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2024.05.14 06:01 Choice_Evidence1983 AITAH for separating from my husband because he refused to get a vasectomy?
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Originally posted to AITAH
AITAH for separating from my husband because he refused to get a vasectomy?
Thanks to u/queenlegolas and u/Direct-Caterpillar77 for suggesting this BoRU
Editor’s Note: added paragraph breaks for readability
Trigger Warnings: PTSD, mentions of abortion, domestic abuse, verbal abuse, sexual assault, rape
Original Post: April 28, 2024
My husband (28M, who I will call Jack) and I (27F) have been together for 4 years, we have 2 young children and I am pregnant again. I have been pregnant for what feels like most of our relationship. I got pregnant 4 months into our relationship. We got married a month before our daughter’s 1st birthday and ended up with a honeymoon baby. After our son was born, I talked to my OB and she put me on birth control and I have been taking it militantly.
My daughter is now 3 and my son is 2. A little over a month ago I discovered I am pregnant again, despite taking my birth control religiously. Abortion is banned in my state, and the pregnancy was discovered too far along to attempt to obtain one out of state. While Jack and I were nervous, we also love being parents and decided that 3 young kids would be a challenge, but 3 was a good number for us. Then we went in for the first ultrasound and got some unexpected news - it’s twins.
Things have been tough financially, and while we were stressed but excited for a third child, we were not expecting a third and fourth child. Beyond the finances, I am the primary caretaker and I know that twins is going to be a lot, three children under 5 is already a lot, but 4 children under 5 is going to be really really difficult for me. Physically, I am tired of being pregnant. I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding the majority of our relationship. It’s exhausting, it feels awful, and I don’t recognize my body anymore.
Four children is enough. I don’t want more. I told Jack that I was done with pregnancy, I’ve been pregnant enough, I’ve been experimenting with different types of birth control for over a decade and I still can’t stop getting pregnant, abortion isn’t a valid option where we live, we need something more permanent. He agreed, and suggested an IUD, I told him no - if it did fail then it could cause an ectopic pregnancy which could kill me, especially where we live. I’ve had both control fail me multiple times already and I’m not taking the chance, so I suggested a vasectomy. He was not open to the idea, and was even upset that I suggested it and told me I should get my tubes tied. I told him a tubal ligation is a much bigger surgery and I could be recovering for weeks during which time I wouldn’t be able to work or take care of our 4 young children, but he could ice his balls for a day or two and be done with it. He told me that not getting pregnant was ultimately my responsibility, and topped it off by saying “that’s what your body your choice means, YOUR body, so YOU choose.” That’s when it went from a discussion to a full blown fight.
See, when I was 19 I had another birth control failure with my boyfriend at the time (who I will call Tom). I wanted an abortion, Tom did not because he was opposed. I told him I was getting the abortion since it was my body and my choice, and Tom said some horrible things to me, including threatening me. I broke up with him and got the abortion. In response, Tom ended up following me one night and attacking me. I don’t want to go into detail but it was horrible, and he ended up going to prison for a number of charges related to the attack. Not only do I have a number of scars and some long lasting physical effects, but I have PTSD as well.
Jack knows about my history and diagnosis, and has known from the beginning. I have a pretty prominent facial scar so I was upfront about it early on in our dating. Jack always presented himself as very pro-choice, so I was shocked that he would say that. I got really emotional and started crying and shouting, and it turned into a full-blown fight.
Eventually I said that birth control is a two-way street and so far I’ve been the only one managing it and he said “and now we have 2 kids and 2 more coming, great job.” I told him he sounded like Tom and he got super pissed, basically said how dare you compare me to him, and maybe he might want kids one day with someone who doesn’t compare him to her felon ex-boyfriend. I was stunned and horrified. I said “well then let’s not waste any fucking time,”then packed up myself and the kids and drove to my parents place.
It’s been about a week since the fight. I’ve spoken with Jack a few times and he has since apologized and said he was out of line and was speaking from a place of anxiety after finding out about the twins, but also that I said things that were out of line and it was wrong of me to insist he undergo a medical procedure. He said that can move on from the things I said and that he wants to see his children and be a family again. I told him no, that I didn’t want to “move on” from the things he said to me. I can’t just get over that and I think we need space apart. Jack was upset by this and while we talked I brought up getting a separation agreement to manage custody and finances while we figure things out. He did not like this suggestion, said we didn’t need to pull the courts into this.
I haven’t told a lot of people about what’s happening but my family and a couple close friends. My sister and best friend both think I should throw the whole man away, but my brother (who is the only other one married with kids) thinks that I’m being extreme for what sums up to a fight between two scared people who both said nasty things. My mom is trying to be supportive but is occasionally reminding me that I “don’t want to be a single mother of 4” and telling me not to let my PTSD drive my decisions, while my dad is being completely unhelpful (he thinks jokes are helpful - like calling me Doorknob because I “can’t stop getting knocked up”, telling me to let the oven cool down, real knee-slappers). I don’t know what to do. My kids are happy to be at grandma and grandpas house but they miss their daddy, I’m 4 months pregnant and already uncomfortable as hell, I wish I could go back to being a happy little family but I’m so hung up on the things he said in that fight. Am I destroying my family over one bad night? Am I being unreasonable for asking my husband to get a vasectomy?
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people recommending condoms. I have gotten pregnant with condoms twice. Our second child and my first pregnancy were both conceived using condoms properly (correct fit, put on correctly, single use, not expired, no breaks, etc). I do not trust condoms enough to not fail a third time. I know the failure rate is supposedly small, but it's not personally small enough for me. Edit to the edit: I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many comments so fast and I can't keep up with them. By the first pregnancy I mean the pregnancy with Tom. With Jack I was on the patch when I got pregnant with our daughter, condoms with our son, and the pill with the twins. So far I haven't ever suspected that Jack has tampered with our birth control and always presumed that I'm a fertile Myrtle.
I recognize the comments and just want people to know I'm seeing the suggestion. I'm not dismissing it, but the thought of it is deeply upsetting and has provoked a lot of anxiety. I just wanted to make it clear that if the suggestion is only based on the condoms, that the condom pregnancies were with two different partners. While I know I always used condoms properly with Tom, I do believe that Tom could have been fully capable of sabotaging the condoms.
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deepsleepsheepmeep: NTA. Your husband is though. Your body has already been through A LOT. A tubal ligation is a serious surgery and you are right about being out of commission for a while when recovering. If he is more concerned with an imaginary future wife than he is for you, I don’t think there is much hope for this marriage.
We have 4 close friends who all got vasectomies. None of them bitched about it like your wimp of a husband. We actually had fun vasectomy themed parties for them.
On the off chance he does end up getting a vasectomy, make sure to do the follow up appointments. One of the vasectomy fab 4 did not follow through and ended up with a post-vasectomy baby.
Update: AITAH for separating from my husband because he refused to get a vasectomy?: May 3, 2024
I didn’t expect so many comments and literally couldn’t go through them all. It seemed like the majority of people said I was NTA but I did get a lot of YTAs telling me I was trying to force him to get a medical procedure and telling me to get one instead. Besides already addressing my reasonings why I made my request in the original post (which I want you to read with real "per my last email" energy), I in no way am *forcing* him to have a medical procedure, but I am saying that I do not want to be with a partner who is not willing to be snipped. This is an issue of compatibility. The number of children you want, the methods of birth control you’re willing to use, those are issues of compatibility and a reason relationships end all the time. If he doesn’t want to be sterilized that’s fine, but then that means that we’re not compatible anymore, since it means he wants more children and I don’t. Beyond that there were some YTA comments and some DMs that were just nasty, calling me a murderer and saying my body is a cemetery. Sadly enough, I expected those types of comments, because I know there are a lot of Toms out in the world.
First I wanted to address a couple things that kept coming up, because last post turned into thousands of comments that all said about 5 different things, so to avoid my inbox becoming another echo chamber:
I also am not going to mince words: tubal ligations are *less* effective than vasectomies with a *much higher* likelihood of an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy can *kill me*. In fact I got a PM from a woman who is a fellow fertile Myrtle who had an ectopic after a tubal. I am rejecting birth control options that, if they fail, would lead to my likely death. I don’t want to be pregnant again but I also don’t want to die and leave my children motherless, and in no way should anyone assume that traveling to another state to obtain an emergency abortion will continue to be an option in the future - we live in scary times, and Gilead is a real possibility. The comments seemed to have the vibe that people think that ligations are magically more effective than vasectomies and vasectomies are more of a whisper of sterility than an actual sterilization method so for those in the back VASECTOMIES ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TUBAL LIGATIONS, FULL STOP. So I really need y’all to shut up about it.
So to get down to the nitty gritty of the real update: since the last time I posted, Jack and I have sat down together and had a real come to Jesus talk. I’m not going to go through the whole breakdown, but it basically boiled down to this: it’s the vasectomy, but it’s more than the vasectomy. It was wrong of me to compare him to Tom but it was wronger of him to weaponize my trauma against me in a very malicious way. The way he intentionally used the same language my abuser used in an effort to hurt me was not acceptable and damaged the trust between us. He agreed it was not acceptable and said that in the aftermath he was horrified and ashamed his own words, and that he (as an explanation and not an excuse) kind of snapped under the stress. Oh and what he said about his “next wife” was not an indication of him not being committed to me but was because he felt hurt and wanted to hurt me back. He has apologized numerous times and seems to feel genuinely bad about it.
As for the separation, I am still going forward with it. I need space and time and I need to take that before the babies come. I am still staying with my parents who, for the record, are not sick of me or the kids. We’re a tight knit family, I only moved out when I moved in with Jack, and my sister moved out about a year ago so they have been empty nesting, and my mom doesn’t like that we live “too far” (an hour) away. What I have realized with space and time is how deeply triggering it was, in a way that I cannot explain to those without PTSD from DV, those who know will know. It’s deeply unsettled me and I’m having a hard time “getting over it” so to speak. There is now a lot of fear of my husband that was never there before and it’s going to take a lot to repair that trust and sense of safety. I cannot make a decision while I’m in this space, and I am addressing this with my personal therapist. Overall, I told him that if he wanted to stay married to me I needed two things from him: marriage counseling and a vasectomy, and even then I still cannot guarantee him anything. He understands, but I do not know what will happen with the vasectomy right now, we focused more on talking about the fight, but he is very aware that it's now a dealbreaker. And we have a marriage counseling appointment set up for next week. I'm hoping that counseling will bring some clarity to the situation, and in the mean time for the next couple months I'm focusing on giving my kids lots of cuddles and preparing myself for two new babies to come into my world, with or without Jack.
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Originally posted to AITAH
AITAH for separating from my husband because he refused to get a vasectomy?
Thanks to u/queenlegolas and u/Direct-Caterpillar77 for suggesting this BoRU
Editor’s Note: added paragraph breaks for readability
Trigger Warnings: PTSD, mentions of abortion, domestic abuse, verbal abuse, sexual assault, rape
My husband (28M, who I will call Jack) and I (27F) have been together for 4 years, we have 2 young children and I am pregnant again. I have been pregnant for what feels like most of our relationship. I got pregnant 4 months into our relationship. We got married a month before our daughter’s 1st birthday and ended up with a honeymoon baby. After our son was born, I talked to my OB and she put me on birth control and I have been taking it militantly.
My daughter is now 3 and my son is 2. A little over a month ago I discovered I am pregnant again, despite taking my birth control religiously. Abortion is banned in my state, and the pregnancy was discovered too far along to attempt to obtain one out of state. While Jack and I were nervous, we also love being parents and decided that 3 young kids would be a challenge, but 3 was a good number for us. Then we went in for the first ultrasound and got some unexpected news - it’s twins.
Things have been tough financially, and while we were stressed but excited for a third child, we were not expecting a third and fourth child. Beyond the finances, I am the primary caretaker and I know that twins is going to be a lot, three children under 5 is already a lot, but 4 children under 5 is going to be really really difficult for me. Physically, I am tired of being pregnant. I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding the majority of our relationship. It’s exhausting, it feels awful, and I don’t recognize my body anymore.
Four children is enough. I don’t want more. I told Jack that I was done with pregnancy, I’ve been pregnant enough, I’ve been experimenting with different types of birth control for over a decade and I still can’t stop getting pregnant, abortion isn’t a valid option where we live, we need something more permanent. He agreed, and suggested an IUD, I told him no - if it did fail then it could cause an ectopic pregnancy which could kill me, especially where we live. I’ve had both control fail me multiple times already and I’m not taking the chance, so I suggested a vasectomy. He was not open to the idea, and was even upset that I suggested it and told me I should get my tubes tied. I told him a tubal ligation is a much bigger surgery and I could be recovering for weeks during which time I wouldn’t be able to work or take care of our 4 young children, but he could ice his balls for a day or two and be done with it. He told me that not getting pregnant was ultimately my responsibility, and topped it off by saying “that’s what your body your choice means, YOUR body, so YOU choose.” That’s when it went from a discussion to a full blown fight.
See, when I was 19 I had another birth control failure with my boyfriend at the time (who I will call Tom). I wanted an abortion, Tom did not because he was opposed. I told him I was getting the abortion since it was my body and my choice, and Tom said some horrible things to me, including threatening me. I broke up with him and got the abortion. In response, Tom ended up following me one night and attacking me. I don’t want to go into detail but it was horrible, and he ended up going to prison for a number of charges related to the attack. Not only do I have a number of scars and some long lasting physical effects, but I have PTSD as well.
Jack knows about my history and diagnosis, and has known from the beginning. I have a pretty prominent facial scar so I was upfront about it early on in our dating. Jack always presented himself as very pro-choice, so I was shocked that he would say that. I got really emotional and started crying and shouting, and it turned into a full-blown fight.
Eventually I said that birth control is a two-way street and so far I’ve been the only one managing it and he said “and now we have 2 kids and 2 more coming, great job.” I told him he sounded like Tom and he got super pissed, basically said how dare you compare me to him, and maybe he might want kids one day with someone who doesn’t compare him to her felon ex-boyfriend. I was stunned and horrified. I said “well then let’s not waste any fucking time,”then packed up myself and the kids and drove to my parents place.
It’s been about a week since the fight. I’ve spoken with Jack a few times and he has since apologized and said he was out of line and was speaking from a place of anxiety after finding out about the twins, but also that I said things that were out of line and it was wrong of me to insist he undergo a medical procedure. He said that can move on from the things I said and that he wants to see his children and be a family again. I told him no, that I didn’t want to “move on” from the things he said to me. I can’t just get over that and I think we need space apart. Jack was upset by this and while we talked I brought up getting a separation agreement to manage custody and finances while we figure things out. He did not like this suggestion, said we didn’t need to pull the courts into this.
I haven’t told a lot of people about what’s happening but my family and a couple close friends. My sister and best friend both think I should throw the whole man away, but my brother (who is the only other one married with kids) thinks that I’m being extreme for what sums up to a fight between two scared people who both said nasty things. My mom is trying to be supportive but is occasionally reminding me that I “don’t want to be a single mother of 4” and telling me not to let my PTSD drive my decisions, while my dad is being completely unhelpful (he thinks jokes are helpful - like calling me Doorknob because I “can’t stop getting knocked up”, telling me to let the oven cool down, real knee-slappers). I don’t know what to do. My kids are happy to be at grandma and grandpas house but they miss their daddy, I’m 4 months pregnant and already uncomfortable as hell, I wish I could go back to being a happy little family but I’m so hung up on the things he said in that fight. Am I destroying my family over one bad night? Am I being unreasonable for asking my husband to get a vasectomy?
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people recommending condoms. I have gotten pregnant with condoms twice. Our second child and my first pregnancy were both conceived using condoms properly (correct fit, put on correctly, single use, not expired, no breaks, etc). I do not trust condoms enough to not fail a third time. I know the failure rate is supposedly small, but it's not personally small enough for me. Edit to the edit: I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many comments so fast and I can't keep up with them. By the first pregnancy I mean the pregnancy with Tom. With Jack I was on the patch when I got pregnant with our daughter, condoms with our son, and the pill with the twins. So far I haven't ever suspected that Jack has tampered with our birth control and always presumed that I'm a fertile Myrtle.
I recognize the comments and just want people to know I'm seeing the suggestion. I'm not dismissing it, but the thought of it is deeply upsetting and has provoked a lot of anxiety. I just wanted to make it clear that if the suggestion is only based on the condoms, that the condom pregnancies were with two different partners. While I know I always used condoms properly with Tom, I do believe that Tom could have been fully capable of sabotaging the condoms.
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deepsleepsheepmeep: NTA. Your husband is though. Your body has already been through A LOT. A tubal ligation is a serious surgery and you are right about being out of commission for a while when recovering. If he is more concerned with an imaginary future wife than he is for you, I don’t think there is much hope for this marriage.
We have 4 close friends who all got vasectomies. None of them bitched about it like your wimp of a husband. We actually had fun vasectomy themed parties for them.
On the off chance he does end up getting a vasectomy, make sure to do the follow up appointments. One of the vasectomy fab 4 did not follow through and ended up with a post-vasectomy baby.
OOP: Thank you, I feel like this is a lot of what has been so upsetting has been that he's thinking about some imaginary future wife when I'm right here, his actual wife, the mother of his children. It's like he's already imagining a future without me.
Update: AITAH for separating from my husband because he refused to get a vasectomy?: May 3, 2024
I didn’t expect so many comments and literally couldn’t go through them all. It seemed like the majority of people said I was NTA but I did get a lot of YTAs telling me I was trying to force him to get a medical procedure and telling me to get one instead. Besides already addressing my reasonings why I made my request in the original post (which I want you to read with real "per my last email" energy), I in no way am *forcing* him to have a medical procedure, but I am saying that I do not want to be with a partner who is not willing to be snipped. This is an issue of compatibility. The number of children you want, the methods of birth control you’re willing to use, those are issues of compatibility and a reason relationships end all the time. If he doesn’t want to be sterilized that’s fine, but then that means that we’re not compatible anymore, since it means he wants more children and I don’t. Beyond that there were some YTA comments and some DMs that were just nasty, calling me a murderer and saying my body is a cemetery. Sadly enough, I expected those types of comments, because I know there are a lot of Toms out in the world.
First I wanted to address a couple things that kept coming up, because last post turned into thousands of comments that all said about 5 different things, so to avoid my inbox becoming another echo chamber:
You’re 100% going to have a C-section anyway so just get a tubal while giving birth.No, I’m not 100% going to have a C-section anyway. Twins are not an automatic C-section. With my birth history there is no reason to presume that a C-section is in my future. My OB agrees, and has discussed the possibility as doctors have to do but also said that based on my past two birth experiences, I'm a "perfect candidate" for vaginal delivery.
I also am not going to mince words: tubal ligations are *less* effective than vasectomies with a *much higher* likelihood of an ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy can *kill me*. In fact I got a PM from a woman who is a fellow fertile Myrtle who had an ectopic after a tubal. I am rejecting birth control options that, if they fail, would lead to my likely death. I don’t want to be pregnant again but I also don’t want to die and leave my children motherless, and in no way should anyone assume that traveling to another state to obtain an emergency abortion will continue to be an option in the future - we live in scary times, and Gilead is a real possibility. The comments seemed to have the vibe that people think that ligations are magically more effective than vasectomies and vasectomies are more of a whisper of sterility than an actual sterilization method so for those in the back VASECTOMIES ARE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TUBAL LIGATIONS, FULL STOP. So I really need y’all to shut up about it.
