💚 She's so plain spoken and sticks to the beautiful.

Oh my goodness, that's my new fave ASCII art!!!! 🐶

I bet we two would be at ease. Good thing we didn't meet in 1985 lol

It really depends on the person, not me. Verrrry rare for me to know someone I am 100% at ease with. My daughter is one. My ex was another. Holland person, close. I think that's it, really!
Quarantine wasn't taken very seriously in my dumb little home town, except by our friends. Some masking.

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I guess it's just pure relief lol

Why does cancelling feel so good, though? 🤦‍♂️🤣 What brain chemical does it release?

Yeah, I don't get many invites lately so I definitely show up now! Meeting my pal from the Netherlands, that was scary as heck, but we ended up being old slacker friends in person as much as online, so no exhaustion. Every meetup in a city is an ordeal but I'm getting better at it. 😅

HUGE FAN of Lois Dodd 💚

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But I hear you. A lotta folks just revel in hanging out, and I need a shit ton of downtime! I call a group nap time! 🤣

My kid and I both are social phobes and "commitment-avoidant" lol. She's actually leading me in last-minute cancellations 😄, but I'm no slouch at begging off. So I give her tons of slack, honestly. She has a very full life. And every time I think of this, I feel like I need to not take it so bad 🤷‍♂️

Well, that's good! But yeah, it's a "boundary" that I think is willfully unkind.

😆 after 3-4 hrs of socialing and small talk I literally feel like I have the flu. I prophylactically take 3 ibuprofen before I "go out" 🤣💊

She didn't block you, did she? Ugh, so sorry. My kids haven't cut me off yet but I self-imposed a ban on texting them cuz I think it just ups the discomfort flowing back & forth. I don't think I'm a bad or terribly embarrassing parent, & I don't think you are, either. But, sheesh, they're grownass 🤷‍♂️

I LOVE THIS 🤓

Is she on Bsky? Or have a site on the "Internet"?