• MeanElevator@aussie.zone
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    19 minutes ago

    One of my neighbours is having a hard time.

    They’re been playing ‘Nothing Compares to you’ the Sinead version, for like 40 minutes now.

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
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    2 hours ago

    So the Man and I are on the same page - if I get a week off, I’m going to Japan! Now just need a new job… interview tomorrow, please loads of positive energy!

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    2 hours ago

    I have a co-worker who basically used me to trauma dump about her past abusive relationship. Now she’s being very cryptic with another co-worker, saying things like, “I’ve been publicly humiliated” or when she went to meet with her ex after they had been no longer together for a year, “I’m in trouble”. She met with him to see if she was over him but she was still in contact with him the whole time (because she believed he was her soulmate).

    I honestly feel like she’s just looking for a reaction now and she’s got some growing up to do. Yes, she’s had a shitty experience and I think I’ve acknowledged that to her. But ultimately, this is her life and she can decide what she wants to do. The whole thing is ridiculous and I’m sick of hearing about it.

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      26 minutes ago

      Trauma dumping unbeknownst to the other can actually have an effect on you even if it didn’t happen to you.

      More so if it’s constant. She’s looking for validation or something. She’s got to change her actions or it’ll keep just repeating.

      She’s also fallen into the soulmate trap as well and sometimes for her it’s easier believing in the fairytale than to wake up to reality.

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      2 hours ago

      It’s not fun being someone else’s emotional garbage can. They dump stuff on you so they can be rid of it themselves.

      That having been said, I reckon the ‘soulmate’ meme is fairly damaging to both participants, although it does allow someone to project all the virtues in the bible onto a partner who probably can’t sustain that level of expectation, particularly if young. But that is just my opinion. Gordon Lightfoot’s song If You Could Read My Mind being a fairly harsh illustration of how it feels to be the recipient of unrealistic expectations.

  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone
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    2 hours ago

    Does raspberry’s in cookies make the batter look kinda green or did I eat half a mouldy cookie without noticing ? Bought from woolies, was working and snacking without looking.

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    3 hours ago

    Morning all!
    So does Sammi want chicken breast cut up into pieces by my own fair hands?
    No, she wants Aldi pouch food. 🤦🏻‍♀️

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    3 hours ago

    Morning all! Bunny Peeler has been discovered in a kind of nest against the fence, made from a hollow between the fence and some grassy orchid-like flowering plant. It’s hard to get to (hidden behind a rose and a geranium) and looks like they’ve been living in there for a while, munching on violet leaves and such (the hollow is well worn).