Yayy!!! :)))

Parenthood is going alright. I love my child!! But damn I wish he loved sleeping as much as he loves staring at me with those laserbeam eyes at 4 am, lol.

Watching a lot of TV suddenly while my son naps on me, hadn’t expected that but it’s cool to finally watch some shows and movies I didn’t have time for before.

Back to work next Thursday so that’s kind of scary. I hope everything will go okay at home.

Came out to my parents as non binary, that’s a big one :) and before my 30th bday which is nice (was a goal of mine). They were very supportive and understanding and not upset with me at all that it took me so long to share with them (I’ve known for over 3 years now).

So yeah eventful week!

Hehe, yes

I understand

still wearing long sleeve

Girl whaaaaatttt

I love this :3

I also agree, being an introvert, but what bothers me about both the article is that it fails to fully cover the Ear Buds Effect I experience in society, namely that extraverts seem to have appropriated the wearing of ear buds.

OOP mentions a 2021 survey where respondents say they wear headphones to avoid social interactions. For introverts, this is a necessity at times. We can’t always be available to talk to strangers, especially in overwhelmingly busy environments like public transport. To me, some places are only bearable with some form of distraction like headphones.

In my opinion, this contrasts with the absurdly widespread ear bud use we see today, because there’s simply no way that every one of those users is an introvert. I don’t believe the people wearing airpods in a café and talking to people on the phone while they order are introverts. There are many many people using ear buds in public every day that do not require any form of distraction or soothing in order to be in public; they simply have appropriated that introvert “social crutch” (as OOP cites it) into a means to be rude in public and get away with it.

And when there’s no one left out there to approach strangers and say they’re being rude, no one will ever think twice about it. Et voila, here we are.

Haha, thanks ill try both!

Picking some fresh raspberries every couple days and trying to keep everything on the balcony alive while it’s 30°C out. Seems like most of my sage plants have given up even though I trimmed their flowers, that’s unexpected. Fig cutting seems to be thriving in this weather, so that’s nice, since it was definitely dying before.

I miss connect four memes

Must be nice

Thank you :)))

I have a child now??? Whoa. It’s day 12 and I’m still shocked.

Childbirth is such a wild and beautiful event and I feel like a different person, so blessed. My wife did so well, I’m so proud of her 🥹

And to have a little son and be a parent… Wow. Different life ahead of me for sure. But I’m also still me??

Anyway, bright days ahead I think. Sleep deprivation sucks but on the other hand my baby is very cute!

Unexpected but unsurprising: friends and family visits are really confirming how much more chosen family is to me and my wife. I’m sure our bio families try but they’ll never be to us what our chosen family members are (sorry mom). Our friends are such great help and support, again feeling blessed!

It’s weird alternating between visitors that I am out to as non binary vs those where I am not. It’s nice not having to pretend I feel spoken to when family calls me a dad. At least hospital staff was mostly nice about it which made for some very special moments.

Rosaete, perhaps

Excited and anxious at the same time because my wife is due to give birth very soon 😊😊😊 can’t wait to meet our little son!!!

He chomp 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Buy it and start small! Debut it for friends indoors, get the validation and confidence and slowly start working your way up to wearing it outdoors :3

Do some research about your hair and scalp type and what products they need in order to thrive. For me that was the key to better quality hair and no more irritated scalp :))

Hayyy

Call georg