B!TC# IT OUT!

[PearlieMae]

[Amphitrite]

Seriously, if you're going to waste my time attacking my religious convictions I'm going to delete every comment you made. It hurts my feelings and is extremely upsetting. And I wish I had just a little more control to explain to you in a nice, polite way what you are portraying but I don't.

[Rivertee]

Thanks Pearlie. @Amph- those who are ignorant of others will be ignored by all who are loving. Stay strong in your beliefs and your happiness will be a grand reward. We love you!

[Amphitrite]

Thank-you! Just exactly what I needed to hear right now.

[Rivertee]

Anytime, trust me when I say we're all a little bit "out of water" in ourselves. Everyone is different, it's what makes the land ocean so unique.

[deepblue]

Hugs for Kaguria!

You mers are the only people who get virtual hugs from me, I'll have you know.

Amphi- hugs for you, too, if you want them. It isn't difficult for people to just respect the beleifs/feelings/etc of others, and if someone chooses not to, they deserve to have their comments deleted.

Oh and.
This just happened:
I'm in the grocery store, and some shirtless surfer dude (normally I would not mind a fit surfer guy appraoching to ask a question!) walks up and asks where I got my chest tattoo. I tell him where and that the studio is a few blocks away. I walk on. He asks "Have I seen you before?" and I said, "I don't know, it's possible." AND THEN he says, "So, yeah, what're you doin'?" Seriously? I'm in a grocery store, with a basket in hand, and FOOD IN BASKET, you dangerously unaware dolt... and here is where I realize, "Oh carp. Dude's hitting on me." So I tell him, Im shopping for my family. He starts following, and says, "Hey maybe you can help me, I'm trying to buy healthy food..." I tell him, "You're in the wrong place, you want soandso. DOWN THE STREET. You want to GO THERE." And he still follows asking about my tattoos, and I say "I can't help you out, my boyfriend's watching my daughter, so I need to get this done." And he fecking says, "He'll have to do that again, your boyfriend can watch your daughter, when you and I hang out."

SO at this point, I turn and walk the other way. What an asshat!! And his eyes looked like every blood vessel had ruptured. WTF is with guys who can't take a feckin' hint!?

But I have to admit... I have grown as a person, because I didn't go Bride of Chucky on him. I resolved to default to "GO AWAY" if he approached again, but I saw him hitting on some other poor gal soon thereafter.

I hate hate hate that a gal can't go to a feckin' grocery store without some asshat imposing himself into her day. GAH!

[Rivertee]

:Hugs: for.you blue. Well first off.congrats on being smoking hot lol, second you are far nicer than I seriously he'd wished a tail slapped him if.it were myself so super mer.kudos

[deepblue]

ha, I'd love to believe it's because I'm smokin' hot or such, but I think I must emit the 'hit on me' pheromone. Lucky for me, it also gave my bf, who is normally rather shy, the guts to approach me just over a year ago.

But- it also pisses me off that the main reason I was being civil is because I was going to have to walk home alone, and even in broad daylight, I worry that telling them to fuck off will result in their ego needing to do something I won't be able to defend myself against. Which isn't what I think men's default is, it's just the reality, I'm a rather petite person and even with self-defense classes in my past, I am always on guard. Bah.

[Genevieve]

I hate that it's so hard for me to find female friends, or friends in real life. It's just practically impossible.

I feel ya, girl. Other people make it look so easy, but I try to meet people and just get weird looks all the time. I promise, I'm perfectly nice.

Also, probably getting dumped. Sucksville. All my friends are married. I feel too old for being completely unsuccessful in relationships of any kind, but not for being a mermaid. You don't have to outgrow your dreams.

[Rivertee]

You're never to old to make new friends : ) just depends on wjere ya go

[Vrindavana Starfish]

I feel ya, girl. Other people make it look so easy, but I try to meet people and just get weird looks all the time. I promise, I'm perfectly nice.

Also, probably getting dumped. Sucksville. All my friends are married. I feel too old for being completely unsuccessful in relationships of any kind, but not for being a mermaid. You don't have to outgrow your dreams.

