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Hi, Just wanted to share because I know the towing experience isn’t super common.
We towed a packed 5000lb (according to the tow mode scale) Jay Feather Micro 199mbs with our R1S. The R1S drives like it was meant to tow. Its so powerful. Tow mode is also amazing. I love the trailer breaks are located right in the steering wheel for use vs our old bluetooth trailer breaks we had to use. I love towing with it.
That said, the battery life when towing makes me so, so, sad.
We towed to a campsite 90 miles away from home. When I first started towing and weighed the camper using tow mode, it calculated the battery was capable of about 130 miles. So I thought “I’m going to drive straight there then.” I was annoyed the navigation kept redirecting me to make a charging stop. I figured it was because I set the “minimum miles to arrive on” to 60 miles and I was looking at 40 to arrive on. I didn’t want to stop. I was heading right to a campsite I could charge at so thought 30-40 miles was plenty to arrive on.
I didn’t know how to stop the navigation from redirecting me. It was too distracting to mess with while still driving. So I switched to google maps on my phone and ended Rivian’s navigation. Bad move. While using google maps, I didn’t realize how fast the miles on the battery were dropping.
Towing was definitely NOT 1 mile in the battery = 1 actual mile of driving. I can’t tell you how exactly how fast it dropped. But I can say as I made it to the campsite, I witnessed the 1 mile left in my battery drop to 0 miles as I pulled in. So, the 130 mile estimate ended up being around 90 miles give or take.
The ride home was similar except I managed to charge my battery to 95% to start. Which put me at about 170 miles of towing battery that still dropped very quickly. I ended up lost trying to find a charger. So the return trip is not as good of an example of how quickly the battery dropped. But even with 170 miles on my side, I found myself desperate to charge again when a straight path home should have only been 90 miles.
On a side note: the ride home was my first experience with someone on the end of the charging row, with 4-5 other working chargers open, who outright refused to move to help me out. Most people I come across at chargers are friendly and eager to help.. especially when I can’t be lying about the need! There is a camper to prove it! So, I had to pull directly into a spot with the camper still hitched and awkwardly block the road paralleling the chargers. Everyone had to drive around. But I figured making people drive around was better than pulling in sideways and blocking open chargers. It looked ridiculous!
Now I know to never take the end charging spot if there are others open!! You never know who may be towing and in desperate need of access to the end charger!!

I (25F) and my husband (32M) have been together for almost 7 years. We have had a lot of ups and downs due to getting married at a young age (different religions and cultural backgrounds) but have seemed to make it work this past year without any huge issues.
My sister has been telling me to buy a house and I have been thinking about making major life decisions now. I brought it up to my husband and he initially complained that he didn’t want to take out a loan due to religious reasons. We obviously don’t make enough to pay a house upfront either. I let it go and that was that. I got a temporary stipend at work due to taking on more of a workload and have been able to save some extra money on the side that I’m hoping will help as a down payment to a small and humble home. My credit score is good and I am just scared to take the leap of faith and call a realtor. Here comes the next conversation. My husband let it slip out that he sent money overseas to buy some land and that his family wants him to pitch in to buy an apartment in one of their cities to use as a family vacation home (of course we would be able to use it if we go there). I was taken aback because he never mentioned these financial plans (mind you he’s been sending thousands but not too much) meanwhile I pay all of our bills and half our rent . I surprisingly was not too upset over this but silently accepted that my home buying dreams will have to happen alone. A few days later I told him if he would be willing to sign a post nup denying any right to a future home if we were to divorce. In the past he usually would shrug it off and say he will never take anything from me. However this time, he got upset and said we shouldn’t be married anymore if I was thinking that way and he wouldn’t sign a post nup. I was frustrated and mentioned how he has been making his own land owning plans overseas without including me instead of building a home with me here. He then asked what I wanted from him and how much money he should contribute but has not mentioned any true action plan past that.
We live in a tiny 600 sq foot apt and he never fails to mention how he hates doing laundry at the laundromat and how he longs for a dishwasher … and yet I see no serious action plan. I think as I wrote this that the reason why I haven’t called a realtor is because I don’t want to work hard alone and have him rejoice in it without helping me. It would be nice to have support from my spouse instead of my sister (who said she would add to my downpayment if needed and co sign). Even my brother in law has offered to phone his realtor for me .
Would IBTAH if I consult a realtor and lawyer and draft a post nup without him?

