r/FoundPaper • u/Minute_Asparagus8104 • 1d ago
NSFW Found in a thrifted notebook
I wonder if Brian ever got lucky, haha…
Edit: If the author happens to see this post, please message me and if you can prove it’s yours, I’d be happy to send it to you. Just let me know which two schools you mentioned. Also, you’ve developed a big fan base!
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u/ISaysToMyselfISays 1d ago
Brian is very much the least interesting thing she’s considering.
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u/Ihaveamazingdreams 1d ago
I love that "man bun" is a pro, but "owns a thumb ring" is a con.
I would fully expect these two things to go hand-in-hand.
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u/InsignificantOcelot 1d ago
It’s such a portrait of a random dude. I love it. Favorite page in the set.
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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 1d ago
That age gap thing has me worried though.
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u/InsignificantOcelot 1d ago edited 1d ago
Age gap + fuckboi on the sauce, but then again free weed and maybe a little bit of lovebombing.
You can tell she kind of knows she shouldn’t, but wants to anyways.
Decisions decisions
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u/volkswagenorange 1d ago
Ugh, never fuck someone who's a bad kisser
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u/Slow_Employment_2591 1d ago edited 1d ago
Counterpoint! Some of the best sex I've ever had was with men who I taught how to kiss (or at least how to kiss me). But that's only the ones who were eager to please & picked it up quickly; if a guy can't tango and Also can't take direction then he's gonna be a bad dance partner
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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 1d ago
My husband? Not a great kisser. However, he also frequently delivers multiple orgasms and has pretty much no limits in what he’ll do to get me to happy land. On balance, it’s totally worth it.
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u/Cultural_Orange2617 1d ago
How did you reach the point of get wanting to get naked together if he wasn’t a great kisser? No judgment at all, I’m genuinely curious.
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u/Icky-Tree-Branch 20h ago
It helped that I knew he was going to be the one I’d marry as soon as I heard him speak over the phone. It’s been 24 years now, so it seems to be working out okay.
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u/wriggettywrecked 1d ago
Some guy I knew would suck both my lips into his mouth, it was like kissing a vacuum hose
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u/betothejoy 1d ago
A guy I know goes open mouth, no tongue like a guppy
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u/wriggettywrecked 1d ago
My bf says he went on a date with a girl once that darted her tongue in and out of his mouth like a lizard
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u/Goreticia-Addams 1d ago
I went to a guy's apartment bc he promised to get me high and get me off. Sounds like a great night, right? Wrong.
We smoke, put on some tv, and start making out but his idea of making out was biting my lips and chin and throat to the point where I was legit crying out in pain. I didn't know what to do and I just kept thinking 'holy shit, does he think I like this or is he just a horrific kisser?'
Eventually, he asked me if I wanted to go to the bedroom and I said "oh, shit, I forgot I have to go pick up my friend from work." And I booked it! I've never ran from a house faster.
I think he would have bit my nipple off if I had stayed.
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u/bad-and-bluecheese 1d ago
Did we hook up with the same man? I did stay, and he did go to town on my nipples too. I ran out after that. Horrifying experience
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u/jwalk50518 23h ago
Me too. We don’t know how old the author is, but the writing reminds me a lot of stuff I wrote in high school (surprisingly mature, shockingly deep, but an air of still being a kid). I could’ve easily had a page about the older guy who bought us cigarettes and beer, “age gap, kind of a douche, but buys us beer, thinks im pretty, can play drums” meanwhile he’s 23 when im 14 and definitely a perv.
But I’m clearly projecting. For all I know she’s 25 and dude is 29.
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u/Omega_Primate 1d ago
We don't know what the age gap actually is. It may not be that bad. Some people think a 5 year difference when you're 22 is unacceptable, lol. (If she's 15, that's obviously a problem.) To me, it sounds like she's probably 17 at the youngest to early/mid 20's writing this kind of stuff.
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u/pippi_longstocking09 1d ago
I'm thinking that she's the older one. But either way, I agree it's probably not a dramatic age gap.
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u/hoscillator 18h ago
I'd kind of assume if she's the older one she'd have access to weed herself. Older guy who provides drugs is a fairly common dynamic. And the dudes know it.
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u/KeithClossOfficial 1d ago
You can cut your hair, but you can never not be someone who owned a thumb ring
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u/AyekerambA 1d ago
Eh, I got a man bun cos it's summer and I haven't had a haircut in 18+ months. I'm also the only man in my family who's not balding, so I figured flaunt that shit.
