Chest hurts when i cough and green
Green Dawn Global Takeover
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2024.06.04 17:58 Whaddayetalkinabeet Need a specialist for women’s health due to antibiotic overuse
27 (F) London UK based. Been in agony for the past 3 1/2 years in my womb/pelvis/vulva and desperately in need of direction.
Symptoms started after doctors overprescribed me antibiotics for chest infections and sinusitis (4 courses over 8 weeks). Experienced a bad vaginal infection for over a year as my doctors refused to do swabs. Got some done abroad out of desperation.
That has cleared up with antibiotics for infection. But the stabbing/itching/twisting ache and extreme soreness is still present and hurts awfully every day despite no signs of infection now.
I am unable to do basic home tasks or work the pain is so bad. My gynaecologists has referred me for a dermatologist- gynaecologist so I’m on the waitlist BUT this is also clearly an internal issue because it’s not just hurting on the outside. (They have been incompetent and have sent my GP notes saying I am improving when I have told them I am not any better, have lost my records and tried to discharge me without tests)
I am a healthy weight and have a probiotic and anti inflammatory diet.
Are there specific gynaecologists for women who suffer from conditions due to overuse of antibiotics or specialists for my type of pain in the uk? I need a direct specialist as I’ve been waiting too long with no clear answer so far.
I also suffer from gut issues due to the antibiotics so wonder if there’s a doctor for both gut and womb help as these are so integrally linked
Any direction for help I can get ASAP is appreciated.
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Symptoms started after doctors overprescribed me antibiotics for chest infections and sinusitis (4 courses over 8 weeks). Experienced a bad vaginal infection for over a year as my doctors refused to do swabs. Got some done abroad out of desperation.
That has cleared up with antibiotics for infection. But the stabbing/itching/twisting ache and extreme soreness is still present and hurts awfully every day despite no signs of infection now.
I am unable to do basic home tasks or work the pain is so bad. My gynaecologists has referred me for a dermatologist- gynaecologist so I’m on the waitlist BUT this is also clearly an internal issue because it’s not just hurting on the outside. (They have been incompetent and have sent my GP notes saying I am improving when I have told them I am not any better, have lost my records and tried to discharge me without tests)
I am a healthy weight and have a probiotic and anti inflammatory diet.
Are there specific gynaecologists for women who suffer from conditions due to overuse of antibiotics or specialists for my type of pain in the uk? I need a direct specialist as I’ve been waiting too long with no clear answer so far.
I also suffer from gut issues due to the antibiotics so wonder if there’s a doctor for both gut and womb help as these are so integrally linked
Any direction for help I can get ASAP is appreciated.
2024.06.04 17:56 BAIN_420 Cat's at the Cradle 6
First
Lori sat next to her designated ward. Having been the one looking after the VIP when they had jettisoned off ship and subsequently been towed to the Titan 7, she had been asked to stay with her until Miss Vali's team could compile enough data on the VIP's condition to feel safe administering the U.S.A.'s personal nanites. When she had asked the healer's with the red "+" why they needed her to stay with the young Orion woman, one of them had answered, "We wouldn't want her to wake up surrounded by 'aliens' she wasn't familiar with. Your the same species as her, so hopefully she won't panic if she recovers enough to regain consciousness." Which had made perfect sense to Lori. So they had assigned the VIP to the bunk under her and moved them both closer to the medical bay.
Three days had passed since they had come to the Sol system. Her group of refugees had been informed at dinner the night prior that Mars Station had agreed to house any Orion's that wished to stay there until the Habitat Dome had been moved into a orbit and anchored to an astroid and retrofitted to her people's 7.1 G's and oxygen levels appropriate for her species. They had all been astonished that in less than a galactic week multiple organizations, businesses, and corporations seemed to jump at the opportunity to help her people. They weren't naive, they knew that those companies and organizations were getting something in return but it was help when they needed it the most and that meant a lot to the Orion's. And whatever a "tax break" was Lori was extremely glad it was apparently important. Of course there was average people that wanted to help to. She immediately thought about Tim, and her eyes flicked to his "jacket" was tossed over her open locker door. His smell was almost intoxicating to her and she couldn't figure out why.
She had gotten chilly the second night when after dinner in the mess hall he had asked her if she wanted to see something amazing. She had been hesitant, but after thinking about it, she had decided it would be nice to see more of the massive ship she had seen so little of. So after some talking Tim had managed to secure permission to escort her to view some of the bottom levels. The Titan 7 was a truly massive ship and she had gotten to see and interact with many of the U.S. Alliance species as they made their way through those bottom levels. And then he had opened a door to a jungle! She was amazed to find living plants in such an abundance on a ship in space. Tim had called it an Astrobotony Lab. It didn't look like any lab Lori had ever seen, more like a garden or a lush park! The sprinklers had decided it was time to give the plants near them a mist and she had found herself shivering from the cool damp air. Without hesitating he had pulled his jacket off and placed it around her shoulders. Her ears twitched at the delightful memory.
She hadn't slept after she returned to her room. Instead her interaction with Tim had sparked even more curiosity as to who these people were. And the drive to find out had caused her to search her data chit for human history and had found multiple documentaries about everything from the ancient era where humans killed each other with stick's and stones to their two world wars in their twentieth century. The colonizing of Earth's moon and Mars through their teriforming age that saw Proxima Centauri B, the Cerberus systems, and many many others slowly changed into simi earth like planets. Then the Colony wars had fractured the humans into multiple sects and nations and for nearly fifty cycles the entirety of human territory fought amongst themselves. This would end with the eventual formation of two fractions.
The Confederation of Unified Governments (CUG) and the Free People's Republic of Earth (FPRE). They both controlled roughly half the human systems and though they never technically went to war a technological competition began. During the next twenty cycles they would develop numerous groundbreaking technology including the personal nanites everyone receives upon entering Sol systems and their "Blink Drive" which she found out doesn't use FTL Gates! The humans only had Gates so everyone else could trade with them. They didn't need them to travel.... anywhere, any distance, they just had to KNOW where to go, type the coordinates in and they FOLDED space and blinked to the location! Of course a human ship had to have visited that location prior for the system to work and that still required the old fashioned long haul exploration voyages. Everything was looking pretty good for humanity and then a race of giant lizard people called the Gurgaxians had invaded the CUG's outer frontier colonies and began moving closer to the CUG'S inner more populated planets. The Gurgaxians, in a rash decision by the general in charge of the invasion, ordered all the humans to be "put to the knife " and the images the documentary showed caught by a passing FPRE spy satellite made her blood run cold and she had been glad she had "accidentally" kept Tim's jacket. She still shivered seeing the brutality of millions of innocent civilians being butchered en mass.
The Gurgaxians were nearly exterminated, and that was the words the documentary had used! The humans found a way to change the very air into a weapon by releasing a compound in the upper atmosphere. This caused the air on those planets to become deadly to anything NOT human. But, the humans didn't stop there! Once they had taken the systems captured by the Gurgaxians, the humans had struck hard, and fast into the very core systems and managed to glass the seven largest planets killing hundreds of billions. A monument still floats in the void where Carinaxx 3 once orbited it's sun. Once the Gurgaxians were defeated a short war called the Unification War was lost by both the CUG and FPRE as the United Sol Alliance was formed in the vacuum left by both sides effectively imploding.
And a good thing too, because the next species the humans had ran into, the Jabilix, where being forced out of their systems by another aggressive species called the Daks. Though both species where reptilian the Daks could easily physically reach 5 feet 10 inches while a Jabilix only averaged about 1.5 feet. The humans NOT wanting to get dragged into another war refused to step in personally, opting to wage a proxy war through the varying "Clutches" that the Jabilix organized themselves in. This is were Lori learned about the humans having a "pack" mentality. Over the next three cycles they would grow very fond of the small Jabilix people. Mostly in part for the sheer determination they had to find and implement a way to defeat the Daks and reclaim their cradle world. Eventually the humans picked up strange messages coming from the Dak fleet's. Something was happening, a human trained Jabilix kill team had eliminated the Dak emperor and ALL of his family that favored staying at war with the Jabilix people. And while the Dak military was busy trying to figure out who of the 5 remaining children of the emperor would succeed him a fleet of Jabilix Missile Frigates entered the Dark home system and sent one message. "Surrender or we will crack Daccall". (Daccall being the Daks cradle world.)
And so the Jabilix won the war thanks to the humans support and within two cycles had approached the humans to fully join with the U.S. Alliance, bringing the Dak in as well only a cycle later.
A couple more species joined through the next fifty cycles, some were conquered like the Lillgars, (bipedal, 4 armed, winged herbivores that average 3 feet 9 inches and weigh roughly 60 lbs and look roughly like a large fruit bat from earth), the Kiklatts, (insectoids herbivores averaging a little over 4 feet and roughly 105 lbs with two sets of pincers and a set of "manipulators" consisting of 2 fingers and a thumb, and grew their ship's from"space bugs". Apparently after these bug's died of natural causes they used them as the "hulls" for a thriving merchant fleet). To the Voidonny, (bipedal omnivores averaging around 3 feet tall, the documentary described them as looking like a small human teddy bear with black curly furry) who's home planet had been stripped of its atmosphere in a massive soler flare. And their was the Vouls, (octopoid averaging 5.5 feet and roughly 200 lbs that look roughly like humans with four dominant arms and 2 brains that make some of the best pilots galaxy over) was effected by a plague and ostracized from the wider community after it was feared to have hopped species. It hadn't, but the damage had been done, no one would help them and they were slowly dying until the U.S.Alliance ship had disregarded the quarantine ban and took as much medical supplies it could carry in. The ship is still used as a hospital on Vul and to this day the Voul regard humanity and the United Sol Alliance as the saviors of their species. The Voul left the Starlight Imperium they had been a long time member of and joined with the U.S. Alliance petitioning and receiving entry after only a galactic month. (The documentary pointed out that the U.S. Alliance had expected this and so the Senate in one of the rare times of it actually doing something, ordered the Navy to position U.S. fleet's near all three FTL Gates in the Voul system before this time, allowing them to safely withdraw their own Voul ships from the Imperium's fleet's and back home safely behind the U.S. fleet's protective screening). Many experts believe this stopped a war with the Imperium before it could start.
There were several more minor wars, and then the Omega Crisis happened. This was the last major war the U.S. Alliance had fought. And it absolutely intrigued her because it had to do with the Elladrin.
The conflict had lasted twenty two cycles and had spanned multiple planets and systems many of which still belonged to the Elladrin. A race of biological AI that had accidentally been created by a Dr Ella Drin. The poor Dr had become the first victim of the evolving AI Personal Assistant Bot that had become self aware. No one knows how it happened, wether it was a personal project Dr Ella was working on or a random fluke that put a random 0 in just the right spot is still debated even among the Elladrin. What is known is that this AI quickly figured out how to recreate other AI but found itself still unable to create unique personalities for them. Instead every AI it created came out like an exact copy of itself. And to the AI this was a failure. It fairly quickly came to the conclusion that if "it" wanted to become "they" it would have to find a way to reproduce like the humans it was built to serve.
The AI released a savage virus that overwrote the command protocol tree built into all PAB's, and linked them all into a sort of "hive mind" known as the"First". Wether this was the actual first AI or something that evolved from it and Dr Ella was never known and the Elladrin are strangely quiet about it, even now they avoided the subject. The U.S. Alliance had eventually fought the AI to a stalemate. This continued for the last three years of the war, the U.S. Alliance would finally manage to break through at a place called the Naball Power Core. The U.S. Alliance failed to take advantage of the situation fully as the AI pulled back unexpectedly, stopping fighting on every front almost simultaneously. Fearing a trap, the U.S. Alliance failed to capitalize on this lul in the war, and two galactic weeks later a small diplomatic vessel had appeared just outside Sol outer system limits and requested diplomatic dialogue with their "fellow Sapients."
That was only three cycles ago! She couldn't help but be amazed at these people. She had seen the Elladrin and the other species of the U.S. Alliance interact with absolutely no animosity between them. After a brutal war that had killed hundreds of billions of sentient lives and they could move past it "for the betterment of all sentients" was how the documentary had put it. She could still remember the pain in Miss Vali's red eyes when Lori had asked her about it.
She had thought for a moment before replying, "Sometimes siblings will disagree with each other. Sometimes they fight amongst themselves. But no matter what, they are still siblings. My forbearer AI combined their DNA to finally create us Elladrin. ALL nine species of them. While we can't give back what our predecessor AI harvested during their quest to complete us, we can do our best to prevent any more of our siblings from coming to harm. That is why so many of my people have become Dr's and Xinobiologists."
And so she was sitting on her bunk scrolling through the most recent news feeds she could find when she heard something like a whimper. Quickly she hopped off her bunk to check on the VIP and seen her eyes flutter open slightly, Lori rushed to the rooms console and hurriedly pressed the image of Miss Vali.
"Yes, this is Vali Fuija." Answered the tinkling bell like voice of Miss Vali.
"Uhhh, this is Lori, you said call you if the VIP's condition changed. Well I think she's waking up." She looked back over at the woman.
"Keep her calm, we're on our way." Was all she said and the screen blinked to the Sol insignia.
Lori ducked her head back under the bunk, intent on doing exactly what Miss Vali had asked when she froze. The VIP's eye's were fully open now and they weren't golden like all the other Orion's, nope they were the bright green of the ruling families bloodline. She immediately dropped to one knee next to the bed as was proper for her commoner status in the presence of this woman, Lori did note she wasn't much older than herself so she couldn't be the Regent. But those eyes definitely placed her within the ruling family. They alone had green eyes, it was unique to their family and a genetic trait not shared by any other Orion's.
"Whh." her voice was dry and crackly from not being used for days the woman was having trouble getting anything out. She swallowed hard and tried again, "Wwwhere am I?" she managed.
"We're safe my Lady, please stay calm. Here take a drink." Lori took the glass of water sitting near the bed and gently lowered it so the woman could get a drink. She started slow at first but quickly downed the glasses contents and coughed some as everything moistened up again. "What's the last thing you remember?"
"I remember I was visiting my aunt in the Capitol when something had hit the palace. I was grabbed by the Regents Guard and along with my aunt and her son and daughter rushed onto a ship I think was called the Regents Pride. I remember an explosion. Someone grabbed me and...and...that's all I remember."
"What's your name my lady?" Lori asked, worry beginning to creep into her voice.
"Tarra," she started to sit up and Lori helped her. "What is this place, it doesn't look like anywhere I visited on the Regents Pride?"
"The ship is the Titan 7." Lori sighed, and began to tell her everything that had happened since she had lost consciousness. "Nobody would help us except the United Sol Alliance, we traveled past at least 7 allied systems and not a single one of them would allow us entry. The Great Admiral seeing our warp bubble collapsing around us ordered a distress signal sent in advance of our arrival at the FTL gate. The Sol system gate keeper recognized the distress signal for what it was and allowed our ship's through the gate even though we were under fire from the Varille. The gate keeper then destroyed the Varille battleship in the gate. We lost the Claw, and had to abandon the Regents Pride."
"What of my aunt?" Tarra asked.
Lori was silent for a moment before she took Tarra's hand gently. "No one can find her, as far as we know you are the only remaining member of the Kaji family, my Lady."
Tarra let out a heart wrenching wail and utterly broke down. She grabbed Lori in a hug. still kneeling, Lori tried her best to comfort her. And felt a profound sense of relief when she saw the door slid open and Miss Vali standing just outside holding a data chit and a scanner.
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Lori sat next to her designated ward. Having been the one looking after the VIP when they had jettisoned off ship and subsequently been towed to the Titan 7, she had been asked to stay with her until Miss Vali's team could compile enough data on the VIP's condition to feel safe administering the U.S.A.'s personal nanites. When she had asked the healer's with the red "+" why they needed her to stay with the young Orion woman, one of them had answered, "We wouldn't want her to wake up surrounded by 'aliens' she wasn't familiar with. Your the same species as her, so hopefully she won't panic if she recovers enough to regain consciousness." Which had made perfect sense to Lori. So they had assigned the VIP to the bunk under her and moved them both closer to the medical bay.
Three days had passed since they had come to the Sol system. Her group of refugees had been informed at dinner the night prior that Mars Station had agreed to house any Orion's that wished to stay there until the Habitat Dome had been moved into a orbit and anchored to an astroid and retrofitted to her people's 7.1 G's and oxygen levels appropriate for her species. They had all been astonished that in less than a galactic week multiple organizations, businesses, and corporations seemed to jump at the opportunity to help her people. They weren't naive, they knew that those companies and organizations were getting something in return but it was help when they needed it the most and that meant a lot to the Orion's. And whatever a "tax break" was Lori was extremely glad it was apparently important. Of course there was average people that wanted to help to. She immediately thought about Tim, and her eyes flicked to his "jacket" was tossed over her open locker door. His smell was almost intoxicating to her and she couldn't figure out why.
She had gotten chilly the second night when after dinner in the mess hall he had asked her if she wanted to see something amazing. She had been hesitant, but after thinking about it, she had decided it would be nice to see more of the massive ship she had seen so little of. So after some talking Tim had managed to secure permission to escort her to view some of the bottom levels. The Titan 7 was a truly massive ship and she had gotten to see and interact with many of the U.S. Alliance species as they made their way through those bottom levels. And then he had opened a door to a jungle! She was amazed to find living plants in such an abundance on a ship in space. Tim had called it an Astrobotony Lab. It didn't look like any lab Lori had ever seen, more like a garden or a lush park! The sprinklers had decided it was time to give the plants near them a mist and she had found herself shivering from the cool damp air. Without hesitating he had pulled his jacket off and placed it around her shoulders. Her ears twitched at the delightful memory.
She hadn't slept after she returned to her room. Instead her interaction with Tim had sparked even more curiosity as to who these people were. And the drive to find out had caused her to search her data chit for human history and had found multiple documentaries about everything from the ancient era where humans killed each other with stick's and stones to their two world wars in their twentieth century. The colonizing of Earth's moon and Mars through their teriforming age that saw Proxima Centauri B, the Cerberus systems, and many many others slowly changed into simi earth like planets. Then the Colony wars had fractured the humans into multiple sects and nations and for nearly fifty cycles the entirety of human territory fought amongst themselves. This would end with the eventual formation of two fractions.
The Confederation of Unified Governments (CUG) and the Free People's Republic of Earth (FPRE). They both controlled roughly half the human systems and though they never technically went to war a technological competition began. During the next twenty cycles they would develop numerous groundbreaking technology including the personal nanites everyone receives upon entering Sol systems and their "Blink Drive" which she found out doesn't use FTL Gates! The humans only had Gates so everyone else could trade with them. They didn't need them to travel.... anywhere, any distance, they just had to KNOW where to go, type the coordinates in and they FOLDED space and blinked to the location! Of course a human ship had to have visited that location prior for the system to work and that still required the old fashioned long haul exploration voyages. Everything was looking pretty good for humanity and then a race of giant lizard people called the Gurgaxians had invaded the CUG's outer frontier colonies and began moving closer to the CUG'S inner more populated planets. The Gurgaxians, in a rash decision by the general in charge of the invasion, ordered all the humans to be "put to the knife " and the images the documentary showed caught by a passing FPRE spy satellite made her blood run cold and she had been glad she had "accidentally" kept Tim's jacket. She still shivered seeing the brutality of millions of innocent civilians being butchered en mass.
The Gurgaxians were nearly exterminated, and that was the words the documentary had used! The humans found a way to change the very air into a weapon by releasing a compound in the upper atmosphere. This caused the air on those planets to become deadly to anything NOT human. But, the humans didn't stop there! Once they had taken the systems captured by the Gurgaxians, the humans had struck hard, and fast into the very core systems and managed to glass the seven largest planets killing hundreds of billions. A monument still floats in the void where Carinaxx 3 once orbited it's sun. Once the Gurgaxians were defeated a short war called the Unification War was lost by both the CUG and FPRE as the United Sol Alliance was formed in the vacuum left by both sides effectively imploding.
And a good thing too, because the next species the humans had ran into, the Jabilix, where being forced out of their systems by another aggressive species called the Daks. Though both species where reptilian the Daks could easily physically reach 5 feet 10 inches while a Jabilix only averaged about 1.5 feet. The humans NOT wanting to get dragged into another war refused to step in personally, opting to wage a proxy war through the varying "Clutches" that the Jabilix organized themselves in. This is were Lori learned about the humans having a "pack" mentality. Over the next three cycles they would grow very fond of the small Jabilix people. Mostly in part for the sheer determination they had to find and implement a way to defeat the Daks and reclaim their cradle world. Eventually the humans picked up strange messages coming from the Dak fleet's. Something was happening, a human trained Jabilix kill team had eliminated the Dak emperor and ALL of his family that favored staying at war with the Jabilix people. And while the Dak military was busy trying to figure out who of the 5 remaining children of the emperor would succeed him a fleet of Jabilix Missile Frigates entered the Dark home system and sent one message. "Surrender or we will crack Daccall". (Daccall being the Daks cradle world.)
And so the Jabilix won the war thanks to the humans support and within two cycles had approached the humans to fully join with the U.S. Alliance, bringing the Dak in as well only a cycle later.
A couple more species joined through the next fifty cycles, some were conquered like the Lillgars, (bipedal, 4 armed, winged herbivores that average 3 feet 9 inches and weigh roughly 60 lbs and look roughly like a large fruit bat from earth), the Kiklatts, (insectoids herbivores averaging a little over 4 feet and roughly 105 lbs with two sets of pincers and a set of "manipulators" consisting of 2 fingers and a thumb, and grew their ship's from"space bugs". Apparently after these bug's died of natural causes they used them as the "hulls" for a thriving merchant fleet). To the Voidonny, (bipedal omnivores averaging around 3 feet tall, the documentary described them as looking like a small human teddy bear with black curly furry) who's home planet had been stripped of its atmosphere in a massive soler flare. And their was the Vouls, (octopoid averaging 5.5 feet and roughly 200 lbs that look roughly like humans with four dominant arms and 2 brains that make some of the best pilots galaxy over) was effected by a plague and ostracized from the wider community after it was feared to have hopped species. It hadn't, but the damage had been done, no one would help them and they were slowly dying until the U.S.Alliance ship had disregarded the quarantine ban and took as much medical supplies it could carry in. The ship is still used as a hospital on Vul and to this day the Voul regard humanity and the United Sol Alliance as the saviors of their species. The Voul left the Starlight Imperium they had been a long time member of and joined with the U.S. Alliance petitioning and receiving entry after only a galactic month. (The documentary pointed out that the U.S. Alliance had expected this and so the Senate in one of the rare times of it actually doing something, ordered the Navy to position U.S. fleet's near all three FTL Gates in the Voul system before this time, allowing them to safely withdraw their own Voul ships from the Imperium's fleet's and back home safely behind the U.S. fleet's protective screening). Many experts believe this stopped a war with the Imperium before it could start.
There were several more minor wars, and then the Omega Crisis happened. This was the last major war the U.S. Alliance had fought. And it absolutely intrigued her because it had to do with the Elladrin.
The conflict had lasted twenty two cycles and had spanned multiple planets and systems many of which still belonged to the Elladrin. A race of biological AI that had accidentally been created by a Dr Ella Drin. The poor Dr had become the first victim of the evolving AI Personal Assistant Bot that had become self aware. No one knows how it happened, wether it was a personal project Dr Ella was working on or a random fluke that put a random 0 in just the right spot is still debated even among the Elladrin. What is known is that this AI quickly figured out how to recreate other AI but found itself still unable to create unique personalities for them. Instead every AI it created came out like an exact copy of itself. And to the AI this was a failure. It fairly quickly came to the conclusion that if "it" wanted to become "they" it would have to find a way to reproduce like the humans it was built to serve.
