Sunday Confessions: 3-3-24

"I have a friend who I do like but sometimes acts like she runs the show and..."

Looking back, I felt kind of Calvin-and-Hobbes-y this weekend while left alone with my two sons. Going into the weekend, I had apprehensions: I hadn’t been left alone with two yet and, while I knew I could handle it, I still had those unsettling Dad Concerns that linger whenever things rest solely on your shoulders.

But, it couldn’t have gone better. If anything, it was the best weekend I’ve had in a while. And yes, we did page through the Calvin & Hobbes “Lazy Sunday” book for some playtime inspiration late Friday afternoon.

My confession? I think I’m too hard on myself when it comes to fatherhood sometimes.

Fortunately for me, some of this week’s confessions made me feel a lot better about my situation-that-was-never-really-a-situation. Let’s get into them.

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My sister’s wedding is in a month and we aren’t talking and I don’t want to be in it anymore.

I need space from my best friend.

I’m known at work as the ultimate team player but I hate my colleagues and I feel sad and anxious constantly because of my job.

I am in love with someone across the world that I went to high school with. His lifestyle doesn’t match mine and he won’t be moving back here for a few years, if at all, so he will always be my “what if.”

I wish my partner had more friends so that sometimes he would want to hang out with them on the weekend and then I could hang out with mine without feeling bad about leaving him alone. He doesn’t do anything to make me feel bad about it, I just do. I miss random hang out time.

Shamelessly flirting with my kids’ football coach at school… we are both taken, but the attention is so addictive.

Went out to dinner with my boyfriend of 6 months at a place I’m well-known at and when my boyfriend was in the restroom the manager asked me who I was with and I said “oh just some guy.”

As I look at my social media and see what’s happening on the other side of the world, I can’t help but feel despair on this gloomy Sunday morning. Woke up with debilitating anxiety and the thought of starting another week of the blah blah blah makes me ask myself, “What for?”

I slept with a coworker twice and it was the best sex I’ve ever had in my entire life. Now, another coworker suspects it and she’s causing unnecessary drama and spreading it around.

I quit drinking and now I can’t stand most of my friends.

Going on vacation next week, and girlfriend moves in immediately after I get back. About to spiral, having doubts and intrusive thoughts may use this vacation as my own pseudo-bachelor party.

I like a guy who is 7 years younger than me.

Went on solo bender after work Friday and lost my MacBook in one of four possible bars.

I’m $30K in credit card debt and have no idea where to go from here. It’s so embarrassing, I haven’t even told friends or family.

I ate a (very mild) edible before going into a parent meeting at my child’s school.

I got massively disrespected by some guy and I can’t stop thinking about him.

i’m a bridesmaid for my best friends wedding, and all the wedding planning has been an awakening for me. all the bridesmaids are married or engaged, to someone in the grooms party might i add, except me. i’ve had panic attacks every week, but im starting to accept i might end up alone.

I don’t think I actually feel genuinely comfortable with any of my friends. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m highly aware of my flaws or they’re actually annoying or it’s not a fit.

my first boyfriend and i have an interesting dynamic. he was my childhood best friend, we been broken up for 6 years, and had 5 years no contact, but recently he’s been in my life again. i ask him for advice and tell him everything, vice versa.. is it bad if we want to give it another try?

I become so obsessed with my husband but then I hate him and everything he does.

I'm getting to my limits on how much reality TV I can sit through that my gf watches. I'm feeling a bit dumber and more basic with every episode. None of my recommendations are ever considered. I'm beginning to hate it here.

I regret saying yes to my fiancé because I hate his mom and she isn’t dying any time soon.

Just found out I’m 7 weeks pregnant. The estimated date of conception…the night I had a threesome with my boyfriend and his best friend after we all had a few too many dirty martinis.

The dynamic between two of my dearest friends is annoying the shit out of me, and they're also making my question 'casual' cocaine use and an actual addiction.

As a 32-year-old woman, went home with a guy I met in a bar who turned out to be 21.

I didn’t go to a cottage trip with friends to save money. Instead I scratched my family’s Mercedes tire on the sides that now I will have to change the tire and maybe the rim. I have yet to tell my father.

I love my friends and their kids but I could give two shits about what the kids are actually doing. It’s non-stop mom texts all day in the group chat. Spare me the potty training talk and ‘milestones’ aka trying a new food today.

Unfortunately I hooked up with a coworker and it was greatest hook up of my life. And we’ve done that like 10 more times. Not a soul knows. Just found out one of my other coworkers would like to shoot her shot with him.

My wife’s father is such a disaster of a man that I’m often embarrassed to know him. He’s so messy and immature. I’m not sure how my wife ended up being a normal adult.

I have a friend who I do like but sometimes acts like she runs the show and I secretly want to hit her.

I dated a guy I was crazy about, and he dumped me. Now I think I’m falling for his brother.

Things are going way too well and I’m freaking out and mentally preparing for something to go wrong, WHY AM I LIKE THIS ????

Feeling wierd lately. Nothing specifically. Don’t know if it’s seasonal depression or just me.

Let’s have a good week.

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