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I have been looking to join a DnD game for, well years – unsuccessfully. If you are in the same boat, consider us! Rather than try to find an existing game to join, I’ve decided to host my own at my house: I have a dedicated gaming room with a table that sits 6 – so, we are looking for 4 more players (the two occupied seats are for myself and the DM).
If you are also tired of trying to find an existing game to join, send me a message with the following information:

• A/S/L
• Experience (in playing RPGs)
• Availability (which nights of week/weekend could you attend)

Below are a few details to consider:
What’s the catch? Well, for most people, I suspect it will be my location: I live in Lago Vista. If you are new to the Austin metro you probably have no clue where that is. That’s okay, I didn’t either until I moved here. :P I am roughly 20-25 minutes west of Cedar Park/Leander. (As a point of reference, the Costco on 1431 is about 25 minutes away).
I have a good friend who has agreed to be the DM. He has considerable experience being a DM for a variety of game systems, and is an exceptional story teller. We will be starting off with the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure module [which for those of you that care is a 5e module]. Our ideal is to run the game 2 nights a month. We will take a (more detailed) poll among the selected players to determine precise day/times for what works best for the most people, but our initial thoughts/preferences are to play on the weekends, twice a month, for about 3-4 hours each session. Just a little bit about me, the DM, and the space we will be playing in:
I’m male in my early 40s, unmarried, 1 dog (who cannot access the dedicated gaming room), business owner, former musician, lover of all things fantasy. (I’ve lost track of how many terrible B films I’ve watched just because they had dragons in them). While I have not played a DnD game before, I am familiar with some of its lore - having read a good number of the Dragon Lance books, all of Salvatore’s work, and I enjoyed all of the Neverwinter Nights video games (as well as myriad other fantasy worlds books & games). I’m an Excel geek, organized, clean, and just in case you are a true unicorn – a massive Battletech/Mechwarrior fan (the reason I have a dedicated game room). I even managed to work a few dragons into a Mechwarrior campaign I DM’d for a friend a while back. It was an unusual campaign for the Mechwarrior setting, but pretty fantastically integrated. If you like, or know of Battletech, you may need a towel for all the drooling when you visit the game room – it’s almost embarrassing the collection I have amassed.
A little bit about the DM (as described by me, not him): Male, also in his early 40s. He is a married, successful businessman working for a ridiculously large company with 2 girls that live with him and his wife part time, lover of animals, sci-fi, fantasy, and a gifted charismatic story teller. He excels at drawing people in and has a true gift for improvising on the fly as needed.
Both of us love beer, cocktails, wine, sci-fi, fantasy, good company, and lots of laughs.
We are both open minded. We don’t care if you are a he, she, we, them, they or whatever. People are people, and that is all that really matters. If you are a purple alien that only eats peanut butter you are more than welcome to join as long as you enjoy having fun and promise not eat us!
A little more about the space: I have plenty of parking – my two separate driveways can park six cars easily (I’ve hosted parties with 20 people or more here). The dedicated game room is not enormous, but can easily fit 6 of us. If we decide we need more room, I do have a very open dining area with a large table. There are refrigerators located close to both of those rooms if you want/need to keep drinks cold, and when we decide we need a break, there are 3 bathrooms in the house. [This place was built for entertaining]. I am fine with discreet vaping indoors [no huge clouds please], but any actual smoking will need to take place outside.

Hello! I am a new witch and looking to set up 2 alters, one for money and one for Aphrodite. Can I use one table to share these alters? My bedroom has a large console which I want to use for this setup. I’m thinking of separating the two areas by using two tablecloths.
Has anyone done this before? If so can I even combine the two or should I still leave them separate, where I use one half of the table for each alter?
Further, what are good starting materials for each of these alters and corresponding crystals too!
Any help is appreciated

