Confessions of a Gay Man Who Married A Straight Woman
Why?
She was my best friend and I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her, regardless of whether I was sexually attracted to her. She’s the best human being I know.
We wanted to live together, we wanted to have kids together, we wanted to wake up next to each other every morning, and we wanted to grow old together. We wanted an exclusive relationship with each other even if sexual attraction was not a driving force in that relationship. I’m not saying that marriage is necessarily the right solution for anyone. For us, it’s just what made the most sense.
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12 People Reveal How Difficult Their Partner Is
1. My soon to be ex wife has adhd and it played a huge role in our divorce. It was like having a 3rd child, and she never made me feel like she appreciated all the work I did to make our lives work.
Day to day was rough. I did all the house chores, managed finances, ordered groceries, cooked and so on.
Look for a partner who is actually a partner. Someone who reciprocates and can think of you, do things that work for your love language even if it doesn’t come naturally to them. Someone who values your option and wants to make big decisions with you.
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“My dad burnt through my inheritance”
I’m a 22 year old guy and my grandma passed away about seven years ago. She left me and my brother around $100,000 each in a trust fund. My dad was in charge of it until we turned 25. Apparently my grandma set it up so we couldn’t access the money unless it was for school or medical reasons before that age.
My brother just turned 25 and my dad called us to admit he gambled away both trust funds at casinos over the course of a few years. He also left our family a while back and was living in another state, probably using our inheritance to survive.
Something to think about…
Alright, let’s talk about cosigning a loan. Picture this: your buddy, cousin, or maybe even your own girlfriend comes to you with those puppy-dog eyes, asking for your signature on a loan. They promise they’ll pay it off, and it’s just a formality, right? Wrong.
Here’s the deal: if someone needs a cosigner, it means the lender doesn’t trust them to pay back the loan on their own. That’s the first red flag waving right in your face.
Linkage
Could Claude Mythos Actually Destroy the Internet? – The Ringer
35 Electricians Reveal How Much They Make – Ned Hardy
If you want a cooler that keeps ice cold for days without paying YETI prices, these coolers are durable, well insulated, surprisingly lightweight for their size, and consistently praised for offering great value for camping, road trips, beach days, and tailgates – Amazon
The Fight to Free Hundreds of Beagles From a Rural Wisconsin Research Lab – WSJ
Inside the Homes of the Vintage-Obsessed Modern Showgirls Keeping Las Vegas Kitsch Alive – Architectural Digest
These Are the 10 Friendliest Countries for Expats, According to a New Global Report – Travelandleisure
Billie Eilish says she does ‘everything I can’ to suppress Tourette syndrome tics – The Guardian
28 Photos That Will Unlock Forgotten ’90s Memories – Ned Hardy
If you want an easy way to make lamps, fans, coffee makers, and other appliances smart without rewiring anything, this is affordable, reliable, simple to set up, and works great with Alexa, Google Home, and Matter. – Amazon
Judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note – CNN
Google Chrome Is Downloading a 4GB AI Model Onto Your Device Without Consent, Researcher Warns – Gizmodo
One thing that must change for all 30 MLB teams – ESPN
Thousands of Vibe-Coded Apps Expose Corporate and Personal Data on the Open Web – Archive.ph
Edmunds’ Dodge Charger EV Lost $50,000 In Value In A Year – Jalopnik
Ranked: Where Wages Go Furthest Around the World – Visual Capitalist
The Dumping Grounds
Caveman Approved Products of the Week
The Keychron C2 is what a lot of people settle on after getting tired of cheap keyboards
The general consensus around the Keychron C2 is pretty simple: it’s solid, comfortable to type on, and doesn’t cost a fortune. Many people describe it as the keyboard that pulled them away from disposable office keyboards without dragging them fully into the mechanical keyboard hobby.
The full-size layout is part of the appeal. Real function keys, real arrow keys, and a number pad that’s actually useful. It feels familiar immediately, just noticeably better.
Most people seem to like it because it avoids the usual gaming-keyboard nonsense. No giant branding, no weird shapes, no trying too hard. Just a straightforward mechanical keyboard that feels good to use every day.
What the Gilded Age Can Teach Us About Modern America
The Gilded Age was one of those strange moments in history where a civilization appears to be sprinting forward while simultaneously tearing itself apart underneath the surface.
The term itself came from Mark Twain, who understood something important: gold plating is not solid gold. “Gilded” means there’s a thin layer of shine covering something rough, cheap, or rotten underneath.
And that was America between roughly the 1870s and early 1900s.
On the surface, it looked like a miracle.
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Why Are Rich People More Successful In Court Than Poor People?
The problem is that my clients don’t enjoy the advantages of a well groomed lifestyle. Half of them don’t even know what I mean when I say “dress nice for trial tomorrow when the jury first sees you.”
They think that means show up in jeans with their shirt tucked in, and if they know what kinds of clothes I’m talking about, odds are they can’t afford those ones.
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