Go to another state and obtain an abortion anyway.I appreciate the personal offers to help I received in DMs deeply, but no. I’m in my 2nd trimester, which I know is still legal in some places, however I am at a point in my pregnancy where I personally as an individual do not feel comfortable obtaining an abortion, considering I would be *even farther* along by the time I could travel (which is not only finances, but logistics as well). I am 16 weeks pregnant now, these babies aren’t just clusters of cells to me anymore, and I’m not going to expand on that since it’s not up for debate.
Why not adoption?With love and respect to everyone who has gone through adoption in all its aspects, adoption is absolutely not for me. This is a thought process I already went through 8 years ago, and now that I’m a mother and not a scared teenager I know it’s even less for me. I personally could not go through with it and come out the other side intact. Going through a full pregnancy, having my babies, and then being separated from them would break me.
Leave him and give him full custody of the twinsNo. Because going through a full pregnancy, having my babies, and then being separated from them would break me. Jesus, some of y’all.
Just have a sexless marriage.No. I love banging my husband, obviously lol. I don't want to be in a sexless marriage and anyone who has been to an abstinence-only high school knows that abstinence is not the way lol. There were a lot of comments assuming I would be perfectly fine withholding sex from my husband and having na dead bedroom, and I wouldn't. I have a sex drive. I'm going to want to bang my husband. Wanting to have sex with your spouse is *normal*.
What you would do about birth control if you divorced and dated in the future?I’m not thinking of dating anyone else right now, because I’m thinking more about saving my actual marriage instead of an imaginary relationship. And if theoretically I did, I would probably seek out a partner who was snipped or was ready to be to be honestly, or a woman. I’m bisexual so there’s a very good chance that my future partner wouldn’t have the right parts to knock me up anyway lol.
Jack is sabotaging your birth controlI clarified my methods in the original post (as per my last email), but I did want to address this because it came up a LOT. I don’t have reason to believe that Jack sabotaged my birth control. A number of other fertile Myrtles showed up and brought up they or their family members repeated pregnancies in the face of birth control, including tubals. Accusing my husband of reproductive coercion for no reason other than I keep getting pregnant is a big leap and a weighty accusation. I am not the only fertile Myrtle out there, there's a reason there's a whole term for it.
Your husband is a narcissist, abuser, psychopath, and he does no childcareMy husband and I historically have a really healthy and loving relationship outside of this fight. In fact, this fight is the first time we’ve really had a fight, we’ve only ever had little arguments that we’ve been able to talk through. He’s an active father, the reason that I do the majority of childcare is due to circumstance between maternity leaves, our job schedules and the fact that I breastfed my babies. Someone also presumed I’m the breadwinner, which isn’t quite true. Jack makes more than me, but we do not have deeply significant differences in our incomes. When he is home he does his fair share of cleaning and cooking (arguably more than me at times), and parenting. That being said, the things he said in the heat of the moment were deeply concerning, and we’re addressing that together.
So to get down to the nitty gritty of the real update: since the last time I posted, Jack and I have sat down together and had a real come to Jesus talk. I’m not going to go through the whole breakdown, but it basically boiled down to this: it’s the vasectomy, but it’s more than the vasectomy. It was wrong of me to compare him to Tom but it was wronger of him to weaponize my trauma against me in a very malicious way. The way he intentionally used the same language my abuser used in an effort to hurt me was not acceptable and damaged the trust between us. He agreed it was not acceptable and said that in the aftermath he was horrified and ashamed his own words, and that he (as an explanation and not an excuse) kind of snapped under the stress. Oh and what he said about his “next wife” was not an indication of him not being committed to me but was because he felt hurt and wanted to hurt me back. He has apologized numerous times and seems to feel genuinely bad about it.
As for the separation, I am still going forward with it. I need space and time and I need to take that before the babies come. I am still staying with my parents who, for the record, are not sick of me or the kids. We’re a tight knit family, I only moved out when I moved in with Jack, and my sister moved out about a year ago so they have been empty nesting, and my mom doesn’t like that we live “too far” (an hour) away. What I have realized with space and time is how deeply triggering it was, in a way that I cannot explain to those without PTSD from DV, those who know will know. It’s deeply unsettled me and I’m having a hard time “getting over it” so to speak. There is now a lot of fear of my husband that was never there before and it’s going to take a lot to repair that trust and sense of safety. I cannot make a decision while I’m in this space, and I am addressing this with my personal therapist. Overall, I told him that if he wanted to stay married to me I needed two things from him: marriage counseling and a vasectomy, and even then I still cannot guarantee him anything. He understands, but I do not know what will happen with the vasectomy right now, we focused more on talking about the fight, but he is very aware that it's now a dealbreaker. And we have a marriage counseling appointment set up for next week. I'm hoping that counseling will bring some clarity to the situation, and in the mean time for the next couple months I'm focusing on giving my kids lots of cuddles and preparing myself for two new babies to come into my world, with or without Jack.
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OOP: I've been through a trial to convict my ex-boyfriend of trying to kill me because of an abortion in a deep red, deeply religious area. I've definitely heard worse things, and I typically have pretty thick skin. That being said, I am pregnant and pretty emotional, so it's not the best experience. That being said, I do appreciate the level-headed comments when I see them through the sea of comments kind of saying the same stuff over and over. I'm not reading a lot of them if what I can see in the comment notification starts off nasty, so a lot of it is just inbox white noise. My favorites are the ones that start off with "I'm not going to read that BUT..." and I just think lol same. Like you don't want to read my post but expect me to read your comment that was made without even reading the situation? lol nope. And there are a lot of people conflating "providing someone with a hard choice" with "forcing someone into a medical procedure" and it just makes wading through for the actually helpful comments more tiring. Thank you though, I very much appreciate the kindness. Sorry, I've gotten so much of the same nonsense I guess I needed a little vent lol.OOP on wanting her husband to make a decision and be on the same page
OOP: I want to be honest with him about where I am emotionally because I want him to make an informed decision. While the vasectomy is a deal breaker, it's really my secondary concern. My primary concern is the way he acted during the fight and his intention exploitation of my trauma because he was mad and scared. I think that telling him "get the snip to stay with me" and then deciding to leave anyway because there are deeper issues and/or I don't feel safe anymore would be cruel. He deserves to have the full picture before he makes a choice, doesn't he?
If he doesn't want the vasectomy, that's his choice. It's not what I want, but it is what it is. If he wants to call it quits at 4 kids, then it is what it is and if he secretly wants to be the next Nick Cannon then it is what it is he should be free to do that. That is part of why I don't know where he is on the vasectomy right now and we didn't really discuss it much when we talked, I'm focusing on discussing the bigger issue for me which is trust and safety within the relationship. The only way for him to make an informed decision about whether or not he get a vasectomy is for him to have all the information about the situation. If that makes him want a vasectomy less, then it is what it is. It's not about making him want to have a vasectomy. It's about being on the same page.
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2024.05.14 00:53 pinkpineapplegurl is tubal ligation THAT bad, should i fight?
So I was recently approved for sterilization (yayyy!) and am already scheduled for July! However, after doing more research I learned about bisalps and that they are the gold standard, and so today I called and asked my surgery scheduler which I was scheduled for, she said I was scheduled for a tubal ligation currently. I asked for her to send my doctor a message to see if I can switch to a bisalp, and since that was this afternoon I obv haven’t heard back yet, but my question is this: if I’m already approved for a tubal, and for some reason this doctor won’t do a bisalp on me, or if the copay jumps drastically, should I still go with the tubal? I’m currently just straight up abstaining from sex because we’re so fed up with every other method of bc. I’m 24, child free and in a long term hetero relationship for reference. I have a feeling I know what everyone is going to say, and I’m hopeful this won’t be an issue at all, but would getting a tubal ligation be so horrible?
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2024.05.13 22:44 Friendly_Lie_221 Going in for a tubal ligation/ bisalp consultation
I’ve been wanting this since having my last very wanted kiddo 7 years ago. I had a miscarriage a few years ago and I’m just so ready to be done and not have to worry about pregnancy anymore.
I would love to hear from you!
I have an out of the ordinary busy life. I work two jobs and homeschool kids. I am alone 12 hours a day with no family around
How was your recovery? What do you wish you knew prior? Any words of encouragement and advice is appreciated
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I would love to hear from you!
I have an out of the ordinary busy life. I work two jobs and homeschool kids. I am alone 12 hours a day with no family around
How was your recovery? What do you wish you knew prior? Any words of encouragement and advice is appreciated
2024.05.13 21:13 upbstock GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME), the U.S. video game retail chain, is expanding its market reach by venturing into the lucrative collectibles domain.
GameStop Corp (NYSE:GME), the U.S. video game retail chain, is expanding its market reach by venturing into the lucrative collectibles domain. According to IGN, select GameStop stores will begin buying and selling single Pokémon and other trading cards starting this week. The Grapevine, Texas-based company aims to capitalize on the collectibles market, leveraging its existing trade-in system for video games to facilitate transactions for graded trading cards. See Also: GameStop Stock Pumps, But What About The GameStop Meme Coin? ‘It’s Gonna Get Wild,’ Predicts Trader The emphasis is on “graded” cards, authenticated and appraised for their condition and authenticity by the Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA). This ensures that only genuine and valuable cards are accepted. Initially, GameStop will limit its acceptance to cards graded by PSA and those valued at $500 or less. However, plans are underway to expand this service to all GameStop locations. GameStop views this move as a natural evolution given the declining significance of physical media in the gaming industry. The company aims to diversify its offerings and tap into the growing popularity of trading card games. Pokémon cards will be a primary focus, with holographic and reverse holographic cards priced at $1 each. The decision to enter the trading card market comes amidst a surge in interest, fueled by high-profile sales of rare cards fetching millions of dollars. Notably, a Pokémon card holds the record for the most expensive trading card sold at $5.275 million. Other instances, such as rapper Post Malone purchasing a Lord of the Rings Magic: The Gathering card for $2 million, underscore the market’s allure. Price Action: GameStop’s stock spiked by more than 100% at one point Monday, adding billions of dollars in valuation to the video game company. Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) posted on social media for the first time Sunday night in almost three years. Recall how Gill was initially responsible for the 2020 meme stock frenzy. The stock is currently trading at $31.22 a share and is up 78.5% at last check on Monday.
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2024.05.13 18:47 sluttytarot I guess it was nothing
My doctor suspected adeno or endo but said my symptom report wasn't necessarily consistent with either. She agreed to remove my uterus, tubes, and clips from a previous tubal ligation. I think she agreed to do it bc I had blood loss for link he 2 months straight with huge clots and was already sterile.
I feel at a loss. The only thing fucked up during my surgery was one of the clips was embedded in my uterus. Everything else looked perfect. There were 3 little dots behind my uterus she excised? I'll ask at my follow-up next week. I'm 5 days post op so next week is my 2 week f/u visit.
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I feel at a loss. The only thing fucked up during my surgery was one of the clips was embedded in my uterus. Everything else looked perfect. There were 3 little dots behind my uterus she excised? I'll ask at my follow-up next week. I'm 5 days post op so next week is my 2 week f/u visit.
2024.05.13 10:17 sweetzazz Weed before surgery
23F, 115kgs no physical health concerns Lithium 800mg and venlafaxine 300mg for bipolar disorder
I am having a tubal ligation in 2 days and I’m wondering if I need to stop smoking weed before then. I smoke daily, usually just 1 joint in the evening before bed. Will this affect anaesthetics? Can I smoke the 2 nights before surgery or is it better to stop? If I stop before should I still tell the surgeons?
Thank you in advance :)
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I am having a tubal ligation in 2 days and I’m wondering if I need to stop smoking weed before then. I smoke daily, usually just 1 joint in the evening before bed. Will this affect anaesthetics? Can I smoke the 2 nights before surgery or is it better to stop? If I stop before should I still tell the surgeons?
Thank you in advance :)
2024.05.13 01:16 Dj45045 UPDATE TO: Deployed and handed divorce papers and she's also trying to get custody of our 1 year old daughter
Hello everyone. I really appreciated all the tips and advice i recieved on my previous 2 posts.
Now on to the update. We had our court date on May 10th in Texas and I attended via Zoom as I am still deployed until around mid August. The judge awarded equal Joint Managing Conservatorship and 50/50 possession schedule of 2 weeks and 2 weeks along with our Parenting Plan Agreement (attached to the final decree) we had signed and notarized before all the issues she attempted to cause.
Now, it being May 13th(at least where I am stationed currently) she has decided to notify me that she got a 2nd job. All fine and dandy, I don't care where or how many jobs she has.
Currently our video call schedule has been 1 hour a day at a time convenient to her, which she notifies me of when she receives her work schedule on Sundays. When she told me about her second job, I asked about the new call schedule and as per usual, instead of communicating like co-parents that are equal, she dictates and commands that it WILL be 1 call of 1 hour a week on a day and time of her convenience with no prior communication. Just whenever she happens to call.
Now, as a father who is deployed, with full 50/50 custody and possession I think that's unreasonable. I could understand if I had "Visitation" of 2 days a month custody but as I have 50/50 I think 3 hours a week is reasonable and 1 hour a week is straight up disrespectful.
In our parenting plan agreement that's filed with the court, it states under the Military member, Deployment section "While one parent is deployed, the other parent must facilitate reasonable telephone and electronic communication between the child and the deployed parent."
She sent me a screenshot of that subsection with the attached message being "reasonable contact" as if she fully believes 1 hour a week is reasonable for someone who does not see their child everyday at all except through a phone screen. when I replied "no court would agree that 1 hour a week is reasonable" and "If the roles were reversed would you think seeing your daughter 1 hour a week through the phone is reasonable?" she proceeded to go to her usual response of no communication and ignoring and not responding.
To fill some context as well, the caregiver for when she is working will be her father who she lives with. She has a second phone which I provided to her that we use for WhatsApp video calls between my daughter and I.
I fully believe there is no reason if she can't be present that her father cant arrange to be on the phone during those times as again, I'm not demanding certain times or anything. Just that I have the ability to create and maintain a connection and bond with my daughter.
To add on, starting exactly a week before the scheduled court date, every call we've had scheduled ahead of time has been consistently late. and the calls that do happen are full of her blatantly distracting our daughter from me on the phone and doing everything she can to not have our daughter interact or see me while on the phone and intentionally alienates me of which i have plenty of evidence saved for when I return from deployment. I have repeated multiple times that I record all of our video calls as she has accused me of abuse once over text(even though I've been deployed since September in which this supposed instance occurred after September) and then she proceeded to forget she had accused me. I fully believe she is narcissistic and bipolar, but undiagnosed on both counts.
Am I in the wrong at all? I don't believe I have said anything unreasonable or rude or unprofessional in any way. Just stating facts and attempting to communicate. I am genuinely asking for advice, communication, anything you guys have to offer.
Is 1 hour a week actually reasonable for a father who is a joint managing conservator and 50/50 custody, who is deployed? I have only ever wanted 50/50 custody so that our daughter can have both her parents in her life and I have had this thought increasingly more often that I might have to take this to court when I return and I feel bad for even thinking that I might have to argue that having her mom be in her life equally is not in the best interest of our daughter.
Sorry for the long post. I have tried to collect my thoughts and organize it all as much as I can before I post this.
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Now on to the update. We had our court date on May 10th in Texas and I attended via Zoom as I am still deployed until around mid August. The judge awarded equal Joint Managing Conservatorship and 50/50 possession schedule of 2 weeks and 2 weeks along with our Parenting Plan Agreement (attached to the final decree) we had signed and notarized before all the issues she attempted to cause.
Now, it being May 13th(at least where I am stationed currently) she has decided to notify me that she got a 2nd job. All fine and dandy, I don't care where or how many jobs she has.
Currently our video call schedule has been 1 hour a day at a time convenient to her, which she notifies me of when she receives her work schedule on Sundays. When she told me about her second job, I asked about the new call schedule and as per usual, instead of communicating like co-parents that are equal, she dictates and commands that it WILL be 1 call of 1 hour a week on a day and time of her convenience with no prior communication. Just whenever she happens to call.
Now, as a father who is deployed, with full 50/50 custody and possession I think that's unreasonable. I could understand if I had "Visitation" of 2 days a month custody but as I have 50/50 I think 3 hours a week is reasonable and 1 hour a week is straight up disrespectful.
In our parenting plan agreement that's filed with the court, it states under the Military member, Deployment section "While one parent is deployed, the other parent must facilitate reasonable telephone and electronic communication between the child and the deployed parent."
She sent me a screenshot of that subsection with the attached message being "reasonable contact" as if she fully believes 1 hour a week is reasonable for someone who does not see their child everyday at all except through a phone screen. when I replied "no court would agree that 1 hour a week is reasonable" and "If the roles were reversed would you think seeing your daughter 1 hour a week through the phone is reasonable?" she proceeded to go to her usual response of no communication and ignoring and not responding.
To fill some context as well, the caregiver for when she is working will be her father who she lives with. She has a second phone which I provided to her that we use for WhatsApp video calls between my daughter and I.
I fully believe there is no reason if she can't be present that her father cant arrange to be on the phone during those times as again, I'm not demanding certain times or anything. Just that I have the ability to create and maintain a connection and bond with my daughter.
To add on, starting exactly a week before the scheduled court date, every call we've had scheduled ahead of time has been consistently late. and the calls that do happen are full of her blatantly distracting our daughter from me on the phone and doing everything she can to not have our daughter interact or see me while on the phone and intentionally alienates me of which i have plenty of evidence saved for when I return from deployment. I have repeated multiple times that I record all of our video calls as she has accused me of abuse once over text(even though I've been deployed since September in which this supposed instance occurred after September) and then she proceeded to forget she had accused me. I fully believe she is narcissistic and bipolar, but undiagnosed on both counts.
Am I in the wrong at all? I don't believe I have said anything unreasonable or rude or unprofessional in any way. Just stating facts and attempting to communicate. I am genuinely asking for advice, communication, anything you guys have to offer.
Is 1 hour a week actually reasonable for a father who is a joint managing conservator and 50/50 custody, who is deployed? I have only ever wanted 50/50 custody so that our daughter can have both her parents in her life and I have had this thought increasingly more often that I might have to take this to court when I return and I feel bad for even thinking that I might have to argue that having her mom be in her life equally is not in the best interest of our daughter.
Sorry for the long post. I have tried to collect my thoughts and organize it all as much as I can before I post this.
2024.05.12 23:51 Hencemyquestionis He really wants kids. I don’t, and my tubes are tied.
TL/DR below.
I’ve (31/F) been separated for almost 2 years and have been dating for about a year.
All three of my children are with the same man who I’m currently divorcing. I spent 10 years with my ex-husband to be and was subjected to a decade of cheating and absenteeism. He was never home and is/was a pathological liar, who cared more about the things he was hiding in his phone and the optics of the family instead of actually having a healthy relationship.
After enduring two extremely lonely pregnancies, I decided that I would get my tubes tied in 2018 after the twins were born. I did exactly that.
I was 26, and my doctors were reluctant to do the procedure, so I had to approach it from a health care angle, saying that it would help counter adverse developments pertaining to high-risk pregnancies and sickle cell disease.
I have never regretted or questioned my decision because I am so passionate about never subjecting myself to that kind of emotional pain that comes with being a married single mother.
I was still married when I did the procedure and the marriage lasted another four years after that. Still, I had made up my mind to never have children for him or anyone else again ever.
