CA workers w/ #ChosenFamily deserve #PaidFamilyLeave! Email @NancySkinnerCA to please support #AB518!

Via @equalrightsadv:

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It's been a good weekend, a good holiday. I am glad that I got to spend some time with my husband and the boy. I was a bit nervous because this was the first time that they were going to meet but fortunately they hit it off really well. I was privileged to see them cuddling and some making out last night which warmed my heart. I got to give them both massages last night which was really nice. My biggest sadness right now is the weekend is over. #chosenfamily #gaybear #polyamory #polyamorous

It was a beautiful day yesterday with new and old friends and around the small fire pit. Did get to charcoal bbq some sausages and brats and chicken. Got a little sun today too. Strange to think it was a Sunday because it felt like a Saturday. Brings many memories of doing things with chosen family I miss very much in the Midwest. I'm glad I got to share the day with my husband. #gayfamily #holidaystogether #bbq #firepit #chosenfamily #marriedlife

July's #bookofthemonth is The Art of Forgiving, second book in the Picture of Love Series.
The Art of Forgiving eBook is 99¢ for the whole month on Amazon only. It is all about #WHUMP and #learningtolove on a whole new level, especially with a #grovelingheroine and #chosenfamily
#ContemporaryRomance #darkromancereads #mcsover30 #mentalhealthawareness #AmazonSale
**trigger warnings
#SuicidalIdeation #PassiveSuicidalIdeation #PTSD #language #HospitalScenes #Addiction #Kidnap #RehabScenes

Note to self: dog walks while wearing the Birks = cute supportive footwear but not built for speed or keeping up with a fast, strong dog. #BensonUpdate

Also, when your bestie needs to see you tonight because her mother is dying, you drop everything and make yourself available.

#ChosenFamily
#Relationships

A recent article in The Atlantic suggested that we'd all be happier if we lived near our friends. Culture writer Anne Helen Petersen agrees, and wonders what is keeping us from doing that. Her question: What would you have to change for you to move closer to the people who nourish, support you and make your lives better and easier?

https://annehelen.substack.com/p/youd-be-happier-living-closer-to

#Friendship #ChosenFamily #Lifestyle

Only 99¢!
The Art of Loving- a #slowburnbooks #grumpysunshine #mcsover30 #chosenfamily #ForcedProximity #fakedatingtrope w/ a #grovelinghero #learningtolove
What more can you ask for?
#bookofthemonth #ContemporaryRomance #contemporaryromanceseries #contemporaryromancereads #darkromancereads
TW: PTSD, suicide discussion; SA discussion; hospital scenes; language
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Loving-Green-Brother-Picture-ebook/dp/B00XB5UKBA

I don't know how long I (Hare) have existed, but I think I've been around for a while, almost as long as the body considering how early our abuse began and my particular position back then.

Not going to go into details, maybe I can heal a bit if we're ever able to find a qualified therapist specialized in csa, eating disorders, cult survivors, CPTSD, plurality/DID, and non-binary trans clients... But Idk.

First we need to escape homelessness.

Always having to escape, always being in fight or flight mode, ALWAYS being scared for our safety has absolutely DESTROYED my partner, myself, and my headmates.

We have nothing left to us anymore.

My system (the Chasms) met our partner system (the Cascades) over 6 years ago, and we've been homeless/unhoused the majority of that time.

A friend was going to help us with housing recently, but she ended up causing us more trauma, quitting her job, then leaving us worse off than before she shoved her way into our extremely fragile space. 😤

So now we continue to fight being evicted from the inn while trying to pay down our enormous balance since falling behind on payments.

#DID #CPTSD #EscapingAbuse #Homelessness #Unhoused #Inn #Poverty #EvictionRisk #Nonbinary #QueerCouple #ChosenFamily #ChronicallyIll #Disabled #Cats

Spending the weekend with the beta while hubby is at the coast with his bf. #polyamory is an amazing way to build a family #chosenfamily

Some people bond in war. Some over shared trauma. Some bond in Transition.

Some bond in shared music... and some bond in the shared experience of the World Inside the Crystal.

Lyrics and OG recording here:
https://steve.savitzky.net/Songs/world/

Gorgeous cover version from people one of whom is chosen-family, which I got to hear live today:

https://capplor.bandcamp.com/track/world-inside-the-crystal-2

#music #filk #NowPlaying #ChosenFamily

Some hashtags related to me and my family, so you can know a bit about us if you want to help us 💖

#Anarchy #Anarchist #Unhoused #Homeless #CPTSD #Disabled #CultSurvivors #Pagan #Witch #EnergyWork #Queer #Trans #NonBinary #ChosenFamily #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #QueerCouple #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #LongCovid #ChronicallyIll #ChronicPain #Cfs #MutualAid #Crowdfunding #Spoonies #EDRecovery #DID #OSDD #Plural #PluralGang #PolyfragmentedDID #Amnesia​

The May #BookOfTheMonth isn't 1 book but 3!
This month you can get the whole Crazy Mountain Series for less than $5
#hurtcomfort
#chosenfamily
#slowburn
#cowboyromance
#mentalhealth
#ranchromance
#ForcedProximity
#workplaceromance
#rolereversal
#grovelinghero
#surprisebabyromance
#darkromancereads
#contemporaryromance

Trigger Warnings:
PTSD
SA (off page) discussion
attempted SA
gun violence
hostage situation
hospital scenes
suicidal ideation discussion
language
amazon.com/author/shpratt/

If we can't cover rent and get an eviction notice again today, it will be the third one this year since we've been falling so far behind on payments and our balance here at the inn was $1730 as of yesterday.

