I had two threads a ways back that were about my fear of flying and the process of overcoming that fear based on getting to fly in a bi-plane. A lot of incredible Dopers contributed tons to those two threads and were very helpful to me.
Happy to report that, three years later, I’ve been flying willingly and comfortably ever since. I still have plans to get a tattoo someday (pending finding a design I like) commemorating the accomplishment of getting over that fear.
My turn. Bringing together a chain of threads…
Which in turn prompted Why is “if things work out between us” so insulting to women?
And later I started Things seem to be working out.
In the latest chapter, things have worked out!
Pixilated and I were married May 23rd in a small ceremony in the country behind my brother’s house.
Everyone is comfortably settled in, Pixilated, her daughter, and now three cats.
Way to turn a perfectly polite request for consideration into an edict.
Yeah, it’ll mean China now, instead. 
Wait. You mean you * went to the country* to get married?!?? AAAACK!
Sorry couldn’t resist.
Congrats, Pixilated and Projammer! Great news about your daughter, Purple Haze!
And in other news, Date #4 with the unforgettable Z. went very well. 
I’m not giving up my Japanese lessons because of this, though.
I’m back in Americorps, about to head out to Texas tomorrow. I’m now 24 and currently trying to find a job for when I graduate in November.
I discovered that I have some kind of thyroid disorder, for which my doctor prescribed Synthroid. I may or may not be able to join the Air Force Reserves. I did take the Louisiana State Police Exam and got a letter yesterday informing me that I had passed!
I was dating a guy in New Orleans, but he called me the other day and told me he’s not cool with the whole long distance thing. We’ve agreed to being friends until we work out what we want. I adore him but I want a man who’ll wait 3 months for me to finish Americorps.
I never did get bangs. I decided instead to let my hair grow. Dating the new guy did wonders for my self-esteem.
Congratulations on passing the exam, Mississippienne!
Funny how that works…
Congratulations! My mother’s diagnoses include IBS and diabetes and she’ll do things like take “advantage” of a hotel’s breakfast buffet to have this:
a slice of melon,
two slices of watermelon,
a slice of cheesecake,
a slice of almond pie,
a slice of the other kind of cheesecake,
and one of chocolate cake (apparently the chocolate cake was giving her puppy looks),
a croissant,
a “palmera” (another kind of pastry),
a buttered sweetbun or two,
two palm-sized pumpkin pastries,
about 200 grams (combined) of chorizo, salami and spanish dry ham,
two cups of milk with a dash of coffee
and her six morning pills.
Many days, that’s followed by up to twelve tummy-trouble pills. I’m convinced her liver and kidneys must be cast steel, as they’re both fine after decades of that kind of treatment. Me, I get barfy from oversweetness from just one of those pastries.
You’re SO much better off now, and I’m so glad for you!
Sorry. In the original thread I indicated that most of the cities in my area have a breed ban. That means the pretty much only place that Deja* could go was to a place in the country. On the other hand, you made me go rifling through my emails looking for a newer picture of her. 
*New owners picked the name; it’s kind of cute but I’m not sure it fits.
I continued meeting people on EHarmony, but would only get together with one guy in person. One day a friend of mine called to tell me that a mutual friend of ours (we are all in Alcoholics Anonymous together) I had a huge crush on, was interested in me. We went out for coffee a few days later where we both confesed we had a thing for eachother for awhile, but didn’t think the other person was interested. We have been having a truly lovely time with eachother ever since, and I feel very lucky and honored to call him “boyfriend”
When I first joined the Dope I started a thread about my brother marrying a she-devil and asked for advice on how to stop it from happening. Thankfully, he realized what an idiot he was being and ended all contact with her. He’s still pretty emotionally messed up from what she put him through, and I have my doubts that he’ll ever enter into a fulfilling, adult relationship…but at least he isn’t with her.