Typically, I use online dating apps and I clearly indicate in my bio/profile that I already have three children, and that I am not interested in having anymore.
I’ve even gone as far as stating that I had a tubal ligation to dissuade those persons who think that it is just a matter of changing my mind.
Additionally, I have changed all my dating preferences to 1.) see and meet people who are not interested in having children of their own, or 2.) who already have children.
The former (1) doesn’t completely prevent the other person from potentially changing their mind in the future.
The latter (2) offers just a little more security in knowing that since they will have already had children of their own, it would not be as burdensome to accept there won’t be more children/any children of our own together in the near or far future.
That is to say I give preference to dating men who already have their own children over those who do not.
I recently met someone (33/M) on one of these apps who says he has always wanted his own children, but it wasn’t something that he was actively pursuing since he is still trying to get established in his career and otherwise.
I don’t usually entertain conversations beyond them telling me about their desire to experience parenthood firsthand. Unfortunately, the conversation kept on going, and before long we went from texting, to video calling, to planning our first date.
The chemistry is undeniable, and we, though well aware that we’re moving really fast, have had several conversations in between all of the good parts about keeping, our expectations realistic about what we both want and how that will affect both of us if we continue to see each other.
Out of curiosity, and I mean nothing more than curiosity, I reached out to one of my specialist healthcare providers about whether or not having another baby was even possible.
They advised me that it would be detrimental to my health since I have a medical condition already, and to undertake getting pregnant, endure a high risk pregnancy and childbirth and so on and so forth was a no-go.
I take special medication (hydroxyurea)every day that helps reduce the severity and frequency of these painful episodes and I would have to stop taking it for about three months before I could even begin to try to conceive.
I wasn’t jaded by this news. Instead, I was relieved that I felt confident in the decision I made to have my tubes tied way back when. I just finished my degree and my youngest is 6. I’m finally at a place where I have autonomy over my life save for the throes and demands of being a parent.
I explained all of this to this man in the most matter-of-fact way. And, as has been his response from day one, he says “he doesn’t want to think about it now,” and that “fate has brought us together and we never know what the future holds,” and when all other arguments fail, he says “leave it to God to work a miracle.”
I’m more spiritual than religious and align more with “faith without work is dead,” and “God helps those who help themselves.”
I’ve explained to him that he can’t have both. I’ll never ask or accept that by choosing to be with me, he is choosing to walk away from his desire to have kids of his own. My conscience wouldn’t allow it and to me, as a parent, I could never be so selfish to lead him on aimlessly despite his willingness.
Last night we spent hours combing through the nuisances in circles, which frustrated me more than it did him since I’m more solutions oriented while he prefers to ignore or postpone dealing with something of this magnitude.
This morning, he insists he’ll just “forget about having kids.” He says he doesn’t want to lose me or end what we’ve had even though it’s been only a short time. To me, this is his last ditch effort to keep things as they are, but as mentioned, I’d never be at peace knowing how he really feels.
If I oblige him and continue:
What if he wakes up one day in the future and resents me?
What if, after my children have developed a relationship with him, he decides embark on fulfilling this desire (one that will always be laying in wait)?
Am I wrong:
For breaking things off with him?
Assuming this will become a major issue between us despite what he says?
For not wanting him to “sacrifice” something so big?
TL/DR: I had my tubes tied and won’t have more kids, but the man I’m dating, who badly wants kids of his own, says he will change his mind because he doesn’t want to lose me. I have strong feelings for him but can’t let him make such a major decision.
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I’ve (31/F) been separated for almost 2 years and have been dating for about a year.
All three of my children are with the same man who I’m currently divorcing. I spent 10 years with my ex-husband to be and was subjected to a decade of cheating and absenteeism. He was never home and is/was a pathological liar, who cared more about the things he was hiding in his phone and the optics of the family instead of actually having a healthy relationship.
After enduring two extremely lonely pregnancies, I decided that I would get my tubes tied in 2018 after the twins were born. I did exactly that.
I was 26, and my doctors were reluctant to do the procedure, so I had to approach it from a health care angle, saying that it would help counter adverse developments pertaining to high-risk pregnancies and sickle cell disease.
I have never regretted or questioned my decision because I am so passionate about never subjecting myself to that kind of emotional pain that comes with being a married single mother.
I was still married when I did the procedure and the marriage lasted another four years after that. Still, I had made up my mind to never have children for him or anyone else again ever.
Typically, I use online dating apps and I clearly indicate in my bio/profile that I already have three children, and that I am not interested in having anymore.
I’ve even gone as far as stating that I had a tubal ligation to dissuade those persons who think that it is just a matter of changing my mind.
Additionally, I have changed all my dating preferences to 1.) see and meet people who are not interested in having children of their own, or 2.) who already have children.
The former (1) doesn’t completely prevent the other person from potentially changing their mind in the future.
The latter (2) offers just a little more security in knowing that since they will have already had children of their own, it would not be as burdensome to accept there won’t be more children/any children of our own together in the near or far future.
That is to say I give preference to dating men who already have their own children over those who do not.
I recently met someone (33/M) on one of these apps who says he has always wanted his own children, but it wasn’t something that he was actively pursuing since he is still trying to get established in his career and otherwise.
I don’t usually entertain conversations beyond them telling me about their desire to experience parenthood firsthand. Unfortunately, the conversation kept on going, and before long we went from texting, to video calling, to planning our first date.
The chemistry is undeniable, and we, though well aware that we’re moving really fast, have had several conversations in between all of the good parts about keeping, our expectations realistic about what we both want and how that will affect both of us if we continue to see each other.
Out of curiosity, and I mean nothing more than curiosity, I reached out to one of my specialist healthcare providers about whether or not having another baby was even possible.
They advised me that it would be detrimental to my health since I have a medical condition already, and to undertake getting pregnant, endure a high risk pregnancy and childbirth and so on and so forth was a no-go.
I take special medication (hydroxyurea)every day that helps reduce the severity and frequency of these painful episodes and I would have to stop taking it for about three months before I could even begin to try to conceive.
I wasn’t jaded by this news. Instead, I was relieved that I felt confident in the decision I made to have my tubes tied way back when. I just finished my degree and my youngest is 6. I’m finally at a place where I have autonomy over my life save for the throes and demands of being a parent.
I explained all of this to this man in the most matter-of-fact way. And, as has been his response from day one, he says “he doesn’t want to think about it now,” and that “fate has brought us together and we never know what the future holds,” and when all other arguments fail, he says “leave it to God to work a miracle.”
I’m more spiritual than religious and align more with “faith without work is dead,” and “God helps those who help themselves.”
I’ve explained to him that he can’t have both. I’ll never ask or accept that by choosing to be with me, he is choosing to walk away from his desire to have kids of his own. My conscience wouldn’t allow it and to me, as a parent, I could never be so selfish to lead him on aimlessly despite his willingness.
Last night we spent hours combing through the nuisances in circles, which frustrated me more than it did him since I’m more solutions oriented while he prefers to ignore or postpone dealing with something of this magnitude.
This morning, he insists he’ll just “forget about having kids.” He says he doesn’t want to lose me or end what we’ve had even though it’s been only a short time. To me, this is his last ditch effort to keep things as they are, but as mentioned, I’d never be at peace knowing how he really feels.
If I oblige him and continue:
What if he wakes up one day in the future and resents me?
What if, after my children have developed a relationship with him, he decides embark on fulfilling this desire (one that will always be laying in wait)?
Am I wrong:
For breaking things off with him?
Assuming this will become a major issue between us despite what he says?
For not wanting him to “sacrifice” something so big?
TL/DR: I had my tubes tied and won’t have more kids, but the man I’m dating, who badly wants kids of his own, says he will change his mind because he doesn’t want to lose me. I have strong feelings for him but can’t let him make such a major decision.
2024.05.12 16:19 NDC71334 Booking Nick Aldis's WWE in-ring debut
Context: I think we can all agree (if not all, then most) that Nick Aldis has been doing an exceptional job as being the Smackdown General Manager since joining the WWE in this role. He feels like a true authority figure that commands respect and doesn't back down, which is a nice change of pace. While I don't want Nick Aldis to necessarily stop being the Smackdown General Manager, the man is only 37 years old and is a very good wrestler himself and I personally would like to see him wrestle at least once (and I would be surprised if he doesn't wrestle at any point during his WWE tenure in real life). For this booking, I want to attempt a story that will go from where we just left off with Smackdown (5/10/2024) and end with his in-ring debut. This will be a long post, so be prepared.
The Build to King and Queen of the Ring:
Build to Wrestlemania 41:
What did you think? Did you like it? Did you not like it? What specifically did you like or dislike? I'm open to all feedback
If you liked this booking, feel free to check out some others that I've done on here before
Booking Mercedes Mone in AEW part 1: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1ciup71/booking_mercedes_mone_in_aew_part_1/
Booking Mercedes Mone in AEW part 2: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1cnnzbh/booking_mercedes_mone_in_aew_part_2/
Rebooking Brock Lesnar's WWE return 2012: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1c95b4b/rebooking_brock_lesnars_2012_wwe_return/
Rebooking CM Punk's 434-day WWE Championship reign part 1: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1ccbouu/rebooking_cm_punks_434day_wwe_championship_reign/
Rebooking CM Punk's 434-day WWE Championship reign part 2: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1cdorlrebooking_cm_punks_434day_wwe_championship_reign/
Booking MJF's AEW return: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1cesd9z/booking_maxwell_jacob_friedmans_mjf_return_to_aew/
Rebooking the End of The Undertaker's Wrestlemania Streak: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1c47cba/rebooking_the_end_of_the_undertakers_wrestlemania/
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The Build to King and Queen of the Ring:
- There's only one thing that I want to change (or just make clear since I was a little confused about it on this past Smackdown) about what they have done so far and that is the match between Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul is NOT title for title, but rather the WWE Undisputed Championship is the only championship that is on the line and Logan Paul is the only one that could potentially be a double champ if he wins this match. Throughout the build to the PPV, we will mainly focus on the Cody Rhodes and Logan Paul feud/match for King of the Ring. On the next episode of Smackdown, Logan Paul continues to talk about how he has had the greatest rookie year in WWE history and that he is the best and longest reigning champion in WWE today. Logan continues to put himself over as he talks about that not only is he the greatest champion in WWE today but is the biggest star that WWE has (putting over Prime and social media engagement). Logan says that after he beats Cody at King and Queen of the Ring, he will do what nobody in their first year has done, be a double champion, and says that Cody's story as champion will end, before it even had a chance to begin. Cody Rhodes says that while Logan Paul has done extremely well for himself, he has not achieved nearly enough yet to talk the way that he has been talking. Cody says that while Logan may achieve that someday, King and Queen of the Ring will not be that day. Rhodes finishes by saying that, he earned everything that he has ever achieved and did so through going through the trials and errors of his career (brings up Stardust, tearing his pec, losing to Roman to Wrestlemania 39, etc) and that has made him the man and champion that he is today, Logan hasn't gone through that yet, but it'll start when he loses at the PPV. Cody goes on later that night to defeat Santos Escobar in the main event. The next week, Logan Paul learns that he is scheduled for a match against Angelo Dawkins that night and Logan is not happy about it. Paul goes to Nick Aldis's office to complain and says that as a champion and future double champion, he feels as though he should be being treated better and expects better in the future, after he beats Cody Rhodes. Nick Aldis tells Paul that he may be a big star and a champion, but that does not mean he gets to be treated favorably over anyone. Nick continues by saying if Logan plans on being a double champion (both the WWE and United States Champion), he needs to act like a champion, that means showing up to work, that means showing respect to his opponent (and puts over Cody's accomplishments that he has done in WWE and outside of WWE that he has personally witnessed), and it means to respect the brand that he represents. Logan smirks at this, as he tells Aldis "You talk about all these things that come with being a champion, but how could you know anything about that when you haven't been a champion here yourself?". Aldis tells Paul to watch his mouth and to make no mistake about it, Aldis does view Paul very highly, especially when it comes to the future of Smackdown, but to not think for a second that means he is untouchable. Aldis tells Paul that he should leave and prepare for his match, as he has to attain to other matters. Logan Paul later that night, defeats Angelo Dawkins after hitting him with the lucky punch with the brass knuckles. The rest of the build is focused on Cody and Logan and on the final go-home show, Logan lays Cody out with the brass knucks and holds both the WWE and United States Championships in the air to close the show.
- Cody Rhodes (c) def. Logan Paul to retain the WWE Undisputed Championship
- This is a back and forth match as Logan once again tries to cheat with the brass knuckles multiple times but the ref sees him. On the final attempt, as the ref is distracted, Logan goes for the punch but it's countered into a Cross Rhodes and Cody gets the pinfall victory, retaining his championship.
- On the next Smackdown, Logan Paul barges into Nick Aldis's office, interrupting a meeting he was having to someone that we can't see on-screen. Aldis isn't too pleased with this as he tells Logan that he's in the middle of something. Paul cuts him off, asking him when his next championship match against Cody is. Aldis just looks at him and tells him that for now, there is no second opportunity for the WWE Championship in Logan Paul's future. Aldis continues on explaining that Logan had his shot and came up short, he doesn't get an automatic rematch just because he demands it. Aldis finishes by saying "and besides, you already are the United States champion on Smackdown, and I think you have gone long enough without defending it.". Before Aldis can continue on, Logan expresses his displeasure, saying that he is outraged that he isn't getting another opportunity to wrestle Cody, saying that there is nobody on this roster that is better than he is while also berating Aldis, calling him a horrible GM. Aldis tells Paul that maybe if he quit relying on taking shortcuts with the one lucky punch and focused more on his craft, he maybe could have beaten Cody. After Paul's outburst and tense stare with Nick, he finally asks who he's defending the United States Championship against. Nick tells him that will be determined later on tonight between Shinsuke Nakamura and the man that was in the office talking to Aldis before Paul interrupted. The camera pans over to reveal that Nakamura's opponent is Andrade. Logan, again, doesn't look happy. Andrade smiles and takes off his shades, introducing himself to Logan as he extends his hand. Logan storms off. Andrade just smiles and puts his shades back on, thanking Nick Aldis for the opportunity. Later on that night, Andrade pins Shinsuke Nakamura to become the number one contender for the United States Championship. The match is made official that Logan Paul will defend against Andrade at Clash at the Castle. The rest of the build focuses around Logan Paul trying to use dirty tactics to attack Andrade, weakening him before their upcoming match, but Andrade is always one step ahead of Logan. In a vignette promo, Andrade tells Logan "I know all of your little tricks. I've done them too. Try them if you want but it will not matter, because at Clash at the Castle, I will dethrone you, and become the new United States Champion".
- Logan Paul (c) def. Andrade to retain the United States Championship
- Andrade does really well here as this is a showcase to remind the WWE Universe just how good he is while Logan finds ways to cut him off and take control at times. At one point, Logan looks to use the knucks but as he goes for a swing, Andrade counters with a spinning back elbow as he then goes for the pin but Logan kicks out at 2. Andrade goes for his finish but Logan counters by ramming Andrade into the referee. Logan capitalizes by nailing Andrade with that lucky punch with the brass knucks and gets the slow 1...2...3. Logan Paul retains.
- We're on the road to Money in the Bank and Logan Paul is as abrasive and annoying as usual and during an in-ring segment, wants to let it be known that he is officially declaring to be part of Money in the Bank this year, and when he wins the briefcase, he will be looking to come after Cody Rhodes and become double champ, like he should have last time. Nick Aldis comes out to interrupt and tells Logan Paul that he must not have been listening last time when he (Nick) told Logan that you can't just demand things around here, not on his brand. He tells Logan that he did however have Logan in mind to compete for Money in the Bank and booked him in a qualifying match. Logan begins to protest this but Nick Aldis tells him to shut the hell up (he's starting to get fed up with Logan's shenanigans plus he has been dealing with the Bloodline causing chaos on Smackdown, he's starting to become pissed). Aldis tells Logan that not only is this match to determine who qualifies for Money in the Bank, but since Logan continues to cheat in every match, this will be for the United States Championship as well AND, if Logan uses the brass knuckles, he will be disqualified and face serious consequences. Logan is furious, but before he can say anything else, Aldis says that Logan's match will take place right now. At that moment, Johnny Gargano's music plays as he is revealed to be Logan Paul's opponent. Gargano and Paul have their back and forth match and Gargano looks as if he's actually about to finish Logan after he's caught with the brass knuckles and is hit with a superkick after the ref takes the knucks away. Gargano gets Paul in the Gargano escape. Logan reaches for the ropes but is out of reach. Logan starts to tap out BUT WAIT, the referee doesn't see the tap as both Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have showed up at ringside to take out Tommaso Ciampa. As the ref is distracted and dealing with Grayson Waller, who is standing on the apron now arguing with the ref, Theory will slide the United States Championship into the ring. Gargano superkicks Waller off the apron and as he turns around, he is hit with the title belt and Logan gets the pinfall victory before the ref can see the belt. Backstage, we see Logan Paul, Austin Theory, and Grayson Waller walking together, laughing and celebrating about Paul's victory until they run into Nick Aldis. Aldis begins to scold Logan, telling him that he's starting to get really sick and tired of Logan taking short-cuts and disgracing the United States Championship (and begins to put over past champions that held the belt). Logan cuts him off, saying that he doesn't care what Aldis thinks, and that he now is in Money in the Bank, and when he wins it, Logan will be WWE Champion very shortly after. Logan says to prepare to cater to the biggest star on the show, because he will soon have no choice. Logan Paul then shoulder checks Nick Aldis as he walks past him, continuing to disrespect him. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have huge grins as they try to walk past but Nick holds his arm across, stopping Theory and Waller from walking past. Nick Aldis says that since they decided to be dumbasses and get involved in something and with someone they shouldn't have, they will be defending the Tag Team Championships at Money in the Bank against DIY. The rest of the build is about establishing the rest of the Money in the Bank match and building up each competitor. On Smackdown, Carmelo Hayes defeats Bobby Lashley to qualify and LA Knight (YEAH!) defeats Solo Sikoa to qualify thanks to a returning Jimmy Uso distracting the Bloodline. On RAW, Jey Uso defeats Damien Priest to qualify (Judgement Day is falling apart and are at odds), Finn Balor defeats Rey Mysterio to qualify, and Bron Breaker defeats Braun Strowman to qualify.
- Money in the Bank ladder match: Jey Uso def. Logan Paul, LA Knight, Carmelo Hayes, Finn Balor, and Bron Breaker to win the Money in the Bank briefcase
- This match is just chaos as everyone gets their moment to shine. In the final stretch of the match, Bron Breaker spears LA Knight, he spears Uso out of the air, he rolls to the outside and spears Finn Balor through the barricade, he comes back into the ring after seeing Hayes climb the ladder and try to grab the briefcase and pushes the ladder, sending Hayes flying and going through a couple of tables to the outside. Bron then goes for the spear on Logan Paul but it's countered into the punch with the brass knucks on, knocking out Bron Breaker. Logan starts to climb the ladder but LA Knight follows as they go blow for blow, Logan stumbles and before LA Knight can grab the briefcase, Waller and Theory pull Knight off the ladder and hit him with a double team move. Jey Uso spears both Waller and Theory and begins to climb the ladder. Jey Uso eventually pulls down the briefcase and wins the match, last knocking Logan Paul off the ladder.