For context I used to be obese. I had high cholesterol as a teen to early adulthood. At my biggest my doctor wanted me to be put on medication. I then began a restrictive "clean" diet for a year. Overtime I began developing disordered habits such as excessive body checking, comparing myself with others (physically and food wise), and became fearful over certain foods.
I lost a significant amount of weight. Everyone was congratulating me, asking how I did it. My mom took on the habit of telling me how thin I was every morning. The first thing people would point out was my weight. My family members would urge me to get 8on the scale to see how much I weighed. I know it was all in good faith but in the end it further fed into my insecurities.
When I tried hinting to a loved one that I still felt obese, they said is was normal because I lost so much so fast. I assumed my body dsymorphia was normal.
When I was deep into my diet, I was in denial of what I was struggling with. I was scared of being labeled as someone with an ED. I didn't wanna be seen as a fraud or someone who lost weight illegitimately. I'm scared of the stigma. I've lost half my body weight now.
I don't know how to reach out without the fear of being judged. I don't want to disgust others. I don't want others to be vigilant on my eating or food choices after telling them I have an ED. I don't want unsolicited advice. I don't want to be known as the ED girl. I don't want to be seen as a fraud. Worst of all, I don't want to come forward just for loved ones not knowing how to help.
I'm scared but I need support so bad. I don't want to be seen different.

I’m gonna be building a new pc (Upgrading from a laptop with an RTX 3060) and want to know if this is good for $1800. I really don’t want to go AMD due to not having any experience with their cards other than the 680M which wouldn’t let me set the native resolution of a monitor I have which I am able to do with my 3060. Also, the latest games I have are Doom Eternal and Half-Life Alyx (I want to run them at High/Ultra settings).
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/44GfJM

I have 54 polishes I'm destashing from brands like wildflower lacquer, bkl, nailed it, Holo taco, enchanted polish and more and I thought I'd see if anyone wanted to come buy them all for a good deal before I go through the pain of trying to sell and ship them individually 😂 I'd be willing to sell them for 150. Most of them are new. If you live near enough to Harrisonville Missouri please pm me if you're interested! I know it's a long shot but I'd love to just get these off my hands fast lol.

I (M24) talking to this girl (F23) since the beginning of April. She texted me first on tinder and wanted to set up a date immediately. 2nd date was only around a week later and we had a great time.
However, getting the third date took about 3 WEEKS to make happen with 3 reschedules. The 1st reschedule Involved her letting me know in advance and the 2nd one being an actual reason, but the 3rd one seemed like a really bad excuse. This caused me to stop texting her for a week because I felt a bit disrespected, but I reached out again a week later and we set up a really nice and fun picnic date and it lasted around 5 hours with a kiss at the end.
This person is busy with work a lott and doesn’t do much outside of work besides hang out with friends and such and I don’t believe she even has tinder anymore (which doesn’t matter). She replies really fast, but we are both pretty bad at texting, so we usually keep things at a minimum till the dates which have been all so great!
Now I tried to set up the 4th date 2 weeks in advance for this past Saturday and kept texting very minimal as usually and when I texted her Friday night she said she forgot and she would let me know Saturday morning… She never did, so I texted her in the afternoon telling her I’m going to be gone the rest of the day and if she wanted to reschedule. She basically apologized and said let’s do that. She then sent me a picture of her schedule and said “pick a day and time and I’ll be there”.
A lot of thoughts we’re going through my mind because she couldn’t let me know in advance that she wasn’t gonna make it. Anyway, I ended picked Monday in the afternoon and asked her if that sounds good. She said it sounds good with smiling emojis and stuff. Sunday night I texted her for confirmation and she got back to me early Monday morning saying “omg” and “I’m just seeing this now” “I prob won’t be able to make it”. Sounded like within 48 hours of setting this up she somehow forgot and now I’m left feeling confused and disrespected like what happened when trying to set up the 3rd date.
I told her something along the lines of “alright” and “I can’t keep clearing my schedule like that” and “if she had a day that actually works.” She said she gets her new schedule (today) and will check a weekend that works.
I’m just venting because I feel like I’ve put so much effort into making this work. We both agreed we were looking for something more. I got her a little plush to a show I know she liked and when setting up the picnic (which was the first one I ever did) I got stuff she liked as well. Also, when texting I’ve been the only one texting first. She hasn’t texted me first ever. She only likes most of my stories on social media which I appreciate, but there hasn’t been any initiative from her end at all. From the beginning I’ve brought it up that I am the not drama at all and I’m the chillest person ever (which I am) but now I feel like my kindness is being taken advantage. This state vagueness of wether she is interested in me has caused me to feel bummed out :/
I don’t expect her to actually tell me when she will be free because when setting up the 3rd date I told her to “let me know whenever” and she didn’t. I have a feeling we will end up meeting again, but the trouble to get there is ridiculous. I was just wanted to hear your guys thoughts on this because this is frustrating. I planned to talk to her about all of it when I see her in person. Now ima just wait a week again to text her and just keep myself busy till then and try to set something up. In the end I’m just asking for honesty and a clear line of communication because I know how great I am at it and I’d appreciate it if the energy is reciprocated.
Thank u for reading.