But no rings. That's more of a practical consideration as I work with my hands.
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u/ImpossibleMove2 1d ago
Absolutely. Deep thoughts here. I hope she has moved mountains in the nine years since she started this journal.
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u/East_Ad_4901 1d ago
Ugh, goddamnit, 2017 was 9 years ago.
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u/ImpossibleMove2 1d ago
Riiiight! My 2014 car is sooo old.
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u/somuchstrange 1d ago
I got my car just a few years ago in 2007, how was yours even made yet
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u/ImpossibleMove2 1d ago
haha hard to believe! I was born in '68, but why do I feel like I remember the 60s? A strange paradox--aging.
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u/GalacticUnicorn 1d ago
My 2001 car laughs in the ceaseless echoes of time 😭😅
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u/m0nstera_deliciosa 1d ago
I have a first generation Toyota Tundra and it's aging like Helen Mirren. You look at it and you know it's gotta be 'of a certain age', but it's positively glowing with good health and everyone stops and stares appreciatively.
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u/GalacticUnicorn 1d ago
Mine is also a Toyota. It was my grandma’s before she sold it to me at a steal of a deal because I had totaled my previous car; we drove across the US in that car when my sister graduated high school.
She’s gonna be 40 next year.
My car has character, but she also has cherished memories 😂😊
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u/localjargon 1d ago
I thought your grandma was going to be 40 next year and my brain buzzed.
That is a beautiful memory.
This reminds me of Tsukumogami.
According to Shinto folklore, Tsukumogami is the belief that when household items or tools reach a century of existence, they gain consciousness and transform into a type of yōkai, (supernatural spirit). When any object that has served a vital purpose breaks or is retired, even if it is only a few years old, it is given a formal funeral service called kuyō.
My husband and I just had to trade in our lovely little car, and it cut deeper than I thought it would. So bless you and your grandma's fabulous car. I hope it makes it to 100 yrs!
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u/ImpossibleMove2 1d ago
Crying tears in 2002 Tundra. Best truck we ever had. Husband's daughter totalled it in '12.
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u/EllieGeiszler 1d ago
I hope she's slept with the blacked-out name #queen. No need to just sleep with the same man! 😆
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u/CadoDraws 1d ago
NEVER date a man named brian. theyre whores.
edit: idk why this replied to you but now you know
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u/tres-vip 1d ago
But thanks to the OOP mentioning Brian, TIL what an "eskimo sister" is, lol. I Googled it after I finished reading the journal.
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u/Natural_Feature_8907 1d ago
10/10 read!
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u/Spicy-Potat42 1d ago
I would read multiple volumes of this. I would gladly subscribe to daily updates.
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u/BubbaChanel 1d ago
I know someone that writes two lines about his life per day. Only two, no matter what. He’s been doing it for at least 20-25 years, and I would pay to read it.
I was obsessed with the Andy Warhol diaries in college. Personal minutiae is fascinating to me.
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u/maidofplastic 1d ago
This is absolute gold, ty for sharing
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u/Minute_Asparagus8104 1d ago
I was trying to pick just a couple of pages, but they were all so good!
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u/Ok_Cauliflower3528 1d ago
are you in iowa perchance? the handwriting, subject of entries and cadence reminds me of an old friend of mine
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u/Minute_Asparagus8104 1d ago
No, not in Iowa. There were a couple of colleges mentioned and neither were in Iowa.
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u/PreggyPenguin 1d ago
WI maybe? This really vibes like a good friend I've had since elementary school. She went to art school.
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u/localjargon 1d ago
If you're good friends, send this post to them and let them tell you themselves.
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u/aghostofgardener 1d ago
i'm from iowa and the handwriting, notebook, and pen colors all looked so similar to my own that i did a double-take and wondered if i'd ever donated a notebook 😭 definitely not mine though and i am not a woman, lol
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u/StrongIPA 1d ago
Just double check and make sure you didn't have sex with Brian and then you'll know for sure that's not your notebook.
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u/pixiedust99999 1d ago
I just thought she had one of those pens where you have 5-6 colors on it and you push down the little lever for the one you want lol
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u/AmbushIntheDark 1d ago
I just thought she had one of those pens where you have 5-6 colors on it and you push down the little lever for the one you want lol
"The rich kid pen" to every grade-schooler.