- Also on this show earlier in the night, DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) def. A-Town Down Under (Grayson Waller & Austin Theory) to become the NEW WWE Tag Team Champions
- Post-Summerslam, Logan Paul and A-Town Down Under have an in-ring segment where they all express their frustrations. A-Town Down Under demands a rematch for the Tag Team Championships as they felt they were punished for supporting their friend and Logan Paul feels as if there has been a ceiling placed on him by Nick Aldis and feels that Aldis is trying to hold him down. Paul says that despite this, all three of them will overcome and rise above the odds as he (Logan Paul) will continue to be the greatest United States Champion that WWE has ever seen and his boys A-Town Down Under will reclaim the WWE Tag Team Championships. Nick Aldis interrupts and tells them that he is beyond fed up that they have to meet like this all the time. Aldis tells A-Town Down Under that they will in fact be getting a rematch with DIY for the tag team championships in 2 weeks on Smackdown. Aldis then tells Logan Paul that he came out here to inform him of his next opponent will be determined later tonight in a triple threat match, with the competitors being Andrade, Tama Tonga, and LA Knight. This does not please Logan Paul one bit as he, along with A-Town Down Under, start to argue with Aldis until you hear LA Knight's entrance music play. As LA Knight enters the ring, he tells Paul that he (Logan Paul) has been ducking him for a long time. LA has been wanting to fight Logan for quite some time and Logan thought that he could go an entire US title reign without facing him? NAH NAH! He tells Logan that when he wins later tonight, he will go on to face Logan Paul at Summerslam and not only will he take his US Title away, but he will beat Logan so bad that he will come running back to his awful podcast and leave the WWE. Logan doesn't say a word, he looks like he's going to say something in the mic, and then just drops it and leaves, looking furious. Later that night, LA Knight wins the triple threat match and is the number one contender for the US Title. The next week, LA Knight and Logan Paul have a face-to-face as Logan runs down LA for saying that as popular as LA Knight is, he has no gold to show for it. Logan continues saying that he doesn't give a damn if fans boo him because the fact of the matter is, they boo him because he is more successful, rich, famous, and great than any of them could dream of. He mentions all of his accomplishments and compares himself to famous sports teams that are hated heavily but very successful like The Chiefs (He mentions the Chiefs when he is in San Francisco). Logan Paul finishes by saying that the WWE fans love LA and he knows it, and after Summerslam, the world will only be talking about Logan Paul and end the hype train of LA Knight. LA Knight says that Logan Paul is an entitled, self-centered, little bitch who has been spoon fed and has been given so many opportunities to be great while he has had to scratch and claw and bust his ass to achieve all of the success that he has had. LA Knight says that the biggest difference between he and Logan, is that when they experience hardship, it makes LA better, when Logan faces hardship, he bitches and moans about it. LA Knight finishes by saying that the whole world will be talking, and it'll be about LA Knight showing the world how damn good he is. He says when the world is talking about LA Knight, they talk about his greatness, when the world talks about Logan Paul, it's usually because of controversy that makes him have to make a public apology after. After that is said, A-Town Down Under come down and three men beat LA Knight down. It looks as if Logan is going to hit Knight with the brass knucks until DIY makes the save. The next week during the tag team match, Logan tries to aid A-Town Down Under to help them win the tag gold, until LA Knight's music hits and brawls with Logan. In the end, DIY hit Austin Theory with their double team finish and retain. On the go-home show of Smackdown before Summerslam, we have a trios match between Logan Paul and A-Town Down Under against LA Knight and DIY. Logan Paul and A-Town Down Under win after Logan uses the brass knucks and pinning Ciampa.
- LA Knight def. Logan Paul (c) to become the NEW United States Champion
- This will open the Summerslam card as despite Logan Paul doing all of his dirty tricks, it is not enough. A-Town Down Under try to interfere on Logan Paul's behalf but it's Nick Aldis that ejects them from ringside after. In the final stretch, after a ref bump, Logan Paul again attempts to hit the one lucky punch with the brass knuckles, but, LA Knight counters the one lucky punch with the brass knucks and turns it into his finish BFT, and gets the pinfall victory over Logan Paul. LA Knight (YEAH!) is the NEW United States Champion.
- It's been 3 weeks since Summerslam and there has been no sight of Logan Paul during that time. Week-after-week, Nick Aldis has been trying to call and get ahold of Logan Paul but there has been no answer. When Nick Aldis asks A-Town Down Under where Logan has been, they coldly say that they have no idea and haven't heard from him either. On the go-home show of Smackdown before Bash in Berlin, we see a backstage segment in Nick Aldis's office as he is talking with Cody Rhodes until all of the sudden, Logan Paul appears on screen and he looks ROUGH (like, I want to imply that he looks hungover or just down on his luck. Wearing shades, smells bad, all of that. It looks as if he's been down in the dumps since his loss to LA Knight). Nick asks Cody for some time alone with Logan and Cody obliges. Nick asks Logan where he has been as he's been trying to reach him since Summerslam. Logan takes a sip of his Prime and tells Aldis that he has been busy with other obligations and was recovering from Summerslam (he's clearly hungover or something) but assures Aldis that he's back now. Logan asks Nick when he's getting his rematch with LA Knight. Nick Aldis tells Logan that he still doesn't get it. Aldis continues by saying something along the lines of "While you've been gone handing your 'obligations', we already have a number one contender set for LA Knight at Bash in Berlin. You can't just be MIA for 3 weeks and expect an automatic rematch. Had you been here, we could have discussed a potential rematch but now, you have to earn that opportunity again. We can discuss a potential number one contender's match after Berlin". Logan wants to hear none of it, absolutely enraged that he is not being treated favorably and again starts to run down Nick. They start to have a back and forth with words until Logan tells Nick that he did a little research on him during his time away. Logan says something along the lines of "I was curious to know about your in-ring career because I didn't know and I must admit, it's a pretty impressive resume. You've wrestled around the world, won championships in different promotions, and you've beaten some good competition. That's not too bad. But even with all of that, I know you wanted to wrestle here didn't you, Nick? You've always imagined yourself as being able to do what you did in other places here in the WWE didn't you, Nick? How has that worked out for you?". Nick tries to tell Logan to stop but Logan keeps going, saying "I now understand why you don't like me, it's because I'm living your dream and doing everything that you wished you could do, right Nick? It must eat you up inside knowing that despite your resume, it can never measure up to the resume I've established here already, in the best pro wrestling company in the world". Logan begins to start to talk about Nick's wife, Mickie James, and then all of the sudden, Nick pushes Logan up against the wall and has his forearm against his throat. He tells Logan that he has had enough of Logan's bullshit. Nick tells Logan that he has tried to reason with him, but Logan has been ungrateful and has disrespected him at every turn. He continues, saying that he knows how good Logan is, but even with that, he will not tolerate these antics anymore. Nick finishes by saying that if Logan ever brings up his personal life and loved ones again, he will seriously live to regret it. Nick lets go of Logan and Logan rushes out of the office.
- On the first episode of Smackdown after Bash in Berlin, Nick Aldis is out in the middle of the ring as he plans on making a couple of announcements regarding Survivor Series regarding Cody Rhode's next opponent and other matches. Before he can, we see Logan Paul interrupt, looking just as rough as we last saw him, again sipping on his Prime bottle and saying that before Nick says anything more about Survivor Series, he would like to say a few things first. Logan continues, saying that he hates Smackdown, he hates that he feels held down, and that he hates Nick Aldis. Nick tries to tell Logan that this is not the time or the place and that they can have this discussion later and Logan wants none of it as he slaps Nick's hand away as he tried putting it on his shoulder. Logan says that since Nick put his hands on him, all bets are off and he is going to say whatever he wants. Logan continues to go off being just as disrespectful as before. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller are there too, recording the whole thing (on like Instagram live or something). Logan gets in Nick's face, and begins to lightly shove him. Nick tells Logan to stop but Logan keeps instigating. Eventually after splashing his Prime in Nick's face, Nick Aldis SLAPS the shit out of Logan Paul, sending Logan down to the mat. Austin and Grayson grab Nick, getting him away from Logan as they shout at him for putting his hands on Logan. Nick tries to cool down, looking regretful about what he's done as he let his anger get the better of him. Before he can try to do anything else, Logan Paul walks over and kicks Nick Aldis in the groin, hitting him with a low blow! Logan looks pissed while also looking relieved, like has wanted to do that for a long time. Grayson and Austin pull their phones back out and record the action looking beyond excited. Logan however, doesn't stop there. He begins to reign down punches to Nick Aldis and stomping him, putting on a serious beating. Nick starts to fight back, reversing the positioning and attempts to reign down punches on Logan but is pulled off by Austin. Nick shoves Austin to the mat and Logan nails Nick Aldis with the brass knuckles. Nick is busted open and bleeding, trying to get to his feet but before he can, Logan boots him in the face. A couple of security guys come down to the ring to try to stop the assault but Logan lays them out too. Grayson Waller looks incredibly excited as he continues to record but Austin Theory is starting to look concerned, thinking that this is starting to go too far. Nick stumbles, trying his best to get to his feet but not being able to. Logan looks like he has lost his mind, grabbing Aldis by the hair as he shouts at him. Austin tries to tell Logan to stop but Logan shoves Theroy away, and before the rest of security and members of the roster can get to the ring, Logan hits Nick Aldis one more time with the brass knuckles and Aldis is out cold. Logan is escorted out by security and members of the Smackdown roster, along with medical personnel and the CCO, Triple H rush down to the ring to check on Nick Aldis. WWE later announce on their social media that Nick Aldis has been taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries and Logan Paul has been suspended indefinitely. A week after the incident, Logan Paul posts a public apology to WWE, to Triple H, and to Nick Aldis (but the Nick Aldis portion of the apology is very short and comes off as insincere). Logan even comments about it on his podcast "Impaulsive", once again making an apology but also making excuses for why he did what he did. Triple H says that while Nick Aldis is away, the WWE Board have appointed an interim GM to run Smackdown while Nick is away, and Triple H will be the Smackdown GM until Nick's return or an Interim GM is selected.
- Survivor Series and Crown Jewel has passed and there has been no word on the status of Logan Paul. However, we do learn that Nick Aldis has stepped down as the Smackdown GM (it's not a segment on TV but rather it's posted by WWE on the Social Media and mentioned by commentary during Smackdown). As we begin the build of the Royal Rumble, Triple H opens a show of Smackdown to build the Royal Rumble, saying that it is an event that has made careers for those who are able to win it and get an opportunity at the showcase of the immortals, Wrestlemania. Triple H continues by saying that he has a couple of announcements regarding the Royal Rumble, with one of those announcements being, that a certain wrestler will be making their return and be in the Royal Rumble match. Triple H announces that this wrestler is none other, than Logan Paul, who arrives to a chorus of boos. Commentary talk about how this is a surprising decision and they wonder why Logan is even allowed to step foot back in the WWE after what he did. Logan looks happy and smug as he shakes Triple H's hand and thanks him for bringing him back. Triple H tells him to not thank him, it wasn't his decision but that while he is back and able to compete again, Logan will be competing in the main event in a trios match. Triple H says that because of what Logan did, he has made quite a few enemies and there are members in the back that want to take their shot at Logan. In the main event, it will be Logan Paul, Grayson Waller, and Austin Theory, against Kevin Owens, LA Knight, and Cody Rhodes. The main event of that match ends in a no-contest after Cody looks to hit Logan Paul with three consecutive Cross Rhodes but is hit with a Samoan Spike before the third one is hit. The new Bloodline (along with "The Tribal Chief", The Rock) attack. Logan gets out of there and the new Bloodline lay everyone out. The rest of the build on Logan's side for the rumble is more members of the Smackdown roster wanting their chance to get a piece of Logan to avenge Nick Aldis. Logan wrestles Bobby Lashley, Baron Corbin, and Dragon Lee on Smackdown and is able to beat all of them (thanks to a bit of cheating and a new ruthless side of Logan at times). Logan Paul has also has Grayson Waller and Austin Theory there to help him in the Rumble and promised to put them on the podcast if they do. Grayson agrees without hesitation because he's a stooge (in this story!) and Austin Theory agrees but it's evident that he's starting to get tired of Logan Paul and Grayson Waller.
- Later in the Royal Rumble match, Logan Paul will enter at #23 and teams up with Grayson Waller and Austin Theory in the match. At #25, as Logan Paul is standing tall, you hear theme music that nobody is familar with. All of the sudden, everyone realizes that at #25, Nick Aldis enters into the Royal Rumble match and looks to have revenge on his mind as Logan looks as though he has seen a ghost. Nick makes his way to the ring and immediately tackles down Logan Paul, throwing a barrage of punches. Logan is unable to amount any offense during this initial exchange as Aldis is destroying Paul. Nick finally looks to attempt to eliminate Logan from the Rumble until both Theory and Waller stop him, beginning to beat him down and as Logan gets back to his feet, all three men begin to lay the boots to him. Finally, both Austin Theory and Grayson Waller have Nick's arm's trapped as they pick him up, setting Logan up to punch Nick, however, Nick is able to get Austin off of him and pull Grayson in his place as Logan Paul nails Grayson instead. Nick then hits Logan with a lariat and eliminates Austin Theory as Theory charges at him and Nick back drops him out of the ring. Grayson Waller stumbles to his feet and Nick clotheslines him out of the ring, eliminating Waller. Nick Aldis then looks at Logan Paul and puts him in the King's Cloverleaf (Texas Cloverleaf) and wrenches on Logan's knee, not trying to eliminate him but just make him feel pain. However, as Nick has Logan in this submission, he is met by a Samoan Spike from Solo Sikoa, saving Logan from enduring any more of the submission. Solo then picks up Nick Aldis, and throws him out of the Rumble, eliminating him from the match. Logan smiles and laughs at Nick being thrown out until he is turned around and hit with a Stunner from KO and then immediately followed up with an RKO from Randy Orton. Both men throw Logan Paul out of the ring to eliminate him from the Rumble and Nick Aldis begins to brawl with Logan again until the refs have to seperate the two, sending them both to the back. (In my fantasy universe, the winner of this years Royal Rumble is CM Punk).
Build to Wrestlemania 41:
- On Smackdown after the Royal Rumble, there's a backstage meeting between Logan Paul and Triple H and Logan threatens to sue the WWE over being assaulted by an authority figure. However, Triple H tells Logan that Nick Aldis is no longer an authority figure in WWE and hasn't been since he was assaulted by Logan. Triple H then tells Logan that if he wants to do something about it, he should fight Nick Aldis and do something about it. Logan initially wants no part of it, but Triple H plays up to his ego and gets Logan riled up to the point where he says he will fight Nick whenever he wants. After saying that, Nick Aldis comes out and formally accepts Logan's challenge. Logan leaves after realizing what he has agreed to. At one point in the build, they have a contract signing making the match official as the two men share and tell each other how much they hate the other person. Logan says that Nick should have never messed with Logan Paul, and that if he had just treated Logan as the global superstar that he is, none of this would have happened and maybe they could have had a good working relationship. Logan says that Nick doesn't belong here in WWE, not as an authority figure, and not as a wrestler and he will prove that at Wrestlemania. Logan finishes by saying that Logan is going to crush Nick's dream of wrestling on the biggest stage in the biggest company and embarrassing him in front of the entire world. Nick tells Logan that despite how much he dislikes Logan, he acknowledges how good he is at such a young age (and he has always said that throughout this build). However, at Wrestlemania, he (Nick) is going to make Logan pay for all of his disrespect and for all the times that he has thought that he was better anyone. Nick says that he has seen the most talented wrestlers from all over the world have the world in the palm of their hand, and they ruined it for themselves by self-inflicted mistakes. Nick says that Logan is just like those people because his self-inflicted, career-risking mistake, was to cross the boss, and not just any boss, but Nick Aldis. Nick starts to try to get in Logan's head and get him frustrated to which he succeeds and Logan signs the contract as he throws the pen at Nick. Nick just smiles and tells Logan that he should have read over the contract because the contract he just signed, just made their match at Wrestlemania, a street fight. Nick tells Logan that he will see him at Wrestlemania, and to prepare for the biggest night of Hell he has endured in a WWE ring. Also, during this build, Logan starts to treat A-Town Down Under horribly and Austin Theory is fed up with Logan at this point while Grayson is still trying to be a leech and benefit from Logan's star power.
- The only notes to make about this match is that this is on night 2 of Wrestlemania and both men beat the hell out of each other. All the weapons are used but Nick is also to use his technical abilities in the ring and works over Paul's knee. At one point, KSI (or some other YouTube/social media personality) tries to aid Logan Paul but is stopped by Austin Theory as he is done with Logan and Grayson (Grayson Waller argues with Austin Theory as they go to the back). At one point, Logan Paul tries to hit the frog splash onto Nick Aldis through the table but misses, crashing through the table himself instead. In the end, after hitting Logan Paul with the brass knuckles (making Logan pay for all the times he has used them in matches, it finally backfires on him), Nick Aldis puts Logan Paul in King's Cloverleaf (Texas Cloverleaf) and makes Logan Paul submit in the middle of the ring.
What did you think? Did you like it? Did you not like it? What specifically did you like or dislike? I'm open to all feedback
If you liked this booking, feel free to check out some others that I've done on here before
Booking Mercedes Mone in AEW part 1: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1ciup71/booking_mercedes_mone_in_aew_part_1/
Booking Mercedes Mone in AEW part 2: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1cnnzbh/booking_mercedes_mone_in_aew_part_2/
Rebooking Brock Lesnar's WWE return 2012: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1c95b4b/rebooking_brock_lesnars_2012_wwe_return/
Rebooking CM Punk's 434-day WWE Championship reign part 1: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1ccbouu/rebooking_cm_punks_434day_wwe_championship_reign/
Rebooking CM Punk's 434-day WWE Championship reign part 2: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1cdorlrebooking_cm_punks_434day_wwe_championship_reign/
Booking MJF's AEW return: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1cesd9z/booking_maxwell_jacob_friedmans_mjf_return_to_aew/
Rebooking the End of The Undertaker's Wrestlemania Streak: https://www.reddit.com/fantasybooking/comments/1c47cba/rebooking_the_end_of_the_undertakers_wrestlemania/
2024.05.12 07:24 senpaiinahoodie How's this routine?
(Disclaimer** I am the lead long distance runner for my school here in Texas and I'm about to join the military next year so I'm trying to build. Any advice would be great!