What's good? I guess this is the part where I talk about myself and my lack of friends. If you like nonfiction novels, you're in for a treat with this post.
I'm 33 and live in southern California. I'm not really the social/hang out and do things all the time type. I'm a homebody, always have been. Usually only going out when my partner drags me 'kicking and screaming' out of the house. Everything with Covid exasperated my antisocial tendencies, to say the least. So I typically only socialize with my coworkers and our clients. I don't crave physical interactions with people, the feeling of it being a requirement to make plans with people is not something I enjoy very much.
I'm here to find an online friend or two. I've been with my partner for 5yrs, literally only looking for a friend. Proud member of the LGBTQ+ community as well. Time zone wise, probably best if you're here in the states.
I'm pretty sarcastic and make self deprecating jokes on a regular basis. My sense of humor can be a little messed up, and I'll probably complain about a lot of things. The plus side to that is that I'm always down for a good vent sesh or good ol' trash talking. I have a lot of interests, but not many hobbies. But I do know how to sew. My latest vest has 15 patches on it that I stitched by hand. I have a collection of puppy teeth and I don't care how weird people think that is. I have a few good tattoos and a few not so good ones. I have 12 piercings, had 13, but that's a story for when I want to laugh at how dumb I am sometimes. I've been working with dogs for over 12yrs, which keeps me pretty active. We have a dog and a cat. Definitely more of an animal person than a people person. I'm a vegetarian. Not religious at all. I'm a product of divorce, shout out to all the single parents. I'm the oldest of my siblings, and that is why I don't have an spawns of my own.
I can eat my body weight in pizza, enchiladas, and hot cheetos. The more painful the hot sauce, the more I like it. Coffee before anything else in the morning is a must. I day drink on my days off so I can't be called into work, that's probably not healthy.... But it makes doing the laundry and dishes more bearable.
I prefer true crime documentaries and trashy reality TV due to the lack of plot and the ability to decompress after a stressful day at work by talking endless trash on the horrible people that go on those shows because they're perfectly content with showing the whole world that they are indeed horrible people. I don't play video games and you'll only catch me on a hiking trail if I was murdered and that was where my body was dumped.
I mostly listen to metal, but you'll still find me listening to early 2000s pop punk, emo, and screamo. Shows are fun, but I deal with chronic pain now that I'm older and I try to avoid the things that are going to remind me of my reality. Mosh pits make me hurt too much now.
Oh, and because my partner says it's "terrifying", I have 6 Capricorn placements in my chart and my Mars is in Sagittarius. So...do with that what you will.
If you've made it this far and don't find me as abrasive as most people do, shoot.
But don't DM with a single word or standalone sentence. Give me something to actually respond to that has more substance than the interaction you'd have with the barista making your overpriced beverage.

