4
John Wick 3 Parabellum 4K/VU $4.5
John Wick Chapter 2 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
John Wick HD/VU $2 or 4K/IT $2.5
John Wick Trilogy 4K/VU $13 or HD/VU (#3 4K) $9 or all HD/VU $8
Journey to the West Conquering the Demons HD/VU $3.5
Joy HD/MA $3
Judy 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Juliet, Naked 4K/VU $5.5
Jumanji Welcome To The Jungle HD/MA $2.5
Jungle Book ‘16 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Jungle Cruise HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Jurassic Park 3 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Jurassic Park 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Jurassic World 5-film Set HD/MA $14
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Kama Sutra HD/VU $4
Kick-Ass 2 HD/MA $3.5
Kid ‘19 HD/VU $3.5
Kid Who Would Be King 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Kill Zone ‘05 HD/VU $4.5
Killer Elite HD/IT $3
Killing Gunther HD/VU $4
Kin ‘18 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
King Kong ‘05 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
King of Staten Island HD/MA $4
King's Man HD/GP $3.5
Kingsman The Golden Circle HD/MA $3
Kingsman The Secret Service HD/MA $3.5
Knives Out HD/VU $3.5 s Knowing 4K/VU $5.5
La La Land HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Labor Day HD/VU or IT $3
Lady Macbeth HD/VU $4.5
Lady of the Manor 4K/VU $5
Lair of White Worm HD/VU $4.5
Lake Mungo HD/VU $4
Lara Croft Tomb Raider 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Last Dragon HD/MA $4.5
Last Duel HD/GP $3.5
Last Exorcism HD/VU $4
Last Knights HD/VU $3.5
Last Man ‘19 HD/VU $4
Last Vegas HD/VU $3
Last Witch Hunter 4K/IT $3.5
Lawrence of Arabia 4K/MA $5.5
Legends of Oz Dorothy's Return HD/MA $3.5
Leprechaun 7-film Set HD/VU $12
Let's be Cops HD/MA $3.5
Let Him Go HD/MA $4
Life ‘17 HD/MA $3.5
Life of Crime HD/VU $3.5
Life of Pi 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA or IT $3.5
Light of My Life HD/IT $3.5
Lightyear HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Like a Boss HD/VU $3.5
Lilo & Stitch 2 HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
Lion HD/VU $4
Lion King ‘19 4K/MA $4 or HD/GP $2
Lion King ‘94 4K/MA $5 or HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Little HD/MA $3.5
Little Mermaid ‘89 HD/MA $4
Live Free or Die Hard HD/MA $4
Locked Down 4K/MA $5.5
Logan HD/MA $3
Logan Lucky HD/MA $3.5 or /IT $4
Lone Ranger HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Lone Survivor HD/VU $2.5
Longest Week HD/VU $3.5
Looper HD/MA $3.5
Lorax HD/MA or IT $3
Lord of War 4K/VU $5.5
Lords of Salem HD/VU $4
Lost World Jurassic Park HD/MA $3.5
Love & Mercy HD/VU $3.5
Love the Coopers HD/VU or IT $4
Love, Simon HD/MA $3.5
Loving HD/VU or IT $3.5
Luca HD/GP $3
Lucy 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile HD/MA $4.5
Madagascar 3 HD/MA $3
Magic Mike's Last Dance HD/MA $4.5
Magnificent Seven ‘16 HD/VU $3
Maleficent HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Maleficent Mistress of Evil HD/GP $2.5
Man Who Fell To Earth ‘76 4K/VU $5
Man Who Shot Liberty Vance 4K/VU $5.5
Marauders HD/VU $3.5
Marksman HD/MA $4
Martian HD/MA $3.5
Mary Poppins ‘64 HD/MA $3.5 or ‘64 HD/GP $3
Mary Poppins Returns 4K/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $2.5
Mask of Zorro 4K/MA $6
Mauritanian 4K/IT $5
Max Steel HD/IT $3
Maze Runner HD/MA $3.5
McKenna Shoots for the Stars HD/IT $2
Meatballs HD/VU $4
Memory HD/MA $3.5
Men HD/VU $4
Men in Black 3 HD/MA $3
Men in Black 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
MI-5 Spooks '15 HD/VU $4
Mickey & Minnie 10 Classic Shorts HD/GP $4.5
Mid-Century 4K/VU $5
Midnight in the Switchgrass 4K/VU $5 or HD/VU $3.5
Midway 4K/VU $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Mile 22 HD/IT $3
Million Dollar Arm HD/GP $2.5
MindGamers HD/MA or IT $3.5
Minions 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/VU $3
Miracles from Heaven HD/MA $3.5
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children HD/MA $3
Mission Impossible 3 4K/VU $5
Mission Impossible 6-film Set HD/VU $17
Mommy HD/VU $4
Moneyball HD/MA $3
Monster High Electrified HD/IT $2.5
Monster Hunter HD/MA $3.5
Money Monster HD/MA $3.5
Monster Trucks HD/VU $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Monsters University HD/GP $3
Monuments Men HD/MA $3.5
Moon 4K/MA $5.5
Morbius HD/MA $4
Morgan HD/MA $4
Mortal Engines 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4
Mortal HD/VU $4
Mortal Instruments City of Bones HD/MA $3
Mortdecai HD/VU $3.5
Mountain Between Us HD/MA $2.5
Mr. Peabody & Sherman HD/MA $3
Mulan ‘20 4K/MA $4.5 or ‘20 HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Mummy ‘17 4K/MA or IT $4.5 or HD/MA $3
Mummy ‘99 HD/MA $3.5
Mummy 4-Film Set (Mummy 1-3, Scorpion King) HD/MA $12
Mummy Trilogy 4K/MA or IT $14 or HD/MA $9 4K/IT
Muppets Most Wanted HD/GP $3
Murder on the Orient Express HD/MA $3.5
My All American HD/MA or IT $3.5
My Best Friend is a Vampire HD/VU $4
National Lampoon's Vacation 4K/MA $5.5
Nebraska HD/VU $3
Need for Speed HD/GP $3.5
Needle in a Timestack 4K/VU $5.5
Nerve HD/VU $3.5
News of the World HD/MA $4
Night at the Museum Trilogy HD/MA $11
Night House HD/MA $4.5 or HD/GP $4
Nightmare Alley HD/GP $3.5
Nightmare Before Christmas 4K/MA $5.5 or HD/MA $4 or HD/GP $3.5
No Time to Die 4K/IT $4.5
Noah HD/VU or IT $2.5
Non-Stop HD/VU or IT $3
Norm of the North HD/VU $2.5
Nostalgia ‘18 HD/MA $3.5
Now You See Me 2 4K/IT $4
Now You See Me HD/VU or IT $2.5 or SD/VU $1
Nutcracker & Four Realms HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Oblivion 4K/MA or IT $5 or HD/MA $3.5
Occupation ‘18 HD/VU $3.5
Occupation Rainfall HD/VU $4
Office Christmas Party 4K/IT $3.5
Olaf's Frozen Adventure HD/GP $3
Oliver! 4K/MA $5
On Chesil Beach HD/MA $4.5
One Ranger HD/VU $4.5
Onward HD/GP $2.5
Open Water 2 Adrift HD/VU $4
Open Water HD/VU $4
Operation Avalanche HD/VU $4
Ouija HD/MA or IT $3.5
Our Kind of Traitor HD/MA $4
Outlander S.1 Vol 1 HD/VU $5
Overboard ‘18 HD/VU $3.5
Oz the Great & Powerful HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Pacific Rim Uprising HD/MA $4
Paddington HD/VU $3.5
Pain & Gain HD/VU or IT $3.5
Paper Towns HD/MA $3
Paradise Highway 4K/VU $5
Paranormal Activity 3 (Ext) HD/VU or IT $3
Paranormal Activity Ghost Dimension (Unr) HD/VU or IT $3.5
Paranormal Activity HD/VU $4
Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones HD/VU or IT $3.5
Passengers HD/MA $3.5
Patriot Games 4K/VU $5
Patriot's Day HD/VU $3
Paul Apostle of Christ HD/MA $3
Peanuts Movie HD/MA $3
Penelope HD/VU $4.5
Peppermint HD/IT $3.5
Percy Jackson Sea of Monsters HD/MA $3
Perks of Being a Wallflower HD/VU or IT $3 or SD/VU or IT $1
Pet Sematary ‘19 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
Pet Sematary ‘89 HD/VU $3.5 or 4K/IT $4
Peter Rabbit HD/MA $3.5
Pete's Dragon ‘16 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Phantom Thread HD/MA $4
Philomena HD/VU $2.5
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 HD/MA $3 or HD/GP $2.5
Pitch Perfect 2 4K/MA $4 or HD/MA $2.5
Pitch Perfect HD/MA $2.5 or 4K/IT $3
Pixar Short Films Set Vol. 3 HD/MA $3.5 or HD/GP $3
Planes Fire & Rescue HD/GP $3
Planes HD/MA $2.5 or HD/GP $2
Planes, Trains & Automobiles 4K/VU $5.5 or HD/VU $4
Playing w/ Fire HD/VU or IT $2.5
Poltergeist ‘82 4K/MA $5.5
Poltergeist (Ext) ‘15 HD/MA $4
Pompeii HD/MA $3.5
Power Rangers ‘17 HD/VU $3 or 4K/IT $3.5
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My 1980's

