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And if I can do good things, then I'm going to KEEP doing them, and IMPROVING MYSELF, and becoming the kind of person I want and deserve to be, and get the people I deserve in turn.
That's the spirit, don't take any guff from any of the swine trying to keep you down. Morose people love to bring others down with them and into their misery, always belitteling others and their achievments (a bit ironic saying this on KF where i mostly shit on other people for a living). Look how happy that dog looks. You dun good.
I'm having trouble sleeping again, a huge part of is it just this inexplicable rage at the 59% unaccounted for.
Ever since i kicked my habit (again) my sleep schedule is thoroughly fucked (also again), i get up at 4AM currently, after a couple of hours of sleep. Almost makes me happy i am not currently working (and my country being ridiculously generous with wellfare benefits, no wonder half of the third world is here), i absolutely could not handle juggling a job with all this going on right now.
 
Man i do love it when we kiwis can dig deep and get in touch with our feelings and pour them out and be supportive. Probably sounds sappy and gay but I do appreciate it. It should be proof that it's not all nigger tranny faggots to the outside world.

It's a morning I can finally sleep in but here I am awake absurdly early, with a weird hot feeling in my head. Zero trigger, just my brain deciding I needed to be uncomfortable.
God, you too, huh? As a fellow anxiety mess, I relate to this horribly. Would go to bed at 11 at night and wake up at three, unable to sleep any longer.

On the flip side, it conditioned my body to wake up in time for whatever plans I have for the day, completely eliminating the need for an alarm.

But I wish I had a "Real Mom" that I could talk to like he does. It makes me SO jealous
God I feel this too. And I always felt guilty over it because I'd think "She's not MY mom. I'm just an interloper."

I would almost add father's into the mix but I don't know who my birth father is, step father was a piece of shit and foster dad was incredibly emotionally distant when he wouldn't randomly degrade and insult me for existing outside his gene pool.

I unfortunately think it gave me Daddy Issues™️ but a weird form of it where I actually fear men in general.

People really don't understand great parenting compared to lack of parenting/bad parenting is the difference between your life feeling like a Disney movie to a David Lynch film. If I could choose 50 million dollars in cash and a decent relationship with my parents, I would pick the latter no questions asked.
Same. It does wonders for the mind and sense of belonging if you have a loving family by your side.

Maybe an unpopular opinion but a lot of people take that for granted, I feel.

Completely random but I remember crying over a Pokémon movie as a little kid and my birth mother asked me what I was crying about and I didn't know how to explain it so I just said something in the lines of "Loving family" and she beat the future mathematician out of me.

Damnit man, what's with all of these posts in the last week being family that hits close to home with me?
Nah I totally understand that. I think regardless of how old we become, there's still a little kid inside who could really do well with some love and support but can't get it and it's a bittersweet solace to know that there is others like that.

I DO help.
Actually I want you to tell yourself that every time whenever you feel down. Playing shrink for a moment, write it down and hang it on a wall.

Anyway uh it's very early since I had to go somewhere and the bus driver gave me the elevator look and asked me if I knew where I was going or ask me where I need to go. A majority of the drivers on this route actually do this and it's kinda getting under my skin.

I am aware that it's an educational bus that provides long distance transportation to students but is not bared from other uses. Hence why I ride it. However it would not be like this if they didn't close all the relevant routes in my region.

It's too early to start interrogating me. At least have some faith in me instead of looking at me like I'm some sped escaping the institution.

Or maybe it's just Monday grump mixed with anxiety again with a side order of tax bullshit.
 
I would almost add father's into the mix but I don't know who my birth father is, step father was a piece of shit and foster dad was incredibly emotionally distant when he wouldn't randomly degrade and insult me for existing outside his gene pool.
The foster shit does a number on you. I personally didn't spend time in foster care but my half-sister, who i am tight with and love dearly, did and she struggles with that experience to this day. Especially that being emotionally distant thing, i see it in her parenting and she also acknowledges it and is actively working on bettering it but i see how difficult it is for her to break learned patterns. I met her foster mother a couple of times in adult life (i met my half-sister for the first time when i was around sixteen, though i knew of her ever since childhood) and she's definitly the last person to have ever been given the chance to foster children, complete piece of shit. This seems to be a common theme in fostering from what i gathered from meeting people in my life who were fostered. It's still a much better deal than being stuck in a state run foster facility, have an ex who grew up in one and the stuff she (very casually, normalization of circumstances is a bitch) told me about made me question if i am really living in a first world country. Also made me forever question the motives of males working in that enviroment.
 
The "crap I don't need and only takes up space" I've sold on ebay went for a total of 350$. It's not a life changing amount, but still nice to have I guess.

I'm quite alright otherwise.
Seems like my sinuses decided to get infected after my week-long cold which sucks big balls. I have no idea how to get all the shit that's stuck in there out, and it hurts like a bitch whenever I'm exercising or bending down or whatever.
 
Nah, this is a good process. Go at an OK pace (meaning one that you can tolerate, and it's OK to pause for a breath), but you're doing good things if you're ripping away stuff that's in your way. Just make sure to replace the garbage with better things.
Thanks for this. I really do need to give myself some credit and take the time I need. Just because nobody can see the work I'm putting in doesn't mean it's any less real.
 
