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BOJ: Hugs sent to you.
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boj - My view is that there is no magic wand. It takes a lot of work and growth our parts to learn to deal with toxic people in such a way as to not continue to harm ourselves. That's the key - first no harm to self.

If you are finding that you are being harmed (emotionally, physically, spiritually...) it is time to step back, re-evaluate and make some changes to look after yourself better. You are the only one you can change. I found I had to increase emotional and physical distance to decrease the harm to me. Less contact, stronger boundaries, maintaining the consequences of breached boundaries.

It's very difficult for a person who has been abused in any way as a child to caregive the abuser(s). Don't underestimate that or your need for distance from the abuse or your need for distance and time and support to heal.
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on my mind?

how to find the magic wand against toxic people.

there must be a way…

if i find it, i’ll let you know.

:) night hugs again, from somewhere over here, to all of you somewhere there.

snoopy says:

“life can get a little bumpy. but stay on course and fly high!”

:)
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It's 9am Saturday where I am!
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while i freeze here (brrrr) (actually i have a super comfy, warm home), here’s a goodnight quote :).

snoopy says:

“stay close to people who feel like sunshine.”

:)
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CM: Right. Good night. Have a good sleep.🛌
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goodnight countrymouse :).

weather tomorrow:
snow + 1 lion

sunday (day after tomorrow):
cats + dogs + 2 lions
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It's only 11pm here, Llama (nearly my bedtime :).
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hug :).

where do i live? very complicated.

but there are indeed weather-lions all over the place, even under my bed.

hugs from me somewhere, to all of you somewhere :).
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BOJ: Where do you live? Perhaps Great Britian because you are posting sometimes in very early hours?
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BOJ definitely not Southern Hemisphere, where March is the beginning of autumn alias fall. And my guess is that you would have to climb a mountain to find snow in March, in Oz, NZ, South Africa or inhabited South America. The Northern Hemisphere land goes much further north than we go south, which is why the old geographers thought that there had to be a ‘Great South Land’ to balance the earth’s weight.

Happy clock change tonight!
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dear sendhelp,
:)

hug! :)

i know it refers to the weather start/end march.

i’m making little jokes.

as to where, which country i’m in. very complicated.

somewhere :).
(lots of snow 31 march)
(hence, out like a lion)

there, another lion just crawled by. 🦁

goodnight :)
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ITRR,
Not in the U.S., if boj is saying goodnight, she does not live in the U.S., where it is now daytime throughout.

Keep in mind that the "in like a lion, and out like a lamb" references the weather in March, not real lions.
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dear isthisrealyreal,

on my way out from my blanket, to the window, i saw another lion crawling by.

i’m now back under the covers, and will continue reading my novel.

goodnight everyone!!
please try to relax. it’s tough, with all our love & caring.

return the love & caring to yourself. :)

my new motto:
keep calm and blame all things on murphy’s law.

bundle of joy :)
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:) somewhere where it rains cats & dogs.

and lions walk about.

and now i’ll get under my blanket, while i continue blaming murphy for the weather :).

keep calm and blame all things on murphy’s law.
:)
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boj, what country do you live in?
Antarctica?
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lions here, too. 🦁
sometimes, lions even in june!!!!

crawling all over the place.
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It snowed here in Missouri today so we went out like a lion~
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It's all lions here🦁
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Weather at the end of March, "Out like a lamb". 🐑
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Ming will love going home! She runs to hide at any little noise, which is often. The floor is some sort of a floating plastic composite, so hollow underneath. Anything dropped on it makes quite the racket! My bet is that they did not put the cushion underneath that is to be installed with solid surface floors.

Thanks, Golden. I will say "I am a Viking warrior" to myself in the mirror every time I think of it today! Thanks for the reminder.
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Oh glad - baptism by fire both at your job and your accommodations. Sounds stressful!!! Remember you are a Viking warrior and you can do this. Hope Ming is cool with all the coming and going.
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Apparently I missed a crazy one. Good!

Out of here tomorrow! Check out is 10 so I won't be at the office at all as I will have the cat in the car. Another nice weekend at home. It kind of happened in stages. Last weekend I decided i.would go home for weekends, then the mattress that made remaining here impossible. Then to home Wednesday and back on Monday. I might feel like trying to get out of here today. We will see. This week has been STRESSFUL!

Add to that a meeting yesterday where the existing staff and consultants to the town just had no idea they were spewing incorrect information to an applicant. Applicant got so loud the administrator stepped into the meeting because consultant and applicant were trying to yell over each other. All good.
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:) hopefully the nonsense gets cleared up.

meanwhile, some quotes:

“It’s better to walk away than to tolerate nonsense.”

“I want answers. Tickle him until he talks.”

“There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some point, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.”

“Always remember: Money isn’t everything. But make sure you’ve made a lot of it before talking such nonsense.”
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You got that right! There seems to be a lot of nonsense pervading various threads.
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Yup! FF This site certainly isn't what it was, ahhh, 3-4 years ago.😕😕
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I have notice quite a few similar writing styles but with different screen names. Too many to be a coincident.

I do admit, some of the story lines are interesting with a lot of good answers. Yet it does take our time away from those writers who really need our suggestions.
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Willie, I have stopped following and I'm glad others are going to stop responding to her and she has been reported to admins by others,
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Hi! It seems, the OP in question is lisatrevor.

And it’s related to the “gossip” thread. I now opened that thread, to see if my hunch was right.

I wish everyone a good afternoon.

And I hope it all gets resolved well.
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Hi Becky, I wonder who you mean, or which threads?

We all have such different tastes in what’s useful to read. I read a lot of posts - suddenly some topic I never thought would interest me, hides a gem.

But which threads are you warning us to stay away from? If you mention 1, it can help us figure it out.
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