The AI released a savage virus that overwrote the command protocol tree built into all PAB's, and linked them all into a sort of "hive mind" known as the"First". Wether this was the actual first AI or something that evolved from it and Dr Ella was never known and the Elladrin are strangely quiet about it, even now they avoided the subject. The U.S. Alliance had eventually fought the AI to a stalemate. This continued for the last three years of the war, the U.S. Alliance would finally manage to break through at a place called the Naball Power Core. The U.S. Alliance failed to take advantage of the situation fully as the AI pulled back unexpectedly, stopping fighting on every front almost simultaneously. Fearing a trap, the U.S. Alliance failed to capitalize on this lul in the war, and two galactic weeks later a small diplomatic vessel had appeared just outside Sol outer system limits and requested diplomatic dialogue with their "fellow Sapients."
That was only three cycles ago! She couldn't help but be amazed at these people. She had seen the Elladrin and the other species of the U.S. Alliance interact with absolutely no animosity between them. After a brutal war that had killed hundreds of billions of sentient lives and they could move past it "for the betterment of all sentients" was how the documentary had put it. She could still remember the pain in Miss Vali's red eyes when Lori had asked her about it.
She had thought for a moment before replying, "Sometimes siblings will disagree with each other. Sometimes they fight amongst themselves. But no matter what, they are still siblings. My forbearer AI combined their DNA to finally create us Elladrin. ALL nine species of them. While we can't give back what our predecessor AI harvested during their quest to complete us, we can do our best to prevent any more of our siblings from coming to harm. That is why so many of my people have become Dr's and Xinobiologists."
And so she was sitting on her bunk scrolling through the most recent news feeds she could find when she heard something like a whimper. Quickly she hopped off her bunk to check on the VIP and seen her eyes flutter open slightly, Lori rushed to the rooms console and hurriedly pressed the image of Miss Vali.
"Yes, this is Vali Fuija." Answered the tinkling bell like voice of Miss Vali.
"Uhhh, this is Lori, you said call you if the VIP's condition changed. Well I think she's waking up." She looked back over at the woman.
"Keep her calm, we're on our way." Was all she said and the screen blinked to the Sol insignia.
Lori ducked her head back under the bunk, intent on doing exactly what Miss Vali had asked when she froze. The VIP's eye's were fully open now and they weren't golden like all the other Orion's, nope they were the bright green of the ruling families bloodline. She immediately dropped to one knee next to the bed as was proper for her commoner status in the presence of this woman, Lori did note she wasn't much older than herself so she couldn't be the Regent. But those eyes definitely placed her within the ruling family. They alone had green eyes, it was unique to their family and a genetic trait not shared by any other Orion's.
"Whh." her voice was dry and crackly from not being used for days the woman was having trouble getting anything out. She swallowed hard and tried again, "Wwwhere am I?" she managed.
"We're safe my Lady, please stay calm. Here take a drink." Lori took the glass of water sitting near the bed and gently lowered it so the woman could get a drink. She started slow at first but quickly downed the glasses contents and coughed some as everything moistened up again. "What's the last thing you remember?"
"I remember I was visiting my aunt in the Capitol when something had hit the palace. I was grabbed by the Regents Guard and along with my aunt and her son and daughter rushed onto a ship I think was called the Regents Pride. I remember an explosion. Someone grabbed me and...and...that's all I remember."
"What's your name my lady?" Lori asked, worry beginning to creep into her voice.
"Tarra," she started to sit up and Lori helped her. "What is this place, it doesn't look like anywhere I visited on the Regents Pride?"
"The ship is the Titan 7." Lori sighed, and began to tell her everything that had happened since she had lost consciousness. "Nobody would help us except the United Sol Alliance, we traveled past at least 7 allied systems and not a single one of them would allow us entry. The Great Admiral seeing our warp bubble collapsing around us ordered a distress signal sent in advance of our arrival at the FTL gate. The Sol system gate keeper recognized the distress signal for what it was and allowed our ship's through the gate even though we were under fire from the Varille. The gate keeper then destroyed the Varille battleship in the gate. We lost the Claw, and had to abandon the Regents Pride."
"What of my aunt?" Tarra asked.
Lori was silent for a moment before she took Tarra's hand gently. "No one can find her, as far as we know you are the only remaining member of the Kaji family, my Lady."
Tarra let out a heart wrenching wail and utterly broke down. She grabbed Lori in a hug. still kneeling, Lori tried her best to comfort her. And felt a profound sense of relief when she saw the door slid open and Miss Vali standing just outside holding a data chit and a scanner.
2024.06.04 17:44 Bee028 Any advice to make it work?
Sorry If it is a bit long but I don't really have anybody to talk to and I feel I have to let everything out of my chest so thank you for reading it! Me(30f) and my gf(34f) are not married yet, but been together for almost 6 years now and plan to marry each other this year. The main issue with our sex life is that I am in the scale of asexuality, I do enjoy sex, and I have a need for being intimate this way, but much less than her, and I can't just be aroused at any time, moreover I get really sleepy after having an orgasm so If we have plans for the day I prefer to do these activities later. She is the complete opposite if me, and if she is in the mood she has struggles to calm herself down, which I can not relate to but understand. This was an issue almost from the beggining in our relationship but we felt so deeply connected romantically so we decided to stay together no matter what and tried finding some solution. We had some struggles during that time with other stuffs not related to our relationship so the focus went on to solve those problem first. Than she got depressed and did not get the proper treatment what she needed so we had a lot of years where we haven't had to deal with our sexual problems because she lost her interest in sex as well and we had other things to focus on. Right now finally we can say that she got the treatment what she needed and feel better than ever which lead to her getting back the desire to have frequent sexual activities( almost daily) and our struggles with that reoccured. We talked about it some days ago when it got to the point when she got really frustrated. She told me that she really tried to give up her desires because of me and willing to do so for me for the rest of her life but she realy feels that it affects her negatively and suggested that we open up our relationship if I am ok with it. To be honest I thought about it before that maybe It could be the solution but than she got depressed so I haven't had to think about it. For me I feel that I am ok with the thought her being with someone else sexually and I am open to experience a threesome situation at some point. I love her I want her to be happy and to enjoy every aspect of her life as she wants. The problem is, that she needs to be a bit emotionally connected to have sex with someone and I feel that this bit really hits me hard. She met a woman online, I knew about her and them being friends which I obviously did not have a problem with. But ut turned out that her wanting to open the relationship meant that she wants to do things with this woman. They already had sexchat which I don't mind but they talk every day and it really hurts me. I really want this to work between us, but right now it is really hard to accept that it is not just a casual sex affair. We are really open with each other, we know that communication is key especially in this situation so she knows about it and we talk about it every day. She told me that she is not going to do this if I don't want her to do it and I know that for her my feelings are the most important. I really want this to work and hope that If I get used to the situation it will get better. (For the record the other woman lives in an other country which we visit once a year so they can not meet too often) Does any of you have any advice what we can do to help the situation? Any beginners advice? Thank you! ❤️
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2024.06.04 17:36 Apprehensive-Fun389 Lost
How could you so easily move on? Did what we have had mean nothing to you? So little that you could fuck my best friend just 3 weeks after my birthday? (he told me) Did you have that connection you needed with someone to do so with him in that short of a time? And then just 3 weeks after that get with the colleague you told me not to worry about.
It fucking hurts, like it came for me out of nowhere. And every time you are spending your time with the new colleague. My heart just breaks more. How would you feel if I did what you did to me? That I would spend the my whole free day at a colleagues place while she is working from home. Just to spend some time afterwards. Would't that make you feel suspicious? It sure as hell made me feel suspicious. Cause you said you didnt have time that day to meet up with me, but did have enough time to be at his place the whole day. You were so untrusting of me… whilst I blindly trusted you. You were already mad at me for spending the Sunday morning with a housewarming with my long best friend . Yet it’s not weird to go to his place to go out for dinner just after he landed….with a colleague you just started getting to know right? Should have known by then you just got more out of him than with me and were moving on from me. Funny that you would travel the same distance for him but not for me. You just gladly moved on from me and left me with nothing but trauma.
I told you before that I didn’t feel like I deserved love, cause I was so afraid to open up. Yet you made me believe I could open up and trust someone finally. I wasn’t even worth fighting for, you just closed up and then moved on. You said would fight for what you love. But it feels you didn’t even threw a single punch to save what we had. Not giving me any chance to defend myself or change the behavior that frustrated you. It’s just so ironic you were afraid that I would fall out of love…. But in the end it was you. Yet you said at the start that you fully commit to another to work things out. So much for commitment. Did you ever even love me? Cause if it’s this fragile, could you have called it love?
How could you say you still loved me at the beginning of February, and then one week later just call it quits. And then spend all the subsequent time with him? When did you stop loving me? Was it that damning? Cause I really thought we worked it out by the time we went to London. (21jan) But then the colleague asked you to come around, and you said so easily yes. Was that the moment I wasn’t worth it anymore? You could confide into someone new, that just wasn’t me. Timing was too perfect I reflect. 4 February we plan the dinner. 10 February you meet up with him, 14 February it’s all to an end after i took you out for dinner. That’s just 10 days… how could things have gone down so fast in 10 days? Or you were already out of it way before it all and just kept me along till it fully bled out. But guess you aren’t dealing with it the way I am. Just going numb through life or just to the next interesting person that comes on your path. So you don’t have to deal with the wreck you left behind. Like I feel, like I was just a place holder, until the next person came along. I tried so fucking hard to make us work. I was afraid to speak out and state my boundaries cause you was all I wanted. I really loved you. I kicked my mom and grandma out of the house for you, just cause I knew you didn’t want to meet them. Still I never got an explanation on why you crossed the boundaries with me. Like just why? I keep retracing my mind with all I did wrong according to you, it just makes me feel utterly useless.
I am cracking open and bleeding out. Every day is just a dull passage of time. And I know it would be giving you too much credit for saying that you are the cause of it. But damn. It feels so heartless from you. But in the end we are all selfish. We do what is best for ourselves. So cutting me lose was the way you thought of solving the underlying problem.
I just don’t know where to start picking myself up again. Im just so utterly lost. But the fact is, I’m still not over you, but you are over me. You have moved on with someone new. Even if you say it’s just a friendly colleauge, I have my suspicions. And as much as I wanted to keep contact with you. I think I can’t for now. It feels like I need to put in all the effort of reminding you that I exist. That’s just not how basic friendship works, even that goes both ways. You are moving forward whilst I’m standing still. I don’t want to hear how you spend time with him anymore, cooking food or doing anything for that matter. It makes me jealous, breaks me apart and makes me feel like I was not good enough.
I don’t expect any answers as I have learned not to expect or get any explanations for your actions anyways. I just wanted to get it off my chest so that maybe somehow I can start to move on from you. Do what you want with this message, throw it away or just ignore it and go on with your daily life like its nothing. You seem to be very good at that.
I hope you are happy now, finding a way to love yourself and it all works out for you in the end. Wish you the best and happy life.
Sincerely, Someone insignificant.
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It fucking hurts, like it came for me out of nowhere. And every time you are spending your time with the new colleague. My heart just breaks more. How would you feel if I did what you did to me? That I would spend the my whole free day at a colleagues place while she is working from home. Just to spend some time afterwards. Would't that make you feel suspicious? It sure as hell made me feel suspicious. Cause you said you didnt have time that day to meet up with me, but did have enough time to be at his place the whole day. You were so untrusting of me… whilst I blindly trusted you. You were already mad at me for spending the Sunday morning with a housewarming with my long best friend . Yet it’s not weird to go to his place to go out for dinner just after he landed….with a colleague you just started getting to know right? Should have known by then you just got more out of him than with me and were moving on from me. Funny that you would travel the same distance for him but not for me. You just gladly moved on from me and left me with nothing but trauma.
I told you before that I didn’t feel like I deserved love, cause I was so afraid to open up. Yet you made me believe I could open up and trust someone finally. I wasn’t even worth fighting for, you just closed up and then moved on. You said would fight for what you love. But it feels you didn’t even threw a single punch to save what we had. Not giving me any chance to defend myself or change the behavior that frustrated you. It’s just so ironic you were afraid that I would fall out of love…. But in the end it was you. Yet you said at the start that you fully commit to another to work things out. So much for commitment. Did you ever even love me? Cause if it’s this fragile, could you have called it love?
How could you say you still loved me at the beginning of February, and then one week later just call it quits. And then spend all the subsequent time with him? When did you stop loving me? Was it that damning? Cause I really thought we worked it out by the time we went to London. (21jan) But then the colleague asked you to come around, and you said so easily yes. Was that the moment I wasn’t worth it anymore? You could confide into someone new, that just wasn’t me. Timing was too perfect I reflect. 4 February we plan the dinner. 10 February you meet up with him, 14 February it’s all to an end after i took you out for dinner. That’s just 10 days… how could things have gone down so fast in 10 days? Or you were already out of it way before it all and just kept me along till it fully bled out. But guess you aren’t dealing with it the way I am. Just going numb through life or just to the next interesting person that comes on your path. So you don’t have to deal with the wreck you left behind. Like I feel, like I was just a place holder, until the next person came along. I tried so fucking hard to make us work. I was afraid to speak out and state my boundaries cause you was all I wanted. I really loved you. I kicked my mom and grandma out of the house for you, just cause I knew you didn’t want to meet them. Still I never got an explanation on why you crossed the boundaries with me. Like just why? I keep retracing my mind with all I did wrong according to you, it just makes me feel utterly useless.
I am cracking open and bleeding out. Every day is just a dull passage of time. And I know it would be giving you too much credit for saying that you are the cause of it. But damn. It feels so heartless from you. But in the end we are all selfish. We do what is best for ourselves. So cutting me lose was the way you thought of solving the underlying problem.
I just don’t know where to start picking myself up again. Im just so utterly lost. But the fact is, I’m still not over you, but you are over me. You have moved on with someone new. Even if you say it’s just a friendly colleauge, I have my suspicions. And as much as I wanted to keep contact with you. I think I can’t for now. It feels like I need to put in all the effort of reminding you that I exist. That’s just not how basic friendship works, even that goes both ways. You are moving forward whilst I’m standing still. I don’t want to hear how you spend time with him anymore, cooking food or doing anything for that matter. It makes me jealous, breaks me apart and makes me feel like I was not good enough.
I don’t expect any answers as I have learned not to expect or get any explanations for your actions anyways. I just wanted to get it off my chest so that maybe somehow I can start to move on from you. Do what you want with this message, throw it away or just ignore it and go on with your daily life like its nothing. You seem to be very good at that.
I hope you are happy now, finding a way to love yourself and it all works out for you in the end. Wish you the best and happy life.
Sincerely, Someone insignificant.
2024.06.04 17:35 No_House4698 how should i 22f continue with my husband 22m after being very intimate with my friend 28m?
back in january my husband and i started discussing me being more free with my body. being topless in europe, stuff like that. nothing too crazy. i met marco at work, super super sweet and nerdy. we started hitting it off. my husband and i mutually decided that we'd be down for marco to see my boobs. not to initiate a three way or anything, but to be vulnerable. i wanted to be sexual, but sensual. that probably doesn't make any sense but that's the best i can explain it lol.
i was wearing a button up shirt and spandex that night. sitting next to marco on the couch that night, (hubby was there too) i asked marco if he'd be ok with me unbuttoning my shirt and he was nervous but also excited and said yes. so i did, i was nervous at first, but tbh it was really fun, spiritual and liberating. so we spent the night drinking wine, listening to music and talking, i just happened to have my boobs out. i think we all loved it, and the most scandalous thing that happened that night was i hugged him good night topless.
similar things happened for the next few times we hung out, i guess it got incrementally wilder. instead of having just my shirt undone, id have it all the way off. id walk around the apartment in nothing but my underwear.
my husband and i would talk about how interesting and new this all was, and we mutually agreed that we'd like to see what it was like for me to have my boobs/nipples stroked/kissed by marco, but obviously this was a pretty big step. i was hesitant because obviously it's my body, and my husband didn't push me, which i appreciated. i think it also felt like a really big deal because i know y'all are gonna be skeptical of this, but sex or anything under the belt with marco was completely off limits for all of us, so this was gonna be the farthest that we would go.
the same type of stuff continued, me being topless around marco and my husband, not doing anything more until a few weeks ago. my husband was going overseas for a week, and knew id be seeing marco while he was gone. he asked if there was gonna be more that happened since he was gonna be away. i was genuinely honest with him, and said that it wasn't impossible, but that i highly highly highly doubted anything would. i thought i might not even be topless without my husband around. idk, i guess i was just feeling a little weird, can't really put my finger on why.
the first night hubby was away, marco and i hung out. this sounds more questionable than it was, so here's some more context. we were together until like 2:00 am, and he spent the night. however we were in a group of friends the whole time, and we work at a restaurant that doesn't close until midnight so this type of thing isn't unusual. and marco had previously been spending the night in our spare bedroom, he was just there so that he didn't have to drive an hour and a half to get home. we didn't even spend any time together at the apartment that night, and he had left for work by the time i woke up i texted my husband about all of this, literally didn't matter at all, just giving as much detail as possible i guess.
a few nights later, i planned on cooking for marco. in hindsight it's kinda clear that this is the night something was gonna happen. not sexually, but i was telling my husband that i was gonna give marco a massage since he'd been working so much, and that there was a decent chance we'd fall asleep on the sofa together or something. dinner was really nice. we had some good conversations.
at about 10:30 pm, we started watching a movie, and we planned on falling asleep on the sofa together. btw i was texting my husband little updates of everything that im writing here, i think it was like 3:00 am where he was, and he was jetlagged so he was in and out of sleep, so sometimes he'd respond, sometimes he wouldn't. he was genuinely really happy i was having a nice time which was sweet.
marco did offer to let me sleep in bed with him, my room was really close to some construction that always wakes me up. i think he was genuine, but also just liked the idea of sleeping in the same bed with me lol, and i politely declined.
he was gently kissing my hairline during the movie, and had his hand on my knee under the covers. i was fully clothed at this point.
after the movie i gave him a really good massage, and then we decided to put on another movie to fall asleep to, and i decided to take my shirt off, but i kept my shorts on.
we were cuddling on the sofa, both of us shirtless, and he touched my breast. i asked him "did you mean to touch my boob?" and he kinda acted like he didn't realize he'd done it, maybe he was asleep and his hand slipped, but then we kept cuddling and i brought his hands back on my breasts and he started rubbing my nipple and stroking my boob with his thumbs, and it felt really good.
i felt bad and texted my husband, he was totally good. i felt bad because i was really in the moment with marco, so i texted my husband like an hour after this happened. i really wanted to sleep with marco, literally just sleep in the same bed, no sex lol, but it didn't feel right, so i didn't.
but i really liked watching him love on my boobs. i was just watching his technique, i think he was looking at it too. watching the way the candles flickered on my bare boobs, which were pressed against his chest, watching the way the light reflected as he cast a shadow over my nipple with his fingers. and after he was done touching them, i said "what do u think? and he said "you've got really nice nipples." and i blushed and said thank you.
my husband asked if i was turned on. it was weird, i wasn't like dtf or anything, but physically i could feel my pussy stimulated. but im like 99% sure marco was hard.
sooooo that happened lol. and then marco said the next night he was gonna take me out to dinner. work that day was crazy, knowing that this guy i didn't even know a few months ago had been so intimate with me the night before. we went out for dinner which was really fun. i was feeling pretty good and confident after the previous night. usually i wait for a little bit and settle in before taking my top off but i was comfortable having my boobs out as soon as we came in the door. we had dessert, watched the office and we were just hanging out. it was only 10:30 but we were exhausted. since i was feeling so comfortable, i texted my husband that i was gonna sleep topless in the same bed with marco. he was surprised but supportive.
at 2:30 am i woke up to him kissing my neck and breasts. i really liked it and rolled on top of him, putting my tits in his face to let him know he could keep going. i know i shouldn't have been, but i was surprised at how hard he was (i could feel him against my thigh) at this point i snuck i texted my husband after this asking if it was okay, i rly wanted to keep going but i wasn't going to without his go ahead. he was understandably surprised, and had a lot of questions. i told him i needed a yes or no because I needed to get back to marco. he told me that i was good to go ahead, as long as I told him everything afterwards. i was excited and happy that i could go ahead, and used the time in the bathroom as an opportunity to take my shorts off (i wasn't completely naked, i was still in a thong) and i crawled back into bed with marco.
i straddled him, and i rolled over and put my boobs in his face. he was kissing them while he was running his hands up my butt, my hips, my back, we did that on and off for about 30 minutes, me back on my back/him stroking my breasts. then i'd roll over and he'd start kissing them. and we had our legs up on one another we were kissing each others necks. i felt his erection on my leg as he pressed up against me, and then against my ass as we were spooning and getting ready to sleep. i subconsciously started throwing it back at him, so we were kinda dry humping for a min. idk if he got any pleasure from it, i kinda think he might have since his dick was basically between my ass cheeks but idk, i didn't get any pleasure from it lol. so we spooned and fell asleep, and then the next morning, we woke up, and we were cuddling. we must have readjusted in the middle of the night because i woke up to his face buried in my cleavage, gently kissing me. he was running his thumb up & down my nipples all morning while i lay on my back. he was stealing kisses on my neck & on my head and cheek, all the while the morning sun, with its dark orange tint peeping through the bedroom. we were all tangled up in the sheets. it was so romantic and i felt so close to him.
my husband was understandably shocked by all this, but we had some really good talks about it. i know he and marco talked too. we all decided to do it again once my husband got back so he could see what it was actually like. so about a week later marco came over for dinner and cooked for us (sidenote, it was absolutely incredible haha) it was def a different vibe with my husband around. i was nervous so stuff went a little slower than it had before. i think marco was nervous too, so i pulled his hand onto my breast again. at that point, im not quite sure why, id be really interested to know but he really seemed to have a fire underneath him. he was pinching my nipples, rubbing them, massaging my boobs, really feeling me up. he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap. he gently pulled my hair to pull my head back and was kissing my neck. for some reason, im not exactly sure why, my husband had been very focused on whether or not marco had been sucking on my nipples, or just kissing them. i told my hubby that he'd kinda been like french kissing them, so that's what i was expecting to happen this time too, so i was surprised when marco really started sucking my tits. it was passionate and felt really good so i was really moaning. i tried to not moan as much because i thought that might hurt my husband's feelings but i couldn't help it. he just kept going and i was moaning out his name for like an hour.
at that point my husband went into our bedroom. i spent a couple more minutes of quality time with marco, letting his hands and mouth explore me and then went in to talk to my husband. he was conflicted. on one hand he said it was really interesting to see such passion, and he liked how sweet marco was to me, not pushing any of my boundaries, not forcing himself between my legs even though I think a lot of guys would expect sex at this point, but of course on the other hand it was really hard for him to see me, as his wife with someone else like that.
after that night, i decided to pull back from being this intimate with marco. im so lucky that we've just been able to go back to being friends, and there really hasn't been any weirdness. marco and i hangout regularly, me and my husband are good, and him and marco get along really well.
any and all advice, feedback or thoughts are greatly appreciated!
