Pretty horrible. Wife wants a divorce and is unwilling to try and fix things. Barely communicates with me at all.

I met my stepson when he was 9 months old. He's 11 now. I'm the only father he knows. I'm devastated, because not only am I losing my wife, but I'm also losing my son, as I have no legal right to him. I'm estranged from the rest of my family, so the world is looking pretty cold and lonely from here.

I saw this and my first thought was: oh no Elmo, that's not a great thing to ask the internet....

My almost-two-year-old dog is expected to die very suddenly from cancer at any time. She's the sweetest thing. I've even felt guilty that I've thought she's going to be a better dog (for me) than my older dog is, who is wonderful. But she'll never have the chance.

Meanwhile, my husband can't deal with the occasional accident her cancer is causing and is threatening not to get another dog, knowing full well that planning for the next dog is what keeps me going because my life is ruled by chronic health problems and I live for my dogs.

Edit: I guess the more succinct answer would be: Have you ever cried so hard you started to vomit?

Not too bad, but could be better.

A funny story about my not so great love life: just matched with a girl on Tinder which I managed to have engaging text discussions with and it felt quite genuine. This is rare for me, so I was happy about it.

Well, in the end it became obvious to me it was just a pig butchering romance scam when she started to talk about how she can help me invest in cryptocurrency.

I guess I’m going to be a failure in love life for a bit longer lol.

A little better tonight now that I figured out that the problem with my server isn’t the $1000 motherboard, but a $40 stick of RAM.

My boyfriend is getting more and more frequent panic attacks. He's at the end of his rope. I'm trying to get him therapy, but it took almost a year to convince him to let me sign him up for some. Today they contacted him to schedule an appointment...for a month from now. And he panicked about it so badly that he started sobbing at the end of his workday (while still at work).

He can't afford therapy, so I offered to pay. Which makes him feel guilty. His constant anxiety is keeping him from getting help for his constant anxiety. It's only going to get worse. And there's nothing I can do about it.

I just realized I didn't directly answer your question: terrible.

I'm doing pretty good right now. I feel like I'm better than I've been. How are you?

Its sad that these types of posts are always accompanied by a waterfall of unwell people.

Everyone is sad and stressed out man, we deserve better.

On a strike. Early weekend is nice, but loosing money is not.

This time last year I would've said something completely different but I'm confident to say I'm now doing well. Of course not the best but well

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I'm....one of my big struggles is that I'm on a medication that reduces my appetite to almost nothing, and I eat almost nothing, and I'm enraging my SO by doing so. Everything tastes gross on this. The smell of my husband's dinner right now is revolting. I can't seem to get around it. Even junk food that I normally love tastes like wax and dust to me.

I absolutely have to be on it, but holy fuck it's hard on my life.

Great. I razzle dazzled a couple higher ranked people at work today, and the fruits were that I get to present one of my projects to the top tech brass at our company next week. My new phone arrived. And I have a 2 day LAN party coming up this weekend.

Honestly, I'd like to go to sleep right now. But otherwise, I'm excited and ready to fuckin' go...after a good night's sleep. Et tu, OP?

I got laid off in early january, however I am getting a good settlement package, and have been to sveral interviews, so far I have rejected one position, and are working on others.

My car has a weird fault where if I drive it for long distances, then park and lock it it can quickly discharge the 12v battery and leave me stranded, getting that looked at next week, right now I feel like I can't trust it, and keep wondering if it will unlock when I press the button. It is a 2021 Seat Leon so it feels strange that it has this fault so early in it's life.

So yeah, this is what I am dealing with

I had COVID the day after Christmas and still feeling crappy. Idk don't know if this is nornal. Doctors can't find anything wrong with me.

At this very moment I need to take a break from work to lie down and take a nap, I am completely out of energy. I had strong headaches yesterday the whole day.

I just need this to end, I want to have my life back.

Been worse. Been better, I guess. Most things in life are going apace.

My job is the best paying one I've ever had. It's still barely keeping my chin above water. My skill set normally would command a much higher salary, but the market is shit, and I've been holding onto this because of a pension it offers.

But a few years in I see that the increases might not be sustainable if things continue as they are. And I'm not growing much.

Well I started writing chapter 6 in my book. Cleaned up my sister's place before she came home so I couldn't work on my book today. And, my dad's slowly getting better from his surgery and my mom isn't hurting anymore. So, all in all, a lot better than I was this time last month.

Could be worse but could be better.

If the negative aspects were gone though, my week would be golden.

Huge opportunities are happening in my career but the stress of getting to that point and moving all the way across the country for it is about to fucking do me in. Coping with it but the cracks are starting to show. Thank God for my wife. She is all the support I will ever need but I'm worried she's going to crack sooner or later as well.

I'm waiting for a kidney.

other than that, ehh. the world turns, the wind blows, and life goes on. same as it ever was.

Pretty lucky. Let go from a bad job that had downsizing. Got a better job. Moved in with my partner. She loves my kitties. Very fortunate and grateful. It’s been very bad, so this is something I’d never expected.

As the saying goes, there will be ups and there will be downs. Remember that it will go back up, even when it seems like it will only be down. It’s hard to do, but please try.

Fucked up

fan-freaking-tastic, honestly

Right now, thoroughly annoyed. Which is a lot better than a lot of ways one could feel.