Not like, casual “Hi, how are you?” but seriously, how are you? Are you sleeping okay, is everything in your personal life going all right? And if not, can Internet strangers do anything to help?

  • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    An actual list of the “problems everyone hopes they never have” category of our various problems is pretty long right now, and many of them are more personal than I want to share.

    Shit’s not the worst it’s ever been for us currently, but financially it’s closer than my wife realizes it is (because she’s got enough to deal with right now), and (gestures around at everything Trump related) I’m figuring several of our problems are going to get worse before they get better.

    I’ve got long and medium term plans to sort most of it out, but like all such plans they depend on the short term stuff going at least more or less as I hope, and on the complete collapse of US society not actually happening.

    Glib sounding yet serious response in meme-form because this really is how it’s looking so far in my mid-late 50s:

    OP sounds like a nice person for posting such a thread, and I hope you are doing well sir or madam. 🙂

    • toomanypancakes@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 hours ago

      I get not wanting to share anything too personal, totally no worries. I’m glad you have plans at least! I think we’re all crossing our fingers that the US doesn’t totally collapse, it’s interesting times to say the least. Hopefully whatever happens doesn’t hit you two too hard. I think as long we get through this mess things can start getting better.