My punkass ex-husband just announced to our children - in college - that effective immediately he will no longer be contributing to their educations or other expenses. Nothing.

That's right - he did not even have the balls to discuss it with me, but made our children carry his water.

His fucking wine collection could pay for at least half of it. Or sell the fucking house he won't be living in because he will be living in paid housing elsewhere. Or the car he won't need because that will also be covered for him.

I am beyond furious. Trying to keep from pressing send on a text wishing him a soon, extended, and painful death.
Just do it fagit. What's he gonna do? You're not married anymore
Thread tax: I'm doing fine. I got some soundmagic e10 earphones to dip my toes into getting better listening equipment. I'm looking at purchasing some moondrop chu IIs later this month as well. I hear they're great for getting into IEMs. Overall, I'd say I'm glad that I started dabbling in audiophile stuff which is ironic since I was spurred on by the audiophile thread here on KF. /g/ and /mu/ have really good advice on their sticky threads for this stuff.
 
I just missed two bill payments by a single business day and both of the companies saw fit to add a late fee of literally double my bill.

I don't even see how that is legal. They send no notices, I've never missed a payment in 3 years, and I'm off by one business day and they double my god damned payment.

The urge to fedpost has never been so high. I'm fucking livid.
 
I trimmed my left toenail a bit too hard today and it might start growing in causing plenty of discomfort. 😇
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Just do it fagit. What's he gonna do? You're not married anymore
Oh, I did. And he was thoroughly ripped, though it's not like it's going to change anything. Often counterproductive, and though there have been times when I was able to get him not to be such an obvious knob, at this point and for this, not much to lose by itemizing his failures as a man, father, human being.

Kid did call him back to call him out on it and express frustration, and response was "I could have handled the conversation differently."

Or your life, but whatever.

Thread tax: I'm doing fine. I got some soundmagic e10 earphones to dip my toes into getting better listening equipment. I'm looking at purchasing some moondrop chu IIs later this month as well. I hear they're great for getting into IEMs. Overall, I'd say I'm glad that I started dabbling in audiophile stuff which is ironic since I was spurred on by the audiophile thread here on KF. /g/ and /mu/ have really good advice on their sticky threads for this stuff.
Interesting! I'm trying to encourage my kids to branch out of apple everything, especially the one who loses stuff all the time (and so has gone back to wired). They don't seem to understand that they might get better sound elsewhere, and for a lot less. For me, I've jumped off the apple track. I had the airpods pro 2 - the case died once within the warranty period, then the replacement died not long after the warranty period was over, so I'm done and am very happy with a more moderately priced pair of earfun iems (air pro 3, which retails for about $80 but I think I got on sale). But the two you mentioned look interesting for wired - interested to see what you think.

I just missed two bill payments by a single business day and both of the companies saw fit to add a late fee of literally double my bill.

I don't even see how that is legal. They send no notices, I've never missed a payment in 3 years, and I'm off by one business day and they double my god damned payment.

The urge to fedpost has never been so high. I'm fucking livid.
Call them. Many companies will give at least a one-time fee reversal with no hassle. If they say no, ask to escalate, which may mean a callback.

(And it's likely legal if in the terms of your original agreement - and if it's a bank in the US they must disclose terms. But legality matters aside, it's worth a call to customer service.)
 
(And it's likely legal if in the terms of your original agreement - and if it's a bank in the US they must disclose terms. But legality matters aside, it's worth a call to customer service.)
I'm sure its legal, its just one of those things that really feels like it probably shouldn't be.
 
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I'm sure its legal, its just one of those things that really feels like it probably shouldn't be.
Like I said, call them. You don't have to be mad or confrontational - and you're just likely dealing with a cust serv rep who isn't the problem - but could be the solution. And if they say no, escalate. I recently got several years' worth of auto-renewal fees for a product I don't use but slept on stopping/disputing* refunded to me by pushing the point and being patient.

* I really slept on them. The paper notices did come by mail to me and I also saw the charges in my bank statements but was being stupid and guilty about it so didn't pick up the phone for a decade. The email address they had on file for me was literally deleted in 2012. But by escalating (calmly, nicely) I got a couple years of fees refunded beyond their standard policy. Could possibly have pushed harder, and the dollars certainly figure larger more me than for a billion-dollar company, but tbh I was very negligent, so I let it go at that. Worth my 30 minutes.

Honestly, if you're in decent standing with a company and missed a payment date by a day, they should have no problem crediting your account/removing the fee. They might scold you or push you to do automatic payments, but if you don't want to you can just say you'll consider that and leave it there.
 
Honestly, if you're in decent standing with a company and missed a payment date by a day, they should have no problem crediting your account/removing the fee. They might scold you or push you to do automatic payments, but if you don't want to you can just say you'll consider that and leave it there.
Since its exactly double, I'm waiting to see if the fees they applied are just my next month's billing. If that's all it is, I'm probably just gonna let it lie and live a little tighter this month in favor of getting to skip next month till it evens out.

If it ends they hit me with double this month and still want me to pay next month as well, probably gonna do what you suggested.
 
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