Strap in yall it’s a long one! So im a 27 F and my ex is a 29 M. Here’s the full background: We met on tinder and started off as friends, we would hike and gym together for a few months until it turned into something more, then we started dating. We dated for about a year and a half, I ended up breaking up with him. It was a great relationship, But I was going through my own emotions and didn’t know how to handle depression whilst being in a relationship.. so I let him go. I moved away, and started a new career , at the same time he moved away for school. I was gone for about 2 years and then I found out I was pregnant(single mom) I told him about it and I felt like me having a kid completely ruined any chances we would ever have of getting back together. We started sending each other letters and keeping in touch while I was away. I started to fall for him all over again. Months go by and I moved back home when I had my kid, and he was also back in the same area. I thought maybe we could try again. When we met up I fell so hard for him, except I was dumb and told him my feelings .He told me he didn’t feel the same and just wanted to be friends and it really hurt me, so I decided to cease all contact and cut him off. Over the next year I started to date and finally moved on when of course he followed me back on IG but I was in a relationship at that point so he left me alone. A few months later I get a text from a random number saying they ran into my dad, come to find out it’s my Ex. He then starts texting me over a span of a few months..inching his way back in..and at that point he informs me that he’s moving back on my side of town.. across the street from my parents to be exact. He finally one day mentions meeting up to catch up, so I said sure. At this point I’m in an unhappy relationship with my most recent partner and my ex was seeing someone else. We decided to be friends , so we started going to the gym together again, studying, and doing races 🏃‍♀️. We kept it to public places and I made sure not to allow myself to go to his house. Every time we hung out he would ask me about how my relationship is going and fill me in on his. I then ended my most recent relationship, (we still live together so I’m also trying to navigate that) and he started to fill me in on how he feels like he should cut things off with the girl that he’s talking to. So he did that and At this point we are starting to hang out longer and spend more quality time together. On one of our hang outs, we watched some movies and all he did was lay his head on my thigh and I went home at a decent time. Next time, we have a pool day and we were both pretty exhausted and took a nap together.. neither of us could sleep due to the tension and that’s when he kissed me. About 2 weeks later, I was supposed to go out of town but I needed to drop a housewarming gift off to him. He tells me he’s going somewhere at 9pm and could meet me out. Then he calls me and says nvm and that I can just come over and drop it off and we can hang for a bit. I was flying standby on my trip and I realized I was not going to make the flight for the following day. He informs me that he is wanting to go on a hike the following day and that if I’m not going on my trip anymore that I can join. So I said okay..cancelled my booking and we booked an Airbnb. So we had a pretty spontaneous weekend getaway it was honestly quite romantic and that’s when we hooked up.. so now we have finally crossed that line and I have no clue what to do. It was great, I think we really connected again, but I also feel stupid because I feel like I should have waited longer. I want to be with him in the end, he’s always been the one that got away. I’m afraid that if we continue then he won’t want me because he already has it all in a sense. So I’m feeling like I need to distance myself since I can’t really undo my actions, maybe there’s a way I can get it moving in the right direction again. Atleast until I get out of my current situation which will be in about a month. But what do I do now? I’ve been feeling so many emotions ever since then and can’t seem to quiet my mind.
The timelines might be hard to follow but It’s been 5 years since we broke up, 2021 when I moved back home. May 2023 is when he followed me again, and December2023 when he started to text me again. January 2024 I ended my recent relationship and February 2024 when I started to see my ex again.

Good evening fellow plant lovers. Today while on my way home from work I stopped by my local garden center to pick up a gift card for a friends b-day. Obviously I stopped in the tropical and houseplant section of the store. There in front of my eyes was a gorgeous Albo Monstera, surprisingly not behind any partition or glass, just sitting there on a bench. I was so surprised it wasn’t locked up that I checked the label to make sure I wasn’t tripping. Boom, a confirmed Albo, for the low price of $300. Immediately, like a greedy heathen, I wanted to steal it. I did not steal ALL of it, but I did take a small leaf with the stem and hid it in my purse.
After committing a crime it would be a waste for me to unsuccessfully propagate this thing. So far I let the area I cut “scab over”, put some rooting powder on it, and put it in a clear vase making sure the end of it doesn’t touch any of the sides of the vase it’s in. It is sitting in my window sill where it will get around 5 hours of direct morning sun. I plan to change the water everyday. But this cutting isn’t exactly ideal for propagating (there isn’t any new growth on this leaf). Hoping for any tips to increase my odds of successful propagation.

2020 I had top surgery and asked to be completely flat. Ik every male has some tissue and I'd look concave but I accepted that. Surgeon agreed and said that's what he did....
I am unhappy with my results. My chest and nipples/areolas are too big. 6 months ago I saw my surgeon and asked for a revision. He briefly saw me and gave me a $5.5k quote for liposuction and chest contouring. (I didn't get the chance to bring up nipples/areolas.) I was confused because I'm skinny, but I trusted him that it was just chest fat. He said I'd need to be under general anesthesia for him to get it all so I figured he had a very aggressive plan.
He said lipo is cosmetic so no insurance. I wanted to get a second opinion but I was too stupid to call around. I scheduled for end of May so I had 6 fucking months but I didn't do shit cus of consult prices and I assumed "the wait lists are too long" without even asking. Idek. I'm an hour from LA so there are options.
Last month I got prescribed Finasteride. Gynecomastia is a potential side effect so I messaged my surgeon. He said since he left some breast tissue it can regrow/get bigger. I was upset, shocked that he admitted there's still tissue and sad even though I knew already. Tried to be hopeful for my "revision".
Just had my pre-op today and my surgeon told me that surgery will make no difference and I will look exactly the same. He had me pose in multiple positions while he felt my chest and he kept telling me that there was no fat and it was just a lot of skin. He repeated that and asked me if I wanted to go through with it so many times it was like he was telling me to cancel. I was in shock, I just said ok thats fine... paid and left. Been freaking out at home and started crying now that it's starting to hit.
I don't know WHY he chose lipo as the operation when it'll do nothing. Idk why I have so much skin and tissue left. Fuck I just want to be flat. Its not just that Im not fully flat and have to worry about gyno, but I'm not even normal guy flat. And my "revision" is fake and will do nothing. And it costs 5.5k that I worked so hard to save up. And I waited 6 months. I just dont know what to do from here. I think I'm just more stupid than everyone else.

