Reddit Stories - GUARDIANS COMPELLED me to reside in a MOTORHOME for 11 years to cater

Episode Date: February 4, 2026

#redditstories #askreddit #aita #motorhome #guardians #support #familydynamics #lifechoicesSummary: After being compelled by my guardians to live in a motorhome for 11 years, I navigated the complexit...ies of family dynamics and personal sacrifice. This experience shaped my identity and perspective on independence, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of my own needs and desires in life.Tags: redditstories, askreddit, reddit, aita, tifu, motorhome, guardians, family, lifechoices, independence, personalgrowth, sacrifice, experiences, storytelling, relationships, challenges, resilience, selfdiscovery, community, supportBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reddit-stories--6816713/support.This episode includes AI-generated content.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Episode with two stories, first part. I hope you enjoy this story. Guardians compelled me to reside in a motorhome for 11 years to cater to their online presence. I slumbered in a loft with a drape, lacked companionship, and my mom filmed everything. My parents decided when I was only around seven years old, far too young to get an opinion on anything to pack us up and move into an RV to travel around the U.S. My dad works online and my mom makes content online. She's not huge by any means but big enough that we get recognized sometimes and big enough that I've had a camera shoved in my face for as long as I can remember.
Starting point is 00:00:39 For my privacy's sake I won't say anything else on that and I'm using a throwaway account because I've gotten enough attention already and I'm sick of it. I sleep in a tiny bunk bed that I outgrew years ago and the other bunk is the only space I have to put anything I own. I don't even have a room just a curtain and thank God I'm an only child or else I would have to share the small space I have already. I was homeschooled for most of my education and then switched to online school at my own insistence for high school. I'm an 18-year-old girl. I don't have a single friend in person
Starting point is 00:01:10 because the longest I've ever stayed anywhere is a month. I don't have a job and no way to get one because of not being stationary unless I find one online which also mean I have no way to move out and get away from them. I've had conversations with them about all of this countless times and they are so delusional and genuinely believe that a nomadic existence is the best way to live so why would I never need anything else? I hate them for treating me like some pet they can just drag along in their plans rather than their child. I hate traveling, I don't like heat, I hate dealing with bugs, and I'm so sick of hiking. I can't wait for the day that I finally figure out a way to get away from them with their morning's hikes and cameras in my face.
Starting point is 00:01:50 I've traveled around the U.S. yeah, but God forbid I want to have a normal life, go to college or maybe even make some friends? That's asking too much. Update 1, September 19th, 2024. Hello. Barely over a week ago I made a post talking about my very negative experience living in an RV with my parents for around 10 years now. Despite it being such a short time since I've posted it a lot has changed for me since then. I don't know how many people here would be interested in an update on my situation, but I know quite a few people were very concerned and would probably appreciate an update so here it is. Also fair warning this is a fairly lengthy post. I have a tendency to ramble so there is sort of a TLDR at the end. I had a lot of people give me really helpful advice, resources, as well as
Starting point is 00:02:37 even offers to try to help personally, some being questionable admittedly but a majority being genuinely concerned wanting to try to help and I very much appreciate that. It was slightly overwhelming to be honest and I ended up not responding to a lot of people so you'll all have to forgive me for that, but even if I didn't respond much I had been doing research on a lot of the information people gave me. Something that stood out to me was people asking if I had any family I could stay with to which I had to respond not that I know of because I don't have anyone on my dad's side of the family and my mom strictly no contact with her family. I did not know if they were alive, if they cut her off, if she cut them off, or even any details about them and my mom had
Starting point is 00:03:16 never wanted to talk about it. That information I did have was my mom's maiden name which is pretty uncommon and where she was born, which in terms of trying to find family can actually get you surprisingly far I've come to realize. I've always had a slight hatred for the internet because I never had any choice in my life being public knowledge and I know that once something is out there it's out there, but for the first time I'm actually really grateful for the internet. I was able to find some information on my mother's side of the family and specifically was able to find my grandma's Facebook account though it did take me some effort. After a lot of stressing on how to approach messaging her, if I even should, as well as potential outcomes I messaged her explaining
