How are you doing, you okay?
this post was submitted on 14 Nov 2023
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Oh man, I'm actually going through a whole mess of shit right now, but this was absolutely not a call for help. Was sick for months culminating in debilitating reactive arthritis and because of this missed out on some time with my grandmother during her last days. We were very close, I had lived with her for a while during my childhood. She just recently passed and it's been tough, but I'm doing ok all things considered. Thanks for asking.
I'm sorry to hear you're going through a hard time. just know your not alone. life is rough out there for a lot of us. recently I was falsely accused of rape by someone I was dating. top that off, my mom just got admitted to the hospital this morning for some serious medical stuff. I've only had one friend who I haven't seen in years checkin to see if I was ok. it's sad to see but makes be grateful. wish you the best man! we deserve better but we do the best we can. stay strong brother
Glad to hear you’re pulling through! Condolences; that’s pretty rough. The arthritis getting in the way definitely wasn’t your fault. Hope you can look back on those good childhood memories with her :)
Great message, but heaven almighty this is a Big Kahuna of a repost! My comment is on your Lemmy post of a Tumblr Note of a Reddit comment and post of a Quora question and answer...
A friend was in a car crash with his daughter in the passenger seat. I asked him how he was doing when I saw him in the pub and he nearly broke down. No-one had asked before and it had been pretty shocking experience.
didn't know how much i needed to hear "don't treat them as wretched because they're men, treat them as wretched because they're wretched"