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Why Us?: We're a team of three who initially built this game for ourselves but discovered a broader need for it. We work hard every day, speaking to players and improving the product. Well, no rich daddies here — just a lot of grit and a deep love for the game!
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Here is the recap of the 14 monetized posts from Kylea G Weight loss Journey on 05/01/24.
"It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death." Ban Ki-Moon
Oxford Languages Definition
starvation: suffering or death caused by hunger
Disclaimer: I am semi-retired from the healthcare field with multiple college degrees. These opinions are my own based on social media content, medical sources, and internet searches used primarily to estimate/locate prices on actual/potential purchases. This is for informational purposes only. I wish no harm to Kylea or Joseph "Joe" Gomez.
Financial Disclosure: I am not affiliated with WW. I am not an influencer or paid content creator.
⚠️ Trigger Warning: Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD), Disordered Eating & Gaslighting will be discussed.
📢 Please speak with a medical professional about any questions or concerns you have about your health. Kylea, please seek medical care. ☮️

1. Breakfast Recipe Repeat - This 4 WW point breakfast consists of syrup-coated banana oatmeal waffles, eggs, and strawberries.
   
2. ⚠️ CBD aka Hardy Concert Surprise Part 1 - Surprise, Joe! 138k+ followers found out before you did that your bucket list wish to see musical artist Hardy is happening this month. 🎶
   

Will Kylea purchase the VIP package for Joe? 🤔 Remember, the Gary LeVox, Morgan Wallen & Jelly Roll concerts happen before the fall NYC/Bermuda trip. 💰 🤑 💸 💲 🪙

1. ⚠️ Gaslighting over Carbs - "Someone had commented "carbs.carbs.carbs." On my dinner last night. Ya'll I've lost 208 lbs eating carbs. It's a more sustainable lifestyle that way. 💖 🙌"

Relevant KG comment: "I had lower carbs the rest of my day. That's how it balances out that I had them with dinner."
⏸️ Stop trying to make "ya'll" a thing. One minute, you claim to be low carb, sugar-free. Your meals have always had carbs. The next, Crumbl cookie, was necessary to keep you out of ketosis. Then, keto almost killed you... 😫

1. "Christmas in a cup" - Copying Bestie Drue, Kylea gets a takeout "coffee" milkshake and would like for you to believe she is the "happiest" she's been in a really long time. 😉
   
2. ⚠️ Gaslighting Allergy - Kylea has claimed she has a shellfish allergy (and to certain medicines) and does not allow seafood in her home. Today, she is holding a platter of sushi at Sams Club as a treat for Joe and her sister. 🤔 Her followers are confused.
   

Do people have different severities to their allergic reactions? Absolutely. To my knowledge, Kylea has never disclosed carrying an Epi Pen. Kylea, you choose to discuss acute and chronic medical issues frequently, violating Facebook monetization policies. Please stop this behavior.

1. Hardy Concert Surprise Part 2 - "Joseph saw that I'm taking him to see Hardy and he got so excited that he called me "Bro." 😂 😂 😂"

This is NOT weight loss content.

1. Laundry Joke - "I know I'm not the only one that wishes the laundry would fold itself. 😂😂😂"

Wake up, Meta. Her content is a joke, and she is laughing all the way to the bank.🤑

1. ⚠️ CBD aka Using the Pet Cat for Content Part 1 - "My mommas Mother's Day present came in, and Oliver has decided that it's actually his.😂"
   
2. Baked Yogurt Part 3 - In today's installment of baked yogurt, no sugar added blueberry jam was slathered on 2 pieces of this food that is "SO good" for 3 WW points. 🤢
   
3. ⚠️ CBD aka More Blended Coffee - Joe brought home 2 blended coffees for Kylea and a tea for her sister. They have spent approx. $60 in takeout drinks in 48 hours. How's that budget working out, Kylea???
   
4. ⚠️ Disordered Eating - Kylea enjoys crockpot salsa shredded chicken over lettuce for dinner = 0 WW points. That is 7 WW points in food today. 👀 Will she have dessert?
   
5. Using the Pet Cat for Content Part 2 - Oliver is shown laying on her arm. Where is Alice?
   
6. ⚠️ Disordered Eating - Kylea enjoys "local to me" Pineapple Bliss mountain blackberry yogurt for 2 WW points.
   🚨 Kylea has consumed 9 WW points in food and < 6 WW points in Beverages, which is < 15 out of (up to) 30 WW points in maintenance. This is DANGEROUS messaging that has been documented daily for weeks.
   

To our friends at Meta, it is time to demonetize her. ☮️

1. Using the Pet Cat for Content Part 3 - "Two peas in a pod. 🫛 🫛" Kylea cuddles Oliver.
   

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Takeout Purchases: Blended Coffee for KG= $8 est + tip; Two Blended Coffees for KG + Flavored Tea for guest= $22 est + tip;
Shopping: Sams Club Sushi= $25.18 + tax; Possible Hardy VIP Package: $238.75 x 2 = $477.50 + tax and fees.
What have you learned from the 53+ posts so far this week? 🤔 Do you still believe that Kylea is maintaining her 220 lb loss and Joe his 50 Ib loss? I give their content 270 👎
All info from Reddit. ✌️

