Discussion Thread 🐥 Monday 5 May 2025

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I washed my hair. Made it through work. Left work on time 🎉 big batch of black beans in the instant pot to get me through lunches for the rest of the week. Fighting a stinking headache but life is feeling…beige today. Not black. I will take that.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You absolutely smashed it today!! 🎉 That sounds like a win on a lot of fronts, much less to have to handle along the headache. Hope you can hit the hay early and it resolves quickly

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thanks mate. I’m out of whack. Good food and sleep will help I am sure

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    hugs

    one day at a time 🐱

    but you are doing more than just that, you are making good positive efforts that make your whole week better 🌞

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good for you. Just clean hair makes s as huge difference

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  it's been a year since I got dumped

  This time last year, I was crying at the drop of a hat! Now I’m not! Woohoo. In this year, I have - seen a therapist who thinks I have autism. If I didn’t have a whole embarrassing emotional outburst to my ex, I wouldn’t have been able to find a pattern of shitty autistic behaviour, and doing so has helped a lot with the self-compassion side of things. - worked on the tolerating uncertainty and fear of abandonment stuff, and having enough going on in my life to the point where I can recognise anxious attachment patterns and redirect formerly prominent schemas - started music lessons - tried meal prepping and group workout classes - leaned on my friends and had lots of fun being silly - watched many great movies (I think this was one of the best outcomes of the relationship besides all the lessons - he made me realise I’m a movie person, I made him realise he should be a better listener?) - seen some live music - I want to see more - grown into myself a bit more and felt a bit more confident in who I am - realised that I’m masking a lot of the time socially and that’s probably why I’m always exhausted when I’m not hanging around super close people re: dating, it would be nice to try again, but I’m kind of just hoping that works out in the background if it’s meant to. I don’t really want to go on the apps because I’m not photogenic, even though online communication is easier. Maybe next year, but for now, I’m going to enjoy my peace.✌️ and whoever comes into my life, whether it’s friends, acquaintances or a potential partner, will not take my peace away from me :))

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well said! Nobody ever claimed that growing up was easy, but you’ve been through the wringer alright. Props to you for realising this. You’ve got this in so many ways.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Cheers!!!

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yay! What a great year. Big happy hugs 🤗

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Hugs :)

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I can’t believe it’s been a year. You’ve extended yourself in so many ways! Good on you for taking a shit experience and growing through it 🌱

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Thank you 🫡

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  What the hell, it’s so warm outside?! Was expecting to be freezing on my walk home from work but no…

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The weather’s broken again :(

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I guess I’ll make the most out of it and try and leave work on time tomorrow for a nicer walk!

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Gina Rinehart blames Trump scare campaign for Liberal election loss

  swearing (lots of it)

  Who in the almighty lord of fuck cares what that stupid fat mole thinks!? Fuckin embarrassing ABC even make this a “headline”. Who the fuck asked her for a quote? And since someone was obviously talking to her; why didnt they tell the pretentious turd to piss off out of the country whilst they were at it?! Jesus the media in this country is a joke.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    it’s always gotta be “scare” with these fckin moles, they’re literally incapable of realising sane adults looked at their behaviour and decided to use their vote to stop it.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    click baitin’

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The funny part is she thinks she worked hard for her money, when all she did was inherit and steal/withhold money from her kids trust. She’s desperate for legitimacy, it’s the only thing she can’t have. Born with everything she’s ever needed, she has no idea what real people value. She has no value to us at all and she has no real friends. She is an empty vessel.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Tired. Ready for some me time.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I’m right with you there! Almost can’t be stuffed cooking tonight but I know I need to.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m using up my old frozen gyozas tonight. No cooking nope.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  still illegal to stick my bosses face in a puddle until the bubbles stop? Asking for a friend.

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Only if someone sees you.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      sneaky. I like it

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Just be sure to use some Mr Matey so there’s plenty of bubbles.

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      YARRRRR

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Such a beautiful night for a walk, that sunset was stunning!

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t care how warm it is, I am wearing my hoodie in protest of climate change at this point.

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Holiday booked for the end of July. It’s 82 days too far away.

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• Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I’ve been dealing with hot flushes for a few months now (not typical for a bloke obviously) but just hasn’t been a priority to deal with. Then for some reason the flu vaccine kicked off a dramatic intensification that is still with me three weeks later. Full body aches, headache, swollen lymph glands in my neck.

  The working theory is that a simmering CMV or EBV infection had room to boil over while my immune system was distracted. Kissing too many boys?

  Anyway, I’ve never been sick like this for this long.

  About ready to politely request an induced coma.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    thank you for reminding me to get my flu shot!

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    • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Get it up ya! Might be a voucher for a free one through your health insurance or work too

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Boy germs ew

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    • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’re right, I’d better ask if they think it’s cooties and how long I have left to live.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reminded me as well to sign up for one.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I am currently and slowly putting masking tape all around the big ornate mirror before I paint the frame. It’s very fiddly. After masking tape around edges then I’ll tape paper to cover the glass. I’ve never seen a window or mirror cleaned up well after paint drips so I’m taking a lot of care.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reasons my stairs are not being done with a spray gun. It would take half a year* to tape everything off properly.

    *Slight exaggerations maybe present

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I considered taking the mirror out the frame but it is so big the risk of breakage is too high

      I’m using a small detailing brush to paint the frame

      so much work and I’m not even restoring, I’m just painting over the old paint but properly

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fish and chippies at Gage Road

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Jesus that meeting was brutal, I almost fell asleep several times.