my wife and i are currently planning an epic adventure, and are seeking any kind of trick of the trade or tip, or just straight up lecture. keep in mind our time allotted for this trip is 3 months.
The Vehicle:
2005 chevy suburban 300k miles. we've put a lot of love into it recently, fixing all known issues, and according to our mechanic it's in pretty good job for 300k. we would be buying new tires, changing out fluids, filters, and oil before leaving.
The travelers:
I am a large person, about 450 pounds, but i've lost a lot of weight in recent months, and go on 5 miles walks a few times a week. i'm a spur of the moment person, that can roll with the punches. i love people and food and culture, but more than anything i love true beauty in this world, aka the world itself. nature. my wife is in great physical shape but has never dealt with the cold. she's from the uk, and is also pretty spooked about the idea of snakes and bears and other dangerous creatures. she loves big cities and really loves museums and "china/korea/asian" towns in cities. we both detest tourist traps, and want to avoid feeling like tourists, but, sometimes it's ok to be a tourist.
the trip:
fort worth to santa fe/ to sedona/grand canyon/ to LA/ to san fran/ to portland/ to seattle/ to salt lake city/ to denve to pueblo (family there)/ to okc/ to fort worth.
we want to see many national forest in utah/cali/washington but are planning this trip in the winter and are unsure of the weather concerns. we plan to spend a decent amount of time in each location.

Background: 34, AMAB, Autistic, DDDD cluster (DPDR), HRT 03/25/2923
Tonight I think I feel better than I have at any time in my life and frankly part of me is scared.
I didn’t do anything special today. I worked my usual 9 hours; HRT has given me back enough emotions the I have come to love my job and want to be a better and more profitable employee for my company, and I’m a fucking Marxist! I went home, cooked a Hello Fresh meal (Spicy Peruvian Chicken), walked on a treadmill for 65 minutes (“fat burn” program), and got ready for bed (wear I am now). I’ve barely interacted with my cats, except for preventing them from burning themselves while I cooked).
Visually I’m still the same overweight tall guy in the mirror. But seeing myself as I am now hasn’t spoiled this “high”(?). I probably need to shave in the morning, but that’s it. I did use a new face wash tonight: CeraVe exfoliating wash, but I can’t believe that is connected.
I’m only on a 0.05 mg/day E-patch regimen, with 50 mg spiro and 5 mg finasteride. I have an appointment on Saturday morning to with Planned Parenthood to hopefully (I won’t take “no” for an answer) to switch to a proper second puberty inducing injection regimen. I have been routinely feeling better all the time, but this likely temporary high is worthy of note.
I don’t use recreational drugs, other than alcohol: I had one shot earlier while already feeling better than ever. I know a few sobriety and coordination tests, and as far as I can tell I’m within my typical limits.
The only special thing I’ve done today is watch WW2 in Real Time’s D-Day 24 hour special broadcast; obviously not all of it.
Most likely I’m feeling the first post workout endorphin rush of my life. I’ve never had a “reward function” before and exercise was just tiring and painful. And if that’s the case, I should feel more typical in the morning.
But if I don’t, I know enough about neurology to know that any sudden improvement in mood that doesn’t go away is often a sign of neurological trouble. If this “high” doesn’t go away, I will go to the hospital.
Tomorrow I’m calling to book a laser hair removal consultation. That and Planned Parenthood are my GA related activities for this week.
Yours, eventually,
Maude Katherine [REDACTED]

