Damilola Obalade

@Dammy4life (206)

Age 44

Joined myLot 2 months ago

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The Unspoken Ledger: Navigating the Black Tax Burden

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 11h

There’s this thing we call black tax back home — when you start doing okay, suddenly everyone around you starts needing a “little help.” I was chillin’ at the corner coffee shop the other day — the kind with cracked tiles and weak...

black tax

burden

expectation

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Perfect until she wasn't

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 13 Nov

Back in high school, I used to have a crush on this slim white woman I’d see around town — always thought she was perfect. The way she carried herself, the way she talked, even the way she smiled. I’d catch myself thinking, God,...

perfectuntilshewasnt

highschoolcrush

realitycheck

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4 people

The Shoprite Zen Master

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 4 Nov

I was at Shoprite the other night, just trying to grab a few things. Of course, I picked the wrong line. Lady in front of me had a million coupons, scanner kept freezing. I'm standing there getting annoyed, checking my phone like...

patienceisavirtue

shopritewisdom

gowiththeflow

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5 people

The Scene That Left Me in Tears: Love Lies Bleeding

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 28 Oct

Just finished watching "Love Lies Bleeding", and I’m honestly wrecked. It starts off as this gritty story about a gym owner who falls for a drifter chasing her dream of becoming a bodybuilder. Things get messy—love, family...

filmthatstayswithyou

emotionalgutpunch

stillthinkingaboutit

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Just Me, the Spatula, and Samuel L. Jackson

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 25 Oct

so i was cooking earlier and caught myself having a full conversation with myself. ..not just mumbling either, like actual back and forth "whered i put the garlic" , "oh right there" ..then outta nowhere i said "if you got me on...

kitchenchronicles

moviequotesinreallife

marriedlifemoments

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4 people

The Good Kind of Empty

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 19 Oct

The other day I was stuck in traffic and I just... I don't know, started thinking about happiness. Like what even is it, you know? Everyone's running around chasing this huge thing, but maybe it's smaller than we think. Maybe...

thegoodkindempty

wherewouldyougo

justbreathing

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4 people

A funk for no reason

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 16 Oct

Idk if it's cuz the weather's changing or what but I've just been so tired lately for like no reason?? I'm sleeping fine, eating normal, but I still wake up exhausted. probably just got too much going on in my head or...

seasonalslump

tiredfornoreason

weirdfunk

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4 people

11.57pm amd I'm still here

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 11 Oct

lying here at 11:41pm when i should be sleeping... just scrolling and overthinking instead... fan's making that weird noise, phone's dying, but here i am talking to internet strangers.. lol ..you know when you're tired but your...

latenightrambling

cantsleep

pressingphone

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2 people

today was kinda a mess lol

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 10 Oct

so today was one of those “figure it out as you go” kinda days..kinda slow.. i woke up late, and wifey was already up, sipping her green smoothie and talking about how she’d just finished yoga.. meanwhile i’m standing there, half...

reallifestuff

marriagemoments

justvibing

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2 people

didn’t i just do laundry??

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 9 Oct

...just did laundry like two days ago and somehow there's already another pile staring at me from the corner..like how?? me and my wife aren't even doing anything crazy, just living life, but the hamper's already overflowing...

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Just sat at a café doing nothing today, and it felt kinda nice

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 8 Oct

I spent like 3 hours at this café this morning just watching people walk by..lol....went in for coffee and somehow just... stayed. Honestly, it felt really good to do nothing for once.. everything's always go go go, everyone in...

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8 people

First Day on MyLot — Kind of Feels Different (in a good way)

Damilola Obalade @Dammy4life (206) 6 Oct

Hey everyone! I just joined MyLot today and honestly, it feels kind of nice to see a place where people still talk instead of just scroll past each other. I miss that about the early internet — when random strangers could actually...

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12 people