B!TC# IT OUT!

[Hydra1337]

Merpixie, we got the principle of the school to walk around the prom with his index and middle finger up, ring finger down, and pinkie up. He thought it meant stay safe, So he was walking around saying "remember kids:-(holds up hand as mentioned before) "

Needless to say he was made fun of by the other teachers and some students

ROFLMAO

[mermaid_selene]

So I'm really pissed right now. My best friends boyfriend is annoying. So my best friend poked me on my belly and I laughed and poked her back and said "how does it feel" and then her boyfriend chimes in and says at least she is skinny. And she says that was really uncalled for and I bitch slap him across the face. Then we make him walk to his next class alone. After this he proceeds to apologize to his girlfriend and not me. And then my friend gets super pissed because he is making up dumb exuses like "I had a rough child hood." And she's getting pissed cause he always talks about depressing shit and then apologizes but acts rude and does the same stuff again. So then we get to lunch and I bitch him out and call him out on everything and he walks out. Then my best friend is upset cause he's being annoying and now she wants to break up with him. She doesn't think I'm wrong in this situation he got what he deserved. Then she said she wanted to break up and he said if she broke up with him he would kill himself. And I'm like calm down we are In high school it's one relationship. So now she doesn't know what to do and I'm really mad cause he's just trapping her in a relationship she doesn't want to be in.


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[Mermaid Arabella]

Merpixie, we got the principle of the school to walk around the prom with his index and middle finger up, ring finger down, and pinkie up. He thought it meant stay safe, So he was walking around saying "remember kids:-(holds up hand as mentioned before) "

Needless to say he was made fun of by the other teachers and some students

How SHOCKING! ;)

[Hydra1337]

So I'm really pissed right now. My best friends boyfriend is annoying. So my best friend poked me on my belly and I laughed and poked her back and said "how does it feel" and then her boyfriend chimes in and says at least she is skinny. And she says that was really uncalled for and I bitch slap him across the face. Then we make him walk to his next class alone. After this he proceeds to apologize to his girlfriend and not me. And then my friend gets super pissed because he is making up dumb exuses like "I had a rough child hood." And she's getting pissed cause he always talks about depressing shit and then apologizes but acts rude and does the same stuff again. So then we get to lunch and I bitch him out and call him out on everything and he walks out. Then my best friend is upset cause he's being annoying and now she wants to break up with him. She doesn't think I'm wrong in this situation he got what he deserved. Then she said she wanted to break up and he said if she broke up with him he would kill himself. And I'm like calm down we are In high school it's one relationship. So now she doesn't know what to do and I'm really mad cause he's just trapping her in a relationship she doesn't want to be in.


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I may not know the full extent of their relationship but he sounds like all bark and no bite. She should break up with him in my opinion.

[Mermaid Lunette]

So I'm really pissed right now. My best friends boyfriend is annoying. So my best friend poked me on my belly and I laughed and poked her back and said "how does it feel" and then her boyfriend chimes in and says at least she is skinny. And she says that was really uncalled for and I bitch slap him across the face. Then we make him walk to his next class alone. After this he proceeds to apologize to his girlfriend and not me. And then my friend gets super pissed because he is making up dumb exuses like "I had a rough child hood." And she's getting pissed cause he always talks about depressing shit and then apologizes but acts rude and does the same stuff again. So then we get to lunch and I bitch him out and call him out on everything and he walks out. Then my best friend is upset cause he's being annoying and now she wants to break up with him. She doesn't think I'm wrong in this situation he got what he deserved. Then she said she wanted to break up and he said if she broke up with him he would kill himself. And I'm like calm down we are In high school it's one relationship. So now she doesn't know what to do and I'm really mad cause he's just trapping her in a relationship she doesn't want to be in.


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ok, usually people like that are way to selfish to actually harm themselves because they are actuallly just controlling jerks.

but ya know what, if he is gonna say that kinda carp then the best course of action is to treat it as real.

tell a teacher, tell his parents, tell HER parents, hell even tell your parents. report this stuff to the police if you have to because you and your friend are in highschool and donkt need to be dealing with this. if he really does wanna hurt himself then that is not for you or your friend to handle, that is for an adult, especially his parents or a school counselor. seriously, report him to an adult as as soon as you possible can.

wither he is a danger to himself or a manipulator to others, suicide threats are a serious thing and if he is gonna say that then he needs to be taken to an adult who can either help him with his problem or make him cut that manipulating shit out.

[Hydra1337]

You're right. I take back what I said.

[PearlieMae]

She has her moments, but she is really amazing.

I'm glad I'm not the only one!! I guess it is just an eldest kid thing. Kinda sucks though lol

Pearlie, I would have been so mad!

Merpixie, we got the principle of the school to walk around the prom with his index and middle finger up, ring finger down, and pinkie up. He thought it meant stay safe, So he was walking around saying "remember kids:-(holds up hand as mentioned before) "

Needless to say he was made fun of by the other teachers and some students

I believe that the principal in the movie The Breakfast Club made that same gesture at the kids in Saturday detention. Of course, that movie came out in 1985, before most everyone here was born, so no wonder no one got it.

And I am also an eldest of three.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I'd have to rewatch The Breakfast Club.

[MermaidCelesteFL]

I met this guy at a video game bar last year while trying to get over my ex. Since I gave him my fb information, he had been responding to all of my posts asking when we could hang out. After about a year of me consistently declining his invites, he posts antisemitic crap like this. Needless to say, I have since unfriended and blocked him. 36554

[PearlieMae]

I'd have to rewatch The Breakfast Club.

Sorry, not the exact gesture...

36555

[Mermaid Clara]

I have been having a hard time falling asleep lately due to stress and anxiety. I slept like 3 hours last night and I'm extremely tired but I can't call in sick to work because of budget cuts we can't replace people who call in sick and I don't want to make the person I'm closing with to be alone.


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[Mermaid Mystery]

3 hours of practice tonight with no food because my mom is losing her mind and has not only got us lost three times today but forgot her purse so I have to suffer!

[PearlieMae]

3 hours of practice tonight with no food because my mom is losing her mind and has not only got us lost three times today but forgot her purse so I have to suffer!

Is she going through some kind of rough patch? Might be something you don't know about on her mind.

[Mermaid Clara]

I fucking hate my dad. He's such an asshole. He told me tonight that I'm going to end up in the ghetto the way I'm going. I going to try and get my license and a car and save up and get out of my parents house asap! My best friend's sister is moving out of town and she said if we can we can move in with her. I just got to get my life sorted out and money saved up before I get out. I just really need to get out of my parents house soon because I'm fucking done with my dad's bull shit.


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[Sabrina the Selkie]

Good luck, comerade. Get the shit out of ground zero as fast as you can.

[Mermaid Clara]

oh boy... here comes a really silly bitch. so right now i'm sleeping over at my bff's apartment that she shares with her friend and her friend's boyfriend. I made a glass of water before settling down to sleep on the couch and Gabby(my best friend's friend) has a young cat possibly like two or three years old and is a total sweetheart, but any way she needs a LOT of attention, still being a kitten and all, but here is where the glass of water comes into the bitch. The cat walks onto the coffee table which is pulled up super close to the couch and she knocks over the half filled glass of water spilling it onto a W-2 form which i quickly grabbed paper towels and dabbed at it as carefully as i could trying not to smear any of the ink. It still got a little blurry but I'm SOOOOO thankful that it wasn't Gabby's boyfriend's W-2 form because he would most likely murder the poor cat. He hates cats and kinda hates dogs, so hes always saying that Yogi (the cat) is better off dead and terrible stuff about how he hates this cat. I'm still terrified that he'll break the cat's neck or something because Gabby and Andrew will sometimes get into HUGE screaming matches and he is kinda a jerk and a huge asshole. Now i've never heard or seen any of their fights but they'll happen at like super early in the morning and scare my friend half to death. But I think everyone should have their taxes done by now right?

[MerMaiden Lissa]

Say you did it, then he can't get mad at the cat. He might get mad, but the kitty is safe. Just an idea lol

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[Mermaid Clara]

Say you did it, then he can't get mad at the cat. He might get mad, but the kitty is safe. Just an idea lol

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Thanks.

[PearlieMae]

oh boy... here comes a really silly bitch. so right now i'm sleeping over at my bff's apartment that she shares with her friend and her friend's boyfriend. I made a glass of water before settling down to sleep on the couch and Gabby(my best friend's friend) has a young cat possibly like two or three years old and is a total sweetheart, but any way she needs a LOT of attention, still being a kitten and all, but here is where the glass of water comes into the bitch. The cat walks onto the coffee table which is pulled up super close to the couch and she knocks over the half filled glass of water spilling it onto a W-2 form which i quickly grabbed paper towels and dabbed at it as carefully as i could trying not to smear any of the ink. It still got a little blurry but I'm SOOOOO thankful that it wasn't Gabby's boyfriend's W-2 form because he would most likely murder the poor cat. He hates cats and kinda hates dogs, so hes always saying that Yogi (the cat) is better off dead and terrible stuff about how he hates this cat. I'm still terrified that he'll break the cat's neck or something because Gabby and Andrew will sometimes get into HUGE screaming matches and he is kinda a jerk and a huge asshole. Now i've never heard or seen any of their fights but they'll happen at like super early in the morning and scare my friend half to death. But I think everyone should have their taxes done by now right?

She needs to dump that loser boyfriend ASAP.

[Mermaid Clara]

She needs to dump that loser boyfriend ASAP.

I know!!!! He is so rude to our friend Emily and acts like an asshole even when I'm there.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

So I took some quick photos for my sister and her bf for prom.
I was editing, ya know, blemish fixing, red eye correcting, teeth whitening. Easy stuff.

My dad says "hey, swap their heads on one and see if she noticed" (obviously make a decent copy too)

I did it. Now I'm living in fear of the moment when my sister gets home from school. I dont know if she's gonna kill me, or laugh until she pees.

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[Sabrina the Selkie]

Oh dear. Good luck! The photo's great though!

[Hydra1337]

So I was supposed to get my tail supplies today thanks to my tax refund. Everything went to an outstanding federal loan my POS father took out in my name and didn't tell me. He apparently took out the loan the same time as my student loan six years ago. I can't afford a lawyer to go after him so I'm out over $2,000 and STILL in debt with destroyed credit because of him. I can't even file a fraud claim with the IRS yet because they have to have records of me living at my home address for several months (which I was but the IRS only founder out a couple weeks ago) and I'm about to move to a new place.

Every time I get close to getting my supplies or even just a monofin something just has to come along and screw it all up.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Wow sounds like my mother.

I'm sorry hun. I hope it can be straightened out, but If not I hope something goes your way at least 😐

[Hydra1337]

Thanks, Shimmer. That means a lot.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

That is painful just to hear. Ouch.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I'm 18 weeks pregnant, and you're supposed to feel the baby move anywhere from 16 weeks to 22 weeks, most feel it in between 18-20. I know im being impatient, but it's really upsetting that I haven't felt my baby move. I've tried cold drinks, laying on my left side, on my back, eating then laying down, quick loud noises. I still haven't felt it. I'm the right size and everything, and we are healthy, I just havent felt him or her yet.

Its really emotional to me that I haven't yet. 😞

[MerMaiden Lissa]

I'm 18 weeks pregnant, and you're supposed to feel the baby move anywhere from 16 weeks to 22 weeks, most feel it in between 18-20. I know im being impatient, but it's really upsetting that I haven't felt my baby move. I've tried cold drinks, laying on my left side, on my back, eating then laying down, quick loud noises. I still haven't felt it. I'm the right size and everything, and we are healthy, I just havent felt him or her yet.

Its really emotional to me that I haven't yet. 😞
Don't worry. Some feel it sooner, some feel it later. When I first felt my baby move I thought it was just gas! lol

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[Mermaid Mystery]

bruh I'm having a bad day. I have been having terribly painful cramps all day. I forgot my ballet clothes this morning so I had to dance with bare feet which was painful. Then for some reason I bled all the way down my leg instead of on my pad??? but it didn't stain my pants??? and then I came home to suffer just a pinch of physical abuse and now I'm here.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Wait, physical abuse? Wth are you okay?

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Oh Mystery. Hugs.

And of course don't be afraid to call your local child protective services or Sarah's Inn.

[Mermaid Mystery]

I'm fine. I've dealt with it my whole life and it'll be done and over with when I move out and get a restraining order next year

[Elodea the Mermaid]

So I've lived by myself in an apartment complex for about 5 years. It was always nice, safe and quiet. Then, in the last 6 months it just took a nosedive. The renters upstairs are basically monsters, cars have been getting broken into, the whole nine yards.

Today, I went to get my laundry and found someone had turned off the dryer mid cycle so it was all wet... AND POURED DIRT IN IT.

The universe is telling me it's time to buy :doh:

[SummerRogue]

Ugh. Yesterday I sold a custom piece worth £120 for £60 because of my client's money problems. I posted it yesterday when the payment cleared and she received it this morning special delivery. I found out that two hours ago she listed it for sale for £260, what the actual frak!? Like come on I spent a whole week on it and this arse tries to sell it before she could possibly have had time to try it. I'm sitting here seething at my own stupidity. Who sells their work for half price to some one they don't even know? ... This b!tch!


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[Mermaid Jaffa]

Ugh. Yesterday I sold a custom piece worth £120 for £60 because of my client's money problems. I posted it yesterday when the payment cleared and she received it this morning special delivery. I found out that two hours ago she listed it for sale for £260, what the actual frak!? Like come on I spent a whole week on it and this arse tries to sell it before she could possibly have had time to try it. I'm sitting here seething at my own stupidity. Who sells their work for half price to some one they don't even know? ... This b!tch!


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Lesson learnt. Never half your prices for some stranger's sob story.

[Keiris]

That would REALLY piss me off, Summer.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

That's awful.

[LouLouBelle]

Is there any way you can leave a comment or review wherever they've listed it? Otherwise you can only learn from it and make sure you avoid selling anything to that person again unless they pay the full amount up front.


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[SummerRogue]

I've contacted the admin of the Facebook page she posted it on, they haven't gotten back to me yet. She doesn't know that I know, I messaged her saying ' I hope the package arrived and is love to see sme action shots :) ' because I'm a snidey bitch... She said 'sorry I have tonsillitis'


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[Sabrina the Selkie]

Ugh.