Although life seemed dreary and bleak it wasn’t, I just got a brand new pair of roller boots. It took me a while then I got the hang of them I was one of the first in my street to get a pair so there were all the neighbors' kids wanting a go on them. I let some of the people play with them I charged them 10 pence and got myself my own lunch in school for a week I felt like a had a job. My mum was in wonder all the time, I was pulling out money in all directions and she couldn’t put food on the table. So I done the right thing gave her last four pounds I managed to save and we had a hearty meal for about three days. If she was happy I was happy. My sisters were jealous of all the new friends I made because of my roller boots. They devised a plan that would leave me hurt and embarrassed. Dyane took a screwdriver from the kitchen drawer and went out to the landing. She had to be very quiet because the full close echoed and you didn’t want to wake up Maggie Murphy, she stayed on the top floor and mum said if we were bad in any way we would need to go to Maggie Murphy’s house and live. Truth be told we never actually seen Maggie we just heard how bad she was usually just after we got caught being mischievous. Dyane took the screwdriver and took out four screws from the wheel and soul of the boot. This was dangerous and silly but sibling rivalry in our home wasn’t rare. Me having no idea about the looseness of the skates would go out on them tomorrow to show off, because I was great at the stopping and starting. Dyane tiptoed back down the hallway putting the tool back in the drawer and sneaking to bed, I heard a noise but thought nothing of it and as quick as I reacted I was asleep. The morning time hit and it was Saturday, I loved Saturday me they always seemed to go on forever and some of the best times you had my age are on a Saturday, So my dad used to say anyway. Now four people at my bit had roller boots and we wanted to go do something like a skating trip to the loch six miles away, we would walk up and then skate around a few times, it was only six miles away near Coatbridge. My dad used to say we should move to Coatbridge he said that’s where all the catholic family’s stayed. My dad was one of them activist people you hear about fighting for the cause he called it. I don’t really understand what that meant but I grew up with him so what he did I copied naturally. We arrived at the loch a whole hour later, the reason we got there late is that my mate Richey saw an ice cream van driving about and we wanted some sweeties and chocolate for a picnic we thought since we’re going to the loch we might as well get hyper on all the chocolate. When we got to the ice cream van we heard music coming from it. “ A band called wham” the guy said it was impressive. I didn’t get know what a jitterbug was but I sure wanted one after hearing that song. We bought all this sugar filled sherbet and chocolate for the park of course most of it was gone by the time we got there. It was quite chilly at Drumpellier Loch that day. In fact it’s always cold I don’t ever remembering it being warm in the slightest. Maybe I should have learned and brought a coat. But I am young what can I do? That’s what mum used to use an excuse when I did bad stuff like smash Mrs Roberts’s window with a frog that time. I know it sounds weird a frog. How the hell? Basically I went to the burn one day in my wellies to get tadpoles, caught loads of the things I was well chuffed. I left them in a tub under my bed, forgetting about them they grew eventually to frogs. I smelt this horrible smell one day and went under the bed; a place mum dare not go. There were four small frogs they must have eaten the smaller frogs to survive. I was happy but scared in case mum found out no doubt she’d get Maggie down to shout as me or I’d have to see her my mum says her face has scars and she’s a real rough hooker, or looker. I cant remember what she said that well. I threw the frogs out the back window not knowing my mum was there I screamed and she turned her head I tried to lob the frog over the bin area walls onto the grass behind before she realised that I wasn’t just popping my head out to say hello. She continued hanging the washing unaware that I just threw a frog through Mrs Roberts’s window and she was now chasing a frog about her kitchen screaming. Shortly my mum noticed a distress and went over to see what was going on by this time she had got a lot of attention, she was still in pursue of the hopper her Zima frame couldn’t keep up with the feisty cannibal frog. My mum turned around and gave me THE STARE. This was meant for really bad times its as if just in that moment when she realises what you have done, death posses her looks straight at you, the saying goes” if looks could kill” My mums looks wouldn’t just kill they would torture, slap you with the big ring hand and chase you with a belt until you said sorry. Then kill you. We sat around the loch looking at the evil swan monster from the side cautiously “because they can kill you with one wing”. Richey said. The loch was nice and we seen all the baby ducks they were lovely better pet than frogs but the park ranger said we couldn’t lift them up because they weren’t ducks they were baby swans and that was the reason the big mum swan was hissing at us. We ran away. Two other guys we were with, whose names escape me left the two of us about an hour later Richey and me stayed and eventually put our boots on and started skating. “My feet feel weird man,” I said twice rolling down the biggest hill. Suddenly and without warning one of my Skates broke, the back wheel went flying and so did I. Right into the loch.. Richey stopped looked in shock and came chasing after me. I was in the water I couldn’t swim I was being pulled out into the middle, apparently underground suction pipes cleaned the water its been known before for people to get caught in these pipes and drown, so the stories say. I was scared and screaming. Miles from the rubber ring thing and Richey leaped in and swam toward me in a daze of water and faintness. The last words I remember speaking were “Please don’t let me die. My life flashed before my eyes. It showed me my family, my mum and uncle tam, my dad and sisters the two of them. I collapsed into the water. Blurry vision and a sore head I awoke in a hospital bed. My sister was crying.”Dyane why are you crying are you okay? Who died?” I said. “You nearly died. You and it was my fault I was jealous of the attention. I broke your skates please! Oh please don’t tell mum,” she replayed. I made a promise never to speak of it again because I loved my sisters and this is beyond Maggie Murphy bad this was like adoption bad. That was when these people who you don’t know come to your house and take your kids away. I saw it happen to Mr Higgins on my street. After his wife died of alcohol abuse or aids I forget what one. He was left with his two daughters and mum said “freaky going on in that house son I tell ye.” Later that week they took his daughters to a far away place, called Paisley. I never heard of it. My mum was still in shock and I was still in bed recovering now at home. Richey came to see me. He was always talking about the loch and what happened I didn’t like hearing about it because I was still a bit shaken up, even worse than that time I was dangled with my feet over the top flat veranda as a dare. When I got better mum made her lovely soup she did in the big pot, that’s when you know the family is coming. To see me apparently, because of what happened. I ate my soup so fast because I never had anything decent to munch in when I was bed resting except fruit, oh and did you know? Tomatoes are a fruit. I learned that when the doctor told me to eat healthy to regain stealth and fitness. For the next couple of weeks the house smelt like damp, it was cold and we thought the roof was going to fall in so we had to be moved out to number 65 at the top of the road before anything serious happened. A month later still nothing heard. A whole Three months went before it happened. “BOOOM” our old house roof blew right off. A gas explosion the papers said. I thought getting the damp was lucky meant where not dead. Mum seen this as a sign and my sisters where pretty hurt because they said they wanted to grow up in that house until they could leave. Mum seen this as a curse she said we didn’t go to Chappell enough and that’s what god does to protestant houses. Time past, three years in fact I left school and got myself a job working on the Glasgow building site near Easterhouse. I used to have to walk through a bad area known at Toi. Barlanark and Toi fought every weekend in a gang fight. I tried not to take part but sometimes you get caught in the middle and the anger builds up and you just burst into this infuriated madman and punch and kick and even throw glass bottles. Gang fighting at my bit was notorious, crazy and violent. I remember getting a taxi home one night and I said Barlanark please. The taxi driver looked at me like a just spat on his wain and said,” bit rough there is it no” “ if you know the right people life goes by without trouble.” I said to him. He locked the taxi doors and rolled up the windows thinking I wasn’t going to pay because the area I live in. I paid him the fair but no tip and headed down the badly lightened lane toward my door. I saw a couple of shadowy figures at My Close wondering what was going on but being sly and not letting them see me. One of the men came into light and I recognised him from Toi. This wasn’t a good sign. They had a petrol Bomb. My mum and dad are in that house; my sisters are away on a school trip thankfully. I didn’t want anything to happen to my folks because of something I did stupidly getting involved with a gang fight. Then it occurred to me they aren’t going to throw that in my house. They were after Richey. He got into some trouble with a drug dealer and couldn’t pay him for whatever reason and this was his revenge. I needed a distraction to help out my mate. “ OI the polis” I shouted. The thugs then lit the petrol Bomb and threw it toward his window “Catholic junkie scum” I heard them shout. The bomb missed the middle floor flat of the close and Landed at the bottom of the stairs. I shouted up to him to bring down water then looked down. I was on fire. “Stop drop and roll stop drop and roll,” I kept saying so I did I had to take of my jeans and stomp on them. They where ruined. In the midst of all the smoke and fire the whole street appeared to see what the commotion was. Richey ran down to see if I was okay. The police arrived. Sectarianism and gang fighting was major in Barlanark. Tensions were always high in the local pub. I’ve witnessed a chair going through the window more than once. Tension mounted because of the football game. The Winners cup, the final round. Celtic v Rangers. Celtic won. Rangers and Celtic fans everywhere caused mayhem. Our street once again divided between religions. What religion had to do with football I don’t know but the hatred between these people, once friends now enemies because of a football team. All I heard was I.R.A, U.D.A. it was nothing new that’s all you got in the news papers as well for four years there’s been non stop terror. Because of religion. Living in Glasgow in this time is like living in Ireland. There was so much temptation going on around me it was just a matter of time before I got sucked in to a fight or three. Dad died, man it was a hard time. Depression hit my mum hard, my sisters now lived in a flat in Castlemilk. Apparently it was the new up and coming council housing area, two times the size of Easterhouse. I was still in Barlanark with My mum after the funeral. She was getting to that age she needed me more than I needed her and if I went it would break her heart. So I lived with her and we where happy. I know this may seem rude but when dad died it was like mum became this new person. Like a weight had been lifted. The depression lasted a whole four weeks then she said “ what am I doing at this cooker I’m not a ball and chain anymore.” I laughed to lighten the mood. Mum was right she could fulfil her dreams now. They weren’t exciting but she could work now. Dad never let her work “ I’m the bread winner.” He used to shout when she brought it up in discussion. Now my uncle Tam can get her a job cleaning in the school, he was the janitor. They always needed an extra hand at the old primary. My mum aged forty and me aged nineteen lives was finally going in the right direction. The eighties have nearly passed. And the nights are filled with laughter in my house. I have grown up and I know what is wrong and what is right. I didn’t know before but now I do. It was 1989 and I decided to celebrate my 21st birthday in style at a club called McKinley in Shettleston.. I invited Richey I’ve not spoken to him since he got off drugs but his dad told me he was much better and life for him was promising. We left my house and went to the pub before the club to get a round in, as it was my birthday I didn’t pay it was ace. Mum was all chuffed and in her best gear for the night ahead. Everyone had their cameras out for a night to remember. “Richey mate how’s life?” I shouted at the bar when he walked in. “happy 21st man” he replied. It’s not long till Richey turns 21, a couple of months. He looked healthier after a bad turn in the winter the night before. Walking into the club there was balloons and banners all pre set. It was the best’ nothing could ruin this night. The drinks kept flowing and the laughter echoed through the night until about 2 o’clock in the morning. “Mate, mate I know its your day but I have news. You want to come outside for a fag and I’ll tell you,” said Richey. “ Ay mate no worries wait out side I’m just saying bye to my mum she’s heading home.” I replayed. The cold air hit you when you left the club and the streets where filled with siren noises and muffled conversation. We sat and he looked it me with a worried look on his face. I knew this look. I remembered this look. “I saved your life once and you saved my house from burning years ago. We are best mates and nothing ever going to change that. I’m sorry I’ve not been there for you man. I’ve been ill. It wasn’t drugs man I wasn’t on drugs the paleness the injections the staying in the house all the time, my dad said it was drugs but its not. My dad said it was a Poofs illness and I was never supposed to get it. I have aids.” He cried. I never said a word I looked at him. I hugged him. I never knew anyone to get aids before except Freddy Mercury. “So does that mean you’re a gay?” I asked not knowing much about the disease. “ No mate woman carry it to!” he said calmly. “ I wont make my 21st so I’ve been celebrating with you tonight., sorry I didn’t tell you, the chick you seen me with she’s not my girlfriend she’s a nurse. It’s a good distraction thought mate she’s sexy.” I laughed sobbingly and told Richey that his secret was safe with me and we continued to have a blast until 4am. Hangover kicks in and I ask myself if it was a dream, “did Richey actually tell me that stuff last night.” He did I know he did, damn. Months pass and time grows shorter for the lad down the road. Richey moved to a hospice near Airdrie. That’s where he would die. I never visited. I couldn’t. Even the thought of me going there and seeing him in some state killed me inside. A week later I was carrying the coffin of my once best pal. Who saved my life once? He did. I saved his life too. He was there for me; I’ll never forget him never never never……… New year 1990, “a toast to Richey in heaven” I yelled.” to Richey” they all said. My 1980's
December 04, 2011

I have never had the opportunity to enter a polyamorous relationship before. I came close back in 2011, but my partner at the time said that she didn't want to because she tried it in the past and her ex left her for the other woman.
We were together 8 years.
Back in 2022-2023, there was another relationship where I was open with my partner that I wanted to be in a polyamorous. She said that she was okay with it. It soon became obvious that she clearly was not.
In fact, she became very controlling. She would constantly call me wherever I was. Even if I was 10 minutes late from work because I stopped to get a burger. She would be standing in the parking lot waiting for me everytime I would go home. She controlled everywhere I went until I started wanting to avoid her.
That's when the fighting started. I dreaded going home every day. I once broke down at a friend's house because I was scared to go home. She usually threw fits every time I tried to talk to other people.
It didn't help that I am bisexual. Everyone was a potential sex partner in her eyes. She once called me over the phone when I was at the gym just so she would accuse me of trying to suck a man off in the hot tub. Her antics were a never ending terror.
I regret ever telling her I was bisexual and I regret ever telling her that I'm polyamorous.
I got out of that relationship last year and I'm still traumatized.
So basically I have never been in a poly relationship before and I don't know where to start. I am nervous about leaving my house and going to a place where there might be large groups of people. Especially if I am scared of running into my ex or any of her friends who now think I am the abuser.
They have seriously tried to harass and stalk me.