My mom helped my father's elder sister's daughter to marry a good guy, everyone was happy, but suddenly he got heart attack (he was in army, and he was in camp that day), and we didn't even got time to save him. Now my father's both sisters hate my mom and dad, because they think we did it all this or whatever the reason is.
I really want to help her and her son, and I try to do whatever I can do to help them as well. But one day my Bua called my dad and said he will face the same fate that they have faced (They were more direct).
Now coming to my uncles, again father helped them whenever he can.
Now last week my mom got admit in hospital, because of some health issues, for a day (she was not well for few weeks now).
None of my father side family came to see her in hospital or went to our home in village to help her (they all live 25km away from village, and 2-3 km away from hospital). On the other hand, all my mother side of family was there.
They get so nice to me whenever I meet them, but dude if you are not good to my parents, why should I care about you.
We still are joint family, but all live in town with their family. And I wanted to keep the joint family going on. My cousins are younger, and they too are very close to my parents, but again bounded by their parents. Being an elder brother, I always get them whatever they ask from me.
But now I'm so disappointed.
Even after my grandmother said to my father's sisters, that my mom is not well, they didn't dare to at least ask how my mom is doing. My Aunts (uncle's wife) had no courtesy to come to village to help my mom. My mom and dad live in village just to take care of my grandmother, else I and my sister we both are working and had asked them to live with us 100 times. And in return we are getting this.
I don't understand if you don't like my parents, why you guys are so nice to me and my sister, just because we get gifts to our cousins, or fulfill their demands. My parents are like they are your brothers and sisters take care of them, we think the same, but again their parent's behavior toward my parents is upsetting me.
There was this incident when my grandfather was admit in hospital for 2+ months, and in his last time, no one came to see him (we were little away from our hometown, everyone says to me, I stayed with my granddad till his last breath, but I feel this now). My grandfather spent is life building their career, even supporting them financially till his last days. Why everyone is being so selfish?
Why?

Just to preface, I'm not very close with my parents at all for various reasons and I especially don't usually get along with my dad. With that being said, I was going to decline like I always do when they ask if I want to go anywhere with them, but this time it was a whole Mother's Day thing and they were going out for dinner so I figured I'd be an asshole if I declined. Rather than driving myself separately I joined my parents in their car.
For context, I was part of my family's discounted cellular plan. I had to pay my dad on time, but I failed to do so which was admittedly my fault. He told me he would take me off their plan which I thought was completely fair. I decided to try a different carrier and my dad gave me a code to transfer my number. He made it seem like transferring the number wasn't related to cancelling the line, but turns out it actually was. I was doing a free trial with the new carrier so I didn't transfer my number right away in order to avoid complications, which was probably not a good idea in hindsight.
On the ride home my dad got to discussing how their carrier was still charging them for my line. I then him I still had service from the carrier they dropped me from, which I thought was just technology being weird since I watched my dad cancel the line and there was no mention of him getting charged after that until now. I didn't think to mention it to him at all which I guess was my mistake. He then told me I had to pay the $50 for the line which I objected to because he never said transferring the number is what cancels the line. Had I known that transferring the number is what cancels the line I would've transferred the number. He has a bit of a tendency to say one thing and then change it later to get his way which I suppose he does because he knows I'm not very good at remembering what people say verbatim, so this is what I thought was going on. At first my voice was raised a little, then he raised his over mine to where he was nearly yelling, but then my mom diffused it a little and both of us stopped talking. He went back to arguing about it and accused me of doing this "just to get back at his old man" which not only sounded absurd but absolutely wasn't true so I told him to drop it, which seemed to have really pissed him off.
Holding the wheel with his left hand, he raised his right hand threatening to hit me across the face. Initially I wasn't afraid at all since I thought there was no way he'd do this while he was driving on a highway with himself, his wife in the back and son in the passenger seat along with other traffic around, but he actually did it. He didn't sock me square in the nose or anything but there's a bit of bruising on my left eye from it. I raised my arms to block whatever he was going to do after that (he did nothing else) and eventually he pulled over to the side of the road and told me to get out, so I did and he drove away. There were no rideshare services around at the time so I was going to just get my steps in and walk home, but eventually my mom came back to pick me up. On the ride back and after we got home she essentially told me he hit me because of the "way I was talking to him" and that I needed to go talk to him about it, or in other words, apologize. The way I saw it, he had no reason to go from zero to a hundred in the first place nor did he have to get physical with me over it. In addition to this, when he apologized for flying off the handle at me for accidentally using a little too much soy sauce he said "we might do stupid shit but we're still you're parents" so I decided to just not apologize or say anything to him about it, which my mom told me I was "immature" for and that I was "making a big mistake" and just generally trying to make me feel guilty about it so that I'd apologize.
Me and my dad didn't speak to each other for a few days, but today he told me to come talk to him. Basically, he told me as a father he didn't regret striking me in the face because I'd been "disrespectful towards both of them for awhile" and that I was " talking to him like some punk off the street". He also claimed I was swearing at him saying "I'm not fucking paying it", which he insists I was doing but I'm almost certain I wasn't. He then said me saying "do it then" in response to him threatening to hit me is what made him do it and that next time he'd "close fist" me and kick me out if I disrespected him like that again since "it's the only way you're going to learn", even though I'm 99% sure I was saying "drop it". Then he admitted that if I told anyone else what happened, they probably wouldn't agree with what he did, but that as a father he felt he made the right decision. Finally, he said that if we butt heads again (which he also admitted would most likely be soon), he expects me to "open up the dialogue" between me and him. But considering the fact he just threatened to punch me, someone who's comparatively weaker than him, in the face if he detects what he considers "disrespect", I'm not really interested in opening any type of dialogue with him.
TL;DR dispute over cellular plan with my dad gets physical

Just found out my overnight position is being gotten rid of and I won't go back to day side. What do yall do that's overnight? Just looking for ideas. I'll be dusting off the resume when I get home and starting to look. Any help is very much appreciated! ❤️