[SiaTheMermaid]

God Summer that sucks. Some people just dont have morals

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[Mermaid Mystery]

spambot alert

[Calizaire]

It's getting hot in here haha XDServicing Stop (hhttp://servicingstopblog.co.uk) is another really good blogging site with updates all about different things to do with cars if you guys want to have a look :) P.S their main site also do Services/MOT's as well!

Cars?
Mermaids can't drive. Duh.

[Princess Pearl]

Cars?
Mermaids can't drive. Duh.
Of course they do. They drive Shell-vrolets!

(I just love that pun)

[MerMaiden Lissa]

Of course they do. They drive Shell-vrolets!

(I just love that pun)
Not just Shell-vrolets... they drive whatever the "current" car is! [emoji16]

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[SeaGlass Siren]

Pahhh shell-vrolets. It's all about the Mer-cedes. and the Honda Sea-Vic.

[MermaidCelesteFL]

I feel like I am constantly b*tching on here a lot, but I feel like I need to get this off my chest.

I recently moved into my best friend's house about three months ago from one of the worst living situations I have ever been in. My old place was a two-bedroom apartment that I shared with FOUR of my guy friends. It was beyond cramped, covered in roaches, roommates stole my food and destroyed some of my belongings, and then there was the DRAMA. For the most part, I got along well with two of the guys, but the other two eventually destroyed my friendship by being drama llamas. One of them would sleep in my bed whenever I wasn't home, and eventually started to move in to my side of the room whenever I wasn't there- and the other would post about my private life on fb for all of our friends to see, as well as inviting all of my roommates and my closest friends to tabletop rp's and purposely not invite me.

The entire apartment plus my best friend and a couple other friends would gather in the living room to roleplay, and every time I asked to join, it was, "oh, we already have too many people" or, "I was planning on this being a small campaign, it probably won't last long". And then those campaigns would last for months. Every week (or sometimes every few days), everyone would gather in the living room and have fun without me... while I was right there. When someone would drop from the campaign, they would ask some arbitrary OTHER friend to join, after I had already asked several times before them. Nobody questioned it, not even my best friend- and that bothered me. I rely very heavily on having contact with friends, and I tend to get lonely easily.

Fast forward to now, and that one roommate from my last apartment has moved in to my best friend's house as well. Things went well for the first week (we didn't really speak to each other), and now he's doing the same thing all over again. He invited everyone in our house (except me) plus a couple extra friends to roleplay, and they have been spending every other night in our dining room making character sheets and playing. All I wanted to do was watch Gravity Falls with my best friend, and I can't even do that anymore. I'm not being overly possessive of my friend, but I just want to be included when my friends get together. I don't even know what I did to my old roommate to make him hate me so much.

Since I'm such a passive-aggressive beta (until I enter a manic episode), I've just decided to enter sulk mode, and lock myself in my room and turn off my phone until the bad feelings go away.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

That. Sucks.

[Mermaid Lilium]

I vote for a giant mermaid party and you invite everyone but him..

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[MermaidCelesteFL]

I tried to be as nice as possible to him despite my hurt feelings, but nothing seems to work. I figure if I "kill him with kindness", he might change his mind- maybe even rekindle our old friendship (we used to be really good friends).

I don't want to come off as a dramatic, emotional mess, so I don't let anybody know what I'm feeling. But seriously, letting it stew inside me sucks. The more I think about how angry I am, the more I contemplate self-mutilation. Being bipolar also sucks.

[Mermaid Clara]

My dad hates and acts like its the end of the world that I want to get a college degree in something like fashion design or art, or go to school to learn how to do hair and makeup. I know that hair and makeup doesn't get you a lot of money and you probably need another job on the side, but I just really want to do what I want to do and not get yelled at for it!


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[Saelyyia]

That is a rough one to deal with Kelly. When I was in college a few years back my parents were the same way. (My mom has some pretty gnarly anger issues and from what you've said I was living in a similar situation to what you face with your parents) I had been studying business composition because writing comes naturally to me when I put my mind to the task, but It was acting like a huge soul suck and I didn't want to keep working for the company I was working for. I switched to an internship with a shoe designer in marketing for awhile and then I got what my mother calls a useless degree (I hold a degree in holistic health and healing). It doesn't matter that it was how I learned to manage my very problematic chronic health conditions, she says to this day I wasted everyones time and her money (i paid for my college though not her) for something that has no use. I also took many costuming classes since well, I costume and entertain for chidlren and apparently that is throwing my life away even though I have an "propper" 9-5 M-F office job as well. Anyways...the point is yeah it sucks and I'm sorry you have to go through that.

It is important to follow your dreams though. You can't take your money or possessions with you when you go to the big ocean in the sky, so to speak. So it is important to enjoy your life and do the things that make you happy. Sometimes that means working a "pay the bills" job while doing what you love as a side job or a second job. I took a stand against my mom and it was really scary and really hard to do but I basically wrote out what I planned...."look I understand what I want to do wont always pay my bills or keep me afloat as an adult so this is my plan for that part, and this is how I can make it to do [blank] to support myself while still getting the training and skills I need to chase my real dream." Your dad may not listen the first time, the second, or even the third, but just keep your plan and every time he yells or puts down your dreams just calmly acknowledge his concerns (i know its hard but being the bigger person goes over way better) and then restate your plan. Eventually it will sink in or he will have to deal with not being there when you get your dreams and are out from under his power. But it will help you feel more grounded and stable in the meantime. You can use your plan as a rock to get you through all the BS that you have to face now. a light at the end of the tunnel kind of thing.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

My grandmother and I were talking about writing and whether or not a writer should only draw on experience. So I mentioned a story I wrote that involves miscarriage. It also involves mother-daughter relationships from the mother's point of view. But I am a daughter, so that's less of a stretch.

The salient point was: "And I've never experienced a miscarriage, and given that I don't plan on having any kids, I probably never will."

So then my grandmother tells me "when you have your first kid, I'll be sure to remind you that you're never having any kids."

So I snapped at her. And got forced to apologize. Of course, my grandmother also apologized, but I've been especially sensitive fo misogyny today, so I'm still stewing.

[SeaGlass Siren]

This is why I have trust issues with Chinese people :| (ok I know, not all Chinese. Just read below.)
Mers in the Greater Toronto Area, don't ever go to Warriors Ink tattoo shop at Pacific Mall.
I went to this shop to book a tattoo appointment for August 6th as a birthday tattoo gift to myself and he guy tells me to send him some images so he can sketch them out and send the rough images to me to see if i liked them. Ok cool so we picked the date and he wrote it in his book and I wrote it in mine and made sure I got the time down as well. I go to pay the deposit and I didn't sign off on any document saying this guy would keep my deposit 100% if I cancelled otherwise I wouldn't have changed my mind in the first place.


So March 16 rolls around and I send him the pictures of the mermaid and he says "ok" but then emails me back saying "how come you always don't show up for your appointment?"
Well what did he mean by that? I only showed up the one time and confirmed the date.
August 6 at 1pm just like what my agenda says. So something clicked and didn't feel right so I email him again to cancel the appointment but he doesn't reply back so I emailed him again yesterday.
I got a reply back today saying I'm not getting my refund back because I didn't show up for my appointment. UH last time I checked its April, not August.

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[SeaGlass Siren]

I'll probably delete my screenshots in a bit but it's there just so everyone gets context . Guy could've easily called me or emailed me but he didnt.


actually never mind I'll just leave my email and number up there.
Hey you don't know me, and this is crazy, but there's my number. So call me maybe��

[Sabrina the Selkie]

That does sound awful. Sigh.

[Little_Orca]

I guess this is less of a bitch it out and more of a place that I feel like I can talk about what is bothering me without maybe seeming like I am furious. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel because I am trying to be immensely patient and wait but I am going onday 447 of waiting for my merbella tail and I have not even gotten a sketch yet of what my tail is supposed to look like. I'm not sure at one point when I am supposed to maybe start being a little more pushy, I don't want to be angry or mean or anything like that I'm just getting concerned. I was going to try to get married this Summer based on estimated times that it took for people to get their mermaid tails before but clearly that's not the case and I might have to wait another year before I can get married now. It's hard to try and plan a wedding when your dress, or in this case tail, isn't done you don't even know what it's going to look like yet so you can't coordinate anything and people are breathing down your neck about you getting married because you've been engaged for 8 years now. I guess I am getting irritated but I am doing my best to remain understanding. And I really am trying to be like "she's very busy, she has this client she's working for, this person she has to do this, she deserves time off you know to spend with herself and her husband" and I am almost getting to the point where I'm starting to get mad at myself for becoming upset at this. But if this was any other industry would I be as laxed, or would I be more angry? It's 447 days of not hearing anything about the tail. I paid over $3,000 over a year ago and I've not heard anything about mine. I don't know what to do.

[SeaMansa]

This is why I have trust issues with Chinese people :|
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(I'm sorry, I saw an opportunity to finally use this meme and I took it)

[Coral Corey]

I guess this is less of a bitch it out and more of a place that I feel like I can talk about what is bothering me without maybe seeming like I am furious. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel because I am trying to be immensely patient and wait but I am going onday 447 of waiting for my merbella tail and I have not even gotten a sketch yet of what my tail is supposed to look like. I'm not sure at one point when I am supposed to maybe start being a little more pushy, I don't want to be angry or mean or anything like that I'm just getting concerned. I was going to try to get married this Summer based on estimated times that it took for people to get their mermaid tails before but clearly that's not the case and I might have to wait another year before I can get married now. It's hard to try and plan a wedding when your dress, or in this case tail, isn't done you don't even know what it's going to look like yet so you can't coordinate anything and people are breathing down your neck about you getting married because you've been engaged for 8 years now. I guess I am getting irritated but I am doing my best to remain understanding. And I really am trying to be like "she's very busy, she has this client she's working for, this person she has to do this, she deserves time off you know to spend with herself and her husband" and I am almost getting to the point where I'm starting to get mad at myself for becoming upset at this. But if this was any other industry would I be as laxed, or would I be more angry? It's 447 days of not hearing anything about the tail. I paid over $3,000 over a year ago and I've not heard anything about mine. I don't know what to do.I can't imagine what you are going through. Not getting a tail after waiting 447 days for it is bad enough but for you to not even have a sketch of what the tail is supposed to look like has to be frustrating. Then to add on to it it is interfering with your wedding! I personally would contact her about the situation. Not in a mean way but just to get a better idea of what to expect in the future. Good luck with the wedding btw.

[SeaGlass Siren]

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(I'm sorry, I saw an opportunity to finally use this meme and I took it)

not gonna lie that was pretty hilarious. I wasn't expecting that. XD



also I've read everything on here from different mers. Everyone has my sympathies and I am angry for you all. Especially Celeste. That guy is a bag of dirty douchewater.

[PhaylennMurúch]

I guess this is less of a bitch it out and more of a place that I feel like I can talk about what is bothering me without maybe seeming like I am furious. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel because I am trying to be immensely patient and wait but I am going onday 447 of waiting for my merbella tail and I have not even gotten a sketch yet of what my tail is supposed to look like. I'm not sure at one point when I am supposed to maybe start being a little more pushy, I don't want to be angry or mean or anything like that I'm just getting concerned. I was going to try to get married this Summer based on estimated times that it took for people to get their mermaid tails before but clearly that's not the case and I might have to wait another year before I can get married now. It's hard to try and plan a wedding when your dress, or in this case tail, isn't done you don't even know what it's going to look like yet so you can't coordinate anything and people are breathing down your neck about you getting married because you've been engaged for 8 years now. I guess I am getting irritated but I am doing my best to remain understanding. And I really am trying to be like "she's very busy, she has this client she's working for, this person she has to do this, she deserves time off you know to spend with herself and her husband" and I am almost getting to the point where I'm starting to get mad at myself for becoming upset at this. But if this was any other industry would I be as laxed, or would I be more angry? It's 447 days of not hearing anything about the tail. I paid over $3,000 over a year ago and I've not heard anything about mine. I don't know what to do.

oh my goodness, which tailmaker?!

[SeaGlass Siren]

^ merbella

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Merbella, for which wait times of over 600 days are pretty standard.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Even still, not even so much as a sketch or anything?

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Have to say I sympathize with bith parties on this one. It's always scary, putting lots of money into something and not getting much info, but I understand Raven is pretty consistently swamped.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

With Raven being one of the more sought after tail makers, it's understandable that she's constantly working her tail off. But I'm sorry, I guess I'm just an impatient arse, but I would be getting pretty heated by now and would have expected a sketch by now. I understand the wait period, but geez.

[Little_Orca]

Yeah, and I am trying to be patient and understanding, but not even as much as a sketch... It just is another thing putting my wedding on hold.

[MermaidCelesteFL]

So... bad news and good news.

I discovered a couple days ago that there would be a large tabletop gaming day at the mall, where anybody could playtest whatever game they wanted until midnight for free. So as soon as I found out, I excitedly told my roommates and invited them on facebook to join me. The one roommate that has been excluding me said that he was going to be in a different city that day- so he wouldn't be able to join. Good.

So I tagged four of my closest friends in the area who might be interested in going with me- and asked if they wanted to go. Only my best friend responded.

Yesterday was the day of the event, and I ended up having a nasty PTSD episode as I was getting ready to get everyone together to go. Luckily, my best friend was there and eventually got me to calm down and took care of me- and even invited me to come watch Gravity Falls with her. We watched an episode, and then I remembered that we should have left a while ago to go to this event. And then it happened....

"Oh, <exclusion roommate> set our RP night to be tonight. I'm just waiting on the rest of the friends to be here."

Yep. He knew that I had planned for our friends to go out and play tabletop games, but instead- had convinced EVERYONE that I invited to join his RP game that exact same day and time- AFTER I sent the invite out. Not only did he lie about not being in town, he convinced everyone to change their plans and exclude me.

I was livid. I finally snapped, and said, "Ok, you know what, you're right. You guys go have fun WITHOUT ME, AGAIN. I know your game will be so much better without me being around. Goodnight." And started to storm upstairs. My best friend chased me upstairs and decided that instead of waiting around for friends x and y to show up for the RP night, we were just going to go to the tabletop event together right then and there.

Best friend saves the day!

I finally told her in the car how I felt about being constantly excluded from all of roommate's games and get-togethers with friends- and how it has gotten to the point where I am now giving said roommate the silent treatment (you know, for my own sanity). I love my friend, but she is kinda dense at times. Despite this happening multiple times in the past, she never really put the pieces together. So now she knows, and she will be talking to him about it when she gets the chance.