Not really sure where to start, but here we go.
Context: We met in highschool, I was a grade higher than her but we had one class together that was a mixed grade. At first we were friends then became best friends and then started dating during COVID. Knew each other for around 2 years before we started dating. We made 3 years not to long ago but like i said weknew each other for an extra 2 years before we dated. Now both of us are in college and go to the same school which is pretty close to both of our houses so it works out. We don't live far from each other so seeing each other is never an issue. I always make time for her and for myself as well. Our relationship was worked on..it had a great foundation..We never really argued, we did bicker but it would be over stupid little things. Things that would get resolved within a couple of days if even. For example, we would play the game together and she used to get mad that I wouldn't protect her while we got into a fight on the game as she used to heal me. Stupid I know, but thats the type of bickering we would have. We were bestfriends and lovers in a relationship If i had to put it into words. We have a great family relationship, I was never a family person but I became one after meeting her family which I basically considered mine also. They Accepted me like a son and I loved them like a mom, dad and brother. I even met and played the game with all of aunts. Met her uncles. She never really met my family like that, which is sad. She only knew my mom, dad and brother. I was fine with that but always wanted her to meet more but never really pushed it.
My girlfriend has been sheltered her entire life just about, yes she had friends and stuff along those lines but never really experienced life outside of home. I never really took trips and ventured out either but It never really peaked my interest that much as I wanted to do all those fun things with her by my side, so we could experience them together. She recently got her first real world job as a cop (yes i know.) While she isn't old enough to be a cop she basically in training and goes in monday-friday to put in hours and get paid which optional, she could choose to go in once a month if she wanted but she wanted to get into it since it was fun for her to be a working women now i assume.
At first she hated the job and was on the verge of quitting it during the early months of training and trying to figure out what to do with her life. She spoke to my parents who were also cops at one point but retired for some advice on what to do. They gave her some good advice and so did her parents of course. Her dad who is also a cop pushed her into this job since it pays well. Her mother didn't really want her to take on the job since it "changes" people, and they always fought because of the job. I was worried about that also but after some thinking I felt like it was going to be okay and i didn't want to worry her since I knew shes been through a lot to get to this point and after a while I never really cared much since to me I knew she was different. She is religious (Christian) and a firm believer and our relationship was awesome, so I was fine,. She ended up staying in the job after much back a fourth and completed the training and got through it all. I was her shoulder to cry on, her ear to listen, gave her advice and helped her anyway that I could. I was there through everything that she went through. Being a cop wasn't her first choice, but the first choice didn't work out since the college classes were hard and securing a job in that field didnt pay enough. So she dropped it. For the first few months when she would get off work, she would call me and tell me all about her day. My work schedule was different than hers, only going in 3 Days a week but working later while she worked early hours. It was rough at the start as we didn't have much time together like we used to but we made it work. She stressed the importance of spending time together since our time was now more limited and I was Okay with that, in fact I was happy that she wanted to spend more time together. We started doing Once a month date nights and we would rotate it. She pick a spot one month, then I do the same etc etc. It was fun. This went on for maybe 3 -4 months (alongside her working as a training cop inside the prescient) since she brought it up. We started to text at work since our time was essentially free. But we understood that we can't have full on conversations during this time. It was short, simple and sweet but meaningful. There were times her job became busy and she would let me know once she got home and then tell me all about it. It was fun. My job was pretty simple, I'm a supervisor within the college we go to. So nothing really went on at my job besides dumb gossip and stupid stuff. I spoke about it but it wasn't often since nothing went on.
Around a 2-3 weeks ago, I noticed a slight shift in her behavior towards me. When we texted at work it was very dry. For example when I would ask, "How is work?" She would reply "Work is Fine. Busy" or "What you up to at work?" "Nothing, Paper work." While I get how for some people it wouldn't be a big deal, maybe she just doesn't want to talk right? At first I left it alone, thinking it was genuinely busy for her and she was overwhelmed with her job. So I left it. Then it started to show while she was at home. Dry texting me then, while I'm working a late shift at work. It didn't make sense to me. I started to bring it up, "Hey is everything alright between us? I've noticed the texting is sort of dry." Her response that she was busy with work and school and studying. Looking back now I guess maybe I messed up here since, I am able to balance out Work, School, studying, Internship and doing homework for both my classes and internship. So i expected the same out of her since her free time was a lot more than mine. And she was going for a basic Libral arts degree for the credits to be a cop, but switched to Account and financing, while I went for CyberSecurity. She always told me how much I inspired her and while she used CHAT-GPT to help her with assignments and didnt really put her all into it. I did the opposite and spent hours on an assignment. I just at the least expected some sort of engaging texting since I knew her time would be free. Looking back I messed up thinking she should operate the same as me. My mistake entirely.
The texting never got better but instead it felt like i was pulling teeth to get her to talk to me. Like she couldn't be bothered. The responses at work became less and less and sometimes 30 minutes to an hour would pass by before I heard from her. I brought it up again and asked if things were okay and she kept telling me shes "busy" at work and its over the "Puppy love" part of out relationship. Which didnt make sense to me. She stressed the importance of spending time together and wanting to be together more and more. She wanted to do date nights once a month. Since now she has a job and can contribute to paying for dates. Dates have always been on me for the three years we've been together before she got the job she has now. I paid on my birthday, valentines day, obviously her birthday. Everything. But i didnt care. I loved her. I knew she hated the fact I always paid so for some reason it made it okay. Knowing she wanted to pay but couldn't since she didnt have a job back then made it fine for me. So when she said she was over the "puppy love" stage of our relationship It didn't make much sense to me as to why or what happened. After the texting at work didnt work out tension grew between us. She stated one night that we try and just not text at all during work hours and when we come home we catch up since most couples do that. At first i said no but after thinking on it for a day, I said we can try it. I tried it and it didnt really work out. Since we never got the chance to text while at home either. She didnt really seem engaged with our conversations anymore. When we would get on the phone, it felt like I wasn't there. The tension was so thick that you could of cut it with a knife.
This week Monday I decided to have a chat with her about how things have been going:
"Hey look, the dynamic has changed between us. It seems like we don't talk as much as we used to anymore and I'm not really sure what to do. The texting at work is rough since before it was never like that, it was like a flip switched and now we don't text or talk at work or even at home. I love talking to you and I also value giving you your space. But lately it just seems you've grown distant towards me and I'm not really sure as to why. Are you losing interest in me? Do you still want to be together? Because we barely talk anymore and I try to establish contact but it feels like pulling teeth. If you need space to clear your head, maybe I'm doing to much and you need to step back for a second thats okay, let me know what you're thinking and we can continue after I finish work"
i got home from work and she tells me she wants to stay together but needs some space because something is wrong with her and she needs to figure it out. I wasn't sure what that meant so I said okay and we made some rules of still letting each other know that we are at work and then getting home safely but then didnt want to talk at home, so she could use that time to clear her head for a bit but still wanted to call at the end of the night to say goodnight. The break was supposed to last One week. Monday- Monday and thenon Monday we talk about how we are feeling.
I self reflected on my actions and saw where I messed up. I was toxic and manipulative and Stubborn and being smoothering. I spoke about it with my parents who also helped me understand where my faults were and how I could of pushed her away. It was a hard night for me since I did all this during the night of the break. Tuesday came and as we said we made sure we got to work safely and then left it at that. She started to text me more and more throughout the day and i felt like things were slowly back on track. Night time came and like we said we called to say goodnight. But before that I asked if we could speak before we said goodnight and she said yes. I said sorry for all the turmoil I caused and that I'm working on myself during this break. I stopped smoking weed and working on cleaning up my act ( was a fun thing i picked up to help me workout, nothing more than that) and told her how sorry I was about all the stubbornness and issues i brought onto this relationship. She got irraited at the fact I choose to talk about this now rather than wait until Monday to speak about this since that was the agreement. She said she thankful and glad and appaerciates me telling her all of this but that wasn't the initial agreement. I said sorry and it was awkward. I tried to make small talk but it didnt work out. We hung up earlier than expected.
Wednesday (yesterday) comes around and I woke up with my stomach in knots and feeling like I was having a bad anxiety attack which I never got before. The good morning texts went from "Good moring ____ Im a work I love you" to Goodmorning ___ I'm a work" those for some reason ate me up inside. I couldn't stomach it. I woke up at 8:30, which i usually don't unless I have an early work shift. I decided to just go to my work and take my mind off of it. Before I left for work I spoke to my parents about how I was feeling, and I decided I couldn't wait until Monday to speak about what was going on, and put it onto the weekend. I texted her and said if she could think about it, and i said sure. I went to work and went into my office and saw my co-supervisor who has relationship experience and spoke to him about it since me and him are pretty close. He said it sounds like she met someone at work and he has her interest. I personally didnt want to believe it since I knew she wasn't that type of women. She wasn't like that. But the thought of it was killing me since I couldn't understand the sudden switch of behavior towards me. Mayb she was right. Maybe I was still on the puppy-love stage of our relationship and couldn't accept change. More of my co-supervisors friends came in and I never met them but one was going through something similar and she gave me advice as well as the rest of her friends. After some thinking I decided I wanted answers today cause the unknown was eating me up inside.
We agreed to meet at her house in person at 1. That time came and my legs felt like jell-o. We went upstairs to her house and I essentially said something like this:
"You know I don't know whats going on, I acknowledged my faults and flaws and how I'm actively changing them. How i can be better for myself so that I can be better for the both of us to keep this relationship going. I'm sorry for not respecting the space that you requested. I am. But I'm left in the dark here. I don't know why were on break, i don't know whats going on. People tell me that you could of met someone at work and thats why your distant towards me, but I don't believe that. I know your different and you have morals, you believe in god and you have great parents who leas by example, so i know you're not that type of person. But even so I'm left with no answers as to whats going on. Did you lose interest in me? Did someone at you're job peak your interest? And you weighing the options out? Whats going on? I understand we argued a lot these past couple of weeks and I'm sorry but I want to fix it, and I cant just pretnd everything is okay when we talk, its like I'm suffering in silence. Whats going on with us? I get that your growing up into a different world not since this is your first ever job but i just don't know whats going on.."
Her response: "I love you very much and I want you to know that. You are a great person. But I think I just lost interest. You never did anything wrong, and the aguring we had was nothing, it was just bickering like we usually do. It was never serious enough to result to something like this. You should know that. Theres no one else I've been talking to. I care about your family so much, Its not anything you ever did I want that to be clear or didn't do. And I don't care about you're flaws. I guess it just me growing..Like you said its just me growing into a different world,its just, there's something going on with me. Youve beena major part of my life for three years and i can never repay you or thank you enough. I don't want to loose you out of my life. itsnot you looks or personal appearance, your a handsome guy and strong. You workout, and your very attractive to me. And i never wanted to hurt you in any way, i never did and I'm sorry that I'm crying. I just hate the person that i cant be for you because you deserve so much more. and I hate that I'm not being the person that I know i can be for you."
Me: "What changed?"
Her: "I dont know, there was no person on the outside that made me change, there was nothing about you or us that made me change. It was naturally i guess, you know..just growing as a person."
Me: "How long have you been feeling like this?"
Her: "A couple of months (I ended up asking how long and she said a month and a half). I tried to fight it and grow past those feelings but i guess they ended up showing more and more as time went by. Its never been you, its always been me. You stayed the same from the day we met which is a good thing I promise you. It was never you. Its not you now and I need you to believe me on that. You were the best person I ever met. You are the one person I care about most. You are the one person that I've always wanted to save."
Me: "But we just grew apart. Changed. yes?"
Her: "yes.."
Me: "You know i never imagined this....i always saw you in my future."
Her: "I never wanted this either, i don't want you to think I always wanted this. I didn't "
there's more. Alot more. But I cant keep writing, I'm tearing up. Is there any hope for us? I don't know whats going on. I get that she was sheltered, but I dont get it. wouldn't you want to grow with your partner? Espically if in her eyes I was a great person????????
I talked about it with a couple of people and some said someone else was talking to her and some said no one was and that shes young and going through a phase of life.
TL;DR: They met in high school, became best friends, and started dating during COVID. They've been together for 3 years, with a strong foundation and minimal arguments. She recently got a job as a cop, which initially caused some stress but she stuck with it. Lately, she's been distant and they decided to take a week-long break, during which he realized his faults and apologized. However, she expressed that she's lost interest in the relationship, citing personal growth rather than external factors. He's confused and hurt, wondering if there's hope for them. Some speculate about someone else, while others think it's just a phase of personal growth.
Breif summary: They've been together for 3 years, starting as best friends. She got a job as a cop, which initially caused stress but she persevered. Lately, she's been distant, and after a break, she confessed she's lost interest due to personal growth. He's hurt and confused, wondering if there's hope. Some speculate about another person, while others think it's just personal growth.

