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Petra Phoenix

@petraphoenix

Tiny Dog companion, Sporadic Twitch streamer, ADHD and chronic pain haver, Quaker Dignified Goblin I wish to move to the Discworld now please Based in the UK

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I am glad to hear things are better than they used to be. Before this law, in a cafe, I was once asked to breastfeed in the toilets as someone had complained.
Said I would, as soon as the complainer ate their lunch in the loos. Wasn't bothered in there after that!

03.07.2025 15:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you

02.07.2025 13:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh.

Oh no!

*stifles a giggle

01.07.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This spoon is the Sports Direct Mug of the late 80s/Early 90's in that everyone had one, and no-one knows where from.

01.07.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha, but it also isn't polite to tell the lead singer this

01.07.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Erm, oh. Hello again. This isn't at all awkward

To be fair, he was pissed, and didn't explain himself well.

27.06.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Little gray cat paws on a pink bedsheet. They’re very round and small

Little gray cat paws on a pink bedsheet. They’re very round and small

For your mental health I present: Plum’s paws

12.04.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 14704 πŸ” 1883 πŸ’¬ 239 πŸ“Œ 70

Cute!

11.04.2025 18:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You know that person you keep meaning to message but never get round to?

Perhaps do it now, whilst you're thinking about it.

11.04.2025 17:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This time last year my brother was still alive.

I could have given him a call. I didn't though as how could I have known that in a few days from then he would die a horrific death trying to save his son.

I will regret not speaking to him more until the day I die.

11.04.2025 17:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

No problem!

11.04.2025 09:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I just found one on a pullout bed section, at the back, in the middle at the bottom

11.04.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I was sure we had them on each of the modular parts that we put together, but now I cannot locate any of them

11.04.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not convinced they aren't evil - just not in the way we were taught.

10.04.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just remembering how we were taught in church that computers were evil and part of the mark of Satan.

My childhood really was batshit.

#Exvangelical

10.04.2025 22:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

He is at the age where he is mostly made of limbs of indeterminate length.

Added to the overactive oaf gene we have in our family it makes for a heady concoction of physical chaos. Both frustrating and hilarious in equal measure

09.04.2025 20:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's the lack of willingness to ask for help with it too. We think we should be able to do it because we have been quite self resilient generally, but nothing in our childhoods prepared us for this. It doesn't follow the rules we learnt for assessing print media.

09.04.2025 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's also an argument for having had an analogue upbringing but dealing with digital and social media. Many of our generation don't want to admit they need help with online interpretation and take things at face value.

But yeah, probably mostly lead poisoning.

09.04.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He has just come to me on his way to bed, given me a big hug and said "I love you Auntie Petra" and my heart completely melted.

08.04.2025 20:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I am laughing far too much at this. Cat's face is perfect!

08.04.2025 16:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Playing UNO with him today. He has so many of his dad's mannerisms.
It took me right back 30 years to playing cards with my brother.

The word bittersweet has never felt so apt.

06.04.2025 20:32 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I have just spent quite a bit of time trying to explain that computers were not necessarily connected to the internet when I was his age.

He wanted to see if the little games his dad wrote for the Dragon 32 (I think) were in the app store.

05.04.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A few weeks ago I had very little knowledge of tariffs and how they work.

This was clearly Somebody Else's Problem.

*sighs wistfully

04.04.2025 15:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is all the more poignant when you know that it was his dad - my little brother who died last year - that taught me how to read a simple program when we were teenagers.

Now I get to pass that on to his son.

04.04.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have just confounded him by finding the error in his scratch coding.

He is amazed that I would know such things.

I like to be the auntie who does and knows the unexpected

04.04.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

My nephew is with us for a week.

He loves to hug people, but only once he has decided you are one of his people. Last time he was here for the week I got one hug.

I have already had several in the last 24 hours.

Life is not all bad. These moments are beautiful.

04.04.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

What!?!?!?!

Fucking hell! That's bad!

03.04.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ«‚

03.04.2025 07:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You don't think you want to read this thread, but trust me, you do! Fascinating stuff

31.03.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*tries to walk without rhythm, accidentally walks in perfect 17/93 time*

*Sandworm with a beret, a black turtleneck and a soul patch rises up out the sand and eats me*

06.03.2024 19:43 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0