(original art by Herta Burbe)

  • Stamets@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Just recently moved and I don’t have a roommate here yet. He’s moving in at the end of the month. It’s just me and my cat and I’m incredibly lonely. I’m lying in bed feeling like shit and depressed right now and she’s on her lil bed attached to my bed because she might as well be a fuzzy shadow. Can honestly say I’d have killed myself without her because she’s the only reason I’m not dead right now

    • Herr Woland@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      Hey thanks for mentioning the artist, I found this online and didn’t have any idea who it was, I’ll update the description

  • Etterra@lemmy.world
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    Soul mates are such nonsense. You’re trying to tell me that out of what, 7 billion humans now, exactly one of them is my soulmate? Yeah no. Even if it was even a 1 in 1,000 chance the odds suck. You’re gonna need to lower them expectations bub.

    • Landless2029@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      A lot of people don’t realize relationships take work.

      It’s two people who click and both compromise.

      When things get difficult you shouldn’t stew in it. Don’t cheat or rebel. Open your fucking mouth and talk to your partner!

      Be open and honest with each other.
      Be open to compromise (this means to meet each other halfway. Not cave in or only your way).

      Only after talking things out should you both decide to make a major change like moving on (or even an open relationship).

    • MoonManKipper@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s just that having a four legged friend provides some companionship. (Not that the idea of soulmates is at all useful anyway)

  • RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    The people on the couch don’t exist. It’s an unrealistic expectation nobody actually has.

    Edit: the unrealistic part is that they have so few corners to fit and they fit perfectly. It’s more complicated than that.

    • paddirn@lemmy.world
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      Maybe not that phrasing, but there is the phrase, “You’ll find someone”. There’s the belief that there’s somebody for everybody out there, parents eventually seem to want their kids to find someone and make grandkids. I mean, given that there’s billions of us on the planet, there’s bound to be somebody compatible out there, maybe not in your zip code or country, but they’re out there.