I voted to legalize it because it’s stupid to arrest people for it. That said, I hate the constant smell in public, and people seem to get addicted to it quite easily. It’s a pox on society, imo. At the end of the day, we have much larger problems on our hands.

These are all outside, IRL. All of the things I just mentioned are where the schedules are posted…

Meetup.com has a lot outdoors groups for camping, hiking, outdoors skills, etc. Local outdoor climbing groups are also popular places to meet people, as well as climbing gyms, especially if you meet another solo autobelayer that needs a toprope pal. Your municipal community centers usually host things like dodge ball and other events. Your city is almost guaranteed to have one or two major cycling groups, which offer everything from queer history rides (gentle, 3mi rides) to 200mi long weekend rides.

There’s also singles adventures groups (a paid service) that do everything from high ropes courses to boat excursions to ballroom dancing nights.

If you’re a furry, telegram has a lot of groups for local skiing/mountain biking/gardening/rock climbing/cons/parties. Usually municipal events chats too.

Our gas stove. Unreliable AF, and has a tendency to cook unevenly. The oven also fucking sucks. Multi-thousand dollar premium PoS. I miss my resistive electric stoves.

On the other hand, the air fryer never burns things and almost never has issues.

Both of you are right and wrong, it’s not so black and white.

You absolutely can make friends, chat with people at the bus stop, strike up convos at bars, the local ski resort, bike park, etc. Friendships can naturally blossom into relationships (or remain friendships, which is healthy and natural too).

You can’t approach people and immediately ask them out, it feels weird and unappreciated (and that goes both ways, I’ve had a complete 180° role reversal and it was still weird and gross).

You’re young, you have plenty of time, and honestly the weirdest thing about all this is that your parents are worried you’re gay, like there’s something wrong with that. There’s barely any differences between genders, people overhyped the shit out of it in church, tbh.

Anyways, any% dating really doesn’t work, and I feel like your parents should know that. Don’t even try for dating, everyone can sense desperation. Just dgaf and focus on having fun and making friends. Love will naturally evolve out of good friendships.

I’d love to go back to school, not for better grades, but purely for learning. There are some interesting af fields out there!

Then, about 20 years later, they did the same thing again, bombing each other flat. Then the US had to bomb the shit out of everyone to prize many countries out of the hands of fascists. Then the EU was created to keep the peace, which fucking worked, at least until the fascists came back and screwed everything up like they always do.

All stuff outside the ER (which you should definitely be seeing if you are losing circulation to core organs and extremities).

Of course you can still have a relationship, haha. Some people aren’t really even into penetrative sex. And if you are, there’s medicines that can help, and Bad Dragon even makes a handful of special wearables that give you a… superstructure even if you are floppy (not compatible with condoms, just fyi). Also, even though you are hetero, getting penetrated with toys can also be incredibly fun once you work up to it. Don’t discount other avenues for pleasure as you are sitting (lol) on a gold mine even if you do have problems getting it up. It’s one of those IRL lifehacks that they don’t tell you about in health class.

Anyways, sex should be the least of your worries right now. You’ll be fine whatever comes to pass, though. :)

Looks like wood is back on the menu, boys!

Probably one of the least destructive fetishes, getting treated like a kid, lol. Or perhaps I’ve just seen too much crazy shit on the Internet after a decade on early 10s Reddit.

You own a successful business and are shrewdly saving money in an unpredictable time in world history. You’ll be fine. School is always there, and if you like, you can take night classes when you are feeling bored/restless if there’s a slow season. Hell, you can go to uni on the side if there’s one locally. Don’t sweat it, OP. Follow your dreams, date who you like, and live the life that you and your gf want to live. (If your gf becomes a doctor or lawyer, you two can also swing leads on employment while putting the other through school if the relationship becomes serious. That’s what my folks did when they were young).

Some of my clients are small business owners that either make it a full-time gig, or do it on the side, spinning up certain industrial shops, then selling them to larger companies that would like to expand to a new region or province. If you ever wanted a change of pace, I’m sure you could do something similar with tires.

Not only that, but if you are ever destroyed by a car or something, being married gives you the ability to see them in the hospital and make life decisions for them. I think the default is family, which might be risky in some relationships.

Side note, it’s a very good idea for you to get your will and medical powers written up while you are young. You might not be conscious if you get injured, and you may or may not want to be on a ventilator and artificial food for 30 years.

We like being married! Were it not for marriage, it would have been significantly more difficult for us to live together as an international couple.

Hyperion is so fucking good, I recently re-read the entire series again.

Canterbury Tales also has some amazingly good stories despite it’s age. I guess some things are timeless!

Tears, though I guess diarrhea would be another one, haha.

Also snot/nasal discharge.

Do you use a bed protector between the sheets and mattress? Humans sweat a lot at night, naturally. Bed protectors protect against the 7+ fluids that can come out of you, lol. It might be worth a shot.

That’s totally fine! You can still ask people out just the same as anyone else. Love finds those who don’t explicitly seek it out. Form friendships, and love is a natural extension of that.

That goes for any sexual orientation, too. Being nice to people goes a long way.

The way to my heart is kindness, gardening, and shortalls (because God, people look so cute in them).

Roo’s mom comes to mind, as well as a number of pokemon, mostly conventional ones, possibly a few lesser known/thought of ones too.

Seems fine to me, she sounds like a good influence. As long as they have condoms, I think things should be fine.