I actually wrote a ton about this earlier but got into way too much detail so I'm trying again. Long story short, I work at a PR agency and have nothing in common with anyone I work with (I'm a guy in my 30s and 14 of my 15 coworkers are all women in their early to mid-20s). The 15th is my boss, who's a guy in his late 30s, maybe he's 40 by now. I get along with everyone great on a surface level, but literally no one in my office has seen any of the movies I'm interested in, like The Matrix, Terminator 1 or 2, Aliens, Office Space, Superbad, etc. I mean honestly if you can think of a good movie that came out before like 2005 - besides Mean Girls of course, that movie is quoted every single fucking day - there's a 90% chance my coworkers haven't seen it and don't care about it. I'm also into gaming, but obviously that's also a non-starter. Instead I'd say 98% of the conversation topics around the office are either 1) boys, 2) endlessly complimenting one another on good they look, 3) the royal family for some reason, 4) fashion and/or celebrity gossip, or 5) food. I can and do sometimes engage in those conversations on a surface level, but it's never anything I'd talk about if I could choose a topic of conversation.
To make things worse, I manage one of the junior employees and she's pretty rad. We'll call her Jane. Jane's seen all of those movies I just mentioned, has good taste in music, has a good sense of humor, and is generally the person I talk to when I want to talk about something that I actually find cool. It isn't a romantic thing, by the way, she's just a cool person to talk to around the office. But unfortunately she put in her two weeks a few days ago because she's overworked and doesn't really enjoy being here, and honestly I don't blame her. So I'm happy for her that she's going to be advancing in her career but obviously I'm dreading not having her around because then I will actually not have anyone to talk to or distract me from how mind-numbingly mundane work is.
To give you an idea of how clique-y the office is, Jane mentioned to me two weeks ago that the other girls were going to take this other girl out for her birthday, which was coming up in a couple of days. Meanwhile, it was my ACTUAL birthday that day - which everyone knew because we did Birthday Bagels (Jesus H Christ I hate everything so much) - and nobody bothered to invite me. Which is fine, I wouldn't have stayed long anyway and we would have all known that inviting me was just a formality, but the thought would have been nice considering it was actually my birthday that day. Being invited would have really meant a lot to me, and i don't want to bring it up because it seems like a silly thing to be bummed about. But that's just like a small example of what I'm talking about; I basically exist as an afterthought in the eyes of my coworkers because we don't really have ANY of the same interests, and even though people do talk to me here and there and we joke around on the odd occasion, I'm just a very friendly and extroverted person and I really don't enjoy being in a room for 8 hours a day every single day where I don't get to hang out with or chat with anyone about anything I actually want to talk about.
Unfortunately Jane's leaving is also the latest in a line of maybe, idk like 4 people who I've genuinely liked and gotten along with really well with who have wound up leaving for various reasons. I keep in touch with them, but obviously it's not the same since they aren't here. It's funny, because my last job was INCREDIBLY toxic because the boss was batshit crazy, but because of that all of the employees bonded super hard because it was kind of like an "us against her" situation where we'd all go our for drinks after work and hang out outside of work and generally just became actual friends. In this workplace it's nothing like that, but I'm finding myself miserable here for entirely different reasons. Jane hasn't even actually left yet - her last day is next week - but just imagining her not being around and thinking about how lonely it will be is bumming me out really badly and I had to get it off my chest. Doesn't help that we're super understaffed and Jane's workload will fall on me after she leaves, and who knows how long it'll take to find a replacement, if we even do because we're low on money. On the one hand it's good that I'll be busy, but on the other it sucks because I'm pretty sure I'll wind up burning myself out and potentially snapping at one of my coworkers if I'm sitting here agitated and annoyed and one of them asks me to do something or something like that. It wouldn't even be their fault, I'm just so agitated, bored, restless, isolated, and bummed out at work every single day that I already know that my mood will not be great in the upcoming weeks.
I don't know if I'm asking for advice here, because in my opinion the only thing to do is bail. Luckily I've been here for two years so it's not like I'll look flighty, so I've started looking for other opportunities. But as I'm sure many of you know it's super time consuming applying for tons of jobs, and my workload is only getting heavier and heavier, so it's slow going since I mostly have to do it in my spare time. Plus, I want to transition into doing something in-house rather than doing PR anymore, because I'm tired of being treated like an emotional whipping post every time one of my clients is having a bad day.
Anyway, that about sums it up. I wish I could say I feel better now that I've written all of this out, but not really. Oh well.

Firstly I'm posting this on a disposable account because my family knows what my main account is, I'm a 16 year old and the title may sound like the villain to me but please listen, when I was 3 my father cheated on my mother ( 42) Judith and left with her lover, sincerely knowing how my mother is, she deserved this, she is a manipulator and always puts on a show to get what she wants, if there was someone who represents everyone's Karens, this would be someone It's her, she always wants to boss me around but she can't, because she doesn't understand that I have free will and the total right to have my opinion on something, sometimes it's even sinister the way she tries to emotionally manipulate me to get it. whatever, when I was 7 my mother met a man (46) let's call him Owen, Owen was initially very closed to me as he faces a lot of trust issues coming from previous relationships where he ended up being cheated on, Owen he was distant, but over time he opened his mind to me, and today I consider him not only a father figure, but my own and only father, he always took me out on the weekends to have ice cream or watch games, he he also always gave me great advice for my life, and also always helped me with whatever I needed, my mother always seemed to be jealous of our relationship, since with her I was always distant, while with Owen I always have the attitude of him being mine only relative, and because of this envy she did several manipulations to try to keep me away from him, when she saw that nothing was going to work, she wanted to separate herself from Owen, but she gave up, because "He is the only way for us to have financial stability", yes that is idiot said that, I don't consider Owen as an ATM, more as a family member this happened recently this happened recently, Owen had an accident when he was going to work, and I was devastated, he collided head on with a driver who I tried to overtake, I went to the hospital as quickly as possible, but they didn't let me in because I wasn't a relative, while waiting at the hospital my mother started calling and I refused to answer because there would be drama for me to return home, which I didn't want to do it, a while later Owen's parents arrived and let me in to see my father, my grandparents, Jonathan and Meredith, let me spend the night with him and so I did, he wasn't in a serious condition because the car it didn't crash at high speed, after I spent the night there, I had to go back home to go to school, my grandparents thanked me, and asked if I had time, to visit them more, my father never introduced me to them, because they were afraid of rejecting me, which they didn't, Jonathan and Meredith are the sweetest people I could ever meet, when I returned home I met my mother she was simply curious saying that as I was the ungrateful son because I didn't make it to my birthday her with her and as she was disappointed that I chose someone random than her own mother, I told her that I chose Owen, my father, because he always treats me better than she treats me like her own son even though I don't having the same blood as him, as always she started crying saying how ungrateful I was and everything, so she went upstairs and stayed in the room so I came to school, I told a friend about this and he said I wasn't an asshole, but another friend said that despite everything my mother is family and I should have supported her on her birthday, the fact that I forgot her birthday was not an accident but on purpose, I don't want to have a relationship with that woman, after The conversation with my friends I decided to have a partial judgment, so I was an asshole?

