Happy Seventh Anniversary to my blog! Here’s last year’s anniversary post.
2021
157 New Prompts
May 19th: 400th Prompt
November 26th: 482nd Prompt i.e. 75% DONE!!!
Ended the Year with 497 Prompts
2022
28 New Prompts (as of today)
January 7th: 500th Prompt
February 9th: 514th Prompt i.e. 80% DONE!!!
March 7th: 525th Prompt i.e. Last Post (81% Done)
Hopeful.
What started as a beautiful autumn day took a turn for the worst when the sun went down. My friends and I were taking advantage of the weather by picnicking (i.e. drinking) in the park. As the sun set and the air grew cooler we decided to continue our hangout by moving to one of our apartments.
More alcohol was consumed and my friend who had been trying to convince me to create a Tinder account finally won. He set it up, answered a ridiculous prompt, and started swiping. Whenever he got a match he would initiate the conversation with something completely random (Burger Boy, Gordon Ramsey, etc.). It was a lot of fun until someone else messaged me first and knew all the right things to say. He was a funny and very attractive geek and we connected. Unfortunately, the next day I realized I had made a terrible mistake.
I had just broken up with my boyfriend of five years a couple months prior and I have not been single since I was fifteen and wanted to give myself time to grow as an individual and figure out who I am without a man. I could not let myself continue the cycle of immediately finding a new man. It was unfair to my Tinder match for leading him on. I’m sure I’m not the only one he matched with but I still feel bad.
Junior or senior year of high school.
I hate my living situation so much! I hate the way Gabe and Gavin talk to one another, I hate how differently Gabe acts around Gavin, I hate Gavin! He’s loud, he drinks too much, and he smokes too much pot. I hate how when I first moved in I was criticized for not running the dishwasher. Sorry? I didn’t realize that was my responsibility now. Yes, I’m fully capable and willing to help keep the apartment clean, but does Gabe do anything to help? I sweep, wipe down counters, keep the living room tidy. I reorganized the super messy tupperware drawers. Cleaning up the hair in the bathroom, I understand, but when his ex came over and left ten times as much hair on the floor I’m the one to blame? Our hair looks nothing alike! When Gabe and I are hanging out watching Netflix, Gavin will come in and monopolize the conversation, taking Gabe’s attention away. I guess what it basically comes down to is I’m selfish and don’t want to share Gabe with someone like Gavin.
Dear Gabe,
I know this situation has been very trying for you. It isn’t fair that your girlfriend and one of you closest friends don’t get along. I get it. But I don’t have to like everyone and know you don’t. I have to work on being more tolerant of people I don’t like/hide how I really feel. And I will work on that. I just don’t think I can fake it for an entire year. As I have told you, I don’t like how you act around Gavin. You’re fine around all your other friends, but you act like such an asshole around him. How can you put up with him calling you a scumbag all the time? He’s loud, smokes way too much pot to the point of making me feel uncomfortable, and he drinks even more than that! I especially hates when he comes home wasted in the middle of the night and rings the buzzer when we’re sleeping. I know it hasn’t happened in a while but it’s rude and pisses me off. And then the icing on the cake was when he blew up at me last night and you did nothing to defend me. It was absolutely uncalled for and I do not deserve to be treated like that. I cannot continue to live like this, and I hope you will take my side for once.
*Wrote this prompt a few years ago.
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