This is just me venting. Many years ago, I built control panels for a living and used and loved my DeWalt tools. Had a power drill for years with no problem. Loved the wrenches and sockets I had. I used DeWalt tape measure, knives, some of the pliers, side cutters, nut drivers, tool boxes....and loved most all of them.
I went away for a few years to work on my poetry and just got back into panel building about 10 months ago. All the field guys love the red brand that begins with "M", but I remembered how great my DeWalt tools were, so I went and picked up some new tools for my job. I looked around and read some posts and heard people talk about how DeWalt quality has gone down, but I never had any problems with any of the tools I had, so I decided to remain loyal and go team yellow.
The first thing I got was the DCD791 cordless drill for like $150 at Home Depot. Then I got more tools, like a utility knife, tape, needle nose etc.. First thing I noticed was after a few months, the blade didn't like to push out on my folding utility knife. It got so bad, I went back and bought a different style, and put the folding one in a drawer. Then last month, the drill quit working. I was having problems with the keyless chuck and finally it would just rattle and not even drill. I went online to see what kind warranty it had. The site said 1 year service and 3 year limited warranty. I contacted them and they asked some questions about the drill and wanted some of the numbers off of it, which I provided.
The lady said that she would email me a UPS label to mail in my drill. That the repair place would look at it and if it was a factory default, they would fix it free. If it was misuse, they would tell me how much it would cost and I could decide if I wanted it fixed or not. If not, I would have to pay shipping to get it back. They asked for a credit card number and I provided one. I printed out the label and mailed my drill to them.
Because I needed a drill for work, I went and bought one for $100 from Home Depot. I didn't really want to do this, but I needed a drill. I thought maybe I could just return it when they fixed the other one
They emailed me a repair order with my information and a link to log in. When I logged in, I noticed it said $92 for the repair, even though they hadn't even received my drill yet. I figured this was just the way the repair orders were written up. A couple weeks go by and I get an email saying they have my drill. Another week and they email to say it was repaired and would be shipped back to me. A few days later they charge my credit card $106. I call the number and she says, the warranty is only a year long and the date code is 2 years old; that if I have my receipt to prove i bought it less than a year ago, I could send a copy and try to get a refund.
Of course, I can't find my receipt. Probably because I never had a problem with a DeWalt tool and didn't think I would need it. I know that is my fault, but this whole thing seems crappy. I spent $150 on the drill, another $100 for the repair and another $100 for a drill in the meantime. If I knew it was going to be $100 to fix it, I would have said No. I bought a brand new drill for $100. Why didnt they tell me that the repair was out of warranty and give me the option of refusing it? It seems like if they made a quality product, then customer service for repairs should be smooth and painless because repairs don't happen often. Instead, it seems like they know their products are going to break, so they make it difficult for you, thinking you will just go buy a new drill (which I did anyway). They should be able to take the drill apart and see that it was a manufacturer problem and just replace it. Making me jump through all these hoops just to charge for the repair, PLUS tax, PLUS shipping is just shitty.
I ignored the haters and stuck with them out of loyalty, and I feel like they shit on me. I take care on my tools. I put my drill back in the case after I used it every time. I see field guys just throw their red and blue drills around and drop them in dirt and the things last forever. I just feel slighted about the whole thing. The tools used to be just awesome. What the hell happened? I am not ready to abandon ship just yet, but I am wondering if I am doing the right thing. If the new drill I got or the fixed one they send back breaks in less than a year, I am probably going to shift to something else. Anyway, thanks for listening.

