We met at a café for coffee and pastries. He talked about himself non-stop, I couldn’t even get a word in, like not even to ask follow-up questions. Every so often he would realize what he was doing and then pause and sat “Oh, uh, how about you?” as though he finally remembered I was there. I could get about 2 sentences in before he took over the conversation again.

After the first date I was willing to give him a second chance because I know people can talk alot if they’re nervous, so we called each other a few times, but it was the same thing, just him talking the whole time. He would call me after work and ramble for an hour about nothing. I finally broke it off because he just never shut up.

Don’t you guys have salted black licorice, too? That’s like the candy version of adding insult to injury.

It’s made with honey, sugar, butter, and vanilla, and I loooove it.

Took a joy ride on a bulldozer. We built jumps with it and then went over them as fast as that thing would go. No one got hurt and it was a great time, but I think back to how dangerous and stupid it was (no seat belts, one person drove and the rest of us just held onto the cab for dear life, right above the tracks), and realize how lucky we were that nothing bad happened.

For me personally, I would never date someone that had kids. For one, I don’t like kids and am childfree by choice, and two, having been the kid of the parent that started dating after their divorce and ended up with an “evil stepmother” figure in my life, I would never want to be such a person in a child’s life. I don’t care how awesome a step parent you think you’d be, you are infringing upon the relationship between an adult and their biological child, and let me tell you, that 9/10 times, that kid will never like you, whether they state that out loud or keep it to themselves.

ACAB

Whoa, this is wild! Would totally do that even for a year of being able to handle dairy again!

Yeah, I’ve tried that, I even have these extra strength lactase pills from Europe with like 3x the amount of lactase as Lactaid, but it’s still always unpredictable as to whether it will work or not, and if it doesn’t, it will ruin the rest of my day.

A beanie in the winter because it was cold outside

An everything bagel with plain cream cheese. I used to make my own bagels and have them all the time, but as I aged I became lactose intolerant, so I tried some of the vegan cream cheese brands, and let me tell you that shit is NOT the same, so I just stopped baking bagels, and I miss them.

As someone who lived in/around Boulder for many years, let me just say that is SO BOULDER.

Red flags!

Backgammon

You can’t fully trust anyone, not your parents, siblings, extended family, spouse, best friend forever, no one. Don’t count on anyone for anything and accept that the only person in your life who has your best interests at heart is you.

I’ve met a couple Mormons that were reaaaally deep into the shit and talked and acted like robots just parroting all the religious nonsense they’d been fed. But to be fair, I’ve also met some cool Mormons who were less into it and generally just good people.

Yeah, they never gave a shit about that, it was all religious services on Sundays only. If I remember correctly there was Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist services, and I think maybe Wiccan.

Analog childhood, digital adulthood

When I was in basic training in the U.S. Army in the late '90s, we were also offered free bibles and rosary beads and no other religious materials, although there were various services for many religions on Sundays that you were allowed to attend.

Graduating from college, and with a 4.0. I fucking HATE school, and i put that shit off until my 30s. None of it was easy and I studied my ass off to get that 4.0. I truly never thought I would ever graduate, I started and stopped so many times.