Just to warn you, this birth story doesn't really read very positive even though it was a very positive event at the end of the day, so read at your own risk! It's also super long and detailed. I had a completely unmedicated water birth with no pain management at any time. I had false labor for almost a week and a half before I gave birth. It was mentally draining. A week before the birth, I got checked and was dilated to a one. While she was checking me, my midwife noticed for the first time that I had a pretty intense posterior pelvic tilt. She brushed it off and just told me to wear a belly binder when walking. A couple days later, I had what I thought was real labor - steady contractions seven minutes apart, gaining in intensity, only for it to fizzle out in the morning. This happened again and again the next couple days. The only difference between these episodes and real labor for me was pain level. I thought I was having a baby soon over and over again until I didn't trust my body anymore. Memorial day, I had "real" contractions that morning, but they fizzled out once again. I cried so hard. I just wanted to be done. They came back in the afternoon, and again at night. This time at night, they didn't go away. I called my midwife and she said to wear the belly binder and see if they kept up. I noticed that with the belly binder, they still hurt a lot, but moving around helped. Without it, any kind of movement was excruciating. The contractions picked up a good four hours later so we finally headed in. When I got there, I was six centimeters dilated and 90 perfect effaced. I was so relieved. I wore the binder and coped with the contractions for the next three hours. This was where things got bad. Another woman was in labor and there were only two midwives on hand, one of which was still in training. I got the training one, who I had met before but didn't know well at all and didn't like nearly as much as my regular midwife. I was getting too uncomfortable to wear the belly band so I took it off. That's when things got really painful. I couldn't change positions without triggering insanely agonizing contractions, so I mostly stayed put. I wish I had left the belly binder on. Desperate for relief, I asked to get in the tub. The water was way too hot and the floor was so slippery that I could hardly sit up. The water didn't even come up over my belly. I understand they probably weren't prepared for two women to be in labor at once because this was a very small birthing center, but I was in too much pain to not notice stuff like that. Also, the training midwife kept leaving to go help out with the other woman. Why they couldn't trade off so that I could get some time with the regular midwife too, I don't know. As it was, the majority of the four hours I'd been in active labotransition, it was just my mom and husband trying to help me and figure things out. The next time the training midwife came in, she mentioned that I was probably in transition, but she wasn't qualified to perform cervical checks so she didn't know for sure. I was panicking at this point. It felt like no one was in control. The panic made the pain so much worse. We moved into the bed in the hopes that changing positions would help, but moving was freaking horrible. Finally, my regular midwife came in and checked me. I was at a ten and ready to push. As it turned out, I was very much NOT "ready" to push. I had no idea what I was doing. I pooped twice, was aware of it both times, and the second time my regular midwife was gone again so nobody noticed except me. I pointed it out angrily, and the training midwife handed me a wipe for me to clean it up. Heck no! I don't even remember what I did but I think I just dropped it. I was in so much pain. Every time a contraction came on, I was moaning, "ok, ok, ok, I can do this, I'm ok, oh no." And then howling through the contraction. Sometimes I busted out in tears. Sometimes I cried out to my mom for her to help me. My poor mom. I was not coping very well at all. I think a lot of it was pelvic pain but I can't be sure. I was also so panicked and fearful because no one really knew what they were doing, which made the pain way worse. Finally, the other woman had given birth so I was able to have both midwives. Pushing was not progressing. I remember thinking I was going to have to have a C-section because my pelvis was just too much in the way. We got back in the tub and pushed for an hour and a half. At this point I was getting tired fast. Between contractions I just stared blankly off in the distance, saying random stuff under my breath, not responding to people. I could feel my body trying to pretend it wasn't having contractions anymore. I thought for sure I was going to have to take a break. I put everything I had into pushing and finally we could feel the head. That encouraged me enough to keep going. The head popped in and out like ten times. We could see her hair floating in the water. I had my hands on her trying to keep her from going back in. It was so discouraging every time she did. Ring of fire must have lasted like ten minutes. I screamed so loud. Then boom, head was out and body was out in like two pushes. Such a relief. It was shocking how fast her body came torpedoing out into the water. I held her for a while but I remember still being really uncomfortable because the cord was still connected and I could feel it rubbing the raw edges of my vagina. Nobody was doing anything so I was like, "Can I get out of the tub now?" We cut the cord, birthed the placenta, and I could finally sit in bed and hold my perfect, eight-pound baby, born on her due date. I was so glad for it to be over.
Things that were worse than I expected: Everything. Birthing the placenta. People told me it would be easy and fairly painless. Uh, no, contractions hurt, and there were little stringy things attached to the placenta that drug through my tore-up vagina and stung like crazy Post-birth contractions while nursing. Ow. Post-birth peeing. Maybe only if you tear. Freaking hurts. Changing positions. This is obviously just personal opinion, but no position I tried made the pain any better whatsoever.
Things that were better than I expected: Post-birth poop. Didn't have much trouble with it. Ring of fire, surprisingly, didnt seem as bad as some of the contractions I got while changing positions. Getting out of the tub afterwards/standing up in general. Maybe just because of the hormones, but I didn't start hurting from standing up until hours later.
P.s. I don't have any hate for the midwives or birthing center I used. I chose them, and it was just terrible luck that two women were in labor at once. I don't blame the trainee for simply being a trainee. It just sucked is all.
Sorry if this was overwhelmingly negative, but I wanted to remember how bad it was so that I think carefully before having anothed one haha.

Let the Right One In: ROOTS Remastered

A Prequel Story to Let The Old Dreams Die Retold & Noncanon Unofficial Continuation of Series

This is how it feels. Eleanor never bit anyone before, and she didn’t plan to, but…here she was. After everything that happened in the past 3 to 5 minutes…was there any other choice? It got so chaotic so fast, gunshots, swearing, pain, agony…and now..this. Naiomi was fatally injured by another vampire named Peter, her head being slammed against the floor multiple times. And you should know, that isn't good for any mortal. She was going to die…until Eleanor bit her, she held on for a while, almost a minute, until she remembered what was happening and let go. “ELEANOR, WE NEED TO GO NOW! SHE’S COMING!” Mark shouted. Eleanor picked up Naiomi and placed her in the back of the truck as Mark hopped in the Driver's seat and drove off, just as Claire got to the front door, just in time to see the car drive off. “NOOO!” She yelled in anger.

Mark was driving for a while. He nor Eleanor said anything. It was like that for at least an hour. Not even Mark knew where he was going anymore. Where COULD they go? Finally, Eleanor spoke up. “...What are we going to do?” Eleanor asked, her voice quiet. Mark didn’t respond and kept driving. “...What are we going to do…?” Eleanor asked again. Mark still didn’t respond. “Dad, what are we going-” Eleanor began to say, but then Mark slammed on the brakes. “I DON’T KNOW,” Mark yelled. Eleanor was stunned. “...I…I just don’t know. We’re stuck.” Mark said defeated. Eleanor sat there in silence as well. “...Well, we can go home…” Eleanor suggested. Mark groaned. “What?” Eleanor asked. “Ellie, we can’t. They’re gonna come for us there.” Mark stated. Eleanor looked in the backseat. Naiomi was still back there, passed out. The wound was healing, slowly, but healing. The bite was taking effect. “...Dad..what are we going to do about Isaiah’s Mom?” Eleanor asked with concern. Then it sunk in. Oh god. What is she going to tell Isaiah? What were they going to do? Mark sighed and looked out the window, collecting his thoughts. He was like that for a while, before he finally spoke up. “...We’re going back to the apartment to get Isaiah. I’m not sure what we’ll do after that, we’re just going to start with that.” Mark stated. Eleanor nodded as the car began to drive away.

Isaiah was asleep in his bed, he seemed to be out cold. A Light was on, but it kept flickering on and off as if struggling to stay on. He tossed and turned, unable to sleep soundly. Probably dreaming about Eleanor. He wasn’t like that for long as his phone rang loudly, waking him up with a start. He picked up his phone, but not before noticing it was 12:05AM. It was from Eleanor. It made sense why she’d be up, she’s a vampire after all, but she didn’t really call him so late. “Hi Eleanor, is everything ok?” Isaiah asked. Eleanor didn’t say anything. “E-E-Eleanor…? Are you ok?” Isaiah asked, this time with a bit more uncertainty. “No. No, I’m not.” Eleanor responded, her voice sounding…sad, or like it was breaking. “What happened?” Isaiah asked. Eleanor didn’t respond, but through the phone, Isaiah heard a car stop. “I’m coming to get you. Be ready. We don’t have much time.” Eleanor warned. “...Don’t have much time? What are you talking abo-” But Isaiah couldn’t finish as Eleanor hung up.

The car parked outside the complex as Eleanor jumped out and sprinted into the building. Mark got out as well and surveyed the area. No cars were coming, it was late. He was tired. But he didn’t have a choice. The more he thought about it…the more he realized that this was something of his fault, if he hadn’t gone there, if he only left as planned, everything would have been fine. But…Eleanor would probably be depressed about leaving Isaiah. Did he really want that? He didn’t have much time to think about it as another car pulled into the complex. His eyes grew wide as the car pulled up right next to his. The headlights went off as the driver stepped out. He was wearing a trench coat and a fedora, something from one of those old detective movies. But Mark couldn’t see his face. “Waiting for someone?” The Stanger asked. “Y-Yeah…A friend.” Mark responded. The Stranger didn’t say anything and took out a box of cigars and a lighter, before popping one in his mouth and lighting it. “Want a Light?” The Stranger asked. Mark thought about it, before nodding. The Stranger took another one out and handed over the lighter. Mark took it and lit the cigar in his mouth, before giving the lighter back. “... It's quite late for anyone to be waiting for someone. What’s the rush?” The Stranger asked. Mark didn’t say anything and continued to smoke, pretending he didn’t hear the stranger. The Stranger looked up, and while Mark couldn’t see his eyes, it felt like he was looking dead into his eyes. “...I know what's going on here.” The Stranger replied, his voice deadpanned. Mark looked up, his eyes wide. “N-N-No you don’t.” Mark stammered. “Yes, I do. But don’t threat, I’m not here to turn you in Mark Kane.” The Stranger Replied. Mark was alarmed, but for some reason, he quickly calmed down. “How do you know who I am?” Mark asked. The Stranger chuckled. Not something of an evil chuckle, but more of a standard, friendly one. “Oh, I know everyone on this green earth. Heck, I do remember helping someone similar to Eleanor, but that’s a story for another day.” The Stranger remarked. “What…what?” Mark asked. Was there someone else aside from Peter like Eleanor? “Anyway. I know how to help you. But I need you to trust me, alright?” The Stranger reassured. Mark thought about it for a second as the Stranger held out his hand, which had a glove over it. Mark sighed before shaking the stranger's hand. “Alright, but I have one question,” Mark said. “Alright, what is it?” The Stranger asked. “Is there..anyone else out there like Eleanor and Naiomi?” Mark asked. The Stranger let go of Mark’s hand and stared at him. While Mark couldn’t see his eyes, he could feel the eyes staring at him with seriousness. “...Perhaps. There are some still out there. Endangered as I like to call it.” The Stranger Stated. “Who are they?” Mark asked. “That is something I cannot disclose I’m afraid, but I can assure you, you will know with due time.” The Stranger replied. Mark sighed. “Alright, what’s the plan?” Mark asked.

Eleanor got to Isaiah’s apartment and began pounding on the door. It wasn’t out of anger, it was more frantic if anything. “Please open the door, please open the door, please open the door.” Eleanor begged in her mind. Isaiah opened the door, he was still tired, but he at least put some clothes on. “Eleanor? What's going on?” Isaiah asked. Eleanor just stared at him, before quickly hugging him. “Eleanor…what happened?” Isaiah asked, a bit nervous. Eleanor stopped hugging him and walked to the couch, sitting down. “...Something bad happened to your mom.” Eleanor began. Isaiah sat next to her, his face filled with concern and worry. “She followed us. She wasn’t supposed to…I don’t know what he did but..she was mad at Dad for something…And then..” Eleanor continued. Isaiah’s eyes went wide, a sinking feeling reached his gut. “Eleanor…did she get hurt?” Isaiah asked with concern. Eleanor looked down, avoiding eye contact with her boyfriend. “Eleanor..?” Isaiah asked again. Eleanor took a deep breath, her voice trembling. "Isaiah, she was attacked. It was another vampire, Peter. He hurt her really badly. She was going to die..." Her voice broke, and she looked away, unable to meet his eyes. Isaiah’s heart pounded in his chest. "What do you mean, was? What happened to her?"

"I... I bit her, Isaiah," Eleanor confessed, her voice barely above a whisper. "I had to. It was the only way to save her." Isaiah's eyes widened in shock and confusion. "You... turned her into a vampire?" he asked, his voice a mix of disbelief and fear. Eleanor nodded, tears welling up in her eyes. "I didn't know what else to do. She was dying, Isaiah. I couldn't just let her die. I didn’t…I didn’t want you to lose your mom like I did mine.” Isaiah just sat there for a while, silent. Eleanor looked at Isaiah, a bit worried. “I-Isaiah? Are you…?” Eleanor began to ask. Isaiah sighed. Isaiah sighed. “Not really. Hard to process…” Isaiah said, shaking his head. Eleanor nodded and put her arm over him, but Isaiah moved away. Eleanor stared, a bit worried. “I..Uh…I want to be alone right now,” remarked Isaiah. Eleanor nodded and got up. “I’ll let my dad know,” Eleanor assured. She walked to the door, only to open it to see her father holding Naiomi over his shoulder. “Dad, what are you doing?” Eleanor asked, a bit alarmed. “We need to stay in our apartment for now, Zeke is out of town,” Mark replied calmly. “What? Dad, what if they find us?” Eleanor asked. “Listen, It's only going to be one day, after that, we’ll hit the road,” Mark reassured. Eleanor looked down, uncertain, but nodded. “Alright, come on Isaiah, we're staying over at my place tonight,” Eleanor said. “Wait, what about school?” Isaiah asked. “You're staying home.” Mark stated.

Later that evening, Eleanor was getting ready for bed. She didn't sleep in a bed like normal people, she slept in a tub. Isaiah was in the same room as her and had a sleeping bag. Eleanor looked over at her boyfriend. No matter what, he looked..a bit sad due to the evening's events. She knew he wanted to be left alone.. but still. “Hey. Feeling any better?” Eleanor asked sheepishly. Isaiah didn't respond, staring at the wall. Eleanor sighed and crawled over to him, holding him in her arms. "Isaiah..." she said in a soft, loving voice. Isaiah didn't say anything, trying to resist Eleanor. “Come on…” Eleanor persisted. Isaiah was struggling at this point. Eleanor gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. “...Look. I understand it's hard…” Eleanor began to say. Isaiah turned to look at her as she kept talking. “It was hard for me when I first became a vampire. Everything changed. But..I got used to it. I know I said you shouldn't want to be like me but.. sometimes being something you don't want to be is the only option. I’m sorry this had to happen Isaiah..” Eleanor said, her voice filled with sorrow. Isaiah hugged Eleanor. “... It's not your fault..Thanks for saving her.” Isaiah said. Eleanor smiled. “...No problem... my love...” she whispered, her face turning red. It took Isaiah a minute to realize what Eleanor said to him. “...My Love..?” Isaiah asked. Eleanor’s eyes went wide before giggling. “Y-Yeah! My love..!” Eleanor reinstated happily.

“Wake up…Wake up…WAKE UP NAIOMI.”

