FadingAway👻 @FadingAway@octodon.social

I'm finally listening to S Town. Riveting.

@DaveHiggins It's my one vice. I don't think I could give up coffee (w/sugar) for more than a month.

@jason The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings. But he's only 3, so I'll have to wait a couple more years. My dad began reading those to my brother and I when I was 6.

I can't wait until my son is old enough for me to read more advanced books at night before bed.

My boss forgave me for the very negative things I texted her about helping my wife. Along with my contrite apology, the 200 yuan of flowers I gave her didn't hurt.

@jason I was surprised and delighted by how inspiring Hidden Figures is. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

@churley79 @jason Thanks for the advice and link. I think my wife really needs support right now because she doesn't have many real friends. I have been exercising and walking a lot, so I'm in great shape. Basically, I need her to leave me alone now so that I can get on with my life without her.

I'm not quite "get off my lawn" old, but I am too old to understand the whole animal face filtered selfie craze/fad among my former students on Instagram. 🐶 🐰 🙀

Day 58: After talking with a lawyer this afternoon, I'm finally beginning to feel like there is definitely going to be a light at the end of this long dark maddening tunnel. #divorce

Lawyer retained (unofficially).

I just sent a long email to perhaps the only English speaking lawyer in Changsha, asking him to meet me for a consultation regarding my now certain divorce litigation against my wife. Hopefully, he won't charge me a fortune and it will stimulate my wife to finally agree to a settlement agreement.

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@tqft I woke up this morning with one thought in my mind: Do the right thing. So, I believe I will absolutely have to hire a lawyer and fight it out with my wife because that's what's best for both me and my son. Even though the Chinese system is stacked against me, I have to follow my principles. Thanks!

@jason I suppose I was naive and ignorant. I wish I could send a message to my pre-relationship self, but of course, that would only help the "me" in what would surely result in an alternative timeline.

@jason In hindsight, I should have realized in the very beginning how unreasonable she was. So, in a way, it's my fault and my greatest regret in life that I put myself into this situation.

I'm living in a state of near-perpetual anger. =/ I don't like this version of me, and there seems no end to my wife's madness. A litigated divorce will likely take 2 years, and my wife won't sign a settlement agreement. I'm about to break, either from reality or into a million pieces.

@DaveHiggins Perhaps not "good" for me, but I expected sugar would be benign. Now I'm conflicted. Should I give up coffee altogether, or suffer through coffee's natural bitterness?

As a big consumer or sugar in my coffee, this story is a little scary: http://www.futurity.org/soda-brain-1408922/

@tvn@mastodon.xyz Woo! I'm sooooo relieved! 😄

Shit! Today is Earth Day, and I didn't get the planet anything again this year. I suck.