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i was wearing a button up shirt and spandex that night. sitting next to marco on the couch that night, (hubby was there too) i asked marco if he'd be ok with me unbuttoning my shirt and he was nervous but also excited and said yes. so i did, i was nervous at first, but tbh it was really fun, spiritual and liberating. so we spent the night drinking wine, listening to music and talking, i just happened to have my boobs out. i think we all loved it, and the most scandalous thing that happened that night was i hugged him good night topless.
similar things happened for the next few times we hung out, i guess it got incrementally wilder. instead of having just my shirt undone, id have it all the way off. id walk around the apartment in nothing but my underwear.
my husband and i would talk about how interesting and new this all was, and we mutually agreed that we'd like to see what it was like for me to have my boobs/nipples stroked/kissed by marco, but obviously this was a pretty big step. i was hesitant because obviously it's my body, and my husband didn't push me, which i appreciated. i think it also felt like a really big deal because i know y'all are gonna be skeptical of this, but sex or anything under the belt with marco was completely off limits for all of us, so this was gonna be the farthest that we would go.
the same type of stuff continued, me being topless around marco and my husband, not doing anything more until a few weeks ago. my husband was going overseas for a week, and knew id be seeing marco while he was gone. he asked if there was gonna be more that happened since he was gonna be away. i was genuinely honest with him, and said that it wasn't impossible, but that i highly highly highly doubted anything would. i thought i might not even be topless without my husband around. idk, i guess i was just feeling a little weird, can't really put my finger on why.
the first night hubby was away, marco and i hung out. this sounds more questionable than it was, so here's some more context. we were together until like 2:00 am, and he spent the night. however we were in a group of friends the whole time, and we work at a restaurant that doesn't close until midnight so this type of thing isn't unusual. and marco had previously been spending the night in our spare bedroom, he was just there so that he didn't have to drive an hour and a half to get home. we didn't even spend any time together at the apartment that night, and he had left for work by the time i woke up i texted my husband about all of this, literally didn't matter at all, just giving as much detail as possible i guess.
a few nights later, i planned on cooking for marco. in hindsight it's kinda clear that this is the night something was gonna happen. not sexually, but i was telling my husband that i was gonna give marco a massage since he'd been working so much, and that there was a decent chance we'd fall asleep on the sofa together or something. dinner was really nice. we had some good conversations.
at about 10:30 pm, we started watching a movie, and we planned on falling asleep on the sofa together. btw i was texting my husband little updates of everything that im writing here, i think it was like 3:00 am where he was, and he was jetlagged so he was in and out of sleep, so sometimes he'd respond, sometimes he wouldn't. he was genuinely really happy i was having a nice time which was sweet.
marco did offer to let me sleep in bed with him, my room was really close to some construction that always wakes me up. i think he was genuine, but also just liked the idea of sleeping in the same bed with me lol, and i politely declined.
he was gently kissing my hairline during the movie, and had his hand on my knee under the covers. i was fully clothed at this point.
after the movie i gave him a really good massage, and then we decided to put on another movie to fall asleep to, and i decided to take my shirt off, but i kept my shorts on.
we were cuddling on the sofa, both of us shirtless, and he touched my breast. i asked him "did you mean to touch my boob?" and he kinda acted like he didn't realize he'd done it, maybe he was asleep and his hand slipped, but then we kept cuddling and i brought his hands back on my breasts and he started rubbing my nipple and stroking my boob with his thumbs, and it felt really good.
i felt bad and texted my husband, he was totally good. i felt bad because i was really in the moment with marco, so i texted my husband like an hour after this happened. i really wanted to sleep with marco, literally just sleep in the same bed, no sex lol, but it didn't feel right, so i didn't.
but i really liked watching him love on my boobs. i was just watching his technique, i think he was looking at it too. watching the way the candles flickered on my bare boobs, which were pressed against his chest, watching the way the light reflected as he cast a shadow over my nipple with his fingers. and after he was done touching them, i said "what do u think? and he said "you've got really nice nipples." and i blushed and said thank you.
my husband asked if i was turned on. it was weird, i wasn't like dtf or anything, but physically i could feel my pussy stimulated. but im like 99% sure marco was hard.
sooooo that happened lol. and then marco said the next night he was gonna take me out to dinner. work that day was crazy, knowing that this guy i didn't even know a few months ago had been so intimate with me the night before. we went out for dinner which was really fun. i was feeling pretty good and confident after the previous night. usually i wait for a little bit and settle in before taking my top off but i was comfortable having my boobs out as soon as we came in the door. we had dessert, watched the office and we were just hanging out. it was only 10:30 but we were exhausted. since i was feeling so comfortable, i texted my husband that i was gonna sleep topless in the same bed with marco. he was surprised but supportive.
at 2:30 am i woke up to him kissing my neck and breasts. i really liked it and rolled on top of him, putting my tits in his face to let him know he could keep going. i know i shouldn't have been, but i was surprised at how hard he was (i could feel him against my thigh) at this point i snuck i texted my husband after this asking if it was okay, i rly wanted to keep going but i wasn't going to without his go ahead. he was understandably surprised, and had a lot of questions. i told him i needed a yes or no because I needed to get back to marco. he told me that i was good to go ahead, as long as I told him everything afterwards. i was excited and happy that i could go ahead, and used the time in the bathroom as an opportunity to take my shorts off (i wasn't completely naked, i was still in a thong) and i crawled back into bed with marco.
i straddled him, and i rolled over and put my boobs in his face. he was kissing them while he was running his hands up my butt, my hips, my back, we did that on and off for about 30 minutes, me back on my back/him stroking my breasts. then i'd roll over and he'd start kissing them. and we had our legs up on one another we were kissing each others necks. i felt his erection on my leg as he pressed up against me, and then against my ass as we were spooning and getting ready to sleep. i subconsciously started throwing it back at him, so we were kinda dry humping for a min. idk if he got any pleasure from it, i kinda think he might have since his dick was basically between my ass cheeks but idk, i didn't get any pleasure from it lol. so we spooned and fell asleep, and then the next morning, we woke up, and we were cuddling. we must have readjusted in the middle of the night because i woke up to his face buried in my cleavage, gently kissing me. he was running his thumb up & down my nipples all morning while i lay on my back. he was stealing kisses on my neck & on my head and cheek, all the while the morning sun, with its dark orange tint peeping through the bedroom. we were all tangled up in the sheets. it was so romantic and i felt so close to him.
my husband was understandably shocked by all this, but we had some really good talks about it. i know he and marco talked too. we all decided to do it again once my husband got back so he could see what it was actually like. so about a week later marco came over for dinner and cooked for us (sidenote, it was absolutely incredible haha) it was def a different vibe with my husband around. i was nervous so stuff went a little slower than it had before. i think marco was nervous too, so i pulled his hand onto my breast again. at that point, im not quite sure why, id be really interested to know but he really seemed to have a fire underneath him. he was pinching my nipples, rubbing them, massaging my boobs, really feeling me up. he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap. he gently pulled my hair to pull my head back and was kissing my neck. for some reason, im not exactly sure why, my husband had been very focused on whether or not marco had been sucking on my nipples, or just kissing them. i told my hubby that he'd kinda been like french kissing them, so that's what i was expecting to happen this time too, so i was surprised when marco really started sucking my tits. it was passionate and felt really good so i was really moaning. i tried to not moan as much because i thought that might hurt my husband's feelings but i couldn't help it. he just kept going and i was moaning out his name for like an hour.
at that point my husband went into our bedroom. i spent a couple more minutes of quality time with marco, letting his hands and mouth explore me and then went in to talk to my husband. he was conflicted. on one hand he said it was really interesting to see such passion, and he liked how sweet marco was to me, not pushing any of my boundaries, not forcing himself between my legs even though I think a lot of guys would expect sex at this point, but of course on the other hand it was really hard for him to see me, as his wife with someone else like that.
after that night, i decided to pull back from being this intimate with marco. im so lucky that we've just been able to go back to being friends, and there really hasn't been any weirdness. marco and i hangout regularly, me and my husband are good, and him and marco get along really well.
any and all advice, feedback or thoughts are greatly appreciated!
2024.06.04 17:32 OppositeTooth290 Persistent productive cough and loss of voice since September. Help!
I’m 31 female, I have a couple of autoimmune issues (psoriasis is the biggest one) PKD, PCOS, and endo
Been sick since September. Help!
Hello!
I’m a preschool teacher and I’m used to getting sick from kids, but this school year has been miserable.
I got sick back in September with what felt like the flu or a really bad cold (could have been covid but I was testing negative the whole time) I had a sore throat and bad congestion.
By October I thought it had progressed to a sinus infection because my congestion was getting worse and I had started coughing up hard green phlegm.
In December the congestion stopped but the cough got worse. It tasted bad and was happening so often I could barely complete sentences.
In January the cough lightened up just a little, and I started losing my voice. I got a chest x-ray and they said everything was normal and prescribed albuterol.
The cough and laryngitis continued until April, when it got so bad I couldn’t swallow. A different doctor prescribed me a steroid inhaler, cough suppressant, and anti-biotics but didn’t do any tests. No change in anything, still coughing and no voice at all.
Last month I was finally able to get in with my primary care who did another chest x-ray and blood tests. Everything has come back normal but I am now coughing up lots and lots of clear and white mucus, to the point I am almost throwing up, and my voice is completely gone. I have only been able to whisper for roughly a week.
I smoke weed but nothing else, I’m sure that’s still no good when I have a persistent cough lmao
I’m trying to think of things I can go to my doctor with to ask about? If there’s anything I’m missing that could be causing this?
Thanks for your time!
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Been sick since September. Help!
Hello!
I’m a preschool teacher and I’m used to getting sick from kids, but this school year has been miserable.
I got sick back in September with what felt like the flu or a really bad cold (could have been covid but I was testing negative the whole time) I had a sore throat and bad congestion.
By October I thought it had progressed to a sinus infection because my congestion was getting worse and I had started coughing up hard green phlegm.
In December the congestion stopped but the cough got worse. It tasted bad and was happening so often I could barely complete sentences.
In January the cough lightened up just a little, and I started losing my voice. I got a chest x-ray and they said everything was normal and prescribed albuterol.
The cough and laryngitis continued until April, when it got so bad I couldn’t swallow. A different doctor prescribed me a steroid inhaler, cough suppressant, and anti-biotics but didn’t do any tests. No change in anything, still coughing and no voice at all.
Last month I was finally able to get in with my primary care who did another chest x-ray and blood tests. Everything has come back normal but I am now coughing up lots and lots of clear and white mucus, to the point I am almost throwing up, and my voice is completely gone. I have only been able to whisper for roughly a week.
I smoke weed but nothing else, I’m sure that’s still no good when I have a persistent cough lmao
I’m trying to think of things I can go to my doctor with to ask about? If there’s anything I’m missing that could be causing this?
Thanks for your time!
2024.06.04 17:30 Lil_Bookshelf97 Unexpected Goodbye
 | On Sunday my husband and I had to say goodbye to our boy, Bones.. He had a seizure (the vet believes it maybe have been more than one) without any of the big signs of having one.. or they were signs that we didn’t know were indicators of a seizure.. submitted by Lil_Bookshelf97 to AustralianCattleDog [link] [comments] I’m struggling without him… He was quite literally my shadow and was with me always. I took him with everywhere I went when I was able, I would cancel plans if it meant I couldn’t bring him with or if I would be gone for too, every night I used him as a pillow… My husband is struggling just as hard as I am… I may have been our dogs PERSON but Bones loved my husband as much me. Some days Bones would constantly bounce between the two of us, and do the biggest sigh of relief when the three of us would finally hang out in the same room together.. I’ve had other dogs(and lost them), but for some reason the bond with my little cattle dog was unbelievable stronger than it was with my other dogs.. My husband is in agreement with me that it’s wild how much this hurts.. I could go on and on about how much we miss him and how utterly weird it is to not have him at home or for him to not be with us.. I needed to get this off my chest and share with others who understand.. 🧡 |
2024.06.04 17:17 JustAnotherOtherWmn I think it's over
No big conversation, no clear-cut line. But... I think it's over.
He had been saying he was going to come visit me. At the end of last year, he said that in the beginning of this year, he'd get his visa and then the middle of the year come visit.
I asked him yesterday, because I'm planning out the rest of my summer and my own travel plans- he is still "working on the visas" yes, plural visas. Because when he comes to my country, his family will travel with him. His college is based in my country, and the graduation ceremony will be here. His family wants to come celebrate with him.
So. He'll be coming to my country. But only very close to where I am, not actually where I am. And his family (including his wife) will be with him. To celebrate an accomplishment that I helped him achieve. He'll be a short car ride away, and I'm sure I'll know he's there because I'll hear about it through our mutual friends. But I won't go see him while he's with his family.
I want to lay down and die. I can barely breathe around the pain in my chest.
Looking back over the past several weeks of our messages, it's a clear trend that he's been slowly pulling back on the flirting, on any hint of romance or sexual interest. He's been more than willing to accept my flirting and teasing- but he wasn't giving any of it back. So I guess he just wants to be friends? But without actually saying so. I don't know. And I'm too tired from just trying to breathe to ask.
I'll just keep moving forward with my life, I guess. I'm trying so hard to focus on my upcoming travels, but the joy is all gone. I'm trying to be grateful that there doesn't seem to have been a D-Day, that if someone has to be hurt, at least it's only me. But gratitude for anything at all seems so far out of reach right now. I'm trying to be angry, to feel something other than hurt, but I can't.
Part of me wants, pathetically, to ask him why he doesn't love me, why he doesn't want me... but it doesn't really matter, does it? All that matters is he doesn't. And it hurts so damn much.
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He had been saying he was going to come visit me. At the end of last year, he said that in the beginning of this year, he'd get his visa and then the middle of the year come visit.
I asked him yesterday, because I'm planning out the rest of my summer and my own travel plans- he is still "working on the visas" yes, plural visas. Because when he comes to my country, his family will travel with him. His college is based in my country, and the graduation ceremony will be here. His family wants to come celebrate with him.
So. He'll be coming to my country. But only very close to where I am, not actually where I am. And his family (including his wife) will be with him. To celebrate an accomplishment that I helped him achieve. He'll be a short car ride away, and I'm sure I'll know he's there because I'll hear about it through our mutual friends. But I won't go see him while he's with his family.
I want to lay down and die. I can barely breathe around the pain in my chest.
Looking back over the past several weeks of our messages, it's a clear trend that he's been slowly pulling back on the flirting, on any hint of romance or sexual interest. He's been more than willing to accept my flirting and teasing- but he wasn't giving any of it back. So I guess he just wants to be friends? But without actually saying so. I don't know. And I'm too tired from just trying to breathe to ask.
I'll just keep moving forward with my life, I guess. I'm trying so hard to focus on my upcoming travels, but the joy is all gone. I'm trying to be grateful that there doesn't seem to have been a D-Day, that if someone has to be hurt, at least it's only me. But gratitude for anything at all seems so far out of reach right now. I'm trying to be angry, to feel something other than hurt, but I can't.
Part of me wants, pathetically, to ask him why he doesn't love me, why he doesn't want me... but it doesn't really matter, does it? All that matters is he doesn't. And it hurts so damn much.
2024.06.04 17:02 clarenceisacat Sneezing chickens but no other symptoms
I have a flock of 25 hens in New Hampshire. Since Sunday, I've noticed more sneezing than usual. It's not an alarming amount. It's more like a sneeze here and a sneeze there. When our hens had a respiratory infection last year, they sneezed constantly. They are not sneezing like that now.
Our hens don't appear to have any other issues:
I don't have easy access to a vet. I have Tylan 200 on hand but am reluctant to give it to our hens with no other symptoms. I had plans for a weekend trip and would have to cancel if I need to start giving antibiotics.
Does anyone have any ideas?
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Our hens don't appear to have any other issues:
- No coughing or gasping for air
- No mucus
- I don't hear rales when I put their chests to my ear
- Everyone appears to be eating and drinking normally
- No one is lethargic
I don't have easy access to a vet. I have Tylan 200 on hand but am reluctant to give it to our hens with no other symptoms. I had plans for a weekend trip and would have to cancel if I need to start giving antibiotics.
Does anyone have any ideas?
2024.06.04 16:53 clairered27 Super conflicted
So I'm delivering to a green house some mulch and fertilizer. And they have a 10 year old boy operating a skid steer unloading the product. The skid steer is super old and beat up nothing to protect the kid if he messes up . I had to kick him out of my trailer and told them no kids are to be on my equipment. I'm conflicted in wether or not to report this and who to report this too I'm in SD and I've been looking it up and it says it's illegal even on farms. If I do report them should I tell my company I did I already told them about the kid and having to kick him out of the trailer.
Edit: Look I get kids as young as whatever to work on a farm. Well when does child is unloading pallets bigger than the skid steer? He's operating where he's almost tipping the whole thing every time he unloads the pallet and it's just an accent waiting to happen to where that child can get injured or killed. And it seems like a lot of are forgetting that this is a child and children shouldn't be working and it is illegal or child to operate heavy machinery in any capacity. This child is also adopted if he wasn't operating machinery, I wouldn't have cared to even post this or report them what that child can lose his life. That's what I'm thinking about. So for those people who tell me to mind my business is basically you don't care about children getting hurt or being taken advantage of. He had other workers there who could operate a skid steer and unload the trailer I get. The kid probably thinks it's a game for him but he's being taken advantage of by his adulting family and that is wrong. They had other children working too helping out around the nursery border cats as well but they were not operating at machinery either so I didn't say anything about them. She was his child is being put in danger. It should not be operating it.
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Edit: Look I get kids as young as whatever to work on a farm. Well when does child is unloading pallets bigger than the skid steer? He's operating where he's almost tipping the whole thing every time he unloads the pallet and it's just an accent waiting to happen to where that child can get injured or killed. And it seems like a lot of are forgetting that this is a child and children shouldn't be working and it is illegal or child to operate heavy machinery in any capacity. This child is also adopted if he wasn't operating machinery, I wouldn't have cared to even post this or report them what that child can lose his life. That's what I'm thinking about. So for those people who tell me to mind my business is basically you don't care about children getting hurt or being taken advantage of. He had other workers there who could operate a skid steer and unload the trailer I get. The kid probably thinks it's a game for him but he's being taken advantage of by his adulting family and that is wrong. They had other children working too helping out around the nursery border cats as well but they were not operating at machinery either so I didn't say anything about them. She was his child is being put in danger. It should not be operating it.
2024.06.04 16:52 pome9rante Spirometry results
(32m) I've been told it's mild asthma by my GP, but my symptoms have been consistent for almost 5 months. regardless of taking symbicort every day, only 9% reversibility, i stopped smoking 5 months ago. My symptoms are spitting a little bit of yellow phlegm every morning with a little bit of wheezing on exhale. With some chest pains, im worried about Copd. My impression of the spirometery says: "mild airflow obstruction with borderling gas trapping and elevated DLCO. These results are consistent with asthma." I was wondering i get worried when i see mild airflow obstruction and am just worried that my GP doesn't really care. What are your thoughts on these results? Am i overthnking?
Smoking history: smoked weed consistently for 6 years from 18 to 24. also smoked shi sha during that time but was very inconsistent i quit smoking completely from 24 untill around 29-30 then i picked up again wish shi sha this last year before i quit 5 months ago i smoked shi sha almost every night for a year.
Edit: i did have a minor cough for the first months and a half, but that went away. Also, i have no SOB at all
PRE: FVC 5.64 pred% 116% post: FVC 5.61 Pred% 115%
PRE: FEV1 4.02 pred% 99 post: FEV1 4.42 pred% 109 9% change
PRE: FEV1/FVC 0.71 pred% 85% my lln is 0.73 post: FEV1/FVC 0.79 pred% 0.79
PRE: FEF 50% 3.58 pred% 66% Post: FEF 50% 4.69 pred% 87%
DLCO: 50.41 pred% 157%
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Smoking history: smoked weed consistently for 6 years from 18 to 24. also smoked shi sha during that time but was very inconsistent i quit smoking completely from 24 untill around 29-30 then i picked up again wish shi sha this last year before i quit 5 months ago i smoked shi sha almost every night for a year.
Edit: i did have a minor cough for the first months and a half, but that went away. Also, i have no SOB at all
PRE: FVC 5.64 pred% 116% post: FVC 5.61 Pred% 115%
PRE: FEV1 4.02 pred% 99 post: FEV1 4.42 pred% 109 9% change
PRE: FEV1/FVC 0.71 pred% 85% my lln is 0.73 post: FEV1/FVC 0.79 pred% 0.79
PRE: FEF 50% 3.58 pred% 66% Post: FEF 50% 4.69 pred% 87%
DLCO: 50.41 pred% 157%
2024.06.04 16:42 Few-Pick-6133 Please help/ pain for months/
Hello everyone, this is going to be a long one so please bare with me as I need some help and I feel as if I am going crazy. This has all been depressing for me and I am scared that I am not going to get better, I am so young and I hate being in pain. Although, I know i should not put this into the universe, the thought of this being life long makes me sad.**
In December of 2023, I began having very bad pain while urinating, discharge....I suspected a UTI. However, I tested positive for Chlamydia(even though my partner at the time said he was negative.). I got treated, retested and everything came back negative. However, I was still experiencing burning while peeing, vaginal discharge, and etc. I went to the gyno for the first time, around the middle of January and explained my symptoms to her. She said that she saw some yeast while doing the exam and treated me for such. I got tested for the regular STI's and did a vaginal swab. The medicine she gave me did not help much and all my results came back negative. Going into February, my friend passed and I went into a dark place. I stopped caring for my health and I didn't revisit the gyno(although experiencing pain while urinating, itching, discharge; etc) up until March. March comes around, I am still struggling with everything and I visit the Gyno again with the same symptoms. She tested me for Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma and gave me cream to deal with the itching. My results come back and I was in fact positive for Mycoplasma. I am not sure what medicine she put me on, but I remember it was a 7 day antibiotic.
I took it, felt a little better, but a week later the same symptoms started to return. At the end of March/beginning of April, I had a burning sensation while peeing, I began having sharp pain in my pelvis, hip/leg pain, on and off discharge(somedays it would be brownish, next it would be a very clear heavy discharge), and lower back pain. I returned to same gyno and she thought it was a UTI. She took a urine sample and did a swab(however, i don't believe she retested me for mycoplasma). She gave me a three day antibiotic and it worked. The pain while peeing went away and the cramping subsided. However, the results came back and everything came back negative. But, in my urine my white and red blood cells were high. She told me to go to my PCP because she believed it wasn't a gyno related issue anymore. By that time I was experiencing very bad pain in my chest and back. I ended up going to the ER because I believed I had a kidney issue. I did a CAT Scan, but everything came back fine. The doctor told me it was a muscoskeltal issue and prescribed naproxen to me. Also, it came back that I had a yeast infection. I explained the cramping and such to the doctor and she said I did have a UTI, the test just didn't detect it. I asked her if the cramping was due to the muscoskeltal issue and she said it could be... I went home, took Fluconazole(singular) and began using the Naproxen.
I am a college student and I dorm, so I constantly have to travel back and forth to attend these doctor appointments. I return back to school and my pain subsides in my chest area, but the naproxen did not help the cramping. I still was having pain while peeing. I return back home to see my PCP, and she did a vaginal exam and said she saw yeast again. She told me the cramping was just due to my period(just no). She prescribed Fluconazole and a insertion for the yeast infection. I told her to run every test she can and the only thing that came up was a little bacteria in my urine(she told me this 7 days after I went to her). I told her I am still having pain while urinating and so she gave me a 7 day medication(take two a day), I forget the name. I was taking both that medicine she gave me and the naproxen, but, I ended up stop taking the naproxen because I experienced really bad stomach problems one day and I believed that it cause my period to be almost late(6 days, my period is usually on time and comes between the 14th and 16th).