Monday: Upper Body Push
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Monday: Upper Body Push
- Bench Press: 4 sets of 6 reps
- Overhead Press: 4 sets of 6 reps
- Incline Dumbbell Press: 3 sets of 8 reps
- Tricep Dips: 3 sets to failure
- Core: Weighted Sit-ups: 3 sets of 12 reps
- Back Squats: 5 sets of 5 reps
- Deadlifts: 4 sets of 5 reps
- Bulgarian Split Squats: 3 sets of 8 reps per leg
- Calf Raises: 4 sets of 12 reps
- Core: Hanging Leg Raises: 3 sets of 15 reps
- Pull-ups: 4 sets to failure
- Barbell Rows: 4 sets of 6 reps
- Lat Pulldowns: 3 sets of 8 reps
- Bicep Curls: 3 sets of 12 reps
- Core: Russian Twists: 3 sets of 20 reps
- Power Cleans: 4 sets of 4 reps
- Front Squats: 4 sets of 6 reps
- Leg Press: 3 sets of 8 reps
- Core: Planks: 3 sets of 1 minute
- Dumbbell Lunges: 3 sets of 10 reps per leg
- Push Press: 3 sets of 8 reps
- Bent-over Reverse Flyes: 3 sets of 12 reps
- Dumbbell Shrugs: 3 sets of 12 reps
- Core: Medicine Ball Slams: 3 sets of 15 reps
2024.05.12 00:31 Substantial_Item_828 No, It’s Not Joever: How 2024 Polling Is Underestimating Joe Biden
 | Note: This essay was written about a month ago, for a school project. Some of the numbers and polling averages may be slightly outdated, but the point of the essay still stands. submitted by Substantial_Item_828 to AngryObservation [link] [comments] Introduction “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.” That’s what the front-page headline of the Chicago Tribune said on November 3rd, 1948. It’s also what the polls had all been saying for months: that New York governor Thomas Dewey would defeat incumbent president Harry Truman and become the next president of the United States. And yet, he didn’t. Truman won reelection in a massive upset, defying the polls. Somehow, Truman had gone from trailing Dewey in polls by so much that cartoons like the following were created, to winning the election. https://preview.redd.it/oqba22kugvzc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=92204f20feee6faea87f731a797760140c4a0814 Truman was a very unpopular president. His campaign was also plagued by third parties threatening to split his votes: Strom Thurmond on the right and Henry Wallace on the left. The way he was able to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat can’t be described as anything less than amazing. Historians still debate over it, but the most popular theory is that Truman was able to win many voters who disapproved of him because he successfully painted Republicans as being worse than he was. This strategy was aided by Dewey’s weak campaign. Many voters didn’t like Truman, and when polled, wouldn’t say they would vote for him, but when the time came, they held their nose and pulled the lever for the president. The election was a lesson to not treat polls as gospel. Today, the nation faces another presidential election. The Democratic candidate is incumbent president Joe Biden. He’s running for reelection despite concerns about his age and rumors he wouldn’t run again due to it. On the Republican side, former president Donald Trump is the nominee. He faced opposition in the primaries, most notably by former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, but beat her and his other opponents without too much trouble. The election is the first presidential rematch since 1956. Several independent/third-party candidates are running too, the most notable being Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr. for short), nephew of JFK. He’s been polling very high for a third-party candidate, getting double digits in many polls. Biden beat Trump in 2020, but opinion polls have been showing Trump leading Biden, often by large margins. As of April 1st, Trump leads Biden by 1.1% in the national polling average according to racetothewh.com, an election prediction/poll aggregation website. Biden won the popular vote by 4.5% in 2020, so this is a sizable swing right. Trump also leads Biden in all seven swing states. Below is a chart comparing the 2020 presidential election margin and the 2024 polling average in the seven swing states. https://preview.redd.it/9wvdn2yzgvzc1.png?width=631&format=png&auto=webp&s=e9c69e14cedfecc11d866837b9533d3e39a30db0 It seems like Biden’s doomed. He needs to win at least some of the swing states to win the election, and right now he isn’t winning any of them. It looks like Trump is on track to becoming the second president ever to win a non-consecutive second term, after Grover Cleveland. But there’s something else going on. Biden’s bad polling situation seems simple on the surface. He’s incredibly unpopular, having an approval rating of 39.1% (net -16.3%) according to FiveThirtyEight. His bout of unpopularity seems to have started around the Afghanistan withdrawal, although when asking someone their reason for disliking Biden they’ll probably say something about his age or the economy instead. So, it makes sense that Biden would be polling badly. He’s an unpopular president, and people would rather have Trump. But it isn’t that simple. Because looking deeper, there are some things that don’t make sense. Crosstabs of polls showing massive realignments not seen since the Civil Rights era. Other indicators of a president in trouble not showing up. Things that when put together, suggest Biden may not be in as much danger as the polls say. When all the evidence is put together and analyzed, it’s clear that Biden is not doomed, not at all. Biden’s bad polling can be explained by two things. First, bad polling methodology underpolling his supporters. Second, people who are supporting third parties now, but will eventually return to Biden. These two things are both making Biden’s polling look bad, although which one has a stronger effect depends on the poll and the demographic group. Additionally, all the indicators other than the polls, like primary elections and special/off-year elections, don’t show Biden in too much trouble. Explaining Racial and Age Depolarization First, context is needed for the rest of this essay to make sense. So, as was said earlier, 2024 polls are showing Biden doing much worse than his 2020 performance. That makes sense – Biden is less popular, so naturally fewer people want to vote for him. The strange part is what demographic groups Biden is slipping with. Instead of a mostly uniform shift, which would be expected, almost all of Biden’s losses seem to come among nonwhite voters – most significantly black and Hispanic voters. He’s also losing ground among young voters (usually defined as voters between the ages of 18 and 29). The Democratic Party traditionally does well with these groups, so this is of course concerning for Biden. Even more strange is that in some polls, Biden is actually making some inroads among the demographics that are historically the base of the Republican Party – those being white voters and seniors. Looking at the aggregation of crosstabs of polls during February, there are many abnormalities. The aggregation shows Trump making massive gains among black and Hispanic voters (swings of R+28.4 and R+18.5 respectively) but making almost zero gains among white voters (R+0.1, but right under that there are slight blue swings with both college educated and non-college educated whites, likely a product of not all polls recording results for those groups). This is strange, to say the least. White people seem to be perfectly fine with Biden, while nonwhite people suddenly despise him. This phenomenon is called racial depolarization, or racedep for short. Swings among different age groups are also odd. Trump is improving by 16.1 points among voters aged 18-29 but losing 1.8 points with seniors and 4 points with voters aged 50-64. Young voters are much more liberal than older voters. Every opinion poll and election result suggests this. Unless they’ve suddenly become much more conservative, them supporting Trump over Biden doesn’t make sense. Along with racedep, age depolarization ("agedep") is common in crosstabs of 2024 polls. Those are not the only depolarizations supposedly going on, as can be seen in the tweet. Urban and suburban voters moving towards Trump while rural voters move towards Biden. Democrats moving towards Trump, Republicans moving towards Biden. Geographical and political polarization have been increasing in recent years, so this suggests a strange reverse of that trend. 2024 probably won’t be a large realignment, it’s more likely something is just wrong with the polls. Explaining Primaries Presidential primary season has been going on for a few months, after the Iowa caucus kicked it off in January. While Biden and Trump both won their primaries easily, how strong their performances were in different areas can reveal a lot about how certain groups are feeling about the candidacies of the two – like black, Hispanic, and young voters. But first, protest voting has to be explained. When an incumbent president is running for reelection, they usually do not face much opposition in the primaries. Typically, only no-name minor candidates are the other people on the ballot besides the president. They do not have a chance at winning, but they do serve as a way for people who are upset with the president to express it. Sometimes, the “Uncommitted” option is also used to protest. Look back to 2012, when Obama was running for reelection. He swept the primaries, but his worst performances were in West Virginia, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, where he got under 60% of the vote. The four states all had something in common: a lot of the registered Democrats were white conservatives who before 2008 voted Democratic, but switched to McCain because they didn’t like Obama’s dark vision for America. They voted against Obama in the primaries because they didn’t like him and didn’t want him to be the nominee. Those voters would then go on to vote Republican in the general election. The places that swung the hardest against Obama in 2008 were also the places where he did the worst in the 2012 primaries. 2004-2008 swing 2012 Oklahoma Democratic presidential primary 2012 Arkansas Democratic presidential primary 2012 Kentucky Democratic presidential primary 2012 West Virginia Democratic presidential primary Now, those four states were already very red even before 2008, Obama was not going to win them and he did not need to win them. But if a candidate is doing badly in a potentially competitive state’s primary, they should heed the warning – or risk losing. Another good example of protest voting can be found in the 2016 Democratic primary. Hillary Clinton did very poorly in the Rust Belt states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania – losing the first two to Sanders and coming close to losing the last. And where Sanders’s support was strongest was in rural areas – also the areas that swung the most towards Trump in the general election. Trump narrowly flipped all three of those states, winning him the presidency. 2016 Wisconsin Democratic presidential primary 2016 Michigan Democratic presidential primary 2016 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary 2012-2016 swing The polls said Clinton would easily win all three states, while the primaries said she would struggle in them – and the primaries were right. The 2024 Primaries Presidential primaries can give an idea of where a candidate might underperform in the general election, and 2024 primaries are no exception. If black, Hispanic, and young voters are upset with Biden, like the polls are suggesting, then they will protest vote against him. The first primary that will be examined is the South Carolina primary. South Carolina is 26% black according to the 2020 census, and that number is even higher among Democratic primary voters thanks to the racial polarization of the state – Biden won 90% of black South Carolinians in the 2020 election, while Trump won 73% of white South Carolinians. https://preview.redd.it/x2t8cnl3hvzc1.png?width=338&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b5982c343da804a10a1221e623b2de84b2f1b86 South Carolina was also the first primary state (so Biden did not have momentum from winning contests at that point, nor was he the presumptive nominee), and the primary was open (meaning independents could vote), so the conditions for protest voting were as good as they could possibly be. But despite all that, Biden got 96% of the vote. If black people really are upset with Biden, they clearly don’t hate him enough to cast a protest vote against him. And looking at individual counties, there’s not even a correlation between the percent of black people and the percent of opposition vote. Biden got 97% of the vote in Allendale County (73% black, the blackest county in the state) and he got 95% in Pickens County (7% black, the least black county in the state). If anything, Biden did better in counties where there are more black people. And it’s not just South Carolina – in pretty much every state where black people make up a significant percentage of the Democratic electorate, Biden won by huge margins. He got 99% in Mississippi, 95% in Georgia, 90% in Alabama, and 86% in Louisiana. Biden came close to losing a few counties in Louisiana – but not the ones with lots of black people. The counties he did the worst in are heavily white. The same kind of people who gave Obama trouble in the 2012 primaries voted against Biden, too. Evidently, black people aren’t protest voting against Biden. Young voters will be looked at next, using the Michigan primary. Just like South Carolina, Michigan has open primaries. There was an organized campaign for the “Uncommitted” option in Michigan to protest Biden’s policy on Gaza and pressure him into calling for a ceasefire. The Uncommitted option did modestly well, getting 13% of the vote, slightly higher than it did twelve years ago when Obama was running for reelection. The Uncommitted campaign achieved their (unambitious) goal of 10,000 votes, getting slightly over 100,000. Biden got 81% of the vote, while Williamson and Phillips took the remaining 6%. What’s interesting though, is where Uncommitted did the best. Its strongest performance was in Wayne County (which includes Detroit and a few other cities), where it got 17%. Wayne County is home to 140,000 Arab Americans who make up 7.8% of the county’s population, so the strong Uncommitted performance wasn’t surprising. The second strongest county for Uncommitted was Washtenaw County (also 17%), which doesn’t have many Arab Americans. What it does have, however, is the University of Michigan. With over 50,000 students enrolled, it’s one of the largest colleges in the country. Looking at a precinct map of the results for Washtenaw County, Uncommitted did well because UMich students were protest voting against Biden. https://preview.redd.it/nov5qkx5hvzc1.png?width=629&format=png&auto=webp&s=cec905bdfdd4fa10be01d03a97a220925d4ffa6d Ann Arbor, the city where UMich is located, had a very high percentage of Uncommitted votes. There’s no doubt about it, college students were voting Uncommitted to protest Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza. Looking at college counties in other primaries, there was generally a trend of the Uncommitted option (or whatever name the state has for it) doing well. In Dane County, Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin), there was lots of protest voting against Biden. “Uninstructed” got 15% in Dane vs 8% statewide. “None of these names” did well in Douglas County, Kansas (University of Kansas), getting 14.5% of the vote, compared to the statewide average of 10.3%. And Uncommitted got a sizable 21% in New Haven, Connecticut (Yale University), compared to 11% statewide. There’s definitely some protest voting against Biden by young voters. But remember the reason most of them are unhappy with Biden in the first place: it’s because of Gaza. Trump is more pro-Israel then Biden, so it makes no sense for them to support him. That’s different from Haley voters, who are ideologically between Biden and Trump. Things may be more complicated than they seem, as will be discussed later, but first here’s the analysis of the third group Biden has been slipping with in polls: Hispanic voters. The Texas primary is a good place to judge how Hispanic voters are feeling about Biden. Texas has open primaries, like Michigan and South Carolina. Biden did the worst in South and West Texas. One of the places he underperformed the most was the Rio Grande Valley (RGV). He got percentages in the 60s, 50s, and even 40s in many RGV counties, with his worst performance being in Zapata County, where he got a pathetic 40% of the vote. The RGV is heavily Hispanic, so at first this seems like a validation of the polls showing Trump making massive gains among Hispanic voters – but it isn’t the only place in Texas where Hispanic people live. Biden performed very strongly in El Paso County, an 82% Hispanic county home to the city of the same name. He also did well in places like Bexar County (San Antonio, 59% Hispanic), Dallas County (Dallas, 40% Hispanic), and Harris County (Houston, 43% Hispanic). Looking at other states, it seems like Biden’s RGV performance was the exception, not the rule. He got 81% in Imperial County, California (86% Hispanic); and 83% in Santa Cruz County, Arizona (83% Hispanic). Hispanic voters have been slowly trending towards Republicans over time, so Biden’s performances are even more impressive when that factor is taken into account. According to exit polls, Hispanic voters voted for Obama by 44 points, Clinton by 38 points, and 2020 Biden by 33 points. A lot of the people voting against Biden may be registered as Democrats but didn’t vote for him in 2020. https://preview.redd.it/h35vewo8hvzc1.png?width=407&format=png&auto=webp&s=3c5b78394104a627ae1b8019db62aa1c3a4a1b70 https://preview.redd.it/jlo9nlhdhvzc1.png?width=377&format=png&auto=webp&s=726526e7da2a9c8690ab01e00a12e2e49265445d https://preview.redd.it/l4tremrehvzc1.png?width=458&format=png&auto=webp&s=0744e5c12f7c0c4eb05ec84b59a070174b017b98 Overall, primaries don’t support the polls showing Trump making huge gains among black/Hispanic/young voters. There’s zero evidence black voters are upset with Biden. As for the other two groups, there are some signs of discontent, but not enough to warrant the double-digit swings polls are showing. Biden’s underperformances in college counties/Hispanic counties, when present at all, are usually less than 10 points worse than his statewide performance. And that’s assuming every single person protest voting will go for Trump. If all protest voters really do vote for the other party in the general election, say hello to Biden’s second term, because Nikki Haley regularly gets twice the number of votes in Republican primaries as Biden’s opposition does in Democratic primaries. Even after she dropped out. Midterms, Off-Years, and Special Elections At the same time Biden has been doing well in primaries, Democrats have been scoring wins in special/off-year elections. These elections are historically correlated with the popularity of the president, so they conflict with the polls showing Biden down. Look at elections during the last three presidencies to know what happens when a president is unpopular. While Trump was in office, he was quite the unpopular president, and his party lost many elections because of it. Through 2017-2019, Republicans lost a net 8 governorships, going from 34 to 26; and a net 41 House seats, going from 241 to 200. The only chamber they managed to gain in was the Senate (thanks to a very favorable map and increased polarization causing many Democrats in red states to lose) – but not without losing a special election in Alabama, a deep red state that had voted for Trump over Clinton by almost 28 points. This pattern continues to back when Obama was in office. From 2009-2011, when he was at the height of his unpopularity due to the state of the economy and Obamacare, Democrats lost big. They went from 28 governorships to just 20, 257 House seats to only 193, and 59 Senate seats to only 53. Like Republicans with Alabama during Trump’s presidency, Democrats managed to lose a Senate special election in a state considered safe for their party – Massachusetts, which had voted for Obama by 26 points in 2008. And it goes even further back to Bush’s presidency. Backlash over the wars caused Republicans to lose 6 governorships from 2005-2007 (going from 28 seats to 22), 30 House seats (232 down to 202), and 6 Senate seats (55 to 49). But despite Biden’s unpopularity and bad polling, Democrats have been doing well in elections despite precedent saying they shouldn’t be. The 2022 midterms, which were supposed to be a red wave, were anything but. Democrats flipped a net 2 governorships and 1 Senate seat, and only barely lost the House. The small majority Republicans won has been giving them trouble when trying to govern. Already, one Speaker was ousted and it’s possible a second might be too. More recently, Democrats won the governorship in Kentucky and almost won it in Mississippi, both very red states. They flipped the Virginia state house and won a supreme court election in Pennsylvania by a large margin. Two months ago, they won a competitive special election for a House seat in New York by a decisive 8-point margin. Interestingly, the normal pattern of an unpopular president’s party doing poorly manifested early in Biden’s term. After his approval rating crashed during the Afghanistan withdrawal, Democrats went on to lose the governorship (and state house) of Virginia, and almost lost the governorship of New Jersey. Both states voted for Biden by double digits in the 2020 election. Something changed between November 2021 and November 2022 to cause this shift. It might have been the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade and allow states to ban abortion. In several special elections right after the decision, Democrats overperformed massively. For example, Republicans won the special election for Nebraska’s 1st congressional district, which voted for Trump by 11 points in 2020, by only a 5-point margin. The election took place just four days after the Dobbs decision. The Trump-backed candidates nominated in many Senate and governor elections could also be the ones to blame. Thanks to Trump’s endorsement, many extremist candidates won the primaries in key races. They often denied the results of the 2020 presidential election and had other problematic views. Most of them went on to lose the general election, sometimes by huge margins. Below is a table of all the results. https://preview.redd.it/vx1ilmujhvzc1.png?width=633&format=png&auto=webp&s=2771b74c5d4257d66b4825078ada46216b0be9bd Whatever the cause, Republicans flopped in 2022 and haven’t recovered since. And it doesn’t seem like Trump will be able to avoid the problems plaguing his party. His handpicked candidates were the ones that did terribly while other Republicans often did well; and the abortion issue isn’t just going away, not to mention Trump’s the one responsible for getting Roe overturned with his SCOTUS appointments. Of course, there’s a counterargument: that Biden is somehow breaking historical precedent, and he’ll do badly while other Democrats do fine. That seems like a reasonable theory, until the fact that Biden vs Trump and the generic congressional ballot are polling exactly the same is considered. As of April 5th, at least. https://preview.redd.it/l0ecq2slhvzc1.png?width=753&format=png&auto=webp&s=d8c231135e068129cc1f9c3e1a3b9b2ce41be3fb Since work on this essay has started, Biden has experienced a little surge of support in the polls. It could just be noise, but it might be something else. https://preview.redd.it/m14gsmjmhvzc1.png?width=1043&format=png&auto=webp&s=43bc8d8146b31f5a613a1e7a4adc4ca30a858750 Biden has also been polling as well as (or sometimes even better than) hypothetical Democratic candidates for president like VP Kamala Harris, California governor Gavin Newsom, and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer. It could be argued Biden is only doing better because he has higher name recognition, and Democrats who don’t know the other three candidates are answering undecided. But Michelle Obama being extremely well-known didn’t stop her from trailing Trump by the exact same amount as Biden in a poll. https://preview.redd.it/7h189dpnhvzc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=42aa042e9462022d397bbe212c428e41f4d40c99 Democrats are doing much better in actual elections than in polls, and Biden’s polling the same as other Democrats. It stands to reason that Biden would also do better in an election than in polls. The Problem with the Polls While primary and off-year elections suggest Biden isn’t doing badly, they still don’t explain the polls. One theory is that the black/Hispanic/young voters who don’t like Biden aren’t voting in any elections, that’s why Democrats are doing well. Perhaps the biggest proponent of this theory is Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for the NYT. This theoretical group of low-propensity Trump supporters who love answering polls but don’t vote in any elections sounds dubious, and that’s probably because it doesn’t exist at all. Biden’s bad polling is caused by two main things. The first is bad methodology, but before that is discussed, how polls work must be explained. Polls work by contacting a certain number of voters, usually around a thousand, and asking them how they plan to vote. The 2024 options are usually Biden/Trump/Undecided/Other. Sometimes Other is changed to real third-party candidates, like RFK Jr. Polls also ask information on the voter, like their race, sex, age, and region. After data is collected, polls are weighted to reflect real demographics. For example, if a poll’s raw data has 40% of respondents living in urban areas while 60% live in rural areas, and the actual percentage of voters is 50% urban and 50% rural, then the responses of the urban voters are weighted higher. If that poll has urban areas voting 60D/40R and rural areas 40D/60R, then the raw data is 48D/52R while the weighted (and final) data is 50D/50R. This seems like an effective way to avoid bias in polls, and account for lower response rates from certain groups. If rural voters are answering at a higher rate, just give them less weight. If Hispanic voters are answering at a lower rate, give them more weight. The thing is, voters don’t belong to just one group. A person can both live in a rural area and be Hispanic. And while groups (rural voters, Hispanic voters) are weighted, subgroups (rural Hispanic voters) are not. Say, rural Hispanic voters are more Republican than urban and suburban Hispanic voters. Say, they’re answering polls at higher rates as well. Rural voters will be weighted lower in the poll, but that’s just all rural voters combined. Rural Hispanic voters are not weighted vs other Hispanics. That would lead to Hispanic voters in the poll being more Republican than they are in reality. A typical poll has around a thousand respondents, and a margin of error of about ±3%. The sample sizes for different groups, however, are much smaller, which means a bigger margin of error. Let’s say Hispanic voters are 10% of the poll’s respondents, or a hundred in total. That’s a margin of error of ±8%, much larger than the ±3% for the poll as a whole. And if rural Hispanic voters are 20% of all Hispanic voters, that’s a margin of error of ±18%! Small inaccuracies in subgroups can cause a ripple effect that makes the whole poll wrong. Let’s do a simulation to show this effect off.