[AniaR]

I guess this is less of a bitch it out and more of a place that I feel like I can talk about what is bothering me without maybe seeming like I am furious. I'm not sure how to describe how I feel because I am trying to be immensely patient and wait but I am going onday 447 of waiting for my merbella tail and I have not even gotten a sketch yet of what my tail is supposed to look like. I'm not sure at one point when I am supposed to maybe start being a little more pushy, I don't want to be angry or mean or anything like that I'm just getting concerned. I was going to try to get married this Summer based on estimated times that it took for people to get their mermaid tails before but clearly that's not the case and I might have to wait another year before I can get married now. It's hard to try and plan a wedding when your dress, or in this case tail, isn't done you don't even know what it's going to look like yet so you can't coordinate anything and people are breathing down your neck about you getting married because you've been engaged for 8 years now. I guess I am getting irritated but I am doing my best to remain understanding. And I really am trying to be like "she's very busy, she has this client she's working for, this person she has to do this, she deserves time off you know to spend with herself and her husband" and I am almost getting to the point where I'm starting to get mad at myself for becoming upset at this. But if this was any other industry would I be as laxed, or would I be more angry? It's 447 days of not hearing anything about the tail. I paid over $3,000 over a year ago and I've not heard anything about mine. I don't know what to do.

Aw it just breaks my heart reading this :( I remember when you first discussed this idea online and how excited you were. And you've been waiting so long. I know everyone thinks I have this magic line to Raven or power over her (lol) sometimes I wish I did. My messages to her will go unread for weeks as well. I know right now she's travelling and may have only just got back or will be getting back, but if I were you I wouldnt feel bad in the slightest about sending her an email or message. You HAVE been waiting a long time, and I know you try to be really respectful and not bother anyone. I think Raven's always struggled with the "squeeky wheels" taking over in her tail queue. So the quiet ones who are trying not to bug her don't get as much attention. But it's OK to be squeaky once in a while you know? ;)

[Coral Corey]

MermaidCelesteFL I am so sorry you have to deal with this jerk. I myself have dealt with one person turning all of my friends against me and I know how lonely it feels. I'm glad you told your best friend how you feel and that she understands now. You have her there for you and I think you have alot of people on mernetwork here for you. Just try to focus on the positive things through this hard time as much as you can.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

So my step mother has always said
"Youre just as pretty as your sister, just in a different way."

My sister is very pretty, wears makeup often, does her hair, etc etc.

If I'm walking about the house, or just going to their house, or running into town, I don't feel like it means I should wear makeup.

As I've gotten out of the house, got married and such, I feel more and more degraded when she says it.

I just dont like it. At all.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

So my step mother has always said
"Youre just as pretty as your sister, just in a different way."

My sister is very pretty, wears makeup often, does her hair, etc etc.

If I'm walking about the house, or just going to their house, or running into town, I don't feel like it means I should wear makeup.

As I've gotten out of the house, got married and such, I feel more and more degraded when she says it.

I just dont like it. At all.
She probably doesn't mean for it to be hurtful. Try telling her how it makes you feel. When I changed my hair color back to brown from blonde, I had several people mention how much better I look with brown hair. I loved my blonde and it hurt when they said it, but I had to remind myself that the people saying it care for me and wouldn't hurt me on purpose. Sometimes people say things and mean well but don't realize it's hurtful.

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[PearlieMae]

Shimmer, forget her. Why do you care what she thinks of you? To paraphrase a favorite movie, 'she has no power over you'.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

That movie doesn't happen to be full of goblins and a sexy David bowie in a very revealing outfit does it?
And it has gotten to the point of her saying it more and more often. And making a point of saying it for no reason.

[PearlieMae]

Gee? Maybe? ;) hubba hubba!

Without trying to figure out why she's saying such things, don't bother wasting your energy on it. She's toxic. Tell her to go piss up a rope.

[Mermaid Aika]

Shimmer, forget her. Why do you care what she thinks of you? To paraphrase a favorite movie, 'she has no power over you'.

Awesome Labyrinth reference! And good advice

[Shimmer Mermaid]

"Piss up a rope"? That's a new one.
Me and her got into a "creative discussion" yesterday about whether my 16 year old sister should carry a pocket knife when she goes off by herself to the store, or gas station. She thinks it's "not ladylike" and I think it doesn't matter if someone is trying to assult her.
I carry I knife in my bag at all times just in case. And I've had to use it more than once. She literally said "my grandkid will NOT be carrying a pocket knife at a young age" (talking about my baby due in September) and I said "well luckily YOUR grandkid is 27. My father's grandkid however will get a knife the same time I did growing up."

She told my father I was being rude and to tell me to be nice. He laughed and said, "she's grown, married, and pregnant. I'm not telling her diddly squat. Don't start something you can't finish."

I almost died laughing

[Mermaid Kelda]

:lol: Your father is a legend! At least someone's got your back!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Heck yeah he is! He straight up said if he ever wins the lottery the first think he will buy is us mermaids our island. Lmao

[Merman Dan]

Heck yeah he is! He straight up said if he ever wins the lottery the first think he will buy is us mermaids our island. Lmao

We really need to plan this thing out and crowdfund it. :)

[Sabrina the Selkie]

There must be a way.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Update on an earlier bitch I posted about being impatient about feeling my baby move;
Last night I had stomach ache, and had my hand on my belly, with a small amount of pressure because it hurt.

I felt him or her move last night. I put my husbands hand in the same place and he felt it too. It was really relieving.

Whew, now I can rest a little easier.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

Update on an earlier bitch I posted about being impatient about feeling my baby move;
Last night I had stomach ache, and had my hand on my belly, with a small amount of pressure because it hurt.

I felt him or her move last night. I put my husbands hand in the same place and he felt it too. It was really relieving.

Whew, now I can rest a little easier.
Yay! Is this your first? That's always an exciting moment to feel movement. Just wait a while and you'll be saying "stop kicking me in the ribs!" lol

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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Yes my first, and I'm very excited. I am really looking forward to finding out the gender

[MerMaiden Lissa]

My sister-in-law just found out she's pregnant and I'm kinda jealous. I am not having any more kids though because my health makes it hard to take care of the one I have...and he's 8. I can't imagine trying to take care of a baby now. Congratulations though :-D

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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Thank you😊

[JayJ79]

whether my 16 year old sister should carry a pocket knife when she goes off by herself to the store, or gas station.

mermaid knife! hehe
heck, why stop with a pocket knife? strap a sword to your hip (or back, depending on the size). if people can open carry firearms, why not swords?

[Hydra1337]

Depending on the state I think you can legally open carry a bow and arrow. I prefer guns personally but imagine how bad ass you'd look walking down the street wearing a green hood carrying a bow and arrow set.

[JayJ79]

Shimmer could put in a braid and be all Katniss Everdeen on peeps

[Mermaid Lorelei]

Me and her got into a "creative discussion" yesterday about whether my 16 year old sister should carry a pocket knife when she goes off by herself to the store, or gas station. She thinks it's "not ladylike" and I think it doesn't matter if someone is trying to assult her.
I carry I knife in my bag at all times just in case. And I've had to use it more than once. She literally said "my grandkid will NOT be carrying a pocket knife at a young age" (talking about my baby due in September) and I said "well luckily YOUR grandkid is 27. My father's grandkid however will get a knife the same time I did growing up."

My dad bought me a giant pocketknife when I was 16 to keep in my purse at all times. XD

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Growing up in the boonies I got my first one at 13, it was just a real small one. Then I got a decent sized flip action when I was 16

[Mermaid Arabella]

Yup, country girl here & got my first little pocket knife at age 7. Got a nice hunting knife in a belt sheath when I was around 13 or so? (I know I was 13 when my favorite Christmas present was a small compound bow to replace that rinky dink red one that all kids start off with) :p

[MerMaiden Lissa]

I lost my pocket knife after a fishing trip with my dad. I know it was in my pocket when we were leaving so it must be here somewhere [emoji53]

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[SiaTheMermaid]

I didnt know carrying knives was a common thing. Here in the UK we arent allowed to carry any sort of weapons.

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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Well over here in the U.S., it's not uncommon to go into your local grocer and have someone try to harm you for no reason.

Plus I can't tell you how many times I've used a pocketknife to get a cow untangled from bailing twine, cut a collar that's stuck on a fence off of a dog, or just found myself a nice Apple or peach tree and needed to cut it into pieces. Lol

[Mermaid Arabella]

Well over here in the U.S., it's not uncommon to go into your local grocer and have someone try to harm you for no reason.

Plus I can't tell you how many times I've used a pocketknife to get a cow untangled from bailing twine, cut a collar that's stuck on a fence off of a dog, or just found myself a nice Apple or peach tree and needed to cut it into pieces. Lol

Or tomatoes straight from the vine....Mmmmm..... (One of the few things I miss about Mississippi)

And I actually don't carry a knife now that I'm in Denver, but I've taken self-defense classes and have no problem jamming my keys into your eyeball, breaking your nose, kneeing your jewels, etc.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

It's strawberry season and I've been capping fresh strawberries with mine.

I actually taught my main riding horse to rear up and strike and stomp on command after having a random man try to pull me off of the horse. Has a state trooper say that it was the coolest self defence move when riding that he's seen.

[Mermaid Momo]

I've had so many knives, But I grew up in the inner city where you were very likely to be shot or shanked when going on another block (the gang on your block only protected you until you got to the next gang's territory and then they protected you but then you usually had to walk through no man's land to get to school and that was every man for themselves.) My first knife was one the gang was handing out to the girls on the block, they painted the handles pink for everyone and wrote all our names on it, I think that was at 7 or 8 years old. My second my dad gave to me, it was shaped like a key and went on a key chain. Third one was a boning knife, then I got a survival knife (the giant kind) because it's legal to take meat if you hit an animal with your car and people up in Flag hit Moose a lot and I won't be the one person caught having to leave the meat there because I couldn't process it.

I really want to get some of those brass knuckles mixed with a taser so you can punch someone and tase them at the same time.

[PearlieMae]

Carrying a knife is a moot point if you don't know how to use it. It can be great for protection, or someone could take it away and kill you. The thing itself will not protect you.

I got my first pocket knife in second grade...so that's what, 7-8 years old? My grandfather showed me how to use it as a tool, and later, I learned how to use it effectively as a weapon. I got my first Buck knife (lock blade) at 14. I got my first sword at 24, and my first Claymore at 30. And I can use them all with deadly precision.

Self defense classes would be the order of the day, rather than a 2.5" pocket knife that she'd have to dig out of the bottom of her purse while she's getting raped.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

As far as self defence without a weapon, she is pretty set, but she's good with a blade too.
She's also deadly when throwing blades too.
It's not that she doesn't know how and when to use one, it's just my step mother doesnt like the look of a "lady" carrying a weapon.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

That's ridiculous! Even in old days ladies carried weapons concealed in jewelry, in their hair, in their boot. I've seen some beautiful antique knife jewelry

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[Mermaid Arabella]

That's ridiculous! Even in old days ladies carried weapons concealed in jewelry, in their hair, in their boot. I've seen some beautiful antique knife jewelry

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Oooooh, someone should start making some mermaid jewelry weapons! :D

[MerMaiden Lissa]

Oooooh, someone should start making some mermaid jewelry weapons! :D
That would be awesome! I wish I could do it!

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[LouLouBelle]

I've just read through this thinking 'no wonder you're in danger of being harmed if everyone carries knives as standard...'

Then I read 'mermaid jewellery weapons' and got excited... Not sure if I should be concerned by that! [emoji23]

On a sadder note - I had to have one of my rats, Tango, put to sleep today. I really think there's something wrong with me for getting this upset over a rat... I've cried so much my face will still be swollen at work tomorrow, which I'm not looking forward to.

I'm also really worried about an online friend who suddenly deactivated all her social media accounts nine months ago, and even now she still won't respond to anyone's text messages, and just hangs up on me when I phone her. She lives close enough that I could visit if I had her address, but I don't, and I really regret not arranging to meet her sooner. She's been to hell and back through her childhood and teens, and this sudden silence isn't like her at all. She's the kind of person that would have absolutely no problems letting you know if she had a problem with you. That's what makes the complete silence so weird and worrying.

On top of that, my gran has just been diagnosed with cancer, and I live 450 miles away...

I'm really feeling sick of everything right now. Honestly wish I could just run away, become a mermaid and be friends with the fishes... It would be a far less stressful life.


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[Mermaid Mystery]

Oooooh, someone should start making some mermaid jewelry weapons! :D

say no more: https://www.etsy.com/listing/59580364/mermaid-pocket-knife-necklace

[Mermaid_Sarina]

I'm thinking of getting self defence classes! I've had one to many ocasions of being approached on the street or people just driving past to slow/stopping and asking if I want to get in. Also theres been quite a few attempted kidnappings and a guy in a van stopped me last year..... I'm tempted to keep a knife with me though being Australia its illegal -_-

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[Mermaid_Sarina]

The attempted kidnappings have been in my suburb*

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[Hydra1337]

I'd definitely invest in self defense classes. Last year someone tried to lure me into their car but luckily after I refused and didn't approach he drove off.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Took karate for five years. Don't know anything about knife wielding, but given the nose into brain one hit kill move I could use lethal force if necessary. And that's not even counting ordinary nose breaks, sternum hits, kicks to the head, chest, sternum, and crotch. Basically set.

Born in Manhattan and live in a suburb of Chicago, lol.

[Mermaid_Sarina]

Sabrina I think I need you to teach me!!!

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[Hydra1337]

Sabrina: The Selkie Slayer

[SeaGlass Siren]

Dear parents. Seriously stop stepping on my tail. Your kids are more behaved than you. (They touched my tail gently and sometimes with two fingers when I asked them to.) one adult kept stomping on my tail after I repeatedly told her not to. After when I said it cost me 2000 dollars they backed away. Seriously I shouldn't have to ask repeatedly and tell you it's expensive when I asked politely the first time

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I'd be flipping out. Tail slap.