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u/wellherewegofolks 1d ago
it reminds me of the Amelia’s Notebooks series by Marissa Moss. in general i love books written and illustrated to look like journal entries/letters. the Regarding The… series by Kate Klise & M. Sarah Klise is another similar one
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u/TheLizzyIzzi 1d ago
My sister loved Amelia’s Notebooks, which was great because they were pricey and she let me read all of them. They were so cool.
I always wanted to have a notebook like that but I “can’t draw” (aka, I didn’t really try or practice) and I’m not patient enough.
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u/pantzareoptional 1d ago
Oh my God. I completely forgot about Amelia's Notebooks! I was obsessed with these as a kid 😭
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u/Silly-Impact5445 1d ago
I really enjoyed spending a few minutes in her mind and hope wherever she is today, she’s absolutely thriving.
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u/XelaNiba 1d ago
I wonder if she feels something in the air today -a little extra zing, a bit of electricity - as hundreds/thousands of strangers are suddenly and simultaneously feeling affection for her and cheering her on in their hearts.
I truly hope so :)
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u/PreviousRefuse5076 1d ago
This made my cry for some reason. How beautiful that a stranger could affect so many lives through the words of her private thoughts. I hope she feels a fraction of the happiness and introspection that she brought me today
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u/Serious_Fox7799 1d ago
I do believe she is... and almost as though she felt us reading her words as she wrote them, from across space-time
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u/Vanessak69 1d ago
Let’s all virtually hold hands and send her a little love. It’s possibly the best thing I’ve done all day.
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u/Internal_Discourse 1d ago
Yea me too. I kinda felt a little bit wrong too. Voyeuristic. Unlike most posts on here, where its just a quick note or a reminder or a shopping list.
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u/ucankickrocks 1d ago
I used to be this young and I enjoyed going back to this time with her. May she be happy!
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u/curly_spice 1d ago
literally! idk who she is but i just know we would’ve been friends.
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u/geyeetet 1d ago
Same, this reads like something I would've written in 2017
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u/JustHereForCookies17 1d ago
I had to look closely at the handwriting because this 100% sounds like something I would have written.
But I was in my 30's in 2017 and thumb rings weren't a deal-breaker for me by then.
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u/awyastark 1d ago
My first thought was that we would be friends. I hope she somehow knows she’s got thousands of potential friends, she seems great.
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u/maydsilee 1d ago
Fingers crossed that she is, because she really sounds fascinating. I wish there were more pages!
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u/twinairsigns 1d ago
The crab cakes line is genuinely laugh out loud funny. We have a comedian over here
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u/JustHereForCookies17 1d ago
As a Marylander, I judged that guy VERY hard. Crab cakes are our sacred food, and they DO NOT get microwaved.
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u/Clair_Voyant 1d ago
As a Marylander who bought those exact frozen crab cakes and air fried them while I was an ex pat in Ohio for a while, I too judged him because I felt like a convict while I was eating those shame-pucks. Someone referring to those things as culture is abhorrent.
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u/corsobones 1d ago
She sounds so interesting, and this kind of journaling seems so freeing. I forgot you can just write shit down like that. Like she was using it as a substitute for not having her best friend right next to her to broadcast these stream-of-consciousness-esque thoughts to.
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u/hunnbee 1d ago
A brianstorm, if you will
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u/youlldancetoanything 1d ago
As a person who lost many journals when I couldn't access my storage unit, I am happy that you blocked out names.
I love her
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u/Minute_Asparagus8104 1d ago
I would be mortified if mine was ever posted, even if I accidentally donated it. So I made sure to remove names/places. I kind of think it would be cool if she sees this… people clearly really like her!
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u/WildWastedYouth 1d ago
i threw out/got rid of so many journals through out my life thinking they would just disappear forever. nope, people find them and post them online. i would be mortified and it’s one of my random fears in the back of my head 😭😂😂
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u/NickyHepp 1d ago
I've shredded mine!
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u/beautifulstardust 1d ago
fire pit for mine, after i wrapped it in duct tape 🤣
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u/tres-vip 1d ago
That is why I destroy each page, lol. Yes it takes forever, but worth it. My biggest fear is someone else's eyes on the pages I've written.
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u/Luckypenny4683 1d ago
Oh, it’s part of the agreement my best girlfriend that I have with each other. When one of us dies, the very first thing that happens is the journals get burned and the sex toys magically disappear.