Starting point is 00:03:53 my mom's life, who I was, and my situation. I won't go into details onto why my grandma and my mom are no contact because that is not my story to share but my grandma was appalled that she has a granddaughter she didn't even know about and even more so the way in which her daughter raised me. I found out I have an aunt and an uncle, both of which my grandma told them about me and my situation. I've been in pretty much constant contact with all of them since just learning about all of them want to help me get out of this living situation with my parents and luckily with me being 18 now it's actually possible. Again, I don't feel entirely comfortable going into details, but I have arrangements to go stay with my aunt who lives in a big city on the West Coast that had a lot of potential opportunities for me to start college or whatever I see fit, which I do plan on figuring out college happy to announce. My uncle has kids but my aunt lives on her own and has a spare bedroom which she has no problem letting me stay in for as long as necessary. I have a train ticket scheduled and purchased by my aunt
Starting point is 00:04:51 and enough money to get to the station. I'm talking with my family still feels weird to type currently and trying to plan out the details like how or if I'm going to tell my parents. My mom doesn't know any information on where any of her family lives so even if I were to tell my parents who I'm going to live with they wouldn't know where I was specifically. someone pointed out that if I did leave without telling them I should leave a note or some form of proof that I left willingly so if I do opt out of a conversation I'm planning on either leaving a note or filming a video explaining my plans and why I'm leaving which would be kind of ironic, wouldn't it? Regarding my mom filming I've been very quiet around my parents and just
Starting point is 00:05:26 refusing to talk when the camera is on but neither one of them has mentioned it yet so far luckily. Also speaking of my mom's content, I would like to very much emphasize something quickly. Almost everyone was genuinely trying to help, but I had a few people replying trying to guess who I was luckily the few I saw were basically torn to shreds and ended up deleting their comments. I also had a few people who messaged me privately trying to make a guess at who I am which at least that's not public I guess. Although I can understand being curious, I posted anonymously with very little personal information for a reason.
Starting point is 00:06:00 As I stated in my previous post I have gotten enough attention and I'm very much sick of it. I would very much appreciate it if you guys can respect that. Even if you think you might know who I am please, please, please don't make public guesses and understand that I don't want this to be even more public information tied to my name. To be long story short, I have set plans to leave as well as a safe place to go with my aunt once I do and very much appreciate so people for being so willing to help. If you had told me not even two weeks ago that not only would do I have a plan to move away from my parents but contact with family members I didn't even know existed I don't think I would
Starting point is 00:06:34 have believed it. I'm currently not planning on making another post updating this but wanted to let anyone who was concerned about me to not worry, genuinely, thank you. Comments where Op has replied, comment or, be careful. You don't really know your mom's family. I know it seems like an out. Just be careful. Oop. I absolutely will be, why my mom isn't in contact with them makes total sense and none of it was their fault, plus they were able to send me evidence of that. But despite that I definitely don't know them personally yet, my train-out isn't scheduled immediately or anything and I'm going to continue talking with them until then,
Starting point is 00:07:11 but they do seem to be genuinely concerned and trustworthy. Plus my aunt who I'll be staying with seems super nice, and we have already figured out that we have certain things in common. To the same comment or a bit later, oh, I forgot to mention earlier, as I said in the post I'm planning on going to college because that's a more obtainable option for me now. Ah, and I'm hoping to figure out living in dorms so realistically I won't be staying with my aunt for that long once I work that out.
Starting point is 00:07:37 Comment or, you can't really know they're being truthful. You should ask your mother why she stopped communicating with them without telling her you started and get her side of the story. Boop, my mom like 100% refuses to talk about her family. That's the reason I didn't have any contact with them in the first place and didn't even know about my aunt and uncle. but I'm confident they are being truthful about it because I was literally shown proof and some of it was literally court-ordered. Comment or, I do not recommend making a video. Your parents will use it for content. Write a note at most, keep it simple though, Oop. I realistically don't plan on filming a video. I think I was just feeling petty and upset thinking about it all which just lead to thinking about drastic ideas of what I should do for telling my parents. Video definitely isn't a good idea if I don't just tell them myself to a downvoted commenter.
