B!TC# IT OUT!

[Naufra]

Thanks, Kalani. I'll probably just nervous-babble like I normally do and they'll worry when I stop talking, lol!

[Mermaid Mystery]

someone pointed out my sweaty hands today and I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I'm gross. something is wrong with me and it causes me to sweat at least twice as much as an average person my age and it's my biggest insecurity besides body hair and I still can't get over it

[AnnaAbyss]

I have that too. Whoever pointed it out to you was a dickhead.

[Adalira]

Thanks, Kalani. I'll probably just nervous-babble like I normally do and they'll worry when I stop talking, lol!

Good luck! Having blood drawn is never fun

[Adalira]

someone pointed out my sweaty hands today and I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I'm gross. something is wrong with me and it causes me to sweat at least twice as much as an average person my age and it's my biggest insecurity besides body hair and I still can't get over it

I have no idea why someone would be an ass and point out to you that you sweat.
Like you would not realize that yourself?
I have the same issue though, i sweat a lot! My hands, armpits and feet are the worst at the moment but at night i sweat everywhere like a pig.
It has been going on for months now.
I have always had sweaty hands and armpits, my feet being this sweaty is new to me though.
If someone would point that out to me i would really be upset since why on earth would you point that out?
The person is sweating...how would they not realize that themselves?
The body hair i can relate to as well....it sucks.
Please don't feel discouraged because some dickhead made a stupid remark

[Mermaid Ciela]

someone pointed out my sweaty hands today and I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I'm gross. something is wrong with me and it causes me to sweat at least twice as much as an average person my age and it's my biggest insecurity besides body hair and I still can't get over it

I have really sweaty hands/armpits too!! It gets even worse when I get anxious/nervous which is usually when I need to not be sweaty the most so it's just a bad cycle ugh. I wouldn't jump to saying that something was wrong with you, some people sweat more than others, it is what it is. Whoever pointed it out was a jerk; don't give him/her the satisfaction of letting it bother you. Instead I would almost laugh at them - (sarcasm) "Gee, thanks, Captain Obvious! No one else had noticed that!" (/sarcasm) It'll be okay. One day, that person will have a day when THEY're really sweaty, and maybe someone else will comment on it and the person will know how awkward it is to have it pointed out.


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[Mermaid Mystery]

thanks for all the support everyone! I feel so much better. The person who pointed it out grabbed my hand in class which is like my biggest fear and that's why I don't like holding hands. I haven't talked to them much since.

[Mermaid Kelda]

I realised I had an assignment due yesterday which I had not even looked at so I've been reading about fireflies for the last 9 hours and I have not slept and did you know sometimes fireflies flash all in unison and no one actually knows why also one species of female will eat the male firefly after they mate and we use the algorithm of flashing patterns to model the synchronisation of wireless networks

Fireflies are rad

[Mermaid Jaffa]

I live in a ground floor unit, there are a lot of roaches here too, whereas my brother who lives on the 3rd floor in another block, rarely have roaches. I think its because we are closer to the ground, that roaches don't have to travel far to find food and cosy places to sleep.

[PearlieMae]

I realised I had an assignment due yesterday which I had not even looked at so I've been reading about fireflies for the last 9 hours and I have not slept and did you know sometimes fireflies flash all in unison and no one actually knows why also one species of female will eat the male firefly after they mate and we use the algorithm of flashing patterns to model the synchronisation of wireless networks

Fireflies are rad

I once had a friend visiting from Ireland, and one evening, bringing in the dishes from the afternoon's barbecue, she came running into the kitchen, desperately whispering, trying not to scream "THE GARDEN IS FULL OF FAIRIES!"

She'd never seen fireflies before.

[Mermaid Kelda]

I've never actually seen a firefly in the flesh (I'm not even sure we have them in Australia? Too lazy to google) but I've seen enough Disney movies!

[Merman Dan]

I once had a friend visiting from Ireland, and one evening, bringing in the dishes from the afternoon's barbecue, she came running into the kitchen, desperately whispering, trying not to scream "THE GARDEN IS FULL OF FAIRIES!" She'd never seen fireflies before.

Fireflies, faeries.... same same. I live on 20 acres in a rural area. When the fireflies are out in force, there are thousands in every tree. It looks like Christmas! But yeah, I know the difference between the two.. we have loads of faeries here in my neck of the woods. They seem just as surprised that I can see them as I am when I manage to "almost see them out of the corner of my eye".

[Theobromine]

Fireflies live in Australia, that was the first place I ever saw them! I saw zillions of them when I lived in Townsville!

I also saw zillions of roaches, for that matter :P
First time I've ever gone out of my way to smash anything with a shoe (I'm the type that catches spiders and puts them outside).

[Mermaid Lilium]

I've never seen a firefly in person either, I'd probably cry at how pretty they are if I did see them lol

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[CheshireKat]

I live in what is technically considered rural Tennessee and grew up in Oklahoma. They.Are.EVERYWHERE.

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[Adalira]

Same here, never seen them but i can only imagine how beautiful it must look!

[CheshireKat]

Well, if anyone ever wants to come up to Tennessee, or trek out to Oklahoma, my family looks at it as 'eh, the more the merrier'. We take our last name very seriously, in that we truly attempt to fill the world with joy.

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[Sabrina the Selkie]

Fireflies ARE gorgeous. I live in Illinois, and in the summers I catch them and they just sit in the palm of my had for awhile before zipping off.

[SeaGlass Siren]

i went on a midnight stroll with my friends one night and we got to see a HUGE FIELD OF FIREFLIES. it was like being among a sea of stars. it was quite magical.

[PearlieMae]

While they don't catch the magic of being there...

Fireflies, faeries.... same same. I live on 20 acres in a rural area. When the fireflies are out in force, there are thousands in every tree. It looks like Christmas! But yeah, I know the difference between the two.. we have loads of faeries here in my neck of the woods. They seem just as surprised that I can see them as I am when I manage to "almost see them out of the corner of my eye".

I know just what you mean about seeing them out of the corner your eye!

When I first moved to New Jersey, my wooded yard was so thick with them, you could practically read by their light. Then we had the threat of West Nile Virus and the mosquito eradication program of trucks driving around spraying massive amounts of malathion virtually wiped out the entire firefly (I grew up calling them lightning bugs) population.

Since then, I doubt I see even a hundred in an entire season.