The most grateful thread you ever read

QuarterMaster

So my friend and I just found out that her mom has cancer. We're not sure how far along it is yet, but either way it's been really hard on her, and I'm doing the best I can to be there for her.

But it's not all bad. News like this has a silver lining, in that it puts a lot of things in perspective and makes you realize all of the good things in your life. Plus this can balance out the rant thread!

I'll start. I'm grateful that I have an awesome family who has always been there for me, even though I haven't always been the greatest son. And I'm grateful that I have a steady job, which allows me to lead a pretty damn comfortable, disease-free life. There are lots of other things, but now we have a whole thread for it!

What are you thankful for ess ee plus plus?

Melding

I am grateful that i live in a first would country and that my shit isn't new and different from anyone else's here.

Beasteh

i am grateful that i have all my arms and legs and senses intact

Garlic Bread

Thank you for blessing me with a mind to rhyme and two hype feet.

TheStig

I'm just great, I guess you could say I'm full of great.

Fandeathis

I'm grateful that my parents came to this country and worked their asses off so that I could get a good education and find a nice girl to share my life with. I'm so grateful, that I plan on doing the exact same thing for my kids.

Melding

you can't really move to the same country though, you'd have to move to a new country and do the same hing.

QuarterMaster

But you're already in this country, so now you have to make up for it.

Right?

Dichotomy

Beasteh wrote:

i am grateful that i have all my arms and legs and senses intact

yeah when it comes down to it I am straight-up ecstatic I still have all my limbs and organs

lostwords

I'm grateful for my lovely family, my awesome friends, and my steady job that let's me spend cash on stupid shit! I'm also grateful for my dvr

(sorry to hear bout your friend's mom )

QuarterMaster

Thanks lostwords! brohugs.

spending cash on stupid shit is seriously way too much fun.

PaperLuigi44

Aside from having awesome friends and family, I'm grateful that I can look in the mirror and be happy with how I look. That never would have been the case a few years ago.

Melding

PaperLuigi44 wrote:

Aside from having awesome friends and family, I'm grateful that I can look in the mirror and be happy with how I look. That never would have been the case a few years ago.

Can't wait until the day i can say that. It's a long and bumpy road, but i will get there.

Fandeathis

Melding wrote:

you can't really move to the same country though, you'd have to move to a new country and do the same hing.

I'm pretty sure I won't be raising my kids in the USA. I love this country, but there are better ones.

#pipe

I am thankful to have been born into a happy, stable, supportive family with amazing genes. Nobody in my family has ever had a heart attack. No diabetes, no cancer, no early onset alzheimers. Just a little arthritus and predisposition to weight gain. Honestly I am so so lucky to come from such strong stock and I never let myself forget it.

PaperLuigi44

Melding wrote:

PaperLuigi44 wrote:

Aside from having awesome friends and family, I'm grateful that I can look in the mirror and be happy with how I look. That never would have been the case a few years ago.

Can't wait until the day i can say that. It's a long and bumpy road, but i will get there.

Turns out my dad wasn't lying to me when he said it was a slow burn in our gene pool. Definitely keep at it, it is the best feeling.

Speaking of genes in spite the fact that my entire direct family and most of my extended family need to wear glasses in some form, I have perfect vision, so thank you gene roulette.

lostwords

I'm also grateful for jersey shore coming back tonight

Sweeney Tom

I'm grateful that JERSEY'S IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

I'm also grateful for being super cute and adorable and nice and generous, even though I think I'm the worst person and friend on the planet

One last thing I'm grateful for is seeing the new Planet of the Apes film tomorrow

#pipe

I'm anti grateful that people want to watch jersey shore

QuarterMaster

What is it now? Season 4? I stopped watching after 2.

Also, I am super excited for Planet of the Apes. Reviews are excellent so far.

Munkus Beaver

I am great.

TheStig

Get your own jokes, beaver.

Garlic Bread

Melding wrote:

PaperLuigi44 wrote:

Aside from having awesome friends and family, I'm grateful that I can look in the mirror and be happy with how I look. That never would have been the case a few years ago.

Can't wait until the day i can say that. It's a long and bumpy road, but i will get there.

I wouldn't say that I'm happy with how I look, but I don't hate myself anymore. I mean, yeah, there could obviously be improvement (although some stuff I can't do anything about like having a creepy face), but I'm not going to waste time hating on me.

I've had enough people not be completely repulsed by me that I can accept myself for who I am

Orikaeshigitae

I'm grateful that I'm solvent enough to be swayed by a unicef volunteer into donating monthly. I have a much easier time ignoring animal shelters and similar movements due to my general lack of disposable income, but water rights and diahrrea medication are a really, really big deal. also i got take-out sushi for dinner, since i've been counting my calories and i realized that i typically eat 1400cal or less in a day, even when i make an effort to eat more because i'm working out.

I'm grateful that 'I need to go grocery shopping because I've spent all day lifting heavy things for fun and self-improvement rather than on a non-subsistence wage to pay for my family's insurmountable medical debt' is a thought that I am able to have.

Orikaeshigitae

Also grateful that the antidepressants i am about to start taking again are covered under my medical plan, so that I can pay $2 instead of $50 for medication which lets me function normally.

Sars_Boy

i am grateful for being raised by relatively good parents in a culturally vibrant city

i am grateful for the lifestyle my father's job/income allow me to have.

i am grateful for all my friends and especially those that i made this past year at school because good lord i was sinking fast into depression before that happened.

i am grateful for my current internship at a company i love, especially for the fact that i got a month-long extension.

i am grateful for this place.

more grateful coming later probably.

#pipe

that is excellent news Orik

I pay like $40 every 6 weeks for my jiggles medication, but when I was on unemployment it was 2 bucks. that was nice.

Munkus Beaver

I've always been grateful that my sheer intelligence has counterbalanced my sickness.

Orikaeshigitae

#pipe wrote:

that is excellent news Orik

I pay like $40 every 6 weeks for my jiggles medication, but when I was on unemployment it was 2 bucks. that was nice.

I'm glad that your jiggles medication isn't much more expensive. I know a lot of odd things cost ridiculous amounts of money, and I can see those potentially falling into that category.

skettios

I'm grateful for tampons

skettios

and birth control

#pipe

Orikaeshigitae wrote:

#pipe wrote:

that is excellent news Orik

I pay like $40 every 6 weeks for my jiggles medication, but when I was on unemployment it was 2 bucks. that was nice.

I'm glad that your jiggles medication isn't much more expensive. I know a lot of odd things cost ridiculous amounts of money, and I can see those potentially falling into that category.

oh yeah totally. But it's also subsidised by our national healthcare so without it it'd probably be like $150 or something.

skettios

really though, I'm grateful that I have a job with benefits. cause I have pills I need to take that get awfully expensive w/o insurance.

Garlic Bread

I'm grateful for @Sars_Boy having a fine dad

Sars_Boy

aw, keith.

Vixx

I am grateful for basically everything and everyone in my life.

mensch-o-matic

Everything about my life is really great especially considering that I am the child of two poor immigrants but I'm as unhappy and guilty for being unhappy as everyone else on this gay continent so /shruggu

Cognisseur

I'm grateful that I'm White and a guy and living in the first world. This shit rocks.

Orikaeshigitae

I was really unhappy for most of July, but this week has been really good and I'm grateful for that.

TheStig

Cognisseur wrote:

I'm grateful that I'm White and a guy and living in the first world. This shit rocks.

being a tall white man is pretty much the best thing

Melding

i'm grateful my problems don't revolve around basic human needs.