Just checking in to see if you passed it yet, @MercyA. I'm still praying for you! You must be so stressed and worried about that long drive tomorrow!

I wish I had some advice for you, but I really don't. I just wanted to post and say that while I know I can't technically speak for everyone, I really believe that we're all here for you whenever you need to talk or vent, and whenever you just need some support that reminds you that we are in your corner. I'm so sorry you're going through this, and I hope you're able to find some help to work your way through it. Sending lots of hugs.

Praying for you, Mercy! I wish you wouldn't keep getting those horrible things!!! 😞

I agree! My first thought was Vaseline, too, but she said "no petrolatum." Honestly, I don't think anything else will work as well for her in terms of both effectiveness and longevity.

Teddy is REAL. And that's all I'm saying about that! 😉

🤣 I'm sure that in your country, there are a lot of creatures that are a lot scarier than the bears we get in our yard!

Hopefully, they will rule out MS and it will turn out to be something far less serious.

This is true. There's a pretty good possibility that you wouldn't be attacked by either the man or the bear unless you acted like a complete moron, in which case the bear might lose patience with your nonsense and decide to teach you a valuable lesson about not poking bears. 😉

I'm here for the imaginary bears at this point. 😉

I’m very sorry to hear that one of your family members was killed in the line of duty. That’s just awful. 😢

Depending on which state you live in, you probably shouldn’t go out in the woods at all if you’re scared of anyone with a gun, because a lot of people carry guns with them all the time, so you shouldn’t assume that Chad the vegan hiker doesn’t have a gun on him, too.

It seems more like you are the one being triggered because not everyone agrees with you.

I'm also not sure why it would be so dangerous to meet a hunter in the woods... or why Chad the avid hiker with vegan snacks would seem safer than the hunter. Both are men, right? And both would seemingly have equally valid reasons for walking around in the woods. And the odds of meeting a serial killer in the woods (like in Criminal Minds) would be infinitesimally low. I'm not sure why a serial killer and a hunter would seem to inspire the same level of fear.

OK, I hadn't noticed any personal attacks, but thanks for clarifying! I thought I missed something somewhere. 🙂

I thought that was idiotic, too. Both TikToks are so blatantly obvious about what they are trying to make people believe.