Starting point is 00:08:27 Oop, question have you ever seen the Harry Potter movie scene where his room is the under the stairs and thought to yourself while he actually has enough room to sit up in bed in a door? I have multiple times actually. I'm very willing to abandon them to not have to feel like that anymore. Update 2, November 25th, 2024. Hello, it's been a while and I wanted to check in on here to hopefully give a few people some peace of mind. In my last update I explained that I had gotten in contact with my mother's side. of the family and had a place to go stay. I can proudly announce that I did it and am in a safe place
Starting point is 00:09:03 now totally away from my parents with absolutely zero contact. My aunt is an absolute angel truly, she's so kind and that's not even including my grandma and uncle. When I first got here my aunt as well as my grandma took me out on a little shopping spree, bought me clothes, decor and furniture for my room because I have one of those now, and honestly anything they thought I would need. My uncle has introduced me to my cousins. He is younger son and a daughter who's very close and age to me and I would say that we have become friends. I've been able to go out and do a lot of fun little things with her. My aunt is currently helping me research colleges near us but has reassured me I can do everything at my own pace and there really is no rush, that her home will
Starting point is 00:09:46 always have a spot for me. My aunt in general is such a cool person. She's someone I very quickly have started to look up to and have gotten close to. The more time we spend together the more we learn that we actually have a lot in common. I'm just so grateful to all of them for being here and being so supportive. My aunt is also really helping me figure out who I am as an individual. For the first time I'm in charge of my identity, what I share, and who I share it with. I died and cut my hair, got a nickname and have been exclusively going by it. My cousin is currently on journey to help me learn about what makeup I like, she's also introducing me to her favorite music groups as a self-proclaimed cringe but free K-pop fan. I have an entirely private Instagram account with all
Starting point is 00:10:31 of five followers and I plan on keeping it that way. I just feel like a normal teenage girl for once and I've never felt happier. When I look in the mirror or just think about my life in general, I'm actually happy with it. I guess never realized that I wasn't comfortable in my identity as a person because honestly, I had bigger things to worry about. This is all more than I could have ever imagined and honestly I have a hard time even processing it sometimes. I am officially in therapy though. So maybe I can start working that as well as processing my past and how it plays into my identity
Starting point is 00:11:05 in the future. My new therapist is actually the part of the reason I'm making this update. She thinks that posting this could be a good way to get closure to a certain extent. as sort of a way of acknowledging what I went through but also moving on into my new life because I have my whole future ahead of me, one that I am very excited to experience. So keeping that in mind this will be my final update on here. I want to be able to enjoy my life and future while keeping my privacy. A lot of people really wanted me to share my story more, expose my past, but at least for now I've decided against that. It's my story and I can choose to share it or not.
Starting point is 00:11:43 for once I have control over who gets to know what information about me and I'm not willing to give that up yet, but I suppose I don't know what the future holds. So I'm asking as nicely as possible that people please respect that. I absolutely appreciate the support and advice so many have given me and just know I'm safe. I can honestly say that I'm happy, I'm planning out my future, what I want to do with my life and who I am beside just a persona on camera. So thank you so much for everything, and goodbye smile next story. I've never heard my fiancé's childhood friend crying in the bathroom about how she always loved him and the wedding should have been hers at my bachelorette party. Hello, everyone.
Starting point is 00:12:23 I, 23F, and my fiancé Elijah, 28M, are due to get married at the end of next month at our destination wedding. Last night was my bachelorette party and I invited my closest family and friends to come along with a few of my fiancé's family and his friend Cammy, 27F. For some backstory I and my fiancé met when I was 19 years old. Both of our fathers are business partners and have been friends since I was in high school. One night his family invited mines over for a party being held at their home and that was the first time we met. I was attracted to him but I knew he was older so I didn't believe I had a chance. As the night progressed he was hanging outside in his backyard alone smoking and my sister dared me to go talk to him. So I did.
Starting point is 00:13:08 and a year later we began a relationship. My fiancé and Cammy have been friends since they were kids and their families are very close. They've always been extremely nice towards me and wanted to be best friends from the first time we met. I found it a bit odd only because she barely knew me, but I didn't think much of it because she had been dating my fiancé's best friend Antonio, 28M. We didn't become best friends because I already have a close friend group and I don't trust easily, but she's always been cool and never crossed any boundaries. Last summer my fiancé proposed to me on a trip to Belize.
Starting point is 00:13:44 When the announcement was made everyone sent their congratulatory praises to us but Cammy, she sent a text the next day to my fiancé only not our friend group chat, saying she was happy for him. She was a bit standoffish to me since then, but again I never paid attention really became I have my own friends in life. About six months ago Antonio and Cammy broke up but never really stated. the reason why just that they want to go back to being friends and be happy with other people. Fast forward to last night my Bachelorette was in a suite, at a popular hotel here in Miami,
Starting point is 00:14:16 where I live. Planned by my older sister and Eli's sister Ava, 26F. The night was amazing and I truly had the time of my life. We all were getting wasted and I decided to go to the bathroom and when I got closer, I heard voices and whimpering like someone was crying. It was then I heard Cammy telling Ava, that this should be her and that she doesn't understand why he would want to be with someone like me, when it was always supposed to be them two together. That she always loved him.