You guessed it, this is happening in real life. And not just with Hispanic voters, but with everyone. A pattern among 2024 polls is that rural voters are answering at a higher rate than urban/suburban voters. In one NYT/Siena poll (Trump+4), rural voters made up about 35% of the respondents, when they only made up 19% of the 2020 electorate. In another poll by Grinnell College (Trump+7), rural voters made up 27% of the respondents. Voters who said they lived in a “town” made up 17%, and it’s likely at least some of them would break for rural if they had to choose between urban/suburban/rural. Looking at the 538 poll database, a clear pattern emerges. Polls that have Trump leading Biden have a proportion of rural voters that is way too high. Polls where Biden leads Trump have more normal numbers. Rural voters tend to be more conservative and vote Republican, and sure enough, Republicans are answering at a higher rate then Democrats. (scroll to "Do you consider yourself a Democrat, a Republican, an independent or a member of another party?" for the NYT/Siena poll and the top of page 6 for the Grinnell College poll. Both show more Republicans answering the poll than Democrats.) One pollster, Susquehanna Polling and Research, remarked that Trump supporters seem to have higher enthusiasm than Biden supporters, and so are answering polls at a higher rate. The second reason why Trump may not be winning Pennsylvania has to do with who is answering polls. We suspect because Trump is the only candidate with “enthusiastic” voters, it’s Trump voters in particular who are disproportionately talking to pollsters. It’s the reverse of what happened in 2016, when the phenomenon of “shy” Trump voters meant that many pollsters undercounted Trump’s base of support. Many voters were afraid to admit they were Trumpers back then. Today, we suspect many pollsters are not adjusting their samples to account for this “non-response” bias, as it’s typically called. But SP&R is doing so.Polls also say that Trump voters are more enthusiastic than Biden voters. Republicans are slightly more enthusiastic ahead of November’s general election, edging out Democrats, according to a new survey.Groups like seniors and white voters may not be swinging towards Trump because there isn’t an enthusiasm gap, unlike with black/Hispanic/young voters. According to a YouGov poll, groups that aren’t swinging towards Trump in the crosstab aggregate are also paying more attention to the election (and therefore are more enthusiastic, and answering more polls). When black/Hispanic/young voters start paying more attention, they’ll get enthusiastic and start answering polls, which should improve Biden’s polling. https://preview.redd.it/0899t1ephvzc1.png?width=1074&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f9fe91a2d30381a9f08e7e1883b90679aefd6a0 And that rural Hispanic voter hypothetical was based on something real. Rural Hispanic voters were already more Republican than other Hispanics in the 2020 election; and Biden did badly in the rural RGV in the primaries while doing better in cities like El Paso. The difference may be even larger than it was four years ago, with rural Hispanics swinging against Biden while urban and suburban Hispanics don’t. Rural Hispanics make up a small percentage of Hispanic voters (scroll down to "Area type"), so this swing doesn’t mean much for Biden’s electoral prospects. It screws with the crosstabs of Hispanic voters, however. As Biden’s voters become more enthusiastic and the gap closes, polls may start swinging towards him as more of his voters answer polls. There have already been signs of this happening, like that surge in support mentioned earlier. Perhaps it’s because of the recent ad blitz by Biden energizing his supporters? Oversamples, and the True State of the Election Biden voters are not answering polls as much as Trump voters, and this is creating big swings in crosstabs thanks to low sample sizes. Polls with bigger sample sizes would be much better. The margins of error would be much smaller and the crosstabs much more accurate. Unfortunately, it’s too expensive to make polls with huge sample sizes, but there’s still the next best thing – oversamples. Oversamples are polls that poll only one specific group. While a normal poll polls everyone, an oversample might poll only black voters, for example. Because of the big sample sizes, oversamples are much better for determining the voting intentions of groups than just looking at the crosstabs of normal polls. Oversamples can also use more advanced methods of polling to reach people who may not respond otherwise. There are three oversamples that are going to be examined here. The first is by Black PAC, and it’s an oversample of black voters. https://preview.redd.it/epcr7xeqhvzc1.png?width=680&format=png&auto=webp&s=6938941ae9e6b345778035bfd45f7ceb81aa98ed Trump gets a pathetic 8% of black voters, less than half of the polling aggregate showing him getting 18%. This, along with Biden’s strong primary performances, suggest that the bad polling for Biden among black voters is entirely due to bad polling methodology. Next, Hispanic voters. An oversample of Hispanic voters by Univision shows Biden leading Trump 58-31 (27 points). Again, that’s completely different from the polling aggregate showing Biden winning them by only 6 points. It is a slight decrease from 2020, where he won them by 33 points; but like stated earlier, Hispanics have been trending right for a while, so Trump making small gains among them isn’t surprising. And finally, young voters. Split Ticket, an election prediction and analysis website, polled young voters. They used live text interviews, rather than a normal method like calling landlines. In the poll, Biden leads Trump 35-25, a 10 point lead. Biden is disapproved of by 68% of young voters, while Trump is disapproved of by 70%. Of the three oversamples, this is the only one that lines up closely with the crosstab aggregate (Biden+8). Biden won young voters by 24 points in 2020, so it looks Trump is making large gains among the group. But it’s not that simple. Biden and Trump have a similar total disapproval rating, but the number of respondents who strongly disapprove of Trump is 61%. For Biden, it’s just 44%. This means Trump likely has a lower ceiling of support with young voters than Biden does – it’s hard to get someone who hates you to vote for you. Additionally, young voters who disapprove of both Biden and Trump overwhelmingly prefer Biden to Trump. RFK Jr. actually wins this group, but like all third party candidates, his support is declining as the election gets closer. The combined voteshare in polls for RFK Jr. and Cornel West (a left-wing independent candidate) has been steadily decreasing. 6 months ago, it was 17.9%. Today, it’s only 11.5%. This raises the question of who RFK Jr.’s supporters will break for when they realize he can’t win. https://preview.redd.it/zt0t5ptzhvzc1.png?width=763&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd1f7c717e66e750c57e76eaa617966708ebd222 Based on the approval ratings of Biden and Trump, and the “double haters” who already have chosen sides, it seems like the vast majority of young RFK Jr. supporters will go for Biden. His lead among young voters will only increase as time goes on. Of course, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to run ads like these to speed up the process. Split Ticket also conducted a poll using a more normal method, an opt-in web panel. This poll had Trump doing much better with young voters than in their live text poll. So yes, some commonly used polling methods don’t work correctly! Conclusion Biden has been polling badly lately. He’s been trailing Trump nationally as well as in swing states. Polls say key parts of the Democratic base, black/Hispanic/young voters, are abandoning Biden in huge numbers. But when looked at closely, it’s not so simple. Other signs for Biden are pretty good. He’s been doing pretty well in primaries, and Democrats have been doing well in special and off-year elections. Polls are underestimating Biden’s support due to bad methodology and Democrats not answering polls. Oversamples show Biden doing fine with black voters, and mostly fine with Hispanic voters. The only group he really needs to work on is young voters, by trying to decrease RFK Jr.’s support. So, 2024 won’t be a red wave where Trump wins big. But current signs don’t suggest 2024 is going to be a blue wave either, just another extremely close election like 2016 and 2020 both were. But there’s reason to believe Biden might outperform his 2020 showing despite that. The American public is not very engaged right now, as there’s still seven months until the election, so Trump’s latest ventures with the legal system aren’t on people’s minds. When people tune in more, he can only get hurt from it. There’s also the massive fundraising gap between the two, which Trump is scrambling to close. Here’s a prediction for how the election will actually go (margins are 20+, 15-19.9, 10-14.9, 5-9.9, 1-4.9, <1). https://preview.redd.it/ufw3oxa2ivzc1.png?width=810&format=png&auto=webp&s=55a5dcc6c246cb34381165d211b17181717ef196 |
2024.05.11 20:27 CatSpilledSpicedTea AITAH for separating from my husband because he refused to get a vasectomy?
My husband (28M, who I will call Jack) and I (27F) have been together for 4 years, we have 2 young children and I am pregnant again. I have been pregnant for what feels like most of our relationship. I got pregnant 4 months into our relationship. We got married a month before our daughter’s 1st birthday and ended up with a honeymoon baby. After our son was born, I talked to my OB and she put me on birth control and I have been taking it militantly. My daughter is now 3 and my son is 2. A little over a month ago I discovered I am pregnant again, despite taking my birth control religiously. Abortion is banned in my state, and the pregnancy was discovered too far along to attempt to obtain one out of state. While Jack and I were nervous, we also love being parents and decided that 3 young kids would be a challenge, but 3 was a good number for us. Then we went in for the first ultrasound and got some unexpected news - it’s twins.
Things have been tough financially, and while we were stressed but excited for a third child, we were not expecting a third and fourth child. Beyond the finances, I am the primary caretaker and I know that twins is going to be a lot, three children under 5 is already a lot, but 4 children under 5 is going to be really really difficult for me. Physically, I am tired of being pregnant. I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding the majority of our relationship. It’s exhausting, it feels awful, and I don’t recognize my body anymore. Four children is enough. I don’t want more. I told Jack that I was done with pregnancy, I’ve been pregnant enough, I’ve been experimenting with different types of birth control for over a decade and I still can’t stop getting pregnant, abortion isn’t a valid option where we live, we need something more permanent. He agreed, and suggested an IUD, I told him no - if it did fail then it could cause an ectopic pregnancy which could kill me, especially where we live. I’ve had both control fail me multiple times already and I’m not taking the chance, so I suggested a vasectomy. He was not open to the idea, and was even upset that I suggested it and told me I should get my tubes tied. I told him a tubal ligation is a much bigger surgery and I could be recovering for weeks during which time I wouldn’t be able to work or take care of our 4 young children, but he could ice his balls for a day or two and be done with it. He told me that not getting pregnant was ultimately my responsibility, and topped it off by saying “that’s what your body your choice means, YOUR body, so YOU choose.” That’s when it went from a discussion to a full blown fight.
See, when I was 19 I had another birth control failure with my boyfriend at the time (who I will call Tom). I wanted an abortion, Tom did not because he was opposed. I told him I was getting the abortion since it was my body and my choice, and Tom said some horrible things to me, including threatening me. I broke up with him and got the abortion. In response, Tom ended up following me one night and attacking me. I don’t want to go into detail but it was horrible, and he ended up going to prison for a number of charges related to the attack. Not only do I have a number of scars and some long lasting physical effects, but I have PTSD as well. Jack knows about my history and diagnosis, and has known from the beginning. I have a pretty prominent facial scar so I was upfront about it early on in our dating. Jack always presented himself as very pro-choice, so I was shocked that he would say that. I got really emotional and started crying and shouting, and it turned into a full-blown fight. Eventually I said that birth control is a two-way street and so far I’ve been the only one managing it and he said “and now we have 2 kids and 2 more coming, great job.” I told him he sounded like Tom and he got super pissed, basically said how dare you compare me to him, and maybe he might want kids one day with someone who doesn’t compare him to her felon ex-boyfriend. I was stunned and horrified. I said “well then let’s not waste any fucking time,”then packed up myself and the kids and drove to my parents place.
It’s been about a week since the fight. I’ve spoken with Jack a few times and he has since apologized and said he was out of line and was speaking from a place of anxiety after finding out about the twins, but also that I said things that were out of line and it was wrong of me to insist he undergo a medical procedure. He said that can move on from the things I said and that he wants to see his children and be a family again. I told him no, that I didn’t want to “move on” from the things he said to me. I can’t just get over that and I think we need space apart. Jack was upset by this and while we talked I brought up getting a separation agreement to manage custody and finances while we figure things out. He did not like this suggestion, said we didn’t need to pull the courts into this. I haven’t told a lot of people about what’s happening but my family and a couple close friends. My sister and best friend both think I should throw the whole man away, but my brother (who is the only other one married with kids) thinks that I’m being extreme for what sums up to a fight between two scared people who both said nasty things. My mom is trying to be supportive but is occasionally reminding me that I “don’t want to be a single mother of 4” and telling me not to let my PTSD drive my decisions, while my dad is being completely unhelpful (he thinks jokes are helpful - like calling me Doorknob because I “can’t stop getting knocked up”, telling me to let the oven cool down, real knee-slappers). I don’t know what to do. My kids are happy to be at grandma and grandpas house but they miss their daddy, I’m 4 months pregnant and already uncomfortable as hell, I wish I could go back to being a happy little family but I’m so hung up on the things he said in that fight. Am I destroying my family over one bad night? Am I being unreasonable for asking my husband to get a vasectomy?
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people recommending condoms. I have gotten pregnant with condoms twice. Our second child and my first pregnancy were both conceived using condoms properly (correct fit, put on correctly, single use, not expired, no breaks, etc). I do not trust condoms enough to not fail a third time. I know the failure rate is supposedly small, but it's not personally small enough for me. Edit to the edit: I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many comments so fast and I can't keep up with them. By the first pregnancy I mean the pregnancy with Tom. With Jack I was on the patch when I got pregnant with our daughter, condoms with our son, and the pill with the twins. So far I haven't ever suspected that Jack has tampered with our birth control and always presumed that I'm a fertile Myrtle. I recognize the comments and just want people to know I'm seeing the suggestion. I'm not dismissing it, but the thought of it is deeply upsetting and has provoked a lot of anxiety. I just wanted to make it clear that if the suggestion is only based on the condoms, that the condom pregnancies were with two different partners. While I know I always used condoms properly with Tom, I do believe that Tom could have been fully capable of sabotaging the condoms.
REMINDER I AM NOT OOP
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Things have been tough financially, and while we were stressed but excited for a third child, we were not expecting a third and fourth child. Beyond the finances, I am the primary caretaker and I know that twins is going to be a lot, three children under 5 is already a lot, but 4 children under 5 is going to be really really difficult for me. Physically, I am tired of being pregnant. I’ve been pregnant or breastfeeding the majority of our relationship. It’s exhausting, it feels awful, and I don’t recognize my body anymore. Four children is enough. I don’t want more. I told Jack that I was done with pregnancy, I’ve been pregnant enough, I’ve been experimenting with different types of birth control for over a decade and I still can’t stop getting pregnant, abortion isn’t a valid option where we live, we need something more permanent. He agreed, and suggested an IUD, I told him no - if it did fail then it could cause an ectopic pregnancy which could kill me, especially where we live. I’ve had both control fail me multiple times already and I’m not taking the chance, so I suggested a vasectomy. He was not open to the idea, and was even upset that I suggested it and told me I should get my tubes tied. I told him a tubal ligation is a much bigger surgery and I could be recovering for weeks during which time I wouldn’t be able to work or take care of our 4 young children, but he could ice his balls for a day or two and be done with it. He told me that not getting pregnant was ultimately my responsibility, and topped it off by saying “that’s what your body your choice means, YOUR body, so YOU choose.” That’s when it went from a discussion to a full blown fight.
See, when I was 19 I had another birth control failure with my boyfriend at the time (who I will call Tom). I wanted an abortion, Tom did not because he was opposed. I told him I was getting the abortion since it was my body and my choice, and Tom said some horrible things to me, including threatening me. I broke up with him and got the abortion. In response, Tom ended up following me one night and attacking me. I don’t want to go into detail but it was horrible, and he ended up going to prison for a number of charges related to the attack. Not only do I have a number of scars and some long lasting physical effects, but I have PTSD as well. Jack knows about my history and diagnosis, and has known from the beginning. I have a pretty prominent facial scar so I was upfront about it early on in our dating. Jack always presented himself as very pro-choice, so I was shocked that he would say that. I got really emotional and started crying and shouting, and it turned into a full-blown fight. Eventually I said that birth control is a two-way street and so far I’ve been the only one managing it and he said “and now we have 2 kids and 2 more coming, great job.” I told him he sounded like Tom and he got super pissed, basically said how dare you compare me to him, and maybe he might want kids one day with someone who doesn’t compare him to her felon ex-boyfriend. I was stunned and horrified. I said “well then let’s not waste any fucking time,”then packed up myself and the kids and drove to my parents place.
It’s been about a week since the fight. I’ve spoken with Jack a few times and he has since apologized and said he was out of line and was speaking from a place of anxiety after finding out about the twins, but also that I said things that were out of line and it was wrong of me to insist he undergo a medical procedure. He said that can move on from the things I said and that he wants to see his children and be a family again. I told him no, that I didn’t want to “move on” from the things he said to me. I can’t just get over that and I think we need space apart. Jack was upset by this and while we talked I brought up getting a separation agreement to manage custody and finances while we figure things out. He did not like this suggestion, said we didn’t need to pull the courts into this. I haven’t told a lot of people about what’s happening but my family and a couple close friends. My sister and best friend both think I should throw the whole man away, but my brother (who is the only other one married with kids) thinks that I’m being extreme for what sums up to a fight between two scared people who both said nasty things. My mom is trying to be supportive but is occasionally reminding me that I “don’t want to be a single mother of 4” and telling me not to let my PTSD drive my decisions, while my dad is being completely unhelpful (he thinks jokes are helpful - like calling me Doorknob because I “can’t stop getting knocked up”, telling me to let the oven cool down, real knee-slappers). I don’t know what to do. My kids are happy to be at grandma and grandpas house but they miss their daddy, I’m 4 months pregnant and already uncomfortable as hell, I wish I could go back to being a happy little family but I’m so hung up on the things he said in that fight. Am I destroying my family over one bad night? Am I being unreasonable for asking my husband to get a vasectomy?
