Roger! Copy! YEEEEEESSSS!!! I hear you. This makes so much sense to me. I have thought and felt these things so many times. Thank you for putting so many of my thoughts and feelings into words once again. I am the person that almost always feels like, how did you put it... reverse word vomiting? any time I speak to anyone outside my immediate family about more than small talk and logistics. And finding those rare people that you can share with them and they know to say something comforting and reassuring after, well, they are extremely rare. So thank you. Loved every word of this. AMEN and much applause.
I definitely get this. One of my BFFs here is gay and trying to go to church which is just really hard. We go hiking regularly and talk about his struggles and we know it's just a thing that later he will text me and say, "I'm sorry, was I sharing too much???" and I always reassure him that we're good. It's a joke now-- as we're saying our goodbyes I'll try to tell him, "It's fine, you don't need to text me later asking!" but it's comfortable and great (even when it's hard stuff we're talking about). He's a wedding planner and sometimes I help him out at his weddings, and when I'm trying to figure stuff like that out, I'll ask him, "Do you want me at this event" and he says, "I always want you!" which is just super kind and reassuring! I have taken to using that line myself for various things (like in YWs where my advisors will ask if I want them to come to an activity). It's so nice to feel wanted.
And it sure is hard to find friends like that.
And I've always loved that bit of humanity in Jurassic Park that Tim is embarrassed that he threw up and Alan Grant is so nice about it (even though he hates kids). Throwing up is the worst for SO MANY REASONS.
And we TOTALLY had those exact same walkie talkies and they were awesome! Sometimes they'd pick up pilots speaking to each other or something-- it was so cool! I'm still kind of disappointed in myself for not memorizing morse code when I had them!
Roger! Copy! YEEEEEESSSS!!! I hear you. This makes so much sense to me. I have thought and felt these things so many times. Thank you for putting so many of my thoughts and feelings into words once again. I am the person that almost always feels like, how did you put it... reverse word vomiting? any time I speak to anyone outside my immediate family about more than small talk and logistics. And finding those rare people that you can share with them and they know to say something comforting and reassuring after, well, they are extremely rare. So thank you. Loved every word of this. AMEN and much applause.
I definitely get this. One of my BFFs here is gay and trying to go to church which is just really hard. We go hiking regularly and talk about his struggles and we know it's just a thing that later he will text me and say, "I'm sorry, was I sharing too much???" and I always reassure him that we're good. It's a joke now-- as we're saying our goodbyes I'll try to tell him, "It's fine, you don't need to text me later asking!" but it's comfortable and great (even when it's hard stuff we're talking about). He's a wedding planner and sometimes I help him out at his weddings, and when I'm trying to figure stuff like that out, I'll ask him, "Do you want me at this event" and he says, "I always want you!" which is just super kind and reassuring! I have taken to using that line myself for various things (like in YWs where my advisors will ask if I want them to come to an activity). It's so nice to feel wanted.
And it sure is hard to find friends like that.
And I've always loved that bit of humanity in Jurassic Park that Tim is embarrassed that he threw up and Alan Grant is so nice about it (even though he hates kids). Throwing up is the worst for SO MANY REASONS.
And we TOTALLY had those exact same walkie talkies and they were awesome! Sometimes they'd pick up pilots speaking to each other or something-- it was so cool! I'm still kind of disappointed in myself for not memorizing morse code when I had them!