If we lose shelter, we have nowhere to go, and the shelter's in this entire (large) area can't take cats except for TNR's because they're all so overrun already. 😰

Our cats are all exclusively indoor cats...

We won't make it out there again, we are both too traumatized and ill. Neither of us have family, our few local friends can't help us anymore than they already have been, and we haven't been able to get any benefits from the state or government (who's surprised).

We are both obviously queer, autistic, severely agoraphobic, and terrified that we won't be able to raise the $500 we need TODAY in order to avoid eviction Again.

Have officially been awake for over 24 hours as of like 3 hours ago, crowdfunding non-stop with almost no results.

I'm fucking scared for our lives 😭

#INeedRentRelief #Comrades #Eviction #EvictionRisk #Shelter #Housing #Trauma #CPTSD #CultSurvivors #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #ChosenFamily #QueerCouple #CatsAreFamily #Cats #Kitties #CatsOfMastodon #Homeless #Unhoused #Inn #Debt

Polyamorists, please help! What’s a good term for the child of your poly partner who is not your child, but for whom you play an important grownup role? Constantly saying “my girlfriend’s daughter” or “my partner’s son by another marriage” isn’t working!

I think the right term is “meta-nephew” or “meta-niece”, with the adult being a “meta-uncle” or “meta-aunt”. Does anyone have some better words? Maybe less gendered words?

#polyamoryproblems #polyamoy #nonmonogamy #wordsmith #chosenfamily

Planting Life in a Dying City (S3: Kolchais, E5)

For the rest of the day, they spoke quietly and checked on the Spinner often. Ey was unchanged when they gathered for dinner. Paiokp, always caring-one, left a bowl by the Spinner, but ey didn't seem to notice.

They were still eating when there was a knock from the gate. Lefeng got up to answer it. As ey walked to the gate, Kolchais saw em checking the grip of eir long knife.

https://jessmahler.com/planting-life-in-a-dying-city-s3-kolchais-e5-early-access/

#ChosenFamily #Fantasy #FreeFic #serial

May #bookofthemonth isn't ONE book, it's a SERIES of books!
The Crazy Mountain Series is less than $5!
This Crazy Love is 99¢, This Crazy Heart is 99¢ & This Crazy Life is $2.99.
#darkromance series as a whole is #chosenfamily #slowburn #hurtcomfort #cowboyromance #smalltown
This Crazy Love adds #ForcedProximity #workplaceromance
This Crazy Heart adds #rolereversal #grovelinghero
This Crazy Life adds #surprisechild
TW: PTSD, SA off page & discussion, GV, kidnap, hostage, attempted SA, language

InterPride's 40th Anniversary Global Gala is TOMORROW NIGHT!

THANK YOU for your support of our #ChosenFamily around the globe.

We've been planning a fun and inspirting night for you and can't wait until we all get together.

Please check out the DIGITAL PROGRAM BOOK by visiting https://interpride.net/program

#interpride #pride #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaplus #gala #interpridegala #gala2023 #interpridegala2023 #avalon #avalonhollywood #hollywood #losangeles #losangelescalifornia #california

InterPride's 40th Anniversary Global Gala is TOMORROW NIGHT!

THANK YOU for your support of our #ChosenFamily around the globe.

We've been planning a fun and inspirting night for you and can't wait until we all get together.

Please check out the DIGITAL PROGRAM BOOK by visiting https://interpride.net/program

#interpride #pride #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqiaplus #gala #interpridegala #gala2023 #interpridegala2023 #avalon #avalonhollywood #hollywood #losangeles #losangelescalifornia #california

We hope you’ll support our #ChosenFamily and join us for InterPride's 40th Anniversary Global Gala, Saturday, April 29, 2023.

Hosted by Jai Rodriguez, the event will honor Joel Kim Booster, Fran Drescher, Laith Ashley and Pride 365. UK DJ Nica Ricci will spin and Mortasay will provide live entertainment in the Pride Lounge.

Buy tickets at http://interpride.net/gala

#GRATITUESDAY for little weekend getaways with a lot of heart.

What are you #grateful for today?

#GratitudeJournal
#Gratitude #GratitudeTuesday #GratitudeDay #RecoveryPosse #OneDayAtATime #ODAAT #Wellbeing #Highway1 #CaliforniaCoast #ChosenFamily #GlutenFree #Empanadas #BoardGames #Othello #Dachshund