Howdy y'all. I haven't posted for awhile so I thought I'd give another short story a try. This takes place during Chapter 2 after Kris, Susie and Ralsei split temporarily leaving Kris alone. Hope you enjoy.
An Honest Conversation
Kris, Susie and Ralsei came up to a split in the road in Cyber City, Ralsei noting the occasion by walking up in front of the group and looking towards Kris and Susie as they wondered what he had to say.
"Seems we've come to a split in the road. We should split up--Kris, who do you want to go with?" Ralsei looked to the human, slightly annoying Susie.
"Why does Kris get to pick all the time?!" Susie walked up towards Ralsei, grabbing him by the shirt. "You're coming with me."
With that, a blank faced Kris was left behind as Susie took off down the northern alley leaving the human behind to fend for himself.
"SUSIE!!" Ralsei shouted.
"WHAT?!"Susie responded.
"you can put me down." The goat Darkner whispered in slight annoyance.
"...oh." Susie gently stopped running, putting the hairy goat Darkner down. "Sorry."
"Why'd you leave Kris behind like that?" Ralsei asked, wiping off his green robes.
"He'll be fine." Susie sighed. "Sides...I was kinda nervous he'd choose me."
"Why?" Ralsei inquired.
"We just became friends yesterday, ya doofus." Susie explained, sitting down against the alley wall. "I'm not ready for that conversation...yet."
"That conversation?" Ralsei raised an eyelid.
"What, are you a million questions Ralsei today?"
"I'm sorry, I'm kinda new to this whole friends thing myself." Ralsei looked down.
Susie sighed, remembering that very fact herself.
"Yeah, kinda hard just having a Ralsei statue as company I suppose." Susie mused, wiping her snout. "The thing is...me and Kris have always been on the opposite end of the spectrum. Kris...he's had security his whole life. Me, I've had shitty parents and no guarantee of a good meal or warm bed. It sucks. I treated him like dirt for the longest time Ralsei. One time, I came pretty damn close to really hurting him. If I didn't stop myself right then I would've done it. I was mad at him...he was so socially awkward, never talked to anyone, kept to himself. Despite everything I did, Kris risked his life for mine. For the first time in my life, I was scared to lose someone. I saw the King holding Kris in his disgusting hands, using the very same words I muttered earlier..."QUIET PEOPLE PISS ME OFF" he uttered his tongue out. It hit me what I had to do."
"Susie, I think it's clear to me that Kris would listen and not judge you given his actions." Ralsei sat down, playing with his fur.
"You think?" Susie asked. "I hardly know the kid. All I know for sure is that he has the greatest Mom ever and that his hair smells annoyingly of apples. You don't know what willpower it took for me NOT to take a bite outta that kid's head."
"I'm sure he'd get you an apple if you asked." Ralsei snickered at the thought.
"His Mom makes good pies...I'll have to pester Kris to have his Mom make us some of her cinnamon-butterscotch pies she's known for." Susie drooled at the thought. "You should come to the Light World sometime, Ralsei. You'd enjoy it."
"I'll...keep that in mind." Ralsei looked away, dodging the question as nimbly as he could.
"I mean it! We three and Lancer would be invincible!" Susie grinned, just thinking of it. "You could be Ms. Alphy's teacher's pet and Lancer could dig all the holes in town he wanted. There's enough pot holes already as it is...a few more wouldn't hurt I suppose."
"I'm sure it would be wonderful, Susie." Ralsei acknowledged.
"Well, just think about it." Susie let end it there, seeing the troubled look on Ralsei's face. There was something he obviously wasn't telling her but it could wait. She didn't want to ruin this. "Look, the real reason I dragged you into this path was--I want to ask you about Kris."
"Kris? What about?" Ralsei asked.
"Don't tell Kris I said any of what I'm about to tell you. And I mean NONE of it Ralsei." Susie narrowed her eyes.
"My lips are zipped." Ralsei meekly responded.
"Good." Susie sighed. "After we left the Dark World yesterday, I felt things I hadn't felt ever...I wasn't sure what happened was real. All I knew was that I felt them and that I didn't want to lose them...most of all, I didn't want to lose Kris. Kris...the kid I hated for my all time in Hometown I now couldn't stand to be without. I thought of em' the whole night. I didn't get any sleep Ralsei and trust me, that bed you presented earlier was VERY tempting...you bastard."
"S-Sorry."
"It's ok...I'm just venting here. Anyway...I guess what I'm saying is that I don't know how I should go about this whole thing."
"When did you plan to have...the conversation?"
"Sometime in the Dark World, when it was just me and Kris."
"Why don't you talk to him when you guys are done with this adventure? You could walk him home." Ralsei suggested.
"Say Kris, why don't I walk ya home and we can talk serious junk...yeah Rals, that'll go down real well."
"R-Rals?"
"What, no one ever called you a nickname?" Susie raised an eyebrow.
"Well, insults like toothpaste boy not withstanding...Rals isn't bad." Ralsei blushed.
"Geez, I'm gonna have to teach you a LOT." Susie moaned, slapping the side of her snout. "Don't expect these lessons to be free either, toothpaste boy. You're gonna have to make a lot of cakes."
"S-Sure." Ralsei sweat. "I mean it though...don't make a big deal, just...offer to walk him home and just bring it up when you two are nice and relaxed."
"Like, when we're sitting down or something? Like now?"
"Yeah! We're talking, having a serious conversation aren't we?" Ralsei nodded in glee.
"No, we're talking about rainbows." Susie rolled her eyes.
"W-We are?" Ralsei second guessed himself.
"NO...that was SARCASM." Susie sighed once again. "I swear with this guy..."
"Sarcasm?"
"I swear I'm gonna call you Million Questions Ralsei forever if you don't stop." Susie crossed her arms. "It's when you want to express annoyance but do it indirectly."
"Huh. I'll have to try that..."
"Can we focus?" Susie snapped.
"O-Oh, sorry--so Kris, what do you want to ask him?"
"I try asking him if we'd still be friends if I opened that supply closet door and you guys weren't there but I chickened out at the last second. I didn't want to think about the possibility of that not being a thing."
Ralsei went silent, looking at Susie as she looked to the ground thinking of Kris in that moment.
"Susie, I didn't realize that Kris meant that much to you." Ralsei rubbed the back of his head. "Am I the one you should really be asking for advice on this? I mean, after all I'm...just learning how to be a friend. And you've done all the teaching thus far."
"Kris and I just became friends. The thought of losing that just scares me...scares me to my very core. The little I did sleep I had a nightmare. It was me and him in front of that bunker door in the woods. He was shaking the whole time, scared of something--I asked him what was wrong. He wouldn't tell me, backing away each time I walked towards the door. Suddenly, the door opened and a look of terror that I've never seen on him erupted on Kris' face. He looked at me, reached out to me but was sucked in and I had to watch as the doors closed on him. I couldn't save him, Ralsei! Kris almost died trying to save me yesterday Ralsei...I don't want to lose him." Susie began to break down. "All this time, I've treated that kid LIKE SHIT and despite everything, he still stuck his neck out for me. What do you say to that!? What do you do with that?! Jesus..."
Susie stood up, sniffling and wanting to begin walking again.
"H-Hey...Susie."Ralsei got up, gently putting a hand on Susie's arm, Susie growing stiff at the contact, Ralsei quickly pulling his hand away.
"Y-Yeah?" Susie turned around, trying to regain her composure.
"My offer still stands. I could teach you some healing spells, if you're up for it. Of course, the lessons would be payment for your advice from earlier." Ralsei offered. "This could help you protect Kris."
"They're hiding something Ralsei, I know it." Susie said. "It troubles Kris, even before we came to the Dark World. If there's something Kris knows and is trying to solve, I want to be prepared for the worst case scenario. I want to protect him."
"Then we'll start with the basics and on the way, refine your approach to conversation starters, all right?" Ralsei smirked.
"R-Rals?"
"Yes, Susie?"
"You're not half bad." Susie smirked, putting an arm around him.
"T-Thanks." Ralsei blushed. "I don't suppose that would translate to hugging..."
"DO NOT PUSH YOUR LUCK."

