How is everyone doing? September 2026 Edition

[Legend]

i'm not sure if "congratulations" is the right word but it's the one i can think of right now. 

i guess what i'm trying to say is living your life honestly and genuinely is important to being happy.  ..and if this change brings you closer to your honest and genuine self then i'm happy for you.

Thank you 

The closet sucked, I planned to take these secrets to the grave. A few times I got a wee bit drunk on the forum and almost spilled the beans over a decade ago haha.

Also just full curiosity on my end, did you ever read the op in the bad stuff thread? I had no clue if you knew I was gay and you were joking along with me or not.

Has my role modelling of self love and loving your neighbor meant nothing to you?

Seriously though, congrats. 

Thank you 

Everyone around me has always been supper accepting haha. I invented this struggle myself somehow.

[Legend]

Got my ears pierced 

No more incognito around grandma 

[the-pi-guy]

Spent much of today putting in flooring. Like the better part of 8 hours. 

[Legend]

Spent much of today putting in flooring. Like the better part of 8 hours.

Wow that's a lot of work! How'd it turn out?

[the-pi-guy]

Wow that's a lot of work! How'd it turn out?

Pretty good. 

[nnodley]

Got my ears pierced 

No more incognito around grandma 

I've got mine pierced! lol but I did mine back when every man had the cheap square diamonds. I'm curious if I can still get an earring in. 

[Legend]

I've got mine pierced! lol but I did mine back when every man had the cheap square diamonds. I'm curious if I can still get an earring in.

Yeah when I was in vegas a few weeks ago, so many men had their ears pierced. It's just not a thing within my traditional family. I had a nightmare last night with aunts and uncles confronting me about it alone, not even my sexuality or gender lol.

How the heck did you get any sleep while the piercings were fresh? I had such a bad time last night making sure to not sleep on them.

[BananaKing]

my "promotion" has been killing me.  working so much lately. 

plus just a lot of commitments in my personal life as a soccer coach and scout leader. 

so stressed.

Quit work, coaching and scouting and become a stripper. It's the solution to all your problems. 

[nnodley]

Yeah when I was in vegas a few weeks ago, so many men had their ears pierced. It's just not a thing within my traditional family. I had a nightmare last night with aunts and uncles confronting me about it alone, not even my sexuality or gender lol.

How the heck did you get any sleep while the piercings were fresh? I had such a bad time last night making sure to not sleep on them.

I don't even remember. I was like 16 which was 17 years ago. lol

It was a a HUGE thing with guys in high school back then. I don't think i've put any in for at least 10-12 years now

[the-pi-guy]

Feel utterly destroyed.


Doing the flooring at Saturday was a lot.  It hurts to walk.

My stomach has been hurting quite a bit today. Probably from the ice cream I had yesterday. 

[Legend]

I don't even remember. I was like 16 which was 17 years ago. lol

It was a a HUGE thing with guys in high school back then. I don't think i've put any in for at least 10-12 years now

A decade is long. Guess you do need to try popping something in.

I just have simple 4mm cz studs.

Feel utterly destroyed.


Doing the flooring at Saturday was a lot.  It hurts to walk.

My stomach has been hurting quite a bit today. Probably from the ice cream I had yesterday.

Ouch! Take it easy today! Doctor's orders.

[Legend]

Lol. I came out to my aunt and uncle today. Don't think they understood that I came out 

[the-pi-guy]

Did another batch of flooring this weekend, so we're basically back to normal. 

But we are still waiting on insurance to pay us back. So we're kind of tight money wise.  

But kind of crazy that we were able to spend a couple grand on flooring out of pocket.