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That isn't far off, especially once "orphaned baby season" is in full swing! I usually have three or four clutches of young birds or squirrels or whatever hanging around until they are old enough to go to the outdoor pens at the wildlife rehab. Right now it's just the three baby owls, though. My...

No, no, that's okay! I explained what happened and they were really sweet about it. Thank you for the offer though!

I will just have to live with my shame I suppose. Thanks for clarifying, in any case!

I saw that. This makes me so angry I can't even. Can't. EVEN. So I will do the responsible adult thing and not post an accurate description of my opinion on their thought processes. Yes! This!

I know, I know! I've closed my doors: no more lizards. I do like that all of their cages are filled with plants and flowers, though. It makes my apartment look like a jungle!

I'm not going to participate further, because these kinds of discussions on forum never seem to go well, but I thought I'd leave this on how my area deals with this conundrum: How this works where I live: All humans have the constitutional right to consent and the right to withdraw consent for...

Haha, I put down my more-or-less reasonableness to years and years of therapy! I've spent about a third of my life on the couch, so I'd be pretty disappointed if I hadn't worked through at least some of my issues :P I <3 therapy. I'd be a gibbering mess without it. Thank you for you kind...

I can't tell if this level of sharing upsets you or not, but if it does: tell her. You are allowed to place boundaries. If it would be easier for you to not hear this information: you are allowed to say so. You don't have to be intimately involved in her other relationships any more than you...

Thanks for posting an update, Lumen. Kudos for pulling up the courage to talk with K about your situation: that is not an easy thing to do. How did they feel about you and B?

I had an awesome weekend! I spent Friday night and Saturday morning at my apartment, tidying up, finishing up some artwork I’d been a little behind on, etc. I’d planned on spending the whole weekend alone for recharge time but by noon I was feeling pretty refreshed already so when Tails called...

By Bill Nye's magnificent bow tie collection, that is a job!!! I have been wasting my life, dedicating it to scientific inquiry! I can see how that would be a really useful service: my grandmother lived a three day drive away from us, and once told me she could go months without human contact...

Somehow, I ended up with more reptiles than a woman living along should probably have. Eventually word got out that I like reptiles, and people started offering me their various lizards etc. Now I have: Ambilobe panther chameleon "Vladislav" scheltopusik (European legless lizard) "Charlotte"...

Ugh. That study was highly unethical. I am not surprised they didn't attempt to publish it in a peer reviewed journal: it would have been torn apart like a steak tossed into a wolverine den. I work in the research field, though not on human studies. Every tech, grad student and researcher I've...

I do think there is a false dichotomy presented in the blog, but we all take in information through our own bias filters: which is why I asked for clarification in the first pace! I'd never understand the other side if I didn't ask :) My own bias comes from a distrust of labels in general. For...

Oh, my....noooo... Whelp. I am super embarrassed! I think I just send like 30 replies to the same person because they weren't showing up. I have become exactly like my mother on Facebook. The shame! I don't suppose there are magical ways to delete already sent messages before they think I am...

That all seems incredibly reasonable! :)

Today was a strange day I had my counseling session today, and it was pretty awful. I was shown to the regular room, settled myself and was excited to see my therapist again… and this total stranger walks in with a clipboard. Uh, hello where is my therapist. Turns out, I missed a very important...

I absolutely agree people should be clear on what they want, and be aware that other people's styles and desires may not match that and that's okay. It's also okay to choose not to relationship with someone who doesn't match your style. The only way to figure it out, though, is to talk! I'm not...

Part 8 It’s about four months into this me-Jaeger-Tails-me thing (eight months since Jaeger and I started seeing each other) and it’s been wonderful. Sometimes we are at my place, and sometimes at theirs. Sometimes I’m with Jaeger, or with Tails, or both, depending on schedules and who is...

Part 7 One night, not long after the New Year, everything changed again. I was over at their house for an overnight, but Jaeger developed a migraine and went to bed early. They have a spare bedroom that I was using at the time but even though I understood why Jaeger had bowed out, I was not...