I (23f) have been with my (24m) boyfriend for almost 7 years. When I was a teen and up until I was around 20 I wore a lot of revealing clothes. Revealing to me being crop tops, cleavage, short skirts, tight pants, and 6 inch heels. While I still don’t dress “modestly”, I don’t really show off much skin nowadays. My boyfriend plays sports at a men’s league, so the team mostly consists of older men with the oldest being in his 60’s and my boyfriend being the youngest. Most range from 30-40. I enjoy going to his games and hanging out with him and his teammates drinking beers after. I’ve been going to his games since we got together in high school, and I have very rarely missed a game in all of those years because I want to be there to support him. Some of the guys who he plays with are a little flirty by telling me how pretty I am and how they love having me in the stands, but I always thought of it in a dad way because they are literally all old enough to be my dad. I have never reciprocated but have been friendly. The oldest out of the bunch calls me kitten now and although it’s a bit weird I have just brushed it off because I know he loves playing with these guys. There was one guy who made a blatant flirtatious comment in front of my boyfriend, but he didn’t say anything and just laughed so I did too. A few months ago I missed a game because I was out at a bar with my friends and was in a dress and black leather knee high boots that are around 6 inches tall and are like socks against my legs. On the way out of the bar I noticed that we were very close to the rink he was playing at and asked if they could drop me off on the way home. I wanted to surprise him because I had told him I wasn’t going to make it to that game. Surprised he was. When the game was over he told me that I looked great and he was happy I was there. His teammates were also glad I made it and kept telling me how great I looked. They LOVED the boots, and that mostly dominated the conversation for the night when we were all sitting in the parking lot having a few drinks. Apparently after this night he started to become uncomfortable with the attention I was getting from them, but never told me. Aside from that night I have never worn something “revealing” or “sexy” to any of his games. Most nights I go from work and am in my work clothes which normally range from a dress/skirt to sweat pants or leggings. He had another game tonight and I was wearing a jean skirt that touched the tips of my fingers if held by my sides, a long sleeve sweater, and pink knee high cowgirl boots. Not a revealing outfit in my opinion. He said that I shouldn’t wear the boots because they would draw too much attention from his friends and that I was showing too much skin. This made me upset because I have told him before that he does not control what I wear, nor does it matter what I am wearing I will always get their unwanted attention as I have been since he started on this team. He has never told me that his teammates comments make him uncomfortable or that he doesn’t want me to come. We got in an argument about how me wearing “flashy” and “extra” outfits makes the team stare at me and make comments like they do and it makes him uncomfortable. He would rather me just wear jeans instead of the skirt I was. I said it would be better if I didn’t come to this game. He said that he’s glad I won’t be coming tonight, and that really hurt me. I have spent so much time and effort trying to be there to support him and he just doesn’t care that I won’t be there? At the moment I’m considering just not going to his games again to avoid this situation all together, but that makes me sad because I do enjoy watching him play. Am I putting him in the situation where his teammates are staring at me? I feel like they are going to stare regardless of my outfit choices, but he wants me to “tone it down” because it makes him uncomfortable. I’m not going to break up with him over this but I also am not just going to wear jeans or sweat pants to every one of his games because he doesn’t want to say anything to them.
TLDR: My boyfriends teammates are old flirty men. They tell me I’m pretty and that makes my boyfriend uncomfortable so he doesn’t want me to wear certain clothes in front of them.

[SELL] 18650/350 storage tubes for b5 sopmod stocks AND some cool grips and barricade stops (MD)
Reposting this while I get orders together, am making a trip or two to the post office in the next 24-48 hours, if you’d like some goodies end of this week/early next week go ahead and place and order! As usual PM if you have any questions! https://imgur.com/a/yV3l47M
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$17 for the mostly vertical grip
Old stuff: I still have the “banana grip” but it is now available for BOTH mlok and pic rails. The mlok is my choice just because it has such great flush fitment with most rails. This grip also is textured just more on the light end. It has a much more curved design which really feels great to pull the rifle into your shoulder. It is also NOT VERTICAL in anyway so you can throw this on a pistol and tell the ATF to kick rocks. The banana grip is also $17 for mlok OR picatinny
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And lastly
Good ole 18650 storage tubes for b5 Sopmod stocks. These have come a long way from my first versions. My first versions worked well, but since acquiring some new hardware for my printer I’m able to print these much better which gives more room for variation in 18650 battery films. Some films are thicker than others and this varies brand to brand. When I first came out with these I had trouble fitting my USB built in streamlight 18650. It fit it was just a bit tight, now it slides right in with ease. These are water resistant and hold up well when stored in the stock. You can fit 2 standard 18650 batteries or whatever other goodies you like.
The storage tubes are $20 a piece or $30 for 2. The discount does not show up until you add 2 to your cart.
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ALL OF THESE DESIGNS AND PRODUCTS ARE 100% my design and creation. I manufacture these parts at home with quality materials that are durable. While I strive for the highest quality possible when manufacturing these, there are sometimes defects visually that occur. These have no impact to the product and I always check every single part for function and fitment before it arrives to you. If you have any questions about my products feel free to message me or leave a comment I’m happy to answer! If there is something that you’d like to see me make or you have an idea I’m all ears!
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I (21) female & now husband (23) male got engaged with my parents blessing. A couple months later while staying at my at my then fiancé house for the night he receives a text from my father threatening his life. Along the lines of “You’re having premarital sex & I don’t approve, therefore it makes me feel murderous” For context they are very religious to an extreme. When my then fiancé told me about the text I immediately went home, packed my things and moved them out of my parents home & into my fiancé’s. I couldn’t see how I could start a life with this man if I couldn’t defend him against my family. I then asked my mother about the situation and she sided with my father. The texts were non stop for about 2 weeks afterwards. Most of them repeating the first text he had sent and some aimed at me stating that “I have no morals & I have given my honor away”. At this point I had to confront my father about the situation. His response to me is that if my then fiancé could not apologize to him for having sex with me then it was proof that he was just using me for my body and would throw me away the second he felt like it. Me & my now husband have since went on to get a civil wedding because we didn’t feel that it would be appropriate to have my parents present at the wedding.
Fast forward to my 21st birthday a couple weeks ago & I receive a text from my father stating to “not over do the alcohol because that’s how your aunt died”. For context my aunt died due to complications with the alcoholism late last year & it was a shock to all of us. He then proceeded to say”if your husband wants to take advantage of you because you are drunk, just let him, kids are great. I once again asked my mother what she thought of this & she took his side saying it was a joke.
AITAH for no longer wanting to speak to my parents after the events of the last year

