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Thank you for the good advice! I just talked to him over my lunch, I didn't bring up feeling disappointed, but I asked if he'd be willing to try to do some fun activities over our 4-day weekend. I was an expecting a "yeah, sure" but he's actually really excited about it. I'm going to be planning one or two small things each day, dinner at our favorite restaurant being one of them. I'm also picking some activities that are easy to cancel last minute should he be in too much pain (oh I should plan at home things we can do if that happens, like renting his favorite movie). Thank you again for encouraging me to say something, I have a hard time planning, but he's worth it.

I do want to go, but I don't want him to suffer for it, it's not worth that. I'd rather cancel to make him comfortable. For me it's more about doing something special to celebrate the milestone, it feels like our first big anniversary being the 5th, but that's probably just me holding on to some weird tradition. I'm thinking about making a nice dinner with him (or maybe for him if he's still in pain). He's always been the planner in our relationship, so I really want to do something for him to show him that I appreciate him.

I would totally reschedule if we could, but it's too late to take back the days off we scheduled. Maybe we'll reschedule way later, but I can't this month since we're taking time off for all the dental work aswell. I feel bad for him being in so much pain, tooth aches really do suck. In the past we would make a nice dinner together (we couldn't afford anything crazy as college students lol), maybe I can ask him to do that this weekend. We always talked about going to this flower garden nearby, or kayaking on the river, maybe I should bring some of these up to him. I was worried I was asking too much to want to do more, but talking to him sounds like a good idea, maybe he'll have some more ideas of his own. Thank you for validating my disappointment, even if it is only minor disappointment.

"Oh, just my mother and father and uncle sitting around, talking. It's like being a pedestrian, only rarer." - Clarisse McClellan

Proper animal testing

This is true for democratic nations, but they've been feeling the hurt lately as representatives are being bought out by (you guessed it) billionaires. So even when it's the governments failing, it's usually some rich asshole pulling the strings behind them. Who would've thought a corrupt politician would need a sugar daddy.

Oh shit thank you for reminding me. This idea that it's our individual responsibility to prevent climate change rather than our largest producers/manufactures was a goddamn marketing ploy in the 1920s. It was spear headed by disposable companies like Dixie as people were getting more upset about littering, the public thought companies making one use items was incredibly wasteful and the reason for an abundance of litter in city areas. With the companies PR efforts, they were able to convince the general public that it's not the producers of the litter that cause the problem, but the people who use it. We had a chance to kill the disposable industry and we missed it, I hope it comes back around some day.

unfortunately; yes.

I have never been this tempted to pet a guinea pig, how do you resist?

I KNOW LIKE A SEA OF GRASS

That's actually what my needy Kentucky bluegrass lawn looks like right now lol, most prairie grass lawns in my area are more drought resistant than the "virgin lawns."

just adding to this cause I found a good picture, really want to get a fine fescue & pollinator mix alone the fine fescue is nice, but the bee pack has super cute flowers

Holyshit, I've heard stories, but hearing your firsthand account sounds so dystopian.