  My pet hate is when someone does a power point and puts in so much information that the text is so tiny you can’t see it on screen…

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I watched this show called Toxic Town on Netflix. I don’t want to give too much away but it was about a group of mums in the uk who took the local council to court because their babies were born with limb deformities. Based on a true story. It was really good. 5/5 🍿

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Miss Meow’s garden theme scratching post arrived. Except it is actually a children’s foam couch ☹️

  Now I have to take it back to the post office for a refund.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s incredibly lucky. I love it when you accidentally get free things in the mail like that. I bought a digital radio for my mum once and got a free keyboard out of it because Dick Smith put the same tracking number on it, absolutely no way for them to trace it

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    lol that’s a bit of luck.

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    until you described the size I was gonna say keep it. We got one of those toddler couches from clarke rubber and it’s perfectly cat sized.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  This weather is nuts. Sunny and a hot dry wind in May? My washing is appreciating it but it’s discombobulating me.

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    The deciduous trees in my backyard aren’t dropping leaves, they’re not even changing colour anymore. Half the leaves changed earlier in autumn and then with all the warm weather, the process completely stopped. Even noticed around the inner city, a lot of the plain trees are still green. Nature is confused too!

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Good for me in that there’s less of an adjustment post-Soup, but also wtf. If this is the new norm, well…

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  sky pretty

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  i bought 20x 55 ml Guerlain body lotions and shampoos at 50c a piece from op shop. delicious fresh citrus herb scent

  that’s about $500 worth

  winning

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I found the cannibal boat. Hiya Batavia

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    nom nom

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Noooo, I have to be in an afterwork meeting.

  So tired!

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s 9 years on and “oh hey, thanks for checking in, I’m 🎵 still a piece of garbage 🎶” lives rent-free in my head

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    That’s such a classic

    My favourite memes squatter is the FRE SHAVOCADO vine

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Oh god now that one’s re-lodged itself into my brain. … Quick, look at all of dose chickens

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I just went through 2 sets of Lego to make sure all the pieces are there so I can give them to my neices and nephew. Moshi monsters and Smurfette are all there. That took an hour of my life.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I think I need to make a sign that says “Go away, I’m napping” When I take my breaks.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My friend has a t-shirt that says “fuck off I’m coding” on the back. If anyone bothers him while he’s in the zone he packs up for the day and goes home.

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I need a shirt that just says “fuck off”, both sides, and if anyone bothers me when I’m out, I get to go home.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Sounds cool though I need something more friendly than that.

      I was thinking fake glasses with googly eyes.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Appliances Online price matching was very easy. I found a good price on Amazon but didn’t want to actually shop on Amazon. A few minutes on chat and I had $180 off. Very nice.

  This means I am getting the upgraded toaster oven to the one I currently have, which has air fryer mode. My old one is getting very tatty and is just a standard oven, but I use it all the time. There are very few days I don’t cook something in it. I made the mistake of using a corrosive oven cleaner on it and it did not go well. It still works fine but the inner surface is now all visibly damaged.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    AO has been really easy to deal with in my experience, praying that aspect doesn’t get enshittified…

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  In a plot twist Miss Meow’s missing garden themed cat tower arrived this afternoon - it was actually the other (slightly more expensive) tower which the couch was sent instead of. When I went through the refund process for that one they offered me $16 to keep the couch. And the one other one has been marked down $5 since I ordered so I was able to claim that too. I’ve now re-ordered the right cat tree and can keep the couch legitimately.

  I’m looking forward to being able to take some stuff to the new house this week, things are a bit chaotic with both packing happening and new stuff starting to come in.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I managed to drift in and out of sleep til a phone call from my mum at 12 “your aunt wants to watch the ABC again, what channel is it??!”

  After which I ate lunch and then pretty much slept non stop until 7:15 this morning. 😴 I so bloody needed it. Not feeling too hot about going to work today because this week will require my full concentration, but I guess I gotta pay my rent… Firstly, though, this electrician dude needs to finish up. Landlord has got him to come and replace the switchboard I think. Luckily I’ve had my shower and boiled my water. … tempting to slide back under the covers in my work clothes… 🥱🛏️

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    managed to drift in and out of sleep til a phone call from my mum at 12 “your aunt wants to watch the ABC again, what channel is it??!” “its 12am. Piss off” Woulda been my answer.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That would’ve been appropriate except she called at 12 noon lol. I have been that tired

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  sick of housework, garden and working on furniture, I’m taking the day off and going into brunnie 🙂

  no beach today, will do tomorrow 🙂🌞

  will read a book on the train

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Home ownership + insomnia = sanding stairs at 4am 😹

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If the weather clears up a bit, then the early early morning of Wed & Thur you can see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, if that’s your jam. Apparently those mornings when the moon has set is when the shower will be at it’s peak.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It’s a shame I can’t see much and it’s not safe to walk around at night. I can only see the saucepan constellation and Betelgeuse (?)

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’ll see if my view points the right direction

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I can relate

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Mrs B wanted a massage so she booked herself in for one and called it a mothers day present. No worries, happy to foot the bill for that. But still leaves us needing something to unwrap on the day, Any shame in giving her a new ryobi blower? She was adamantly against getting one in the first place but grew to use it almost more than i did by the end. And we deffo need another battery cause the 2 recovered isnt enough to mow/whippersnip the whole yard.

  For context she is a practical person. I’ve been told if I buy flowers again shes divorcing me. She likes stuff she can use.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Can you get a voucher for another massage? I love practical as much as the next mum, but replacing stolen goods and calling it a gift is a stretch too far for me.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Massage is already done and paid for. I’m not gonna get her ANOTHER massage. Its gotta be something she can unwrap. And this seems a bit better than her idea of a new phone case.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If that’s what she would like then go for it.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I mean, I feel like she’d like it more for me not wasting money and the join account not having to wear the blower yeah.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Monday grumble grumble Need coffee…

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