Hello!
Still on my first play-through and in the beginning of Blood and Wine. Thus far I have gotten GM Griffin (yellow) and unlocked mutations. The build is Yrgen-Entanglement focused with Aard also maxed out and Euphoria plus a couple key talents for that. The build is extremely strong while also being quite flexible, and kicks alot of ass.
However, one of the things I have enjoyed most about the game is when various NPCs fight on your side. Thus Alt Yrden is my main build focus, pew pew- I went through vanilla and Heart of Stone as such.
But what about Axii Puppet and even more NPCs? Is it still broken in NextGen? What are they key skills for maximizing Puppet? Is D-omination (this word seems to be messing with the filters) a good skill to use?

So I found out about this game through the Wiki. I had no idea there was a Famicom game, 2 Super Famicom games, 4-5 PS1 games, Game Boy games, Dreamcast, DS games about Mini 4WD. All -JPN only. This one seems to be the most like actually playing Mini 4WD in real life. So I download the Shining Scorpion ROM and start playing it on an emulator. I'm pretty lost since I can't read Japanese but I recognize the parts you can buy. They are dead-on like the real parts. Right color gears, endbells, wheels, rollers, all of it. So I'm motivated to learn it.
3 days after downloading it I see what looks like the cartridge in a local game store. No way. Only way I knew was recognizing the Japanese logo from the emulator. I ask the guy working who could read a little Japanese and he was like "Yeah it says 'Shinning' Scorpion Racing". My city isn't known for having a lot of import games at all unlike a coastal city so it was crazy! I get it home an put it next to my home track box and see the Japanese "Yonku" on both. Break the Super Famicom lockouts off of my SNES and fire it up. It's it.
This was way better than using the emulator since it already had a save on it. Whoever had it before grinded their brains out on the track in the first hobby shop in order to be able to buy all this stuff from the hobby shop in the second town. Unfortunately there is very little English documentation of this game and talking to NPCs to learn more is impossible for me. Problem now is course outs on the track where you race against the guy who looks like a 1940s cartoon depiction of a monkey with a bow tie. I have added all the weight possible to my car. Front, side and rear 19mm rollers. Wide rubber tires (the game seems to like these for stability even though few people race with wides today -- some things the game likes aren't how things are done 25+ years later) Tried dual rear rollers both high and middle plus low and it wasn't as stable. Hyper Dash 1 motor, Rev Tuned and Torque Tuned are too slow and still course out sometimes. Even with Hyper Dash I am still 2nd place at the most before eventually coursing out. Both types of 4:1 gears and the 5:1 gears all course out. Switching to 1.2v batteries from 1.5v doesn't stop it either. Car is very heavy. Anybody else played this one and did well?

tons of people around me but no one to talk to. no real friends. no real support. fucked up family.
yall say girls have it easy well ur fucking wrong. im a girl that really has no one. girls like me exist. girls that have no one even if it looks like everyone wants to be around us or we have everything. this is the saddest kind of lonely. just because you still have the energy to dress well and put in effort to look good (only so people wont treat you like trash if you dont), no one believes you or downplays your issues. it must not be that bad if you have the energy to get out of bed and do your hair and makeup. WELL I HAVE TO, THE OTHER OPTION IS GETTING TREATED LIKE TRASH. i know this because i have been on both sides half of my life
even if i talk to someone about my issues they wont really get it or too numb to care or dont believe it because im "pretty" i must have my life together or not doing that badly. and people just care about how i look. if i dont look good i will be completely invisible or treated like trash. if i look pretty girls get weird about it and boys only talk to me or want to fuck or date me and dont care to get to know me as a person. i cant win. either be invisible or an object. i have been on both sides. this is what its like to be a girl in this world. either be pretty or be nothing. even if you are talented if you are ugly no one will care about your talent. and even if you are pretty and talented people only see the pretty. everyone just wants to use you for something. its fucking lonely when no one cares about you as a person beyond your looks and just wanna use you and then go home. all the emptiness and soulless interactions make me want to ctb
i have so many interests, dreams and goals and just so so so many things to share but no one cares to know about any of that. everyone around me is either avoidant, numb or just want to fuck. im either a sex object or all alone. and the only person that keeps blowing up my phone is only obsessed with me just because they like how i look. this person has NEVER even met me. nobody really fucking cares tbh. many of my favorite celebrities who seem like they have it all kill themselves. and i think i get it