At this point I stop going to my PCP because of her response to what I am telling her. I make an appointment with a different gyno to address it. BY THIS TIME, I am having pain in my pelvis, abdomen, and lower back(moreso on my left side), and my hip. I am not peeing frequently, there is no discharge or very little, BUT when I PEE IT BURNS. I make an appointment. Before seeing my gyno, I do an ultrasound( my belly and vaginal) and everything is fine. I tell her all these symptoms, she swabs me for everything(including mycoplasma but those results were inconclusive because I was on my period, so i have to retake it), I ask her if it's possible if I have PID, she says I would be in more pain. She refers me to a urologist and gastroenterologist(my abdominal pain was concerning to her). I go to my urologist first(May 29th), she tells me that she believes that due to all the antibiotics I have been taking since December my urethra and stomach have not had time to heal(which I totally agree). She does a vaginal exam(looks fine). She brings up pelvic floor issues and does a fast exam on me, but it doesn't seem abnormal. However, she said its still a possibility. She basically tells me that she thinks I need to stay off antibiotics, use cranberry pills, and visiting the GI is a good idea. She also gave me a lubricant to apply down there just to see if it eases the pain. I have an call with her in two weeks to update her.
Two days after, I visit my GI. I do have constipation, burping, and such. He basically said I don't know what it is but, he prescribed me Pantoprazole to take before breakfast and suggested I use miralax. I also have a follow up call with him.
My results came back from my gyno that I have BV, she told me that it usually goes away on its own, but she will send an antibiotic just in case. Which worries me because of what the urologist said. I am still experiencing pain when I pee, pelvic pain, abdominal pain, pain on my left side, buttotcks pain, and lower back pain as of right now, the pain isn't excruciating, but its there. Sometimes it feels like stabbing in my back or my pelvic like just hurts. I do have some pain in my actual vaginal hole and sometimes it just hurts, kinda like I’m in my period, but I’m not. Also, when I sneeze my pelvic area hurtsss. It feels sore. I’m assuming it’s a pelvic floor issue but I’m not sure. I am going to ask my gyno to refer me to a urogynecologist to look into pelvic floor issues, but I am tired. I need some help, please. Also, how do you test for PID?
submitted by Few-Pick-6133 to WomensHealth [link] [comments]
In December of 2023, I began having very bad pain while urinating, discharge....I suspected a UTI. However, I tested positive for Chlamydia(even though my partner at the time said he was negative.). I got treated, retested and everything came back negative. However, I was still experiencing burning while peeing, vaginal discharge, and etc. I went to the gyno for the first time, around the middle of January and explained my symptoms to her. She said that she saw some yeast while doing the exam and treated me for such. I got tested for the regular STI's and did a vaginal swab. The medicine she gave me did not help much and all my results came back negative. Going into February, my friend passed and I went into a dark place. I stopped caring for my health and I didn't revisit the gyno(although experiencing pain while urinating, itching, discharge; etc) up until March. March comes around, I am still struggling with everything and I visit the Gyno again with the same symptoms. She tested me for Mycoplasma/Ureaplasma and gave me cream to deal with the itching. My results come back and I was in fact positive for Mycoplasma. I am not sure what medicine she put me on, but I remember it was a 7 day antibiotic.
I took it, felt a little better, but a week later the same symptoms started to return. At the end of March/beginning of April, I had a burning sensation while peeing, I began having sharp pain in my pelvis, hip/leg pain, on and off discharge(somedays it would be brownish, next it would be a very clear heavy discharge), and lower back pain. I returned to same gyno and she thought it was a UTI. She took a urine sample and did a swab(however, i don't believe she retested me for mycoplasma). She gave me a three day antibiotic and it worked. The pain while peeing went away and the cramping subsided. However, the results came back and everything came back negative. But, in my urine my white and red blood cells were high. She told me to go to my PCP because she believed it wasn't a gyno related issue anymore. By that time I was experiencing very bad pain in my chest and back. I ended up going to the ER because I believed I had a kidney issue. I did a CAT Scan, but everything came back fine. The doctor told me it was a muscoskeltal issue and prescribed naproxen to me. Also, it came back that I had a yeast infection. I explained the cramping and such to the doctor and she said I did have a UTI, the test just didn't detect it. I asked her if the cramping was due to the muscoskeltal issue and she said it could be... I went home, took Fluconazole(singular) and began using the Naproxen.
I am a college student and I dorm, so I constantly have to travel back and forth to attend these doctor appointments. I return back to school and my pain subsides in my chest area, but the naproxen did not help the cramping. I still was having pain while peeing. I return back home to see my PCP, and she did a vaginal exam and said she saw yeast again. She told me the cramping was just due to my period(just no). She prescribed Fluconazole and a insertion for the yeast infection. I told her to run every test she can and the only thing that came up was a little bacteria in my urine(she told me this 7 days after I went to her). I told her I am still having pain while urinating and so she gave me a 7 day medication(take two a day), I forget the name. I was taking both that medicine she gave me and the naproxen, but, I ended up stop taking the naproxen because I experienced really bad stomach problems one day and I believed that it cause my period to be almost late(6 days, my period is usually on time and comes between the 14th and 16th).
At this point I stop going to my PCP because of her response to what I am telling her. I make an appointment with a different gyno to address it. BY THIS TIME, I am having pain in my pelvis, abdomen, and lower back(moreso on my left side), and my hip. I am not peeing frequently, there is no discharge or very little, BUT when I PEE IT BURNS. I make an appointment. Before seeing my gyno, I do an ultrasound( my belly and vaginal) and everything is fine. I tell her all these symptoms, she swabs me for everything(including mycoplasma but those results were inconclusive because I was on my period, so i have to retake it), I ask her if it's possible if I have PID, she says I would be in more pain. She refers me to a urologist and gastroenterologist(my abdominal pain was concerning to her). I go to my urologist first(May 29th), she tells me that she believes that due to all the antibiotics I have been taking since December my urethra and stomach have not had time to heal(which I totally agree). She does a vaginal exam(looks fine). She brings up pelvic floor issues and does a fast exam on me, but it doesn't seem abnormal. However, she said its still a possibility. She basically tells me that she thinks I need to stay off antibiotics, use cranberry pills, and visiting the GI is a good idea. She also gave me a lubricant to apply down there just to see if it eases the pain. I have an call with her in two weeks to update her.
Two days after, I visit my GI. I do have constipation, burping, and such. He basically said I don't know what it is but, he prescribed me Pantoprazole to take before breakfast and suggested I use miralax. I also have a follow up call with him.
My results came back from my gyno that I have BV, she told me that it usually goes away on its own, but she will send an antibiotic just in case. Which worries me because of what the urologist said. I am still experiencing pain when I pee, pelvic pain, abdominal pain, pain on my left side, buttotcks pain, and lower back pain as of right now, the pain isn't excruciating, but its there. Sometimes it feels like stabbing in my back or my pelvic like just hurts. I do have some pain in my actual vaginal hole and sometimes it just hurts, kinda like I’m in my period, but I’m not. Also, when I sneeze my pelvic area hurtsss. It feels sore. I’m assuming it’s a pelvic floor issue but I’m not sure. I am going to ask my gyno to refer me to a urogynecologist to look into pelvic floor issues, but I am tired. I need some help, please. Also, how do you test for PID?
2024.06.04 16:36 SpawnoftheStryx The Coming Storm (semi-closed RP)
((This takes place during the events of Cel’s return post.))
Booker fanned his hand to dispel the accumulated heat, watching the residual sparks of his bolt dance across Seth’s armor with a mixture of satisfaction and curiosity.
“Well, well, well, color me impressed!” The copper-haired boy’s applause echoed in the arena, empty besides the three demigods. “You weren’t kidding about this whole power stealing thing.” He glanced over at Gwen, a roguish grin spreading across his freckled face. “You wanna give your dash thing a try as a warm-up, before we get the show on the road?”
While Booker was talking, Seth’s other opponent was focused on her fist. “Shut up, I’m trying to concentrate.” She snapped, trying to keep her breathing in a steady rhythm. Yellow sparks flickered fitfully around one fist, igniting and dying just as quickly. Then after a few moments something seemed to click, and lighting began dancing along her forearm.
The girl grinned, then turned her attention to Seth. “I’ll try not to hit you too hard.” She said, as she rushed forward to slam her charged fist into the son of Hermes.
Seth bounced a step and a half back as the children of Zeus took their turns testing the limits of his electrical resistance, courtesy of Gwen. Sporting lighter armor devoid of any metals to free up his movement, he cautiously studied her approach before deciding how best to defend. The purpose of this pre-arranged exercise could only be achieved if he equipped himself with their own ability to withstand The demonstrative two-on-one had captured the attention of a collection of other campers, who had now gathered to see how a single fighter from Cabin Eleven could possibly hold his own against the Big Three tag team.
Raising his buckler to intercept her, he felt the satisfying clang of a fist against the round plate of Celestial Bronze, accompanied by the exhilaration of yet another burst of lightning passing through him. Seth shuddered and grit his teeth as his muscles tensed and coiled involuntarily at the foreign sensation. “Now defend!” he barked, bringing his blade arm up level with the shield and thrusting directly for Gwen’s upper body.
Gwen smirked defiantly at Seth’s order. “Nah.”
Instead of putting up any kind of defense, the girl’s body fuzzed into a streak of lightning. As Seth’s blade passed through the air where Gwen had been, she appeared to his left. Her fist was raised for another blow, but lightning no longer danced on it. She halted her strike.
“Damnit! Booker, tag in. I can’t figure out how to keep this up.” She said, as she took a step back, once again focusing on her fist, trying to charge it once again.
“Well, I can’t either,” the son of Zeus whined in jest. In the meantime, Booker could keep Seth entertained with the spear at his side. But perhaps there was something else he could show off here.
Booker immediately went still, muttering something under his breath. He felt his exhale merge with the nearby breeze, and the air seemed to respond, picking up in acknowledgment of his invocation.
The Ventus that spiraled into the arena took the form of a horse. Though its body was a swirling mass of dark clouds and mist, Booker was slightly disappointed to see its mane was not crackling with electricity this time. The mare pawed the ground with a spirited kick, sending a swirl of dust into the air.
“Oh, I didn’t realize it would be you again,” the son of Zeus rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly as the creature’s stormy eyes bored into him. There must not be a lot of storm spirits in the area– this one had not taken kindly to Booker's last summon to get a ride to breakfast.
“Uh, can you unleash your elemental fury upon this guy?” he asked the horse, pointing at Seth, whose calm demeanor had morphed to a moderately concerned one. This was all more embarrassing than he had intended. “Please?”
The Ventus whinnied in exasperation before charging at the son of Hermes, its form twisting and expanding into a miniature cyclone.
At the same time, Gwen finally got her lightning to comply. After fitfully flickering around her fist for a few moments, the golden sparks began to dance up and down her arm once again.
The girl let out a triumphant laugh, rushing back in and locking Seth between the oncoming Ventus in front, and a charged fist from behind. She quickly closed the distance and slammed her fist into his back. As the impact landed, the lighting surged from her fist into Seth. Though with the brief contact, it wasn’t enough to even feel through his stolen resistance.
Seth was too busy piecing together how Gwen could have phased through a sword and regaining his senses to notice stormy death galloping towards him until it was too late. The two-pronged assault (three if you count both hooves) slammed into him at roughly the same time for an effectively coordinated flank. A shout of alarm and a raising of his shield were all he could manage before an explosion of dust and light scattered the body of the son of Hermes across the arena grounds, bouncing and colliding painfully with the terrain. It took several seconds for him to come to a complete stop, lying dazed on his back as the electricity exited his body via his soles and the golden glow in his eyes subsided. The swift punishment elicited an audible series of sympathetic winces from the gathered crowd, waiting with bated breath to see if Seth was rightfully dead.
To their surprise or disappointment, a noticeably singed-but-not-dead Seth sat up with a groan just a few seconds later, propping himself up by leaning on his arms behind him. A grimace of pain spread across his features as the full effect of what he had endured finally set in. “Timeout,” he called, massaging one of several areas that was sure to develop a bruise in the future. Why did he smell burning hair? “Timeout, timeout times a billion. I lost the resistance, I need a sec. Phew. Yup, that.. That was excellent. Um. Thank you. I did not know you could summon horses and teleport. Could someone help me up? I can’t feel my feet.”
.
Now, if a certain child of Eros wished to speak with him, this was going to be his best shot.
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((Big thanks to charmingclementine and Murky-future for helping me in my first collab post in literal years. I think I’m going to stick to storymodes, but this was still a ton of fun and I hope you two had fun too.))
((This is technically a closed RP between Cel and Seth. However, if you like you can leave a comment at the designated area for spectators just confirming your character is present, for reasons I’ll explain below.))
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Teagan nudges Cel, his grin widening slightly as he notices a familiar face. “I think I found him.” He points in the direction of his brother, though he was slightly concerned about what he was set out to do. Not rolling his eyes is something he fails at though, Teagan wasn’t thrilled at the idea of Seth showing off, but if it could possibly help Cel get settled in he wouldn’t intervene. “We should go see what he’s up to, or would you prefer going by yourself to check up on him?” He had nothing against his brother, but if word got out that he was a witness to Seth’s idiocy Chiron might have a word with him, again.…Who, to Cel’s abject horror, was being electrocuted; he had entered just in time to witness a savage, crackling bolt of lightning strike his boyfriend square in the chest and light his silhouette up like a demigod-shaped Christmas tree. The air, thick with the scent of ozone and fried camper, heated uncomfortably with the sudden power surge. For a few agonizing seconds he remained enveloped in the lethal aura. Miraculously, Seth stood tall and mostly unfazed instead of keeling over. Clothes singed and bronze armaments buzzing with the current recently passing through them, he rolled his shoulders as if shrugging off a sore spot and not recovering from an attack that should have landed him an express trip to the medical cabin. In just a few moments an all out brawl had been initiated within the Arena. His eyes glowed an eerie golden yellow, and beads of perspiration had already begun to form. The stress of him taking the resisted assault head on was causing a burst of adrenaline to course through his body. He nodded in approval to his opponent, the one responsible for the display of lightning. “Excellent.”
Hopefully this reunion would be a happy one, Cel seemed nervous. He didn’t look ecstatic when Teagan mentioned his name, which didn’t seem like a good sign. It’s not his job to be matchmaker, this is one of those times where he wished that Oliver decided to appear out of thin air.
To be quite honest, Cel heard naught a word that Teagan said. As Seth panned into view Cel experienced his own form of tunnel vision. His thoughts clouded with memories of Seth’s whimsical smile and mischievous laugh. His hair was black again. Cel was supposed to help him dye it… but he left before they’d ever had the chance. A pang of guilt shot itself into Cel’s chest like an arrow. All of the longing he’d pushed out of his mind while he was away came crashing into him like an angry boar in a Greek myth. He really missed Seth.
“Y-Yeah, I think I’m gonna talk to him alone. Thanks, Teag. I’ll catch you around,” Cel looked at Teagan with an excited, albeit still nervous, look in his eyes. The bags Cel was carrying were dropped to the ground and left behind as Cel broke out into a run toward the arena. The clothes were inconsequential. One thing was important, and he was stalking toward the arena like a stoic saber-wielding soldier. Although he was the cutest one Cel had ever seen.
As Cel broke his way into the arena he was smiling like a madman. Well, he was slightly mad to think this reunion would be easy given the way he left. Cel imagined this moment nearly every night before he went to bed. They’d see each other and Cel would scoop Seth into the biggest hug imaginable. They’d embrace, cry a little bit, kiss a little more, and everything would be right in the world. Cel would apologize for leaving so abruptly. Seth would apologize for not being there when Cel needed him most. Everything… would be okay.
“Seth!” Cel cried out at the top of his lungs. His voice boomed through the arena. Some demigods that had been training turned to look at him with an annoyed expression. Who cares. All that mattered was one black haired, green eyes, trickster-thief son of Hermes….```
Booker fanned his hand to dispel the accumulated heat, watching the residual sparks of his bolt dance across Seth’s armor with a mixture of satisfaction and curiosity.
“Well, well, well, color me impressed!” The copper-haired boy’s applause echoed in the arena, empty besides the three demigods. “You weren’t kidding about this whole power stealing thing.” He glanced over at Gwen, a roguish grin spreading across his freckled face. “You wanna give your dash thing a try as a warm-up, before we get the show on the road?”
While Booker was talking, Seth’s other opponent was focused on her fist. “Shut up, I’m trying to concentrate.” She snapped, trying to keep her breathing in a steady rhythm. Yellow sparks flickered fitfully around one fist, igniting and dying just as quickly. Then after a few moments something seemed to click, and lighting began dancing along her forearm.
The girl grinned, then turned her attention to Seth. “I’ll try not to hit you too hard.” She said, as she rushed forward to slam her charged fist into the son of Hermes.
Seth bounced a step and a half back as the children of Zeus took their turns testing the limits of his electrical resistance, courtesy of Gwen. Sporting lighter armor devoid of any metals to free up his movement, he cautiously studied her approach before deciding how best to defend. The purpose of this pre-arranged exercise could only be achieved if he equipped himself with their own ability to withstand The demonstrative two-on-one had captured the attention of a collection of other campers, who had now gathered to see how a single fighter from Cabin Eleven could possibly hold his own against the Big Three tag team.
Raising his buckler to intercept her, he felt the satisfying clang of a fist against the round plate of Celestial Bronze, accompanied by the exhilaration of yet another burst of lightning passing through him. Seth shuddered and grit his teeth as his muscles tensed and coiled involuntarily at the foreign sensation. “Now defend!” he barked, bringing his blade arm up level with the shield and thrusting directly for Gwen’s upper body.
Gwen smirked defiantly at Seth’s order. “Nah.”
Instead of putting up any kind of defense, the girl’s body fuzzed into a streak of lightning. As Seth’s blade passed through the air where Gwen had been, she appeared to his left. Her fist was raised for another blow, but lightning no longer danced on it. She halted her strike.
“Damnit! Booker, tag in. I can’t figure out how to keep this up.” She said, as she took a step back, once again focusing on her fist, trying to charge it once again.
“Well, I can’t either,” the son of Zeus whined in jest. In the meantime, Booker could keep Seth entertained with the spear at his side. But perhaps there was something else he could show off here.
Booker immediately went still, muttering something under his breath. He felt his exhale merge with the nearby breeze, and the air seemed to respond, picking up in acknowledgment of his invocation.
The Ventus that spiraled into the arena took the form of a horse. Though its body was a swirling mass of dark clouds and mist, Booker was slightly disappointed to see its mane was not crackling with electricity this time. The mare pawed the ground with a spirited kick, sending a swirl of dust into the air.
“Oh, I didn’t realize it would be you again,” the son of Zeus rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly as the creature’s stormy eyes bored into him. There must not be a lot of storm spirits in the area– this one had not taken kindly to Booker's last summon to get a ride to breakfast.
“Uh, can you unleash your elemental fury upon this guy?” he asked the horse, pointing at Seth, whose calm demeanor had morphed to a moderately concerned one. This was all more embarrassing than he had intended. “Please?”
The Ventus whinnied in exasperation before charging at the son of Hermes, its form twisting and expanding into a miniature cyclone.
At the same time, Gwen finally got her lightning to comply. After fitfully flickering around her fist for a few moments, the golden sparks began to dance up and down her arm once again.
The girl let out a triumphant laugh, rushing back in and locking Seth between the oncoming Ventus in front, and a charged fist from behind. She quickly closed the distance and slammed her fist into his back. As the impact landed, the lighting surged from her fist into Seth. Though with the brief contact, it wasn’t enough to even feel through his stolen resistance.
Seth was too busy piecing together how Gwen could have phased through a sword and regaining his senses to notice stormy death galloping towards him until it was too late. The two-pronged assault (three if you count both hooves) slammed into him at roughly the same time for an effectively coordinated flank. A shout of alarm and a raising of his shield were all he could manage before an explosion of dust and light scattered the body of the son of Hermes across the arena grounds, bouncing and colliding painfully with the terrain. It took several seconds for him to come to a complete stop, lying dazed on his back as the electricity exited his body via his soles and the golden glow in his eyes subsided. The swift punishment elicited an audible series of sympathetic winces from the gathered crowd, waiting with bated breath to see if Seth was rightfully dead.
To their surprise or disappointment, a noticeably singed-but-not-dead Seth sat up with a groan just a few seconds later, propping himself up by leaning on his arms behind him. A grimace of pain spread across his features as the full effect of what he had endured finally set in. “Timeout,” he called, massaging one of several areas that was sure to develop a bruise in the future. Why did he smell burning hair? “Timeout, timeout times a billion. I lost the resistance, I need a sec. Phew. Yup, that.. That was excellent. Um. Thank you. I did not know you could summon horses and teleport. Could someone help me up? I can’t feel my feet.”
.
Now, if a certain child of Eros wished to speak with him, this was going to be his best shot.
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((Big thanks to charmingclementine and Murky-future for helping me in my first collab post in literal years. I think I’m going to stick to storymodes, but this was still a ton of fun and I hope you two had fun too.))
((This is technically a closed RP between Cel and Seth. However, if you like you can leave a comment at the designated area for spectators just confirming your character is present, for reasons I’ll explain below.))
2024.06.04 16:36 voodooroo13 Best Friend Doesn't Support or Respect Decision to be Poly
Hi, all, new to the community, and doing a little void yelling, and maybe someone has a 'been there' perspective on this. I feel like this is not a unique scenario for people in poly relationships.
Shorthand backstory, I have been in a monogamous same-sex relationship for nearly 20 years, and we got married last summer. For about the first 10 or so years, we were completely closed, then moved to being somewhat open, sexually, with other people. The intent was never there to look for a third partner, at all, but it just happened organically with another man because we both really liked him, and we all get along fantastically. I will gloss over the parts where apparently everyone in our life thought I was using the new partner as a stepping stone to breaking up with my current husband, so I also had the pleasure of discovering all our friends think our current relationship of nearly two decades is a sham. That was neat.
So now it's husband, "Jake," and boyfriend, "Alex," for little over two years now and we're all involved with each other, and the marriage thing between myself and Jake was discussed in advance, and all that. Lots of communication, very healthy, at least as far as I can tell. No one gets left out of the loop emotionally.
The biggest detractor about the relationship is a close, straight, friend of mine, "Brad." Brad is also a lot more conservative, I'm discovering, than I initially thought, and I'm beginning to think what I thought was acceptance for the gay community was really because I don't come across as flamboyant or outwardly homosexual. Brad and Jake have also never gotten along very well, Jake is also much more outward about his sexuality, not in a flamboyant way, just that he has no problem letting people know he is a proud gay man. Brad also lived with us, previously and during COVID, and blamed Alex and the poly as why he moved out, as he felt "uncomfortable" in the house with, essentially, what he described as romantic activity. However, it was always confined to the bedroom, whether Brad was home or not.
Last Fall, Brad first breached the subject he felt the poly was, again, the stepping stone to a break up, and I was using it as a pretense to prepare for that. Brad also was not getting along with Alex, and making no attempt to do so. Jake, Alex, and I also love to travel, and Brad apparently felt like he was being pushed out by Alex. While I feel trips are for the poly, I have gone out of my way to invite Brad over for game night, out to dinner with us, general hang out nights, specifically so he wouldn't feel left out. After Brad hit me with that, I thought about it for awhile, and decided if cards were going on the table, I got to have my say, and it turned into a Thing. I told him I felt his problem was with the poly, and Alex, and that I felt he was leaning much more conservative, and a bit racist and misogynistic, especially since COVID. Brad insists he has no problems with Alex or the poly, and said he felt hurt by the accusations, and we had a long talk about it to end in shake hands and everyone got to have their say. Figured problem solved, everyone got shit off their chest.