Hi Community! I grew up going to Disneyland, last went when I was 20 years old. So haven't been in 30 years! My husband, mid-westerner, has never been and doesn't get why I want to go for my big 5-0. So I was just wanting some inspiration and perhaps some unique ideas.
I remember as a kid there was a jungle book area (or am I dreaming this up?). I remember parrots and a river or pond... tiki stuff? Maybe it was a memory from the 70's... but I was wondering where great places to chill would be? We can definitely be like the muppets in the balcony, observing and having a good private laugh fest between us... I know a lot of this is going to be discovery.. But any suggestions, I would be grateful. My birthday is the last week of May, so all the dinner times are full for the popular places to eat, and the cantina only has availability for the morning... I never day drink, and because of chronic migraines (whah!) I am judicious with alcohol in general - although I am hoping to try a nice cocktail at least for my birthday.
I booked us 4 nights (4th night free!!) at the Westin, and we are in the parks for 3 days (park hopper incl) and we are going Wed, Thur, and Fri.
I had never experienced Disneyland at night - so I'm very curious about that experience! We are both musicians in an acid jazz type of grateful dead type of band, so I'd love to know if there is live music there, or if ya'll have any recs for that.
I hope I'm not blowing my birthday on this, so far it's like $2k, but I just remember being So joyful and free, and perhaps that is a little what I am looking for as I enter into my 50's. Bringing back the joyful freedom of imagination and play.
Side note: my husband has no idea (and I guess I may not either), but he conceptualizes Disneyland as full of tantrum-filled kids and it being packed with entitled, unconscious people who don't have spacial awareness and aren't respectful. I don't know how this has come across to him, but I am hoping that most people in the park are respectful and kind and that screaming kids are an anomaly and not the norm. I guess it doesn't help matters that there's recent video's of people pummeling each other in the parks. But I know this isn't the norm. We don't have kids, and although we enjoy our friends kids, we are kinda happy to leave the party when meltdowns happen. But I just remember Disneyland being so much fun.
Thank you for any ideas and guidance to helping me navigate this big decision I made for my birthday!

I’m a 23 year old guy. I had good friendships when I was younger. I had a best friend. Then he kinda drifted away when he became friends with someone else. It made me sad. That was over 10 years ago. And since then I never had a best male friend again. My friendships with females are great. No issue there. I just don’t have male friends I can call and talk to. Get advice from. Hug.
I don’t know. I feel kinda stupid for saying this. I been through a lot of depression. I’ve been numb. I kinda had all my emotions and feelings turned off for a long time because feelings can hurt. For a while I kind of just stopped being social. But I don’t know. My previous post here talked about getting a hug from a Uber driver. And I wish I could be close friends with other dudes and just have a nice, genuine embrace. Just have a good emotional healthy connection. I wish I had that. I’ve been on bumble bff for years and I never really got close to any of the guys there. I’m still on there I guess, hoping.
I kinda gave up and just threw myself out the equation. I kind of discarded myself as a human. I didn’t consider myself as one. More so as a shell of one. A ghost watching other humans.
Watching other humans have human experiences. Watching them laugh, share, love.
I don’t even know what love is. I was never taught. Growing up was rough.
I really wish I had a best friend who is like my best dude. The guy I can rely on. We can joke around. Roast each other. Talk for hours about anything. Sit in silence that feels so comfortable. Do creative, artistic activities. A guy I can trust and talk about guy stuff with.
I just wanna be at least kinda okay, man.
Sorry for the bummed out post. Just kinda bummed.
Thanks for reading.
:/

We’re not together right now but we still have sex and do couple shit just without the label. First bullet point explains why. I’m just writing this post to vent sort of. I have too many reasons to be suspicious so I won’t write an essay in here, just bullet points. (I know it’s all jumbled im sorry, I went to a Baltimore public school lol)
Concrete facts:

• Told me about a conversation she had with her friend while on a picnic (with her male, and female coworker) where her friend said we may regret not being free and “exploring”
• she agreed with her friend
• we had a big fight about this, I broke up with her, and finally blocked her but she showed up to my house twice and I folded. Now we’re in like a weird relationship again.
  
• Her best friend is a cheater. she was with her the night that she cheated. The apartment they went to was some random nigga she met at her friends house, they got drunk and her bestie fucked him.
  
• She never mentioned any of his roommates (it was off campus student housing)
  
• Told me the reason to go over to his apartment was to look at the amenities and see the floor layout. (At 1 am on a Tuesday)
  
• Told me cheating is not a big deal to her.
  
• Another one of her close friends is a cheater and she defended the reason for her cheating.
  
• She told me that her friends tell her that she should cheat on me.
  
• I looked through her twitter that she made private, and found posts saying “if one man wont another one will” “he says im manipulative and a liar but his friends wanna fuck”
  
• Was always unhappy with something I did in the relationship.
  
• Gave me 2 different stories before telling me the “truth” about why she turned her location off at 2 am.
  
• Made a “joke” about smoking with the cashier at a fucking smoke shop with her friend. She had a straight face, no smile, no laugh the whole time
  
• Told me she never talked to any other guy before. Then later told me about dudes she used to talk to. I didn’t believe it from the jump but why even lie in the first place.
  
• Told me she hates the way I live and probably resented me for it. All because I chose a liberal arts major, and not something secure.
  

Assumptions:

• Keeps trying to suggest without being direct to use a condom but she is on birth control.
  
• Always asks me to have threesomes with other girls, or be with other girls while we’re exclusively dating???
  
• Everytime we had an argument that leads to me breaking up with her, she says let’s just be friends, or let’s take a break.
  

How do I leave this situation, it’s taking a toll on me ngl.
There’s more but I’m tired of typing, I’ll reply to comments and give more context if needed.

I realize his name is Paymoneywubby, and not “KickbackandchillWubby”, but he’s obsessed with money to a gross degree
I was recently watching the dad grill stream and like 3 different times his dad was reading the chat when no one was saying anything and he’d start answering a question and Wubby would interrupt him and go “No fuck them they didn’t pay”
Once could be funny, twice could be him pushing the joke, anything after that and he’s just being a dick.
Also he’s constantly talking about subbers Vs non subbers. Can’t even count how many times I’ve seen him looking at a random viewer and go “Yeah they’re not subbed nvm ew”
I’m a YouTube and vod boy so correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t just watching his stream still benefit him?
And this is just personal preference, I know I’ll be in the minority here, I hate how skip crazy he is on media share. If someone paid me by the second I would stare at a blank screen for an hour white forks scratching plates, whatever. But he’ll get 50$ and be like “ehhh not that funny, we’re skipping it”. That grinds my gears to an endless degree.
Also don’t get me wrong I’m not saying wubby should just become a charity and do all his shit for free, but for a guy living in a real nice cali house, who just throws thousands around like it’s literally nothing, it’s just kinda gross to seem him scrounging for every last dollar he can get from his fans

