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50+ Music<p>"Promises, Promises" is a song by British <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/newWave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newWave</span></a> band <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NakedEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NakedEyes</span></a>, released in 1983 as the second single from their debut album <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a>. The single went on to become a top-20 hit in the U.S. in October 1983, peaking at number 11 on the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Billboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billboard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hot100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hot100</span></a> singles chart, albeit after it was re-recorded with some lyrics different from <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/theOriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theOriginal</span></a> UK single. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYtBF1OVciU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=YYtBF1OVciU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Brian Jopek<p>You know you’re a veteran when. <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MusicOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MusicOfMastodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MoviesOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoviesOfMastodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Kilroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kilroy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/UpYoursBaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UpYoursBaby</span></a> </p><p>All the Burning Bridges <br>That have fallen after me<br>All the lonely feelings and the Burning memories<br>Everyone I left behind each time I closed the door<br>Burning Bridges<br>Lost forever more </p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7p3KHwS_E" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=HG7p3KHw</span><span class="invisible">S_E</span></a></p>
🌹🔪Big Tuff Al🌹💪<p>"post about nice things in your life"</p><p>NO</p><p>ITS MORE RODAN</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/rodanposting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rodanposting</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/burningbridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>burningbridges</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/radioactivepterodactyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactivepterodactyl</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/kaiju" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kaiju</span></a></p>
Whiskers 🇦🇺<p>Symbolic. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NKorea</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EndGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndGame</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c70wgxr4zndo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/videos/c70wgxr4zn</span><span class="invisible">do</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>If you can't find it in yourself to be kinder and a definitely a smidgen warmer towards your kin, then slither back into your lair. I'm done tiptoeing around your sensitivities when you haven't an ounce of care for anyone elses.</p><p>— I believe that is what is called reading her to filth.</p><p>(12/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Have you told X that you are behind much of the family toxicity towards him? Or are you still being two faced towards him, like you are towards everyone else. Hoping he will remember you in the end, leaving you something in his will. </p><p>(11/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>I had called the aunt holding the gathering that morning to tell her I was getting in the car and was on my way, and got told it would be better if I didn't attend. I haven't spoken to any of them since. That was the first time in my life I tried to get savage drunk, crying openly in public. That's how much it hurt.</p><p>(10/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>My message there talked about an aunt's husband's family gathering before starting chemo for his cancer. A cousin told the family that if I, a trans woman, were allowed to attend, he would withhold his daughter's attendance. Without consulting with or giving any warning to me, my family made choices showing just how much I wasn't valued.</p><p>(9/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Assuming my message in response to X's question, was about you and our situation highlights your narcissism, when the situation described in my message doesn't fit our issues in the slightest. Please get some counseling!</p><p>(8/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>For years now, you've been shutting me out and throwing me to the wayside. You totally cut me from your life, even being coldly distant the few times we encountered each other in public. </p><p>You never could tolerate being called out when you were in the wrong. </p><p>(7/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>I know tensions run high around the holidays, and know well that family pain lingers, but your recent nastiness and frostiness crossed a line. You publicly shared my private messages to you at the time trying to resolve our situation, despite the fact that your doing so outs you to everyone. You see, I had kept my issues with you private, between us only, until you crossed that line.</p><p>(6/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Days later, when I tried to explain why I was so hurt, and tried fruitlessly get you to see its effect on me. You blocked me. That cold, callous act showed me exactly where I stood with you.</p><p>(5/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Attending the opening of gifts was something had never been an issue all the Christmas' before. And yet I still gave all the gifts that I had stretched myself to simply afford, even after you told me I was relegated to coming over with the acquaintances and friends. So, I simply decided not to attend.</p><p>(4/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Dear younger "Sister", and I say that with full venom implied! </p><p>Of course, I am still very upset about being excluded from the family Christmas celebration years ago. When I was told I wasn't welcome to participate in the opening of gifts, it felt like a slap in the face after being invited to come celebrate Christmas with my family. </p><p>(3/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>She publicly shared the personal and private messages that I had sent her at the time of the situation trying to resolve the conflict. </p><p>I wrote this public letter in response, which resulted in the other family member who posted the question deleting the original question, which of course nuked the responses. Feeling that this needs to be said, I reposted it.</p><p>(2/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Family relationships reached a tipping point today. My stepdad had posted a question about being ignored at family gatherings. </p><p>I answered it truthfully. </p><p>My younger sister then comes in and posts an attack on me, claiming I was at fault in the situation. But her message was in relation to a totally different situation, one been me and her that I had kept strictly between me and her for years. </p><p>(1/12) — <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Family" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Family</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Relationships</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a></p>
Brian Jopek<p>One of those movies that, when I pop the DVD in, it’s like seeing an old friend. <br><a href="https://home.social/tags/MoviesOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoviesOfMastodon</span></a> <br><a href="https://home.social/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a><br><a href="https://home.social/tags/NoNegativeWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNegativeWaves</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5k3zmK_naY0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">m.youtube.com/watch?v=5k3zmK_n</span><span class="invisible">aY0</span></a></p>
Graylynn<p>I am fighting my <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/FightOrFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightOrFlight</span></a> response right now harder than I have in months. I didn't realize that, if I don't fall into the fight/flight trap (or at least not hard all the way to the bottom), I get chest pains and a headache so bad I wish I had just screamed and been done with it. It's like someone jabbing an ice pick directly into the center of my chest -- repeatedly. </p><p>Screaming or running away seems so much easier than retaining this kind of tension. <br>I didn't realize until now how easy fight/flight is compared to the alternative. Having severe <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> issues, fight/flight is a necessity of survival, but I also want to try to <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/survive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survive</span></a> by just weathering storms and not cutting ties and burning bridges.</p><p>I mean I'm going to be 41 in a few weeks, I know I've been <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/BurningBridges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurningBridges</span></a> for decades (and had no issues with it) to save my mental health, but there comes a point in <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/middleage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>middleage</span></a> (yep sorry people, most of us aren't living past 80) where you wonder if burning those bridges makes as much sense as it did in the past.<br>Possibly it does, but now and then, I like to see if things have changed.</p><p>Not so sure anything has though.</p><p><a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Personal</span></a> <a href="https://pagan.plus/tags/Blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blog</span></a></p>