withabandon Member

New Brunswick, Canada, 3:39 am, on night shift til 7.

I hate the idea that to be "acceptable" in someone's eyes as a fat person, I HAVE to be "working on it" - I used to qualify my very existence in just that way... "Yeah, I am what you see, but I'm a work in progress." A LOT happier after I stopped giving two sh*ts what anyone else thought about me. Your opinion or…

QFT.

I was scoffed at in another thread for saying this but I'll say it again: It was not until I looked at myself in the mirror, at 325lbs and said "Hey, you are as fundamentally good and deserving of good things as any other person out there." that I lost any weight. I have kept off over 50lbs for over 3 years. I had to…

I go to an annual equestrian event that is held in early May in a barn complex, so not really heated. I weighed 70lbs more the year before and when I went the following year my two BIGGEST complaints were that I was FREEZING (had never noticed it before) and sitting on the unpadded bleachers hurt my *kitten*! Not as much…

Much like my daily 5K of dog walking does little for me in the "workout" department because it is an every day thing, eventually, working as a server becomes that way... and then you are so tired from being there and on your feet for 12+ hours that you don't have the energy/ambition to work out after. You will eat the food…

It's that time of night again! I am on my first of four nights on. :P

Agree with this. They are also high energy, high drive and need a "job". If you don't have the time to devote to them, they can be a nightmare. Too smart for their own good. My sister has a working bred GSD who is just a step below what a mal would be like and she is sweet and I love her but she is way more dog than my…

My Mini Aussie in my profile picture wiggles his butt and draws in even the scariest looking people on the walking trails. I know that he loves me but I am not kidding myself, if things got hairy, he would run once he realized it wasn't patting-and-adoration-time.

I know how to do canine CPR. My mother resuscitated a 10 week old great dane puppy when I was 15 or so, and I learned it then as a valuable tool being a dog owner. It is definitely responsible to know how to do it - but the fact remains that while it is responsible to know how to do it, running a dog to the point where you…

The first pumpkin latte of the season, quiet mornings walking the dog, when my dog lays at my feet and rests his chin on my foot, that first moment when we get in bed and I become the little spoon, that feeling when you get *just* enough sleep in a nap but not too much, when my horse cuddles up and breathes down my neck.

I am the same way. Some of my favourite comedies are the raunchiest. However, I don't find this offensive, but I also don't find it clever or purposeful. To those saying he is showing "compassion" by giving the dog CPR... compassion would not have been getting it to that point in the first place. Come on, fixing your…

I am 5'11" with a large frame (I even have a large hat size and size 12 feet). I'm a big lady, overall. I started out at 325. I have been stalled out around 260 for the last couple of years though my lowest to date was 249 - I am pretty proud of having maintained the big loss at least for three + years. I have always…

I love that my partner recognizes the things that I am passionate about, even if he has no interest in them, and supports me in them. I love that he is good to his nephew (showing he'll make an excellent father) I love how thoughtful he is, remembering small things and doing little stuff to make me smile (he bought me…

There are way too many dogs on retractables that should NOT be. Over a certain weight really shouldn't be. And most people don't use them responsibly - a lot of the designs of them, you have to pull the trigger to stop them from extending. I have one that you can lock on either a short leash or go extendable and if it is…

Apparently his wife is super cool with it anyways. I don't know how anyone can defend him at all, but hey... I'm not in other people's heads.

Maybe she just "knew he wanted it" like his song, right? How could he possibly be so upset about this considering the content of his song?

FYI, you are never "in complete control" of an animal and anyone who thinks you can be doesn't know much about an animal. They may be perfectly trained and well behaved 99.9% of the time... it is the 00.1% of the time that can cost your dog his life. You don't have control over outside stimuli.

Ahahaha, I just posted this almost word for word.

I haven't read all the thread yet... yes, it raised my eyebrows when I saw it. But there are so many people out there saying she's trashy and slutty... um... what about the 36 year old man who was grinding with her while singing a song about what is, at best "implied" consent and propagating rape culture? He's not trashy,…

I'm a super cheap drunk, so yes, probably drunk despite the very small number of drinks I'd have. Last night, I had one cooler and felt tingly in my legs like I'd had way too much to drink. So based on that... I'd be at least tipsy with my ONE shot. LOL

I think your situation would be different as your dog was on YOUR property with your family and probably would have been territorial with the aggressive approach your neighbour was taking (the yelling and coming toward him) even without the waving hands. If just carrying a stick in the first place caused such problems,…

On the one hand, it is hard for me to wrap my mind around someone refusing a SS couple service because I feel no problems with same sex marriage. But why on earth, knowing society, not just say "Sorry I am booked up on that date" even though the real reason was that she did not like the subject matter? She will definitely…

AND THIS. OMG. This city is a nightmare for dog owners trying to rent, honestly, and it is because of people who think the bylaws don't apply to them. My dog had a resume (training, dog sports, etc) and references from obedience trainers and people who have kept him overnight for me and we still got denied at many places…

I want some of those stickers!! There is a leash law in this city but EVERYBODY doesn't think it applies to them, and FURTHER, to try to justify not having THEIR dogs on leash, they try to criminalize you if you don't have a rude obnoxious lab type that runs up with no regard for personal space. If your dog doesn't like to…

The first night back to sleeping at night is an adjustment for me and I try (but am not always successful) to get up after 5 or 6 hours of sleep instead of 8. I will sleep from 8am to 4pm typically, and then I can go back to bed at 2am, usually. If I stay up much later than that, I am at risk of being up alllll night. It…

I usually wake up once midway through my sleep for a potty break but other than that, I feel like I am a day-sleeping NINJA.

I was going to reply to this earlier but I have a hard time in this section telling which topics are sincere and which are something else entirely. The love of my life and I were introduced by a mutual friend as a potential good match 5+ years before we reconnected again on POF almost three years ago. We actually didn't…

That'd do it! I only have a couple of hours left so I am done with coffee and have cut off my liquid consumption in preparation for bedtime. :)

I work for the local hydro company handling outage and electrical issue calls. I work in an office alone (particularly at nights), and we also have a water heater rental program and I take maintenance calls for those as well. During the day shifts through the week, I also do customer service (new services, collections,…