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Randonauting and geocaching are the two most mindful activities I have yet to do. The first couple I pictures are from a randonauting adventure. An abandoned motel site in Chesterfield VA. The motel has recently been torn down.

The last two were near a geocache outside of a church. This is a prayer labyrinth. You are supposed to think of a question for God as you walk the path towards the middle. When you get to the middle it is supposed to strengthen your relationship with him.

what she says: i'm fine
what she means: it's 2 am and I can't stop thinking about the Pied Piper. Initially i thought it was just an old faerie tale but i've been reading up on it and it turns out that at some point in the town of Hamelin, a bunch of children really did go missing all at once in fact a stained glass window in the local church in 1300 was made to tell the story AND Hamelin's written history literally BEGINS in 1384 with the sentence "it is 100 years since our children left." There are a ton of theories about what the piper could actually represent but historians are pretty much convinced that something did take away children en masse in the 1200s in Hamelin and to this day we still use the phrase "it's time to pay the piper." When will we pay him? Who was he???? Like okay I see the theories but what if some flute paying faerie really just led a bunch of kids away in 1284 I cannot get over this.

Russia’s Big Ballet- 

The Big Ballet is a troupe of dancers from Russia who weigh a minimum of 220 pounds each. 

“The Big Ballet formed in 1994 and set out to deliberately and, above all, self-confidently challenge accepted social standards in a world where the pursuit of slenderness and beauty seems obsessive. The dancers courageously and imposingly prove that grace, elegance, charisma and nimbleness is not the demesne of the “thin”, proudly presenting their voluptuous yet surprisingly sinuous and flexible figures.”

QUEEN!!! I can’t imagine the power and muscle it takes to do that.

You miss the point: the face in the mirror is a little traitor, the face in the mirror is a pale and naked hostage and no one can tell which room he’s being held in. He wants in, he wants out, he wants the antidote. He stands in front of the mirror with a net, hoping to catch something. He wants to move forward into the afternoon because there is no other choice. Everyone in this room got here somehow and everyone in this room will have to leave.

— Richard Siken, Unfinished Duet

the idea that “human beings can become monsters when consumed by any emotion - be it fear, love, pride, obsession, regret, or hope - but if you cut off those things to protect your humanity you’ve forgotten what it means to be human in the first place” is the sexiest fucking theme in all of tma thank you and goodnight

“What is it? Am I more beautiful when I wear a gown of suffering? Or maybe you think I’m more yours when you grind my flesh and soul in your ever-turning mills. Does my sweetness lie so deep within me you need to cut me to find it? And what do you want with my sweetness, anyway, if all the honeycombs open for you alone, if all the honey is yours even before the bees sip it from the flowers?”

Dulce María Loynaz, from “Poem LXXXIII,” trans. James O’Connor, Absolute Solitude: Selected Prose Poems (First Archipelago, 2016)

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Posted by u/Plukas97 3 months ago

My ex husband called me by my late great grandfather’s name during sex. 

What do I do?

Edit: I’ve never used this site before. I’ll remake the post.

Posted by u/Plukas97 6 weeks ago

My (77M) husband (M) called me by my late great grandfather’s (M) name during sex. 

What do I do?

Edit: I don’t know how old my husband is.

Edit: We got remarried again since I made the first post.

Edit: I don’t know how old my great grandfather was when he died. Please stop asking about him. He didn’t like to be discussed.

wattsup 3.2k points · 6 weeks ago

dude why would you remarry him if he called you by your great grandpas name

      ihatepottery 1.5k points · 6 weeks ago

      I think the real question is why he doesn’t know his own husband’s age??

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jnmrtn 263 points · 5 weeks ago

            OP are you sure it was your great grandpa? maybe he was thinking of someone else with the same name

      Plukas97 1.9k points · 2 weeks ago

      It’s a very uncommon name and I know they used to be friends before he met me.

            iwantanap 126 points · 2 weeks ago

            Wait he knew your great grandfather before you two met?

                    Plukas97 981 points · 2 weeks ago

                    Yes. 

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Posted by u/watchersheart 3 months ago

I (48M) called my ex husband (77M) by his great grandfather’s (deceased M) name while in bed together and I don’t want him to bring it up.

He doesn’t usually tend to pry into my private life, but this definitely threw him. I’ve been thinking of proposing to him for a while, and it might work as a distraction. Would it be too obvious a tactic? If I do it in a public enough place, it might make him uncomfortable to leave for a few months, but I don’t want to give him time to think about it.

Edit: I had a pleasant working relationship with his great grandfather, and in fact my ex husband and I first got engaged at his funeral, which are usually family affairs. There’s no chance he misheard, and his great grandfather had a rather old fashioned name, so I doubt he’ll think it a coincidence. 

Edit 2: No, he’d never see this. He hates talking to people, and barely knows how to use a computer.

cash2burnn 2.3k points · 3 months ago

lmao dude hes not going to want to marry you after that

      watchersheart 5.6k points · 6 weeks ago

      He said yes. Perhaps you should focus on your own relationships before passing judgement on others. 

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screwspaceships 1.1k points · 3 months ago

You got engaged at his FUNERAL?? Good god, OP…

      watchersheart 2.7k points · 3 months ago

      Our first engagement was a special circumstance.

                           leitnerpiper69 974 points · 2 months ago

                    for the life of me i cant figure out what op means by this 

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ghosthuntuk 1.6k points · 3 months ago

post divorce hookups are never a good idea but this really takes the cake

      gorgolini 1.2k points · 2 months ago

      I don’t know how OP could possibly salvage this

                           watchersheart 4.2k points · 2 months ago

                    The wedding is in five days.

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Posted by u/watchersheart 1 month ago

I (48M) called my husband (77M) by his great grandfather’s (deceased M) name while in bed together and I don’t want him to bring it up. UPDATE

As I mentioned in the comments of my previous post, I proposed and he accepted. He hasn’t brought the incident up, but the annual fundraising party for my business is coming up and his family is one of my biggest financial supporters. Another benefactor of mine, and our mutual friend, will be there, and he’s a shameless gossip. My husband isn’t prone to oversharing, but I’m worried if they talk our friend will mention something incriminating. My husband’s great grandfather provided the funds I needed to start my business, and I have a portrait of him in the room I always hold the party in. Moving to a different location would raise suspicions, as would taking down the portrait. I do not under any circumstances want the incident to come up at this party. My business relies very heavily on donations, and if any of my benefactors pull their support it could greatly inconvenience me.

Edit 1: Yes, my husband does closely resemble his great grandfather, in appearance if not personality.

Edit 2: No, I’m not worried about him wanting another divorce. He rarely goes through with them, and even if he does, the alimony makes up for it.

Edit 3: Please stop speculating on the nature of my business, or my relationships with my benefactors.

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Posted by u/watchersheart 1 day ago

My (48M) husband (77M) wants a divorce

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skybluelovr 879 points · 1 day ago

sorry elias! i didn’t know it was supposed to be a secret

      watchersheart 967 points · 1 day ago

      Yes you did.

                    skybluelovr 724 points · 1 day ago

                    yes i did!