However, since then there is a definitive rift between us, and I still feel, from my end, that the issue is he has a personal, ethical, moral, whatever, issue with the poly itself. Alex does not like spending time with Brad because of the energy Brad puts off; Alex can tell Brad doesn't like him, and they haven't spent anywhere near enough time together for Brad to have a legitimate issue with Alex. Brad also has rekindled a friendship with a friend from high school he had barely seen in 20 years, which is fine, but it's coming off as spending time there because it's a heteronormative, monogamous relationship, and Brad's friend is pretty vocal he's not a fan of The Gays.
Things somewhat came to head for me yesterday when we ran into Brad at our favorite bar, and his response was to roll his eyes and get the check as quick as he could. To be polite, we sat with him at the counter, and Alex sat next to him and tried to make idle chitchat. Brad basically gave either one word answers or sat in awkward silence, paid his bill, and just hung around. I was about to tell him he didn't have to stay on our account if he was done, but then excused himself and left. Interactions like that make it hard to take at face value that he doesn't have any issues with the poly or Alex.
I don't have a "hierarchy" in my life of people, and at 40, "best friend" is such a childish term. However, I feel like Brad believes he needs to be #1 in my life, or at least tied with Jake when it was just the two of us, and that Brad feels like he has been knocked down the rungs by Alex. I have already told him last Fall I was not going through this whole thing again I went through with him and Jake for 20 years, and that Brad was going to need to figure it out. It is genuinely baffling to me that the poly thing is driving a wedge between us, and I don't know how to get him to be all right with it. On some level, I feel like it's not my responsibility to make him all right with it, and Brad needs to work on it himself, or move on. I also feel part of the problem is I challenged Brad's perception of me, as a person, with all of this, and I no longer fit in to the neat little box that he had defined for me, and that Jake and I at least previously fit into the traditional box of being a couple, even if it is a same-sex relationship.
Jake has also made his feelings known that his opinion is that if Brad is now hanging out with a vocal homophobe, that is telling of Brad's character, and has said he doesn't want to hang out with Brad if that is who Brad is associating with. So now both partners are, rightfully so, not thrilled with Brad, but I feel like Brad did this to himself, and it's getting harder and harder to preserve the friendship. Part of me thinks Brad was just waiting to see if he was right and vindicated, if the poly either fell apart or if I finally moved on from Jake with Alex, and the more it doesn't happen, the more angry Brad's getting he wasn't right.
At the end of the day, it's just a bit disheartening to have people who are your alleged friends think they can moral high ground you over how you decide to conduct your personal life that has no bearing on their own.
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Shorthand backstory, I have been in a monogamous same-sex relationship for nearly 20 years, and we got married last summer. For about the first 10 or so years, we were completely closed, then moved to being somewhat open, sexually, with other people. The intent was never there to look for a third partner, at all, but it just happened organically with another man because we both really liked him, and we all get along fantastically. I will gloss over the parts where apparently everyone in our life thought I was using the new partner as a stepping stone to breaking up with my current husband, so I also had the pleasure of discovering all our friends think our current relationship of nearly two decades is a sham. That was neat.
So now it's husband, "Jake," and boyfriend, "Alex," for little over two years now and we're all involved with each other, and the marriage thing between myself and Jake was discussed in advance, and all that. Lots of communication, very healthy, at least as far as I can tell. No one gets left out of the loop emotionally.
The biggest detractor about the relationship is a close, straight, friend of mine, "Brad." Brad is also a lot more conservative, I'm discovering, than I initially thought, and I'm beginning to think what I thought was acceptance for the gay community was really because I don't come across as flamboyant or outwardly homosexual. Brad and Jake have also never gotten along very well, Jake is also much more outward about his sexuality, not in a flamboyant way, just that he has no problem letting people know he is a proud gay man. Brad also lived with us, previously and during COVID, and blamed Alex and the poly as why he moved out, as he felt "uncomfortable" in the house with, essentially, what he described as romantic activity. However, it was always confined to the bedroom, whether Brad was home or not.
Last Fall, Brad first breached the subject he felt the poly was, again, the stepping stone to a break up, and I was using it as a pretense to prepare for that. Brad also was not getting along with Alex, and making no attempt to do so. Jake, Alex, and I also love to travel, and Brad apparently felt like he was being pushed out by Alex. While I feel trips are for the poly, I have gone out of my way to invite Brad over for game night, out to dinner with us, general hang out nights, specifically so he wouldn't feel left out. After Brad hit me with that, I thought about it for awhile, and decided if cards were going on the table, I got to have my say, and it turned into a Thing. I told him I felt his problem was with the poly, and Alex, and that I felt he was leaning much more conservative, and a bit racist and misogynistic, especially since COVID. Brad insists he has no problems with Alex or the poly, and said he felt hurt by the accusations, and we had a long talk about it to end in shake hands and everyone got to have their say. Figured problem solved, everyone got shit off their chest.
However, since then there is a definitive rift between us, and I still feel, from my end, that the issue is he has a personal, ethical, moral, whatever, issue with the poly itself. Alex does not like spending time with Brad because of the energy Brad puts off; Alex can tell Brad doesn't like him, and they haven't spent anywhere near enough time together for Brad to have a legitimate issue with Alex. Brad also has rekindled a friendship with a friend from high school he had barely seen in 20 years, which is fine, but it's coming off as spending time there because it's a heteronormative, monogamous relationship, and Brad's friend is pretty vocal he's not a fan of The Gays.
Things somewhat came to head for me yesterday when we ran into Brad at our favorite bar, and his response was to roll his eyes and get the check as quick as he could. To be polite, we sat with him at the counter, and Alex sat next to him and tried to make idle chitchat. Brad basically gave either one word answers or sat in awkward silence, paid his bill, and just hung around. I was about to tell him he didn't have to stay on our account if he was done, but then excused himself and left. Interactions like that make it hard to take at face value that he doesn't have any issues with the poly or Alex.
I don't have a "hierarchy" in my life of people, and at 40, "best friend" is such a childish term. However, I feel like Brad believes he needs to be #1 in my life, or at least tied with Jake when it was just the two of us, and that Brad feels like he has been knocked down the rungs by Alex. I have already told him last Fall I was not going through this whole thing again I went through with him and Jake for 20 years, and that Brad was going to need to figure it out. It is genuinely baffling to me that the poly thing is driving a wedge between us, and I don't know how to get him to be all right with it. On some level, I feel like it's not my responsibility to make him all right with it, and Brad needs to work on it himself, or move on. I also feel part of the problem is I challenged Brad's perception of me, as a person, with all of this, and I no longer fit in to the neat little box that he had defined for me, and that Jake and I at least previously fit into the traditional box of being a couple, even if it is a same-sex relationship.
Jake has also made his feelings known that his opinion is that if Brad is now hanging out with a vocal homophobe, that is telling of Brad's character, and has said he doesn't want to hang out with Brad if that is who Brad is associating with. So now both partners are, rightfully so, not thrilled with Brad, but I feel like Brad did this to himself, and it's getting harder and harder to preserve the friendship. Part of me thinks Brad was just waiting to see if he was right and vindicated, if the poly either fell apart or if I finally moved on from Jake with Alex, and the more it doesn't happen, the more angry Brad's getting he wasn't right.
At the end of the day, it's just a bit disheartening to have people who are your alleged friends think they can moral high ground you over how you decide to conduct your personal life that has no bearing on their own.
2024.06.04 16:29 SpawnoftheStryx The coming storm WIP
((This takes place during the events of Cel’s return post.))
Booker fanned his hand to dispel the accumulated heat, watching the residual sparks of his bolt dance across Seth’s armor with a mixture of satisfaction and curiosity.
“Well, well, well, color me impressed!” The copper-haired boy’s applause echoed in the arena, empty besides the three demigods. “You weren’t kidding about this whole power stealing thing.” He glanced over at Gwen, a roguish grin spreading across his freckled face. “You wanna give your dash thing a try as a warm-up, before we get the show on the road?”
While Booker was talking, Seth’s other opponent was focused on her fist. “Shut up, I’m trying to concentrate.” She snapped, trying to keep her breathing in a steady rhythm. Yellow sparks flickered fitfully around one fist, igniting and dying just as quickly. Then after a few moments something seemed to click, and lighting began dancing along her forearm.
The girl grinned, then turned her attention to Seth. “I’ll try not to hit you too hard.” She said, as she rushed forward to slam her charged fist into the son of Hermes.
Seth bounced a step and a half back as the children of Zeus took their turns testing the limits of his electrical resistance, courtesy of Gwen. Sporting lighter armor devoid of any metals to free up his movement, he cautiously studied her approach before deciding how best to defend. The purpose of this pre-arranged exercise could only be achieved if he equipped himself with their own ability to withstand The demonstrative two-on-one had captured the attention of a collection of other campers, who had now gathered to see how a single fighter from Cabin Eleven could possibly hold his own against the Big Three tag team.
Raising his buckler to intercept her, he felt the satisfying clang of a fist against the round plate of Celestial Bronze, accompanied by the exhilaration of yet another burst of lightning passing through him. Seth shuddered and grit his teeth as his muscles tensed and coiled involuntarily at the foreign sensation. “Now defend!” he barked, bringing his blade arm up level with the shield and thrusting directly for Gwen’s upper body.
Gwen smirked defiantly at Seth’s order. “Nah.”
Instead of putting up any kind of defense, the girl’s body fuzzed into a streak of lightning. As Seth’s blade passed through the air where Gwen had been, she appeared to his left. Her fist was raised for another blow, but lightning no longer danced on it. She halted her strike.
“Damnit! Booker, tag in. I can’t figure out how to keep this up.” She said, as she took a step back, once again focusing on her fist, trying to charge it once again.
“Well, I can’t either,” the son of Zeus whined in jest. In the meantime, Booker could keep Seth entertained with the spear at his side. But perhaps there was something else he could show off here.
Booker immediately went still, muttering something under his breath. He felt his exhale merge with the nearby breeze, and the air seemed to respond, picking up in acknowledgment of his invocation.
The Ventus that spiraled into the arena took the form of a horse. Though its body was a swirling mass of dark clouds and mist, Booker was slightly disappointed to see its mane was not crackling with electricity this time. The mare pawed the ground with a spirited kick, sending a swirl of dust into the air.
“Oh, I didn’t realize it would be you again,” the son of Zeus rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly as the creature’s stormy eyes bored into him. There must not be a lot of storm spirits in the area– this one had not taken kindly to Booker's last summon to get a ride to breakfast.
“Uh, can you unleash your elemental fury upon this guy?” he asked the horse, pointing at Seth, whose calm demeanor had morphed to a moderately concerned one. This was all more embarrassing than he had intended. “Please?”
The Ventus whinnied in exasperation before charging at the son of Hermes, its form twisting and expanding into a miniature cyclone.
At the same time, Gwen finally got her lightning to comply. After fitfully flickering around her fist for a few moments, the golden sparks began to dance up and down her arm once again.
The girl let out a triumphant laugh, rushing back in and locking Seth between the oncoming Ventus in front, and a charged fist from behind. She quickly closed the distance and slammed her fist into his back. As the impact landed, the lighting surged from her fist into Seth. Though with the brief contact, it wasn’t enough to even feel through his stolen resistance.
Seth was too busy piecing together how Gwen could have phased through a sword and regaining his senses to notice stormy death galloping towards him until it was too late. The two-pronged assault (three if you count both hooves) slammed into him at roughly the same time for an effectively coordinated flank. A shout of alarm and a raising of his shield were all he could manage before an explosion of dust and light scattered the body of the son of Hermes across the arena grounds, bouncing and colliding painfully with the terrain. It took several seconds for him to come to a complete stop, lying dazed on his back as the electricity exited his body via his soles and the golden glow in his eyes subsided. The swift punishment elicited an audible series of sympathetic winces from the gathered crowd, waiting with bated breath to see if Seth was rightfully dead.
To their surprise or disappointment, a noticeably singed-but-not-dead Seth sat up with a groan just a few seconds later, propping himself up by leaning on his arms behind him. A grimace of pain spread across his features as the full effect of what he had endured finally set in. “Timeout,” he called, massaging one of several areas that was sure to develop a bruise in the future. Why did he smell burning hair? “Timeout, timeout times a billion. I lost the resistance, I need a sec. Phew. Yup, that.. That was excellent. Um. Thank you. I did not know you could summon horses and teleport. Could someone help me up? I can’t feel my feet.”
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Now, if a certain child of Eros wished to speak with him, this was going to be his best shot.
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((Big thanks to charmingclementine and Murky-future for helping me in my first collab post in literal years. I think I’m going to stick to storymodes, but this was still a ton of fun and I hope you two had fun too.))
((This is technically a closed RP between Cel and Seth. However, if you like you can leave a comment at the designated area for spectators just confirming your character is present, for reasons I’ll explain below.))
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Teagan nudges Cel, his grin widening slightly as he notices a familiar face. “I think I found him.” He points in the direction of his brother, though he was slightly concerned about what he was set out to do. Not rolling his eyes is something he fails at though, Teagan wasn’t thrilled at the idea of Seth showing off, but if it could possibly help Cel get settled in he wouldn’t intervene. “We should go see what he’s up to, or would you prefer going by yourself to check up on him?” He had nothing against his brother, but if word got out that he was a witness to Seth’s idiocy Chiron might have a word with him, again.…Who, to Cel’s abject horror, was being electrocuted; he had entered just in time to witness a savage, crackling bolt of lightning strike his boyfriend square in the chest and light his silhouette up like a demigod-shaped Christmas tree. The air, thick with the scent of ozone and fried camper, heated uncomfortably with the sudden power surge. For a few agonizing seconds he remained enveloped in the lethal aura. Miraculously, Seth stood tall and mostly unfazed instead of keeling over. Clothes singed and bronze armaments buzzing with the current recently passing through them, he rolled his shoulders as if shrugging off a sore spot and not recovering from an attack that should have landed him an express trip to the medical cabin. In just a few moments an all out brawl had been initiated within the Arena. His eyes glowed an eerie golden yellow, and beads of perspiration had already begun to form. The stress of him taking the resisted assault head on was causing a burst of adrenaline to course through his body. He nodded in approval to his opponent, the one responsible for the display of lightning. “Excellent.”
Hopefully this reunion would be a happy one, Cel seemed nervous. He didn’t look ecstatic when Teagan mentioned his name, which didn’t seem like a good sign. It’s not his job to be matchmaker, this is one of those times where he wished that Oliver decided to appear out of thin air.
To be quite honest, Cel heard naught a word that Teagan said. As Seth panned into view Cel experienced his own form of tunnel vision. His thoughts clouded with memories of Seth’s whimsical smile and mischievous laugh. His hair was black again. Cel was supposed to help him dye it… but he left before they’d ever had the chance. A pang of guilt shot itself into Cel’s chest like an arrow. All of the longing he’d pushed out of his mind while he was away came crashing into him like an angry boar in a Greek myth. He really missed Seth.
“Y-Yeah, I think I’m gonna talk to him alone. Thanks, Teag. I’ll catch you around,” Cel looked at Teagan with an excited, albeit still nervous, look in his eyes. The bags Cel was carrying were dropped to the ground and left behind as Cel broke out into a run toward the arena. The clothes were inconsequential. One thing was important, and he was stalking toward the arena like a stoic saber-wielding soldier. Although he was the cutest one Cel had ever seen.
As Cel broke his way into the arena he was smiling like a madman. Well, he was slightly mad to think this reunion would be easy given the way he left. Cel imagined this moment nearly every night before he went to bed. They’d see each other and Cel would scoop Seth into the biggest hug imaginable. They’d embrace, cry a little bit, kiss a little more, and everything would be right in the world. Cel would apologize for leaving so abruptly. Seth would apologize for not being there when Cel needed him most. Everything… would be okay.
“Seth!” Cel cried out at the top of his lungs. His voice boomed through the arena. Some demigods that had been training turned to look at him with an annoyed expression. Who cares. All that mattered was one black haired, green eyes, trickster-thief son of Hermes….```
Booker fanned his hand to dispel the accumulated heat, watching the residual sparks of his bolt dance across Seth’s armor with a mixture of satisfaction and curiosity.
“Well, well, well, color me impressed!” The copper-haired boy’s applause echoed in the arena, empty besides the three demigods. “You weren’t kidding about this whole power stealing thing.” He glanced over at Gwen, a roguish grin spreading across his freckled face. “You wanna give your dash thing a try as a warm-up, before we get the show on the road?”
While Booker was talking, Seth’s other opponent was focused on her fist. “Shut up, I’m trying to concentrate.” She snapped, trying to keep her breathing in a steady rhythm. Yellow sparks flickered fitfully around one fist, igniting and dying just as quickly. Then after a few moments something seemed to click, and lighting began dancing along her forearm.
The girl grinned, then turned her attention to Seth. “I’ll try not to hit you too hard.” She said, as she rushed forward to slam her charged fist into the son of Hermes.
Seth bounced a step and a half back as the children of Zeus took their turns testing the limits of his electrical resistance, courtesy of Gwen. Sporting lighter armor devoid of any metals to free up his movement, he cautiously studied her approach before deciding how best to defend. The purpose of this pre-arranged exercise could only be achieved if he equipped himself with their own ability to withstand The demonstrative two-on-one had captured the attention of a collection of other campers, who had now gathered to see how a single fighter from Cabin Eleven could possibly hold his own against the Big Three tag team.
Raising his buckler to intercept her, he felt the satisfying clang of a fist against the round plate of Celestial Bronze, accompanied by the exhilaration of yet another burst of lightning passing through him. Seth shuddered and grit his teeth as his muscles tensed and coiled involuntarily at the foreign sensation. “Now defend!” he barked, bringing his blade arm up level with the shield and thrusting directly for Gwen’s upper body.
Gwen smirked defiantly at Seth’s order. “Nah.”
Instead of putting up any kind of defense, the girl’s body fuzzed into a streak of lightning. As Seth’s blade passed through the air where Gwen had been, she appeared to his left. Her fist was raised for another blow, but lightning no longer danced on it. She halted her strike.
“Damnit! Booker, tag in. I can’t figure out how to keep this up.” She said, as she took a step back, once again focusing on her fist, trying to charge it once again.
“Well, I can’t either,” the son of Zeus whined in jest. In the meantime, Booker could keep Seth entertained with the spear at his side. But perhaps there was something else he could show off here.
Booker immediately went still, muttering something under his breath. He felt his exhale merge with the nearby breeze, and the air seemed to respond, picking up in acknowledgment of his invocation.
The Ventus that spiraled into the arena took the form of a horse. Though its body was a swirling mass of dark clouds and mist, Booker was slightly disappointed to see its mane was not crackling with electricity this time. The mare pawed the ground with a spirited kick, sending a swirl of dust into the air.
“Oh, I didn’t realize it would be you again,” the son of Zeus rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly as the creature’s stormy eyes bored into him. There must not be a lot of storm spirits in the area– this one had not taken kindly to Booker's last summon to get a ride to breakfast.
“Uh, can you unleash your elemental fury upon this guy?” he asked the horse, pointing at Seth, whose calm demeanor had morphed to a moderately concerned one. This was all more embarrassing than he had intended. “Please?”
The Ventus whinnied in exasperation before charging at the son of Hermes, its form twisting and expanding into a miniature cyclone.
At the same time, Gwen finally got her lightning to comply. After fitfully flickering around her fist for a few moments, the golden sparks began to dance up and down her arm once again.
The girl let out a triumphant laugh, rushing back in and locking Seth between the oncoming Ventus in front, and a charged fist from behind. She quickly closed the distance and slammed her fist into his back. As the impact landed, the lighting surged from her fist into Seth. Though with the brief contact, it wasn’t enough to even feel through his stolen resistance.
Seth was too busy piecing together how Gwen could have phased through a sword and regaining his senses to notice stormy death galloping towards him until it was too late. The two-pronged assault (three if you count both hooves) slammed into him at roughly the same time for an effectively coordinated flank. A shout of alarm and a raising of his shield were all he could manage before an explosion of dust and light scattered the body of the son of Hermes across the arena grounds, bouncing and colliding painfully with the terrain. It took several seconds for him to come to a complete stop, lying dazed on his back as the electricity exited his body via his soles and the golden glow in his eyes subsided. The swift punishment elicited an audible series of sympathetic winces from the gathered crowd, waiting with bated breath to see if Seth was rightfully dead.
To their surprise or disappointment, a noticeably singed-but-not-dead Seth sat up with a groan just a few seconds later, propping himself up by leaning on his arms behind him. A grimace of pain spread across his features as the full effect of what he had endured finally set in. “Timeout,” he called, massaging one of several areas that was sure to develop a bruise in the future. Why did he smell burning hair? “Timeout, timeout times a billion. I lost the resistance, I need a sec. Phew. Yup, that.. That was excellent. Um. Thank you. I did not know you could summon horses and teleport. Could someone help me up? I can’t feel my feet.”
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Now, if a certain child of Eros wished to speak with him, this was going to be his best shot.
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((Big thanks to charmingclementine and Murky-future for helping me in my first collab post in literal years. I think I’m going to stick to storymodes, but this was still a ton of fun and I hope you two had fun too.))
((This is technically a closed RP between Cel and Seth. However, if you like you can leave a comment at the designated area for spectators just confirming your character is present, for reasons I’ll explain below.))
2024.06.04 16:25 ya-boi-benny Respect Travis Touchdown (No More Heroes)
Sylvia: All you feel is ecstasy when you kill. It’s like you’re getting off… Seriously, you need help.
Travis: Everybody deals with grief differently, right? Some people fuck at funerals. I cut off heads.
After killing his own sister and reaching the top spot, Travis's life has become a whole lot harder. Not only do aspiring killers break down his door from time to time to challenge the Crownless King, but villains also target his friends and neighbors in attempts to break his spirit. After losing his best friend Bishop, Travis moves to the country for a quiet life, but rivals like Badman or alien invaders like FU seem to keep dragging him back into the Garden of Insanity for more bouts of bloodshed.
No More Heroes- 1
No More Heroes 1.5- 1.5
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle- 2
Travis Strike Again: No More Heroes- TSA
No More Heroes 3- 3
Hover over a feat to see where its from.
Strength
Striking w/o Weapons- Can stun human enemies with physical strikes, like punches and kicks, then hit them with wrestling moves
- Smashes crates and chests bare-handed
- Punches an electrical panel, breaking it
- During sex, Travis shakes the motel he’s in, breaking off pieces of the sign on the roof
- Kicks open a set of doors, flooring the guard on the other side
- Dropkicks the buff Jasper Batt Jr out a window
- Boots the Henry clone’s upper half a few feet away
- Punches a stone maui head, shattering it
- Smashes treasure chests
- Strikes a baseball back at a pitcher hard enough to knock the man over
- Ducks under a slash, then severs Death Metal’s arms, sending the enemy's sword upwards and imbedding the blade in the ceiling
- Can smash wooden barricades
- His clashes with Bad Man shake the trailer they’re in
- Smashes through a cracked stone floor
- When Kimmy Howell tries to choke Travis, he picks her up and slams her onto the ground, knocking her out
- Knocks a gunman out with a legendary suplex
- Repeatedly counters and throws the jet-powered assassin, Native Dancer
- Slams Kimmy Love so hard that her head breaks through the stage’s floor. Here, he performs an RKO, a butt thump and a power bomb.
