At the Birthday Party

Published by Clarissa

Yes, the initial payment only gets you onto the list of candidates who'll be asked to make the next payment.…

Totally. People who share and consume those horrid AI videos on social media and don't even understand why it's pathetic…

This business idea is new, it seems. You pay money, so far so good, but you're not guaranteed to get…

I’m starting to think that, alongside marriage and children, a new marker of status may become the complete absence on…

At least she offers real dates, not that OF crap. Or at least I hope it's real dates.

Whatever filter she's using is quite uncanny

That vocal fry, holy shit.

Sounded like you could use a little Snoopy and Woodstock ;-D

I know and right back at you. Whatever you do, just don't disappear on me again. It's not the same…

What a beautiful story. I'm so happy for you. You should write. These stories come across very vividly.

And while we're at it, let me affirm that I have no plans to stop arguing with you, launching zingers,…

The people here in Korea are nice, although shy. It's not the easiest place to make friends but I've made…

My friends actively avoid reading the blog. Usually, they try but then quit pretty fast. I guess, the real thing…

Do you feel sort of "exposed" in the sense that strangers know everything about what you think about any topic…

Very hard.

Ah! That's so sweet!

I’ve moved away from friends and one has remained very close. Another went radical during Covid and ended our friendship…

Thank you for the detailed response! I hope you develop new rewarding friendships to compensate for the lost ones.

--would add that a lot of the 'exhausting' is simply that I am the only working-class homeschool mom I know,…

I have a fancy friend and we go to restaurants together. We go at least once a week. She really…

No insight into how normal people do "friends". Truly. I have family. And contact with husband, kids, siblings, parents... that's…

I am curious about how friendships are maintained after 40. Do you invite your friends over often? How often do…

I love you too! I only meant these local friends. Although you and I have also been separated by physical…

I AM YOUR FRIEND!! I love you. Call me when you're done with your meeting.

As into politics as I am, I'm glad my best friend of nearly 30 years is not so much as…

Sau Rieng = Durian It smells like a combination of custard and stale urine. Through the olfactory equivalent of a…

Sau Rieng is so stinky that *even in Asia* where people love it, it is totally banned on airplanes :)

zinemin "...I also have a conservative mindset" _ "These are all massive changes that i am opposed to." No, you are…

I consider you an often annoying friend, like some of my other annoying friends, who consider me also an annoying…