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people recommending condoms. I have gotten pregnant with condoms twice. Our second child and my first pregnancy were both conceived using condoms properly (correct fit, put on correctly, single use, not expired, no breaks, etc). I do not trust condoms enough to not fail a third time. I know the failure rate is supposedly small, but it's not personally small enough for me. Edit to the edit: I'm sorry, I didn't expect so many comments so fast and I can't keep up with them. By the first pregnancy I mean the pregnancy with Tom. With Jack I was on the patch when I got pregnant with our daughter, condoms with our son, and the pill with the twins. So far I haven't ever suspected that Jack has tampered with our birth control and always presumed that I'm a fertile Myrtle. I recognize the comments and just want people to know I'm seeing the suggestion. I'm not dismissing it, but the thought of it is deeply upsetting and has provoked a lot of anxiety. I just wanted to make it clear that if the suggestion is only based on the condoms, that the condom pregnancies were with two different partners. While I know I always used condoms properly with Tom, I do believe that Tom could have been fully capable of sabotaging the condoms.
REMINDER I AM NOT OOP
2024.05.11 13:14 Sorsha_OBrien IUD implant sterilising my pawns?
Was trying to train a young pawns medical skill up, and after performing a tubal ligation on one pawn and realising there was no way back, I decided to only implant IUDs and unimplant them.
However. My sanguophage has now been sterilised, even tho I only put it an IUD. It also doesn’t say “tubal ligation” like it did with the past pawn I did this too. It just says “sterilised”. It also previously said “IUD implant” or something like this but again just says “sterilised”.
So… does the IUD thing even work? And is there a way to get my sangouphage’s fertility back, as since I know childbirth won’t kill her, she’s a prime carrie womb for children. I have a biosculptor pod — will this bring back her sex organs/ heal them?
I also playing without mods on 1.5. Only have biotech and ideology installed.
(Also PS this is my first time using bio sculptor pods, but how come the pods will literally heal like everything but dementia!? It’s healed multiple psychic shock scars on my pawns brains but not dementia? Come on! I have THREE pawns with dementia due to being resurrected/ old age. I need a way to fix them and I haven’t, in 400+ days of playing, had a single quest for a healer mech serum. Oddly I’ve had 3 quests for resurrector serums).
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However. My sanguophage has now been sterilised, even tho I only put it an IUD. It also doesn’t say “tubal ligation” like it did with the past pawn I did this too. It just says “sterilised”. It also previously said “IUD implant” or something like this but again just says “sterilised”.
So… does the IUD thing even work? And is there a way to get my sangouphage’s fertility back, as since I know childbirth won’t kill her, she’s a prime carrie womb for children. I have a biosculptor pod — will this bring back her sex organs/ heal them?
I also playing without mods on 1.5. Only have biotech and ideology installed.
(Also PS this is my first time using bio sculptor pods, but how come the pods will literally heal like everything but dementia!? It’s healed multiple psychic shock scars on my pawns brains but not dementia? Come on! I have THREE pawns with dementia due to being resurrected/ old age. I need a way to fix them and I haven’t, in 400+ days of playing, had a single quest for a healer mech serum. Oddly I’ve had 3 quests for resurrector serums).
2024.05.11 01:52 silv1022 Dupixent Not Counting Towards My Deductible
Hello all I would greatly appreciate assistance on this matter.
I live in the state of Texas, and currently have the Dupixent myway copay card.
From what it appears based on what the blue cross support specialist told me, the pharmacy benefit company, Prime Therapeutics, is reversing pharmacy claims, so that the $2900 Dupixent pays does not count towards my deductible.
From what I've researched online this is called a "co-pay" accumulator, and is illegal in the state of Texas effective September 2023.
https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB999/2023
However, when I called Prime Therapeutics, I was told this didn't count for all health plans, and that my health plan requires the payment to be truly out of my pocket.
I called Dupixent myway and the only thing I was offered was a debit card.
Is what Prime Therapeutics doing illegal in my state? Or am I in the wrong? I tried to ask what my full health plan benefits state about copay accumulators but she dodged the question completely.
So far two payments of $2900 have processed using the copay card. Meaning that I only have $5800 left, or approximately two months left before I'm out and have to pay the medication out of pocket...
I cannot afford to pay $2900 out of pocket or even $700 monthly (what is supposed to happen after my insurance reaches deductible).
Dupixent recently let me know that I could receive a debit card. If I use their debit card would it count towards my deductible? Or does that also not work. The debit card thing was confusing to me to be honest because I don't really see the difference between using that and my copay card.
UPDATE:
On the phone with Prime Therapeutics. They told me that because my plan is connected to an HSA that state and federal laws do not apply. And that they only go by IRS guidelines. This blows.
If anyone else can offer clarification on this I would greatly appreciate it.
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I live in the state of Texas, and currently have the Dupixent myway copay card.
From what it appears based on what the blue cross support specialist told me, the pharmacy benefit company, Prime Therapeutics, is reversing pharmacy claims, so that the $2900 Dupixent pays does not count towards my deductible.
From what I've researched online this is called a "co-pay" accumulator, and is illegal in the state of Texas effective September 2023.
https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/HB999/2023
However, when I called Prime Therapeutics, I was told this didn't count for all health plans, and that my health plan requires the payment to be truly out of my pocket.
I called Dupixent myway and the only thing I was offered was a debit card.
Is what Prime Therapeutics doing illegal in my state? Or am I in the wrong? I tried to ask what my full health plan benefits state about copay accumulators but she dodged the question completely.
So far two payments of $2900 have processed using the copay card. Meaning that I only have $5800 left, or approximately two months left before I'm out and have to pay the medication out of pocket...
I cannot afford to pay $2900 out of pocket or even $700 monthly (what is supposed to happen after my insurance reaches deductible).
Dupixent recently let me know that I could receive a debit card. If I use their debit card would it count towards my deductible? Or does that also not work. The debit card thing was confusing to me to be honest because I don't really see the difference between using that and my copay card.
UPDATE:
On the phone with Prime Therapeutics. They told me that because my plan is connected to an HSA that state and federal laws do not apply. And that they only go by IRS guidelines. This blows.
If anyone else can offer clarification on this I would greatly appreciate it.
2024.05.11 00:26 theroadto120 Dupixent prescriptions are not counting towards my deductible.
Hello all I would greatly appreciate assistance on this matter.
Age: 25 Zip code: 77019 Income: $65,000
I’m in the state of Texas.
I am prescribed Dupixent for severe eczema. I have employer insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Plan with a deductible of $3200.
From what it appears based on what the blue cross support specialist told me, the specialty pharmacy, Accredo, is reversing pharmacy claims, even though I’ve received my prescriptions. This is preventing me from meeting my deductible.
I do have a dupixent my-way card that pays the rest of the balance. I was told that whenever insurance companies reverse claims due to manufacturer co-pay cards, it is called a “copay accumulator.”
Based on my research, this is illegal in several states. In fact, it became illegal in the state of Texas in September of 2023.
I am wondering for advice on any next steps. Do I contact the specialty pharmacy and demand that they stop reversing my claims? So far my experience with them has been terrible, what do I say to them etc. Or do I reach out to my insurance again? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
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Age: 25 Zip code: 77019 Income: $65,000
I’m in the state of Texas.
I am prescribed Dupixent for severe eczema. I have employer insurance, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Plan with a deductible of $3200.
From what it appears based on what the blue cross support specialist told me, the specialty pharmacy, Accredo, is reversing pharmacy claims, even though I’ve received my prescriptions. This is preventing me from meeting my deductible.
I do have a dupixent my-way card that pays the rest of the balance. I was told that whenever insurance companies reverse claims due to manufacturer co-pay cards, it is called a “copay accumulator.”
Based on my research, this is illegal in several states. In fact, it became illegal in the state of Texas in September of 2023.
I am wondering for advice on any next steps. Do I contact the specialty pharmacy and demand that they stop reversing my claims? So far my experience with them has been terrible, what do I say to them etc. Or do I reach out to my insurance again? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
2024.05.10 23:58 TheWeeklyProgress Week in Review for May 10, 2024
'No other choice': UVa president defends decision to call in state troopers on campus protesters Jim Ryan's office was silent throughout the violence and chaos that unfolded Saturday afternoon.
Students confront UVa President Jim Ryan, demand answers after police crackdown on protesters Ryan walked into the room Thursday expecting a meeting with a student organization. That's not what he found.
UVa faculty say eyewitness accounts of protest differ from university timeline Faculty host "honest town hall" after administrators' "virtual town hall" left them with more questions than answers.
A year for Fears: Texas man gets a year for role in 2017 torch-wielding mob at UVa William Henry Fears IV has been sentenced to the longest term of any of the men who have been charged for their involvement in the episode.
Charlottesville Pride returns to Ting Pavilion this year The annual festival attracted a crowd of 3,500 last year. Organizers say they needed more space.
Athlete Spotlight: STAB's Sophie Gangemi is 'kind of everywhere' on the lacrosse field “You just couldn’t ask for a better person to coach.”
Louisa County supervisors reverse decision to cut PVCC funding over Jewish film Supervisors had accused the school of screening an antisemitic documentary. The film "Israelism" was produced by American Jews about American Jews.
Jeff Schapiro: UVa professor takes the long view on the law Dick Howard, UVa's longest-serving professor, was given to a long view even before he started teaching law 60 years ago.
Lawsuit over Albemarle crash that killed unborn child ends in $1.7M settlement "This is a very hard thing for a mother when she's seven months pregnant to lose a perfectly healthy child," said the woman's attorney.
Daily Progress named top paper of its size in Virginia Press Association contest The Daily Progress swept the competition at this year's Virginia Press Association contest. Read the stories and see the photos that won here.
Even with so many options available, getting your news can be a challenge. The Weekly Progress is here to help. Here is a roundup of some of the week’s biggest stories from The Daily Progress, Charlottesville’s news of record and a resource for the community since 1892.
Check Reddit every Friday for a weekly digest of the most-read and most-shared stories from The Daily Progress.
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Students confront UVa President Jim Ryan, demand answers after police crackdown on protesters Ryan walked into the room Thursday expecting a meeting with a student organization. That's not what he found.
UVa faculty say eyewitness accounts of protest differ from university timeline Faculty host "honest town hall" after administrators' "virtual town hall" left them with more questions than answers.
A year for Fears: Texas man gets a year for role in 2017 torch-wielding mob at UVa William Henry Fears IV has been sentenced to the longest term of any of the men who have been charged for their involvement in the episode.
Charlottesville Pride returns to Ting Pavilion this year The annual festival attracted a crowd of 3,500 last year. Organizers say they needed more space.
Athlete Spotlight: STAB's Sophie Gangemi is 'kind of everywhere' on the lacrosse field “You just couldn’t ask for a better person to coach.”
Louisa County supervisors reverse decision to cut PVCC funding over Jewish film Supervisors had accused the school of screening an antisemitic documentary. The film "Israelism" was produced by American Jews about American Jews.
Jeff Schapiro: UVa professor takes the long view on the law Dick Howard, UVa's longest-serving professor, was given to a long view even before he started teaching law 60 years ago.
Lawsuit over Albemarle crash that killed unborn child ends in $1.7M settlement "This is a very hard thing for a mother when she's seven months pregnant to lose a perfectly healthy child," said the woman's attorney.
Daily Progress named top paper of its size in Virginia Press Association contest The Daily Progress swept the competition at this year's Virginia Press Association contest. Read the stories and see the photos that won here.
Even with so many options available, getting your news can be a challenge. The Weekly Progress is here to help. Here is a roundup of some of the week’s biggest stories from The Daily Progress, Charlottesville’s news of record and a resource for the community since 1892.
Check Reddit every Friday for a weekly digest of the most-read and most-shared stories from The Daily Progress.
2024.05.10 21:31 Louloulouk I don't see the trending content anymore
Hi everyone! I use instagram a lot for my work account (not my business) and since months now, I don't see any trending content. I'm used to watch tiktok a lot which is clearly simple to come across any trends that was "created" (like hold em texas recently for exemple) however on my business insta account I never see any video that's like more than 10k likes or barely hundreds of comments... On my private instagram account I come across some trends however not in my field of business (more like lifestyle or specific personnal interests) How can I reverse my feed?? I'm desperate... I even thought of deleting my account and to start another one! PS: My business is in the creative field (webdesign, brand design, graphic design etc) PS2: English is not my mother tongue so I'm sorry for any mistakes THanks!
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2024.05.10 19:12 SocialDemocracies Megapost: A list of statements, press releases, and other sources reporting and expressing concern and criticism about Israel's war in Gaza and related aspects of the war. (Part 3)
Megapost: A list of statements, press releases, and other sources reporting and expressing concern and criticism about Israel's war in Gaza and related aspects of the war. (Part 3)
Notes: This is a work that is currently in progress; please check back for updates. Titles have been edited to provide details.Part 1 is here: https://www.reddit.com/Social_Democracy/comments/1clx1uc/megapost_a_list_of_statements_press_releases_and/
Part 2 is here: https://www.reddit.com/Social_Democracy/comments/1cmjhpk/megapost_a_list_of_statements_press_releases_and/
Gaza medics tell BBC that Israeli troops beat and humiliated them after hospital raid (March 12, 2024): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68513408
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EuroMed Rights): Annihilation of education: 100 European academics sign Euro-Med Monitor petition against systematic Israeli destruction of Gaza Strip’s educational system (March 12, 2024): https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6220/Annihilation-of-education:-100-European-academics-sign-Euro-Med-Monitor-petition-against-systematic-Israeli-destruction-of-Gaza-Strip’s-educational-system
NEWS: Senators Bernie Sanders, Chris Van Hollen, Jeff Merkley, Mazie Hirono, Peter Welch, Tina Smith, Elizabeth Warren, and Ben Ray Luján Urge President Biden to Enforce U.S. Law with Netanyahu (March 12, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-van-hollen-merkley-and-five-colleagues-urge-president-biden-to-enforce-u-s-law-with-netanyahu/
United Methodist Church Council of Bishops calling for ceasefire in Gaza (March 13, 2024): https://www.unitedmethodistbishops.org/newsdetail/united-methodist-bishops-call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-18303396
Vermont progressive Senator Peter Welch warns Biden Israel-Gaza will be election issue: ‘Young people are just horrified’ (March 14, 2024): https://www.welch.senate.gov/vermont-progressive-senator-warns-biden-israel-gaza-will-be-election-issue-young-people-are-just-horrified/
Anita Nikaj: Voices in Solidarity with Palestine from Prishtina, Kosovo (March 15, 2024): https://kosovotwopointzero.com/en/voices-in-solidarity-with-palestine-from-prishtina/
Great Irish Famine historians issue St. Patrick's Day statement on Gaza: A group of historians is urging Irish Americans to use their influence to avert a Famine in Gaza as severe as the one faced by their Irish ancestors. (March 15, 2024): https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/others/irish-american-famine-gaza
Thirteen Town Meetings in Vermont Call for Ceasefire in Gaza, No More Weapons to Israel (March 16, 2024): https://www.rakevt.org/2024/03/16/thirteen-town-meetings-call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-no-more-weapons-to-israel/
Israeli Assurances to Use US Arms Legally Are Not Credible: Oxfam and Human Rights Watch provide evidence of Israel's violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza, undermining credibility of assurances for President Biden's NSM-20 arms policy (March 19, 2024): https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/03/19/israeli-assurances-use-us-arms-legally-are-not-credible
Irish National Teachers' Organisation statement on Palestine – critical action vital to prevent famine (March 20, 2024): https://www.into.ie/2024/03/20/into-statement-on-palestine-critical-action-vital-to-prevent-famine/
Humanists UK: Call for ceasefire in Gaza (March 21, 2024): https://humanists.uk/2024/03/21/call-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/
Association of Legal Aid Attorneys: CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA OVER PRO-PALESTINIAN SPEECH VIOLATES FREE SPEECH, ALLEGES ATTORNEYS' AND LEGAL WORKERS' UNION IN ITS RESPONSE (March 25, 2024): https://www.alaa.org/media-releases/congressional-subpoena-over-pro-palestinian-speech-violates-free-speech-alleges-attorneys-and-legal-workers-union-in-its-response
NEWS: Bernie Sanders on State Department’s Statement that Israel Has Not Restricted Humanitarian Aid to Gaza (March 25, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-on-state-departments-statement-that-israel-has-not-restricted-humanitarian-aid-to-gaza/
Russian actions in Ukraine to pave way for Gaza war crimes case in ICC: Lawyer leading investigation draws parallels between crises facing Ukrainians and Palestinians (March 25, 2024): https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2024/03/25/russian-actions-in-ukraine-to-pave-way-for-gaza-war-crimes-case-in-icc/
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: A/HRC/55/73: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 - Advance unedited version ["After five months of military operations, Israel has destroyed Gaza. Over 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, including more than 13,000 children. Over 12,000 are presumed dead and 71,000 injured, many with life-changing mutilations. Seventy percent of residential areas have been destroyed. Eighty percent of the whole population has been forcibly displaced. Thousands of families have lost loved ones or have been wiped out. Many could not bury and mourn their relatives, forced instead to leave their bodies decomposing in homes, in the street or under the rubble. Thousands have been detained and systematically subjected to inhuman and degrading treatment. The incalculable collective trauma will be experienced for generations to come. By analysing the patterns of violence and Israel’s policies in its onslaught on Gaza, this report concludes that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the threshold indicating Israel’s commission of genocide is met. One of the key findings is that Israel's executive and military leadership and soldiers have intentionally distorted jus in bello principles, subverting their protective functions, in an attempt to legitimize genocidal violence against the Palestinian people."] (March 25, 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ahrc5573-report-special-rapporteur-situation-human-rights-palestinian
In New Letter, 140+ Global Christian Leaders Call for Permanent Gaza Ceasefire, Halt of Arms Sales to Israel (March 26, 2024): https://cmep.salsalabs.org/ps-mar262024letter
Over 1,000 People Join 22-Mile Interfaith Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage (March 26, 2024): https://oaklandvoices.us/2024/03/26/over-1000-people-join-22-mile-interfaith-gaza-ceasefire-pilgrimage/
Former State Department official Annelle Sheline: Why I’m resigning from the State Department (March 28, 2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/opinions/gaza-israel-resigning-state-department-sheline/index.html
I Could Not Stay Silent: Annelle Sheline Resigns from State Dept. over U.S. Gaza Policy (March 28, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/28/annelle_sheline
‘We cannot be silent’: A statement from the Jesuits on Gaza (March 28, 2024): https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2024/03/28/jesuits-gaza-israel-ceasefire-247605