[Mermaid_Sarina]

Thats awful Seaglass :( I've had the same issue! Parents can be so rude

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[Cordelia]

A mini bitch? I ordered a fin a month ago tomorrow, and it's still not here! Sent off an email just now, hoping it arrives soon. Kind of my fault for not asking for a tracking number earlier, but omg, a new fin! I've been working my tail off these past few months. I deserve this!! Right? :D #soimpatient

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I usually don't get this pissed. Not as furious as I have been the past week. I've tried not posting about it, but dear God it's killing me. And I know I need advice on how to help her or how to not deck this little pecker in the face. 😡

Okay, my sister, 16, has been dating the same guy for almost a year now, next month would've been their one year. They just went to prom together, and everything was hunky dory.

I noticed subtle social media changes that made me think they may have been arguing or something. So I asked her what was up.

They broke up. Apparently the little shit told her the day before prom "as soon as prom is over, I'm done with you. I'm not done until prom is over."

I noticed she seemed significantly less excited that night and while getting ready for prom.
But I didn't want to say anything.

They went to prom, and were fine, until prom was over.... He looked at her when they got in the car and said "so are you going to give me what you know I want or not?"

Yeah. I'm fuming.

She told him heck no. And that he knew better than asking her.
He tried peer pressuring her "everyone else is" and pulling the whole "if you really love me".

She stood her ground with it, he practically shoved her out of the car when He went to drop her off.

Then, not a week later he's bragging about getting with someone who would give him what he "needed"

I bought her Ben and jerrys. And told her I'm proud of her for standing her ground.

But I am still absolutely livid over it.

She seems okay, just doesn't want to talk about it a whole lot.

What do I do? Does anyone want to send her some advice?
Heck, does someone want to send me advice before I spontaneously combust?

[Shimmer Mermaid]

What company? My finfun took a few weeks to come in. But yes, you definitely deserve your fin!

[SeaGlass Siren]

Shimmer. For real, send her my way. She deserves so much better than the douchebagery that is this prick. I spurn him as I spurn a rabid dog. Good on her for not giving herself to some asshat who does not deserve it.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Definitely. Do you have an instagram or something she can talk to you on? I'm beyond proud that she is so smart

[SeaGlass Siren]

Yes ! SeaGlasssiren

[Cordelia]

Omg, Shimmer. Hopefully he gets the clap.... He'd deserve it at that rate. Way to go, for your sister though!

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Also, the fin is a Mahina. I've been eyeing them for years! But, like I said, not really a bitch, so much as an omgicannotwaituntilthedangthingisonmyfeetandimswim mingaroundthelake!

Is that too much excitement? I just dropped some money on new fabric, too!

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I've wanted a Mahina for over a year now, they are just so cute!!!

And no, definitely not too much excitement. Never too much excitement. Lol

I'll tell my sister what you said! She'll get a kick out of it.

[Hydra1337]

I'm sorry to hear about what happened to your sister, Shimmer. She sounds really nice from your previous posts and that ass hat of a boyfriend doesn't deserve her. Hopefully she'll feel better soon.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

I couldn't decide between a Mahina and finis rapid, but ordered the rapid. I get it tomorrow. I'm so excited! I hope you get yours too

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[Coral Corey]

I usually don't get this pissed. Not as furious as I have been the past week. I've tried not posting about it, but dear God it's killing me. And I know I need advice on how to help her or how to not deck this little pecker in the face. 

Okay, my sister, 16, has been dating the same guy for almost a year now, next month would've been their one year. They just went to prom together, and everything was hunky dory.

I noticed subtle social media changes that made me think they may have been arguing or something. So I asked her what was up.

They broke up. Apparently the little shit told her the day before prom "as soon as prom is over, I'm done with you. I'm not done until prom is over."

I noticed she seemed significantly less excited that night and while getting ready for prom.
But I didn't want to say anything.

They went to prom, and were fine, until prom was over.... He looked at her when they got in the car and said "so are you going to give me what you know I want or not?"

Yeah. I'm fuming.

She told him heck no. And that he knew better than asking her.
He tried peer pressuring her "everyone else is" and pulling the whole "if you really love me".

She stood her ground with it, he practically shoved her out of the car when He went to drop her off.

Then, not a week later he's bragging about getting with someone who would give him what he "needed"

I bought her Ben and jerrys. And told her I'm proud of her for standing her ground.

But I am still absolutely livid over it.

She seems okay, just doesn't want to talk about it a whole lot.

What do I do? Does anyone want to send her some advice?
Heck, does someone want to send me advice before I spontaneously combust?WOW! This guy is REALLY dumb! He says it's over after prom and THEN asks for sex?! THE NERVE! I'm glad your sister is smart though. All I can tell you to make you both feel better is (I know this sounds strange) it's a good thing he was a dick about breaking up with her. It would take her much longer to get over him if he was nice about it. I've been through both types of situations and that was my experience at least. I wish you both peace and happiness and that your sister has better luck next time with guys.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Thank you, this was her first real boyfriend.
And as selfish as this may sound- i get to spend more time with her since she's no longer having to deal with him.

[Coral Corey]

Thank you, this was her first real boyfriend.
And as selfish as this may sound- i get to spend more time with her since she's no longer having to deal with him.It sounds like she is much better of spending time with you. The first boyfriend is a difficult one to get over and I hope she knows she deserves MUCH better than him.

[Mermaid Mystery]

where are you from so I can whoop his ass?

[SeaGlass Siren]

Whoop his ass all the way over the Great Wall of China.

[mermaid_selene]

So... bad news and good news.

I discovered a couple days ago that there would be a large tabletop gaming day at the mall, where anybody could playtest whatever game they wanted until midnight for free. So as soon as I found out, I excitedly told my roommates and invited them on facebook to join me. The one roommate that has been excluding me said that he was going to be in a different city that day- so he wouldn't be able to join. Good.

So I tagged four of my closest friends in the area who might be interested in going with me- and asked if they wanted to go. Only my best friend responded.

Yesterday was the day of the event, and I ended up having a nasty PTSD episode as I was getting ready to get everyone together to go. Luckily, my best friend was there and eventually got me to calm down and took care of me- and even invited me to come watch Gravity Falls with her. We watched an episode, and then I remembered that we should have left a while ago to go to this event. And then it happened....

"Oh, <exclusion roommate> set our RP night to be tonight. I'm just waiting on the rest of the friends to be here."

Yep. He knew that I had planned for our friends to go out and play tabletop games, but instead- had convinced EVERYONE that I invited to join his RP game that exact same day and time- AFTER I sent the invite out. Not only did he lie about not being in town, he convinced everyone to change their plans and exclude me.

I was livid. I finally snapped, and said, "Ok, you know what, you're right. You guys go have fun WITHOUT ME, AGAIN. I know your game will be so much better without me being around. Goodnight." And started to storm upstairs. My best friend chased me upstairs and decided that instead of waiting around for friends x and y to show up for the RP night, we were just going to go to the tabletop event together right then and there.

Best friend saves the day!

I finally told her in the car how I felt about being constantly excluded from all of roommate's games and get-togethers with friends- and how it has gotten to the point where I am now giving said roommate the silent treatment (you know, for my own sanity). I love my friend, but she is kinda dense at times. Despite this happening multiple times in the past, she never really put the pieces together. So now she knows, and she will be talking to him about it when she gets the chance.

Being excluded sucks especially when you know that it's because they don't want you there specifically. I say next time they do that. You should like go out with your best friend and have fun. TBH the only mean one is probably the ring leader of it all. I'm sure the other ones just don't know what to do in that situation or are too shy to go against him. If you need me to tail slap someone just call.

[Mermaid Whisper]

Sounding off...

I am autistic and depressed and have some sort of anxiety. I've recently relapsed and struggled with self-harm. Every time I do it, I get yelled at. No consolation or talking it out, just a scream of "What the f*** is that?" and then not to do it again.

My parents just separated after 10 years. My stepfather kicked my mother out. I later found out that she had been and still is doing drugs, and was doing so while she lived with us for years and years. My 20yo sister lives with us and makes drug deals through our house phone and my stepdad's work iPad. Cocaine, Adderall, heroin--anything and everything. She drinks quite a bit as well. She now has an abscess in two places on her arm from drug injections.

Recently, my 16yo and 20yo sisters, along with my dad, have been extremely secretive about something--I have yet to find what, but I know something isn't right. The 20yo sends me upstairs so she can "talk" with him, which he refuses to do with me ever unless he's stuck in the car with me. They drink together, smoke together, and have a better relationship through deceit and illicit behavior than I ever had being honest.

My dad has been telling other people about my personal life. I received a text from his mother "reminding me to call my office" to get more hours. I'm an adult, lady. Back off. It's now been my mother, dad, and all 4 sisters that have told me to get more hours. I know how to live my life! Quit telling me how I should be doing it, because all of you have done drugs and lied to people's faces for 10 years or more.

I'm so angry and distraught at this point that all of my emotional responses are gone. I feel nothing but burning. I can put up quite a ruse if I must, but I am stagnant in heart and mind.

The 20yo called me a "little b!tch" (I am way, way bigger than her) and I said "Thanks, you too." and kept browsing the web. Nothing makes me feel human, so I'm a mermaid instead [emoji170]


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[Mermaid Momo]

I usually don't get this pissed. Not as furious as I have been the past week. I've tried not posting about it, but dear God it's killing me. And I know I need advice on how to help her or how to not deck this little pecker in the face. 

Okay, my sister, 16, has been dating the same guy for almost a year now, next month would've been their one year. They just went to prom together, and everything was hunky dory.

I noticed subtle social media changes that made me think they may have been arguing or something. So I asked her what was up.

They broke up. Apparently the little shit told her the day before prom "as soon as prom is over, I'm done with you. I'm not done until prom is over."

I noticed she seemed significantly less excited that night and while getting ready for prom.
But I didn't want to say anything.

They went to prom, and were fine, until prom was over.... He looked at her when they got in the car and said "so are you going to give me what you know I want or not?"

Yeah. I'm fuming.

She told him heck no. And that he knew better than asking her.
He tried peer pressuring her "everyone else is" and pulling the whole "if you really love me".

She stood her ground with it, he practically shoved her out of the car when He went to drop her off.

Then, not a week later he's bragging about getting with someone who would give him what he "needed"

I bought her Ben and jerrys. And told her I'm proud of her for standing her ground.

But I am still absolutely livid over it.

She seems okay, just doesn't want to talk about it a whole lot.

What do I do? Does anyone want to send her some advice?
Heck, does someone want to send me advice before I spontaneously combust?

Tell him to square up and meet me at the park at 3

[MerMaiden Lissa]

Sounding off...

I am autistic and depressed and have some sort of anxiety. I've recently relapsed and struggled with self-harm. Every time I do it, I get yelled at. No consolation or talking it out, just a scream of "What the f*** is that?" and then not to do it again.

My parents just separated after 10 years. My stepfather kicked my mother out. I later found out that she had been and still is doing drugs, and was doing so while she lived with us for years and years. My 20yo sister lives with us and makes drug deals through our house phone and my stepdad's work iPad. Cocaine, Adderall, heroin--anything and everything. She drinks quite a bit as well. She now has an abscess in two places on her arm from drug injections.

Recently, my 16yo and 20yo sisters, along with my dad, have been extremely secretive about something--I have yet to find what, but I know something isn't right. The 20yo sends me upstairs so she can "talk" with him, which he refuses to do with me ever unless he's stuck in the car with me. They drink together, smoke together, and have a better relationship through deceit and illicit behavior than I ever had being honest.

My dad has been telling other people about my personal life. I received a text from his mother "reminding me to call my office" to get more hours. I'm an adult, lady. Back off. It's now been my mother, dad, and all 4 sisters that have told me to get more hours. I know how to live my life! Quit telling me how I should be doing it, because all of you have done drugs and lied to people's faces for 10 years or more.

I'm so angry and distraught at this point that all of my emotional responses are gone. I feel nothing but burning. I can put up quite a ruse if I must, but I am stagnant in heart and mind.

The 20yo called me a "little b!tch" (I am way, way bigger than her) and I said "Thanks, you too." and kept browsing the web. Nothing makes me feel human, so I'm a mermaid instead [emoji170]


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Being a mermaid is better than being human. I'm sorry you have to go through all of this. [emoji20] hugs

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[Mermaid Mystery]

Tell him to square up and meet me at the park at 3

I'll be there too homie

[Mermaid Whisper]

Being a mermaid is better than being human. I'm sorry you have to go through all of this. [emoji20] hugs

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[emoji177] I'll make it through somehow. That's why I finally jumped on getting my tail after 10 years, because things have been so terrible here that I just need to get away. I put on that tail, and I'm someone else. I don't have human worries anymore.

I know that I'm doing much better than any of them, but they ignore it and replace it with their own issues. Negative attention is all that is given here. Makes it very hard on the one person who does nothing but good.

My dad didn't even say goodnight or that he loved me...we've been doing this every night since I was young. He just told me to be up by 9 and lock up the house, then shut his door [emoji53]

It's 2:30am here and I'm just now winding down off the anger to sleep.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

[emoji177] I'll make it through somehow. That's why I finally jumped on getting my tail after 10 years, because things have been so terrible here that I just need to get away. I put on that tail, and I'm someone else. I don't have human worries anymore.

I know that I'm doing much better than any of them, but they ignore it and replace it with their own issues. Negative attention is all that is given here. Makes it very hard on the one person who does nothing but good.

My dad didn't even say goodnight or that he loved me...we've been doing this every night since I was young. He just told me to be up by 9 and lock up the house, then shut his door [emoji53]

It's 2:30am here and I'm just now winding down off the anger to sleep.
I've been there. I had an abusive husband, and even after getting away and starting over, the problems didn't just go away. I went through cutting, and then dating lots of wrong guys, then I finally got a good counselor and moved back with my parents. I still have some emotional baggage, but I'm finally starting to feel almost whole again. I think the first step in solving a problem like this is to find a way to get away from the bad environment. I'm glad Mermaiding can help you escape for a while at least

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[Coral Corey]

Sounding off...

I am autistic and depressed and have some sort of anxiety. I've recently relapsed and struggled with self-harm. Every time I do it, I get yelled at. No consolation or talking it out, just a scream of "What the f*** is that?" and then not to do it again.

My parents just separated after 10 years. My stepfather kicked my mother out. I later found out that she had been and still is doing drugs, and was doing so while she lived with us for years and years. My 20yo sister lives with us and makes drug deals through our house phone and my stepdad's work iPad. Cocaine, Adderall, heroin--anything and everything. She drinks quite a bit as well. She now has an abscess in two places on her arm from drug injections.