Starting point is 00:14:46 I sobered the hell up instantly. I might have to do a part too, but Guys tells me would I be the asshole for disinviting her for my wedding when it's a month away. Update, November 26th, 2024. Wow. Thank you to everyone who has given me advice and reached out to me in my messages. You guys are amazing. For some clarification, I referred to Cammy as my fiancé's best friend because I didn't know what else to call her. Maybe childhood friend? Idk, but they have never went out of their way to call each other that, but that how I see them. Okay now for the update, after I heard what was said, the old me started to revert back I almost
Starting point is 00:15:27 caused a scene but I knew with my siblings, cousins, and friends all being there would get out of control and I still wanted to enjoy my night, but I did continue to listen. Some of you were wondering what Ava had to say about all of this. After Ava was able to calm Cammy down, she explained to her that this was not the time and place and that Elijah would never forgive her if she ruined my bachelorette party. She also told her that she thinks that she should leave and get herself together. I was about to walk in now, at the same time they were walking out. I acted as if I didn't hear anything and asked if everything was okay. Cammy just wiped her face looking down, stating that she wasn't feeling well and that she
Starting point is 00:16:06 might have to cut the night short. I honestly didn't fight her on it and even walked her ass to the door because T.F. After she left, I pulled Ava to the side telling her that I heard everything. She apologized that I heard it and said that she would reach out to Eli to handle it, but I said no. Some of you also wanted to know why Cammy said, it should have been her. Did her and my ex have something going on before? I knew they hadn't but needed to be sure.
Starting point is 00:16:34 So I asked if they had ever been together or dated? In response, Ava said not that she was aware of, only that their moms would always joke around when they were teens saying that they could finally be related once Eli and Cammy get married. She said that never happened because Eli was never into her. Cammy is a gorgeous girl, but my fiancé does have a certain type, and it's not her.
Starting point is 00:16:56 Respectfully, I wanted to ask more questions but I thought I'd wait until I spoke with my fiancé for further answers. After that I continued the party, and even spoke with Eli quickly before bed. I posted on Reddit the next day after I had gotten home before I did anything drastic. My fiancé came home later that evening and once he settled in and relaxed I told him everything that happened. To say that he was irate as taking it lightly, he was absolutely furious. I asked if there was ever anything between them that I was never told about.
Starting point is 00:17:29 I asked if they had ever been intimate and if she had ever confused her love for him before. He made it clear that there has never been anything but a friend's relationship in his eyes. He said that they had never had sex before but did kiss once back in high school playing bottle games with alcohol but it was in a group and everyone kissed multiple people including Antonio. He said that she has never confessed her love for him and is confused because he's the one that played a role in Antonio and her dating. He wanted to call her right then and there, but I told him to calm down first because being upset would only make things worse. I want to say that my fiancé isn't mad that I hurt it or is trying to hide anything.
Starting point is 00:18:08 He's upset because he feels hurt and betrayed that she would do this to him and at my party, when we were all there to support me. My fiancé can get really protective of me at times. He doesn't like to hear anything negative. I did express to him that I I feel uncomfortable with her going to our wedding now. I want people at our wedding who are genuinely happy and supportive of us. Tonight, he texted her saying that he needs to speak with her. She replied saying she will let him know when she's home. So we will see how tonight's conversation goes.
Starting point is 00:18:40 He also invited Antonio over for dinner and will speak to him about what's going on because things feel off. A lot of you were also questioning her as an Antonio relationship and if she used him to make Eli jealous. So we will all be present when the conversation does happen, to see what she has to say for herself. Since Thanksgiving is in a few days, I will update you guys on how the conversation goes and if anything new comes to light. Just give me some time to get through this holiday. Also, I have a wedding dress fitting tomorrow. I'm so excited. I might make a collage and show you guys my reference photos. Zoxo happy holidays. Comment
Starting point is 00:19:21 where OP has replied, comment or one. Whatever happens, don't let it happen, and just be careful that this friend's situation hurts the most beautiful moment of your life. You and your fiancé came from a long journey to get to this point, so enjoy and don't let her steal this from you. Exactly. This is a happy moment for me and him. I will definitely enjoy. That's the end of the first story. Let's begin the second one. I hope you enjoy this story. My partner recently ended our relationship due to her colleagues at work. I have been in a committed relationship with my partner, Lily, for five years, with periods of separation over the last two years. Before. A lot of my first happened with her. We went to each other's prom slash school dances.