This may be a long read, but I appreciate anyone taking the time to listen.. (btw I’m 25f)
My best friend (26f) from high school, whom I’ve considered my only true friend, just stopped talking to me recently. We have been friends for 7 years. I’ve gone reclusive/hermitting for the past year, but she’s the only one I have remotely tried to keep a connection with. I just felt as if I’ve been outgrowing people around me, but we FaceTimed everyday, if not every other.
Recently, we had a FaceTime call that went south. I started the call talking about her younger sister (21f) (also like the younger sister I never had) and I talking/planning to hangout sometime soon. She exclaimed, “you never wanna hangout with anyone” while putting her hair behind her ear. I, jokingly (or so I thought) did the same motion and said, “excuseee meeee, well if you weren’t busy every weekend with insert boyfriends name then I would hangout”.
She hung up on me, and instantly texted me saying, “i don’t know why you’re being rude to me and mocking me”. I panicked because I didn’t mean to upset her. I immediately apologized for mocking her and told her I was just joking. I explained to her that I said that because I work throughout the week and I’m usually free on the weekends when she normally makes plans with her boyfriend, who also works overnights all week.
She basically took it as a jab at her relationship and didn’t understand why I even brought her relationship or her up, as our conversation wasn’t about her but her sister. The last message she sent was, “i know you’re joking now, but I just needed to say that because i was ab to have a panic attack before you messaged me. Like i was fr confused ab the energy coming from you”, after i apologized and explained my side. I texted her x2 just overbearingly apologizing as i never meant to hurt her feelings nor make her feel that way at all.
She never responded. It’s been almost a month now.. my birthday was last week and she never even reached out. I’m aware I shouldn’t expect anything from anyone… but my best friend of 7+ years? She has kept me on all her socials still and keeps posting that she’s been doing some “inner work” on herself.. but I’m just confused and hurt. I don’t quite understand why she would keep me on her social media but not talk to me for a month now? I can’t stop overthinking everything.
Everyone I’ve gone to for comfort has said I’m not in the wrong and my boyfriend was right next to me during the call. But part of me keeps beating myself for the whole scenario.. people have said to reach out, but I feel as if she just truly doesn’t want to talk to me nor be my friend anymore.
TL;DR
Not sure what to put here, but my bff stopped talking to me after I hurt her feelings. I tried to apologize & she told me she understands I was joking. She never replied after my last message.
Thoughts?
EDIT: Part of me just thinks she no longer wants to be my friend, like this was a way out? I don’t want to reach out cause I ended up stating I’d give her space (last message before she ignored me) & I know “no answer” is an answer and I don’t need closure from her. I also know people have their own lives and personal issues to deal with as well. I just couldn’t fathom “forgetting” to tell my bff happy birthday.. I just think I need advice on what I should do to get through this..

Hey there! Before I head to my little introduction please DON’T reach out when your only goal are:
-asking me nonstop for pics ( I am fine with exchanging pics but don’t beg me to send you selfies 24/7) -you can’t hold a conversation -you’re not really interested in getting to know each other…
Now let’s go!
I’d like to connect with someone special and maybe this is the right way!
About me: 30, 5’5, copper dyed hair, brown eyes, curvy, alternative girl. Piercings and tattoos. I’m more of a doc martens and vans girl than high heels and sandals. I love a good concert where I can dance until my body feels sore(mostly indie rock). I’m into swimming, books, music (collecting vinyls and books), nature, cats, movies and shows. I wouldn’t say I live the most exciting life since I also love to be home and be cosy with a nice meal, comfy clothes and good company (granny life is calling). I work in the social field and this can be stressful by times so I prefer a drama free private life. I am a sucker for good sarcasm and funny memes.
About you: you’re emotional available and you like to stay in touch. You write more than one liners and you know that there are a million topics to talk about and you’re willing to talk about all of them. Be honest. I don’t want to be a side kick or something similar. You are aware that I am a human with real feelings and that I deserve respect. Please be single, at least 27 (sorry youngsters but I work with kids around the age of 18 and I don’t want to feel weird) and you know the concept of honesty (yes I mention it twice because todays society has some issues with it).
Thanks for taking the time to go through my little post. If I caught your attention I’d be happy if you’d shoot me a message and write a little introduction, a joke or something else. Please put some effort into this and don’t show up with a “hi”! If you’d like to share a selfie you’ll get one in return (:
Hopefully talk soon!!

Discussion time!! I wanna know what your must have item is for you base and why. It can be anything, be a stupid little inside joke decoration with your friends, or a stupidly overpowered item that you can’t live without. Mine is Birthday Cake!! My character lives on a strict Herbivore diet, so for the past 3 or so years I’ve been exclusively living off of spoiled fruit and veg, contracting dysentery pretty much every time I eat so changing from that to the cake has been an absolute game changer.

Hey there! Before I head to my little introduction please DON’T reach out when your only goal are:
-asking me nonstop for pics ( I am fine with exchanging pics but don’t beg me to send you selfies 24/7) -you can’t hold a conversation -you’re not really interested in getting to know each other…
Now let’s go!
I’d like to connect with someone special and maybe this is the right way!
About me: 30, 5’5, copper dyed hair, brown eyes, curvy, alternative girl. Piercings and tattoos. I’m more of a doc martens and vans girl than high heels and sandals. I love a good concert where I can dance until my body feels sore(mostly indie rock). I’m into swimming, books, music (collecting vinyls and books), nature, cats, movies and shows. I wouldn’t say I live the most exciting life since I also love to be home and be cosy with a nice meal, comfy clothes and good company (granny life is calling). I work in the social field and this can be stressful by times so I prefer a drama free private life. I am a sucker for good sarcasm and funny memes.
About you: you’re emotional available and you like to stay in touch. You write more than one liners and you know that there are a million topics to talk about and you’re willing to talk about all of them. Be honest. I don’t want to be a side kick or something similar. You are aware that I am a human with real feelings and that I deserve respect. Please be single, at least 27 (sorry youngsters but I work with kids around the age of 18 and I don’t want to feel weird) and you know the concept of honesty (yes I mention it twice because todays society has some issues with it).
Thanks for taking the time to go through my little post. If I caught your attention I’d be happy if you’d shoot me a message and write a little introduction, a joke or something else. Please put some effort into this and don’t show up with a “hi”! If you’d like to share a selfie you’ll get one in return (:
Hopefully talk soon!!

6 years ago I was home with my babies making a cake for their joint birthday party the following day. My husband was supposed to be going to dinner with his mom. He came out dressed nice and looked really good. I joked saying “you going on a hot date with your mom”. Little did I know…. It got late and I went to bed. I woke up with my son at 3am and he still was not home. Tried calling his mom, tried calling him because I knew she would not be up that late. Where the hell was he?! I called and called and finally he answered. I heard moaning, him and a female. I put myself on mute, turned on the speaker and listened for a while to be sure I wasn’t imagining anything. Finally I saw red. Red flooded my vision and I started screaming his name over the phone. I realized I was still on mute, I unmuted myself and screamed his name one more time… they heard me. I heard him say “fuck” and the woman say “this was a bad idea” then the phone cut off. I was pissed. He of course denied it, I went to therapy and did EMDR as I could not stop replaying that phone call in my head. We worked on things over the years and he was truly remorseful and really worked on our marriage. I gave him one more chance. Years passed and gradually the truth started coming out. Finally last night the full truth came out. He was with a girl that night, they did make out and touch each other but did not have sex as my phone call ruined it. I do not have any emotional ties to this situation anymore thank God and truthfully it took almost losing us to make him realize what he had done. I know the girl now… let’s see if she has the decency to be remorseful herself.. as she knew he was married with kids. I feel so many emotions but it was so long ago that there really isn’t much to be angry about now. Just disappointed it took this long to get out in the open fully.