Recently, my 16yo and 20yo sisters, along with my dad, have been extremely secretive about something--I have yet to find what, but I know something isn't right. The 20yo sends me upstairs so she can "talk" with him, which he refuses to do with me ever unless he's stuck in the car with me. They drink together, smoke together, and have a better relationship through deceit and illicit behavior than I ever had being honest.

My dad has been telling other people about my personal life. I received a text from his mother "reminding me to call my office" to get more hours. I'm an adult, lady. Back off. It's now been my mother, dad, and all 4 sisters that have told me to get more hours. I know how to live my life! Quit telling me how I should be doing it, because all of you have done drugs and lied to people's faces for 10 years or more.

I'm so angry and distraught at this point that all of my emotional responses are gone. I feel nothing but burning. I can put up quite a ruse if I must, but I am stagnant in heart and mind.

The 20yo called me a "little b!tch" (I am way, way bigger than her) and I said "Thanks, you too." and kept browsing the web. Nothing makes me feel human, so I'm a mermaid instead [emoji170]


Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkI know this might be out of the question right now for many different reasons but if at all possible you should try to find a therapist. I don't mean for that to be offensive in the slightest (I go to a therapist myself for adhd and anxiety.) If that's not possible then find someone who is trustworthy and mature enough to handle this conversation to talk to about it. I know a real hug is much better but all I can offer is a virtual hug. *hugs*

[SiaTheMermaid]

So my tail just got here, which is absolutely amazing and I have yet to open it.

Heres my bitch, I paid for my tail out of my OWN money but I didnt tell my father, who i live with, the price because I just knew he would freak out. So my tail arrives at the door and I have to pay over 300 uk pounds to get it (on top of shipping etc) which im not too bothered about, I just want to see the tail I have dreamed about for years. So my father finally asks about the cost and I tell him.

He left. Just put on his jacket, called me a few names and left. I dont know if he has his keys and he has left his phone here, so I cant shower before trying on my tail nor can I film the unboxing on my own. PLUS the fact that im not really supposed to be left alone due to my anxiety/depression. I dont understand. It's my money, that I fought really hard to get. He shouldnt be this upset!

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[Mermaid Marius]

Shimmer, first of all, I can make him disappear. My dad worked for the government for years. I'm talking body guarded for Reagan. We can quietly make little pricks vanish in the night. Obviously I'm joking (murder wise, my Dad really did guard Reagan tho). Jokes aside, I'm sorry to hear this but it is definitely for the best. When I was growing up, my family always encouraged me to wait to lose my virginity until I was out of high school because 99% of the people you think you're ready to share your body with end up being jerks. That's just how it is in high school. And I found that to be extremely true. It's sad that your sister had to learn it as well but at least she didn't have to lose that piece of herself in the process. She sounds strong as hell and I hope she finds all the happiness.

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[Coral Corey]

So my tail just got here, which is absolutely amazing and I have yet to open it.

Heres my bitch, I paid for my tail out of my OWN money but I didnt tell my father, who i live with, the price because I just knew he would freak out. So my tail arrives at the door and I have to pay over 300 uk pounds to get it (on top of shipping etc) which im not too bothered about, I just want to see the tail I have dreamed about for years. So my father finally asks about the cost and I tell him.

He left. Just put on his jacket, called me a few names and left. I dont know if he has his keys and he has left his phone here, so I cant shower before trying on my tail nor can I film the unboxing on my own. PLUS the fact that im not really supposed to be left alone due to my anxiety/depression. I dont understand. It's my money, that I fought really hard to get. He shouldnt be this upset!

Sent from my SM-G920F using TapatalkI'm so sorry this happened. Some people just don't understand mermaiding or spending that much on any hobby. Hopefully he will come around and be happy for you.

[Mermaid Whisper]

I know this might be out of the question right now for many different reasons but if at all possible you should try to find a therapist. I don't mean for that to be offensive in the slightest (I go to a therapist myself for adhd and anxiety.) If that's not possible then find someone who is trustworthy and mature enough to handle this conversation to talk to about it. I know a real hug is much better but all I can offer is a virtual hug. *hugs*

*hugs back* I do have a therapist, and I love her very much. The problem is that my dad thought I didn't need to see her anymore and took me out of therapy for 4 months. I get to go back on the 11th.

I am completely dependent on him, since I don't have a license (just a permit) or a car, and I don't make enough money to live on my own. He rules my life. Mermaiding takes that all away [emoji170]

[Mermaid Whisper]

So my tail just got here, which is absolutely amazing and I have yet to open it.

Heres my bitch, I paid for my tail out of my OWN money but I didnt tell my father, who i live with, the price because I just knew he would freak out. So my tail arrives at the door and I have to pay over 300 uk pounds to get it (on top of shipping etc) which im not too bothered about, I just want to see the tail I have dreamed about for years. So my father finally asks about the cost and I tell him.

He left. Just put on his jacket, called me a few names and left. I dont know if he has his keys and he has left his phone here, so I cant shower before trying on my tail nor can I film the unboxing on my own. PLUS the fact that im not really supposed to be left alone due to my anxiety/depression. I dont understand. It's my money, that I fought really hard to get. He shouldnt be this upset!

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My stepdad is the exact same way. He's angry that I spent $160 on something I've loved for 10 years. He refuses to talk about it and still blows up on occasion. It's frustrating and a little discouraging, but I've realized that you can't make everyone happy with what you do, so at least make yourself happy while doing it [emoji4]

[Mermaid Whisper]

Tell him to square up and meet me at the park at 3

This, completely. My sister is 16 and is now pregnant. Trust me, it's really great that she stood her ground. I'm (virtually) super proud of her strength.

[Coral Corey]

*hugs back* I do have a therapist, and I love her very much. The problem is that my dad thought I didn't need to see her anymore and took me out of therapy for 4 months. I get to go back on the 11th.

I am completely dependent on him, since I don't have a license (just a permit) or a car, and I don't make enough money to live on my own. He rules my life. Mermaiding takes that all away [emoji170]Well I'm glad you get to go back and see her. When you do I would speak with her about this stuff and about how much you like mermaiding. :)

[JayJ79]

At least the asshat wasn't conniving enough to play along that everything was hunky dory all the way through prom in hopes of getting "some" and THEN dumping her. B/c that would definitely be worthy of a major beatdown.

[Imogen Finnly]

I have been trying to get pregnant with my husband and so far its a no go :(

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[MerMaiden Lissa]

I have been trying to get pregnant with my husband and so far its a no go :(

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Stop trying and it might happen! I knew a couple who tried for years and then finally decided they were getting too old to have a baby and stopped trying. Next thing they knew they were pregnant with a baby girl. The wife had a daughter from a previous marriage who turned 18 just before the new baby was born lol. I think the stress of trying makes it harder to get pregnant. Just relax and let it happen. Also good to check with a dr to make sure nothing is preventing pregnancy.

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[Imogen Finnly]

I thought i was in April, since i never got my period the entire month; i took two tests, they were negative, then after that, i started bleeding like i was on my period. So i dont know:(

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[Mermaid Mystery]

Shimmer, first of all, I can make him disappear. My dad worked for the governmenr for years. I'm talking body guarded for Reagan. We can quietly make little pricks vanish in the night. Honestly, I'm sorry to hear this but it is definitely for the best. When I was growing up, my family always encouraged me to wait to lose my virginity until I was out of high school because 99% of the people you think you're ready to share your body with end up being jerks. That's just how it is in high school. And I found that to be extremely true. It's sad that your sister had to learn it as well but at least she didn't have to lose that piece of herself in the process. She sounds strong as hell and I hope she finds all the happiness.

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I have to admit I giggled a bit.
And yeah, it sucks but it's true. Usually they turn out to be jerks or really creepy :/

[Mermaid Momo]

I thought i was in April, since i never got my period the entire month; i took two tests, they were negative, then after that, i started bleeding like i was on my period. So i dont know:(

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Have you taken any ovulation tests?



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[Imogen Finnly]

I haven't. Is it similar to a PG test?

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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Are you taking anything for fertility? I realize it may be a little scary at first to take fertility sups but talk to your doctor about what he/she recommends!

Also, if you aren't already, track your cycles and ovulation. There are plenty of apps that help track everything and even have forums for women.

It'll happen, just stay optimistic and as stress free as possible.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

This, completely. My sister is 16 and is now pregnant. Trust me, it's really great that she stood her ground. I'm (virtually) super proud of her strength.
As a way of bonding, (and kind of scaring her into waiting) I'm having her help deliver my baby in September. The doctor will be there to guide her, but she's the one who will be getting her hands dirty. Sending her the virtual pride! Lol

At least the asshat wasn't conniving enough to play along that everything was hunky dory all the way through prom in hopes of getting "some" and THEN dumping her. B/c that would definitely be worthy of a major beatdown.
That, I am so thankful for. I would've thrown him to the sharks if that were the case.
And- my stupid ass bought the little shit a pure bred German shepherd for Christmas because my sister didn't have the money to. So he got a free dog out of the whole thing as well. 😣

I have to admit I giggled a bit.
And yeah, it sucks but it's true. Usually they turn out to be jerks or really creepy :/
I know it, luckily my husband (whom I lost my virginity to in high school) stayed by my side, even when I was a total d-bag to him.
But I've had to help really close friends out of situations caused by jerks and creeps in high school.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Pretty similar actually.

[Mermaid Whisper]

Hey, so I guess I'm back again...

I've had one relationship ever. It lasted 4 months and I saw him a total of 3 times. He lived an hour away. I wasn't allowed to call or video chat, just text. He refused to be affectionate with me in front of his family and spent more time on Yugioh than me. It was very hard on me.

That was two years ago, and I'm still alone. I joined OKC a while back to try and find someone, and yesterday, I updated my profile to include mermaiding.

I got a message from a Navy wannabe (18) that said "r u a real mermaid" and I sent him a picture of me and my tail. He replied with "So you're part fish, part whale?"

I'm so discouraged and depressed and lonely...I've been crying and sleeping all day and I don't want to do this anymore...


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[MerMaiden Lissa]

Hey, so I guess I'm back again...

I've had one relationship ever. It lasted 4 months and I saw him a total of 3 times. He lived an hour away. I wasn't allowed to call or video chat, just text. He refused to be affectionate with me in front of his family and spent more time on Yugioh than me. It was very hard on me.

That was two years ago, and I'm still alone. I joined OKC a while back to try and find someone, and yesterday, I updated my profile to include mermaiding.

I got a message from a Navy wannabe (18) that said "r u a real mermaid" and I sent him a picture of me and my tail. He replied with "So you're part fish, part whale?"

I'm so discouraged and depressed and lonely...I've been crying and sleeping all day and I don't want to do this anymore...


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Ugh!!! Guys are jerks! Especially young guys lol. I'm not one to give dating advice since I'm single and not even trying to date, but the fact that people keep falling in love and getting married tells me it IS possible! In my own case I got tired of dating and getting disappointed so decided I'll just work on my own health and self image issues and when the time is right it will happen. For years my grandma said "If god wants me to remarry, he'll send someone knocking on my door!" So one day an old friend looks her up and they start dating. When he proposed he said "Merilyn, I'm knocking!"
So I guess what I'm saying is he's out there somewhere. Find yourself a nice fish! [emoji6]

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[Shimmer Mermaid]

No. Just effing no. Okay? Can someone get me a hefty rubberband to castrate his ass?

Honey, do NOT let some ass bring you down. Okay? And certainly dont let him make you want to quit mermaiding.

You are damn gorgeous, and that ass has no say.

Google Tess Holiday and "Eff your beauty standards"
Someone photoshopped her face on ursulas body. Guess what? She just responded "ursula was a bad ass."

First off;
Whales are majestic and graceful as hell. Not to mention beautiful and smart as well.

Second off;
Tell him to eat a wang. And don't let some little "navy wannabe" get to you.

[Mermaid Whisper]

Ugh!!! Guys are jerks! Especially young guys lol. I'm not one to give dating advice since I'm single and not even trying to date, but the fact that people keep falling in love and getting married tells me it IS possible! In my own case I got tired of dating and getting disappointed so decided I'll just work on my own health and self image issues and when the time is right it will happen. For years my grandma said "If god wants me to remarry, he'll send someone knocking on my door!" So one day an old friend looks her up and they start dating. When he proposed he said "Merilyn, I'm knocking!"
So I guess what I'm saying is he's out there somewhere. Find yourself a nice fish! [emoji6]

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i just want to be in love like all my sisters are...the 10yo has a crush, the 16yo is pregnant and has a boyfriend, the 20yo has several boyfriends at once, and the 23yo is married but also dating at least two other people. i just want to mean something to someone. right now the only reason im here is because i have a fish to take care of, mako. but i cant date a betta fish and he'll never say anything back to me. its really hard right now and i dont think i can take it

[Mermaid Whisper]

nobody pays attention to me here and im not seen as useful or important unless i have money or possessions


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[MerMaiden Lissa]

nobody pays attention to me here and im not seen as useful or important unless i have money or possessions


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But you ARE useful and important! I understand needing love. Feeling alone is a terrible thing. It's so hard to be single when everyone around you has someone.

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[Starfrit]

Coming out of my... what, two month lurking stint to just hop in here and go

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I'm just so frustrated with everything. The last few months have basically been hell on earth, and juuuuuuuuuust when I start thinking that things are getting back together in a relatively normal sense... something else blows up.

And there's no escape from it. Get tired of the family drama involving a certain drug-abusing sibling and decide to just back away and focus on my friends for a while? SURPRIIIISE, a thirty-second argument with one of my best friends that leaves me stranded on the other end of town with no ride home has turned into a full-fledged Civil-War-esque clusterfuck that's tearing my closest circle of friends apart and even drove one of my other best friends into a suicidal mental breakdown! Try to get away from that crap and just bury myself in work? SURPRIIIISE, my hours are screwed around, so the weekends I previously had off I'm now stuck scheduled with a bunch of part-timers who give zero shits about what they're doing, throw their work on me, make a mess of LITERALLY EVERYTHING and continually piss off customers and make ME look bad.

For the last I've-Officially-Lost-Fucking-Track-Now, literally all of my free time when I'm not at work has been spent curled up in my room, curtains drawn and lights off not talking to people because I'm an anxious, depressed mess. I've lost more weight than I thought was possible for me, in such a short period of time, and it's making me nervous. Like, my nerves are completely shot, I feel ready to just start picking fights with people and I feel like that's getting really obvious in the way that I interact with people at work.