Naiomi woke up with a start, she looked around frantically, unsure where she was. The windows were covered and tapped down. Naiomi looked at the time. 6:28pm. It was already dark out. She felt her neck, noticing a bandage on it. But when she removed it..there was nothing there. Weird. She swore something..or someone bit her. She got up from the bed and picked up a photo from the bedside table. It had Mark, Eleanor, and…another woman whom Naiomi didn’t recognize. Maybe Mark’s wife. That’s when it hit her. She was in Mark’s house. But how did she get here…All she remembered is that… She followed Mark to Clarie’s Mansion, and while she was in the parking lot, she found out Mark killed her ex-husband. She walked in to confront her when..something attacked her. She had forgotten who but she knew it was a boy. Then..everything else was a blur. She opened the door to the living room, where she saw Mark sitting on the couch. Mark looked up, noticing Naiomi standing there. “Y-Your awake,” Mark remarked. “...What…What happened…? What did you do?” Naiomi asked, her voice mixed with anger and concern. “Now wait, calm down, I’ll explain everything!” Mark shouted. Naiomi wasn’t listening and opened the front door, leaving the apartment. “NAIOMI!” Mark shouted. But she was already gone. Eleanor and Isaiah peered out of the spare bathroom. “Dad..?” Eleanor asked. Mark looked over at them, disappointed. “Stay here, I’ll go get her. We leave tonight.” Mark stated. He was about to leave when. “Mr. Mark? Why is Mom so mad?” Isaiah asked. Mark stopped. Isaiah didn’t know what he had done. He shouldn’t know. At least not now. “...It’s still new to her, dont worry,” Mark said. Isaiah smiled a bit as Mark left the apartment.

Naiomi ran down the dimly lit street, her mind racing. How did everything go so wrong? She remembered the anger, the confrontation, and then... nothing. Now, she was here, alive but confused. She needed answers, but she couldn't face Mark right now. Not after what happened. She needed time to think.

Mark sprinted down the stairs and out of the building, scanning the area for any sign of Naiomi. His mind raced with worry. He couldn’t afford to lose her now—not after everything they’d been through. He saw her figure disappearing around a corner and took off after her. “Naiomi! Wait!” he called out. She didn’t stop. Mark pushed himself harder, determined to catch up. He finally reached her, grabbing her arm gently but firmly. “Naiomi, please, listen to me,” Mark pleaded, out of breath.
Naiomi yanked her arm away, her eyes blazing with anger and confusion. “What did you do to me, Mark? Why is everything a blur, And why did you kill Frank?!” Naiomi asked with anger. Mark took a deep breath, steadying himself. “Naiomi, you were dying. I had to save you. Eleanor... she bit you to save your life.” Naiomi was..confused. “Bite me..Why did she bite me?” Naiomi asked. “...Eleanor isn’t a normal girl, she’s a vampire.” “What? A vampire…Are you kidding me?” Naiomi asked. “No..Eleanor turned 10 years ago, and since then I’ve been needing to get her blood to survive. Since then, I’ve been trying to get her a cure, to get her back to normal.” Mark stated. “...10 years ago was 2013..How old is Eleanor…?” Naiomi asked. “12, but she’s been 12 for a long time,” Mark stated. “Jesus Christ Mark, so..Now I’m a vampire?” Naiomi asked, the reality of the situation hit her. “Yeah… I’m sorry that I killed your husband. I didn’t know at the time. I just needed to get Eleanor something to eat, and he was the first person I saw...” Mark said, his voice filled with regret.

Naiomi stared at him, the anger and confusion warring within her. “You killed Frank... for Eleanor?” she whispered, her voice breaking. Mark nodded, tears forming in his eyes. “I had no choice. She was starving. I didn’t know it was him until it was too late.”

Naiomi took a step back, shaking her head. “This is too much, Mark. I need time. I need to think.” Mark watched her, desperate to hold onto her but knowing she needed space. “Please, Naiomi. Just... don’t run away. We need to stick together now. We’re in danger.” Naiomi hesitated, her eyes filled with a mix of emotions. “Alright. I’ll come back. But I need some time to clear my head.” Mark nodded, relieved. “Take your time. I’ll be waiting.” Naiomi turned and walked away, disappearing into the night. Mark stood there, watching her go, hoping she would return.

Mark returned to the apartment complex alone. Eleanor and Isaiah looked up at him with concern. “Where’s my mom?” Isaiah asked, worry etched on his face. “She needed some time to think. She’ll come back,” Mark reassured him. “You..told her? You told her everything?” Eleanor asked. “..Yeah. I had to. Come on, we have to-” Mark began to say. But then he heard a notification on his phone, it came from an unknown number. “MEET ME OUTSIDE, NOW.” “Get ready to leave, I got to take care of something,” Mark said.

Mark got outside and saw the same car from the night before pulling into the driveway. The Stranger stepped out. “..What do you have for me?” Mark asked. The Stranger took the cigarette out of his mouth. “I’m glad you asked. I got you a place for you to live. It isn’t a nice apartment or house, but it should do.” The Stanger stated. He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a piece of paper with a number on it. "Call the number. The owner of the house has a basement available for rent." Mark stared at it. “Thank you, but..how did you get this?” Mark asked. The Stranger shrugged. “A friend of mine is friends with the owner, I talked him into giving me the number. Now call it, you might be just in time.” The Stranger ordered. Mark nodded and called the Number.

Connecting…Connecting…The connection was successful!

“Hello?”
“Hello, I’m interested in the basement you have available for rent.” “Who is this?”
“Oh, I’m sorry. My name is Mark, Mark Kane.”
“Hello Mark, my name is Duane. You said you were interested in renting out the basement?”
“Yes, Yes I am. Me and my family need it ASAP.”
“Alright, how many members?”
“E-Excuse me?”
“I meant how many members of your family.”
“Oh! 4, including me.”
“Alright, Should be enough room. Would you like to know how much the rent is?" “We can handle that later. When can we move in?”
“Possibly a week, need time to prep-”
“Please, Asap. How about tomorrow night?”
“Tomorrow Night? Why during the Night?” “My wife and daughter have a skin condition, sunlight is a son of a bitch to them."
“Oh, Alright I understand. Hey wait you have a kid, maybe she and my son could be friends.”
“Heh..” “What?” “Nothing, is tomorrow night ok?”
"Yes, but I won't be there to help you, I got a side business, I clean floors so I'm gonna be gone that night. If you need any help just ask my son, he's gonna be here for a while."
"Alright, thank you."
"No problem, the keys will be under the potted plant. Remember to close the gate behind you, we don't want our dogs getting out."
"Thank you, we will. See you the day after tomorrow."
"No problem. Goodbye."

Mark hung up the phone and looked around, the Stranger and his car were gone. Weird, he didn’t hear the car start.

Mark sprinted back up to the apartment, his mind racing with the urgency of the situation. Inside, Eleanor and Isaiah were hastily packing their belongings, a mix of fear and determination on their faces. “Who was that?” Eleanor asked, pausing her packing to look at Mark. “A contact. We’ve got a place to stay. We can move in tomorrow night,” Mark said, his voice steady but hurried. “Good..But what about tonight?” Eleanor asked. “I’m afraid we’re gonna need to stay here for one more night. Trust, me, It’ll go by fast.” Mark reassured. Just then, Naiomi entered the apartment. “Mom!” Isaiah cried, running to Naiomi and hugging her tightly. Naiomi hugged him back, the warmth of her son grounding her in the chaotic whirlwind of her thoughts. “Hey bud..” Naiomi said. “Naiomi, we got a place. We can move in tomorrow.” Mark said. “But what about everything else?” Naiomi asked. “We’ll handle it once we get settled in,” Mark stated.

The following day went by fast, and they quickly left the apartment later that evening. Just in time too, as Eleanor swore she saw one of Clarie’s men drive in. As they drove that night, they had to stop at a stop sign. When they stopped, someone on a motorcycle stopped next to them, but when Mark looked over, they were clad in full armor. The figure looked over and waved. When the light turned green, they took off. “...Odd,” Naiomi said.

It took them a bit but around 10 pm they reached Long Island, however, while they were driving down the road to the house, the Man on the Motorcycle was in front of them. From behind, Mark could see he had a cape on. The figure turned left, going somewhere else. Mark shrugged it off and got to the house that they would stay at. It was a medium-sized house. The lights were on in the living room, probably the son was home. Mark stepped out. “Alright, come on, let's get started,” Mark said. The others got out as someone watched from the windows of the house.

The Stranger watched from the roof of a nearby house. He took out his phone and put it to his ear. “Yep. It’s all coming together, everything is in place.” The Stranger spoke. “Good. Are we ready to start Phase 3?” The recipient asked. “Yes. I’ll start Phase 3 as soon as possible.” The Stranger replied. “Are you sure this is going to work?” The Recipient asked. “Yes, trust me. Soon everything will come to pass.” The Stranger reassured.