Starting point is 00:20:11 We supported each other through tough times. I know Kate is out of my league and I did all I could to make her feel safe and secure. I'm in love with her and wanted a future with her. I went off to college and got a double major and Kate went into cosmetology school. We were planning to move in with each other in a few months and talked about marriage and children. For the last couple of months, she kept making comments like my co-workers keep asking why I'm with you. Co-worker name, thinks that you're not in my league. My co-workers want me to hang out with them and meet new people. Every time I would ask Kate what she thought, she always said that she loves me and ignores the comments, tells them to stop, but they kept saying these comments made by her coworkers.
Starting point is 00:20:57 We always had open communication, talk things out, we haven't had any major issues, we argue over little things such as movies and TV slash anime shows, food, etc. We don't hide anything. These comments started when she got the job at that salon. She works with all women, she did not cheat or anything. No emotional affairs, no hiding locations, no secret social media. The other night we had a nice date, had a good after date, when I dropped her off at her place she commented that she was having doubts about our relationship and wanted to break up, I was super confused and didn't say anything, I slowly walked away. I know it was because of her co-workers, the comments they were making and pushing her to leave me, she said so in a
Starting point is 00:21:44 message. Less than four hours later she started calling me and texting me saying she was sorry, didn't mean it, that she loves me, and she was stupid for what she said slash listening to her new friends. She was going to quit and find a different job, stop talking to her friends slash co-workers. I have not responded to anyone, I'm conflicted, I love her, I have a ring being made for her, money saved for a house for both of us. We share 85% of our friend groups, the rest are from our jobs, most of our shared friends have now heard about the breakup and seem just as confused as I am. From some of the messages I have received, it looks like she told them the truth, that her co-workers started to give her insecurities about our relationship and she
Starting point is 00:22:28 stupidly went with it. Her parents tried to reach out to me asking what happened, we are very close, I've been radio silent. Luckily I can work remotely, I left my apartment yesterday with my laptop and found a nice place with good internet to still do my job. I feel lost, I don't know what I did, I don't know how to feel, I need advice and suggestions. Quick update, after I posted my boss sent me an urgent message asking if we could do a Zoom meeting, I accepted, when his picture came up there were two cops behind him. Apparently, someone, they wouldn't name, asked them to do a wellness check on me, they tried my apartment and no one was there, then my work, I was not there,
Starting point is 00:23:09 my boss knew I was actively working remotely and called me. I had to explain I was all right just had my phone off due to drama. I'm also supposed to go to her parents' house tonight. Update number two we did not have a meeting last night. I rescheduled it for tonight, Friday, life also has a way of kicking you when you are down. As I was going through my missed calls last night I got a voicemail saying that my ring would be ready to pick up today Friday. I also want to apologize for spelling and grammar mistakes. I have not been in my right mind the last few days. Thanks for all the feedback, I will probably update tomorrow or Sunday. Update, my 24M girlfriend 23F just broke up with me because of her work friends February 25th, 2023.
Starting point is 00:23:52 My long-time girlfriend just broke up with me because, of her coworkers, they thought I'm not good enough and out of her league. Thanks for the messages and comments, it has been an emotionally draining few days, on Friday I cleared all my voicemail and texts, I ended up with 60,000, Missed calls four from the police, 14 voicemails, and 417 text messages. I send a generalized message to those who reached out stating that I was okay and safe, as well as need time and space while I work out some personal issues. I picked up the ring since it was already paid for, then put it in the box I made for it. I did go to her parents' house. As soon as I pulled up Kate opened the door and ran out, she had been crying.
