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Karen Mclaughlin's avatar

I hope your dog is feeling better and your hubby sounds like a great guy!! Glad you have good people in your life and I’m proud of you for doing the concert alone!!

Dinah's avatar

Thanks for reading and the kind words. Happy Tuesday Karen.

@robopulp's avatar

If you can have dinner or enjoy something by yourself, you can do anything.

Dinah's avatar

So true! Really glad I went to the concert on my own. I had a great time.

Goodnex's avatar

I LOL at the stinking fart story and yayed when I read she got better. I love how these events cumulated in one story of self, support and laughter. Thank you for sharing with us, Dinah.

Dinah's avatar

Oh! This made my day. I am glad I made you laugh!

Hans Jorgensen's avatar

Brava! Getting the feelings out, figuring out who is in your corner for you, and finding ways to do what you love with those you love - all sounds wonderful.

And it's priceless to get your dog back to regular pooping schedules :) We've just been through that ourselves. Thanks, Dinah!

Dinah's avatar

OMG only dog owners truely know the joy of that!

Also i feel like dog owners are also the fastest to respond if their dog starts the vomiting noises. We move so fast to try and get them outside before what ever is in them comes out!

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

I know how you feel. Ryan is my rock. When he travels for work, I don't realize how much I lean on him until day 3 when I'm having a full meltdown over some work shit, and there's no one there to just... hear it and make it smaller. That thing you said about thoughts stacking up until you can talk to him? I felt that in my bones. I'm glad you made it to the concert Dinah!

Dinah's avatar

LOL! yes. I think we "Strong" women hold things in a lot and our partners are the place we feel safe to share thing things that we don't feel strong with. When they aren't there it builds up and bubbles over.

Neela 🌶️'s avatar

Yes, this. Being strong doesn’t mean we don’t need space to fall apart a little.

Cheers to the men in our lives, Dinah.

Sue Reid's avatar

Well done for going to the concert alone Dinah. It’s good that you didn’t miss the show. Holding things in is never a good idea, as your dog will testify 🙄💕

Dinah's avatar

BAHAHAHAHAHAH! Thanks for that good laugh and kind words!!!

Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

Damn Dinah, that's a lot to deal with all at once. Sounds like you had fun at the concert though. Looks like amazing seats. And it's a blessing that you have such a great relationship with your husband and people you can lean on.

Dinah's avatar

I was at the concert early and it was standing room only so got a great spot!

And yes I am so grateful to have my husband and totally know that is not a given for everyone.

Andrew Sniderman 🕷️'s avatar

My wife went to Mexico for a week so I did some stuff without her. Then she came back only to leave again and so I did some more stuff. Stuff I wouldn’t normally do yknow? And while normal is pretty great, it’s ok to be apart sometimes and do stuff you don’t normally do. When she came back we went on a loooong road trip together which was even sweeter since we’d been apart a bit.