This guy is ripe.

I mean, to be fair, the executive team writes 90% of the code. All the other employees are basically lazy and useless if it weren’t for the execs dragging them along.

It’s sarcasm, stupid.

I had one lone male and got him a friend around age 3. The new kitty wanted to be friends, but he wouldn’t accept him until we moved to a new apartment and neither of them had a claim on the territory. Then they started sleeping together.

Later, I adopted two kittens and at age 1.5 one of them got sick and died, basically like cancer but not actually cancer the vet told me. I got another kitten soon after because the survivor was in crisis and was very needy, she knew what had happened. It took some time for her to accept the kitten, but then she basically raised her. They sleep together and chase and play, but also occasionally squabble the way siblings might.

I don’t know what more to suggest. These are the experiences I’ve had. I hope you’re able to glean something useful from them. Ask your vet for tips, too.

I identify with so much of this. First off, I, first half forties, also did the Genius Bar to software development track. Good on ya. Leveling up your skills while working that demanding job says a lot.

There are multiple things I’d suggest. First, since you’ve invested a lot of time in the relationship, just approach him honestly and directly and let him know that these trends annoy you. Let him know that it’s disrespectful and ask him if to take your time into consideration. If he gets offended or objects, fuck him.

Next, I also have a tendency to hate life (even though I’ve got a good one, it’s more like I hate the world and our trajectory) and think about wishing I wasn’t alive. Same thing. Don’t want to die. Just don’t want to be here. Think about getting into therapy. I’m a huge advocate for talk therapy as it enabled me to radically change the course of my life. I was emotionally underdeveloped, diagnosed bi-polar, and hated myself. I reached the point of loving myself in 2019. It was a huge accomplishment.

Further, plan on seeing more than one therapist before finding the right one. I’ve had to meet at least one dud before finding a good fit each time (decades of therapy, moved to a different part of the country, one retired after a lot of years, so four duds and three good fits). Don’t give up because the chemistry isn’t a good match. Try again.

Finally, some of the friends that I’ve made came from online apps. One is someone I went on a date with and we liked each other but had no romantic chemistry. This person is now one of my closest friends and she and her partner do stuff with me and my partner today. You can use the apps in a just-looking-for-friends mode. Just let your partner know ahead of installing them (you said you were offered food and I’m guessing your software dev job means no roommate).

Good luck!

That’s not caving. That’s standing up and saying fuck you, your people don’t matter as much as the rest of the world because you’re lunatics.

God, he looks old. Ronnie was a youngish guy when I was a kid. What happened?

Oh, he ate at McDonald’s every day since then? I see.

Did this happen? I find it believable, but seek confirmation.

No. I ended my relationship with my mother for voting for him a second time. She saw the harm he caused. She knew the harm he would cause to people I love. She is willfully blind to his faults. I can’t tolerate that anymore. Neither should you. Cut the cancer out and don’t look back.

Both imaginary.

Tineye.com

You’re not aloud to post such cuteness before 5am! (Pst)

Has the, “I know you love me,” face.

Why wouldn’t you do a nazi salute? /s

The IDF is similarly respectful right? Right?!

Hey, are you a zionist? Eat my ass.

Damn, has that show been around that long? How long ago were you a kid?

Wow, thanks for the feedback.

appelations: learned a new word

Efficiency. That’s his thing. Let’s make sure it’s efficient.

Investors understand that he’s going to do everything he can to transfer wealth to the top. That makes it safe to invest more because more will be coming in. That’s my casual guestimate.

Answer: staying off of 4chan.

You mean that delightful butt-warmer has a second purpose?

Can you fill in the backstory? I missed this incident or possibly multiple incidents.