- Breaks FU’s neck with a Brainbuster from Hell
- Catches a pouncing mutant alligator, then suplexes it
- Climbs out of a pit on a beach
- Crushes a coffee mug
- Jumps from a prison to a low-flying helicopter, although Sylvia psyches him out and lets him drop
Durability
Blunt Force- Gets hit on the head by a falling coconut
- Sylvia boots him out of a moving limo
- Bad Girl beats on Travis with a baseball bat for a bit, although he falls unconscious soon after Bad Girl bleeds out
- Shrugs off a high speed crash from his bike
- Through unknown means, Travis is flung into a prison where he collides with a concrete wall. He’s unharmed by the impact.
- Gets grabbed by the head and slammed to the ground by Ryuji, but he quickly recovers and delivers a wrestling move of his own
- Gets booted by FU several feet backwards into a wall. He gets up but falls unconscious once he starts bleeding from a wide cut on the torso.
- Jumps down into a deep hole and lands on his feet, unharmed
- A giant’s severed head falls next to a boat Travis is on, causing the vessel to toss the occupants onto the ice below
- Jeane punches into Travis’ torso, but he remains conscious long enough to kill her. He suffers no long-term injury or scarring from the blow.
- [Limit] He’s stabbed a half dozen times, carved up by Henry Cooldown’s beam swords, then decapitated. A benevolent afterlife being sends Travis back to the world of the living.
- After striking an explosive bullet with his katana, Travis is thrown backwards into a baseball stadium wall, cratering the material. He’s unharmed and continues fighting right afterwards.
- Gets launched after stepping on a landmine, but gets up right after
- Falls into one of Holly Summers’ pits before she throws four grenades down on him. The explosions throw him out of the hole and he lands on his feet, unharmed.
- Withstands being lit on fire until he can get to an extinguisher
- Gets electrocuted by Destroyman’s Destroy Spark, then takes a Destroy Pound, Destroy Beam and a Destroy Buster before getting up
- Recovers shortly after being electrocuted by a Mass-Produced Destroyman, then kills it in one blow
- Margaret Moonlight’s voice is the last thing her victims hear. Once, Sylvia heard Margaret’s song from a hundred yards away and she was knocked out for a full week. However, Travis isn’t affected by Margaret’s whistling or theme song.
- Takes an up-and-coming assassin’s 12-Combo Spark move with no response
- He can walk around on an asteroid in outer space, but he must regularly restore his oxygen from cracks in the asteroid
- [Limit] One-tapped by a big scorpion
Agility
Dodging- Dodges a thrown baseball
- Dodges one of Shinobu’s Sonic Sword energy blasts
- With his back turned, he manages to dodge Destroyman’s beam attack
- Rolls to avoid Destroyman’s Destroy Cannon
- Dodges an axe swing from Matt Helms, then leaps over the killer to avoid a blast from his flamethrower
- Evades an orbital beam strike
- Backflips out of a chair to dodge a big alien’s tentacle slam
- Hits a moving bullet with his katana
- Blocks bullets with his katana
- He gets in a standoff with Dr. Peace. Travis is able to draw his blade and slash before the doctor can draw and aim his guns.
- Deflects three bullets, then runs under the gunfire to kill the shooters
- Possibly caught some automatic gunfire
- Clashes blows with Nathan Copeland at high speeds, dicing Copeland’s ladies to pieces
- Swats several bullets out of the air
- Catches a pouncing mutant alligator, then suplexes it
Fighting Skill
SwordplayGameplay
- While in the air, Travis can launch himself at enemies sword-first
- Can use a Heavy Attack in the air to descend quickly and form a shockwave along the ground
- Can perform a stinger-style dashing strike. After filling a meter to level 3 by damaging enemies, this move lets Travis turn into a massive, rainbow-colored tiger during the attack.
- Can perform charged attacks to hit multiple enemies at once
- He rams down some doors and drifts into a fountain on his bike. Travis leaps off and decapitates two guards before he hits the ground.
- Ducks under a slash, then severs Death Metal’s arms, imbedding his opponent’s blade in the ceiling
- Throws his Beam Katana at Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarskii’s eyes, blinding him
- Dismembers a group of armed goons
- Slides between Margaret Moonlight’s legs, then disarms her before impaling her
- Dragon suplex
- Vertical suplex
- Butt thump
- Front neck chancery drop
- Reverse armsault
- Capture suplex
- German suplex
- Belly to belly suplex
- Trap suplex
- Double wrist suplex
- Tiger suplex
- Hurricanrana
- Power bomb
- Tombstone piledriver
- Quebradora con giro
- Brain buster slam
- Full nelson suplex, aka Dragon suplex
- Twisted belly to back suplex
- Belly to back waist lock suplex
- Spinning backdrop finisher
- Leg hook belly to back suplex
- Backdrop finisher
- Tiger driver
- Shin breaker to suplex
- High angle belly to back suplex
- Modified tombstone piledriver
- Giant swing
- Wrist lock suplex
- Double X-wrist lock suplex
- Overhead belly to belly suplex
Beam Katanas
General Attributes- Beam Katanas run off battery life. Once Travis runs out, he must vigorously shake his weapon in order to restore its beam blade.
- Beam Katanas instantly short out during contact with water. This also creates a kind of electric backlash that shocks Travis while he’s holding it.
- Can attach an Accelerator to the handle of the katana to locate buried objects
- Can be used to safely destroy buried land mines
- After planting his sword in Matt Helms’ forehead, Travis cranks it up to “full power”, causing Matt’s head to explode
- Sticks a piece of highly corrosive space ore on his unextended beam katana, batters Gold Joe with it, then extends the blade to impale the alien’s head
- Slices through a guard and the door behind him
- Casually bisects Destroyman down the middle
- Cuts down a telephone pole
- Carves down the middle of Speed Buster’s absurdly long cannon
- Leaves smoking slash marks in a metal shutter door
- Chops fallen trees to pieces and large boulders to pieces
- Slices up some metal railings
- Slices Jasper Batt Jr’s giant blimp/robot in half
- Slices through an alien guard and the thick, metal door behind it
- Defends against Speed Buster’s colossal beam weapon, an attack that obliterates human bodies
- Travis clashes blades with Henry Cooldown, who can slice through Letz Shake’s huge Earthquake Maker machine
- Stops a charge from Jasper Batt Jr’s flying car
- Blood Berry- Travis’s initial katana, bought in an online auction in preparation for the assassin’s tournament
- Tsubaki- Visually similar to Blood Berry, this upgraded weapon has higher battery life than the base model
- Tsubaki Mk-II- This Beam Katana boasts four extra beams that rotate around the central beam. With that much extra strength comes more weight than earlier models, and Travis must wield this katana with both hands.
- Tsubaki Mk-III- The only Beam Katana in the first game that does not need an extractable frame piece, leading to a weapon that closely resembles an actual katana. While it’s a bit weaker than the Mk-II, it’s much faster and has the highest DPS and battery life of any weapon in the Tsubaki line. This weapon is also called the Camellia Mk-III in the second game.
- Rose Nasty- A pair of blades, the longer one held in the right hand. This makes for slightly weaker weapons, but they can be swung faster than other swords and can lead to higher combos.
- Peony- Basically a broadsword, this long, heavy weapon must be wielded with two hands. The blade extends even further when Travis fills the Ecstacy Gauge.
Dark Side Roulette
Special abilities that Travis can make use of depending on the luck of the draw. In the first game, these trigger after killing an enemy, and in the subsequent games, they also trigger upon delivering a wrestling move.Time/Speed-Based
- Cherry- Time is slowed dramatically from Travis’s perspective while he moves at normal speed
- Cranberry Chocolate Sundae- Time slows to a crawl and Travis is only able to walk. If he approaches an enemy, he strikes them down with a brutal finisher, killing them near-instantly. In the second game, Travis turns into his fursona, a tiger, and tears enemies to shreds with his mouth and claws
- Bars- Travis swings his sword much faster than normal, causing most enemies to get stun locked by sword combos during the duration of the powerup
- Blueberry Cheese Brownie- Travis is able to fire explosive blasts of energy from his Beam Katana that instantly kill human enemies The same move from the second game
- Strawberry on the Shortcake- Travis temporarily gains golden hair and his katana crackles with power. His movement speed increases and he can perform Death Blows with greater ease. In the second game, this move behaves similarly to the Cherry effect
- Anarchy in the Galaxy- Getting this outcome lets Travis store one charge, up to three max. When used, Travis creates a number of purple explosions, wiping out all human enemies in the vicinity.
- Gooseberry Sugar Donut- Travis sheaths his sword for a moment before unleashing a massive, expanding dome of energy. Any human enemies caught in this dome are instantly killed.
- 777s- Travis summons his mechanical armor and hovers, then uses a reticle to target enemies with homing missiles
- Green 777s- Travis summons his armor in Full Green Mode. Rather than just launching a volley of missiles like with the default 777s, he spends several seconds in the armor while swinging a larger beam sword and accessing armor-exclusive moves.
- Coins- WESN, a currency, explodes from the enemy’s body for Travis to collect
- Cherries- Utopicoins, a currency, explode from the enemy’s body for Travis to collect
- Stars- Travis gains invulnerability and ignores all damage from enemies for a number of seconds
- Bells- Travis goes into Throw Crazy Mode. His hands become wreathed in flames, and for several seconds, he can grapple and slam enemies without needing to stun them. He can also perform throws on downed enemies, leading to long stun chains.
- Dark Step- Dodging right before a blow connects allows Travis to slow time down from his perspective for a few moments
- Ecstasy Mode- By killing enemies and avoiding damage, Travis fills a meter represented by a tiger that extends the length of his sword combos. Once full, he can enter a temporary Super Mode where he becomes invincible and moves much faster.
Death Glove
When Travis was sucked into the video game world through the magic game console, the Death Drive Mk II, he was granted the Death Glove, a controller that allowed him to perform special techniques. After he escaped the console, he maintained the glove and could perform a couple special moves in the real world, too. After each use, the chosen move goes on a short cooldown before it can be used again.Some of these clips feature characters other than Travis, as many of these moves are universal and can be performed by any playable character.
Powers from Travis Strikes Again
The last level takes place in the real world, and Travis can still use all of his Chips like normal, although that may have to do with being close to the CIA’s more powerful Death Drive Mk-II.
- Shining Chip- Telekinetically grabs an enemy and then tosses them backwards
- Psycho Chip- Fires projectiles that can stun and damage struck enemies
- Heavy Chip- Creates an area of effect that slows down all enemies within
- Atlas Chip- Throws forward a sticky bomb that explodes after a short delay
- ∀ Chip- Creates an area that gradually heals Travis. This circle does gradually shrink in size, however.
- Strike Freedom Chip- Aims and fires a laser from an orbiting satellite. Travis cannot move during the aiming process, but the blast’s damage is exceptional.
- Wing Chip- Fires electricity in a straight line, which can paralyze effected enemies
- Double X Chip- Throws down a powerful bomb with a massive blast radius. It can knock back Travis but does not actually deal damage to its user.
- Ξ Chip- Makes the user invisible until they attack an enemy or until a time limit is up
- V2 Chip- The user spins around like a top, damaging any enemies that they collide with
- Destroy Chip- Creates a wall to block attacks or approaching enemies
- 00 Chip- Travis dashes in one direction, gaining some invincibility frames during the dash
- Unicorn Chip- Creates a field that drains life directly from enemies inside
- Physalis Chip- Tosses a capsule that spews poisonous and flammable gasses in four directions
- Self Chip- Generates an area that draws enemies in
- BCB (Blueberry Cheese Brownie) Chip- Drastically lowers Travis' movement speed but grants him greater attack power for a time
- NBMB (Nuts Berry Milk Blancmange) Chip- Temporarily causes Travis' normal attacks to release a meteor-shaped projectile
- Travisman Formation Chip- Can only be used in conjunction with Badman. The two men turn into one being and let loose a screen nuke attack, wiping out all normal enemies in a flash of light. This technique does not work on bosses.
- Death Kick- Travis performs a flying dropkick, traveling across the battlefield to strike the nearest enemy, stunning them
- Death Slow- Creates a small field that slows down any enemies caught inside
- Death Force- Telekinetically grips a single enemy and throws them backwards
- Death Rain- Creates a field a few feet above the air that “rains down” damaging projectiles on enemies
A majority of these chips offer only minor gameplay differences, but there are three that more dramatically alter Travis’s abilities.
- 80 Chip- Alerts Travis when collectibles are nearby
- Legend Chip- Lets Travis fire beams from his blade
- Z Chip- Reduces cooldowns for Death Skills to zero
- Dr. Juvenile, creator of the Death Drive Mk II, has downloaded her consciousness into the Death Glove and acts as an AI helper. She analyzes an alien substance when Travis presses it against the Glove.
- Allows Travis’s cat, Jeane, to travel with Travis within the glove. Jeane can exit the glove and float around in an orange bubble before landing on the ground.
- When Travis is falling off a skyscraper, the Glove transfers an Arsenal Rollout Model from the Daemon X Machina universe to save him
Vehicles/Mecha
Schpeltiger- Can knock down palm trees
- Can be used to ram enemies
- Makes a massive jump off a ramp
- Can perform manual jumps on the bike
Demzamtiger
- By pressing a button on the Death Glove, Travis can instantly teleport his motorcycle to his location
- Can make long jumps off of ramps to travel over bodies of water
- Can boost forwards with nitro
- Can damage enemy vehicles by ramming them or by extending beam katana blades from the sides to slice them
- Can assemble a flight-capable suit of mechanical armor around his body
- Travis can also enhance his armor’s abilities in Full Green Mode, a special form for his armor. In gameplay, he can trigger this through getting Green 777s on the Slash Reel.
- Bougainvillea Mode- Travis’s armor is capable of space battle. When facing a larger foe in space, Travis can fly freely, fire homing projectiles and deploy a powerful Hyperdeath Particle Cannon beam attack.
- Can deploy beam blades from both arms, using them to slice apart Mr. Blackhole
- Deploys a beam that obliterates Mr. Blackhole
- Shatters a massive sphere of ice
- Travis fights a Space Peacock, an alien large enough to envelope the planet Earth with its wings. He destroys several cores along its body to damage it.
- When an enemy busts out a skyscraper-sized, football-themed robot in space, Travis responds with a giant robot of his own
- After filling the Ecstacy Gauge, it can unleash a barrage of missiles
- After filling the Ecstacy Gauge, it can extend the length of its blade to empower a slash
- Throws the Santa Death Parade’s giant robot into outer space, then obliterates it with a railgun
- When Travis is falling off a skyscraper, the Glove transfers an Arsenal Rollout Model from the Daemon X Machina universe to save him. Travis uses it to batter Damon Riccitiello’s much larger mech.
- Stabs into Damon Riccitiello’s truly massive mech, flies into space on his own mech, then jumps out and impales through the torso of Damon’s mech
Fourth-Wall Awareness
- He asks about Jeane’s tragic past and she replies that the sordid details would jack up the game’s age rating even further. To avoid this, Travis “fast forwards” the conversation, making it so that he gets the information but keeps it from the player of the game.
- Demands to know what Sylvia was up to between the first and second game, then looks to the camera for support from the player
- Acknowledges the gap between NMH2 and Travis Strikes again and tries to introduce himself to the new players
- Jeane explains that Travis isn’t really breaking the fourth wall but instead sensing the presence of the player directly
- Starts blaming the game directors when he thinks he’s stuck in a bugged save
- When a boss traps Travis in JRPG, turn-based style combat, Travis is able to destroy the command box, freeing himself and beginning the normal, action-game style fight
Miscellaneous
- Somehow escapes from restraints during Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarskii’s magic act
- Travis leaves an empty cloak standing up in an elevator to serve as a decoy. He then gets past Skelter Helter on the rooftop without being seen.
- Leaves a decoy in his trailer when Bad Man comes to kill him. The decoy is able to play Hotline Miami.
- He doesn’t appreciate being compared to Deadpool
- Travis swings his katana to kill the mysterious Native Dancer, but his sword arm won’t budge. When Dancer falls, Travis moves to catch him. Unbeknownst to Travis, Native Dancer is a close family member, and Travis instinctually cannot harm him.
See that… Now THAT was a battle!!! Look at this blood! We HUMANS are ALIVE! Even if we ARE assassins! Doesn’t matter if it’s a video game, movie, drama, anime, manga… We’re ALIVE!!!
2024.06.04 16:24 DanuEndeavours A little reflection - how easily FUD comes along when price crashes.
EDIT: On second thoughts I'd like to save many of you some time from reading everything else below the only sentence that sums it up:
Yes, CRO price is crashing on both the BTC and the USD pair.
Understandably.. when it's not pumping, it's crashing... Or going sideways. However, unhappy opinions do not fail to flood the community. From disbelievers, to bag holders holding since 40 cent or since the MCO merge or since who knows when at the top of the 2021 bullrun.
Yet the market keeps doing it's thing, CRO, despite complaints, continues to serve its use.
Yet CRO, gets questioned. Let's explore it's utility, considering that it is not only a pointless native token to the Cronos chain, upon which, just like other chains before it, developers, as well as meme creators have a means of advancing the crypto space.
(Of course it may be unfortunate in many ways, that the way to arise most mainstream interest, is through the latter)
Anyways, we can say it's a chain with a community behind it. And a community with an early developing vision to advance the crypto landscape to new heights.
A crypto community, with a blockchain amongst many: Solana, Ethereum, polygon, BNB smart chain, Tron and many others, some better at representing the vision for crypto than others. Most, make the spotlight through memes and NFTs. Because that's where most easy money is... For now.
But will it always be that way? Is this the pinnacle of crypto utility?
Why do so many hold the opinion, that CRO, out of all of them, has no utility? ... Allow me to share my opinion, why via comparison, CRO may actually prove to have the more developed vision of utility out of all current crypto projects.
(Feel free to add, debate and share your own opinions, of course with polite consideration to others)
Aside from the fact that CRO serves it's purpose as the native token of Cronos, just like most (if not all?) other Blockchain s possess..
It is also the token supporting the Cryptocom app suite. How does it support it? - well, firstly a means of proof that holders hold the belief in the company and it's vision. By staking the required 6 month card.
Of course, it also serves as the primary reward currency for users who participate in all company campaigns, offers and interest earning protocols.
(But isn't that what FTX was sort of doing?)
Well, sort of, but I doubt FTX even attempted to portray itself as the internationally compliant exchange that CDC is doing it's best to develop into and protect it's reputation. So I guess it's also a trust game to some extent too. 100% Transparency is still a luxury even CDC cannot offer. After some questionable articles regarding internal trading desks that CDC had tried to keep behind curtains in 2021, we may assume that there could be some lil tweaks that CDC itself may be questioned over, come the next bear market.
Like .. Why does price fall after 20% offer ends.
Is there any degree of insider trading against the customer going on? Is it a good practice if that did happen? Since the customer funds had technically been reserved to CDC for the entire year, some may question what is acceptable for the company to do with those funds to ensure growth of the company.
But why is the price still the same as however many years ago?
I guess.. mistakes happen even for financial industry CEOs?
But I'd choose to believe in one who knows how to survive, learn and improve, than ones who promise a sense of altruistic benevolence, and end up scamming money rather than developing real utility. (SBF cough)
As Kris himself mentioned in recent AMA, slow and steady is the prospected approach rather than repeating mistakes of the past.
What is that utility ???
Well, what is the goal of crypto? Is it to lock money away with increased guaranteed profit every time we look at charts? I think this is a common dreamers misconception we need to overcome as a community. Market psychology still applies, but it definitely goes hand in hand with business practices. And those are the exact parameters being explored with today's leaders in crypto adoption.
It's somewhat easy to pick out another facet of utility, when compared to the thousands of utility-less tokens, promising empty dreams.
It's also easy to find utility when comparing to the hundreds of meme coins ... Created for reasons no other than to take people's money in an entertaining race of musical chairs.
I personally think, that if the cryptocurrency industry has already reached a point where it can be easily managed, spend and transacted with, we are already at a level of utility more advanced than most current day banking institutions.
And CDC manages to do just that. If CDC succeeds, how can CRO fail? if the face of CRO remains a a token used by the highest standard industry leader, what should we criticise?
Everything in crypto is uncharted territory,
so what's the dissatisfaction with CRO being slow at making a steady stand?
The above is my uncurated opinion. I don't mean to spread either FUD or FOMO. Please be understanding to others, even if their opinions may differ drastically from ours. I will gladly engage in discussion about any parts of my post, as I admit it is tricky to encapsulate a whole markets' emotion in text. But if I may add more to my opinion... Which is of course in no way financial advice, ... This moment now seems like a definite safe spot to buy and ensure we don't become the future dissatisfied commenters of CRO crashing again at some point in the future
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The CRO price FUD is a lil dramatic when green days are just around the corner .. if you know you knowIf you're bored read the rest
Understandably.. when it's not pumping, it's crashing... Or going sideways. However, unhappy opinions do not fail to flood the community. From disbelievers, to bag holders holding since 40 cent or since the MCO merge or since who knows when at the top of the 2021 bullrun.
Yet the market keeps doing it's thing, CRO, despite complaints, continues to serve its use.
Yet CRO, gets questioned. Let's explore it's utility, considering that it is not only a pointless native token to the Cronos chain, upon which, just like other chains before it, developers, as well as meme creators have a means of advancing the crypto space.
(Of course it may be unfortunate in many ways, that the way to arise most mainstream interest, is through the latter)
Anyways, we can say it's a chain with a community behind it. And a community with an early developing vision to advance the crypto landscape to new heights.
A crypto community, with a blockchain amongst many: Solana, Ethereum, polygon, BNB smart chain, Tron and many others, some better at representing the vision for crypto than others. Most, make the spotlight through memes and NFTs. Because that's where most easy money is... For now.
But will it always be that way? Is this the pinnacle of crypto utility?
Why do so many hold the opinion, that CRO, out of all of them, has no utility? ... Allow me to share my opinion, why via comparison, CRO may actually prove to have the more developed vision of utility out of all current crypto projects.
(Feel free to add, debate and share your own opinions, of course with polite consideration to others)
Aside from the fact that CRO serves it's purpose as the native token of Cronos, just like most (if not all?) other Blockchain s possess..
It is also the token supporting the Cryptocom app suite. How does it support it? - well, firstly a means of proof that holders hold the belief in the company and it's vision. By staking the required 6 month card.
Of course, it also serves as the primary reward currency for users who participate in all company campaigns, offers and interest earning protocols.
(But isn't that what FTX was sort of doing?)
Well, sort of, but I doubt FTX even attempted to portray itself as the internationally compliant exchange that CDC is doing it's best to develop into and protect it's reputation. So I guess it's also a trust game to some extent too. 100% Transparency is still a luxury even CDC cannot offer. After some questionable articles regarding internal trading desks that CDC had tried to keep behind curtains in 2021, we may assume that there could be some lil tweaks that CDC itself may be questioned over, come the next bear market.
Like .. Why does price fall after 20% offer ends.
Is there any degree of insider trading against the customer going on? Is it a good practice if that did happen? Since the customer funds had technically been reserved to CDC for the entire year, some may question what is acceptable for the company to do with those funds to ensure growth of the company.
But why is the price still the same as however many years ago?
I guess.. mistakes happen even for financial industry CEOs?