Hello, so this my trip report:
I started drinking hot water with ginger and some mint leaves for the nausea. I don’t like to puke, and frankly haven’t thrown up once in a sold 7 years or so, but I wasn’t willing to do it on psychedelics.
At around 10 PM I put all the seeds in my mouth and started chewing them. At first they were hard, but of course the enzymes in my saliva… and my teeth lol, softened them up. After some time it was pretty much a uniform pulp, with seeds still detectable to the touch of my tongue/between my teeth.
After 20 minutes of chewing this pulp up further, in an attempt to make sure no seed remains unable to be digested by my stomach, as well as an attempt to maybe start some sublingual absorption, I finally let it go down the hatch.
It went down my oesophagus in three parts, as I wanted to make sure before each part, that it really was all ground down by my teeth.
So finally, it was all gone. Now I was ready for the tripping part. I played some games, and I started remembering some interesting things, unrelated to the games at all, about my childhood.
It took me aback slightly, and made me believe that I’m entering some sort of psychedelic headspace. This had me excited I’m not gonna lie, but I didn’t let that get the best of me, because I still wasn’t sure of anything.
Couple minutes passed, I got bored of playing and put on some music, and I noticed my arms were feeling heavy. When I focused my attention on that, I started feeling nauseous.
Immediately I started think “okay, the Morning Glory seeds is definitely getting absorbed, but that still don’t mean it’s LSA for sure. Could just be the other alkaloids in em.
Well, I started feeling really hungry so I got some candy and went to bed, where I started watching a cartoon show. I wasn’t terribly interested by the show, but I think I did laugh a couple times at it maybe?
While watching it I was somewhat thinking about GTA Vice City, I think, because I’d seen screenshots from that game earlier in the evening, right after ingesting the seeds.
After I was all done with my candy, and bored of the show, I went to masturbate to pass the time. Beating the ole shmeatstick, I noticed I was feeling kinda funny. With that in mind, I did my business,
And
Almost immediately I felt an increase of the ‘trippy’ feeling. I started noticing visual effects all around me. Everything had a sort of visual effect on it, I can only describe as the acid effect lol. Everything has this grain, oversaturation hue on it it.
Everything seems sharper, brighter.
Aside from the outer effects. My headspace is getting really weird. Perhaps because of the vasoconstriction, or partly because of it, my body feels hypersensitive and numb at once.
I know the sensation im feeling in my head, if it was exponentially risen by 100, it would mean I’d be off my shit beyond any rescue attempt. Im talking let that bo die he gone.
But it wasn’t all the way there. I remember in that time, I was thinking: “man im feeling loopy. Im not sure i like this”.
I had some trouble formulating thoughts quickly, efficiently, but not the point LSD wit weed had me at once…
I left the bathroom, got all dressed and went to eat (again lol)
When I entered the kitchen, the floor again was under the acid effect. It looked really bright, and as if there was this fog all over it, maybe 5 cm off the ground level. I was noticing this and was very entertained, because I still knew what was going on with me, and wasn’t completely demented like I was on acid.
I ate some fruit and they were exquisite.
Then I went back and laid down in bed. Then I was on Reddit for… idk 3 hours maybe? Pretty much without break. I tried to sleep briefly, but after maybe 10 minutes I just accepted that it ain’t gon happen at all.
But, during this night I pondered the important issue, most prevalent problem in my life, and even tho it’s certainly not a solved case, I do feel somewhat better, especially about the fact how well I could collect my thoughts and make them into sentences to write down, than when I wasn’t off the LSA. Thanks to that, I could explain to myself some important boundaries, and show myself some acceptance and understanding.
Honestly I’m feeling pretty blessed. I feel this lovey feeling that maybe you lot feel on psychedelics. Just seeing this morning makes me giddy lol. And I’m really craving a cigarette hahaha. I’m feeling somewhat nostalgic… which in my case is s very good thing.
I’ve been on this sort of feeling for a couple days now for some reason, but this has grown now since I ate the seeds…

Hi everyone, I was wondering where I would go to upload proof and officially disclose my disability.
I’m a 2 year partner and SSV who is high functioning with adhd. Recently we got a new SM and she has been making comments to me about how I’m scatterbrained and don’t pay attention and am too slow. I’ve laughed it off and told her I have adhd and she just rolls her eyes at me.
She has been mass writing people up lately after our store unionized and pulled me to the back and told me she doesn’t like the way I run my shifts because of how unfocused I am and she will be writing me up the next time she catches someone slacking off without me noticing.
I’ve never considered myself a problem and neither have my coworkers. I am pretty good at coping for the most part which is why I never disclosed on my application. I was wondering if there is a link to disclose now so that I can protect myself from unfair punishment and discrimination.
Thanks!

