dear abby...

[openhanded]

Surei Doushi 7/17 near Apprassage

hey everyone! it's been a little while, so I have two things for you all. the first is that I've written up everything we saw on the ghost trip I organized late last month. if you'd like to hear the details, let me know and I'll send over the document. the second is that I'm starting an advice column! I need things to write advice about, so feel free to comment with things you'd like help with. I promise I'll try my best to make it good advice. I'm definitely returning as a teacher next year and I need the experience! ...... and the bingo square.

Comments

[lingeringwill]

i have a friend who could use some advice

my friend

not me

[openhanded]

obviously.

what's on their mind?

[covenantal]

Sensei, can you advise me on how best to become an adventurer archeologist? I'd love some tips from an expert.

[openhanded]

what the heck, yu!!! putting me on the spot

okay so the first thing you have to do is watch every single movie in the series. you know the one. that way you have an appreciation for the ups and downs that it's been through

then you'll want to finish it off with the mummy

once you're well-educated in what you need to expect from the adventuring side you can work on getting a proper degree. it can be archaeology, anthropology, or anything in between

because here's the thing: the only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down. adventurer archaeologists are still scientists!

learning how to use a weapon is optional. though movies tend to prefer guns I think a sword is better just in case you get stuck in an honorable duel

[yamagishi]

Any advice on what to do when you're new here?

I would much appericate it!

[openhanded]

are you? then welcome! things are kinda crazy like... a lot crazy, but let me know if you need help with something!

the best thing you can do when you're new is ask questions. if there's something in particular you want to know about then ask about it! I've never seen anyone be rude about it. a lot of us have seen different things and gone exploring and the only way we'll solve anything is if we work together.

you can also read back a bit but since there's six months of stuff to go through... it's best to just ask for a recap I think

unless you read like I do, haha

[destiny_key]

but you already give me advice

[openhanded]

this time you get to actually ask for it instead of having me preach at you

[He knows he has a... tendency...]

[darkinferno]

how about a step-by-step instructive on how to be an effective role model in these trying times

[...sorry, Sorey, you're friends with a jerk.]

[openhanded]

[Well, that's out of the question.]

no one really knows how to be an effective role model
the best thing you can do is try
and also follow this helpful educational diagram in times of emergency and emotional instability

[complementing]

Dear Sorey, how do you deal with teacher burn out and how should I deal with my own? Love, Minako

[openhanded]

teacher burnout has long been the bane of teachers everywhere. the best way to counteract it is to take a break, pure and simple. when you take a break you remember why it is you liked teaching and you allow yourself distance from your students' problems. this is especially necessary after the end of the school year. about two weeks is usually good enough.

I also recommend ice cream therapy.

[b0mbshell]

It would probably be best to offer an address so people could send you letters or something. All the better to ask for anonymous help.

[Unlike particular adorable girls who aren't sure exactly what they're doing and talk about an A-ko and B-ko.]

[openhanded]

I guess that's true
not everyone needs to know where I live though. maybe a PO box?

[heroforall]

I would be interested in knowing what you discovered!

[The next text comes after a brief pause.]

What about relationship advice? I'm sure a lot of people would benefit from that.

['People' as in him.]

[openhanded]

[ Surei Doushi has sent a file. ]

ah... I guess I can give advice for that!
me and Mikleo have a unique sort of relationship, so I'm not sure it'll help.
but we've been together a while so maybe...?

what is it you want to know specifically?

[cheetahsenpai]

Hey! Oh, the ghost stuff, yeah I want to hear about it. I'm curious.

As for advice, hmm, oh I have one. How to manage your last school year? I think that would be helpful for a lot of people.

[People like him who hasn't even thought about his last year or tests or looking for colleges yet.]

[openhanded]

I'll send it over!

[ Surei Doushi has sent a file. ]

Hmmm. that's a good one.
for me it helps to have everything written down in a planner. I can take notes and set reminders on my phone
My weekends are my goof off days and that's important too. People need time to decompress!

[lecturehall]

How do I stop frat boys from responding to my grindr?

Oh my god

[openhanded]

um
I don't know what that is, sorry!

[playdolls]

[ ooc; I am straight up stealing this from a real advice column question I read today because it was so crazy, but Pitou just be trollin'. ]

I am a 34 year old straight woman in an open marriage with a 39 year straight man. I have taken far more advantage of the openness of our marriage than my husband, at least until recently. I have had a string of long-term affairs and short-term flings. During the past 8 months I have basically been living with another man in a neighbouring town to the one I live in. I am drawn to men who are starkly different than my husband, who is an intellectual, moderate in terms of his vices and has a disdain for the type of men who spend every evening in a pub.

I have a drinking problem but it is not a problem I feel any need to resolve and I am drawn to men who are also drinkers like me. I can have a glass of wine in the morning and drink until I pass out in the afternoon and wake up when my lover comes home and go to the pub with him and start drinking again. My husband can’t tolerate that behaviour which is why I moved in with my current lover.

This past Sunday my lover and I went to a country pub and I glanced in the dining room and saw my husband with a beautiful older woman, but not just any woman. It was my mother and, from the way they looked at each other and were touching, I could tell instantly that it was more than a friendly lunch; they were quite obviously in love with each other. My mother is 54 years old and is breathtakingly beautiful and, unlike me, hasn’t let her body go. My husband, who is also handsome and fit, looked like he was happier than I had ever seen him. I went to the toilet and threw up and then I dragged my lover out of the pub and went straight to the off-licence where I bought a litre bottle of vodka and drank it at his house until I passed out.

I can’t help but feeling betrayed by my mother and my husband. There has always been something lurking beneath the surface with them and since I haven’t been living with my husband for a long time, I guess she made her move and he couldn’t resist or maybe it was the other way around. Knowing I can’t go back to my life as it once was makes me miss it so much. My mother is the one having long talks with my husband at night, or going to a nice restaurant with him or the theatre and I am at a grubby pub every night with my alcoholic lover.

I have started stalking them, sitting in the car down the street from our house, drinking vodka from the bottle, and watching them come out hand in hand to play tennis in the courts down the street or go out to dinner. I have sneaked in the house and gone up to what used to be our bedroom and found my mother has moved all her clothes into the wardrobe and taken what I had left out and I have even seen a tube of lube on the bedside table (my mother is post menopausal). Seeing that made me hate her more than you can believe. My husband would be disgusted with the way I have let myself go and would probably refuse to have sex with me but he’s happily screwing my mother now and enjoying her perfect body.

I haven’t confronted either of them yet. I would love to put an end to their happy little relationship. It is sick that my mother stole her daughter’s husband and I despise her for that. I can forgive my husband but I could never forgive her and I can’t tolerate the fact that they are together.

What should I do?

[openhanded]

oh wow
What book is this from??
I kinda want to read the rest

[accordance]

I would like the document, please.

[openhanded]

[ Surei Doushi has attached a file. ]

Hope that helps!!

[notyourutopian]

You didn't actually see ghosts, right?

[openhanded]

we did. Some of us anyway
everyone could see a vision of smoke whether they saw the spirit or not

[mercurio]

i need new clothes but most of my stuff is black
what other color combos should i go for... maybe it's time for me to grow up and seem more adult??

[openhanded]

all my color suggestions don't exist right now.
maybe a dark red? not too bright though since you're fair-skinned.

anyway, wearing black doesn't make you less adult.
there's nothing wrong with it at all!