I’m 34 M dating a 27 year old guy who lives 2 hours away from me. We’ve been going out for a few months exclusively (he asked to be right away and I agreed)
So far its been nice but he said he needed more time until becoming official when I asked him to be after about 3 months of really hitting it off.
Im working a lot this week so I won’t get to see him on the weekend or next, so I asked to see him last night.
He said he couldn’t because its a long drive and he had to get up early. But we texted last night and he was out until 4am.
He didn’t tell me where he was just that he was out with friends. I couldn’t sleep and wanted to hear from him and asked him to call but he said he could not talk on the phone.
This morning I jokingly asked how the gay bar was and he told me it was “wild but fun”
I am kind of shocked a bit because he knows I don’t really vibe with going to wild gay bars separate.
I know fully well that it may seem insecure and controlling but it is basically my one big thing that I am trying to work on. I dated someone who snuck around and it kind of fucked me up.
Im only really upset though because he didn’t tell me he was going to a gay bar. And he told me initially he was going to bed early so he couldn’t see me.
This guy has a big list of needs from me that I follow (I cant leave him on read, have to say goodnight every night or he gets upset etc)
But the guy casually did something that he must have known id have insecurity about.
I haven’t told him how I feel yet. Im honestly afraid to because he always gets so angry when I voice something I don’t like, so usually I just play everything cool.
Like for my birthday I asked him to meet my friends and he literally got upset with me for asking, saying its too much pressure.
Im only making a fuss over it here because I am too old for this shit, and I am not about going through this kind of stuff again.
Do i think he did anything? Probably not but because he’s been vague with me and wouldn’t call me last night gives me pause.
What should I do? I do like him , we text a lot and feel pretty good but between this, demanding me be exclusive right away but then not giving me an answer on official dating, the friend thing…im tempted to get out.

A while ago in another forum for Ascendance of a Bookworm, I mentioned that I wanted to do a re-read of the entire series. One of the community Mods asked if I could go through and pick out some quotes so they can have it on their page. I thought it was a fun idea (especially for the earlier books), and while it took me a while I finally finished.... re-reading P1V1, look I'm a slow reader.
But man is P1V1 a hard read. If you were to give me this book to me and told me I'd fall in so love with the series I'd buy an e-reader to read it, I'd call you crazy. Take it from me, while I love this series, if you want to get into it watch the anime, or read the Manga. Myne is unbearable at times, (as per her character is designed to be), and I quickly grew tired the one sided obsession of "Books" after 1-2 chapters. The book picks up steam again once she's stopped obsessing with books, like with the shampoo and food, but in P1V1 these are far and few between. But from the perspective of the story this is understandable why and in Volumes 2 and 3 it gets so much better.
If you want my two cents on when to read this book. Do it after you've read the Manga or watched the anime, to fill in the little bits of extra world building. Especially for the side stories.
Overall a rough start to what is still my favourite books series.
[EDIT: fixed formatting]
---- Quotes ----
Prologue

• Urano Motosu loved books [understatement of century]
  
• She had her books, and that was enough to make her happy. [A certain high priest has words for you]
  
• "Complain all you want. A little pain is a lot better than getting hit by a truck and dying, yeah?" - Shuu [truck kun misses their chance this time]
  
• "That's true. I wouldn't want to die from anything but an avalanche of books" - Urano (Myne) [Moments before disaster.]
  
• "But if I did die, I'd ask a god to reincarnate me so I can keep reading books in my next life. Isn't that smart? Ahaha." - Urano [I can see the God of Chaos saying; "deal, but you'll need to work for it"]
  
• "Life ain't that convenient, moron" - Shuu [I think Shuu and Ferdi would be friends]
  

Chapter 1

• "A college girl nearing graduation was crushed to death by books in her own home" [we would call this natural causes]
  
• ... That's so embarrassing! I died twice that day, once physically and once socially. [You did ask for this]
  
• "I don't see any books... Maybe this is just a nightmare? A death nightmare?" - Myne [God of Chaos asking if you've read the fine print]
  
• No, I'm not Myne! I wanted to protest, but I couldn't. [This is why you get hit by Truck-kun]
  
• I can survive anywhere as long as I've got books. I'll endure anything. So please. Books. Let me have books. [The beginning of the book fueled tantrum]
  
• By acting like I was worried about her. I could avoid things I didn't like. [I feel this is how she handles most situations even 5 parts in]
  
• Attention, whichever god put me here... I wanted to live somewhere modern and convenient. [God of Chaos laughing in the background]
  
• I... I miss Japan. It was filled with so many wonderful things I took for granted. Soft wash cloths, comfortable beds, books, books, books... [I don't think she mentioned books]
  

Chapter 2

• "Wow, Myne! You've gotten really good at this. Soon you'll be able to do it on your own," Tuuli [to myne while she was peeing]
  
• I could appreciate that she was happy for her little sister growing up, but my pride, dignity, and self respect as a human being were in tatters. [She had dignity?]
  
• The first step to improving my life here would be getting books. [Good luck with that]
  
• It wouldn't be long before I started screaming "Books, give me boooks! Waaah!" while sobbing and flailing [the tantrum continues]
  
• "Bwuh?!" - Chaos Gremlin [Our girls first Bwuh, I should start a counter]
  
• ...Um, God, do you hate me? Is this a cruel joke? [Na girl the gods will love you soon enough]
  

Chapter 3

• Um... Do your best, Tuuli! My lunch is counting on you! [Myne you need to respect our angel more]
  
• For some reason, only the steps from the second floor downward were made out of pretty stone. [This is what we call foreshadowing]
  
• Aaaah. A temple. It sounds like religion is enforced here, which sucks. I'll try to avoid that place as much as possible. [Good luck with that sweetie]
  
• ... Oh wait, am I going down the child prodigy path here? At age ten I'll be God's gift to mankind and at age fifteen I'll be a genius, but once I hit twenty I'll just be a normal person. Oh well. [You'll soon have people which will ensure that you are revered like a goddess]
  

Chapter 4 - Um, was that alcohol?! Who in the world would give an innocent little girl strong alcohol like that! [your mum hunney]

• Bwuh?! [number 2]
  
• "M-Mister! What's this? Wait is it?!" "Oh, that's a book" [Myne entering nirvana]
  
• "I-I don't know what's gotten into you... But I get the feeling I shouldn't let you touch that book" [wise words]
  
• "...And what do I do if I can't get them? Well, what choice do I have but to make them myself?" [rinse and repeat]
  

Chapter 5

• So many of Myne's memories were burred in her thoughts of "no fair," it made me kind of not like her. [spoilers]
  
• "What? Huh? Myne your hair's all pretty and dark blue now. It's like the night sky. And your eyes are like moons!" - Tuuli [first worshiper of the saint]
  

Chapter 6

• My Family's faith in me had hit rock bottom and apparently Tuuli wouldn't even consider leaving me home alone. [it isn't just your family]
  
• "Hey, Myne. Want me to carry you?" ...Lutz, you're such a good kid! [The beginnings of a long friendship]
  
• "Myne, you were sick again recently weren't you? It must hurt. I'll carry you" - Lutz [You'll be saying this a lot soon enough]
  
• Ohohoho, my sweet young Ralph. Are you after my Tuuli? [Elvira frantically writing in the background]
  

Chapter 7

• So... So nice. You're way to nice Tuuli. All I cared about was avoiding Mom's wrath over him forgetting what she worked so hard to find.
  