I've been in a really unstable mental state for way too long and it's to the point now where I've had to hunt down my little slip of paper with the emergency numbers on it to keep nearby "just in case." Literally every aspect of my social and professional life feels like it's being held together with rubber bands and chewing gum and I'm an anxious, paranoid mess just waiting for it all to crumble apart completely.

Like, I've been trying to handle this stuff as coolly and maturely as possible. But right now I just wanna pick fights and break stuff and angry-yell until the neighbors are filing noise complaints.

I'd say this shit was driving me to drink, except that I've had to be up for work at like 5AM and now tomorrow and Sunday I'm gonna need to be up at like 4:15 because I have even earlier shifts so I can't even touch the stuff.

So here I am in bed, staring at my laptop and complaining on the internet because it feels like that's about all I can do right now.


(also damnit MN stop signing me out when I'm trying to post, I'm about this close to just rage-pitching my laptop out the window.)

[Shimmer Mermaid]

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We love you though, have some of the cake I made for our gender reveal. Its blue like the ocean ❤

[The Water Phoenix]

A sleep deprived me got woken up by freaking rats in the ceiling of my room at 2 am in the morning! I swear there has to be more than one because a single rat couldn't have made such a racket. The rats only seem to be in the ceiling of MY room, annoyingly. So at 2 am, I took my blankets down to the lounge room and slept on the couch ( It took a while to find a comfortable position since I'm longer than the couch. My dad found me sleeping there this morning. I asked him to put some rat poison up in the roof. The weather here in Australia is getting colder because we are going into winter.

[Mermaid Clara]

So I'm spending the night at my bff's apartment and her roommates are so annoying and gross and I usually keep food or leftovers in her little cabinet thing which they let her move in to their place and she only has like once cabinet too keep her non refrigerated foods and med while they have al the other cabinets. She is always embarrassed to have me over because they leave the sink, kitchen and living room full of dirty dishes and trash. She's always the one cleaning up and cleaning the bathroom which they never clean. They also got a huge dog which was in a family with a huge house and lots of land before the roommate got him, the dog chewed up and tore off the door frame on the front door and he has fleas. The cat that they already have never has a clean littler box and the master bedroom always smells like cat urine and feces and the smell also drifts into the living room. My friend is the only one who gives the cat any love and attention because my friend's roommate/friend got bored of the cat and got the dog without even asking my friend. One last thing I'm pissed about is that the roommates also will eat any food I leave, even when it's in Emily's cabinet, and I'm over at least two or more times a week.


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[Lotus the Mermaid]

So I'm spending the night at my bff's apartment and her roommates are so annoying and gross and I usually keep food or leftovers in her little cabinet thing which they let her move in to their place and she only has like once cabinet too keep her non refrigerated foods and med while they have al the other cabinets. She is always embarrassed to have me over because they leave the sink, kitchen and living room full of dirty dishes and trash. She's always the one cleaning up and cleaning the bathroom which they never clean. They also got a huge dog which was in a family with a huge house and lots of land before the roommate got him, the dog chewed up and tore off the door frame on the front door and he has fleas. The cat that they already have never has a clean littler box and the master bedroom always smells like cat urine and feces and the smell also drifts into the living room. My friend is the only one who gives the cat any love and attention because my friend's roommate/friend got bored of the cat and got the dog without even asking my friend. One last thing I'm pissed about is that the roommates also will eat any food I leave, even when it's in Emily's cabinet, and I'm over at least two or more times a week.


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I'll say a prayer that your friend gets a new place. They sound like not only terrible roommates, but just plain inconsiderate people. And your friend is their Cinderella. Not okay. :(

[Hydra1337]

Definitely not okay. I hope your friend takes that poor kitty out of there when she leaves.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

So. My environmental science class has a field trip to a wolf sanctuary today. Been waiting for it all year. And of course I have food poisoning.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

I had so many plans for the day, but I woke up to acid rain! ...not really, but that's what it feels like with rheumatoid arthritis. It's all flared up today [emoji34]
Stupid rain! Stupid body!

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[LouLouBelle]

Hey, so I guess I'm back again...

I've had one relationship ever. It lasted 4 months and I saw him a total of 3 times. He lived an hour away. I wasn't allowed to call or video chat, just text. He refused to be affectionate with me in front of his family and spent more time on Yugioh than me. It was very hard on me.

That was two years ago, and I'm still alone. I joined OKC a while back to try and find someone, and yesterday, I updated my profile to include mermaiding.

I got a message from a Navy wannabe (18) that said "r u a real mermaid" and I sent him a picture of me and my tail. He replied with "So you're part fish, part whale?"

I'm so discouraged and depressed and lonely...I've been crying and sleeping all day and I don't want to do this anymore...


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The appropriate reply would have been: "and there's the reason you can't get a girlfriend..." Followed by: "at least I'm actually living my dream and not just being a pathetic little wannabe."

Guaranteed, he won't get far with dating. Ever.

I'm in my early 30s now and I've never been on a date. The closest I'll ever have to a family of my own is my group of pet rats. And do you know what? I'm fine with that. Yes, it can feel depressing when you think nobody is ever going to really want you, or look at you as if you're the most important thing in the world to them, but it does give you the freedom to be who you want to be, and do the things you want to do without having to worry about someone else. Having a partner isn't the be all and end all. If you're not happy on your own, having a partner isn't likely to fix everything and make you happy. You need to learn to love yourself and find out what truly makes you happy. ❤️

[Mermaid Momo]

^ tell him to go f*ck himself since he's going to be doing for a while anyways

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[Mermaid Kelda]

This is such a silly bitch but I'm in the bed of a guy I've been seeing, I wake up at 6 am, and he is not here. It is now nearly 7 and I can't get back to sleep. It's such an awful feeling to wake up expecting someone in the bed, and then they're not there. He's also not on the couch in the lounge, but his car keys appear to still be here? So my educated guess is that he's in his housemate's room, who isn't here, but hell if I can tell you why.

I don't get to be mad, cause we're not dating. It's just casual sex. But gorram it when I come over for sex I come for the sex AND the cuddles after. Where are my morning cuddles :(

[MerDragon Arie]

This is going to be a super long rant everyone, sorry in advance! I'm just so done with Doctors.. :mad::cry:
So about a week ago I wake up around 2am in the morning to go to the bathroom. Usually I wake up at least a couple of times during the night/early morning to go pee because I drink TONS of water. So I zombie into the bathroom to go pee and after I do I sit there a minute because my lower abdomen starts to hurt. It honestly felt like I had to poop at first, (Sorry a bit TMI). So I sit there still half asleep waiting to see if I do have to do anything else. All of a sudden I get this BAD stabbing painful pain in my lower abdomen. I thought that it was my IBS giving me troubles because I've had that kind of pain before when I was having bowl movements. The pain starts to really increase and it starts to radiate up my left side of my body. I'm in so much pain and basically paralyzed, I try to at least get off the toilet so I can yell for my husband because he was asleep already. He couldn't hear me when I was calling him when the pain started. I manage to get down on the bathroom floor and scream for him to come help me. He comes running in of course to see what's wrong. I'm in very very severe pain now. He tries to get me up but every time I slightly move I scream in more pain. He had to pick me up and run me to the E.R. I got there around 2:30am, got checked in, and had to bleeping wait to be seen. They knew and saw how much pain I was in and usually lower abdominal pains get seen quicker, nope not me I waited at least 15-20 mins just to tell a doctor what was going on. They ordered a ultrasound and it was the type that had to be up my hooha, great.. also blood & urine. Got all of that done which those types of ultrasounds are SUPER uncomfortable BTW! Had to wait what seemed like forever to get the results of the ultrasound. Turns out that I have a HUGE ovarian cyst on my left ovary. Even the Doctor was freaking out how big it is. She said that it's 8 centimeters big and that I need to go to the OB-GYN. I knew I had a cyst and been trying to get this dang thing removed for 5+ years. They never wanted to take it out because at the times I got checked it was too small and they didn't want to "destroy my ovary" they would take the whole ovary out because " I was too young". Now I have to go find another dang OB-GYN and hopefully this time they will do something about this cyst. I'm so tired of Doctors right now. I'm already having issues with my regular PCP and now I'm going to have to deal with this. I want this dang cyst out of my body so I don't have to be in pain or worry about it rupturing again! Sigh.... :cry::anger explode:

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Ouch. That is no fun.

[cletusk20]

Ok. I just want to say this because the body issue subject issue keeps coming up. And if this is the wrong place to post it, sorry. Feel free to move it where ever it fits best.

You cannot judge a person's worth with a tape measure or a scale. And more times than not, when a person puts down someone because of their body type, that comment is more of a reflection on them than anything else. I am lucky to be married to a beautiful wife who isn't the supermodel impossibility. And I love all 225 pounds of her because who she is. So yes, the best way to be beautiful is to be who you truly are. Thank you.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Agreed cletusk!

[Mermaid Clara]

So my computer has like barely any memory storage, which makes playing games like The Sims 3 very difficult. My mom said I could put sims 3 on her computer because it has much more memory than mine. I'm installing sims 3 and the billion of expansion packs and I go to the site called "modthesims" which I've used billions of times and never had any problems before. But a scam pops up onto the screen and it's one of the ones where the scammers encrypt the computer so unless you call the scammers and pay them a whole bunch of money to "fix" your computer, you won't be able to use your computer. My dad is SOOOOO pissed!!!! He told me that he wasn't mad at me just that he was mad at what happened. But my mom is probably going to go off on me because she's dealing with a whole bunch of stuff involving her health and it's making her temper really short. My dad said that the computer is going to have to be rebuilt and that's not going to happen until this weekend. I'm legit about to cry and extremely scared of both my parents right now.


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[Elodea the Mermaid]

I am lucky to be married to a beautiful wife who isn't the supermodel impossibility. And I love all 225 pounds of her because who she is. So yes, the best way to be beautiful is to be who you truly are. Thank you.

While I appreciate the sentiment of your words, I do wish people would stop saying things like "supermodel impossibility." We don't need to shame one body type to build another one up. The people in my family are naturally thin (well, not me, but most of them) and I can assure you that they very much exist. ;-)

[mermaid_selene]

I know I comment here a little too much but I have to vent my feelings. I'm literally going through so much stress right now. My parents are now saying I have Asperger's and that its my autistic traits that make me "obsess" over things. Also they completely changed their mind and said that me wanting to buy a mermaid tail was stupid. They also said that in on the wrong track because I've had a rough year. I have not been completing my work and have been skipping study halls. Now dcf is after my dad because he hits me and I'm scared because i don't want anything to happen to my family. My family makes up a bunch of fake mental illnesses as an excuse for my mistakes and interests. Also everybody on here loves mermaids and it has nothing to do with having a mental illness even if they do have one. We are just a bunch of people who like to swim like mermaids.


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[Hydra1337]

So my computer has like barely any memory storage, which makes playing games like The Sims 3 very difficult. My mom said I could put sims 3 on her computer because it has much more memory than mine. I'm installing sims 3 and the billion of expansion packs and I go to the site called "modthesims" which I've used billions of times and never had any problems before. But a scam pops up onto the screen and it's one of the ones where the scammers encrypt the computer so unless you call the scammers and pay them a whole bunch of money to "fix" your computer, you won't be able to use your computer. My dad is SOOOOO pissed!!!! He told me that he wasn't mad at me just that he was mad at what happened. But my mom is probably going to go off on me because she's dealing with a whole bunch of stuff involving her health and it's making her temper really short. My dad said that the computer is going to have to be rebuilt and that's not going to happen until this weekend. I'm legit about to cry and extremely scared of both my parents right now.


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Can you access anything in safe mode?

[cletusk20]

Sorry. Your probably right about a bad choice of words there. I was trying to add something positive.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Too many things are going on today I kinda really don't know how to function.


So after I got news of my cousins wedding, I found out not long after that my younger sister's fiancé's mother might be passing away from cancer tonight or tomorrow in the hospital. She never really let anyone know she was suffering. I guess she didn't want anyone to know that she was sick. Asian people are typically very prideful and don't want to let anyone know if they're going through hell because they don't want that kind of pity. I met her once and she was a really sweet lady. She was very caring for her son (all her sons are diagnosed with bipolar disorder) and she's done everything to care for them. I could tell she was a very good mother.
I hope she passes on to the afterlife with as little pain as possible.
Don't pray for me, I don't need it. But if you do pray, pray for my younger sister and her fiancé, his family, and most of all the mother. Both were really close to her and my younger sis hasn't really stopped crying (she called us and that's how we knew). It's already hard to lose your mum (who cared for you for two decades of her life, the whole existence for yours), it's harder when she was a cancer patient, but I imagine it must be especially painful losing your mother after Mother's Day. Pray for them. Send them good vibes.

[Mermaid Clara]

Can you access anything in safe mode?

Unfortunately no, the computer had to be shut down and disconnected from the internet so it doesn't get to the other computers because our computers are all connected to the same network or something. I can still use my desktop computer or my laptop.

[MerMaiden Lissa]

So my computer has like barely any memory storage, which makes playing games like The Sims 3 very difficult. My mom said I could put sims 3 on her computer because it has much more memory than mine. I'm installing sims 3 and the billion of expansion packs and I go to the site called "modthesims" which I've used billions of times and never had any problems before. But a scam pops up onto the screen and it's one of the ones where the scammers encrypt the computer so unless you call the scammers and pay them a whole bunch of money to "fix" your computer, you won't be able to use your computer. My dad is SOOOOO pissed!!!! He told me that he wasn't mad at me just that he was mad at what happened. But my mom is probably going to go off on me because she's dealing with a whole bunch of stuff involving her health and it's making her temper really short. My dad said that the computer is going to have to be rebuilt and that's not going to happen until this weekend. I'm legit about to cry and extremely scared of both my parents right now.


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I had a virus like that, and I used a program called Malawarebytes to fix it. Also used the same program to fix my grandparents computer. It's a free program but they also have a paid version with more features. I use the free one

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[Hydra1337]

That's a shame... I was going to suggest using Hitman Pro 2 to clean it out if you could access anything.

