Frank Geier (pronouns he/him) is a nerd and father of three who recently moved to Alabama. He is an avid roleplayer and storyteller occasionally masquerading as a rational human.
“Don’t judge a book by it’s cover” is an adage that gets thrown around a lot. Unfortunately, it very rarely is applied to people. We, as a culture, tend to judge others predominantly on how they look. The clothes they wear, how well they are groomed, how expensive the haircut. We forget that things outside […] More
Nicknames come in two flavors. Endearing nicknames are earned through time and are typically related to a special event or a quirk of your personality. Then there are the other type: pejorative names that are used intentionally to harm someone. The trick, of course, is that some nicknames can have either connotation. I walk with […] More
Intimacy and sexuality are not the same thing. This is something that can take people a moment to understand and often leads to confusion. So, what happens when family members question the physical affection shared by a parent and child? That was the issue facing Redditor and Original Poster (OP) cuddlethrowawayy when they came to […] More
Interpersonal relationships can be challenging to navigate even under the best of circumstances. When you factor in the added stresses of travelling and work, those relationships can become very frayed indeed. So, what happens when you realize that a co-worker isn’t treating others appropriately, you take a stand against it, and that coworker takes offense? […] More
TW: Death of a child. Losing a child is one of the most painful things a parent can endure. The despair of it can be all-consuming and everyone deals with that pain in their own way – and in their own time. So, what happens when someone pushes for you to move one when you […] More
When we’re hurt, many of us default to lashing out at the one who hurt us. This is a natural response and, while not the healthiest reaction to pain, certainly an understandable one. However, what happens when someone rises above this primal instinct and treats their pain as a passing condition – only to be […] More
We all say things that we regret. Whether or not the words come with the best of intentions or a misunderstanding or even just as a bad reaction, hurtful words will come out of us at some point. The test, then, is what we do after we hurt someone we love with something we say. […] More
Addictions come in all sorts of flavors. We talk a lot about food addictions, shopping addictions and drug addictions. But anything that gives us pleasure can be addictive. We end up yearning for whatever thrill we get from whatever thing we’ve fixated on. Videogames, baseball, or work can be just as habit forming. So, what happens when […] More
We all have a past. We were living b before we met our friends, before we fell in love. We made choices and walked the path we chose long before we ended up in our current circumstances. Sometimes, we even had past relationships. There is a maturity in accepting this in your friends and loved […] More
People tend to think of disability in terms of only things they can see or verify for themselves. If you need a wheelchair or a cane, you are disabled. If you don’t, you aren’t. “Invisible” disabilities – so called because you can’t tell someone is afflicted by looking at them – really mess with this […] More
Certain events just bring out the worst in people. Weddings are at the top of that list. So concerned with the presentation, party, and pomp that often the little things like love and kinship are forgotten along the way. So, when your invitation to a wedding is accompanied by a litany of demands about how […] More
Gift-giving is a very direct way of telling someone how you feel. It can be as simple as plastic vomit or as complex as airfair and expenses to a concert halfway around the world. Sometimes we get too involved in what the gift is, instead of what the gift means. What happens though when someone interprets the meaning […] More
