Velma

I was in and out of the hospital at least once a month for many years before doctors finally diagnosed me. Achiness, exhaustion, open sores in my mouth and my genitals and the pain was so bad I couldn’t eat or walk. Like clockwork, those sores would heal and then two weeks later more would erupt. I had to drop out of college because I wasn’t well enough to sit in class.

Behcet’s Disease. A very rare autoimmune disease that presents as inflammation in small to medium arteries and can strike anywhere in the body.

I was very bitter for a long time - I was accused of being a slut, I was treated for syphilis and herpes even when I tested negative for all STIs, I was not believed about my symptoms for years and years. It sucked.

Doesn’t mean it’s ok to abandon your hiking partner whilst on the hike.

Like seriously, you think that it’s ok to treat someone terribly on a hike as long as they’re only a casual partner?

Like making up that the woman in the story thought her partner was romantically interested in the person he hiked back down with?

Yeah.

And he talked to someone else since she told him not to walk with her

givesomefucks has no idea why the guy talked to someone else, he’s assuming it’s because his partner said to walk ahead.

Romantic or otherwise you need to be going with people you trust.

Assuming the woman in the story did not trust her partner when planning the hike.

This idea that it’s totally normal and cool to start a hike with someone and then decide to leave them behind is mindboggling.

Thanks for supporting rape culture…

Kind of sounds like she broke off a situationship on a hike. And immediately assumed if he talked to any woman then he was romantically interested in her, so their open relationship was never going to work anyways.

I bolded the part I was referencing.

It’s fine, you boys are busy jerking each other off about how stupid this woman was, so go on and continue.

I did read it. And givesomefucks is absolutely adding his own spin and assumptions, most clearly where he’s asserting that the author and MJ were assuming her partner was romantically interested in the woman he met at the top and climbed back down with. That’s no where in the article.

None of you read it and are taking givesomefucks at his word about what’s in the article lol

Even casual partners will want to know if their partner is sleeping with others for a variety of reasons.

As they made their way up Angel’s Landing, MJ’s partner started walking faster than her. “I could tell it was getting on his nerves that I was slow,” she said. “I was like, ‘Fuck it, just go ahead of me.’” He did without hesitation.

He kept pushing ahead and going faster than she could, what else was she supposed to do besides tell him to go on ahead?

Oh no, being called out for making assumptions about what women are thinking or feeling is exhausting to you?

Maybe you should check yourself before reading ill intent into any woman’s statement just because she’s a woman.

You didn’t ask me a single question in your previous* reply hahaha

Edit: an assumptive statement is not a question.

Another round of assumptions from you lol

It’s a big deal that he started with a hiking partner and then abandoned her. It’s rude.

And hellesbelle was correct when they said you were making a lot of assumptions here.

You’re literally making an assumption.

Neither the author nor MJ said he was romantically interested in the other woman.

Putting in that the woman in the story assumed her partner was romantically interested in the gal he met at the top that he climbed back down with is absolutely making assumptions. That kind of assumption is not in the article and you’re framing it as if she was being irrational.

Washington, similar to Cali, has a lot more gas tax built into our prices which is why they’re higher than most states. I think like .55/gal is taxes alone.

Thanks for sharing 💕

Those two were so sweet, I’m so sorry for your loss. I hope they’re snuggling together right now wherever their spirits may be.

I don’t care.

Adding to your comments while we’re actively communicating back and forth is rude. I cannot reply to the new info you’re shoving in there because you’re editing after I’ve already seen your comment.

This is a common internet courtesy. I suggest you reply in a new comment rather than edit if you have more to say in a conversation.

You did not ask a single question in the comment above:

Yes they are. And your refusal to admit men can feel fear about women is amazingly sexist. Sounds like you think it’s impossible for women to present a threat to a man.

I’ve got an amazing piece of news for you. Not all men are a monolith. Just because the only men you’ve had in your life suck doesn’t mean all men suck.

That’s like saying I ate rotten bread. Thus all bread is rotten.