Hello! I am a 28 year old male. I just spent 6 days admitted to the hospital with concerns about a cardiac event because I was having facial parasthesia (tingling, numbness), the same sensation in my left arm and to a less frequent extent, my right arm. I also experience lower jaw and tooth pain, but I can’t tell if this is a symptom or if it is secondary to the swollen tonsils and adenoids.
For context, my wife and son recently got sick. My wife was very sick. Enough so that she sometimes cried about how much her throat hurt and even got a couple of chest x-rays for pneumonia. She was tested for every common illness because she had an insanely painful sore throat, a VERY bad cough, a whisper quiet lost voice and her tonsils were huge. The only result that showed was that she had a past EBV infection at some point.
I also got sick, of course. However, things went differently for me. I got sick and developed a bad sorrow throat and that was about it. This continues to this day, which is 12 days later. It’s still quite bad. My tonsils are also huge, but not as big as they were. I have tonsil secretions but I had more before.
A few days into my sore throat, my left face began to tingle. It was… weird. No pain, nothing else really. Just tingle. Later on in the day, my lip went numb. I went to the ER thinking that I was stroking out or something but the CT was fine and they sent me home.
The very next day, my left arm started to tingle and hurt and my arm starting from under my armpit medially(if supinated) running down my upper arm but not below my elbow started to ache. My shoulder had sensations of cold as well. The tinglng sensation continues and it runs down to my hand where I feel pain that that travels around but is mainly in my palm, thumb and fourth/fifth finger. This also occurs in my right arm. In fact, it’s happening right now. Both sides of my face are tingling as well.
To be clear, Yale’s cardiology team did a very extensive workup including s PET/CT nuclear stress test, echocardiogram, several EKG’s, maybe a dozen troponins a chest X-ray. No cardiac pathology was revealed. The only thing that was somewhat weird is that my symptoms were alleviated several times by nitroglycerin, but this may very well be psychosomatic due to my extreme anxiety over it being cardiac in nature and causing panjc attacks that the nitroglycerin calmed by lowering my BP and distracting me with low BP symptoms, honestly. I am a very anxious individual and I was very laser focused on it being cardiac pain because of the location. So much so that I did not even think of the possibility of my illness being related during my hospitalization. They did test me for strep and COVID and it was negative but given the fact that my wife was negative for EBV, they did not think it necessary.
I am wondering if perhaps this mystery infection could have triggered GBS? I do see a neurologist but my closest available appointment is three months from now.
So, what do you fine people think? Do these symptoms sound like potential GBS? If so, would gabapentin help? How can I go about making this easier for myself? I do have an RX for that. Thanks for reading.

For context, my boyfriend and I were in school together 6th grade-11th grade. We had all of our classes together 6th-8th grade and shared none in high school. I decided to go online during senior year when given the option during COVID due to 2 reasons: sexual assault and mental health.
We have been together for a little less than a year now. He used to hate my guts in school. We never actually held a conversation with each other. I always feel I was never given a real chance but also know I am a very difficult person to force to open up. I was known for not speaking. He hated my guts because I liked him and everyone knew it. It wasn't a secret. I feel like I embarrassed him and he was ashamed of me. He always looked like it was hell even having to sit in the same room as me. He had this friend, lets name her Sam, who was a lesbian. They were in marching band together. Sam is now transgender and a he. They stopped being friends after high school. We both agree Sam was a cunt and we hate her-now-him. According to my sister, in the 8th grade Sam approached her asking for advice on me as she (at the time) knows that I am straight and wanted me for herself. My sister was in a particularly bad mood that day and brushed Sam off saying something along the lines of "well, like you said shes not like that so you're just going to have to move on and get over it" and walked away. Sam was always particularly cruel to me after that.
Everyone hated and despised my (now) boyfriend for his promiscuity in 8th-12th grade. He has a history and is a recovering porn addict. He had lower self esteem than I ever knew and felt like he had to manipulate girls in the grades below us into sleeping with him. He has gone through therapy and is now much better and has become the person he wants to be. I did not know at the time that he is also diagnosed Bipolar 2 disorder and was on a medication that made him numb and indifferent and kind of an asshole who was unable to cry, according to him. He has gone to therapy and is a completely different person than he was in school. He has always been outstandingly mature compared to everyone else. He has been extremely patient and healthy towards me. He is the healthiest relationship I have ever been in. The healthiest person I have ever met. He makes me very very happy.
But.....I was on their side. I hated him the same way he hated me. Which he has apologised for and says Im the coolest and nicest person he has ever met and he doesn't know why he didn't give us a chance sooner. The reason I was so so angry with him, and still get frustrated with him when he mentions exes even if its to tell a funny story, is because everyone, particularly Sam, liked to rub his promiscuity in my face. It makes sense. His friends thought he hated me. Everyone else knew I liked him and spread rumors about him. Somewhere along the line with being abused at home and raped by my ex and never quite knowing how to talk to people or about how I feel, and developing the inability to make any objective statement about myself without feeling like a liar, or being tormented at school hearing how the boy I love is with yet another girl and did this or did that, and all of the back and forth between hating his guts and wishing him the best, I developed high functioning internalizing borderline personality disorder. An excruciating mental illness to have. It creeps up on you. I feel....nothing....numb or perfectly fine most of the time. I now find myself drunk crying typing this. I am the shut down type. This messes with my boyfriends anxiety. He starts crying realizing he may have said something he shouldn't have and his face always turns purple when he cries and he tries to sit me down to talk about things. The most I've been able to physically get out is the bare minimum: I don't like anything related to exes. And that was bad wording on my part. I feel he is now under the impression that I am just the "jealous type" or suffering simple retroactive jealousy rather than having been bullied by a friend who couldn't have me, or overly informed by his haters.
I do not know how to tell him how his every move impacted me so badly. He seems completely oblivious and unaware. Im so sick of being labeled as crazy when this was done to me. I was born normal. I could have been normal. So many things happened to me that shouldn't have. I feel especially guilty for still being f****ed up over this because he is so wonderful and living up to his potential. He is so loving towards me. I sometime feels like I've been murdered though. Like I was killed before we could start.
I just want to know if there is anyone out there who has experienced anything similar to this or how one could go about communicating this experience to a loved one.