Starting point is 00:24:35 When he gave me a hug I accepted, but it wasn't how I usually hug. She then tried to kiss me. I moved my head and backed up. We went in and sat down. We sat for about ten minutes not saying anything. She started crying and said she was sorry. I just responded with okay. I asked her what she told everyone. She said the truth. I asked her why the cops were called to check on me, she explained. That she didn't call them. After our friends found out they tried reaching out, after none of them had heard for me in over 24 hours they decided to call in the wellness check, Kate used the word catatonic to describe me while slash after I walked away, I took a bunch of the questions you guys posted. I asked her why did she break up with me? She didn't give me a straight
Starting point is 00:25:17 answer. Something about people at work constantly talking bad about me, and playing on her insecurities, I asked her why. She kept letting that happen and not put a stop to it by setting clear boundaries. She said that she tried and it would work for a day but would go back the next. I asked if she saw value in me as a person or in our relationship, she said that she does in both, I asked why would she break up over something a random stranger said about me, she said she was sorry and it was a dumb mistake. Paraphrasing I asked how did they know about me or our relationship and how much did you slash they talked.
Starting point is 00:25:51 About me, the ladies at the salon overheard Kate talked to some of our friends or customers while she was working about me, things we did like dates, birthday parties, etc. her did she believe her co-workers were right. She said no. I then followed up with why. She said again she did not know. I asked her if there was someone else. She immediately said no. She has never cheated or been tempted to. She offered me her phone, which I declined. I then told her how I felt, sorry isn't enough. If she wants this relationship she needs to prove it to me, I didn't care that her co-workers kept talking about us. It's that you listened. It isn't what they said that hurts. It's the fact that you kept listening to it and repeated it back to me.
Starting point is 00:26:30 She didn't try hard enough to stop them. It makes me feel like she had to feel the same way to an extent, that is what hurt and damaged the relationship. That her insecurities are what broke my trust. I will now always think that this might happen. Again, she will run off at the next opportunity. She asked why I just talked away. I told her that at that moment,
Starting point is 00:26:50 just two sentences broke me and made me rethink my life up to that point in the future I was planning with us together. I was growing and making moves for that future. She started crying harder. I felt bad. The next thing I did I regret. I asked her if she knew I was going to propose soon. She said no. I pulled out and showed her the box. I made the box as well. It has two buttons. One that says yes and one that says no. It has lights that say, will you be my life partner? I set it on the table and pressed yes. The box opened and she started to cry even harder. The ring has both of our birthstones that formed the shape of a completed heart with small diamonds
Starting point is 00:27:27 surrounding it, laser engraved initials and date of our anniversary, I had it made so that it could be added onto a slash when we had kids. Her parents were there but were more just to make, sure things kept civil, her. Mom was crying and her dad looked pissed but nodded me, they both made comments about the ring slash box, I told her that the future I had planned was not going to happen anymore, we need to give each other space, at least three months of no communication, we need to take a step back and look at who we are and what we want moving forward. After that, we will see where we are at, but this is on my terms and timeline. I can't return the ring so I don't know what to do with it.
Starting point is 00:28:05 Might end up just giving it to her if things don't work out. After three months or longer, she said that most of our shared friends told her off and blocked her. Her parents are pissed and her little sister hasn't talked to her since the first night. I said I'm sorry but actions have consequences. I wished her the best. thanked her parents for all they have done for me and hugged them. I knocked on her little sister's door I have known her all of her life, thanked her as well, hugged her and left, I have four months left on my lease, I'm thinking of possibly moving when it expires, tonight I'm hanging out
Starting point is 00:28:37 with a good friend Mr. Johnny Walker, just for tonight, I will get my life going again tomorrow, I don't know if there will be another update or not. O.P. then did a quick sad update, I would have proposed tonight, February 28, 2023. Not sure if anyone will read this, but, if things didn't go down the way that they did, I would have asked her to be my wife tonight at midnight, our first date was on Leap Day, we would have been married on Leap Day of next year. Update, about two months ago my 24M long-term girlfriend, 24F, broke up with me because of her work friends.
Starting point is 00:29:13 Hello people of Reddit, this is a follow-up, I have had many people reach out and ask how I am and for an update. Thank you all for your love and support to the negative Nancy's. Sorry if your name is actually Nancy, I hope you stub your toe in the dark one night going to the bathroom. This may be my last update on my situation. I'm going to try to keep things in a timely order. After my last post, I tried getting my life back together. I had limited contact with my ex up until about a week ago, that jumping ahead though, indeed like I said I would do, I did some self-reflection, some therapy sessions, with my therapist who I have been with for a while, and hung out with friends to get me back going right, it was working, too, I got to the point where I wasn't always thinking about Kate all the time. I did feel down about things sometimes and but I was really getting. Myself back, I also threw myself into my work that my therapist said it was unhealthy, so, I cut back to a more normal schedule.
