Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams

The Red Thread

For you romantics, if there are any here, I thought I’d post this while I wait for my pie filling to cool. It’s a fun fairy tale but also a little disturbing in that most versions of the story involve some kind of violence by men against women. So as usual, there’s an element of truth in the legend.

One story featuring the red thread of fate involves a young boy. Walking home one night, a young boy sees an old man (Yue Xia Lao) standing beneath the moonlight. The man explains to the boy that he is attached to his destined wife by a red thread. Yue Xia Lao shows the boy the young girl who is destined to be his wife. Being young and having no interest in having a wife, the young boy picks up a rock and throws it at the girl, running away. Many years later, when the boy has grown into a young man, his parents arrange a wedding for him. On the night of his wedding, his wife waits for him in their bedroom, with the traditional veil covering her face. Raising it, the man is delighted to find that his wife is one of the great beauties of his village. However, she wears an adornment on her eyebrow. He asks her why she wears it and she responds that when she was a young girl, a boy threw a rock at her that struck her, leaving a scar on her eyebrow. She self-consciously wear the adornment to cover it up. The woman is, in fact, the same young girl connected to the man by the red thread shown to him by Yue Xia Lao back in his childhood, showing that they were connected by the red thread of fate.

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Poor Oedipus.

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Went on my first date since the pandemic on Sat. We got pizza and had a picnic. Weird situation as she still lives with her ex. They had just recently broke up, like a couple weeks before our date. Not sure if I’m a homewrecker or what but shortly after she decided to kick him out lol.

It’s her house, her parents bought it and she’s paying off the mortgage. Dude is now demanding she pay him back for all the rent he paid for the last year and a half lol.

It’s a weird situation because I still take care of moms, but the plan is after the pandemic is fully over moms is going to live with my eldest sister who is a nurse practitioner and will be able to take care of her better, plus she has a huge house.

But yeah its definitely awkward to be like yeah my mom lives with me and I help take care of her, but she already knew this way before we went on the date so I guess its not an issue for her.

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Stay away when exes are still involved. Not to be a debbie downer, but there’s an 85% chance they’re still fucking.

I mean I don’t care if she is, we’re barely just beginning to hang out. Who she has sex with isn’t my business. I will just play it by feel.

I’m not a rookie by any means and know how these things go. If she is drama or back and forth with him I will just continue to be friends. If she is legit and cuts him off I will continue to pursue.

I get the feeling she never really loved him. Plus from my experience girls tend to get over their ex’s quickly when I’m involved ;)

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I don’t approach these situations like " can I spend the rest of my life with this girl "

I just mostly feel my way through these things. If we just have fun for a couple months and she runs off back to her ex that’s fine. Or even has sex with him on the side. I’m not going to fall in love within a few months and don’t really get serious about relationships for awhile.

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This situation is extremely common. I’m living with my mom 6 hours west of my actual apartment and physical job which I wouldn’t have if I wasn’t an idiot last May and renewed. It’s to take care of her, and life’s too damn short to live by myself in the middle of the pandemic when I could be creating memories with my family.

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Any quality person is going to admire you for taking care of your mum. Fuck the rest.

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Love, hope, sex, dreams.

Ticks every box actually.

I was like, I’m really glad the stigmatization of bisexuality and homosexuality is lessening by the day and that, from the standpoint of me being a Kinseyian, people are comfortable with exploring their bisexuality and latent homosexuality, and talking about it, without even realizing that’s what they’re doing, because,

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2 months ago·edited 2 months ago

WholesomeHugz

I’ve always wanted to be pegged by a woman while fucking another woman.

Well. That fantasy hasn’t played out to this day. But what did happen once is that I had a (otherwise hetero style) 3 some with my wife and guy. He was young, fit, soft featured, and bi.

My wife was sitting on his face and, in the heat of the moment, I got a whim of inspiration. I sat on his cock. Then I grabbed my wife’s hips, pulled her back, and started fucking her doggy style.

His dick went in and out of my ass as I humped my wife.

It was mind-blowing pleasure. Even better than what I had fantasized. I only lasted a few minutes and had one of the most intense orgasms I have ever experienced in my life.

I’m still not into men (straight). But if the circumstances/chemistry were right, I’d do it again.

I’m still not into men (straight).

I knew I was about to read some super gay shit.

srsly what kind of person ghosts somebody during a pandemic

That’s fair, I do the same. Just don’t want you to be surprised/hurt/disappointed., but it sounds like you’re under no illusions about the situation. Good luck.

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In which Thought Slime lays out the idiocy of the idea of “Super Straight”, why the nazis love the idea, and general thoughts on sexuality and attraction with regards to trans individuals.

Shit took a wild turn. She’s super depressed and the situation is really rough on her mentally. She was drunk but she was talking about hurting herself. She mentioned suicide too.

It’s like I don’t want to be responsible for her mental health but I also feel I need to try and be there for her.

If I cut her off and she kills herself I would feel responsible.

Walked into a fucking shit show. Obviously I won’t be i. A relationship with her but I will try to be there as s friend

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She’s one of those people who hide it well because she’s always cheery and full of life and energy.

I’m kind of shocked she feels comfortable telling me this stuff be it seems she’s got no one else

If anyone has ideas on how I should approach this situation I’d appreciate it

It’s good that you’re able to be someone that will listen and empathize with her and treat her as a friend. That is a positive thing in her life, and from the sound of it she could benefit from having a good conversation, a good new friend, a good new anything in her life right now. She needs more support and help than just you though, so encourage her to seek out more support.

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I already did. She was very against talking to a psychiatrist so it will be an uphill battle.

I know her parents pretty well but telling them without her consent doesn’t seem like a good idea.

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If not a psychiatrist then a medical doctor?

The mental health thread might be a better place to get specific advice. More people will see it there.

I had a friend going through a rough time the last few months. We just talked a lot. Given enough time people get usually get better. My friend did. I’m sorry, I know it’s a helpless feeling a lot of the time. It’ll be hard on you too.

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Good advice, will do. I’ve been there for a lot of friends and I’m pretty good at it. Almost all my friends come to me when they’re having problems or depressed. Never had one that wanted to hurt or kill themselves. It’s just so intense.

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