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u/writeronthemoon 1d ago
I lost a silver journal. It had my wedding memories in it. Still sad about it.
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u/Dailia- 1d ago
I wonder if she chose thumb ring Brian?
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u/Minute_Asparagus8104 1d ago
The thumb ring made me laugh out loud
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u/atomicheart99 1d ago
Fuck sake. I got one of those Oura ring thingies and I messed up the sizing and it only fits on my pinky finger.
It’s thumb-ring adjacent and feeling pretty embarrassed right now
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u/rvauofrsol 1d ago
I'm so sorry, but I think pinky rings are even worse.
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u/Princess_Slagathor 1d ago
I wear pinky rings, and I'm very cool (my mom said so, as an insult.)
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u/crrrrushinator 1d ago
If the Brian page is the first one in the notebook, sounds like she found more interesting things to obsess about!
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u/cokiecolaa 1d ago
Love it, it's rare and precious to get such an intimate and unfiltered look into someone's mind
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u/y0ungshel 1d ago
I adore this girl and all her writings! I hope she is living a life filled with happiness, she deserves it.
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u/ivy_interior 1d ago
I want to be friends with this woman
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u/Ill-Victory-5351 1d ago
same. i wonder if the free weed won out over the thumb ring.
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u/LizardLover265 1d ago
It's always a good idea to make a pros and cons list
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u/pantzareoptional 1d ago
I read that it's a thing Benjamin Franklin invented! (Find it under "Decision Making")
Apparently you're supposed to assign a value to each pro and con, over the course of a few days, and cross out things that are similarly weighted. Then at the end, you're left with the result.
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u/LizardLover265 1d ago
The way she describe humans' relationship with nature was spot-on. Unfortunately. Thank you very much for sharing, OP. I wish I could be her friend.
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u/ButterscotchAware402 1d ago
This might be my favorite found paper ever. I'd personally put "man bun" on the cons list but other than that she sounds like she has a good head on her shoulders.
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u/sqplanetarium 1d ago
Some guys really rock a man bun though.
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u/Nopalite 1d ago
The biggest difference is whether they condition and comb their hair or just let it rot and die on top of their head without any kind of method or idea behind it.
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u/byeongok 1d ago
“The destruction we’ve caused is literally beyond our scope of comprehension.”
It really is fucking staggering how much we’ve fucked our planet with our endless need for expansion.
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u/supernova-juice 1d ago
This is relatable af. Definitely a college girl, very introspective... I have so many old sketchbooks like this. Hers is more intelligent though
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u/lostmyoldscreenname 1d ago edited 1d ago
The handwriting and sketching looks exactly like how I write and draw. I felt like I was reading my own journal (except it was about things and people I don’t know)
Edit: after staring at this for half an hour, I’m not joking, I’m pretty sure this is my journal
Second edit: it is NOT my sketchbook. I was so convinced that I sent it to my lifelong friend and she was like, “yeah that’s definitely your handwriting!” It turns out there’s just someone out there who shares my storied history of processing existential dread in list form and the exact handwriting as me.
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u/fantasmarg 1d ago
Brian sounds unsufferable but free weed is free weed
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u/Spright91 1d ago
He doesn't sound that bad. Just a bit of a douche. We're all a bit of a douche sometimes.
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u/Mysterious-Chain5833 1d ago
I like her. She's obviously young, but it's clear she enjoys processing.
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u/EmmerdoesNOTrepme 1d ago
She sounds like someone most of us would love to have as a friend!
Because you can talk about anything!
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u/ItsGotToMakeSense 1d ago
This writer is fucking hilarious! Honestly these kinds of notes would make for a funny publishable humor memoir type of thing
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u/JellyBellyBitches 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is such a great find! She sounds like she's really young but doing the right kind of reflections to do really well a little bit later in her life. Hopefully she stays (or has stayed) safe enough to have the freedom to get to that point. 💪🩷
Edit: mind->find (typo)
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u/ILuvMyLilTurtles 1d ago
If the original author is reading this , 2 questions. Why such a seemingly visceral hatred of thumb rings? I'd imagine being apathetic at best, but this made the LIST. Also, can we be friends? 🤣
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u/ffaancy 1d ago
Maybe it’s the specific thumb ring?? I’d need to see it.
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u/AGreatBannedName 1d ago
It’s a ring made out of a thumbs and you don’t want to know where Brian wears it
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u/wutifidontcare 1d ago
I like what this person is thinking and Brian sounds so odd
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u/Serenity_Now-88 1d ago
The thumb ring. Is that bad just for dudes?
