In A Secret Place

Mom: This is my first time seeing peonies in real life!

Me: Me, too!!

That said, the Featherington storylines didn't annoy me like in S2. I thought they were great tension releasers in all the manufactured angst.

And I have serious boob envy. I don't like mine much even on a good day, and NC's are fabulous. (Yes, straight women can appreciate another woman's assets.) Also, how is her skin so smooth? Didn't see a single damn stretch mark.

I consider myself an absolute introvert. Most personality tests have me as >90% introvert. The Big 5 test I've taken gave me a 1 for extraversion. ONE.

But I know that if I want to make friends I need to not only offer up information about myself, but be interested in the person I'm talking to and ask questions. I need to contribute to the conversation in a way that keeps it moving forward.

But what do I do if they're not reciprocating the same effort? How long do I keep trying to initiate engaging conversation? A few days? A week? Two? How much energy do I invest before I draw the conclusion that the issue is something other than getting-to-know-each-other hesitancy?

It's good when they answer my questions, or offer an opinion on a topic I proposed, but they often don't seem particularly interested in learning anything about me.

Buyer was unhappy with the perceived value of their purchase and overlooked explicitly stated details about how the item was made.

I'm used to positive and no feedback, but this feels especially worse because these are things I made myself. I designed this thing to my own tastes. I did the work to market it. Before shipping (as it had been in storage for over 2 years), I cleaned and examined it, and made small quality adjustments. It felt like a personal insult when they called it "crap".

Oh, well. I sent a request to have it removed under the Buyer's Remorse guidelines.

Next I have to edit, and then write and post the listings.

😭😭😭😭😵😵😵😵

All the things that go into marketing and sales infuriate me to no end.

Also, aryloxypropanolamine.

Or maybe he tries to talk, to explain, to beg forgiveness, but her eyes only show distrust.

This takes some liberties with the original context of the song's lyrics, but it would be some delicious shared tension for a couple that has been frustratingly one-sided thus far.

Idk where S3 is going, but I would like to see them being whole as individuals before becoming "them".

BONUS EDIT

"...motivated to voluntarily communicate to others with the intent or hope that the information will be in their interest and for their benefit."

Yo, that's why my comments/reviews (fanfic and Amazon) get so thorough!

"...focus on detail related to data and numbers. Occupations requiring this level of motivation and/or natural or trained abilities include: pharmacists, registered nurses, transportation...."

Well, shit. Call me out why don't you.

"...has a unique motivation to carefully, thoroughly read simple explanatory or instructional statement and fully/accurately know what was said...should regard this unique asset as vocationally important."

Cool. Maybe it's a marketable trait I can leverage if it's that uncommon.