• "Hahaha! Teach you...? Heh, don't you barely know how to write Captain?" The moment I heard that, I felt a crack run through my very soul. [Be nicer to your dad sweetie]
  

Chapter 8

• Um... Just how useless do people think I am? I mean, it's true that I never do anything, and I'm useless almost all of the time, but still. [At least you have some self awareness... fool]

Chapter 9

• "See? It Broke. I told you it wouldn't last all winter. Now, Dad Fix it" ... "Myne, go help Effa" [The struggles of all parents of chaos gremlins]

Chapter 10

• ... Wait. Am I the most useless thing in this wagon? [Yes... yes you are]
  
• "Myne, close your mouth. You're gonna bite your tongue off." "Bwuh?!" [number 3]
  
• "He did say she wasn't as young as she looked." [Ummm Otto he meant she was 5, not mature]
  
• "Sorry Tuuli" "Seriously. This is a real pain" "Aww what? Didn't you promise not to say that?" "I never promised that!" I mean... Okay you didn't promise that. But isn't it still like an unspoken promise? [That's not how that works. That's not how any of this works]
  

Chapter 11

• "Bwuh, it didn't work. I wonder if there's something else I can use like a (mirror)..." "I would appreciate it if you would stop wasting out time." [Numbuh 4 and Effa, she will never stop wasting people's time. They just learn to profit from it]
  
• "That's right. Creating clothes for your family is important both practically and to show off to the neighbours. You can't be a true beauty if you're not good a sewing and cooking" Aaah... I'm definitely not gonna grow up into a beauty, then. And I mean I can understand all that being important for a good wife, but what do cooking and sewing have to do with being beautiful? [Myne I am certain that a god will bless you with beauty, it just takes time]
  
• ...Bwuuuh, there’re all so thin I can barely tell them apart. Fiddle fiddle fiddle fiddle [Number 5]
  
• "That's it! I can't do it! Okay (ancient Egyptians), you win! I lose!" Mentally and emotionally exhausted. I clenched a fist around my faux papyrus and yelled out in frustration. [She really needed Lutz here]
  
• "Bwuuuuuh... I failed. My papyrus plan failed so hard." [number 6]
  
• "Be quite. Myne! If you have time to play with plants, weave some baskets!" "Baskets won't turn into books..." "I don't know what you're talking about, but you failed, didn't you? Just start making baskets already" [Good Lutz impression Effa, but only a true Lutz can turn this into something about books]
  
• "That's amazing Myne. I didn't know you were a natural at this. Maybe you should try to be an apprentice carpenter?" "Whaaa? That's a little..." [Poor Myne, your secret is out and now you'll need to work]
  
• "Ngh, why are you so good at this, Myne?" Tuuli compared her basket with mine and slumped her shoulders, depressed at how much worse hers were - "Don't worry about it, Tuuli. You just need to lean how to tighten gaps and plan ahead to make patters" [Tuuli is so precious]
  
• "I can't believe you're better than me, Myneeee..." Oh no... Looks like I've really hurt Tuuli's older sister pride. [Poor jelly Tuuli]
  

Chapter 12

• "It's sunny Dad, it's sunny! Come, wake up! Myne!" Tuuli's excited voice rang through the dark bedroom and soon I was shaken awake. [Ahh the joys of winter]
  
• "Once noon comes and the sun rises, sunlight fall into the forest and like the parue leaves start shinning, and the tree starts shaking, and the leaves all start making swishy swashy noises" [The explanation of a child are fun]
  
• This... This is what happiness tastes like! It's like thick coconut milk! [Poor sugar deprived child]
  
• "Wait, seriously? She made you eat bird food, Tuuli?!" [and it tasted good]
  

Chapter 13

• “Bwuh! So cold!” [Number 7]
  
• "Uh huh, I really like him." I mean, he's my teacher (or so I've unilaterally decided), and he gave me this slate. How could I not like him? [Ah, never change fool never change]
  
• What exactly are you trying to stop your five-year-old daughter from doing? Even if I did like him in that way, he wouldn't give a five-year-old the time of day. - You sure are being dumb, Dad [Myne you did this to yourself]
  
• "... Myne, I'm going to swallow my pride to ask this. Would you please help me?" [Ah enter merchant #1 taking advantage of the chaos gremlin]
  
• "A-Anyway! The point is, I'm not a cheap enough girl to work for free" [No you usually give the information away for free if you talk long enough]
  

Chapter 14

• Dad's face fell with disappointment the moment he heard my answer. He looked so, well, pathetic that I wished he would at least try to act a little tougher. [You did this to him]
  
• "Myne, it looks like Dad's all cheered up now. I'm so glad!" Tuuli beamed the innocent smile of an angel [never change Tuuli never change]
  
• "If there's a way to make her cuter, it's wrong not to do it" Cuteness is justice!" [A future orange haired believer nodding in agreement]
  
• I wonder if all dads act like this when their daughter is sweet to them. Well... Now that he's happy. I guess it's ok if I stop worry about him for a bit? [You'll soon get a few more Dad's to test this on, and ouch so cold to your old man]
  

You see... Making one big flower would be a problem if I got bored halfway though, right? Once again, I kept my thoughts to myself. [She really needs a Lutz]

• "You really thought this through Myne." "Of course I did! I'm doing all this for you, Tuuli." [This chapter needs a diabetic warning for how sweet it can be]
  
• "Really?! You're amazing, Dad! I've never respected anyone this much in my life" I got so emotional that I hugged Tuuli hard as Dad muttered to himself, "Hehehe. I beat you Otto." Apparently he had been secretly competing with Otto [Oh lord not again]
  
• Also, Mom ended up addicted to lacework, and before I Knew it the needles Dad made for me were in her sewing box. [Effa is as much of a gremlin as Myne is]
  

Chapter 15

• I had been very careful over the winter, so I only got ever and passed out five times total. Um... That’s a lot less okay? My family was really impressed. They’re like, wow, that’s amazing, you’re doing so much better. And they mean it! [I know it, you know it, she knows it. But it’s better to not shatter her disillusion]
  
• “...So I can do to the forest if I throw a tantrum?” “No need for that. Don’t be dumb” [Never change Myne, never change]
  
• Otto was real serious about convincing me. Said I wouldn’t find a cheaper helper for him anywhere.” [The trap is set, Myne will not escape the merchant’s grasp]
  
• “A pace like today’s is ultimately for the best. You really shouldn’t compare them to me.” [Many a sibling of Myne will agree to this statement, now and in the future]
  
• ...I mean, the forst words and phrases he taught me were “Person Inquiry”, ”Noble”, “Letter of Introduction”, and “Written Petition” [And thus begins Myne’s slanted education]
  
• Apparently, past Myne had barely ever participated in the neighbourhood social events, so the local children considered her something of a rare monster with a low encounter rate. [Can’t decide between Chansey or Tauros]
  

Chapter 16

• “What were you doing at the gate Myne?” “Learning my letters.” “Letters? You can write?!” Lutz looked at me with utter shock. I got the feeling his eyes were whining with respect and admiration for me , but I don’t know enough words to really say I could write. [The second worshipper for our saint has joined us]
  
• Incidentally, first Lutz, and then all his older brother actually cried afterwards. They were sincerely thankfully for how I had not only given them delicious food, but more food than they normally got to eat. [And only Lutz appears to respect that]
  
• ...So hard! Bwuh? Is it even possible to dig into this? [Number 8]
  
• “Why are you willing to help me, Lutz?” “Huh? I mean, you made those parue cakes for me when I was real hungry, right? That day I decided to help you with whatever you need. No matter what” [The beginning of a long a beautiful friendship
  
• ...Bwuh? Just that? He’ll help me dig out clay just for that [Bumber 9, and yes you idiot he likes you]
  
• “Sheesh! You look all nice and sweet on the outside, but I can’t let my guard down around you!” [Wise words for someone so young]
  
• “Actually, I think you should let your guard down a bit more... Why do you have to be smarter than Dad?” [No sweetie, you need actual guards to keep you in line]
  
• I glared at Fey and the other as hard as I could, shocking back sobs as tears streamed down my face. Rage coursed through my body as if to set my blood boiling, but somehow, my mind was frighteningly calm. [Darth Myne has appeared]
  
• Fey and his friends flinched from my glare and slowly backed away, trembling in fear. [Your ability to destroy clay tablets is insignificant to the power of the force]
  
• “Myne, what’s wrong?!” She peered over to see my face and immediately her expression twisted into one of fear, just like Fey’s. “...What happened? You look really mad.” She averted her eyes from me and looked around to assess the situation while consoling me [Don’t use the force on Tuuli, she’s our angel]
  
• Apparently, I reigned as the queen of the rumoured “Top People You Should ever Make Angry” rankings for some time. [And thus began her rule, of fear, terror, and books]
  

Chapter 17

• What was normally a grassy wonderland had been scarred deeply by the storm, with mud scattered everywhere. Um... Does this world have financial assistance for natural disasters? [Nope]
  
• I Began to teach Lutz, feeling an odd sens of responsibility to proselytize books, and writing” [And thus began Mynes long childhood career of teaching other children her age]
  
• I heated them on the hearth and boom! My first book turned to dust and rubble. [Almost there girl, you just need Lutz for the whole project]
  