To be continued in Let the Old Dreams Die Retold

Ah, menopause. That magical time in a woman's life when her body decides to stage a mutiny and the hormonal orchestra plays a symphony of chaos. If you're reading this, chances are you're either in the throes of this biological rollercoaster or preparing for the ride. Fear not! Grab your fan, your sense of humour, and let’s tackle this together.
The Hot Flush Tango
Imagine you're at a fancy ballroom, dancing a waltz with your hormones. One minute, you're gliding gracefully, and the next, you're doing the cha-cha-cha on hot coals. Hot flushes, those unpredictable bursts of infernal heat, can turn you into a human torch at the most inconvenient times. It's like your body's auditioning for the role of a malfunctioning furnace. But hey, at least winter might be a little more bearable, right?
Mood Swings and the Emotional Rollercoaster
If hot flushes are the fire-breathing dragon of menopause, then mood swings are the mischievous imps pulling the strings behind the scenes. One moment you're serene as a Zen master, the next, you're channelling your inner Hulk, ready to smash anything in sight. These mood swings can make PMS look like a walk in the park. Remember, it's not you; it's your hormones throwing a rager. Take deep breaths, laugh at the absurdity, and maybe invest in a punching bag (or a big tub of ice cream).
The Sleep Saga
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, you could sleep soundly through the night. But now, thanks to menopause, your sleep has turned into a fairy tale gone wrong. Insomnia and night sweats tag-team to disrupt your beauty sleep, leaving you feeling like a sleep-deprived zombie. Embrace naps when you can, and consider creating a bedtime routine as sacred as a knight's code of honour.
Memory Lane (or Lack Thereof)
Ever walked into a room and forgotten why you were there? Welcome to the wonderful world of menopause brain fog. Your once sharp memory now resembles Swiss cheese, full of holes and gaps. But don't fret; you're not losing your mind. Keep a sense of humour about it, write things down, and use it as an excuse to get out of boring tasks ("Oh, I forgot I was supposed to clean the garage!").
The Silver Lining
Despite the trials and tribulations, menopause isn't all doom and gloom. Think of it as nature's way of giving you a break from the monthly mayhem of periods. Plus, it's a great excuse to pamper yourself. Self-care becomes non-negotiable. Indulge in long baths, try yoga, and treat yourself to that extra piece of chocolate. You've earned it.
Building Resilience
Resilience during menopause is like wearing a suit of armour made from self-awareness and self-care. By understanding the ABCs (Adversity, Beliefs, and Consequences) of how you react to situations, you can navigate this chapter with grace. Keep an eye out for thinking traps—those pesky thought patterns that can make you feel like you're stuck in a mental quicksand. And, above all, practise self-care like it's your full-time job.
The Resilience Toolkit
Healthy Eating:
Think of food as your secret weapon. Load up on fruits, veg, and whole grains. They’re like little soldiers fighting off fatigue and crankiness.
Physical Movement
Move that body! Exercise releases endorphins, those feel-good hormones that make you feel like a rockstar, even when your body's playing tricks on you.
Sleep
Guard your sleep like a dragon guards its treasure. Create a bedtime ritual and stick to it. Your future self will thank you.
Mindfulness
Embrace mindfulness to keep your sanity intact. Focus on the present moment and breathe through the chaos. It’s like having a superpower that keeps you grounded.
The Final Word
Menopause is a wild ride, but it’s also a rite of passage. It’s a time to embrace change, lean into the humour of it all, and come out the other side stronger and wiser. So, when the hot flushes hit, and the mood swings take you on a whirlwind, remember to laugh. Because laughter, my friends, is the best way to keep your cool when your body decides to turn up the heat.
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How did it make you feel when people were convinced that you did know about Tom and Raquel's like affair for so long? (Timestamp: 25:52) - Lisa: Oh, I didn't really even know that. Did they think that I knew? - Alex: Yeah, there was like a conspiracy during all of it. - Lisa: Oh god, no. I didn't know. I did say, well, hold on a second. You know, in the kitchen that time, I was like, Ms. Malibu's in the jacuzzi? And I said, that's not, you know, that's not okay. I mean, and Ariana was vociferous in saying, no, no, no, she's my friend. - Lisa: I'm fine with that. And I said, well, I wouldn't be fine with that if I was away on the other side of town and Ms. Malibu was in the jacuzzi with whoever she is, whether it was Raquel or any, you know, beauty queen, was in the jacuzzi with my husband when I was away. No, that's not okay. - Alex: Is this what we call Raquel now, Ms. Malibu? - Lisa: Well, I do. I mean, I'm just saying, or Ms., you know, whoever, Texas or any gorgeous creature. And I'm on the other side of the country and she's sitting in the jacuzzi, whether she's got malintent or not, my husband would definitely be thinking, oh, I wonder how long my wife's staying away for. You know what I mean? It's like, no. So if I'd known, I wouldn't have been saying that. - Alex: Yeah, you know, you're right. - Lisa: And also I wouldn't have condoned that. - Alex: If my husband was in a hot tub with a woman. - Lisa: Yes, when you're away. - Alex: Dead - Lisa: Yeah - Alex: Death - Lisa: Yeah, exactly. - Alex: Get out. - Lisa: Bye, yeah, penis. (Makes a cutting noise) - Alex: Bring it over the highway. - Lisa: And that was, and I was calling it. I wouldn't have been calling it if I'd known. I was saying, hold on a second. I said, you lied. She just came in looking like a bag of shit. Remember for the food tasting? - Lisa: I said, what are you doing? You look like a wreck. You're late. What's going on? And they were like, oh no, we're good friends. And Ariana was saying, oh, we're good friends. She'd never do that. Well, you know, yeah. - Lisa: My job on that show is to sort this hot mess out. So that is something if I had known, I would have said, hey guys, you know, that is. - Alex: Let's get it together. - Lisa: Yeah, but she was so vocal about defending Raquel that I think that's what took it to a whole different level. And then Raquel asking her about her sex life while she was banging her husband or boyfriend. That was one of the weirdest. - Lisa: That felt sociopathic to me. That felt like I don't give a fuck about anybody's thoughts or feelings. I, it doesn't permeate, you know.
Never have I ever shared a secret with a castmate, and then they went and shared it on camera. (Timestamp: 34:31) - Lisa: Gosh, I don't remember that. I'm sure it's happened. No, but I do remember. Now, I haven't watched Beverly Hills. I don't care what anybody says. I haven't watched it. - Lisa: I've seen sometimes snippets on Twitter where they'll have, like, a little screen thing and you click on it. I think, oh, I wonder what's going on. It was like Erika Jayne and Kyle and she said something like, Erika Jayne said, oh, you said, I'm glad that everybody's going to see how mean Kathy is or what she's really like, you know?And Kyle turned around and said, yeah, but that was supposed to be between us. - Alex: But that feels like a theme in reality TV where wasn't it like Lala and Katie in the reunion? It was like Lala was upset with Katie because she's like, you literally said that you were like basically hating on Ariana to me off camera and then you're acting all nice on camera. - Lisa: Yeah, I don't like that. I think it's just keep it straight. And also, as I say, my mind's so full of other things, I find it's much easier just to play the one, you know, play it as it is, because I can't remember what's on camera, what's off camera, what I did yesterday, what I did today. - Lisa: And it's just like when people say, oh, you're lying. My memory is not good enough to lie. I have to speak from experience. You know what I mean? I remember things concisely, you know, absolutely when I experience them. If I'm making it up, I don't remember what I made up. - Alex: That’s a good point
Do you think though now people with social media are getting like too afraid to act certain ways in front of camera because of what like the public and the comments are going to say? (Timestamp: 36:00) - Lisa: I think the most popular reality stars are people that are truly authentic and don't give a fuck. I mean, I think one of the best reality stars I've ever worked with is James Kennedy and he's got it wrong on so many levels. And he's seen so much growth with him. - Alex: He's so entertaining. Do you think that I still have the infamous scene back in the day when he was talking to Lala and they're like yelling about pasta and everyone was like, this has to be about drugs. - Lisa: Yeah, yeah. - Alexa: This has to be cocaine. Do you think it’s actually about pasta? - Lisa: No, I think it’s not about that. - They both laugh and say it’s not about the pasta - Alex: That was one of the funniest scenes. - Lisa: I think, yeah, that is one. It was kind of iconic that it was on t shirts after. I don't know, really. I mean, they've both been pretty open. - Alex: Yeah. - Lisa: And I think I love the duo together. I can't imagine those two when they say they've had sex a couple of times. It's like, that just doesn't seem to me. How did they ever get there? Those two.
Okay, if you had to pick which Vanderpump Rules cast member were you most like in your 20s? Any cast member from all seasons? (Timestamp: 42:31) - Lisa: I think I'm quite a lot like Stassi in a way. I'm not chucking people, chucking drinks in people's faces. But I was always kind of out for, Stassi sees the funny side. Stassi, you know, it was such a disappointment to me when she was let go, but it was a sign of the times. Everybody was, you know, reacting to what was going on in the world. - Lisa: And I agree, I understood that. But I think that if we all look back on what we did when we were younger, you know, like, everybody makes so many mistakes. - Lisa: I think that's the whole point of growth, you know. And as I say in this new show, Gordon Ramsay's show, seeing people, how they developed, oh my god, how I saw the growth in the show of people, like, they came in like this and they left like this. - Alex: Right. - Lisa: So that's, to me, one of the most exciting things. And I think Stassi has taken it and run with it, which I think is great.
That group over the years has been, like, kind of like a little incestuous. (Timestamp: 43:46) - Lisa: A little? They've all shagged each other. Oh, my God, a little? What's a lot then, according to you? Please define any greater incest than I have shown you in that group, please. - They both laugh - Alex: I was trying to be, like, just calm about it. What is your stance on that concept of homie hopping of everyone kind of getting with each other's friends and getting with each other's boyfriends and girlfriends? - Lisa: Well, I mean, there's only a few dynamics left to, like, that is all gone and done, right? - Alex: Who would we need to hook up? Lala and Schwartz? Do you think it would ever happen? - Lisa: I wouldn't mind that, actually. I wouldn't mind that. - Alex: You wouldn't? - Lisa: I mean, Schwartz is very kind. - Alex: He's kind, but, like, he can't stand up for shit. - Lisa: I know, I know. - Alex: And Lala needs someone to be like, yeah, I agree with you, I back you. He can't even, like, back himself. - Lisa: Yeah, but maybe he could just carry the baby around and say yes and cuddle and stuff. I've always found him adorable. I know he got it totally wrong.
(Trigger warning: topic of suicide discussed briefly) There's been a lot of drama over the years, but obviously the biggest thing was Scandoval that took the Internet. Ariana got a lot of heat this season because she didn't want to film with Tom in specific moments. What is your take on that whole thing? (Timestamp: 46:11) - Lisa: Well, I think it was just because the juxtaposition of her living with him and then saying, no, I won't have that conversation with him. That was what was frustrating. I think maybe if she'd drawn a line in the sand and said, that's it, I don't want to see him ever again. Hope he falls off the side of the cliff. - Lisa: But it was all very, I wasn't on Tom's side at all, but I was on the side of empathy. And when the whole world was against him, I've talked about this many times, sitting at the White House Correspondents Dinner and they bring it up, sitting in Adele's concert, they bring it up, seeing it on CNN's headline, it was kind of, the punishment didn't fit the crime. - Lisa: And I mean, of course I don't condone what he did in any shape or form, but I think when the whole world's against you, sometimes it's a very dangerous thing for, as I saw with my brother, and you feel there's no way out at that time and the over here. - Lisa: And when he sat and told me, I wouldn't use all of it, but he sat and told me, and I said, as an executive producer, guys, you have to use this. You have to be honest and show him, you know, in this moment of just like the suicide ideation scared me. - Lisa: Now, whether some people say, you know, oh, he's acting or oh, it's not true, it's not authentic, I don't give a shit. I have experienced suicide firsthand with my brother. And for me, I'd rather not take that chance. - Lisa: So I felt that he did so many great things as well for people over the years. I mean, you know, I was talking to Israel. Do you remember Israel who actually now works for me? He was telling me how when he slept on the floor, Sandoval used to pay his rent so he wouldn't, you know, so Sandoval has a lot of good components.
Do you, he has a girlfriend now, right? How can, do you think he's going to cheat on her? (Timestamp: 48:00) - Lisa: Yes. - They both laugh - Lisa: I don't know. Maybe this is the one. Maybe this is the one. I don't think that Sandoval from my knowledge is that sexually motivated. Because I think he said that, I just don't think he's that kind of guy. You know where there's a lot of guy that shags anything. I don't think he's like that, but I think this girl apparently is gorgeous.
I feel like it kind of ended this season and it was like, the friend group is a disaster. (Timestamp: 49:03) - Lisa: We've been in that place before. - Alex: But do you think it's gonna continue? - Lisa: Well, I think the thing is with this show, is I think that people feel very attached to it because they've grown up with it. And there's been at some point, somebody will identify with one of them in the group. - Lisa: And I think that it will be hard for people really to let it go. So do I think it would be back? Yes. Do I think it needs to breathe? Yes. Am I totally busy and so, you know, opening another restaurant? Yes. So I think let's just give it a minute. Let everybody live their life.
I think that the next season of Vanderpump. (Timestamp: 49:49) - Alex: Should be you getting everyone in a room. And firing all of them. And you bring a whole new cast in and you start fresh and everyone works at SUR and it's all young talent. And these kids have no Instagram following yet and you start fresh. I would die to watch kids back in at SUR, trying to make it in the acting or modeling agency and get back at it. - Lisa: And I have many of them, but I do have three shows on the air right now. - Alex: I know, I know, but I live in LA, so I'm like addicted to that LA, but I know, I know. - Lisa: You know what? From your mouth to God's ears, that might be a thought. - Alex: So do you like my pitch? - Lisa: I can't say, but… - Alex: You like it. - Lisa: It's not necessarily your pitch. Somebody might have got there before you. - Alex: Okay, but like the drama of everyone getting fired. - Lisa: Oh, I don't, I'm not gonna start opening. I have a loyalty to these people. - Alex: But you wouldn't actually be firing. - Lisa: I'd say, welcome back, I've signed you back. Just for one episode, bye. No. There are still stories to tell.
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I am tired of being ugly
This is one of the most ungrateful and self hateful and toxic rants here and I apologise to everyone in advance but I need to get this out so please tolerate. I am extremely ugly. 23 Male. I am short ( 5'7) my face looks like a baby. Weak jawline, poor facial hair genetics, bad smile and overall a face so disgusting I don't understand how I don't smash every mirror I ever come across. I hate mirrors and cameras and I even fear them. My body is weak genetically less muscle and I have done gym for 3 years to look considerably fit but I still appear like how a average person would look physically. I am tired of myself.I am tired of always being self conscious. I am tired of getting rejected by women, getting bullied, I am tired of always people pleasing and having low self esteem cause that's the only way maybe a person of opposite sex might find me nice, only to get friendzoned later. I am fucking tired of my crush and women I like swooning over taller and attractive guys and I am tired of feeling like a worthless undesirable horrendous creature. I am tried of working extra hard on myself, my work, personality, develop hobbies and still there is nothing I can do about what actually bothers me it all feels like a cope.
Only way I can ever experience sexual pleasure is through fantasies and masterbation cause I don't see any woman ever loving me. And yes yes I've heard " oh confidence is the key" yeah I'll buy it sell it all to me. Cause only thing I can rn is fake it cause I don't see a reason for real confidence as man. " Oh your personality is everything" be in my shoes and get friendzoned for a charming personality just cause you look disgusting. " Stop looking at pretty people on internet" bro why? They are there to actually show what beauty means. What years of evolution has shown that opposite will choose over others for a better mating. That's what it is. I am poor I don't have enough money for plastic surgeries and I am barely making through college. I can try again to believe in myself develop some self esteem and confidence as a man just to get hit by another wave of disappointment and rejection. I work pretty hard in my field of medicine but I hate it when everytime patients walk in they would rather talk to some other person cause I don't look mature and trustable enough from my face. Where am I to show what I can do if the world doesn't even give me a chance Guys I am losing it. Therapy and help seeking is bullshit they have no answers I have tried all they do is yap nonsense and try to blame everything on trauma, abuse and rubbish fancy terms which are unrelated to my real situation. Idk how much longer I can keep going. My whole life has been a life of shame regret guilt and rejection. Whole world feels alien and isolation is the only way I can barely manage to live everyday. Idk how much longer that will happen too. Thankfully I don't have guts to kms. YET....

