36 | nb transfem (he/they) | furry | anticapitalist | antifascist
thank you. the kindness shown here has made my 36th not feel so lonely. i value all the participation.
i think it’s sad we expect adults to give up habits and behaviors for simply reaching an age. i don’t want that put on me or expected of me, but i also don’t want to stick out so much socially.
maybe it’s worth making more big deals to increase that feeling of inclusivity.
i’m sorry you can relate. it’s even worse at this age because now i am having to internalize feeling too old to care about my birthday. some consider my emotions immature, but i don’t know how to act whatever age i am apparently supposed to act lol. i’m already bothered by aging and knew this mentality was common but now that i’m facing it i understand it even less. my friends don’t think like that, thankfully, so i’m sure that isn’t impacting them this year… but it seems apathy is all over the place. something is going on.
i guess if my friends were in different income brackets it might be worth changing, but we’re all relatively the same, so… just Venmoing $50 isn’t much.
aw thank you!
i don’t doubt the love my friends have for me. i am certain my friends value me. i think what hit me most was the fact it became acceptable and i would be ungrateful for noticing it. i suddenly felt old and ignored lol.
i do appreciate it, thank you.
i appreciate the kindness and advice. i’m doing alright, just a little down with the heaviness of aging. it’s a personal anxiety for me; something i am attempting to work through professionally. my friends and i typically get each other stuff on occasion is all that really caused this. this is the first year all of that was absent. i will be alright in the long term.
i definitely get that. i give the people i love $$$ because i know it’s always needed. that’s kinda been our thing for each other on occasions.
for sure, thanks for the encouragement. my friends and i usually do things for each other on bdays and the holidays we collectively value, so i think i came to subconsciously look forward to that without “expecting” it. this year nothing happened and it made me go “ohh… right, okay then.” lol
hah, i appreciate it. i don’t really put much weight behind my birthday. but today was the first year nobody did anything, so it was a bit striking. my friends and i typically do things for each other on bdays and certain holidays. if we didn’t i wouldn’t ever really think of it. so… it was a little disorienting when i realized i cared a little. i was like “wait why do i give a shit ahhh”
yeah that’s a fair assessment.
yup, i guess. when someone makes a dumb blanket statement like that i feel it necessary.
agriculture is also contributing to human accelerated climate change, jsyk.
yeah that’s normal you’re fine
yes, i am aware. i’m a furry.
oh lol wtf. i haven’t seen that. can you point out one? i’m curious.
i haven’t seen that myself but… is it that bizarre? it’s always been left on these spaces kinda by default so you’re going to see some praise of China.
i would also not associate with them, you’re good.
hah, i am accomplishing something similar! i’ve lost 115 lbs and am moving ahead day by day. i hope some time in my late 30s i start feeling more comfortable than ever before. maybe my 40s will be my decade.