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tacocat  ·  2289 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: December 20, 2017

So my step dad went to Birmingham on a business trip to pick up some of my belongings from my ex. And that set off some serious depression. Not so much because of the finality of it, but because I was afraid I was going to have to hear what they talked about over coffee together. I never did but I was just inconsolable, randomly breaking down in private.

The day after he met with her, I contacted her. And we argued for a while about... I don't know what, and I finally said I'm willing to get back together and go to counseling together to accomplish that. After not speaking for two months. Which is a detail that's important probably. I told her I want her to think about if we could ever be together again and we can slowly work towards that. She said she'd think about it. I've talked to her a bit since. Have no answer yet but I want her to take her time and I don't want to be overbearing. We've been playing Words with Friends together again which is something we were doing while we were apart.

I got on the Moth stage on Monday and told my story of being homeless and being saved by a woman from a long time ago and then losing her. I didn't cry which I was surprised about but I couldn't hide the fact that I was struggling not to at points in the story. I didn't win but I was happy with my score. Funny stories are more popular. The winner told a story about dropping a kale wrap and I couldn't compete with the superfood du jour of the NPR crowd.