Dashi

I agree with the others but here is some advice when you are happy being alone.

Don't let the search for a gf become a large part of your life again. I was on all the dating apps and whatnot thinking I was ready to have a gf and I still think I was. But the search started consuming me i spent an hour or two a day reading profiles and going through pictures to try to find the right one. i would read the bios of girls and think about how perfect we would be together and swipe on them. If a girl swipped on me even if she wasn't up to my standards I would swipe just because... maybe if I give her a chance... it would work.

After maybe a year of that, numerous dates and spiraling depression I realized what it was doing to me. I found a half way decent dating app and canceled all the other subscriptions. Then I just started trading it as a game, 5/10 minutes here or there throughout the week and that was it. I was in a much better place. Fast forward 3 months and my gf actually swiped on me, fast forward a year and we are expecting our first kid.

Thank you!

Where can I read in full what the army said? I couldn't find anything in their official press releases

Thanks for your thought out and well formed opinion. I can see where you are coming from and it makes sense.

What if that Mormon person thought that the church was overall good, disagrees with some things they are doing and are in the faith to try to change it from the inside via voicing their opinions, talking with leadership, etc?

That's fine, not everyone needs to be friends with everyone. I kind of like them though

I would while heartedly disagree. Especially with the American system. With the 2 party system we have to pick the person that most aligns with our ideals. I have friends that voted for Trump because the were business owners and he had better policies for them but they hated other things he stood for.

I have friends that voted for Biden because he has better policies for the lower/middle classes.

I have friends that voted for Biden because they just hated Trump that much.

I have friends that voted 3rd party because ef it "my vote doesn't matter".

Doesn't mean I can't be friends with them. Everyone has reasons for voting the way they do.

My issue with your statement is "never voiced who they would vote for". In my opinion it is the lack of ability to reasonably talk about why you are voting one way or another is a big issue with what is going on in the American political system.

Of course you can have differing opinions and be friends. There are obviously scales of importance.

If you believe people with a different skin color than you should be slaves, we won't be friends.

If you believe Trans rights shouldn't exist, we won't be friends.

If you believe climate change is a world ending catastrophe and all cars should be baned we may be able to be friends because I disagree on the baning of cars.

If you think gun reform is required we will probably be friends but we will probably have different ideas of how to go about it.

I will admit I don't look at this dude face that often but 108 seems off, i can't put my finger on it but it just does. I'd meet you at 104 though

I mean isn't that most kids though? First time or in the world no matter how you do it is a shock.

What OP is doing is just the first steps to what I'm guessing is going to be a continuing education about how is ok to say no and should be respected. It isn't the end of the road for the conversation about no

For me it was also the API issues. I hated the normal client and only used sync. When they shut down the API I left. Unfortunately I feel like my /all is mostly political and the niche communities I follow don't have enough content. I'll always be a lurker.