Starting point is 00:30:09 From what I learned about Kate during this time, she was also able to get into therapy, she quit her job and left in a way that burned all bridges to her ex-co-co-workers' Petty Island, she has a different job in a different field and is planning to go back to school in the spring, she would ask our shared friends, they did not just drop her and were there for her when she needed them, if they had seen me and how I was. They would usually just say doing well and living, I actually ran into her a. Few weeks after the breakup, and my heart skipped, she did not look like the woman I knew, she looked defeated and down, she was out with some of her other friends, and I could tell
Starting point is 00:30:46 she was faking the smile and laughter, she did not see me, it did make me sad to see it, I still have the ring, it is in a safe spot, the box I was able to modify and gave it to another friend to use, she said I should sell it, but I declined, so. Overall things were getting better, I was still going to hold firm on. The no contact, but life does not always happen, that way, several things prevented that, we ended up seeing each other face to face two times, one being her little sister's play for school, I had Pinky promised her I would be there and you can't break Pinky promises. The second was a mutual friend's birthday.
Starting point is 00:31:22 We kept out distance but did do some small talk and blended into the environment, but things changed for me and our situation about a week ago, I still don't have much memory of the day, but this is what my friends have told me. For about a month now, I've been getting migraines right behind my eye. It would make my vision blur, thinking it was nothing and was because of all the stress and events in my life. I ignored it. I was out with two of my friends walking around talking and shopping.
Starting point is 00:31:48 I wasn't feeling well but was still having a good time out. They said we were just walking along when I slowed down, wobbled, and almost face-planted my friend caught me. I then had a seizure for about a minute, someone called the medics, and I have was rushed to the hospital. Long story somewhat shorter, they ran a bunch of tests, and it turns out I have a brain tumor, I think it is called a glioma SP, that my docs believe they can get out. We are currently waiting for a second opinion, I'm still in. The hospital and should find out soon when the surgery will happen. My friends called everyone they could, including Kate and her
Starting point is 00:32:23 family, she showed up with her family, I missed them, she was the first person I thought about when I woke up and when I heard the news, we have talked very deeply over the past week, she is actually my one guest I'm allowed to have, she has passed out on the uncomfortable seat slash bed thing they have. I'm not sure what we are, I do still care about her and love. Her, the plan moving forward is when my lease is up, I'm not going renew it, her family has invited me to move in and take care of me if things go well, I have accepted their offer after much consideration, I won't be able to drive for a while, I'm honestly scared, but I'm I have a good support team behind me. My affairs are in order for the worst case. Thanks for
Starting point is 00:33:03 reading this far. I hope you all have an amazing day slash week slash month slash your slash life. Please do me a favor and tell the people in your life that you care about that you love them and give them a hug for me. You never know what life is going to throw at you. Mini update, I'm being moved to a better hospital that has the doctor they asked the second opinion of. He is one of the top-rated surgeons in the area. Surgery should be happening maybe Tuesday. Things have been rough. I had some side effects again from the brain slug. I'm going crazy slowly. I can't do anything without someone with me or helping me. I feel like this room is getting smaller. The only thing that has helped his friends coming by quickly or just checking in,
Starting point is 00:33:42 my boss has been cool. He has promised my job is going nowhere and is helping on his side of things with insurance slash disability. Kate's sister made me promise I would be okay. I'm afraid of breaking that promise. Thank you all again. A update was given by O.P.'s XGF. Kate, dash. O.P. is out of surgery and is stable. Hello, this is Kate.
Starting point is 00:34:03 I don't know if I'm doing this right, but O.P. is out of surgery. The surgeon thinks they got most, if not all of it out. It lasted a little over 8.5 hours from what they said there was. A little bit of complications. They got him back. He is stable, but in the ICU. you until they think he is doing things more on his own. Please give him your well wishes and prayers. I just want to add that I do love this man more than anything. I know I messed up. I was stupid
Starting point is 00:34:28 a few months back, but I will spend every day for the rest of my life trying to win him back or prove to him my love. I know to you all he is a stranger. But please keep him in your thoughts. His well-being is the most. Important thing right now, thanks.

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