My mom is middle eastern and has always been racist towards my partners or anyone who is not my race or who is not white. I will copy and paste texts between me and my mom after a phone conversation with me telling her I am going on vacation with my bf of three years and his family who she doesn’t approve of because he is “not of my race,” “dark” “short” and “has tattoos” and “unattractive.” This conversation took place after I hung up on her from being so upset about what she was saying, which is nothing new btw, just the first time saying it about someone I actually see a future with. Someone please tell me if I am in the wrong because sometimes I feel so gaslit and brainwashed into thinking I am when I revert back to the small controlled child when I talk to her. I try to take everything I’ve learned from therapy and working in the mental health field but it seems to all go out the window when I speak with her. She said I am also acting immorally and cheap and sleazy for going on vacation with my bf and his family when I am not engaged. Advice please.
Her: There is never a conversation with you, it always ends up like this unfortunately. Dad needs to talk to you, since I am always he bad guy and accused of being from a different culture and racist, everyone has high expectations for their children, I just can't for some reason. If I didn't believe in you and held you at a higher regard, I wouldn't feel this way.
Me: Leave me alone, you never care about my happiness or love me unconditionally. It's always conditional on things that are superficial and wrong. I'm tired of it and you are pushing me away. This is the reason I am not answering your calls and don't want to talk and you're giving me panic attacks. You never care about my happiness with a partner or try to see past anything engrained in your mind. I don't want to talk to you for a long time so give me space. I space. I refuse to have partners name criticized in this way when he has done nothing but be respectful and loving and a good person.
Her: I love you that is why I care about your life long choices and happiness.
Me: If you truly cared about my life long choices and happiness, all that would matter is if I'm happy regardless or race, skin color, looks, and any other superficial concept that someone cannot help that only serves OTHER people and not the eve of the beholder. I try so hard to be respectful and loving to you and a good daughter but I can't keep living for others and have to do what makes me happy especially at age 26. If you don't support my happiness which is what I'm TELLING you myself that I genuinely feel, I have never been as happy with anvone than I am now, then I need to draw a boundary between me and you for my own sake. It pains me to do this and I was dreading this because I love you and felt that we have made so much progress in our relationship, but it pains me to always have it take a step back because of this. I turned off my location because I need space from you. Next time you want to talk to me about this it needs to be through a third party aka therapy.
Her: Yes, you have controlled the situation for the last ten years and you still are . We haven't been able to have openions or this is what I get. It is either we accept all you choices or I am pushed out of your life. I don't feel like a mother that has an opinion that should be respected. I obviously failed as a mother. I admit it.
TL;DR My mom is racist towards my bf of three years and need advice on how to navigate my relationship with her.

Using a burner account so SSgt doesn’t know I’m a softie
Joined the Marine Corps six years ago and had a series of disappointments. Bad leaders, absent leaders, broken promises, the list goes on.
I stayed in thinking “things will change, I’ll have some power to control my fate.”
Surprise, new jaded leaders and now I’m not even around Marines. Life was grim and I resigned myself to EAS ASAP without accomplishing any of the reasons I set out to do in the Corps.
Then, a new CO. He’s fit and smiles when he sees Marines. He came by to ask me what I like doing and wanted to do, then gave me a chance to make it happen. FITREPS looking better, and I have two packages in for exciting gigs next tour.
Life isn’t perfect, but man it’s pretty good right now. It’s amazing how influential a good CO can be and the difference they make just by being present. For the first time in years I feel…hopeful?
Rah

I know I know everyone is going to hit me with the “no news is good news!” and “just be patient, it takes time!” and I get that, but this isn’t my first go around with Delta. I made it all the way to the F2F last time and got sent home in the last group before the CJO group. I’ve been through the application process. And before you ask, yes, I applied within the allowed timeframe - exactly 3 months and 2 days from the date of my TBNT post F2F, so I know I didn’t apply too early. I applied the day the new req # opened. I know there are others who also have their applications just seemingly in limbo at this point. I’m not asking for advice. Just ranting because this is frustrating at this point. 20 days is a long time for them to not even review the application or send an assessment like they typically do. I also truly believe if they were just going to TBNT us, they’d do so, instead of sending emails about how they’re reviewing your application. I know I just have to wait and be patient and I’ll continue to do so. Again I’m just venting bc I know others are in this same boat.
Anyway, I love seeing y’all get your invites and hope you nail those interviews and get those wings, because just like y’all, working for DL is a dream of mine. That’s all - goodnight beautiful people of Reddit and good luck on all stages of your interviews 🫶🏼
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