But I'd choose to believe in one who knows how to survive, learn and improve, than ones who promise a sense of altruistic benevolence, and end up scamming money rather than developing real utility. (SBF cough)
As Kris himself mentioned in recent AMA, slow and steady is the prospected approach rather than repeating mistakes of the past.
What is that utility ???
Well, what is the goal of crypto? Is it to lock money away with increased guaranteed profit every time we look at charts? I think this is a common dreamers misconception we need to overcome as a community. Market psychology still applies, but it definitely goes hand in hand with business practices. And those are the exact parameters being explored with today's leaders in crypto adoption.
It's somewhat easy to pick out another facet of utility, when compared to the thousands of utility-less tokens, promising empty dreams.
It's also easy to find utility when comparing to the hundreds of meme coins ... Created for reasons no other than to take people's money in an entertaining race of musical chairs.
I personally think, that if the cryptocurrency industry has already reached a point where it can be easily managed, spend and transacted with, we are already at a level of utility more advanced than most current day banking institutions.
And CDC manages to do just that. If CDC succeeds, how can CRO fail? if the face of CRO remains a a token used by the highest standard industry leader, what should we criticise?
Everything in crypto is uncharted territory,
so what's the dissatisfaction with CRO being slow at making a steady stand?
2024.06.04 16:24 No_House4698 aiw for getting intimate with my friend with my husband's blessing? (long read lol sorry)
okay this is kinda a long one lol, tbh idrk why im putting this out here, i don't actually wanna share it, i think this provides an impression of me that probably doesn't actually match up with how i would seem if any of y'all met me in person. i guess im hoping that hearing other people's feelings on this might provide more clarity about my feelings surrounding this whole ordeal.
some disclaimers beforehand:
no, i don't want to be a third with you and your partner. yes, this is real. as weird as it sounds after reading this, me and my husband, have no interest in an open relationship. no, im not promoting an onlyfans and i have no interest in getting one no, i wont send pics to you lol
im 22f, ill go by nichole. my hubby, we'll call him daniel is 22m, and my friend, let's say marco is 28m.
back in january my husband and i started discussing me being more free with my body. being topless in europe, stuff like that. nothing too crazy. i met marco at work, super super sweet and nerdy. we started hitting it off. my husband and i mutually decided that we'd be down for marco to see my boobs. not to initiate a three way or anything, but to be vulnerable. i wanted to be sexual, but sensual. that probably doesn't make any sense but that's the best i can explain it lol.
i was wearing a button up shirt and spandex that night. sitting next to marco on the couch that night, (hubby was there too) i asked marco if he'd be ok with me unbuttoning my shirt and he was nervous but also excited and said yes. so i did, i was nervous at first, but tbh it was really fun, spiritual and liberating. so we spent the night drinking wine, listening to music and talking, i just happened to have my boobs out. i think we all loved it, and the most scandalous thing that happened that night was i hugged him good night topless.
similar things happened for the next few times we hung out, i guess it got incrementally wilder. instead of having just my shirt undone, id have it all the way off. id walk around the apartment in nothing but my underwear.
my husband and i would talk about how interesting and new this all was, and we mutually agreed that we'd like to see what it was like for me to have my boobs/nipples stroked/kissed by marco, but obviously this was a pretty big step. i was hesitant because obviously it's my body, and my husband didn't push me, which i appreciated. i think it also felt like a really big deal because i know y'all are gonna be skeptical of this, but sex or anything under the belt with marco was completely off limits for all of us, so this was gonna be the farthest that we would go.
the same type of stuff continued, me being topless around marco and my husband, not doing anything more until a few weeks ago. my husband was going overseas for a week, and knew id be seeing marco while he was gone. he asked if there was gonna be more that happened since he was gonna be away. i was genuinely honest with him, and said that it wasn't impossible, but that i highly highly highly doubted anything would. i thought i might not even be topless without my husband around. idk, i guess i was just feeling a little weird, can't really put my finger on why.
the first night hubby was away, marco and i hung out. this sounds more questionable than it was, so here's some more context. we were together until like 2:00 am, and he spent the night. however we were in a group of friends the whole time, and we work at a restaurant that doesn't close until midnight so this type of thing isn't unusual. and marco had previously been spending the night in our spare bedroom, he was just there so that he didn't have to drive an hour and a half to get home. we didn't even spend any time together at the apartment that night, and he had left for work by the time i woke up i texted my husband about all of this, literally didn't matter at all, just giving as much detail as possible i guess.
a few nights later, i planned on cooking for marco. in hindsight it's kinda clear that this is the night something was gonna happen. not sexually, but i was telling my husband that i was gonna give marco a massage since he'd been working so much, and that there was a decent chance we'd fall asleep on the sofa together or something. dinner was really nice. we had some good conversations.
at about 10:30 pm, we started watching a movie, and we planned on falling asleep on the sofa together. btw i was texting my husband little updates of everything that im writing here, i think it was like 3:00 am where he was, and he was jetlagged so he was in and out of sleep, so sometimes he'd respond, sometimes he wouldn't. he was genuinely really happy i was having a nice time which was sweet.
marco did offer to let me sleep in bed with him, my room was really close to some construction that always wakes me up. i think he was genuine, but also just liked the idea of sleeping in the same bed with me lol, and i politely declined.
he was gently kissing my hairline during the movie, and had his hand on my knee under the covers. i was fully clothed at this point.
after the movie i gave him a really good massage, and then we decided to put on another movie to fall asleep to, and i decided to take my shirt off, but i kept my shorts on.
we were cuddling on the sofa, both of us shirtless, and he touched my breast. i asked him "did you mean to touch my boob?" and he kinda acted like he didn't realize he'd done it, maybe he was asleep and his hand slipped, but then we kept cuddling and i brought his hands back on my breasts and he started rubbing my nipple and stroking my boob with his thumbs, and it felt really good.
i felt bad and texted my husband, he was totally good. i felt bad because i was really in the moment with marco, so i texted my husband like an hour after this happened. i really wanted to sleep with marco, literally just sleep in the same bed, no sex lol, but it didn't feel right, so i didn't.
but i really liked watching him love on my boobs. i was just watching his technique, i think he was looking at it too. watching the way the candles flickered on my bare boobs, which were pressed against his chest, watching the way the light reflected as he cast a shadow over my nipple with his fingers. and after he was done touching them, i said "what do u think? and he said "you've got really nice nipples." and i blushed and said thank you.
my husband asked if i was turned on. it was weird, i wasn't like dtf or anything, but physically i could feel my vagina stimulated. but im like 99% sure marco was hard.
sooooo that happened lol. and then marco said the next night he was gonna take me out to dinner. work that day was crazy, knowing that this guy i didn't even know a few months ago had been so intimate with me the night before. we went out for dinner which was really fun. i was feeling pretty good and confident after the previous night. usually i wait for a little bit and settle in before taking my top off but i was comfortable having my boobs out as soon as we came in the door. we had dessert, watched the office and we were just hanging out. it was only 10:30 but we were exhausted. since i was feeling so comfortable, i texted my husband that i was gonna sleep topless in the same bed with marco. he was surprised but supportive.
at 2:30 am i woke up to him kissing my neck and breasts. i really liked it and rolled on top of him, putting my tits in his face to let him know he could keep going. i know i shouldn't have been, but i was surprised at how hard he was (i could feel him against my thigh) at this point i snuck i texted my husband after this asking if it was okay, i rly wanted to keep going but i wasn't going to without his go ahead. he was understandably surprised, and had a lot of questions. i told him i needed a yes or no because I needed to get back to marco. he told me that i was good to go ahead, as long as I told him everything afterwards. i was excited and happy that i could go ahead, and used the time in the bathroom as an opportunity to take my shorts off (i wasn't completely naked, i was still in a thong) and i crawled back into bed with marco.
i straddled him, and i rolled over and put my boobs in his face. he was kissing them while he was running his hands up my butt, my hips, my back, we did that on and off for about 30 minutes, me back on my back/him stroking my breasts. then i'd roll over and he'd start kissing them. and we had our legs up on one another we were kissing each others necks. i felt his erection on my leg as he pressed up against me, and then against my ass as we were spooning and getting ready to sleep. i subconsciously started throwing it back at him, so we were kinda dry humping for a min. idk if he got any pleasure from it, i kinda think he might have since his dick was basically between my ass cheeks but idk, i didn't get any pleasure from it lol. so we spooned and fell asleep, and then the next morning, we woke up, and we were cuddling. we must have readjusted in the middle of the night because i woke up to his face buried in my cleavage, gently kissing me. he was running his thumb up & down my nipples all morning while i lay on my back. he was stealing kisses on my neck & on my head and cheek, all the while the morning sun, with its dark orange tint peeping through the bedroom. we were all tangled up in the sheets. it was so romantic and i felt so close to him.
my husband was understandably shocked by all this, but we had some really good talks about it. i know he and marco talked too. we all decided to do it again once my husband got back so he could see what it was actually like. so about a week later marco came over for dinner and cooked for us (sidenote, it was absolutely incredible haha) it was def a different vibe with my husband around. i was nervous so stuff went a little slower than it had before. i think marco was nervous too, so i pulled his hand onto my breast again. at that point, im not quite sure why, id be really interested to know but he really seemed to have a fire underneath him. he was pinching my nipples, rubbing them, massaging my boobs, really feeling me up. he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap. he gently pulled my hair to pull my head back and was kissing my neck. for some reason, im not exactly sure why, my husband had been very focused on whether or not marco had been sucking on my nipples, or just kissing them. i told my hubby that he'd kinda been like french kissing them, so that's what i was expecting to happen this time too, so i was surprised when marco really started sucking my tits. it was passionate and felt really good so i was really moaning. i tried to not moan as much because i thought that might hurt my husband's feelings but i couldn't help it. he just kept going and i was moaning out his name for like an hour.
at that point my husband went into our bedroom. i spent a couple more minutes of quality time with marco, letting his hands and mouth explore me and then went in to talk to my husband. he was conflicted. on one hand he said it was really interesting to see such passion, and he liked how sweet marco was to me, not pushing any of my boundaries, not forcing himself between my legs even though I think a lot of guys would expect sex at this point, but of course on the other hand it was really hard for him to see me, as his wife with someone else like that.
after that night, i decided to pull back from being this intimate with marco. im so lucky that we've just been able to go back to being friends, and there really hasn't been any weirdness. marco and i hangout regularly, me and my husband are good, and him and marco get along really well.
so please tell me, aiw?
submitted by No_House4698 to amiwrong [link] [comments]
some disclaimers beforehand:
no, i don't want to be a third with you and your partner. yes, this is real. as weird as it sounds after reading this, me and my husband, have no interest in an open relationship. no, im not promoting an onlyfans and i have no interest in getting one no, i wont send pics to you lol
im 22f, ill go by nichole. my hubby, we'll call him daniel is 22m, and my friend, let's say marco is 28m.
back in january my husband and i started discussing me being more free with my body. being topless in europe, stuff like that. nothing too crazy. i met marco at work, super super sweet and nerdy. we started hitting it off. my husband and i mutually decided that we'd be down for marco to see my boobs. not to initiate a three way or anything, but to be vulnerable. i wanted to be sexual, but sensual. that probably doesn't make any sense but that's the best i can explain it lol.
i was wearing a button up shirt and spandex that night. sitting next to marco on the couch that night, (hubby was there too) i asked marco if he'd be ok with me unbuttoning my shirt and he was nervous but also excited and said yes. so i did, i was nervous at first, but tbh it was really fun, spiritual and liberating. so we spent the night drinking wine, listening to music and talking, i just happened to have my boobs out. i think we all loved it, and the most scandalous thing that happened that night was i hugged him good night topless.
similar things happened for the next few times we hung out, i guess it got incrementally wilder. instead of having just my shirt undone, id have it all the way off. id walk around the apartment in nothing but my underwear.
my husband and i would talk about how interesting and new this all was, and we mutually agreed that we'd like to see what it was like for me to have my boobs/nipples stroked/kissed by marco, but obviously this was a pretty big step. i was hesitant because obviously it's my body, and my husband didn't push me, which i appreciated. i think it also felt like a really big deal because i know y'all are gonna be skeptical of this, but sex or anything under the belt with marco was completely off limits for all of us, so this was gonna be the farthest that we would go.
the same type of stuff continued, me being topless around marco and my husband, not doing anything more until a few weeks ago. my husband was going overseas for a week, and knew id be seeing marco while he was gone. he asked if there was gonna be more that happened since he was gonna be away. i was genuinely honest with him, and said that it wasn't impossible, but that i highly highly highly doubted anything would. i thought i might not even be topless without my husband around. idk, i guess i was just feeling a little weird, can't really put my finger on why.
the first night hubby was away, marco and i hung out. this sounds more questionable than it was, so here's some more context. we were together until like 2:00 am, and he spent the night. however we were in a group of friends the whole time, and we work at a restaurant that doesn't close until midnight so this type of thing isn't unusual. and marco had previously been spending the night in our spare bedroom, he was just there so that he didn't have to drive an hour and a half to get home. we didn't even spend any time together at the apartment that night, and he had left for work by the time i woke up i texted my husband about all of this, literally didn't matter at all, just giving as much detail as possible i guess.
a few nights later, i planned on cooking for marco. in hindsight it's kinda clear that this is the night something was gonna happen. not sexually, but i was telling my husband that i was gonna give marco a massage since he'd been working so much, and that there was a decent chance we'd fall asleep on the sofa together or something. dinner was really nice. we had some good conversations.
at about 10:30 pm, we started watching a movie, and we planned on falling asleep on the sofa together. btw i was texting my husband little updates of everything that im writing here, i think it was like 3:00 am where he was, and he was jetlagged so he was in and out of sleep, so sometimes he'd respond, sometimes he wouldn't. he was genuinely really happy i was having a nice time which was sweet.
marco did offer to let me sleep in bed with him, my room was really close to some construction that always wakes me up. i think he was genuine, but also just liked the idea of sleeping in the same bed with me lol, and i politely declined.
he was gently kissing my hairline during the movie, and had his hand on my knee under the covers. i was fully clothed at this point.
after the movie i gave him a really good massage, and then we decided to put on another movie to fall asleep to, and i decided to take my shirt off, but i kept my shorts on.
we were cuddling on the sofa, both of us shirtless, and he touched my breast. i asked him "did you mean to touch my boob?" and he kinda acted like he didn't realize he'd done it, maybe he was asleep and his hand slipped, but then we kept cuddling and i brought his hands back on my breasts and he started rubbing my nipple and stroking my boob with his thumbs, and it felt really good.
i felt bad and texted my husband, he was totally good. i felt bad because i was really in the moment with marco, so i texted my husband like an hour after this happened. i really wanted to sleep with marco, literally just sleep in the same bed, no sex lol, but it didn't feel right, so i didn't.
but i really liked watching him love on my boobs. i was just watching his technique, i think he was looking at it too. watching the way the candles flickered on my bare boobs, which were pressed against his chest, watching the way the light reflected as he cast a shadow over my nipple with his fingers. and after he was done touching them, i said "what do u think? and he said "you've got really nice nipples." and i blushed and said thank you.
my husband asked if i was turned on. it was weird, i wasn't like dtf or anything, but physically i could feel my vagina stimulated. but im like 99% sure marco was hard.
sooooo that happened lol. and then marco said the next night he was gonna take me out to dinner. work that day was crazy, knowing that this guy i didn't even know a few months ago had been so intimate with me the night before. we went out for dinner which was really fun. i was feeling pretty good and confident after the previous night. usually i wait for a little bit and settle in before taking my top off but i was comfortable having my boobs out as soon as we came in the door. we had dessert, watched the office and we were just hanging out. it was only 10:30 but we were exhausted. since i was feeling so comfortable, i texted my husband that i was gonna sleep topless in the same bed with marco. he was surprised but supportive.
at 2:30 am i woke up to him kissing my neck and breasts. i really liked it and rolled on top of him, putting my tits in his face to let him know he could keep going. i know i shouldn't have been, but i was surprised at how hard he was (i could feel him against my thigh) at this point i snuck i texted my husband after this asking if it was okay, i rly wanted to keep going but i wasn't going to without his go ahead. he was understandably surprised, and had a lot of questions. i told him i needed a yes or no because I needed to get back to marco. he told me that i was good to go ahead, as long as I told him everything afterwards. i was excited and happy that i could go ahead, and used the time in the bathroom as an opportunity to take my shorts off (i wasn't completely naked, i was still in a thong) and i crawled back into bed with marco.
i straddled him, and i rolled over and put my boobs in his face. he was kissing them while he was running his hands up my butt, my hips, my back, we did that on and off for about 30 minutes, me back on my back/him stroking my breasts. then i'd roll over and he'd start kissing them. and we had our legs up on one another we were kissing each others necks. i felt his erection on my leg as he pressed up against me, and then against my ass as we were spooning and getting ready to sleep. i subconsciously started throwing it back at him, so we were kinda dry humping for a min. idk if he got any pleasure from it, i kinda think he might have since his dick was basically between my ass cheeks but idk, i didn't get any pleasure from it lol. so we spooned and fell asleep, and then the next morning, we woke up, and we were cuddling. we must have readjusted in the middle of the night because i woke up to his face buried in my cleavage, gently kissing me. he was running his thumb up & down my nipples all morning while i lay on my back. he was stealing kisses on my neck & on my head and cheek, all the while the morning sun, with its dark orange tint peeping through the bedroom. we were all tangled up in the sheets. it was so romantic and i felt so close to him.
my husband was understandably shocked by all this, but we had some really good talks about it. i know he and marco talked too. we all decided to do it again once my husband got back so he could see what it was actually like. so about a week later marco came over for dinner and cooked for us (sidenote, it was absolutely incredible haha) it was def a different vibe with my husband around. i was nervous so stuff went a little slower than it had before. i think marco was nervous too, so i pulled his hand onto my breast again. at that point, im not quite sure why, id be really interested to know but he really seemed to have a fire underneath him. he was pinching my nipples, rubbing them, massaging my boobs, really feeling me up. he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap. he gently pulled my hair to pull my head back and was kissing my neck. for some reason, im not exactly sure why, my husband had been very focused on whether or not marco had been sucking on my nipples, or just kissing them. i told my hubby that he'd kinda been like french kissing them, so that's what i was expecting to happen this time too, so i was surprised when marco really started sucking my tits. it was passionate and felt really good so i was really moaning. i tried to not moan as much because i thought that might hurt my husband's feelings but i couldn't help it. he just kept going and i was moaning out his name for like an hour.
at that point my husband went into our bedroom. i spent a couple more minutes of quality time with marco, letting his hands and mouth explore me and then went in to talk to my husband. he was conflicted. on one hand he said it was really interesting to see such passion, and he liked how sweet marco was to me, not pushing any of my boundaries, not forcing himself between my legs even though I think a lot of guys would expect sex at this point, but of course on the other hand it was really hard for him to see me, as his wife with someone else like that.
after that night, i decided to pull back from being this intimate with marco. im so lucky that we've just been able to go back to being friends, and there really hasn't been any weirdness. marco and i hangout regularly, me and my husband are good, and him and marco get along really well.
so please tell me, aiw?
2024.06.04 16:23 No_House4698 aitah for getting intimate with my friend with my husband's blessing? (long read lol sorry)
okay this is kinda a long one lol, tbh idrk why im putting this out here, i don't actually wanna share it, i think this provides an impression of me that probably doesn't actually match up with how i would seem if any of y'all met me in person. i guess im hoping that hearing other people's feelings on this might provide more clarity about my feelings surrounding this whole ordeal.
some disclaimers beforehand:
no, i don't want to be a third with you and your partner. yes, this is real. as weird as it sounds after reading this, me and my husband, have no interest in an open relationship. no, im not promoting an onlyfans and i have no interest in getting one no, i wont send pics to you lol
im 22f, ill go by nichole. my hubby, we'll call him daniel is 22m, and my friend, let's say marco is 28m.
back in january my husband and i started discussing me being more free with my body. being topless in europe, stuff like that. nothing too crazy. i met marco at work, super super sweet and nerdy. we started hitting it off. my husband and i mutually decided that we'd be down for marco to see my boobs. not to initiate a three way or anything, but to be vulnerable. i wanted to be sexual, but sensual. that probably doesn't make any sense but that's the best i can explain it lol.
i was wearing a button up shirt and spandex that night. sitting next to marco on the couch that night, (hubby was there too) i asked marco if he'd be ok with me unbuttoning my shirt and he was nervous but also excited and said yes. so i did, i was nervous at first, but tbh it was really fun, spiritual and liberating. so we spent the night drinking wine, listening to music and talking, i just happened to have my boobs out. i think we all loved it, and the most scandalous thing that happened that night was i hugged him good night topless.
similar things happened for the next few times we hung out, i guess it got incrementally wilder. instead of having just my shirt undone, id have it all the way off. id walk around the apartment in nothing but my underwear.
my husband and i would talk about how interesting and new this all was, and we mutually agreed that we'd like to see what it was like for me to have my boobs/nipples stroked/kissed by marco, but obviously this was a pretty big step. i was hesitant because obviously it's my body, and my husband didn't push me, which i appreciated. i think it also felt like a really big deal because i know y'all are gonna be skeptical of this, but sex or anything under the belt with marco was completely off limits for all of us, so this was gonna be the farthest that we would go.
the same type of stuff continued, me being topless around marco and my husband, not doing anything more until a few weeks ago. my husband was going overseas for a week, and knew id be seeing marco while he was gone. he asked if there was gonna be more that happened since he was gonna be away. i was genuinely honest with him, and said that it wasn't impossible, but that i highly highly highly doubted anything would. i thought i might not even be topless without my husband around. idk, i guess i was just feeling a little weird, can't really put my finger on why.
the first night hubby was away, marco and i hung out. this sounds more questionable than it was, so here's some more context. we were together until like 2:00 am, and he spent the night. however we were in a group of friends the whole time, and we work at a restaurant that doesn't close until midnight so this type of thing isn't unusual. and marco had previously been spending the night in our spare bedroom, he was just there so that he didn't have to drive an hour and a half to get home. we didn't even spend any time together at the apartment that night, and he had left for work by the time i woke up i texted my husband about all of this, literally didn't matter at all, just giving as much detail as possible i guess.
a few nights later, i planned on cooking for marco. in hindsight it's kinda clear that this is the night something was gonna happen. not sexually, but i was telling my husband that i was gonna give marco a massage since he'd been working so much, and that there was a decent chance we'd fall asleep on the sofa together or something. dinner was really nice. we had some good conversations.
at about 10:30 pm, we started watching a movie, and we planned on falling asleep on the sofa together. btw i was texting my husband little updates of everything that im writing here, i think it was like 3:00 am where he was, and he was jetlagged so he was in and out of sleep, so sometimes he'd respond, sometimes he wouldn't. he was genuinely really happy i was having a nice time which was sweet.
marco did offer to let me sleep in bed with him, my room was really close to some construction that always wakes me up. i think he was genuine, but also just liked the idea of sleeping in the same bed with me lol, and i politely declined.
he was gently kissing my hairline during the movie, and had his hand on my knee under the covers. i was fully clothed at this point.
after the movie i gave him a really good massage, and then we decided to put on another movie to fall asleep to, and i decided to take my shirt off, but i kept my shorts on.
we were cuddling on the sofa, both of us shirtless, and he touched my breast. i asked him "did you mean to touch my boob?" and he kinda acted like he didn't realize he'd done it, maybe he was asleep and his hand slipped, but then we kept cuddling and i brought his hands back on my breasts and he started rubbing my nipple and stroking my boob with his thumbs, and it felt really good.
