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(A single-picture post featuring a picturesque plate of food: the white ceramic plate holds a perfectly-cut bacon-and-avocado cheeseburger, with a dainty pile of sweet potato fries and a side of a mysterious orange-tinted dipping sauce in a small metal drum. The burger has one bite taken out.

The entire plate is cast into a slight shadow. Looking closely, because of the angle, it's easy to see that the plate itself is shadowed by a rounded shoulder. Above the plate, on the wood-grain table, the rest of the shadow continues and is obviously a shadow of two people sitting very closely together.

The shadows are caught mid-kiss. The shadow with the familiar feminine side profile has turned toward the second taller and wider shadow, the clear outline of a kiss being placed on a cheek.)

Posted 1 hour ago

byanyothername I'm told that California girls are unforgettable - and that we really do love our avocados.

#getthedish #comfortfood #seetheshadow #callforthecheck

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Ty-Liar who are you KisSInG?!

aliceseesyou oh, I know that place! They make a mean Southern veggie, too.

savethebees Katy Perry should be honored you referenced her song! Also! WHO IS THAT?

VeraNotWang You never could just make an announcement like a normal person lol

thelittlecygnet Tell Emmett I said hi if he hasn't died of happiness yet!

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A/N: Update 3 of 4 and Rose & Emmett are now a *thing*. Emmett is definitely over the moon, and Rose is smug as hell to have locked down a decent dude who is more than DTF (down to fuck). High-fives all around.

As to the recent news, I can only say that I'm not exactly shocked. I don't even really care. The only reason I'm following this bit of news is to see how things are going to shake out so we can recalibrate and plan as necessary. My attention is mostly focused on what the Senate is doing with the Supreme Court nomination. Who cares about Trump having COVID-19? It's about the Supreme Court for me. Keep an eye on the news.

That said, from a psychological health perspective, if your first instinct was to feel happiness or relief about this news, this does not make you a bad person. You can still be a compassionate human being and not have sympathy for your abuser - which this man has been, for many of us. You don't owe anyone empathy for any reason, particularly those who terrorize you and make you feel fear. To think that you need to be sympathetic to a situation of his own making is to fall into the trap of compassion for those who exhibit toxic behavior - who in fact bank on your human compassion to continue their behavioral malpractice. If it's better for your mental health to reserve your compassion and sympathy for those who can return it, then take this as my self-care advice for the day: you can feel what you feel and be perfectly valid in feeling it without any guilt, because you, like the rest of us, are trying to escape a toxic situation. You wouldn't ask a victim to pray for their abuser, would you? You don't owe him or any of them your sympathy if you genuinely don't want to give it. That doesn't make you a bad person - it just makes you human. Honor your survival instincts, because they can manifest emotionally as a way of self-protection. And nobody should ever feel bad about wanting to survive.

~Rae