Chapter 18

• The meeting had been ordered by an arch noble, one of a higher-ranked family in noble society, and thus his head would literally fly if he didn’t go. Literally?! Really?! That’s scary! [I wonder is this noble is the one we get to know in the future]
  
• “...I’ve heard that they don’t go to the temple. They summon the priests to their home. Nobles don’t understand how we commoners feel.” [Neat]
  
• “It’s a father’s duty to wait outside the temple.” “Isn’t going to work and making money a father’s duty too?” “Ngh!” [Ahh our baby girl is learning]
  
• To think that a simple change of clothing and crimson blush from crushed red plants would make her look so much more beautiful. Wow... My mom’s got perfect genes. She’s like an absolute beauty. [You can do the same thing if you keep your mouth shut]
  
• I hate working with needles, so I guess I’m pretty much guaranteed to never find a boyfriend or get married here. [I think you’ll need to keep this excuse in your back pocket Myne, you’ll need it]
  
• “Oh goodness, Myne did that? To think she’s good a something other than weird cooking.” [Karla, you need to be nicer to the chaos gremlin, she already is corrupting your boy]
  
• “Oh, okay. You’re healthier now, but we really can’t tell when you’ll get sick. That’s too bad; I wanted everyone to know how amazing you are.” [You are such an angel Tuuli, don’t worry this will be in her benefit]
  
• ...”Go home with this captain immediately. He as so antsy during the meeting that an archnoble glared at us and thereby shaved years off my life.” [And he will never change]
  

Chapter 19

• “Whaaa?! She hasn’t just been resting at the gate?” “Myne wasn’t exaggerating about all those things?!” Tuuli, why are you that surprised? And ouch, Mom, that hurts. I can’t believe you though I wasn’t telling the truth. [Honestly I can’t blame them.]
  
• Wouldn’t that mean it looked it I was in love...? Bwuuuh! [Number 10 Oh I need to save this quote for P5]
  

Chapter 20

• “Wha?! Myne, do you want to become a travelling merchant?! Wha?! Hold on! Did I inspire you by accident? The Captain’s going to kill me!” [And this is how Otto survived all these years]
  
• “Bwuh?! Awww... Okay I guess that makes sense...” [Number 11]
  

Wooow, This would suck really bad if I weren’t fooling myself into thinking I’m cosplaying Cinderella [yeah... cosplaying]

• “How long do you think I should dry them?” “Meh? “Maybe I should try cooking them.” “Don’t bother. They’ll explode again” “Awww...” I followed Lutz advice and quiety let the soot pencils dry on their own. [And thus begins Lutz’s long career of being the Myne Manager]

Chapter 21

• The moment she glared at the white radish and sharply cut it in half, I heard a loud scream. From the radish. “Bwuh? What?” [Number 12]
  
• Is it just me, or does Mom look at lot more dangerous than the radish? It’s probably just me. [A rare parting of wisdom from Myne]
  
• Sorry Sorry. But Dad, when I asked for some, Mom gave me a meaningful smile and told me that you had stealthily brought that without telling her, and that you it’d be a waste if everyone didn’t get to enjoy it. For once I actually managed to read between the lines. [Gunther you fool, why did you think Effa wouldn’t notice]
  

Chapter 22
No Notable quotes I found in this chapter. Just Darth Myne using the force on herself in confusion.
Chapter 23

• “I want ahead and told her you did it for me. ‘Go and ask Myne this stuff’ I said” Bwuh?!” [Number 13 and good on you Lutz, your mother is scary]

Chapter 24

• But although he was a successful merchant, her wasn’t like a wizened company president. He has the intensity of a CEO running a venture capital firm. [If you knew that why are you jumping into the jaws of death]
  
• “...Your assistant hasn’t even been baptized?” “Aah, well, actually, I’m in the middle of teaching her to read and write so she can become my assistant.” “You sure made it sound like she was already helping you out quite a bit” “...Let it go, man.” [Benno is right Otto, but we both know he’s no better]
  
• “Listen, girl, I don’t wanna hear them. He’ll never shut up once he gets going” Benno hurriedly tried to stop me, but Otto’s eyes were already shining. [Myne attracts weirdo’s like this a lot huh.]
  
• In the end, I didn’t know whether I pulled Lutz into this or if Lutz pulled me into this, but if Lutz was willing to do what I couldn’t then I was willing to do what Lutz couldn’t. [And here marks the beginning of Assendance of a Bookworm. Took long enough]
  

Echapter 1

• “Oh? My brother force to negotiate? Please share the details with me, Otto dear.” Corinna’s gray eyes shined and she scooted her chair toward Otto a little as she asked for details with a sweet voice [We don’t believe it too Corinna]
  
• “Hair so silky that light gleams off of it, you say?! What does she do to make it like that?!” “Wha? Corrina, you’re plenty pretty already.” “Quiet, Otto. I’m asking my brother” [Corinna has Otto well under her thumb, and Myne... run]
  
• “...I knew it, you have been making her work as your assistant. How could you make a little kid like that help with budget reports? Shameful.” [Again Benno has a point]
  
• “I’ve never said this to anyone, but listen. She’s doing most of my paperwork for me. Seventy percent, at least” “...What?!” “...Seventy percent? Dear...” [can’t tell if this is praise for Myne, or Otto making himself look incompetent]
  
• “... She’s going to become a living natural disaster that destroy the market and remakes it anew.” [I think her scale has the potential for more Benno, don’t sell her short]
  

Echapter 2

• “Should be about shumil season now. I’m bettin’ there’s tons of them running around here” Ralph grinned, holding onto a net [First instance of Shumil]
  
• “Phih phiiiih!” Other shumls that had been earing nearby also ran off after hearing their friend’s squeals. [Pooey]
  
• Fey gave a mean smirk, “That shumil kinda looks like Myne, huh? They’re both blue and stuff” “No they don’t! Shut up, you’re making this hard for me!” Tuuli resisted Fey’s bullying and safely finished her butchering [Don’t be mean to our Angel Fey, you jerk]
  
• “Think about it. Myne and shumils are both super weak right? But when they get mad their eyes get all rainbowy and stuff. What’s the difference?” [I mean you’re not wrong, but you are still mean]
  
• “Hey Lutz, go home early with Fey and sell this at that crystal store. Me and Tuulu gotta stay here to watch the little kids” [Remember this kids as it will be helpful later.]
  
• “When Myne glared at me with those rainbow eyes, it felt like, like, I couldn’t breathe. It hurt. Just think about that freaks me out. Myne’s just weird and scary.” [Then don’t crush her hopes and dreams]
  
• ... and looked up at the darkening blue sky. As it came closer to resembling Myne’s hair and the moon rose looking just like the color of her eyes. [You’re a hopeless romantic Lutz]
  

Echapter 3

• Urano I hope that someday you get stuck in a world without books and suffer! [You fool don’t make wishes like this]

i have plans next week so can you reschedule the whole birthday event to another time when i’m free i’ll let you know beforehand so you can spark up stream when i’m comfortable.
also a few of my homeboys in denver have plans so make sure you check in with them so they can tell you when you should pick them up from the airport.
me, sa and ebony_cao have already discussed and sorted out where the money she spent will go in our group chat don’t bother texting her.
thank you.

I'm new to Aardvark this month but have been a BOTM subscriber for a long time. Do you get tracking info for your books once they ship and how long does it typically take? Also do they have tiers of membership and perks for being a member longer like BOTM (birthday credit, free BOTY, etc)? I surprisingly liked Aardvarks books much more than BOTM this month and I'm excited to see how the two differ.

As things travel back and forth between our homes, through texts and phone we, the co-parents, find ourselves trying to ascertain the location of a "stuffy" calling that "stuffy" by its given name, with a straight face and no jokes intended is suddenly hilarious to me. "and does she have CoCo?" "Yes CoCo is in her backpack and so is Captain Fantastical." "Cool. Thanks. I'll have them call you before bed." It's the same as saying something like I, daddy, or mommy has to go potty. Even accidentally or reflexively saying you have to potty amongst your peers in kid free zones. Longtime orbiter first time poster.