krastosthegluemaker-blog asked: Hey Lyra, I'm going to be really busy tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday, but I was wondering if you would like to come over for dinner on Sunday night. Do you think you'll be able to?
Yes. I think so.
Good luck with your work! I assume that’s what’s going to be keeping you busy. You said the middle of February, after all.
1) Completely benign? No cause for alarm and assurance that we’d turn back to normal by the next day? Nothing I can think of, aside from the obvious.
Yes, I’m not ashamed to say that, assuming he was willing of course, we’d do exactly what you’re thinking of. How could anypony resist seeing what it’s like to see and feel what the other side experiences? To gain that kind of insight could be a healthy boost to our relationship.
2) It’s alright, Strawberry.
No, my problem is really that a friend of mine has been diagnosed with Leukemia and he doesn’t want to go through chemotherapy and instead enjoy what he has left. It’s just hard to approach him.
1) Never for long enough to get too close. It was better that way.
2) No, Strawberry. The death of somepony that had a significant impact on your life doesn’t ever just go away, and you don’t ever just “feel better.” Eventually it lessens by a significant degree, if you’re lucky, but that can take years.
Please don’t ask me about this again.
3) I’m not terribly versed in Leukemia. I know that treatment isn’t always the best solution depending on the type or stage, but that’s about it.
Best thing you can do for them is make time to spend with them. Don’t have to really be doing or saying anything. Just be there. Yes, it can be difficult to approach. But once there it should gradually become easier.
A less often touched subject, but also excuse them a little more if they lash-out or breakdown. Obviously if they start breaking things that’s going too far, but try to gently remind them that you’re there for them.
carrotcake-replies-deactivated2 asked: How do you approach a friend who's running on very limited time?
I’m not sure I fully understand. But if you’re asking what I think you’re asking, it’s far from a simple answer.
I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “the stars that burn the brightest, burn the quickest.” You can try to slow them down, but in doing so you dull their identity. On the other hoof, if you let them burn the candle on both ends, is it humane to, in essence, stand aside while they hasten their eventual end?
Of course, we don’t always have a say in the matter. Sometimes consequences are beyond our reach. Sometimes before we even meet.
In theory, you want to treat all friends equally. In practice, that’s not how it works. The best thing you can do for them is spend more time with those who have so little. That’s not to say you should ignore your other friends, just try to find spare time here and there. Of course, sometimes you misjudge who’s time is short…
The alternate method could be considered cruel and selfish, and that’s to distance yourself in order to lessen the eventual heartache when they do fall.
Unfortunately, taking the middle ground isn’t much of an option. When it’s all over you’ll be invested emotionally in the pain, but wish you’d spent more time together.
1) Of course! I think.
Might have just been rolled together with a party for somepony else. Whatever.
2) No.
3) Still don’t know what you’re talking about.
4)
5) Hark!
6) Yeah? Well it would have been nice if somepony had warned me that Sweetie Belle was going to be involved in poisoning Cheerilee and Big Macintosh yesterday in addition to Berry Punch’s house being dragged halfway across town today, a huge hole in front of Carousel Boutique, and a giant hole in Carousel Boutique!
Filly is so freakin’ grounded!
7) Thanks!
1) Thanks!
2) Strange.
3) So you use your psychic precognition to predict the future and do a bit that I don’t recognize. Well, I guess you aren’t the first pony to abuse power.
bitsandwidgets submitted:
It may have come a bit slow, but I felt like writing it. If it helps, then my goal is achieved.
Thank you. Thank you so much. I can’t… I can’t even begin to describe what this means to me.
Responses after the break.
1) I think I’m done with Skyrim now. Beat the game last week after getting that restoration bug to remove the cooldown on all of my shouts, which was a blast to mess around with! Never did the Dark Brotherhood storyline, but I just don’t see much of a point in playing anymore. This is why I usually beat the game last. Maybe I’ll pick it back up like I did with Fallout 3 once all the downloadable content is released.
If you enchant the daggers, that might be a good way to earn back the money you spent. As for the enchanting, unless you spec heavily into it, you won’t get much, if anything out of it.
2) Gooj? Really?
And for those of you just joining us, no, I’m not “gooj.” I have a funeral to go to tomorrow. My best friend from back in high school died.
3) Because life is unfair. As soon as you get the chance, leave him and never look back.
4) I have a special somepony. He’s a bear.
5) I talk! I talk plenty! What context are you even going by?
6) Yeah, I’m not fond of the date either. Why would anything happen, though? Why do ponies keep saying that?
By the way, you still used a finite number of symbols. That’s no better than trying to use asterisks to bleep it.
Well, what time will the funeral be tomorrow? I think we should be able to have a picnic, if you feel you’re up to it.
1) Thanks.
2) I’ll probably have to get there by at least 1. The service will start at around 2, then last an hour or two. Then we’ll go to the graveside service, that’ll probably last an hour or two. Maybe we could do something at around six.
1) I don’t know what you’re talking about for the first two. As for the third.
2) I’m hoping things start getting back to normal after the funeral tomorrow. But tomorrow is going to be tough.
3) I don’t… I don’t know anymore. The funeral is tomorrow too. I don’t know if we’re still having a picnic or not.
4) I don’t know what you’re getting at, but I don’t think I like the sounds of it.
5) Well, normality is at least a good thing to shoot for.
Why do you now answer like this? I can’t read the questions anymore on my Maredroid
1) Strawberry, for Celestia’s sake, are you really trying to give a logical reply to something that was said in emotional hysterics? I couldn’t destroy the world if I wanted to.
The other ideas aren’t bad. I just don’t even want to breathe right now, let alone move. Maybe I’ll have the strength later.
2) Sometimes I start to answer something, but then get too emotional or mess up too much and I have to back out. After trying to record an answer three times, I just… lost it. For that matter, I fell asleep at the computer and didn’t realize it went through.
But there’s no one I can see for living a life filled with death.
3) It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this.
4) I preferred The Real Folk Blues.
5) I’ve tried a few times, but I don’t know how to answer this right now.
He was one of my few friends that I had always thought was safe; that nothing would happen to him. If I wanted to see…
No. I just don’t know how to answer this right now.
6) With the pictures of the questions all together? So it takes up less room on my page and I’m not flooding everypony’s dash by answering a bunch of questions one after the other.
I’m sorry. I can see the questions on my Manedroid; I didn’t think it was a problem. I can try to come up with another solution.
1) Two reasons
a. There’s no such thing in Equestria.
b. We don’t live together.
2) No. No I’m not alright.
I’ll be alright, but it’s going to take some time.
3) Just shut the [omitted] up.
4) No, Strawberry. I don’t want a hug. I want the entire [omitted] planet to [omitted] explode.
His Celestia [omitted] cutie mark… was a [omitted]. Coconut!
Why did this have to happen?! It’s not fair!
Celestia [omitted] to [omitted] Hell!
…
WA~A~H~!!
[Crying]
[Gasp]
No… Please god no…
[Sobbing]