Welcome to... The Saloon

[Hammer of Los]

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Poor Wolfman.

I feel for ya.

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[LilyPatToo]

I would like a stiff drink of the barkeep's choosing and to immediately alter the board's character set to include all of these new ones

LilyPat

[Gnomad]

Got separated from my partner of almost a decade.
Feeling like shit, and feeling relieved at the same time. It was all kind of sudden and a long time coming at the same time.
Been drinking beers with a couple of friends. Doesn't help at all really. The beers I mean, the friends do help and I love you all.

Don't know how I'm supposed to feel. And its quite empty here at home with half of everything gone.
But still, can't take demands for things I don't want to do. Can't compromise on something that feels wrong.
I just don't know. And can't change the way I am and the way I feel about all the things in the world.

[Project Willow]

So sorry Gnomad.

[Perelandra]

I would like a stiff drink of the barkeep's choosing and to immediately alter the board's character set to include all of these new ones

Funny!
I'm with you, one of something strong.

Sorry to hear of your troubles, friends, and also grateful that we can share. Things can and will get better in unexpected ways.

[Hammer of Los]

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I hope so Perry.

May I call you Perry?

A wand'ring minstrel I.

A thing of rags and patches.

Of ballads, songs and .. oh well.

Christ, what a mix-up.

Venus and Mercury.

Cuppa tea please!

But with all these breakups I'm not really in the mood for jokes.

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[Luposapien]

Sorry to hear that, Gnomad. That all sounds very familiar, and I definitely feel for you. It was just short of 15 years together for us, though I've had about a half a year to get used to the idea now. I wish you the best.

Thanks also to HoL, and no kidding about all the breakups (joking is still ok, though). I don't know if it's something in the water (hell, you never know), but almost every married couple in my social circle has exploded at one point or another in the past 3 years. Ours was the last to go, actually. I'm not exaggerating either. Including us, that's 7 marriages out of 8 couples that were part of the larger group of friends we had. 1 couple still standing, at least (knock on wood), though I've honestly lost touch with them since everything started to go haywire. Hopefully they're still doing OK.

[Gnomad]

Yeah.
Well, you never know. At least we are still on mostly good terms and nobody has burned any bridges...
Maybe we'll sort it out, maybe not. But I think its important that you don't get mean to a person you have loved for a long time, for any reason.

[Seamus OBlimey]

Yeah.
Well, you never know. At least we are still on mostly good terms and nobody has burned any bridges...
Maybe we'll sort it out, maybe not. But I think its important that you don't get mean to a person you have loved for a long time, for any reason.

Nail on the head there.. I still love at least three of my exes and they're usually as happy to see me as I am happy to see them with someone else.

[Nordic]

I almost never come in here. Just wanted to say hi. And Gnomad, you've always seemed like the sweetest guy in the world. I feel bad uou're experiencing something painful caused by another person. Just doesn't seem right. Hope it's all worth it down the road. That's how it usually turns out.

The most painful breakup I ever had? I am glad it happened now. Still, a day rarely goes by I don't think about her. We simply had incompatible temperments, something that I feel now is the most important thing in a relationship.

Anyway, it sucks. It's interesting because lately I've been trying to explain some of theae affairs of the heart to my inexperienced but keenly interested stepdaughter. It's challenging.

[Canadian_watcher]

just wanted to throw my hat in the ring for worst week in ages.
*sigh*
and I have 16 more hours of straight discomfort facing me this weekend.
To all my RI friends who are going through the grimy floor of the shithouse with me..
bottoms up!

[AhabsOtherLeg]

Got separated from my partner of almost a decade.
Feeling like shit, and feeling relieved at the same time. It was all kind of sudden and a long time coming at the same time.

Pengu, I think I have some idea of how you're feeling, even if it's a very different situation for me. My partner of more than a decade was alcohol. I know it's not the same thing really. But it's strangely similar. You'll miss her all the time, whether you still love her or not, and it'll always be the little things that remind you - the opening moves and the dull routines. But the residual longing for that missing something can and will be overcome.

On the plus side, for you, I bet money that your partner never made you get into fist fights with Special Forces personnel, or made you piss the bed, or got you locked up in the cells.

So, yeah, it's a bit different.

Been drinking beers with a couple of friends. Doesn't help at all really.

It does so.

The beers I mean, the friends do help and I love you all.

Love you too man. Ye'lll be awright.

[Gnomad]

Aye, never got me locked up.
I am perfectly capable of doing that all by myself

"Damage to property and public drunkenness", anyone...
But to be honest, that was ever just one single time. And some years ago too.

They will never catch me for all that other shit.

[LilyPatToo]

I'm putting down my husband's rare attack of rage and really awful accusations on Monday to all the celestial events we've had lately. Perhaps he has an asteroid allergy? A meteoric miasma overcomes his usually pleasant personality? At any rate, it's made me extra-thankful for RI in general and this Saloon in particular. I'd like to buy a round for all of us who are struggling lately with adversity or relational stress. (Thank ghod it's a virtual one, since I'm also broke )

But the Universe can be kind, too. Just as I was slipping into despair this AM, a Steller's Jay that I fostered 2 years ago turned up after an absence of many months (with a mate) and is sitting outside my window running through his repertoire of mimicked other birds' calls...he does a particularly accurate hawk's cry, but his crow schtick is *amazing*. He gets a peanut for each one...along with my gratitude for all the LOLs since he showed up

LilyPat

[Project Willow]

LilyPat

It's been a really tough week for me as well. It began with issues erupting from the past and ended with annoying struggles in the present. I must have worn it all on my face, as when I ventured out on Thursday, friends kept asking me if I were alright.

How lovely about your Jay foster. There is a perfect line of sight between my bed and a favorite perch on the building roof opposite, so occasionally I wake to a seagull's stare. I bid them good morning and start my day.

A round for broken and mending hearts of all kinds...