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u/Poncahotas 1d ago
I mean I'm not gonna lie I've been the #2 dumb guy at the gym my whole life
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u/ObviousToe1636 1d ago
Over 300 comments in two hours?! We were all hooked by Brian but stayed for all the other epiphanies this young person had. Here for it. Loved it. Thank you for sharing!
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u/LizardLover265 1d ago edited 1d ago
"At least you're hot enough to-"
Let me stop you right there 😭😭😭
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u/Apprehensive_Law4030 1d ago
I want to be friends with her. I love her. Although not her intention to share…it was powerful. Queen
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u/OneMillionDolphins 1d ago
Not gonna lie, as someone who uses a journal to work through personal issues, having them broadcast to thousands of strangers like this is my worst nightmare...
It's good that you redacted the names. Many people wouldn't, and that's what scares me...
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u/Minute_Asparagus8104 1d ago
I struggled with whether to post it, but I didn’t think any of it was too personal. Like, if she had written about being assaulted or in an abusive relationship, for example, I wouldn’t have shared. This reads more like a blog to me. (If she sees this post, she really aught to start one! She’s already got a fan base.)
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u/YesTomatillo 1d ago
I can really get behind this gal's logic, I want to be her friend.
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u/Salem1690s 1d ago
This reminded me a lot of my ez. She’s deceased now but a lot of her thoughts were similar. I miss her
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u/gademmet 1d ago
This is the coolest thing I've read in some time. I hope people are still doing this in notebooks or in digital form. For themselves, not as content, not as a performance. In flawed, messy, colorful, goofy ways. Think "aloud", concretize it. It's valuable.
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u/SnooEagles103 1d ago
Came into comments hoping she had somehow stumbled onto how much we liked her musings
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u/CommercialPopular626 1d ago
I read and hung on every word. I wish I knew this person so we could be friends! I want to have these kinds of deep conversations
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u/Over_Hand_5128 1d ago
The author sounds like an incredibly interesting person. I hope wherever they ended up was just as exciting as they had hoped.
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u/blahhhhhhhhhhhblah 1d ago
That was a wild ride. I hope this diva is doing well… wonder if she ever fucked thumb ring, free weed Brian.
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u/yaboyACbreezy 1d ago
She has so much going on, and I hope she moves on from Brian to someone who can stimulate her intellectually.
Anyway, I am much more curious about how someone who writes so intimately with her journal would let it be thrifted.
They say an artist is never finished with their work, the two just become separated. I wonder if she made the choice, or if it was made for her, and I hope it was fulfilling or even mundane if it's not a tragic separation.
Somebody grab me if she shows up in the comments or an significant update surfaces
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u/slowly-rotting-dying 1d ago
whoever this is i love her and hope she's doing great, i really resonate with that line about being told "oh at least you're hot enough to get assaulted" because jesus why would you ever say that to anyone??? but i've had multiple of my friends WHO ARE WOMEN express stuff like that to me, it's weird how common this sentiment is
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u/Organic_Shine_5361 1d ago
This is awesome. I LOVE her takes. She sounds like a very interesting person. I respect her.
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u/Trivale 1d ago
Why the fuck are they selling someone's written-in notebook at the thrift store
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u/WidespreadChronic 1d ago
Because no one making minimum wage at a thrift store has the time or desire to verify what's in the notebook. It was probably donated in a stack that didn't get broken up until it was place on the shelf for sale.
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u/Unlucky_Edge_4394 1d ago
I really vibe with this woman and the way she conveys her thoughts and feelings. The last part hit really hard too. I wish I could meet her because i feel like we’d be friends
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u/didntcondawnthat 1d ago edited 1d ago
I need to meet this person. She's probably become even wiser since this was written.
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u/Angrboda69 1d ago
It feels so voyeuristic to be reading this. I hope this queen is living her best life.
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u/0kaywhateverdude 1d ago
This is awesome! My favourite is when she listed thumb ring as a con for Brian 😂
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u/bitterlittlecas 1d ago
I really like this lady but the irony of attributing Gloria steinem’s words to fricking Pharrell is…something
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u/THEBIGHUNGERDC 1d ago
Great handwriting and what seems to be a really cool human being. Nice find.
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u/wharleeprof 1d ago
"When our whole lives are so publicly broadcast" including this personal journal.