I am ugly and I know it.
This is one of the most ungrateful and self hateful and toxic rants here and I apologise to everyone in advance but I need to get this out so please tolerate. I am extremely ugly. 23 Male. I am short ( 5'7) my face looks like a baby. Weak jawline, poor facial hair genetics, bad smile and overall a face so disgusting I don't understand how I don't smash every mirror I ever come across. I hate mirrors and cameras and I even fear them. My body is weak genetically less muscle and I have done gym for 3 years to look considerably fit but I still appear like how a average person would look physically. I am tired of myself. I am tired of always being self conscious. I am tired of getting rejected by women, getting bullied, I am tired of always people pleasing and having low self esteem cause that's the only way maybe a person of opposite sex might find me nice, only to get friendzoned later. I am fucking tired of my crush and women I like swooning over taller and attractive guys and I am tired of feeling like a worthless undesirable horrendous creature. I am tried of working extra hard on myself, my work, personality, develop hobbies and still there is nothing I can do about what actually bothers me it all feels like a cope. Only way I can ever experience sexual pleasure is through fantasies and masterbation cause I don't see any woman ever loving me. And yes yes I've heard " oh confidence is the key" yeah I'll buy it sell it all to me. Cause only thing I can rn is fake it cause I don't see a reason for real confidence as man. " Oh your personality is everything" be in my shoes and get friendzoned for a charming personality just cause you look disgusting. " Stop looking at pretty people on internet" bro why? They are there to actually show what beauty means. What years of evolution has shown that opposite will choose over others for a better mating. That's what it is. I am poor I don't have enough money for plastic surgeries and I am barely making through college. I can try again to believe in myself develop some self esteem and confidence as a man just to get hit by another wave of disappointment and rejection. I work pretty hard in my field of medicine but I hate it when everytime patients walk in they would rather talk to some other person cause I don't look mature and trustable enough from my face. Where am I to show what I can do if the world doesn't even give me a chance Guys I am losing it. Therapy and help seeking is bullshit they have no answers I have tried all they do is yap nonsense and try to blame everything on trauma, abuse and rubbish fancy terms which are unrelated to my real situation. Idk how much longer I can keep going. My whole life has been a life of shame regret guilt and rejection. Whole world feels alien and isolation is the only way I can barely manage to live everyday. Idk how much longer that will happen too. Thankfully I don't have guts to kms. YET....

Hi 19M here . I started masterbation from very early age . When I didn't even know about sex .but as it was a pleasurable activity I used to do it the first time I masterbated I was 10 years old . I felt very fuckin good. I didn't even know that it was masterbation some whitish fluid came out my penis . I just washed it off and did it again . When I was 11 years old (5th class) There was a guy in my class who was 3 year elder to us (he failed initial classes) I was in his company. As he was taller than entire class and had some moustache. He first time told me about sex and how humans are born .I didn't believe initially that humans come from pussy . That time I didn't had any acces to mobile and internet. So I used to watch some crime dovumentries on tv . Then suddenly one day I discovered that my penis is erected by seeing a hit woman in that documentry ...and felt like touching my penis .I did it ..and that time I first masterbated over a lady . Then I told this to that guy in class . And he told me to do with hands as I was initially rubbing my dick on ground . I tried with hands but I took a lot of time so didn't do that ..I again rubbed on floor . For 3 years I used to masterbate by rubbing on floor . When I was in 8th standard I started normal mastermution by hand. And yeah in this 3 year I masterbated a lot .then 8 and 9 th class I used to masterbate on daily basis with hands . And then comes the corona I went to my Village. I had lot of free time alone ..that time I masterbated 3-4 times a day .for 10months . Then corona was over for next 4 years (present) I masterbated on daily basis (atleast once in day ) . And now my penis looks like a penis of 60 year old man . I don't have erectile dysfunction problem but pm is there . Due to excess masterbation in my puberty my testosterone level decreased and I couldn't grow tall my father is 5'9 and I am 5'4 . When I was in my early puberty everyone was like I will surpass my father . Now I am depressed . Have low smv . I tried to stop masterbation but I fuckin faield every time . I must have masterbated atleast 2000-2500 times . I am worried about my future and marriage. Need advice how can I stop it and if there are some medicle method to reverse the damage. So that I can make a lot of money and Reverse it . Please guys . Something I feel suicidal😓. Please give me some good advice 🙏🏻 and I take complete responsibility for my sins I have dine to myself ☝🏻

Idk about you guys but I've always loved how a shower felt after a bunch of work. Something special about it. Anyway thanks for reading! :)
They were both offered showers by town citizens happy to open their homes. Gareth found showers immensely awkward but didn’t need to worry as a few townsfolk drew him a bath. With some extra help from Deag, who had taken a short trip to the ship, he treated the water and was finally able to eat something. It was no traditional Weilan spa, but it was… close enough. If he was being entirely honest, he was just glad to finally be able to eat something. He may have fibbed to Pen when they talked about food. He wasn’t near starving quite yet and even though being carried had allowed him to conserve a lot of energy, it wouldn’t have helped much longer.
He looked down at his poor shell. Its color greatly diminished from the lack of food and immense stress of the whole ordeal. He could feel the buildup of toxins in his system before and it was wonderful to feel them washing out. He sighed and slumped down under the water. Again, he inspected his shell. Wilting and greying all over his eyes wandered to the crack made by Pen when she pulled him out of the way of the turret. Probably another two months to heal but it was coming along. She must have remembered it too when they were falling. She was gentler. It honestly surprised him that he managed to survive that fall without any major injury.
Gareth let his thoughts drift aimlessly as he soaked under the water. After a few minutes, though, he heard a thump from outside the tub. He rose up from the water and peeked over the lip of the tub. A small human child stared back from the washroom door. Small by human standards that is. He was shorter than Gareth but only by a few inches. If Ton’et’s human biology lessons were serving him well the boy wouldn’t remain much smaller than him for more than a year or so. He should be quickly entering a time of quick growth that humans experience periodically in their formative years.
“Mmmhmmmb” the boy mumbled, still hiding most of himself behind the door.
“What was that?” Gareth asked.
The boy shirked slightly but found his voice after a moment.
“You… You’re weird looking.”
Gareth chuckled.
“You’re the weird looking one.”
The boy's brow furrowed, easier to read than Pen by far. The child wore his emotions on his face.
“Nuh uh…”
“Yuh huh.” Gareth mimicked the child.
“No, you don’t look like anyone else here.”
“Well, I’m not from here, am I? I’m from a place where everyone looks like me and nobody looks like you.”
This seemed to puzzle the boy.
“How many people?”
Gareth tilted his head. An odd question.
“Lots? Trillions.”
“Is that more than here?”
It dawned on him the math the boy was doing.
“Definitely.”
“Darn…”
The boy lightly tapped the doorframe with his foot.
“You could go see them.” Gareth offered.
“Really?” A shine came to his eyes.
“Oh definitely, there's a ton to see. More places out there than trees in that forest outside.”
The boy didn’t understand trillions but that comparison made sense to him.
“Waoooaahhh,” a frown came to his face quickly, “but I like it here though. I have friends here.”
“So when you miss them, just come on back. No reason you cant enjoy both right?”
Gareth's words were a joyous revelation to the boy.
“I’d love that I think…”
“I think you would to.” Gareth chuckled.
“You may be weird but you're pretty cool. My names Cameron by the way.”
“Pleasure to meet you Cameron, I’m Gareth. I think you’re weird and cool too.”
Cameron giggled and sprinted away, stopped, turned around, closed the door gently, then turned back around and sprinted away again. Gareth sunk back down into the tub smiling.
Pen stepped under the shower head with her face turned up. Steaming hot water hit her face and ran down taking all the stress and sweat with it.
A proper shower was exactly what Pen needed. She was no stranger to dirt and sweat and when needs must, she had no issue. That said, filthy was by no means a preferred state and after two days hard march, sleeping in the dirt, and only washing off in a river, a proper shower felt divine. It almost reminded her of washing off after a particularly arduous drop. There was something especially satisfying about it.
Soap, warm water, and more time to enjoy it than she’d ever have been given on the Basho. After getting clean she turned the heat up as high as it could go and propped herself against the wall of the shower letting the water run over her shoulders and back. The heat melted through the tension and washed it down the drain.
Ahhhhhh. Perfect.
Something tickled her neck and she brought her right hand up to it. She pulled a long strand of hair away. It struck her as odd and brought her attention to her hair. It had gotten longer. The strand in her hand was almost alien due to how long it had been since she’d allowed it to grow out beyond a few inches.
She brought both her hands up now, raking them through the newfound length. She’d start having to wear it up if she didn’t want to cut it.
She kind of didn’t. Why should she?
After a nice long while in the hot shower she turned the water off and stepped out. The bathroom was heavy with steam, but she saw that towels and clothes had been set by the sink for her. She dried herself and examined the clothing. It was a simple handwoven dress, loose cut and floor length. The dress was dyed olive green and parchment white with a humble little leaf-like pattern embroidered around the wrists and neckline.
It certainly wasn’t her normal fare, but it was clearly a kind gesture and matched the clothing most wore around town. With how little worn and well taken care of it looked Pen could guess that it meant a lot to the person who donated it.
Pen donned it and looked to the mirror only to find it utterly fogged up.
A light knock came from the other side of the door.
“Are you alright miss?” a woman’s voice asked.
“Yea…” Pen faltered.
“Oh does the dress not fit? Or would you prefer something else?”
“No, no, it fits fine,” it did reach the floor though perhaps not as much as it was intended to, “How about you tell me how I look.”
Pen opened the door. Steam rolled out as she moved into the room with the young woman. She was a stranger to Pen but looked like the older lady whose house this was. Pen guessed a daughter.
“Oh my, I think you look quite nice! Olive is definitely one of your colors. Here!” The girl fumbled somewhat but showed Pen to a tall mirror in the far corner of the room.
It was… certainly a look. Not one she was used to but that was expected. The dress fit fine and it did look nice. Pen couldn’t help but notice, though, that it sat oddly on her. Not tight or revealing by any means, just… a gentler looking piece of clothing on a less than gently built frame. It wasn’t exactly made to be worn by a muscled body.
“Oh erm here miss,” the young woman handed her a hair tie but pulled back, “or if you want I could help you put it up? Its at that weird point where its not long enough to… you know but too long to uh it can be difficult. If you want I can…”
“I… appreciate it but I’ll be fine. I think I'll leave it down for now.”
“Right. Well, here. Just in case you want to.”
She again handed the hair tie but this time let Pen take it. Pen stowed it around her wrist.
“Is Gareth?”
“Oh yes your friend is across the street at the Patterson's. I can bring you over if you like.”
“Lead the way.”
“Of course.”
The girl led her out of the house and across the street. Pen saw a couple putting up woven cloth streamers across the road. They anchored them in trees with some parallel and others crossing.
As the girl stepped up the front porch of the, apparently, Patterson's house she waved to an older gentleman in a rocking chair.
“Evening Mr. Patterson. This is Penelope, she was just calling on her friend.”
“Evening dear. Evening miss. Yer friend hasn’t come out yet but you can head on up. To the left at the top, far end door.”
“Thanks.”
His hand came up to keep her just a moment.
“Thank you miss.” He said accentuating the ‘you’.
He looked at her like they all did. She knew what he meant and as awkwardly as it always was she smiled and nodded before she pushed past him. At least he had the good sense not to salute.
As she climbed the stairs just inside the door to the house she heard the man ask a question of the girl.
“Dear, could you ask your mother about a few fertilizer spikes? The peach is looking like it needs some help.”
Pen continued too far to make out her reply but could guess by its warm tone that it was a yes. She turned at the top of the stairs and walked to the end of the hall. Knocking on the door she called out to Gareth.
“You still soaking?”
“Just suiting up. I’ll be out in a min.”
A ‘min’ huh? Pen thought.
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"Here we go," I muttered, staring at the national broadcast system warning as it flashed across the TV screen. I sat in my dad’s old blue recliner, wondering if I should be more worried. The world as I knew it was coming to an end, and I rested in the Lysol-scented chair where my dad had died of Covid a few years earlier.
I blinked, understanding on some level that I was beyond the point of rational thought, beyond the point of worry.
It was a release, really.
"This is not a test," scrolled the words on the TV over and over in bright buzzing red letters while an eerie robotic voice explained that instructions were forthcoming.
I was at my parents’ empty house in the middle of nowhere, Iowa. Gravel roads and corn abounded. The smell of cow shit hung in the air. The smell of cow shit always hung in the air. Despite this, it felt like home. Sure, I hadn’t grown up here, but photographic memories clung to every wall, and a feeling of tranquility lingered in every room, despite how the last few years had played out.
It was the perfect place for what I wanted to do.
The fact that my parents’ little retirement acreage still had cable amazed me. Though my mom had only been dead for a few weeks, on my way here, I thought I’d show up to a house void of power, water, cable, and anything else she was supposed to pay for. The way my crazy sisters and their crazy husbands burned through our parents’ money, especially after my dad died, I thought I’d arrive to a husk of a home with only the sub-sub-basement bomb shelter to remind me that someone I loved had once lived here. I also thought my twenty-four-year-old niece would be waiting for me, crying because everything was gone or destroyed. She was my only family member who hadn’t completely gone off the deep end.
But no. Except for the dog that I brought, I was alone in the house. And everything here was a go.
Power. Water. Cable. It was all on, even as the rest of the world completely lost its shit. What’s weirder was that the bomb shelter was far from being cleaned out. It was ready with all the provisions and gas-powered machinery a family of six would need to survive the apocalypse for who knows how many years.
"Glad Mom at least paid her bills in advance, huh Lump?" I said to a twenty-pound pile of fawn-colored fur and fat flaps wearing a black mask. Apparently my only family left, she was a French bulldog, an indulgence purchased at the height of Covid, before society grew really dark, before my dad died of that disease, and the rest of my family went into full QAnon conspiracy theorist mode.
The television warning cut away, pulling my attention to a silent live wide shot video feed of Washington DC. It looked nice there. It was sunny. Early autumn pleasant. Kind of like it was out here. It was something I might have seen at the beginning of a local newscast if I lived in the DC area. However, when the camera panned in, I could see the flooded streets were ablaze with panic. People scurried from shop front to shop front, pulling on doors, crying, smashing windows. Cars moved at a turtle’s pace. People fought. I couldn’t pull my eyes from a lone woman who was clearly screaming at the top of her lungs while clutching a baby to her breast. It was like something out of a bad end-of-the-world movie.
I had to laugh.
The word, "bedlam" came to mind when a silent explosion took it all in a sudden, blazing white light that I almost wished I could hear bang and sizzle. It would be less surreal that way. It was so powerful I thought I could smell the unnatural burning even though I knew that was impossible. I was certain the television was going to shatter.
It didn’t.
Instead, the white faded to black then lifted to a well-lit CNN studio.
Christiane Amanpour, wearing a sad smile and a disheveled blue suit, said with a husky, trembling voice, "That’s it. I’m sure our turn is coming soon." Her eyes added, "I told you this was going to happen," but she offered a pathetic wave and signed off from a glowing blue and red news desk that mocked what I––what most of mankind––had just witnessed. As the screen once again faded to black, I heard some mumbling from the television’s speakers, something about more bombs falling.
It was cut by a series of gunshots and screams.
Then nothing.
This was expected. I was only surprised it took so long to happen after everything that went down in New York a few weeks earlier. Resigned, I looked down at Lump. She looked up, blinked.
"I’m sorry no one is here," I told her. I didn’t want to, but I glanced out the window and down the road. I didn’t want to, but I hoped I’d see my niece’s little blue electric Nissan speeding my way. I didn’t want to, but I wished someone would save me from myself.
There was no little blue electric Nissan. No one ever came out here. That’s probably the only reason everything was intact.
I was certain that, aside from my niece, those family members I last knew were alive and not in prison were most certainly dead. I didn’t even want to think about what those family members in prison were going through during these last few moments of history.
"Guess we’re going to have to do this." One hand in my pocket, I wrapped my fingers around the butt of a Sig P938. "I’m sorry, girl. It’s just easier," I added to Lump. "Even if the bomb shelter saves us from what’s coming, do you really want to be alive for what’s next?" With my free hand, I petted her head. She stretched up toward my open palm. A tear dotted the corner of my right eye. "At least we’re alive," I joked. "For—"
White noise boomed from the TV speakers.
I leaped to my feet, afraid for the first time since my dad died. It was a strange sensation, unfamiliar but with hints of familiarity, somehow new and old simultaneously, like a long-lost blanket discovered at the bottom of a plastic tub in the back of a packed garage. I thought this sensation should be hot.
It was cold.
The TV screen sprang to life with the black and white static of a pre-recorded 1980s VHS tape. Jagged black lines and chunks flipped and flopped in a sea of white and gray angles until a video of a military band playing "Nearer My God to Thee" sharply cut through the static. It was an old recording, grainy, broken. But the band sounded and looked fair. Their uniforms were pressed and sharp. Their instruments sparkled in pleasant, slightly overcast sunshine. They performed in dignified formation in front of four massive white pillars on the Turner Broadcasting Mansion. The mansion itself was a reddish-brownish-orangish brick monstrosity with white trim that I thought someone in the 80s thought was cool. Probably Ted Turner. I only thought this––in fact, I only knew it was his mansion––because I remembered my family driving through Atlanta on our way to the ocean one summer. We had stopped to see it because, I think, that’s the kind of thing relatively well-off people did in the 80s. And we had been relatively well-off in the 80s. When we returned home, my dad had forced the family to watch all of his video tapes of our trip over and over. I remembered this building clearly.
Something like a laugh escaped my lips, something like a shriek.
"The 80s," I said sardonically, remembering vague, hot afternoons in my elementary classroom hiding underneath a desk during the duck-and-cover drills of the Cold War. I still had no idea why we did that. Even as a first grader, I knew damn well a public elementary school desk wasn’t going to do shit against a nuclear warhead.
Lump stood on her hind legs and nudged my thigh.
The video looped.
The circular reflecting pool before the band unnerved me when I was a child. And it unnerved me again today. As bombs fell everywhere––and I knew they were even if I couldn’t hear or see them––I thought a military band playing what I believed was a Christian dirge over and over was appropriate. But the way I could sort of make out the band’s reflection in the water was not.
It was like a mockery of life; it was like my current existence.
Still, "It can’t be real," I said. So it doesn’t matter.
Nothing mattered anymore.
Not in this world.
I fiddled with the Sig’s hammer and turned away from the midshot of a woman elegantly conducting, her hands moving like gentle waves, from the zoom out of the drumline, their stoic expressions melting into the distance. I wanted to do what I came here to do. I couldn’t though. "Nearer My God to Thee" wouldn’t let me. It was hypnotic. It shouldn’t be.
I turned back to it.
I thought anyone who survives this whole mess is someone I don’t want to meet. Hell, I haven’t wanted to meet most people for a while, definitely since the ocean rose those few inches in those few months and all the people from the coasts wormed their way into the Midwest like a bunch of backward sharecroppers from the 1920s. The angrier Midwesterners called those folks “coasters” and meant it as an insult. I thought there should be plenty of room, but what did I know?
I wrapped my fingers around the gun