[Mermaid Clara]

I'm so angry at my mom! I started the Ted talk Hannah Fraser did to show my dad and around the first part Hannah says something about her dream being creating a world where all human beings love and respect everyone and everything. My mom says "gosh is this woman living in a lala land or what!" And then she continues to mock my idol. I called her a bitch and my parents got mad at me, I mean yeah it wasn't very nice but she didn't have to keep on mocking my idol.


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[Sabrina the Selkie]

Generally a bad idea to call parents by swear words. To their face, anyway.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

In my case, I tend to come off as a hard caustic so and so very much of the time, so my mermaiding tends to put people at ease about me. So I put it on my resumes talk about it in job interviews celebrate it with teachers and coworkers.

As for my parents, who know I'm a whimsical little shit with my head in the clouds and my nose in a book, well, they're whimsical little shits too, so they think it's cool. Thankfully.

But sending you guys hugs on the parent problem.


And SeaGlass. There will be a candle on my windowsill tonight. Orange, if I can find it.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Thankyou so much Sabrina. You're always so sweet.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Monday I took my new horse Trazon to the vet, because- number one his leg swelled up and he had a hematoma and he could barely walk.
Two, Sunday he had an allergic reaction to the medicine we've been giving him, he collapsed, was thrashing around, couldn't get up. I was horrified, crying, and trying to explain to my dad on the phone what happened. (the vet gave us a new medicine)

Anyway, yesterday morning, where the vet lanced and drained the hematoma was fine, just a slit, over a bubble, I have to run water in once a day. No big deal.

That afternoon I went to clean him (i have to have my husbands help) and all of the skin that WAS the hematoma is effing gone.
So he has a terrible hole in his leg now that is as big around as a softball.

I called the vet, he said it can happen and that he should have warned me.

Uh-ya think?!?

I dont know when he'll completely heal.
I don't know if he'll ever fully recover.
But the stress I've had to deal with from this horse Has caused me to be sick to my stomach, breakouts, and to feel tired and drained everyday.

It's not good for my baby for me to be so stressed 24/7, but this horse is too young and well behaved to get screwed over in life because of my sister's bitch horse.

I'll refrain from posting any pictures of the wound, because I know some of you would probably get sick at the sight.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Oh Shimmer! D:

[SeaGlass Siren]

I'm so sorry to hear shimmer :(


Brief update:
My sister's fiancé's mother passed away peacefully just moments ago.
She's had a pretty rough life for most of her life from what I hear. Her mother passed away when she was younger as well and took care of all her siblings on top of her two bipolar sons.
She suffered from a rare tumour for two years. I hope her passing was painless and I hope the family has the strength to carry on.
She told my sister she's always wanted a daughter and I guess she fulfilled that by being with her son. She's taking it pretty hard.

I'll be going to her funeral on Saturday.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Oh, at least she got a daughter. She sounds like she was a remarkable woman and mother

[SeaGlass Siren]

She's definitely a tough cookie.

[MerDragon Arie]

So my computer has like barely any memory storage, which makes playing games like The Sims 3 very difficult. My mom said I could put sims 3 on her computer because it has much more memory than mine. I'm installing sims 3 and the billion of expansion packs and I go to the site called "modthesims" which I've used billions of times and never had any problems before. But a scam pops up onto the screen and it's one of the ones where the scammers encrypt the computer so unless you call the scammers and pay them a whole bunch of money to "fix" your computer, you won't be able to use your computer. My dad is SOOOOO pissed!!!! He told me that he wasn't mad at me just that he was mad at what happened. But my mom is probably going to go off on me because she's dealing with a whole bunch of stuff involving her health and it's making her temper really short. My dad said that the computer is going to have to be rebuilt and that's not going to happen until this weekend. I'm legit about to cry and extremely scared of both my parents right now.


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Fixing a computer from a virus is actually really easy to do. All you have to do is wipe the computer back to factory settings if you are able to at least get into your settings in safe mode. If you can't get pass anything and if it's a Trojan then you have to have someone remove it. There are programs/disks that take care of Trojan viruses out there and it would be cheaper than trying to just rebuild a whole computer again. Does it come up with a virus code or anything? I'm really tech savvy and could help you out trying to get it fixed. :)

[Sabrina the Selkie]

*hugs* SeaGlass. Another candle coming right up.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I had to give him his first shot of the new medicine last night and he saw the needle and he got so scared 😥

He started breathing hard and started shaking, I checked his pulse and it was through the roof.

The whole allergic reaction traumatized him and now he's terrified of shots. It breaks my heart.

I'm supposed to give him 14 ccs a day. I got 10 in him last night before he started moving away from me, and I pulled my needle to keep it from breaking in his skin.

I'm thinking taking some treats to give him after I'm finished might help calm him down.

All I know is i have to do something to make him less scared because I cant see him like this.

[MermaidSasha]

Freaking scamming a-holes!!!!!

So, because I thought some people were still decent I got sort of scammed today. But those buttheads aren't getting any money from me, although they sure freaking tried!

:mad:

[Merman Dylan]

Where do I begin.

SeaGlass I'm so sorry about your loss. I hope things are getting easier.

KellyMermaid I've had viruses on my computer too. It's a pain. Safe Mood should help, and I would recommend some antivirus software protection that you can pay for to protect your computer once it's fixed. I've been lucky with the virus's I got in the past, and I've been able to remove them myself. Check Bleepingcomputer.com for help.

Mermaid_Selene I just want to say that a parent should never hurt a child. Also, as someone that lives with two mental disorders, ADHD and BiPolar, I really don't like the idea of someone casually throwing them around without a clinical diagnoses. That is not okay.

Mermaid Ava I understand what that feels like. I'm too trusty, so I can get scammed really easily.

I personally don't have any issues right now aside from my mom never taking being a merman seriously and constantly suggesting I do something else. However, I'm learning to live with that.

I actually thought I'd try to offer some support to people since I've had my own fair share of issues in the past. I hope things get better for everyone.

[JayJ79]

Shimmer: is there some sort of blinder that could be put on him so that he doesn't see the needle? may stop him from getting scared as much. bringing treats along is also a good idea

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Tonight went a lot easier with him. I cleaned the wound, looking a lot better btw, then gave him the shot. My husband held him while I gave the shot, and I have never been one to REALLY baby talk an animal, but I did tonight because he didn't shake before hand-just backed a little and was breathing hard- and he stood still while we were both petting the heck out of him and praise talking like crazy.

I fed him immediately after the shot.
Definitely getting better.

[Hydra1337]

I'm glad he's getting better. What's his name?

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Trazon. His previous owner said it meant brave. He's literally the biggest horse we've ever had on the place, but the biggest sweetheart

[Hydra1337]

That's a cool name.

[Mermaid Momo]

I'm just pissed that nearly every mer event is a weekend during the school term. My small bitch haha. I'm just getting tired of getting excited for an event and going to their website and seeing that I won't be able to go because it's during the school year and I can't just pack up and fly to another state during the school term, especially with my major. During the summer tho? Fyeah I can.

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[Mermaid Clara]

I'm just pissed that nearly every mer event is a weekend during the school term. My small bitch haha. I'm just getting tired of getting excited for an event and going to their website and seeing that I won't be able to go because it's during the school year and I can't just pack up and fly to another state during the school term, especially with my major. During the summer tho? Fyeah I can.

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I feel ya! I missed a lot of meetups when I was in school. Also, there is upcoming Sacramento mermaid events and they are being held at the dive bar in downtown Sac, which i can't even get into because i'm not 21 yet. Which makes me very upset and disappointed!

[Lotus the Mermaid]

Y'all are welcome to join us for the meet in Texas this July! :)

[Sabrina the Selkie]

So my mom's cousin is experiencing liver failure. It's his own damn fault; he's completely ravaged from years of alcoholism.
Anyway, he's stopped drinking hasn't touched a drop since his first big scare, but that was only about two months ago.

To qualify for a liver transplant, you need to be six months sober and have insurance. He's completely unable to work, and therefore unable to pay for health insurance. His insurance is about to drop him.

So by the time he's six months sober, he won't have insurance. And he's deteriorating so fast he might be dead by then anyway.

And I'll never forget the voice of one of my mom's other cousins - "Auntie called me," she said. "Absolutely hysterical. 'I can't lose another son!' she told me."

Because of course, this particular cousin's older brother was murdered. And I just don't know what my grandmother's sister will do if she loses him too.

[Mermaid Mystery]

insurance sucks. mine was about to drop me from all treatment if I didn't discharge, and I sure as hell wasn't ready. I'm not religious but your mom's cousin will be in my thoughts.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

Thanks

[Mermaid Clara]

My best friend is too scared of my parents to spend the night at my house or even just hang out at my house. I'm always over at her apartment and I feel like I should have her over more because we are always at her place, but she's too scared of my parents. Whenever she would come over we wouldn't stay long at my place and she would always be super quiet and stuff. It just makes me sad that she feel so scared to come over just because of my parents.


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[suzanne86]

WHY is she scared of your parents?

[Mermaid Lunette]

hmmm, so i got some sudden and worrysome news.

the last few onths my husband, best friend, another friend and i have been living together and it has been good. however about a few weeks ago we decided to split up, my 2 friends are no longer single so each couple kinda wanted to pair off and have a apartment with their significant other. kinda sad but no hard feelings from anyone really, however, we established that we would all go our seperate ways at the end of june.

but tonight, in our room mate group message our friend (not my best friend) suddenly sent a message saying she had already moved out! apparently during the night she had slowly moved out her stuff these last few weeks.

her moving out when she wants? fine, she is an adult and is under no real obligation to stay. however, the thing that is upsetting is she moved out all her stuff BEFORE telling us. like she wanted to make sure she was already out which gave us like, no heads up whatsoever.

so, we were all suppose to be using the last shared month to save money before moving into seperate but more expensive appartments but now we have to make up for her part of the rent. and what is worse is that my husband and best friend have had a hint of tention when it comes to money since he pays the most living here (although she works at the sister complex of this apartment so because of her we get a discount.) so now, i am really worried this is gonna start an even bigger argument between them, because there is a chance my husband might be expected to pay for our ex-roomates part of the rent completely instead of splitting it between them. (i am a house wife so i do the chores to make up for not helpin with the bills.)

so now since i am the only one whom has seen her message so far, because my best friend is asleep and my husband works the night shift, i am waiting in light terror to see what will happen next.

i kinda didn't expect this from my friend...

[Sabrina the Selkie]

That is so not fair. Good luck!

[The Water Phoenix]

At school, I'm part of a drama unit and we have this production coming up where we make up our own production. We decided who we'll be as characters and I chose to be a specific character but theres this one girl who HAS to have her own way no matter what >: ( We all knew that if she didn't get the part that she wanted, then she'll throw a hissy fit. So annoyingly, she has to have her way. She thinks that the whole world evolves around her. It's so annoying how she always must have her way. The same girl is in my media class and in my group too :( Lexie, Laney, Sophie and I do all the work while she draws on the board. She NEVER helps contribute >: ( I quite frankly don't want her in my group if she's not going to be a group member. She doesn't even care, all she does is make hurtful remarks about my friends :( . All my friends and I are sick of her.
Sorry about the rant, it was something I needed to get off my chest.

[PearlieMae]

Lunette, the sneaky one should be required to pay her share of that last month. That was a dirty thing to do to you. Just because she got her things out doesn't mean she isn't still obligated.

[Mermaid Lunette]

Lunette, the sneaky one should be required to pay her share of that last month. That was a dirty thing to do to you. Just because she got her things out doesn't mean she isn't still obligated.

:'( honestly, we aren't very confrontational people, so i am gonna be honest and say she probably won't pay and I doubt we will try to make her. I mean, she paid for this month and she is gonna be out before next month so she would probably argue that she shouldn't have to pay for a month that she wonkt be there.

i am most upset with the rather cowardly way she did it. she waited to tell us, she could have easily let us know the day she realized she wasnkt gonna wait. it still would be upseting but we could have been more prepared and discussed it together as room mates.

it's just, like i get how, if we are speaking in a tactful manner? she did the 'smart' thing.this way she avoids an in person argument and the decision is final because it has already been made. so she did good as far as self preservation goes. But it was not kind, and it was not considerate, which hurts a bit.

i dunno, i don't feel mad, it's like, she is human, humans do these things...but i do feel, i dunno, i guess dissapointed might be the best word?

[Lexicious]

I was going to swim...but I got out of bed , looked at the pool and it's raining hard, temperature is 50f....
This is California damnit! Where the hell is the sun!?

[Mermaid Arabella]

I was going to swim...but I got out of bed , looked at the pool and it's raining hard, temperature is 50f....
This is California damnit! Where the hell is the sun!?

We stole it :) ~Colorado

[Saelyyia]

Its a week from June, of course we don't have any sun. June in Cali is a gloomy time of year.

[Lexicious]

We stole it :) ~Colorado

May we have it back for an hour or two? That's all I need ;)


Its a week from June, of course we don't have any sun. June in Cali is a gloomy time of year.

It's colder than the UK right now. Oh well, I guess I could do housework instead :cry:

[Mermaid Arabella]

May we have it back for an hour or two? That's all I need ;)

I'm afraid not, I'm going to the Denver Comic Con beer release party this evening, so I will need the sun until I've had enough beer to stay warm. You can have it this weekend, I'm gonna stay in and craft anyways. ;)

[Lexicious]

I'm afraid not, I'm going to the Denver Comic Con beer release party this evening, so I will need the sun until I've had enough beer to stay warm. You can have it this weekend, I'm gonna stay in and craft anyways. ;)

I guess that's only fair. Enjoy the con!
That's another thing on this year's agenda, I'm hoping to make a Togruta headpiece out of latex foam to wear to cons seeing as I'm now somewhere that has decent conventions.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Was supposed to go on a day long ride this morning, but we couldnt find stormy (my main riding horse who is 19).
We found him.
He was gagging, and coughing, and saliva and bile coming out of his more and mouth.
We took him to the vet and turns out he's choking. And has something in his throat.
So we're taking him to ANOTHER vet, with a scope to maybe get it out.
When it rains it pours.
My poor baby

[Lexicious]

Was supposed to go on a day long ride this morning, but we couldnt find stormy (my main riding horse who is 19).
We found him.
He was gagging, and coughing, and saliva and bile coming out of his more and mouth.
We took him to the vet and turns out he's choking. And has something in his throat.
So we're taking him to ANOTHER vet, with a scope to maybe get it out.
When it rains it pours.
My poor baby


Oh no! I wish you the best of luck at the vets.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

$900 later-he's okay. My dad and husband are going to kill me.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Update: I'm not dead? My dad (who raised the horse) actually thanked me for taking him to the vet.
"It wouldve almost been like losing a child. That horse helped me through a lot. That is the last horse I will ever ride."

