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Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 31

19 Sep 2025 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

On the surface this rekindled relationship with Helena is progressing far better. During the next great big holiday weekend, this one wrapped around the fourth of July, as all my closest friends have uniformly ventured back home, she and I hatch thi...

What made you so sure that she was the one?

18 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

My colleague ten years my junior just shared with me that he has been dating a teacher from another school for like two months. During the recent September holidays, they went on a day trip to Johor Bahru in Malaysia and held hands for the first time...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 30

16 Sep 2025 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Hawaiian outfits, however, are a nonstarter thus far, at least in any typical beachy type setting. We have set this concept simmering on the back burner for deployment elsewhere. Mostly, anyhow – one advantage that I seemingly have which Dylan does n...

#43 🔸 Healthy boundaries: the invisible lines that protect your balance

13 Sep 2025 2 minute read 1 comment luciman

Have you ever said “yes” when every part of you wanted to say “no”? Accepted something out of fear of being judged or rejected? If so, then you already know how heavy it feels to live without clear boundaries. In the previous articles, we talked abou...

#42 🔸 The story you tell about yourself and how it shapes your relationships

12 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments luciman

Have you ever noticed that when you see yourself in a certain way, others start treating you exactly like that? Perhaps it’s not a coincidence. The story you tell about yourself – even in silence – seeps into the way you interact and into how others...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 27

12 Sep 2025 10 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Us three guys decide to stroll up the street, to the next insanely packed bar. Here, a more middle aged yet somehow much crappier cover band has set up shop, and I’m not exactly surprised to hear Boat Drinks followed by Rupert Holmes’s Escape, immed...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 26

10 Sep 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Still, we don’t get around to assembling the Buffett costumes until our ship is about to leave the harbor, when the final horn is blowing. As the first big party weekend of the unofficial summer approaches, Dylan’s lame coworkers nonetheless cobble...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 25

8 Sep 2025 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Friday afternoon finds me standing inside a Goodwill, just around the corner from our apartment. Though each of us conducts his own research independently, the chosen subject is identical. Namely, as summer inexplicably approaches much sooner than s...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 24

5 Sep 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

That’s my take on the situation, too, that a few drinks might help the situation. Regarding Big Phil’s assertion about the impact of drugs, eh, not so much, for it seems mighty obvious how that’s working out. A radio is just barely audible in his ro...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 23

3 Sep 2025 7 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Phil’s advice about girls plus drugs was questionable to begin with, and now finds itself collapsing on every side. He remains mostly trapped in his room, which is a sad, unfortunate turn of events. And though lacking specifics, it can basically...