Hello everyone!
I am moving to St. Louis in the next month or so to start residency. I ideally would love to rent a house with a fenced in yard as I have a dog and I know I'll be working late/long days and don't really want to walk her at night/early morning in the dark. Or a good apartment complex with a dog park. I know nothing about St. Louis neighborhoods, what areas are safe for walking a dog at night or places to avoid as a young woman so any information will be extremely valuable!
Ideally I would like to stay around $1200 but can go up to $1500 if it's perfect for me and my pup. Commuting isn't a huge dealbreaker unless its over 30 minutes with no traffic. I'd really like two bedrooms but at least one will do. I'd also love a tub but I can survive without one 😂 Although I listed a lot of preferences my top priorities are safe location and fenced in yard/dog park.
Any advice, help, suggestions, or even referrals would be super appreciated! Thanks in advance! 🤗
Edit: I believe the area I will be working in is called botanical heights. If that's not it, it's very close to that 😅

Gosh, where to start. This is long but I'm really hoping some of you out there will be willing to help. TLDR: marriage material - intimacy issues - cheated - cancer - care during cancer rekindled flame - do I stay with him?
Me 30F and partner 37M have been together for 3 years. As someone who never thought she'd marry, I was really into the idea with him. I thought he was it for me. I was waiting for the engagement. He's a very sweet, kind, loving, emotional man. I'd never been treated with such kindness and respect. He grew up poor like me and has worked his ass off to go to college on his own dime and is in profess of finishing an advanced degree and will definitely have a lucrative and stable career. He's good to his mother and family. He's able to tolerate my rowdy, sometimes rather rude and ridiculous family and also stick up for me against them. He's good to his friends. He can get along with everyone. We are so very much in sync all the time. Always laughing and able to have a wonderful time no matter what. We laugh together, cry together. We've been through a lot of hard family things together. I feel safe with him. I feel supported by him. I feel an equal partnership. Nothing ever bothered me about him and we never fought. We had little tiffs like everyone, but never any yelling or shit talking.
Sexual intimacy has been hard for us. I came into the relationship with a long SA history. We talked about it. We didn't have the easiest time initiating sex. We didn't have sex often. I asked him all the time how he felt about it and he was always so kind. He said he didn't have the biggest sexual appetite so it didn't bother him, that he was happy with how things were.
I started to get more comfortable and wanted him more, but it grew to be a problem as he either wouldn't be in the mood and would say no (I was very respecting of these times, sometimes I say no too and I take it very seriously) or we'd start but ehh his nether regions weren't getting excited and we'd just stop and cuddle.
Eventually it bothered me, I asked him if we were okay. He said yes. We took an awesome vacation together.. no sex, no romantic gestures (despite hints like, should we pack nice clothes and treat ourselves to a nice dinner? To which he wasn't into). I took a bath in the huge tub in our hotel room, he didn't want to join me and took a walk instead... after we had walked so much our feet were killing us. I felt weird when we got back home. I asked him what was going on. He said everything was fine.
Then he went out with friends a few nights later and came home drunk. No big deal, it's a rare thing, that didn't bother me. What bothered me is he went into the bathroom and closed the door which he only ever does to shit, but came out 10 seconds later. He passed out and I couldn't help it, I'd never done it before but I knew something was wrong.. I looked at his phone and sure enough, he had just texted a woman... 2 in the morning. I read all their texts, they had slept together. No indication of a relationship, just hook ups from what I can tell, at least twice since LAST July, so for 1.5 years, he'd been doing this.
I was absolutely devastated. I couldn't sleep so I woke his drunk ass up and asked him if there was anything he needed to tell me.. nothing. I asked who (we'll call her Tricia) was... first it was, idk, then it was he knew someone of that name. Then I had to take the dog out potty.... and when I came back in he was in our room with his phone and he deleted the messages in front of me, then said "here, you can check my phone, I'm not doing anything". I went right to deleted messages and said "here's the messages you just deleted!" Then it was, she came onto me.. then it was just a BJ.. etc etc lies lies and more lies. To make this shorter, I ended up straight up contacting Tricia who told me they met on Tinder and had sex once with protection. He messaged her here and there to hook up again but it never happened. She didn't know he had a girlfriend. The messages on his phone appear to me that she was telling the truth. I do think it was twice but I'll never know. I'll never know if it was just her either or if there were more women. She was a 50+ yo grandmother by the way.
Ugh. So I'm heartbroken, he lied, I don't know who the fuck he is anymore. He wanted to make things work, said he just didn't want to hurt me by wanting sex. I kind of get that, I tried to give him a chance but I just couldn't do it. I fell out of love with him. He annoyed me constantly. I finally told him I was done, he moved into the 2nd bedroom. That lasted a bit then I finally said I'm done, you need to move out. We agreed in January that he'd be out by June (I know I'm too nice, but he had just started his semester and wouldn't have a job until May - he always paid half of everything and honestly, I could use his half of the rent to save up for my own new place). I always told myself cheating would be the only way I'd ever leave him, I was dead set on being done with this relationship. I've closed many doors before and I never reopen them.
Then... I find out I have breast cancer. My world falls apart. I need surgery, chemo. He steps up, takes care of me. I found out beginning of February, had major surgery in March, now it's May and I'm only 2 rounds into chemo. I have no breasts. I'm bald. I'm vulnerable.
He's really been doing everything for me, and he said he's going to do it whether we are together or not. Obviously, he's not moving out. I can't do it all on my own right now, and I'm off work during treatment. I won't be done till towards the end of the year.
During this time, I've warmed up to him, I'm starting to feel feelings again. Starting to see a future with him again. I told myself at the beginning I didn't want cancer to be a reason to get back together. But now... I really want this life with him.
I haven't told him this, I don't want to make a decision, but I need some advice, help, suggestions. I think the SA issues I have and him not wanting to put the pressure of sex on me is valid (though I 100% don't agree this was a good reason to cheat and he's not off the hook for that). I wish he would've just talked to me about it, we could've done something to make both of us satisfied. It's a delicate situation, but I really wanted to grow intimately with him. I don't know if I'll feel differently once cancer treatment is done. But as far as care goes? He's an absolute rock star and I don't feel like he's doing it to get me back. He made a mistake.. can we work through it? My father figure gave me his own perspective and really likes my partner, says I should think about giving him a chance because he can tell he loves me - I respect my father figures input more than anyone on the planet, if he sees love and care with no bullshit, I believe him.
Anyways I'm rambling now. Thanks for reading and thanks for any input. Do I give him another chance?

