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[callbacks]

[Cleared font formatting, check. Autocorrect, check. Masked I.D., triple check. Dave's been wrestling with this question for over a week, and he's no closer to an answer than he was eight days ago. No closer than he was three years ago.

Where's Dear Abby when you need advice?]

Have you ever been in a situation
Where you knew something somebody else didn't
And you weren't sure if you should tell them or not
Like you knew that if they found out they'd be really upset but there's also nothing they could do about it
And you don't want them to blame themselves
Or
Get mad at you
But pretending it didn't happen feels
I don't know
A lot like lying I guess
What would you do in those circumstances?

I'm asking for a friend.

Comments

[all dem anons]

[armoredsoul]

I haven't been in a situation quite like what you're explaining, but I know how well keeping big secrets usually goes. It never ends well if you don't eventually open up about it.

[ey anonnynonny]

[callbacks]

This does seem to be the majority opinion
And playing it down like it's not a BIG secret doesn't really help me since then I'm just extending the lying to myself

[armoredsoul]

Yeah...it sucks having to talk about painful things, but sometimes it just needs to be done. And it's hard to know the right way to do it, too.

[callbacks]

Would writing a letter be too impersonal and weenie-ish you think
I could bulletpoint it

[armoredsoul]

Maybe to start things off, but I wouldn't make that the whole conversation. Maybe put down the bare facts there, and then explain more face to face.

[callbacks]

This blows
Why can't I ever have good news to share with the people
Why was my life a goddamn supernova trainwreck from start to finish

[armoredsoul]

I wish I knew the answer, but my life hasn't been a terribly sane ride, either. I guess someone has to compensate for all the normal lives out there.

[callbacks]

NORMAL PEOPLE ARE YOU HAPPY???
DO YOU ENJOY YOUR PEACE KNOWING SOME OF US HAVE HAD OUR LIVES SHIT OUT STRAIGHT INTO A FESTERING SEPTIC TANK OF SUCKITUDE WITHOUT SO MUCH AS EVEN TOUCHING THE RELATIVE DIGNITY OF A TOILET BOWL IN WHICH WE COULD HAVE BEEN GENTLY FLUSHED DOWN
I HOPE THE MUNDANE MONOTONY OF YOUR EVERYDAY LIVES IS JUST FUCKIN PEACHY
SINCERELY
THE WORLDS LITERAL CRUDDIEST PIECE OF SHIT!!

[armoredsoul]

[Wow, okay, capslock country it is!!]

...that was mostly supposed to be a joke, but I guess I hit a bit close to home? Um, sorry about that.







Though people that wish they had a more exciting life make me want to scream into pillows sometimes.

[callbacks]

You know what's the worst thing??
So much of my life was BORING AS SHIT
But not even the good kind of boring!
Just horrendously tedious in a constant low grade anxiety kind of stupid lonely way
And then the "exciting" days just fucked even THAT up
Jesus what a goddamn fucking WASTE

[armoredsoul]

Jeez, that really sucks. At least my life started out decently normal...though given my family's history, it's kind of a miracle the peace lasted as long as it did. Made it up to age...6? 7? Before everything went to hell.

[How to vaguepost about your own life while actively bitching about it with Alphonse Elric.]

[callbacks]

Okay
Seven is kind of young for that shit
Do you want to get some capital letter shouting in too dude I'm finding it's really damn cathartic right now
Especially anon

[armoredsoul]

I'm not sure what I could shout about without outing myself pretty quickly, honestly.

[callbacks]

Hey you don't have to shout ABOUT anything
It could just be random letters for all I give a shit
Whatever you want to do dude or nondude the internet is your oyster