i felt bad and texted my husband, he was totally good. i felt bad because i was really in the moment with marco, so i texted my husband like an hour after this happened. i really wanted to sleep with marco, literally just sleep in the same bed, no sex lol, but it didn't feel right, so i didn't.
but i really liked watching him love on my boobs. i was just watching his technique, i think he was looking at it too. watching the way the candles flickered on my bare boobs, which were pressed against his chest, watching the way the light reflected as he cast a shadow over my nipple with his fingers. and after he was done touching them, i said "what do u think? and he said "you've got really nice nipples." and i blushed and said thank you.
my husband asked if i was turned on. it was weird, i wasn't like dtf or anything, but physically i could feel my vagina stimulated. but im like 99% sure marco was hard.
sooooo that happened lol. and then marco said the next night he was gonna take me out to dinner. work that day was crazy, knowing that this guy i didn't even know a few months ago had been so intimate with me the night before. we went out for dinner which was really fun. i was feeling pretty good and confident after the previous night. usually i wait for a little bit and settle in before taking my top off but i was comfortable having my boobs out as soon as we came in the door. we had dessert, watched the office and we were just hanging out. it was only 10:30 but we were exhausted. since i was feeling so comfortable, i texted my husband that i was gonna sleep topless in the same bed with marco. he was surprised but supportive.
at 2:30 am i woke up to him kissing my neck and breasts. i really liked it and rolled on top of him, putting my tits in his face to let him know he could keep going. i know i shouldn't have been, but i was surprised at how hard he was (i could feel him against my thigh) at this point i snuck i texted my husband after this asking if it was okay, i rly wanted to keep going but i wasn't going to without his go ahead. he was understandably surprised, and had a lot of questions. i told him i needed a yes or no because I needed to get back to marco. he told me that i was good to go ahead, as long as I told him everything afterwards. i was excited and happy that i could go ahead, and used the time in the bathroom as an opportunity to take my shorts off (i wasn't completely naked, i was still in a thong) and i crawled back into bed with marco.
i straddled him, and i rolled over and put my boobs in his face. he was kissing them while he was running his hands up my butt, my hips, my back, we did that on and off for about 30 minutes, me back on my back/him stroking my breasts. then i'd roll over and he'd start kissing them. and we had our legs up on one another we were kissing each others necks. i felt his erection on my leg as he pressed up against me, and then against my ass as we were spooning and getting ready to sleep. i subconsciously started throwing it back at him, so we were kinda dry humping for a min. idk if he got any pleasure from it, i kinda think he might have since his dick was basically between my ass cheeks but idk, i didn't get any pleasure from it lol. so we spooned and fell asleep, and then the next morning, we woke up, and we were cuddling. we must have readjusted in the middle of the night because i woke up to his face buried in my cleavage, gently kissing me. he was running his thumb up & down my nipples all morning while i lay on my back. he was stealing kisses on my neck & on my head and cheek, all the while the morning sun, with its dark orange tint peeping through the bedroom. we were all tangled up in the sheets. it was so romantic and i felt so close to him.
my husband was understandably shocked by all this, but we had some really good talks about it. i know he and marco talked too. we all decided to do it again once my husband got back so he could see what it was actually like. so about a week later marco came over for dinner and cooked for us (sidenote, it was absolutely incredible haha) it was def a different vibe with my husband around. i was nervous so stuff went a little slower than it had before. i think marco was nervous too, so i pulled his hand onto my breast again. at that point, im not quite sure why, id be really interested to know but he really seemed to have a fire underneath him. he was pinching my nipples, rubbing them, massaging my boobs, really feeling me up. he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap. he gently pulled my hair to pull my head back and was kissing my neck. for some reason, im not exactly sure why, my husband had been very focused on whether or not marco had been sucking on my nipples, or just kissing them. i told my hubby that he'd kinda been like french kissing them, so that's what i was expecting to happen this time too, so i was surprised when marco really started sucking my tits. it was passionate and felt really good so i was really moaning. i tried to not moan as much because i thought that might hurt my husband's feelings but i couldn't help it. he just kept going and i was moaning out his name for like an hour.
at that point my husband went into our bedroom. i spent a couple more minutes of quality time with marco, letting his hands and mouth explore me and then went in to talk to my husband. he was conflicted. on one hand he said it was really interesting to see such passion, and he liked how sweet marco was to me, not pushing any of my boundaries, not forcing himself between my legs even though I think a lot of guys would expect sex at this point, but of course on the other hand it was really hard for him to see me, as his wife with someone else like that.
after that night, i decided to pull back from being this intimate with marco. im so lucky that we've just been able to go back to being friends, and there really hasn't been any weirdness. marco and i hangout regularly, me and my husband are good, and him and marco get along really well.
so please tell me, aitah?
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some disclaimers beforehand:
no, i don't want to be a third with you and your partner. yes, this is real. as weird as it sounds after reading this, me and my husband, have no interest in an open relationship. no, im not promoting an onlyfans and i have no interest in getting one no, i wont send pics to you lol
im 22f, ill go by nichole. my hubby, we'll call him daniel is 22m, and my friend, let's say marco is 28m.
back in january my husband and i started discussing me being more free with my body. being topless in europe, stuff like that. nothing too crazy. i met marco at work, super super sweet and nerdy. we started hitting it off. my husband and i mutually decided that we'd be down for marco to see my boobs. not to initiate a three way or anything, but to be vulnerable. i wanted to be sexual, but sensual. that probably doesn't make any sense but that's the best i can explain it lol.
i was wearing a button up shirt and spandex that night. sitting next to marco on the couch that night, (hubby was there too) i asked marco if he'd be ok with me unbuttoning my shirt and he was nervous but also excited and said yes. so i did, i was nervous at first, but tbh it was really fun, spiritual and liberating. so we spent the night drinking wine, listening to music and talking, i just happened to have my boobs out. i think we all loved it, and the most scandalous thing that happened that night was i hugged him good night topless.
similar things happened for the next few times we hung out, i guess it got incrementally wilder. instead of having just my shirt undone, id have it all the way off. id walk around the apartment in nothing but my underwear.
my husband and i would talk about how interesting and new this all was, and we mutually agreed that we'd like to see what it was like for me to have my boobs/nipples stroked/kissed by marco, but obviously this was a pretty big step. i was hesitant because obviously it's my body, and my husband didn't push me, which i appreciated. i think it also felt like a really big deal because i know y'all are gonna be skeptical of this, but sex or anything under the belt with marco was completely off limits for all of us, so this was gonna be the farthest that we would go.
the same type of stuff continued, me being topless around marco and my husband, not doing anything more until a few weeks ago. my husband was going overseas for a week, and knew id be seeing marco while he was gone. he asked if there was gonna be more that happened since he was gonna be away. i was genuinely honest with him, and said that it wasn't impossible, but that i highly highly highly doubted anything would. i thought i might not even be topless without my husband around. idk, i guess i was just feeling a little weird, can't really put my finger on why.
the first night hubby was away, marco and i hung out. this sounds more questionable than it was, so here's some more context. we were together until like 2:00 am, and he spent the night. however we were in a group of friends the whole time, and we work at a restaurant that doesn't close until midnight so this type of thing isn't unusual. and marco had previously been spending the night in our spare bedroom, he was just there so that he didn't have to drive an hour and a half to get home. we didn't even spend any time together at the apartment that night, and he had left for work by the time i woke up i texted my husband about all of this, literally didn't matter at all, just giving as much detail as possible i guess.
a few nights later, i planned on cooking for marco. in hindsight it's kinda clear that this is the night something was gonna happen. not sexually, but i was telling my husband that i was gonna give marco a massage since he'd been working so much, and that there was a decent chance we'd fall asleep on the sofa together or something. dinner was really nice. we had some good conversations.
at about 10:30 pm, we started watching a movie, and we planned on falling asleep on the sofa together. btw i was texting my husband little updates of everything that im writing here, i think it was like 3:00 am where he was, and he was jetlagged so he was in and out of sleep, so sometimes he'd respond, sometimes he wouldn't. he was genuinely really happy i was having a nice time which was sweet.
marco did offer to let me sleep in bed with him, my room was really close to some construction that always wakes me up. i think he was genuine, but also just liked the idea of sleeping in the same bed with me lol, and i politely declined.
he was gently kissing my hairline during the movie, and had his hand on my knee under the covers. i was fully clothed at this point.
after the movie i gave him a really good massage, and then we decided to put on another movie to fall asleep to, and i decided to take my shirt off, but i kept my shorts on.
we were cuddling on the sofa, both of us shirtless, and he touched my breast. i asked him "did you mean to touch my boob?" and he kinda acted like he didn't realize he'd done it, maybe he was asleep and his hand slipped, but then we kept cuddling and i brought his hands back on my breasts and he started rubbing my nipple and stroking my boob with his thumbs, and it felt really good.
i felt bad and texted my husband, he was totally good. i felt bad because i was really in the moment with marco, so i texted my husband like an hour after this happened. i really wanted to sleep with marco, literally just sleep in the same bed, no sex lol, but it didn't feel right, so i didn't.
but i really liked watching him love on my boobs. i was just watching his technique, i think he was looking at it too. watching the way the candles flickered on my bare boobs, which were pressed against his chest, watching the way the light reflected as he cast a shadow over my nipple with his fingers. and after he was done touching them, i said "what do u think? and he said "you've got really nice nipples." and i blushed and said thank you.
my husband asked if i was turned on. it was weird, i wasn't like dtf or anything, but physically i could feel my vagina stimulated. but im like 99% sure marco was hard.
sooooo that happened lol. and then marco said the next night he was gonna take me out to dinner. work that day was crazy, knowing that this guy i didn't even know a few months ago had been so intimate with me the night before. we went out for dinner which was really fun. i was feeling pretty good and confident after the previous night. usually i wait for a little bit and settle in before taking my top off but i was comfortable having my boobs out as soon as we came in the door. we had dessert, watched the office and we were just hanging out. it was only 10:30 but we were exhausted. since i was feeling so comfortable, i texted my husband that i was gonna sleep topless in the same bed with marco. he was surprised but supportive.
at 2:30 am i woke up to him kissing my neck and breasts. i really liked it and rolled on top of him, putting my tits in his face to let him know he could keep going. i know i shouldn't have been, but i was surprised at how hard he was (i could feel him against my thigh) at this point i snuck i texted my husband after this asking if it was okay, i rly wanted to keep going but i wasn't going to without his go ahead. he was understandably surprised, and had a lot of questions. i told him i needed a yes or no because I needed to get back to marco. he told me that i was good to go ahead, as long as I told him everything afterwards. i was excited and happy that i could go ahead, and used the time in the bathroom as an opportunity to take my shorts off (i wasn't completely naked, i was still in a thong) and i crawled back into bed with marco.
i straddled him, and i rolled over and put my boobs in his face. he was kissing them while he was running his hands up my butt, my hips, my back, we did that on and off for about 30 minutes, me back on my back/him stroking my breasts. then i'd roll over and he'd start kissing them. and we had our legs up on one another we were kissing each others necks. i felt his erection on my leg as he pressed up against me, and then against my ass as we were spooning and getting ready to sleep. i subconsciously started throwing it back at him, so we were kinda dry humping for a min. idk if he got any pleasure from it, i kinda think he might have since his dick was basically between my ass cheeks but idk, i didn't get any pleasure from it lol. so we spooned and fell asleep, and then the next morning, we woke up, and we were cuddling. we must have readjusted in the middle of the night because i woke up to his face buried in my cleavage, gently kissing me. he was running his thumb up & down my nipples all morning while i lay on my back. he was stealing kisses on my neck & on my head and cheek, all the while the morning sun, with its dark orange tint peeping through the bedroom. we were all tangled up in the sheets. it was so romantic and i felt so close to him.
my husband was understandably shocked by all this, but we had some really good talks about it. i know he and marco talked too. we all decided to do it again once my husband got back so he could see what it was actually like. so about a week later marco came over for dinner and cooked for us (sidenote, it was absolutely incredible haha) it was def a different vibe with my husband around. i was nervous so stuff went a little slower than it had before. i think marco was nervous too, so i pulled his hand onto my breast again. at that point, im not quite sure why, id be really interested to know but he really seemed to have a fire underneath him. he was pinching my nipples, rubbing them, massaging my boobs, really feeling me up. he grabbed my waist and pulled me onto his lap. he gently pulled my hair to pull my head back and was kissing my neck. for some reason, im not exactly sure why, my husband had been very focused on whether or not marco had been sucking on my nipples, or just kissing them. i told my hubby that he'd kinda been like french kissing them, so that's what i was expecting to happen this time too, so i was surprised when marco really started sucking my tits. it was passionate and felt really good so i was really moaning. i tried to not moan as much because i thought that might hurt my husband's feelings but i couldn't help it. he just kept going and i was moaning out his name for like an hour.
at that point my husband went into our bedroom. i spent a couple more minutes of quality time with marco, letting his hands and mouth explore me and then went in to talk to my husband. he was conflicted. on one hand he said it was really interesting to see such passion, and he liked how sweet marco was to me, not pushing any of my boundaries, not forcing himself between my legs even though I think a lot of guys would expect sex at this point, but of course on the other hand it was really hard for him to see me, as his wife with someone else like that.
after that night, i decided to pull back from being this intimate with marco. im so lucky that we've just been able to go back to being friends, and there really hasn't been any weirdness. marco and i hangout regularly, me and my husband are good, and him and marco get along really well.
so please tell me, aitah?
2024.06.04 16:22 bLESsedDaBest Where can people with PTSD live in peace? Im in a rage due to noise atm
So i’ve had PTSD (maybe even before) for the past 7 years from gun violence etc. And every morning since then no matter where i stay people make noise for hours and im miserable every morning. Theres drawers constantly slamming, wood floors being walked on, voices in the next room, sliding door slams and chair scootches from the hours of 5am to 8am non stop & i usually plan to wake after that but no im up all morning. Not only that , these noises (including the hall light switch being flicked on) wakes me up violently! Like my chest physically hurts and I cant go back to sleep because its like the noise starts traveling through my ears and im restartled every 2 min i try to drift back off into sleep. I cant afford therapy and i dont trust medi cal drs to give af enough to truly help me. All they do is cop attitudes and throw meds at me without even referring me to a specialist. I know i need to go back to therapy but i dont want to relive anything or talk about it. Ive made major progress by myself noticing my issues and being mindful to try and better myself when im alone. Im kind of afraid to live alone due to medical things but I NEED IT! the noise sends me into a complete rage and its just not fair to me or my body to have to suppress this anger. my chest really hurts and i want to cry and break everything in sight just to drown out the noise. I dont want to do therapy bc others need to go to therapy to learn to be respectful of those with ptsd and stop making so much damn noise! and stop telling me to get help for it dear family bc you’re partially the reason im even like this! i know this is turning into a rant but oh well. my mood instantly drops to depression when someone returns home. Also im up or waken up by surround sound vibrations between 12-3am if i get to sleep earlier. i also have epilepsy and i need my sleep! im tired of being called lazy bc im uncontrollably sleepy all day long to where i just sit on the couch sleeping while the family is away. Id rather have my reoccurring murder nightmares every night that i cant snap out of and hyperventilate and uncontrollably cry from every day than to hear noise. Also the thought of no longer hearing noise means my family wont be around and i really dont want that so i try to be careful about my words and thoughts but i am freaking miserable 😭. i passive aggressively blast brown noise from my cpu to drown them out and it helps me sleep but most days it doesnt and its not loud enough. Its so bad that i play my brown noise on yt with the mini screen feature on my iphone and everytime it cuts off bc ive moved it to the side to see my screen I GET STARTLED ! the same reaction to noises that wake me also happens if my brown noise gets interrupted! i get this jumping pulsing in my ears until i enlarge the screen again . wtf!! If youve gotten to this part of my post I initially just wrote this to ask where can i live besides the forest bc birds get annoying af too !!Is there like a ptsd silent community or something?! ive heard noise cancelling headphones work but they dont block out vibrations which is a huge issue for me. i need an unsafe level of noise cancellation. idk what to do! half the days im too tired to get myself together. im about to go ape 💩! i really need help. im so angryyyyyy! nobody even checks on me when im yelling to myself in my room about it stomping my feet. nobody checks on my when im in my room quiet for days either. 🙄. melaton doesnt help btw. im not allowed to smoke weed @ 34 in the backyard bc my stepmoms a prude for no reason. she even screeches when she hears curse words in a movie (not when she watches them herself tho) . mortals are so annoying. i might as well get up for my 12pm appointment today cause i wont be getting any sleep ! thanks for coming to my ted talk. if you can suggest anything please do!!! thanks!!!
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2024.06.04 16:20 elisemarah Anxiety about child being sick
Hello. I have definitely had anxiety for as long as I can remember, even being in kinder. Since becoming a mom, my anxiety worsened. My last child is now 6, and he cannot get sick with a simple cold or virus, or complain about his head or leg hurting, without me coming to the conclusion that he has cancer and will pass. It feels like a knife in my chest when he gets sick, because my mind goes to the extreme and assumes the absolute worst. It has kept me up for days, sick, throwing up, panicking, taking him to the doctor and he turns out fine each time. I don’t know how to make my mind stop going to the extremes. I have been on so many different anxiety meds and while they lessen the intensity of the panic, they don’t stop my mind from going to the extremes. When this child was born, I almost lost him to RSV. And my therapist thinks my anxiety stemmed from that. I am constantly torn between “it’s just anxiety , he’s fine” to “it’s your motherly instinct and you’re right, and he’s going to pass”. I just can’t get over that fear with him and it’s been taking over my life. Is there anyone else who deals with this and what helps? 💔
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2024.06.04 16:19 Rubicon2020 I’ve reset my brain again
TL;DR just needed to get this off my chest.
My ex gf is truly the woman I want to marry. She’s just perfect in every way except she has internal homophobia because of her parents. I’ve talked a lot to her parents years ago and both said take my time as she’s been hurt a lot. They’re friends of my parents. So we started talking and eventually 7 years later we actually get together. Like living a dream. She went with me to a baseball game, she’d bite me when she’d get excited. Didn’t know I liked being bitten till then. She was super cute and shit. I worked my very newbie magic on her and had sex multiple times over the three day period. I’m asexual I don’t need anything. I get off by getting her off. So she’s perfect for me as she’s a pillow princess.
We came home and were secretive again for a while. Then, she moved a couple hours away. She let loose wore Pride stuff, said she’d never be with another man again. Then mom and dad need help due to failing healths so they drag her home again. And she’s now dating a guy. I’m so devastated.
I get obsessive with her, I’m hyper focus on a relationship with her. I was this way with my husband. Apparently, it’s my think that I plan to workout in therapy when I’m employed again. And I got hyper focused when she told me she was with a dude after I punched the wall didn’t damage the wall I hit a stud but damn near broke my wrist lol.
I had to stop texting her for a few days and cry it out. And now I’m back to normal. Well as normal as I can be. I still absolutely love this woman. I still want to marry her, but I’m able to have conversations again. And of course her usual if I’m not hyper focused on her she ignores me. I swear she likes me hyper focused.
I’m married to a man, very much lesbian. We stopped all sex long long time ago. We’re in an open relationship. We care for each other and so we stay together. Apparently, her mom and dad told her she was the reason my hubs and I don’t have sex she’s to blame. That pissed me tf off cuz we stopped a couple years before I ever told her I liked her. We don’t cuz he’s impotent and can’t fix it due to other health reasons and he just doesn’t enjoy it anymore. So that’s it. We’re fine. When she said to me “I never wanted to be the reason” it stopped me in my tracks and she told me they said she was, oh I wanted to deck her dad I know it’s him saying it.
I’m 40, she’s 43. She has a teenage daughter who’s going thru a transition in their life so I’m sure her grandpa is not happy about it. That’s why we can’t be together. He parents tried to go to court for full custody a few years back with someone else because she’s a lesbian she’s mentally unfit to raise a child. She almost lost her kid cuz we live in a stupid state. So she came home and acted normal for a few years till we decided to do something.
I’m so scared for her she doesn’t have a good track record with guys. She tends to find abusive drunks. And that’s who she’s with now another drunk. She’s been assaulted quite a bit and I’m so worried it’ll happen again.
I told her the day her daughter turns 18 I’m giving her an engagement ring. She didn’t say not too. I want her daughter to go to college and then get her out of that house permanently.
Yes it’s complicated. I do have self respect. I just love this woman to pieces. But for now, we’re just friends again. She’s my best friend. I know they make her life difficult af when we talk to I know why she goes dark for a bit.
I just needed to get this out. I don’t have friends besides her and my hubs.
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My ex gf is truly the woman I want to marry. She’s just perfect in every way except she has internal homophobia because of her parents. I’ve talked a lot to her parents years ago and both said take my time as she’s been hurt a lot. They’re friends of my parents. So we started talking and eventually 7 years later we actually get together. Like living a dream. She went with me to a baseball game, she’d bite me when she’d get excited. Didn’t know I liked being bitten till then. She was super cute and shit. I worked my very newbie magic on her and had sex multiple times over the three day period. I’m asexual I don’t need anything. I get off by getting her off. So she’s perfect for me as she’s a pillow princess.
We came home and were secretive again for a while. Then, she moved a couple hours away. She let loose wore Pride stuff, said she’d never be with another man again. Then mom and dad need help due to failing healths so they drag her home again. And she’s now dating a guy. I’m so devastated.
I get obsessive with her, I’m hyper focus on a relationship with her. I was this way with my husband. Apparently, it’s my think that I plan to workout in therapy when I’m employed again. And I got hyper focused when she told me she was with a dude after I punched the wall didn’t damage the wall I hit a stud but damn near broke my wrist lol.
I had to stop texting her for a few days and cry it out. And now I’m back to normal. Well as normal as I can be. I still absolutely love this woman. I still want to marry her, but I’m able to have conversations again. And of course her usual if I’m not hyper focused on her she ignores me. I swear she likes me hyper focused.
I’m married to a man, very much lesbian. We stopped all sex long long time ago. We’re in an open relationship. We care for each other and so we stay together. Apparently, her mom and dad told her she was the reason my hubs and I don’t have sex she’s to blame. That pissed me tf off cuz we stopped a couple years before I ever told her I liked her. We don’t cuz he’s impotent and can’t fix it due to other health reasons and he just doesn’t enjoy it anymore. So that’s it. We’re fine. When she said to me “I never wanted to be the reason” it stopped me in my tracks and she told me they said she was, oh I wanted to deck her dad I know it’s him saying it.
I’m 40, she’s 43. She has a teenage daughter who’s going thru a transition in their life so I’m sure her grandpa is not happy about it. That’s why we can’t be together. He parents tried to go to court for full custody a few years back with someone else because she’s a lesbian she’s mentally unfit to raise a child. She almost lost her kid cuz we live in a stupid state. So she came home and acted normal for a few years till we decided to do something.
I’m so scared for her she doesn’t have a good track record with guys. She tends to find abusive drunks. And that’s who she’s with now another drunk. She’s been assaulted quite a bit and I’m so worried it’ll happen again.
I told her the day her daughter turns 18 I’m giving her an engagement ring. She didn’t say not too. I want her daughter to go to college and then get her out of that house permanently.
Yes it’s complicated. I do have self respect. I just love this woman to pieces. But for now, we’re just friends again. She’s my best friend. I know they make her life difficult af when we talk to I know why she goes dark for a bit.
I just needed to get this out. I don’t have friends besides her and my hubs.