As someone who is married, and watching all my friends get divorced, I can tell you that 1) you're not too old to be unsuccessful in relationships - there's literally no age limit for getting it right, and 2) being patient (as much as it REALLY sucks) is TOTALLY worth it! Marriage is not something to feel rushed into because of age, or social pressure. It's what you do when you meet a life partner, someone who you know is always on your side, and together you're both better and more powerful than either of you are apart. Until you meet that person, enjoy your life and try your best to learn how to be a happy person with or without a relationship. And hugs to you. Also, you're a freaking mermaid! You get all the awesome points already!

[deepblue]

As someone who is married, and watching all my friends get divorced, I can tell you that 1) you're not too old to be unsuccessful in relationships - there's literally no age limit for getting it right, and 2) being patient (as much as it REALLY sucks) is TOTALLY worth it!

I can attest to this! I didn't meet the *right* person until a little over a year ago. I went through so many awful relationships for so long, and then took years off before dating again, and out of the blue, I met my amazing boyfriend. Took me til I was 43. Totally worth the wait. And I didn't have my daughter til I was 39, when I also thought it was too late. Often, you never know.

[Rivertee]

Echoing these enchanting stories, I got out of a 7year relationship and 2 years later after giving up on love and getting life back together, I met my husband in the most unlikely way.
Fate has a hand for all of us, we're just delt the winning one when we're ready.

Cheesy I know butbI believe it.

[Genevieve]

An uplifting reminder, Kaguria. Read a folktale with the moral that only when you stop looking for what you want do you find it. From a book aptly titled: Wisdomkeepers.

[Rivertee]

I just liketo remember the little things in life

[Mermaid Melanie]

So I'm pretty pissed off to put it lightly. As some of you know Ive had issues with another mer (mermaid kat) who has repeatedly tried to put me down. Well she had moved on to another country and I was quite happy to have peace from her and her antics... not quite. Last week I was working at a hotel doing some mermaid / underwater modelling sessions with customers and it was such a nice day ! After the sessions I was taking my tails back to the truck and a Thai man ran over to me and asked "madame, madame, sorry to bother you but are you a mermaid ?" I said "yes, actually I am" to which he replied ( and I always get this in Phuket ) "Do you know katrin felton?" I told him yes I knew her and smiled and he said oh thats very strange - "I was in contact with her last week and asked her if she or any other mermaids were available to shoot a conservation documentary, and she told me there were no more mermaids in Thailand." This is so typical Kat and honestly I'm so done with this chick, sharing everyones pages to make herself look like she's nice and cares when really she's just hungry for attention .... if she can't do it no one else can type thing, doesn't matter that it was a conservation effort...if she can't get publicity out of it and someone else might she's not interested ... or rather she's more interested in making sure that it doesn't even happen. There are other mermaids in Thailand, not just me ! One is even quite friendly with Kat ! like WTF we live in different countries ! Sometimes I think Kat expects all the mermaid jobs in the world to go to her, like people should fly her around the globe to be a mermaid.... and no one else should do it bar her. Well in the end it was lucky I met the man and hopefully there could be some awesome projects coming from it...just wish Kat could be a nice genuine person for a change...like honestly even after all the crap ... if she would genuinely apologise for all of it... id be happy to forgive her but I don't see that happening any day soon.

[AniaR]

I've had issues with melissa pulling that crap acting like she can work inCanada. Meanwhile linden and I throw stuff to each other and my mers who work directly for me are still permitted to work directly for themselves too ( though they pay me a very small booking fee to cover insurance as I front it)

[Mermaid Melanie]

like thats how it should be helping each other out, networking etc Ive given jobs to other mers here and it wasn't for my own benefit, just so they could have the opportunity and the job would still happen etc I mean I don't expect her to put work my way given the bad feeling between us but to state that there no more mermaiding here and its not even an option is just so frustrating. Hopefully it all pans out alright - Ill just need to start doing a bit more local promotion to get the word out I guess !

[Mermaid Kelda]

If you, and others, do well at promoting yourself, and she keeps saying things like that, she'll just make herself look pathetic and silly.

[Amphitrite]

Thank-you Deepblue! Annnd I used to feel that way all the time. I just wandered in a crowded area and always carried pepper spray (but always with it in my purse. I also at times carried my keys with my fist around one of them to tell weirdos to stay a respectful distance away.) I'm sorry you had to deal with that and I also hope that you do not have those problems in the future. *hugs*