Walking through the front door I see a large mass of black tar sitting on the living room floor, seeping into the rug and spilling off. An eye peered out from the ichor, staring at the floor. As the door clicked shut the stare darted up toward me. Gaze unmoving and piercing straight through my skull. I am tracked as I move to the kitchen and set my bag on the counter.
Moving to the living room I sit down just outside the puddle. Staring into the abyssal mass reveals nothing other than the abyss staring back. Watching. Waiting. A small breath escapes my nose and a small curl to my lips.
“C’mon, let’s get you cleaned up.”
I reach into the mass with both arms, like digging through a tub of molasses, and dig around until I find the solid form within. The eyes stares all the while I’m reorganizing the mass till I get a proper hold. Shifting onto my feet I pull the mass close to my chest and stand up with a small grunt. The ichor coats my chest immediately and drips down my pants and to floor. Careful planted steps carry the mass and myself into the bathroom.
I rest the black ooze into the bathtub, propping it up so the eye stays on top. The gaze follows me as I remove the drain plug and turn on the faucet, then switch it to the shower head above. Water cascades out and drenches the ichor, peeling it away and down the drain. The mass slowly begins to dissolve away.
Disrobing to my undergarments, I take my sludged clothes and run them under the faucet before taking them to the washer. Then begins the clean up. Old towels mop up most of the sludge on the hard floors and some from the carpet. Dab, don’t scrub. Once the mess is satisfactorily cleaned, I book a rental online for a carpet cleaner for pick up later. I quick donning of clean clothes and you’d barely know anything happened.
With the mess all cleaned, I peer into the bathroom. The ichor had washed away, leaving a woman in the tub, her head had drooped and she sat there, an unattended doll resting on a shelf. The ooze still clung to her and it seemed to pour out of her pores, but drain away it still did. Her hair stained black clung to her back and shoulders. I slowly crept in and knelt down next to her.
“Your clothes are gonna stretch. Can you stand up for me so we can take them off?”
No response, but she did take hold of the side of the tub and pulled herself. I braced her under the shoulders and helped guide her. Once stood, she slowly grabbed the bottom of her shirt and pulled it up. A slow process, but after all garments and come off, I took them in my hands, gave a soft squeeze to her shoulder, then carried them out.
I turned back at the threshold to check on her. She seemed to dangle there, waiting for someone to control her by strings and command her to dance. Her eyes shifted up from the floor to look at me again. Not an unwavering stare, just melancholic. Her mouth opened slightly and hung for a moment as she found the words she wanted to say. No sound came from her lips, but she still mouthed out something before pulling the curtain closed.
Thank you.
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I don’t know if this is the right forum for this. I mostly just need to vent and get stuff off my chest. I feel like my life has fallen apart completely since I was diagnosed in January. I had an orchiectomy shortly after my diagnosis. Had 1x BEP as a preventative. And I thought life would go back to normal. It has been one nightmare after another since I made it home in February. First , I know my wife doesn’t handle stress well. She panics easily, and I knew it would be hard on her even if everything went perfectly. But I expected her to keep it together for my sake. I mean, I’m the one who had to come to grips with my mortality. For background, my wife is an attorney. I own my own business. We live in a rural area but because of her job she has to travel to a larger city about 3 hrs away a couple times per month. On average she’s home 70% of the time. We have 2 little boys. I do probably 85% of the child care, which I don’t mind at all. I love my boys more than anything and will do whatever it takes to make sure they have a great life. Outside of one or two fights about her not being “mom” when she gets home sometimes, it really hasn’t been a bad situation. I thought we were happy. My boys are happy. Then the C word. After feeling something off for a month or so, I sought out a urologist and got the necessary testing. Got diagnosed and scheduled my surgery. Did all of this alone because she was busy. I didn’t mind. I don’t resent her for that. We didn’t even think it was gonna be cancer. The day of my surgery, instead of being supportive she’s pissed. I picked the wrong doctor or something. Should’ve consulted her (I did but she never would tell me where she wanted me to go). Blah blah blah. Was not nice to me at all while I was recovering. Couldn’t even look at me and didn’t want to sleep in the same room. When I was well enough, I confronted her. It turned into a huge fight, but lead to her opening up about her fear of losing me, having to raise our boys alone, not being able to have more children. Stuff I feel like I’d pretty normal to think about and have to work through. Things got better after that for a few days. She started being nicer at least. She started going with me to appointments at MD Anderson. We got our treatment plan and set everything up. The day I went into the hospital to start chemo, she was a train wreck. Couldn’t even watch them start my IV. Had a panic attack. Had to get in touch with her psych and he prescribed some medication to calm her down. It was so bad the nurses tried to get her to go see the therapist on staff. She got a little better after the first 2 days but it was rough. By the time I got out she seemed okay. Much more loving and supportive and I thought we were through the worst of it. I have to back up for a second or the next part won’t make sense. And my timeline may be a little off because so much was going on. At some point during all of this, we found out our chimney in the house had been leaking into our sunken living room floor, which had been covered before we bought the house. The floors were peeling up and the wood underneath were rotting. So back to the story. We decided we would replace the flooring in the whole house (it all matched before) and fill the sunken living room with concrete. Knowing we’d have to move out for a week or so for this to happen, my wife looked at it as an opportunity to remodel. Okay. Our bathrooms did need it. Both tubs had big cracks and we’d been talking about that anyway. This turned into ripping the walls out down to the studs. A 2 week project turned into a 2 month project and $10k turned into $80k. Our first contractor lied to us and for a solid week no one came to work. When they did the work was terrible. We fired him a month in. Hired another who is awesome but is mostly a one man show. His work is great though. My wife developed a friendship with our electrician. To his credit, he’s also good with wood working. They started bouncing ideas off each other and the house started coming together. My wife stopped working for a while. She started spending every waking moment at the house. Our electrician is also spending all of his free time at the house. You can see where this is going. My wife starts drinking more. She said it helps her paint and pass the time doing all the tedious work. I would come help when I could, but running a business takes up most of your day, and I can’t afford to not sleep. Plus someone has to take care of our boys and get them in bed. My mom helped out a ton. That woman is a saint. One week, my wife has to go to Houston for work. Things seem pretty normal. She calls me when she leaves the office. She goes to dinner by herself. She doesn’t call after. I had fallen asleep and just assumed she’d gone back to her grandmothers and gone to bed too. She doesn’t call the next morning. I assume she’d overslept. She finally calls around lunch crying. She’s been arrested. Didn’t remember anything past going to dinner. Swears she only had a glass of wine. Blah blah blah. Okay. I’m very concerned. She tries to convince everyone she was drugged but her story doesn’t add up at all. I’ll spare the details. I go down to be with her for her arraignment. She gets a really good lawyer and gets off taking a better decision making class. Cool. All is fine. She is very loving. We talk about our marriage and our family. She promises to quit drinking. She’s done working on the house. I bring up my concerns. She completely agrees. Things are great for about 24 hrs. Suddenly she needs to be back at the house. The contractor has questions. He doesn’t but you see where I’m going. Electrician is there. All the time. They are together a lot. Not usually alone but sometimes. I catch her pouring a drink. She says she’s not going to drink it. Blah blah blah. By this point I’m trying to be there as much as possible. She’s had a rough patch. I get it. I’m trying to be a good husband. Thursday night I go with her to work on the house. Tell her we need to leave by 9 to get some sleep. She’s cool. 9 rolls around an I say it’s time. She gets pissy but finally agrees. Friday I don’t want to work on the house at all. I go to work like normal. Oldest son goes with me since he’s out of school. She ends up getting our other son from daycare in the afternoon. She’s there all day “working”. We had plans to go see my dad. Laundry needs to be done and bags need to be packed. I tell her I’ll do it. I pick her up for dinner and then drop her off. She says she’ll leave in a little while and tells us she loves us. I wake up at 3:30am. She’s not there. Call her phone and get sent straight to voicemail twice. I wake my mom up and tell her I need her listen for the boys. I jump in the car and head straight for the house. Electricians tuck is there. I storm inside. All the lights are off. I hear stumbling in the dark. Find my wife trying to get up from the floor. She’s fully clothed. Electrician is in a different room and passed out. Also clothed. I come unglued. Smell her breath and immediately know she’s hammered. Huge fight ensues. She tells me she hates me and everything is my fault. Punches me in the face. I get her back to my mom’s and she passes out in the bed. I go through her phone. No signs of a physical affair but emotional for sure. I text the electrician to get his stuff out of the house and he’s done working for us text his wife and let her know how I found them. Pack up the car before she wakes up. Get the kids dressed and ready. Then I wake her up and tell her we’re leaving. Tell her I blew it all up and to have fun. Call her dad and tell him what’s going on and that I think she needs help. I tell him where I’m going with the boys. Last I heard he went and got her and took her back to Houston. I’m still at my dad’s. Have to drive into Houston tomorrow for my first CT scan post chemo and to meet with my oncologist. Happy times

I didn’t post my thoughts on the podcast in the previous post just because A). It was already a super long post and B). Because I wanted the post to just be about what Hall said so people could come to their own conclusions. So here is what I actually think from listening to the podcast.
Side note: The host openly admits at the top of the podcast that she initially disliked Hall after watching the show and believed that Hall was problematic with Tyler but that they eventually met and she got to know Hall and now her opinion on her has completely changed and they’re practically podcast besties! Also, the host is a horrendous interviewer.

1. Hall continues to push her narrative of how Tyler is not her her type and that when it comes to men she likes an Alpha. Someone with strong masculine energy and she often uses this as a means to talk down Tyler and to talk around whether or not she was attracted to him. And this might have held up if it wasn’t for the fact that throughout the podcast she talks about how she was bamboozled by Tyler and she never knew where she stood with him and that he kept her dangling on a line. If Hall really wasn’t into Tyler or wasn’t attracted to his energy, why waste 2 years of your life trying to figure out if maybe there was something there?
   
2. While Hall is a lot more forgiving towards Brittany Snow and her situation compared with how hostile she was during Season 3 press, it feels very much like it’s coming from a place of trying to mitigate the reaction she got because of how she reacted after the Call Her Daddy podcast.
   
3. Hall never takes accountability for her behaviour towards Tyler. About mid way through the podcast she tries to come across as empathic towards Brittany by saying that Brittany was valid in her feelings with regards to what happened in her marriage, yet while Hall does say she takes accountability for her actions, she doesn’t actually elaborate on what actions she’s holding herself accountable for and the host never queries her on it.
   
4. Hall “holding herself accountable” literally comes after she tosses Kayla and Polly under the proverbial bus when Hall is absolving herself of being labelled as the other woman.
   
5. There has never been any evidence of Brittany interacting with any of the cast or having any desire to and Hall claimed in a podcast after Season 1 dropped but before Tyler’s separation had been announced that she had met Brittany at an event with Tyler (which I think was in LA but I’m not 100% sure) and that they had said hello but they didn’t really hangout. Now she’s saying that they had a whole conversation at Tyler’s birthday. While this could be interpreted as Hall not wanting to spill the beans previously about the troubles in Tyler’s marriage prior to the announcement, it’s strange that she’s waited this long to offer that information up, especially when she was the one who told Brittany to speak from the chest.
   
6. Hall repeatedly talks about how she’s an empath and that she gives people a lot of grace and tries to reason that peoples misconception of her is based on the fact that she wears a lot of hats and she’s a boss woman. But considering this is all sprinkled around everything above, it’s hard to take that seriously. Especially since it seems Hall’s “I’m just a misunderstood single mom” attitude comes into play after she’s been called out for her behaviour or painted in a bad light.
   
7. Hall’s narrative surrounding Tyler should have been a bombshell, and probably could’ve been or is to people who haven’t been keeping up with the cast between seasons. But the fact that Hall is claiming she didn’t know about Tyler’s girlfriend when there was evidence of her existence on his public Instagram and in the tabloids from Jan 2023 onwards makes the whole point null and void.
   
8. A lot of what Hall brings up surrounding Tyler’s gf had been speculated on by Deux Moi. Several anonymous posts had claimed that Tyler had a gif for all of Season 2 and that he had been living with her. So the idea that Hall couldn’t have known and that it was that easy for Tyler to keep her in the dark doesn’t make sense. Especially when in the same podcast where Hall is claiming she knew nothing, Hall also claims that OC is a small place and word gets around.
   
9. Tyler’s girlfriend allegedly sent the text to a friend of Hall’s. So again we’re back to Hall not knowing but OC being such a small place that she and Tyler’s gf know people in common.
   
10. While it’s clear Tyler made a concerted effort to keep his reality tv life and his real life separate, it seems ridiculous to think that people who where with Tyler knew nothing about his secret relationship when Tyler wasn’t actively hiding it on social media. The man literally posted a story of himself with his girlfriend on a hike with a flaming heart emoji for Valentines Day and you mean to tell me that not even the office gossip Polly was aware of this? E! News literally posted about it!! And this was before the filmed the hot tub scene.
    
11. Everything she says about Tyler’s character feels like it was lifted straight out of the court of public opinion and Hall tries to pass it off as her suddenly having an epiphany.
    
12. It feels like Hall is trying to mirror Brittany Snows commentary where Brittany said that she overlooked a lot of things because she was in love, but with Hall it’s like she’s trying to claim she didn’t see a lot of things because Tyler was messing with her head so much by keeping her on a hook.
    

In conclusion, while Hall makes a decent effort of telling “her truth”, but if you aren’t inclined to believe her in general, you’re unlikely to be swayed by the podcast. It all felt very much like an image repair PR session. Gone is the Alex Hall who refused to apologise for her behaviour and called out Brittany Snow and in her place is a version of her that claims she was bamboozled by a man and is trying to be more sympathetic towards Brittany Snow.