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“I’m thinking about writing a horror movie about it.” “Every once in a while, nature serves to remind you that the desert is trying to kill you,” Williamson says. pad for a Joshua Tree homestead - and a growing gay communityĪfter living in Yucca Valley, just north of Joshua Tree National Park, for more than a year, former Angelenos Kit Williamson and John Halbach have learned some hard lessons about the high desert. It has a credibility interval - a measure of precision - of four percentage points. The latest poll gathered responses from a total of 1,005 adults, including 443 Democrats and 381 Republicans. The Reuters/Ipsos poll is conducted online in English throughout the United States. Only 15% of Republicans approve of his job in office. In a positive sign for Democratic enthusiasm, Biden's approval rating within his own party rose to 82% from 75% the prior week.
8 midterm elections, which would torpedo Biden's legislative agenda. Further increases, if sustained, could assuage the rising concern in the Democratic Party it could lose its narrow congressional majorities in the Nov. But his rating rose in recent days by three percentage points, up from 42% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted March 28-29. Biden's approval rating has been below 50% since August and last month sunk to the lowest levels of his presidency. The two-day national poll found that 50% of Americans disapprove of Biden's job performance as the country struggles with high inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed geopolitical concerns to the fore. President Joe Biden's public approval rating rose this week to 45%, boosted by stronger support from within his Democratic Party, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday. Share your wisdom please because I feel like I have no one at all. So, have any of you managed to get better treatment from people by changing yourself? Breaking the cycle? Have any of you shaken off the persona of "doormat"? But I do think I've come off as "too sweet" or something and somehow encouraged this dynamic. do I have to be more selfish? Less available to others? Less kind? Am I creating this situation where people think of me like their own personal supporting character? That's how it feels.Īnd some of these are people I've known for 10+ years. He had the money the entire time, but "forgot about it completely." ? Are you kidding? I'd never forget about paying someone back. I lent it without hesitation.and then after him not bringing it up again, had to finally quietly ask about it.four weeks later. If something isn't 200% exciting and convenient for my friends, they bail.Ī friend needed 150$ one day because he was short the cash. I thought I've been being a good friend all these years, but maybe I'm just a doormat. Well thanks.Īnd this is consistent between my single and taken friends. The few times I felt like going to a club - even on my birthday - nobody's in the mood. I've never had a wingman.literally no one has ever thought "let's see if I can help you can meet someone cool tonight!" Even after I've done it for them. If I have an event I try to organize, at least 1/2 the people opt out immediately and the others play the "we'll see" game until the 11th hour. The damn phone never seems to ring unless someone needs something. Nobody checks in on me just to see how I'm doing.
but do I really get any of it back? I'm starting to think the answer is overwhelmingly no. I try to be the kind of friend I want to have. I'm involved and reliable and sensitive to them. After they move away, I check in to see how it's all going. This usually ends with them saying, "thank you - you're a really good friend!" People do the therapist thing with me and I keep their secrets and try hard to give good advice. If a friend is going through hard times, I call them up or take them on a walk and encourage them to talk their insecurities out. They thank me later for helping break the ice with their target. I find a reason to cut my night short and bail so they can get it on. I put the guy/girl at ease and then my friend swoops in and I get the awkward pleasure of having to be present for the flirting, which can be excruciating. If a friend is looking to get laid and needs a wingman, I'm down to help. I'm starting to think I'm stuck in a cycle where I'm always there for people who are rarely there for me.