Soooo I'm in the clear I think.

Sleepy baby. They had to sedate him to run a scope.
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Home and able to breath, eat, and drink again. Obviously he feels better-His willy was out!
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[Lexicious]

Poor baby. I'm glad he's doing OK and that you're not in trouble :D

[Little_Orca]

Depression is making my life harder. I'm overly stressed from having a ton of work to do to pass my finals at school: namely 2 portfolios and a web site that must be done in ten days.

I'm also not losing any weight at the moment; plateauing again after gaining weight, primarily stress related I believe. I feel powerless. Friends point out that I should remember I've already lost over 100 pounds.... yeah, I have... but I still have about 70 to go until I am where I want to be... or at least at a "healthy" weight based on bogus BMI.

I am exhausted from listening to people tell me how wrong I am for eating meat, wearing perfume, eating fish, doing the small things that bring me joy in my miserable existence, and trying to convince me through guilt that I'd be a better person if I didn't do X Y and Z. "I have to wear a mask when I go out in public because of people wear chemical scents, I wish they'd think of people like me!" I wear rose, jasmine, or lilac oils to calm myself down, to make being in public bearable, for my own aroma therapy. But, sure.... I am wrong. I need to "think of other people" like I do every single fucking day of my life at work, when I am out and about, when at school, when dealing with my family. So long as everyone else is happy, then I am doing this right, right? Fuck what I need or want or what makes me happy. I love how you have to think of others, but when you ask those who preach that to do the same, they get mad.

Work is stressful and we are penalized (mostly through guilt rather than an actual penalty) if we try to take time off because we are so short staffed. The stress is making people sick, too, so therefore people are calling out more. Everyone is burned out. No one wants to be there anymore. One of my favorite nurses is leaving. Thursday will be her last day. She told me in secret since she does not want everyone to know, but she pulled me aside to tell me. She then almost cried, hugged me and said, "You're going to do good things; big things. I know it. I believe in you." I wish I believed in me right now.

I'm so close to things starting to turn around, to things getting better, but I feel like just giving up because I cannot see the finish line. I don't see the friends and family cheering for me with the small reward of happiness. Things that I've told myself to wait for, that will happen and make me happy have been postponed (wedding) and who knows when things will happen.

I am feeling utterly hopeless and I'm leaning heavily on my supports (which I hate to do) just to keep going. I'm masking my feelings with dolphin smiles and stupid memes on Facebook to keep those who are not closest to me from knowing how I am really feeling, how bad I'm really doing.

I don't even have time to take care of myself. My self care is me getting more than five hours of sleep a night before I deal with a 16 hour day (school 9am-5pm, work 5pm-1130 pm.) Spending the $5 on Starbucks before work to try and breathe before I jump into the fray that is a mental health crisis unit.

I just want some ray of hope to focus on. Something to tell me it's all worth it. I am so far in the darkness I've forgotten what the light looks like.

[Lotus the Mermaid]

Depression is making my life harder. I'm overly stressed from having a ton of work to do to pass my finals at school: namely 2 portfolios and a web site that must be done in ten days. I'm also not losing any weight at the moment; plateauing again after gaining weight, primarily stress related I believe. Work is stressful and we are penalized (mostly through guilt rather than an actual penalty) if we try to take time off because we are so short staffed. Everyone is burned out. No one wants to be there anymore. I'm so close to things starting to turn around, to things getting better, but I feel like just giving up. Things that I've told myself to wait for, that will happen and make me happy have been postponed (wedding) and who knows when things will happen. I am feeling utterly hopeless and I'm leaning heavily on my supports just to keep going and masking my feelings with dolphin smiles and stupid memes on Facebook.

Depression is so hard to describe. It's like waiting for the sunrise when the blinds are stapled shut. It's feeling paralyzed inside but forcing yourself to move. It's so tough, but you're a survivor. I've struggled with it for more than a decade, myself, and I can say for certain that it's not something that words or hugs can fix. But I can tell you this: you are stronger than you can ever imagine. When you go to work, you're doing everything that everyone else is doing but with weights attached. When you love people, you love deeply and are more vulnerable than most. You've likely been hurt before, but you pulled through despite everything inside telling you that it wasn't worth it. You're a warrior, and an inspiration. You can do it. Just hold on a little longer. If you ever need anyone to talk to, I'm here. And I'll be praying for you. ::hugs:: <3

[Mermaid Clara]

Having a super tough day today at work. A few weeks ago my mom told me that she had two cancerous tumors on her liver and she needs a liver transplant. The tumors are super tiny and they caught the early. But still today she came to my work to buy me lunch today and it just really got me upset that I might not have a long time with her. My department leader asked me what was wrong and I told him and it just so hard to keep from crying. So he sent me on my break. But fuck I can't handle this, because she keeps coming home early from work because she doesn't feel good and she's spending a lot of time with me.


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[Sabrina the Selkie]

That sucks, Orca, Kelly. Good luck.

[Mermaid Marius]

*already warning y'all that this is tmi* Michael and I finally got to go on a date for the first time in forever. Between my semester ending, moving, and both of us working two jobs we just haven't had time. Date night finally comes and I feel like I have the worst front wedgie all day. I ignore it, we go on our date, come back home, and that "itchy front wedgie" feeling all day was actually the battle cry of a yeast infection. 😭😭😡😠
I was devastated but he was more than understanding and even ran out to buy me monistat and cultured yogurt to regulate my pH.
Talk about the ultimate frickin c*ck block.

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[Shimmer Mermaid]

Yikes. Those are no fun to deal with! But he's so sweet for understanding and getting you what you need!

Something similar happened to me the other day. Me and my husband were having a really nice time spending quality time together, netflix, cuddling, pizza and ice cream, we ate and were going to do the "do" and my baby (22 weeks pregnant) starts kicking like crazy, he didn't realize he could see our son moving from the outside yet so he freaked out and killed the vibe.

[Mermaid Mystery]

I am livid so I'm not gonna have much of a filter.
So this kid gives me a ride home so I invite him in for a minute. Idk why I did but anyway. We're just playing with my dogs and my douchebag brother (the abusive one) calls my fucking dad who flips shit. He calls me 15 times, leaves me threatening voicemails, plays the victim card ("I'm going to miss my games because of this"), just a whole bunch of shit. I'm embarrassed as all hell. But no, not only this my dipshit of a brother puts my dad on speakerphone and he screams at me because "you know the rules" and no??? I don't??? "You're not allowed to have friends over when I'm not home" bitch what am I 9? that was a rule when I was a little girl what the hell? so I walk him out to his car right and my brother FOLLOWS ME. BECAUSE CLEARLY I WAS GONNA RUN AWAY. I can't believe this. I'm old enough to have friends what the fuck. This is the only time he's ever done this when I've had someone over when he's not home. And my asshole brother thinks he can do whatever the fuck he wants because my mom is out of town.

[PearlieMae]

*already warning y'all that this is tmi* Michael and I finally got to go on a date for the first time in forever. Between my semester ending, moving, and both of us working two jobs we just haven't had time. Date night finally comes and I feel like I have the worst front wedgie all day. I ignore it, we go on our date, come back home, and that "itchy front wedgie" feeling all day was actually the battle cry of a yeast infection. ��������
I was devastated but he was more than understanding and even ran out to buy me monistat and cultured yogurt to regulate my pH.
Talk about the ultimate frickin c*ck block.

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Sorry about the infection, but he went to get the things to care for it (and by 'it', I mean 'YOU')! :swoon:

What a keeper!

PS: Shimmer, you're killing me! :fallover:

[Mermaid Marius]

Yikes. Those are no fun to deal with! But he's so sweet for understanding and getting you what you need!

Something similar happened to me the other day. Me and my husband were having a really nice time spending quality time together, netflix, cuddling, pizza and ice cream, we ate and were going to do the "do" and my baby (22 weeks pregnant) starts kicking like crazy, he didn't realize he could see our son moving from the outside yet so he freaked out and killed the vibe.
This is so sad but also really funny! 😂 I'm sorry it happened, but I might have to write this into a webseries I'm working on this summer.

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[Hydra1337]

Okay so here's my rant. As usual mermaiding has to be put on hold for me again but this time it's for a good cause. I'm going to be a surrogate soon. Today I actually have a Skype interview with the couple in Argentina I could be matched with which makes me all kinds of nervous. My husband says everything will be fine and I know he's right but I'm still really nervous about messing up somehow even though everything else has gone great with the surrogacy agency orchestrating everything.

Anyway, mermaiding needs to be put on hold is because the first few payments of compensation I'll get has to go towards bills and such for the townhouse we just moved into. We're only able to afford it because the surrogacy will help my mother in law pay for the first couple months. I understand I need to be an adult about it but I'm extremely disappointed that I won't be able to use any of the money for myself right away. By the time I'll be able to use any of it for anything mermaid related I'll be too pregnant and it won't be safe for the baby. At least, I'm assuming it won't be safe since it's a core workout.

Also, my shitty mother has been trying to get in touch with me by contacting my mother in law. She had my older brother (who is apparently just as good at doxing as I am) find my MIL's home phone number and called her at 10PM to ask how Eevee (my daughter Evelyn) and I were doing and if I could call her sometime. That started a HUGE fight between my MIL and her asshat boyfriend. This was about a month ago if I remember correctly.

Two days ago my MIL received a letter for me with no return address. We weren't with her so we asked her to open it for us and tell us what it said. My mother SERIOUSLY wants me to call my father and APOLOGIZE FOR EVERYTHING I DID!

Apologize for getting pissed off when he threatened my husband's life on multiple occasions? Apologize for when he also threatened to beat up my friends who were going to finish the room he took his time fixing during my entire pregnancy when it was only a couple days worth of work? Apologize for when my husband jumped between us during a stressful heated argument where my POS father moved to push me down when I was close to my due date? Should I also apologize for my father taking out a government loan in my name and using all the money on his movie prop projects when he was only supposed to take out a student loan for me?

The answer is no. I refuse to continue being a pushover. I'm taking control of my life and I'm damn proud of it. I've been the happiest I've ever been in my life since I've stopped talking to them and I won't ruin that now.

I didn't realize how badly I needed to do that. It started out as venting about mermaiding and then turned into this. I feel better.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

Go ahead! It was beyond hilarious after I got over the fact that he ruined the whole mood. Lol

[Shimmer Mermaid]

I'm so happy for you!
One for standing up for yourself, my bio mother is doing the same thing pretty much.

Two because being a surrogate is such a selfless thing to do, Reguardless of compensation, you are giving someone the gift of a baby.

Also I actually asked my doctor about swimming with my tail and mermaiding specifically!
He said swimming is actually a really nice way to excercise during pregnancy, and mermaid swimming (if you dont over exert yourself at one time) will actually strengthen the muscles you'll need during delivery!

But to be safe, always ask your personal doctor their opinion on your excercise and activities you may have a concern with.

I actually even asked about riding my horses and all the bouncing around I may do while riding, he also said it's fine but to be careful as not to fall.

[Hydra1337]

Thank you, Shimmer. I feel a lot better about it now. Once I meet the doctor and get started on hormones (which should be soon) I'll ask him and see what he says.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

So last night we tried again-
And I have fairy lights hanging above the bed, those hanging lights of pain are coming down.
My hair is almost to my knees-got caught in the lights,tangled in them, I panicked. Me and my husband have the worst luck when it comes to anything intimate.

It took 2 hours to get my hair untangled from the lights. 😣

Since I'm further in my pregnancy I'm getting my libido(?) back, and for some reason it's just not working out in my favor.

[Shimmer Mermaid]

And Raina posted something about Hodor yesterday, so I watched the latest episode of Game of Thrones, and I feel like crying myself an ocean to swim in....

[Hydra1337]

Game of Thrones was just spoiled for me...

[Shimmer Mermaid]

We just found out his origin. Nothing gutwrenching...

[Shimmer Mermaid]

😅

[Hydra1337]

Oh okay. Nevermind then. :phew:

[The Water Phoenix]

I have another thing to b*tch about...
So today at school for the second last lesson of the day, we were doing physical education (for some reason, I absolutely despise) So it was going all well and dandy, but when we were leaving to go to our nest class, this stupid girl who was waving her arms around, HIT ME SMACK IN MY LEFT EYE. She was also wearing rings and fake nails also (which you are not supposed to anyway) So I went to English and my friend Lexie noticed that my eye was getting swollen so I asked my teacher if I could go to the nurse's office and my best friend Laney came with me (That's what besties are for XD) The school nurse (who's really nice) gave me an eye patch and some ice to soothe the pain. The nurse suspected that I had scratched my cornea so I have to go and get that checked out tomorrow. Laney also brought my school bag and laptop into the nurse's office and I got to stay there for the rest of the day :) Eye's still sore and swollen.

[Sabrina the Selkie]

I had my share of flail injuries when I made the mistake of taking dance two semesters. Once, my partner had a bout of insecurity about his strength during a performance, so gave me TOO much of a lift from my bridge, and I went flying the other way, face first to the floor.

So this year, I took two semesters of advanced adventure ed. Got noodles thrown at me while on the high ropes course, 25 feet in the air. Never got hit in the head with a carabiner, but I did get hit in the head with the point of Jack's kayak while competing with him for the ball in kayak polo. I was a water person, which meant I wasn't in a kayak, and both Jack and I went for the ball at the same time.

Gods did I get my retribution when we were playing water kaybasketball which is a full contact sport. Jack and I full on wrestled for that ball. I took special pleasure in kicking him in the face with my flipper while tossing the ball he'd just been holding to one of my ladies in a kayak. (Only people in a kayak can score)

[Sabrina the Selkie]

The point is, I have lots of sympathy with your situation.

Keep in mind, I did dance and advanced adventure ed to avoid team sports. Or racket sports. Because every time I play a sport with a ball I get hit in the head. Of course, the kayaking unit proved fairly treacherous.

[Hydra1337]

I hate the DeviantART app so much right now. I checked my account to see if I had any notifications (which is set to notify me of anything) and there's a message back from May 17th about a possible commission. If I missed out on a commission because of a buggy app I will NOT be a happy camper.