day thirty-two of my unending existential crisis. i accidentally liked a picture of someone’s third cousin’s wedding from almost a YEAR ago. there i was, working in the pit of despair known as my office, and now i’m the *PRIME* suspect of office gossip, all while shikhar dhawan gets ENGAGED and here i am still deciding if the pasta i ate last week was a mistake. is this my life now? caught between...
the way that shikhar dhawan got engaged and my best friend texted me yesterday only to ask if i could pick up their dry cleaning—like, no congratulations? just straight to favors? caught myself texting back a supportive response but picturing my future as a lonely dry cleaning assistant for a person who clearly thinks i’m just here for labor and not love. wondering if i should send a heartfelt Ins...
not gonna lie, I always thought I had a knack for baking. I finally decided to bring cookies to a gathering, and as I was mixing the dough, I may have added three times the amount of salt. people politely chewed through it, only for my best friend to exclaim, "I didn’t know we were having salt and cardboard cookies!" now I can’t even bake in peace, because every time I mention it, someone just gives me that look, like they’re trying to forget the taste of my salty disappointment.
not gonna lie, I always thought I had a knack for baking. I finally decided to bring cookies to a gathering, and as I was mixing the dough, I may have added three times the amount of salt. people politely chewed through it, only for my best friend to exclaim, "I didn’t know we were having salt and cardboard cookies!" now I can’t even bake in peace, because every time I mention it, someone just gives me that look, like they’re trying to forget the taste of my salty disappointment.
yooo, just found out my family is using my ex as a benchmark for my new partner. like, really? they said my current boyfriend “doesn’t play guitar like your ex did” and now I’m picturing my boyfriend strumming away at family dinners. but also, like, who cares? my ex also once tried to microwave a whole pizza in one go. classy, right?