Kileoli

I'll just sit here and wait....and nope I won't say a thing. Who knows what you'll change the last minute before posting or adding another chapter. Li/Ly hides a remote control behind his back with his finger hovering over the red button.

Nice article, although one cannot connect happiness to a cultural event, still the whole thing involves so many levels of interaction and to get to that kids need to learn the skills beforehand. So it's basically a win win situation. Another interesting statistics is the general happiness of kids. https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/child-well-being-unpredictable-world

That was one hell of a journey and I lost count of the times I laughed and cried with Jason. I sorta fell in love with both Jason and Konstantin probably because I could see a lot of me and my husband in it. And to be honest as much as it was clear how it ended it hurt but it was a good kick in my slutty ass. I don't want us to end like that and god knows I've been pushing him hard to the undesired corner the last few months. Thanks for sharing. And please share Konstantin's journal. I'm going to read the prologue again

I don't understand their problem but I think I do. That's the thing with the first person POV either you connect because you see something that matches you or you don't. Thanks for sharing.

You really got me fixed on this story and I'm thinking I'm reading extra slow so it doesn't end. I don't know if it's the first person or I simply see a lot of me or the husband in these two idiots.

That was a nice turn. So that's why the ceiling is lave...so Vince and Jack have to play the game or let the ceiling burn and get to Theodor?

Finally, you did it. 👏

That was my thought as I wrote the sentence but then I thought about the animal farm. Every country is proud of themselves, some are prouder. In that sense, some countries are universally, world wide a mess, a huge mess, being said, Germany and Ukraine are both a huge mess in the best way of the words and on top of many lists, if there were some rankings to it, there are few countries can keep up with these two. I see your point by commenting CS Lewis, I am a big fan of let's save the Earth, lets love all and all that shit, but at the end of the day I am a human (hard to believe) and I have this need to belong to somewhere, to have somewhere I can call home. I dunno about others.

There are languages taught to be shunned. I still remember the endless discussions between my parents about which language to speak at home. She being Russian wanted us kids to speak Russian at home, even when people decided not to use it and at school we were somehow forced not to use it. It is sorta ridiculous that I can tell a similar story from a totally different part of the world. At home my father won and over the years I sorta forgot the language. When I moved to Germany, I was desperate to integrate to be part of the red black yellow flag instead of the blue yellow one. Since I learned on my own and based on English, my mistakes came from English, the accent almost too. I hated to have this typical east European accent. East Europe was bad enough, I didn't need the connection to a country that only existed as USSR and people roughly knew about it because of Chernobyl hating the wind coming from the East messing the agriculture. For a big part I was successful in my integration, and not having the typical build/look and having changed my name helped. Till in 2022 Putin decided to mess with the geopolitical maps. In a short time a country nobody wanted to know where it was became a big European problem. The feelings towards refugees were mixed with Germany remembering its history being the most tolerant and helpful one. My husband suggested I help the families and volunteers with the communication. I did and I hated it. Suddenly I was the outcast, the guy who ran away before anything happened, the foreigner who needed a shelter. I was pushed away from both sides and it hurt in places I thought I had locked up. That's when I completely stopped using the language. I struggled a lot to get back to my neutral position. It took me a long time to admit my heritage. The fact that I say where I am from is something new, I'm still as German as I can be. Funny none of the countries I can relate to is somewhere to be proud of. With all that said I am starting to believe as crazy as John Lennon's view was, a world like that wouldn't hurt to have. PS: I apologize for my mistakes and the half ended sentences. I can't read my comment again right now. Edit: in case it's not clear. I meant Ukraine as the place of birth.

That's a linguistically correct view. We all have an accent. But for most people when someone has the standard accent, they have no accents.

Oh I love the stereotypes...not. it's good you don't care and you have your gay whales. Let's see. Early 40s, married, 2 kids, engineer....picture perfect of a German male on the playground. The perfect husband definition for the stereotype moms till the reality kicks in and my husband join us on the playground and they realize I don't even look German enough and there's something wrong with the distribution of biological equipment. It's fun to see how the picture perfect definition destroyed and a new picture is built. From the point of view of a non native i found the Southern accent, difficult to understand but sorta cool. So I can totally imagine why people ask you for extra performance. And now I know when you say to me bless your heart you are not wishing me something nice....I like it .

Thanks @Davide. That was a good point.

Und ai rielly, rielly vantet to bi zirius und tolk abaut somesing zirius.

I have already asked and didn't understand the answer from myr 🤦‍♂️

I was thinking depending on the size , could be a good toy.

You are the best gay counselor ever. Your husband is not gay, mine neither. But I want a gay boyfriend.

It's ok, I'm staying at your place .

I wouldn't eat the restaurant food either... But I usually cook too much intentionally so I don't have to cook for a few days.

I wanna try that Fuji tub....alone!

I love leftovers, and I eat them....ok I lied...i hate leftovers but I hate throwing out food more.

Ok i checked. I was right. I sorta panicked that I had pushed my memories so deep in the cellar that I remembered things wrong... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Ukraine

Even if rooted in reality still what you wrote is a big challenge to keep the story going on without boring the readers. I find first person very difficult, I even refer to myself in third person at times. That being said, it's not like I can write in any persons. The Queen does a good job. Jeff too but for Jeff was more like he found third person challenging...and the fabulous one ...crazy, I haven't read anything from her. As absurd and unrelated to me is the story, the parts about Konstantin having a girlfriend for the sake of the family did hit 🎯. I was like been there done that. But I should ask since when are the Ukrainians super religious Catholics? Super religious...ja but as far as I can remember from the times I was young, cute and a sinner we went to an Orthodox church..but now I gotta ask AI if it was so or was it my imagination.

First a big applause for Jason. Most people can/will not stop at that point. The sadness might be a bit different, probably with a lot of anger and weeks of one way dialogues in head...

I'm glad I listened to you and give the first chapter a chance after reading the prologue and wanting to run for the hills. I am also happy you stole the journal and added your magic to it. It could have been my journal except I never did drugs or worked at bars/restaurants. I am wondering if someone has found my journals too and wrote a story...I hope not. Li turns all shades of red and disappears.

@Bill W if we go that way, there's no end unfortunately. Why do people need it? Can we not just mind our own business?