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Lou Laurinen

Lou Laurinen

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  • Lou Laurinen
    I can't sleep because I'm laughing about this. When I was working as a supervisor in a store, it was right when the pandemic started and we weren't allowing customers to use our restroom. One customer had a tantrum and threatened to take a "huge stinky crap" on the floor because I wouldn't let him use the restroom. I had to tell him he had to leave or I was calling the cops. But I really wanted to laugh.
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    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    One time I was at a show and a guy was determined to bash me down on the price of something only I wouldn't move. He came back three times and on the final one he says 'I'm going home now' like this would force me into a letting him have the item cheaper. My response was 'Bye then'. He did not look happy!
    Angular Chap
    Angular Chap
    You're lucky he only threatened to use the floor. When I worked in a store, I heard customers actually did use the floor...!
    Aneka
    Aneka
    I would have died laughing if someone made that threat :D
    Lou Laurinen
    A lot of my irl friends don't want to talk to me anymore and they have made it pretty obvious. I'm not just assuming things, they are very clearly acting like they're mad at me. I haven't done anything that should've made them mad. I don't know what I did to make them feel this way but maybe I have outgrown them.
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    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    What's so hard about talking about our feelings. And the fact that they cliqued up against you reminds me of high school behavior. Who does that? Some people act like they are tight with you, then just to be mean, all dump you at the same time. Mean girls is the term that epitomizes that exact drama.
    AprilR
    AprilR
    Understanding people is the hardest thing in the world for me. What you described happened to me so many times i now stopped counting.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    I know this may sound cliche, but IT’S THEIR LOSS! You’re a star.
    Lou Laurinen
    The pack walk with the kennel club was so cool! There were so many dogs of all different breeds and sizes. Enzo did really well and mostly ignored the other dogs. There were even three Bull Terriers @maycontainthunder including my friend’s dog!
    Outdated
    Outdated
    I'm glad you're having so much fun. You were pretty stressed out and down in the dumps for a while there. It makes me happy to see you've turned that around.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    I passed a huge dog park and envisioned you walking around in it. Lol
    It was packed.
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Three EBT's???? One provides enough lazy chaos. That must have been mayhem! :D
    Lou Laurinen
    Pictures of me from college are so cringey and the captions are even worse. I was so weird and not in a good way lol
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    Forest Cat
    Forest Cat
    I even have something better than the faux hawk brace picture. For a while in the 1990s I had Tom MacDonalds haircut... Long braids on top, shaved on the sides. Bleached of course, it was the roaring 90s. :D
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Now you are just teasing us.
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    Me age 21 I don’t have that guitar anymore but I still have the guitar strap!
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    Lou Laurinen
    Enzo and I are going for a "pack walk" tomorrow with the local kennel club with about 50 other dogs. This will be interesting, I have never done that before. I have walked multiple dogs at once but not more than like 10 or 12.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I will not be walking all 50 dogs lol, they will all be walking with their individual owners.
    Lou Laurinen
    My girlfriend and her mom are teaching me to speak Polish and I’m actually learning really quickly!! And we taught my dogs Polish commands. So now I have bilingual dogs lol
    Lou Laurinen
    Enzo impressed me again with a perfect dumbbell retrieve over 20 times, 5 minute sit stay and down stay while I walked around the facility doing other things, immediately coming to heel without me calling him to heel, and ignoring another dog although they were nose to nose until I gave him his release command. Holy crap, he is everything I’ve ever wanted in a dog.
    Lou Laurinen
    I wish I could have posted more today. I was busy all day. Going to go to bed now because I can't keep my eyes open lol
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Happy to hear you are wiped out due to be productive and not something else. :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Hex is fully recovered from her ACL surgery! We’re back up to 4 mile hikes, running, and competing in obedience trials. She is in really good shape now. Obviously conformation dog shows are not my priority but I think I will show her a couple of times in the summer in addition to competing in rally obedience and earning her Fit Dog title.
    Lou Laurinen
    My mental health is so much better now. I’m actually doing really well and feel like I’m alive instead of just surviving. Having breaks from work sometimes, working out, not being hard on myself about my body shape, dating, making friends, and working harder to earn titles with my dogs and competing, have all made a huge difference. I’m so much happier than I was for the past few years.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    I'm glad your mental health is recovering. It can be very difficult to leave the "survival only" mode and start living socially.
    Lou Laurinen
    Going to do a quick grocery run at Stop & Shop. That store gives me more anxiety than any other store and I haven’t been in there for over a year. We will see how this goes…
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    How did it go? I’ve started going to the grocery store around 8pm, fewer people then.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    It was okay! I was so happy I could use the self checkout. I didn’t have to interact with anyone!
    Lou Laurinen
    I actually just bought some dresses and crop tops. I hardly ever wear women’s clothes but I want to have some options for going out, and I’m going on vacation in June.
    I‘m also meeting up with that girl later this afternoon but I don’t know if I should refer to it as a date yet.
    O
    Owliet
    I rarely buy dresses or other “women‘s” clothing. It’s never been my thing: although I do cosplay in dresses. Good luck with your meet up.=)
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Hope it goes well!
    Lou Laurinen
    Went for the best hike I’ve been on in about a year. In my own town! It was a trail that I didn’t even know existed because it was in a rural neighborhood and hidden. I thought it was a driveway so I never tried it until now. I will be going back to this place frequently.
    Lou Laurinen
    In a surprising turn of events, a girl gave me her number. She said she sees me around all the time and has always wanted to talk to me so she was actually out there waiting for me this time. She is from Poland and speaks kind of broken English. I seem to attract Polish people for some reason since a lot of my irl friends are Polish. What a weird day lol
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    Forest Cat
    Forest Cat
    Attracting Polish people, to the point where they wait outside for you so they can give you their number. That's an unusual talent. :)
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    Maybe she thinks you are Polish?
    I think Polish folks are pretty interesting. They have good food too.
    Outdated
    Outdated
    I sort of understand this in a way. I always attracted really tall women. Note the distinction here, I'm not particularly attracted to tall women, it's a case of they are attracted to me. Have no idea why, that's just the way the world works sometimes. Never had a girlfriend shorter than me and I'm 5'8" and pushing 60 years old.
    Lou Laurinen
    In case anyone didn’t see my post about the 5k in the “weird or random” thread, we completed in in under 35 minutes, didn’t come in last, and even jogged part of the way. Even in old running sneakers that were too small. I’m very proud but very tired! And now I’m going to get takeout and go to sleep lol. Hopefully I’ll be able to walk tomorrow.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Also satisfying that I was the only person there who wasn’t skinny or ripped and I still completed the race. “Not skinny” does not always equal “unfit.” My weight constantly fluctuates and it doesn’t really affect my athletic ability or endurance.
    Lou Laurinen
    Maybe putting on weight isn't the worst thing that could happen to me. Having big, fluffy thighs is actually kind of comfy lol
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    tree
    tree
    I have considered putting a towel in the bath tub as a cushion, for
    sitting or laying down. Bone-y + bathtub = ow.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    I went thru that binge eating cycle in high school, as my life had so much uncertainty.
    UberScout
    UberScout
    It's YOUR body and it's YOUR choice, girl :) If you want fluffy thighs, then get'em! :)
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