#No new friends

[bagelbongos]

via gothamfc

[someoneyoudonotknow22]

[from @/gothamfc on tt]

i think my brain is broken bc the only think i could think about was ronnett next to each other

[ladybugsimblr]

Everybody say B.L.A.M. Squad!! The All Grown Up Edition.

Although they text and video call often, it's been a while since Bailey, Lara, Alexis and Mackenzie have gotten together. The reunion was exactly what B needed and hoped it would be. Just an extra boost of love and true happy that comes from being surrounded by her best friends that are really family, watching their babies and partners become besties too. San Myshuno stop on the family vacation world tour complete ✅

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Throwbacks...

BLAM - Teen Edition

Last night living together

[blackrosesredwineblogspot]

When you're introverted and finally make new friends...but it doesn't work out😹

[dirtyrobber70]

@anthrofreshtodeath my corner market is trying to tell me something! Cranberry cider seems to autumnal to tempt me but now I want to revisit your fic 😂

[octoberbvbyxo]

[chadwickswidowspeak]

I miss when this fandom was fun🥹

🤓Expound for me?

I know there was a lot of fake love going around ….

[tarvera]

That moment when you realize you had 9 pornbots follow you in the last several days and because you’d been barely paying attention to the posts about pornbots you just thought for some reason you’d gotten new friends. 🥲

All blocked now.

Goodbye new friends.

[awda]

one thing about me if it makes me uncomfortable, best believe ima get it out of my life 🤣

[mansorus]

[bagelbongos]

[via nwsl]

[parhe1ion]

if you’re gonna introduce me to something new you have to defeat my 7 evil ex hyperfixations

[black-quadrant]

this couldn’t be said any better

[alfheimr]

mithrun 🌞

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.