'I kept on saying goodbye': Gaza hospital reports rise in stillbirths and neonatal deaths: Doctors in Gaza are reporting an increase in adverse pregnancy outcomes, with staff members at a Rafah hospital saying they no longer see "normal-sized babies." (April 2, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/gaza-hospital-stillbirths-neonatal-deaths-rcna145582
Rosa Luxemburg Foundation: The Unprecedented Destruction of Gaza Demands an Unprecedented Response (April 2, 2024): https://rosalux.nyc/the-unprecedented-destruction-of-gaza-demands-an-unprecedented-response/
'Unprecedented In Modern History': U.S. Aid Experts Warn Gaza Likely Already Experiencing Famine: The officials made the comments in a government cable sent within the Biden administration on Tuesday and obtained by HuffPost. (April 2, 2024): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-collapse-famine_n_660c96aae4b0328a72be47f5
A Former State Department Staffer on Why She Publicly Resigned Over Gaza: “There are people working very hard inside State to try to hold Israel accountable, but none of that will actually go into effect unless Biden wants it to,” says Annelle Sheline. (April 3, 2024): https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/former-state-department-official-regisns-joe-biden-gaza-israel-palestine-annelle-sheline/
UK Judges’ and Lawyers’ Open Letter Concerning Gaza [1000+ signatures] (April 3, 2024): https://lawyersletter.uk
Former officials speak out against Biden’s Israel support after aid worker killings: ‘No one can change his mind’ (April 4, 2024): https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joe-biden-israel-arms-gaza-b2523435.html
Trócaire: The people of Gaza are Starving; for Food and for Justice (April 4, 2024): https://www.trocaire.org/news/the-people-of-gaza-are-starving-for-food-and-for-justice/
Elizabeth Warren says she believes Israel’s war in Gaza will legally be considered a genocide: “If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they’ll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so,” Warren said of the case before the ICJ. (April 8, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/08/israel-gaza-war-elizabeth-warren-00151120
Letter to the Editor: Don’t downplay the realities in Gaza (April 8, 2024): https://baptistnews.com/article/letter-to-the-editor-dont-downplay-the-realities-in-gaza/
Ex-Obama aides become Biden critics on Gaza (April 10, 2024): https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4583525-obama-allies-expose-dem-rift-over-bidens-israel-hamas-war-strategy/
Los Angeles County Federation of Labor joins labor groups calling for cease-fire in Gaza (April 10, 2024): https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-04-10/l-a-county-fed-joins-labor-groups-calling-for-a-ceasefire
Young European Socialists (YES) calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. More than 30.000 civilians have been killed in Gaza following Israel military actions. We recall that the protection of civilian lives is a fundamental principle of international law. (April 10, 2024): https://twitter.com/YESocialists/status/1777993174654275791
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EuroMed Rights): 13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in the Gaza Strip (April 11, 2024): https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6264/13,000-Palestinians-reportedly-missing-in-the-Gaza-Strip
Former State Department official Annelle Sheline explains resignation over US support of Israel (April 11, 2024): https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/former-state-department-official-explains-resignation-us-support/story?id=109083137
Democratic Coalition Sends Biden a Demand on Military Aid to Israel: In a letter, a dozen groups and labor unions called on the president to enforce a law that bars military support from going to any nation that restricts the delivery of humanitarian aid. (April 12, 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/us/politics/letter-biden-israel-gaza.html
Meeting between Norwegian Prime Minister Støre and Spanish President Sánchez on the war in Gaza (April 12, 2024): https://www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/meeting-between-prime-minister-store-and-president-sanchez-on-the-war-in-gaza/id3033979/
Churches Together in Britain and Ireland: Prayers and statements on violence in Israel and Gaza (April 16, 2024): https://ctbi.org.uk/prayers-and-statements-on-violence-in-israel-and-gaza/
Amos Goldberg, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Yes, it is genocide (April 18, 2024): https://thepalestineproject.medium.com/yes-it-is-genocide-634a07ea27d4
Georgetown University Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine hold second vigil for Gazan academics killed by Israel (April 18, 2024): https://georgetownvoice.com/2024/04/18/faculty-hold-second-vigil-for-gazan-academics-killed-by-israel/
Statement from U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal, Joaquin Castro, Nydia Velázquez, Lloyd Doggett, Ro Khanna, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Becca Balint, Greg Casar, Mark Takano, Jim McGovern, Barbara Lee, Earl Blumenauer, Judy Chu, Hank Johnson, André Carson, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Jesús “Chuy” García, Jonathan Jackson, and Jill Tokuda on the Israel Security Supplemental (April 20, 2024): https://jayapal.house.gov/2024/04/20/statement-from-jayapal-castro-velazquez-doggett-khanna-ocasio-cortez-balint-casar-takano-mcgovern-barbara-lee-blumenauer-chu-johnson-carson-watson-coleman-jesus-chuy/
NEWS: Bernie Sanders Statement on Amendment Votes on National Security Supplemental (April 22, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-amendment-votes-on-national-security-supplemental/
NEWS: Bernie Sanders Statement on ‘Dark Day’ in U.S. Senate (April 23, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-dark-day-in-u-s-senate/
PREPARED REMARKS: Bernie Sanders on Ending Unfettered Military Aid to Israel and Restoring UNRWA Funding (April 23, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-on-ending-unfettered-military-aid-to-israel-and-restoring-unrwa-funding/
Senator Jeff Merkley: Netanyahu’s War Campaign at Odds with American Values (April 23, 2024): https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-netanyahus-war-campaign-at-odds-with-american-values/
Stephen Tillett: As a Christian minister, I cannot remain silent any longer about Israeli-Palestinian conflict (April 23, 2024): https://www.capitalgazette.com/2024/04/23/stephen-tillett-as-a-christian-minister-i-cannot-remain-silent-any-longer-about-israeli-palestinian-conflict-commentary/
Bishops, delegates join rally sponsored by United Methodist Kairos Response for Palestine (April 26, 2024): https://www.umnews.org/en/news/bishops-delegates-join-rally-for-palestine
‘I stand on the side of the oppressed, whoever they are’: Interview with Palestinian-Ukrainian activist Adib Shaheen (April 26, 2024): https://links.org.au/i-stand-side-oppressed-whoever-they-are-interview-palestinian-ukrainian-activist-adib-shaheen
NBC News investigation reveals Israel strikes on Gaza areas it said were safe: NBC News found Palestinians were killed in seven deadly airstrikes in areas of southern Gaza that the Israeli military had explicitly designated as safe zones. (April 26, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinians-killed-israeli-strikes-safe-zones-exclusive-nbc-report-rcna148008
Statement in solidarity with student protests for Gaza [Signed by: 350.org US; 18 Million Rising; 198 methods; Adalah Justice Project; Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association; AF3IRM; Afghans For A Better Tomorrow; Al-Haq; Alliance of Baptists; American Baptist Churches USA; American Baptist Churches Palestine Israel Network; American Friends Service Committee; American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC); American Muslim Bar Association; American Muslim Community Foundation; American Muslims for Palestine (AMP); Americans for Justice in Palestine Action (AJP Action); Arab American Civic Council; Arab American Institute; Asian American Advocacy Fund; Better to Speak; Beyt Tikkun: A Synagogue without Walls; Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism (BLUU); Blue Future; Borderlands for Equity; Borderlands Resource Initiative; Breach Collective; Brooklyn For Peace; CAIR Action; CAIR California; CAIR Minnesota; CAIR Oklahoma; CAIR-WA; California Coalition for Women Prisoners; Cameroon American Council; Carceral Tech Resistance Network; Ceasefire Democrats; Ceasefire Now NJ; Center for Constitutional Rights; Center for Popular Democracy Action; Center for Protest Law & Litigation @ Partnership for Civil Justice Fund; Chicago Area Peace Action; Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy; Christians for a Free Palestine; Civic Ark; Civil Liberties Defense Center; Clockshop; CommonDefense.us; Communities United for Status & Protection (CUSP); Council on American-Islamic Relations; CWA-News Guild Local 38010; Defending Rights & Dissent; Delaware Democratic Socialists of America; Delawareans for Palestinian Human Rights; Detention Watch Network; Disciples Palestine Israel Network; Diverse & Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries (DRUUMM); Doctors Against Genocide; Dream Defenders; Dutch Scholars for Palestine; Eindhoven Students 4 Palestine; Emgage Action; En Conjunto; Episcopal Peace Fellowship-Palestine Israel Network; Faith for Black Lives; Faith in Texas; Fellowship of Reconciliation; Fight for the Future; For All; Freedom Farm Community; Freedom Oklahoma; Freedom To Thrive; Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA); Future Coalition; Gen-Z for Change; Gender Justice Action and Gender Justice; Get Free; Global Campaign to Reclaim People's Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power & Stop Impunity; Green Mountain Solidarity With Palestine; Green New Deal Network; Greenpeace USA; Hawai'i for Palestine; Health Justice Commons; Helena (Montana) Service for Peace and Justice; Highlander Research and Education Center; Hindus for Human Rights; Historians for Peace and Democracy; Human Dignity Project (THDP); IfNotNow Movement; IfNotNow New Jersey; Immigrant Defense Project; Immigrant Justice Network; Immigrants Act Now; Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC); Indiana Center for Middle East Peace; Institute for Policy Studies New Internationalism Project; Interfaith Ceasefire; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network; International Mayan League; InterReligious Task Force on Central America; Iowans For Palestine; Islamic Society of North America (ISNA); Islamophobia Studies Center; Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Jewish Voice for Peace; Jewish Voice for Peace-Hawai’i; Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ); Just Foreign Policy; Justice Democrats; Just Futures Law; Justice for All; Kairos USA; Libyan American Alliance; LittleSis / Public Accountability Initiative; Living Water Inclusive Catholic Community; Long Island Progressive Coalition; Make the Road Nevada; Malaya Georgia; Massachusetts Peace Action; Mennonite Action; Mennonite Action WA; Migrant Roots Media; Minnesota Peace Project; Mondoweiss; Movement for Black Lives; MPower Change Action Fund; MSA West; Muslim Advocates; Muslim Community Network; Muslim Counterpublics Lab; Muslim Power Building Project; Muslims for Just Futures; Muslims for Progressive Values; National Arab American Women’s Association (NAAWA); National Domestic Workers Alliance Staff Union, CWA Local 1180; National Iranian American Council; National Lawyers Guild; National Lawyers Guild - St. Louis Chapter; National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR); National Partnership for New Americans; New Hampshire Veterans for Peace; New York City Veterans For Peace; The New Justice Project Minnesota; NH Peace Action; North American Students of Cooperation; No Separate Justice; North Carolina Peace Action; The Oakland Institute; Office of Peace, Justice, and Ecological Integrity/Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth; Our Revolution; Palestine American League; Palestine Legal; Palestinian American Community Center; Palestinian American Organizations Network (PAON); Palestinian Feminist Collective; Partners for Palestine; Pax Christi New Jersey; Pax Christi New York State; Pax Christi Pacific Northwest; Pax Christi USA; Peace Action; Peace Action New York State; Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW!; Pediatricians for Palestine; People’s Action; PeoplesHub; Poverty Project at the Institute for Policy Studies; Presbyterian Church (USA), Office of Public Witness; Presbyterian Peace Fellowship; Progressive Democrats of America (PDA); Project ANAR; Project South; Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice; Reparation Education Project; Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment; Rise for Palestine; Rising Majority; Rising Tide North America; Rochester Committee on Latin America; RootsAction Education Fund; Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Centre; Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights; Sound Vision; Starr King School for the Ministry; Students and Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the University of Hawai’i (SFJP); Sunrise Movement; Sur Legal Collaborative; TakeAction Minnesota; Tech Justice Law Project; The Gathering for Justice; The Hague Peace Projects; The Social Justice Center; The Uncommitted National Movement; The Whatcom Peace and Justice Center; Transnational Institute; UndocuBlack Network; Unitarian Universalist Association; Unitarian Universalist Church of the Larger Fellowship; Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice; Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of North Carolina; Unitarian Universalist Mass Action; Unitarian Universalist Peace Ministry Network; Unitarian Universalist Service Committee; Unitarian Universalist Young Adults for Climate Justice (UUYACJ); Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East; United Church of Christ Palestine Israel Network; United Methodists for Kairos Response (UMKR); United Voices for America; Until Freedom; US Campaign for Palestinian Rights; Veterans For Peace; We Are All America; Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club; Wind of the Spirit Immigrant Resource Center; Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press; Working Families Party; World BEYOND War; Young Democrats of America Black Caucus; Young Democrats of America Environmental Caucus; Youth Leadership Institute] (April 26-29, 2024): https://www.mpowerchange.org/gazastudentprotests & https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhlWqDQghbVaPb6K7coBoi0o3w1YDfmrPOSbUw5bqNKEnrhg/viewform
Tom Hurwitz: I was arrested protesting at Columbia in ’68. Today’s student encampments carry on a proud, brave tradition: Like the Vietnam War was nearly six decades ago, to many students, Israel’s assault on Gaza feels deeply personal (April 26, 2024): https://forward.com/opinion/607021/columbia-1968-protests-vietnam-gaza-wa
Nineteen American Sociological Association Presidents Endorse the Resolution for Justice in Palestine (April 28, 2024): https://www.sociologistsforpalestine.org & https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t-z9OTPbl5JB9_sKnFOqAl-bQV78qZ-SFvjjjMrPUgY/
Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton: Brief thoughts on the wave of campus protests across America (April 28, 2024): https://robertreich.substack.com/p/my-thoughts-on-the-wave-of-campus
We’re Jewish students at Columbia arrested for protesting Israel’s war (April 28, 2024): https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4626720-were-jewish-students-at-columbia-arrested-for-protesting-israels-wa
American Association of University Professors: In Defense of the Right to Free Speech and Peaceful Protest on University Campuses (April 29, 2024): https://www.aaup.org/media-release/defense-right-free-speech-and-peaceful-protest-university-campuses
Attorneys inside and outside the administration urge Biden to cut off arms to Israel: So far more than 90 lawyers have signed on to a legal letter alleging Israel’s conduct in Gaza violates U.S. and international law. (April 29, 2024): https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/lawyers-israel-arm-sales-biden-00154958
Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders: "I'm hearing disturbing reports that students face suspension if they don’t end their peaceful protests in #Columbiauniversity in the USA. This is a clear violation of their right to peaceful assembly" (April 29, 2024): https://twitter.com/MaryLawlorhrds/status/1785020792197038101
Cas Mudde: Why are US campuses facing an orgy of state repression in the ‘land of the free’? The right has painted nonviolent protests against the war on Gaza as hotbeds of ‘woke’ terrorism. It’s a pretext for repression (April 30, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/ap30/us-campus-peace-protests-overreaction-gaza
Joint letter to President Biden on humanitarian risk of Rafah operation in Gaza [Signed by: 350.org; ActionAid USA; Alliance of Baptists; American Friends of Combatants for Peace; American Friends Service Committee; Americares; Amnesty International USA; CARE; Charity & Security Network; Children in Conflict; Christian Aid; Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP); Center for American Progress; Center for Civilians in Conflict; Center for International Policy; Church World Service; DAWN; Demand Progress Education Fund; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Humanity & Inclusion; IM Swedish Development Partners; Indivisible; Islamic Relief USA; Islamic Relief Worldwide; KinderUSA; Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; MedGlobal; Médecins du Monde / Doctors of the World International Network; Mennonite Central Committee; Middle East Democracy Center; Minnesota Peace Project; MoveOn; Nonviolent Peaceforce; Norwegian Refugee Council USA; Oxfam America; Pax Christi USA; Premiere Urgence Internationale; Presbyterian Church (USA), Office of Public Witness; Refugees International; Save the Children US; SEIU; The Episcopal Church; The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP); The United Methodist Church – General Board of Church and Society; Truman Center; Vento di Terra; Win Without War] (April 30, 2024): https://www.nrc.no/news/2024/may/joint-letter-to-president-biden-on-potential-incursion-into-rafah-gaza/
Michael Gould-Wartofsky: Trump Is Wrong. Columbia Isn’t Anything Like Charlottesville: I survived the deadly violence in Charlottesville, and am now a postdoctoral research scholar at Columbia University. To compare the two is unwarranted—and unconscionable. (April 30, 2024): https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-wrong-columbia-isnt-anything-like-charlottesville
United Church of Christ Officers issue statement amid ongoing unrest on college campuses; offer continued solidarity with partners and people in the Middle East (April 30, 2024): https://www.ucc.org/ucc-officers-issue-statement-amid-ongoing-unrest-on-college-campuses/
United States of America: UN Human Rights Chief troubled by law enforcement actions against protesters at universities (April 30, 2024): https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/04/united-states-america-un-human-rights-chief-troubled-law-enforcement-actions
Comment from United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Mass Arrests of Anti-War Protestors (May 1, 2024): https://uaw.org/comment-from-uaw-president-shawn-fain-on-mass-arrests-of-anti-war-protestors/
Fellowship of Reconciliation Stands in Solidarity with the Students (May 1, 2024): https://forusa.org/fellowship-of-reconciliation-stands-in-solidarity-with-the-students/
Juan González, Veteran of '68 Columbia Strike, Condemns University Leaders' Silence on Gaza Slaughter (May 1, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/1/police_raid_columbia_2024_juan_gonzalez
Mike Littwin: As a veteran of the ’60s campus unrest, I know the value of free speech: Despite what you may hear, most of today’s campus demonstrations, including the one at Auraria, are typically nonviolent. (May 1, 2024): https://coloradosun.com/2024/05/01/israel-gaza-student-demonstrations-opinion-littwin/
On Gaza, NY Catholic Worker community echoes Pope Francis: 'Please! Stop the war.' (May 1, 2024): https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/gaza-ny-catholic-worker-community-echoes-pope-francis-please-stop-war
The Democratic National Committee's College Democrats of America Slams Biden On Gaza And Backs Campus Protesters (May 1, 2024): https://www.huffpost.com/entry/college-democrats-of-america-statement-biden-gaza-campus-protest_n_663278fce4b0849b2edded55
Tope Folarin, director of the Institute for Policy Studies: We Stand with the Students Protesting the Slaughter in Gaza (May 1, 2024): https://ips-dc.org/we-stand-with-the-students-protesting-the-slaughter-in-gaza/
'You are our hope': Palestinian students find strength in U.S. campus protests: “I feel proud that there is a group of students who feel what we feel now — and are helping and supporting us,” said Reem Musa Suleiman Abu Shinar, speaking to an NBC News crew in the city of Rafah in southern Gaza. (May 1, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/palestinian-students-support-us-campus-protests-israel-war-rcna149296
Bernie Sanders in CNN interview: 'This may be Biden’s Vietnam' (May 2, 2024): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6rQmvko18M
Catholic Relief Services representative for Gaza fears possible Rafah invasion (May 2, 2024): https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-relief-services-rep-gaza-fears-possible-rafah-invasion
‘Disgrace to diplomacy’: Bosnia accuses Israeli diplomat of genocide denial: Envoy to Serbia draws intense criticism for telling Russian media that calling 1995 Srebrenica massacre a genocide ‘diminishes the importance of that term’ (May 2, 2024): https://www.timesofisrael.com/disgrace-to-diplomacy-bosnia-accuses-israeli-diplomat-of-genocide-denial/
Helen Benedict, professor of journalism at Columbia University: ‘US student protests seeking peace in Gaza are the new anti-Vietnam War movement’ (May 2, 2024): https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/us-student-protests-seeking-peace-in-gaza-are-the-new-anti-vietnam-war-movement/articleshow/109766893.cms
Hundreds of U.S. Catholic leaders and laity sign letter urging Permanent Gaza Ceasefire and End to Injustice in Israel and Palestine (May 2, 2024): https://cmep.salsalabs.org/ps-may22024 & https://docs.google.com/document/d/16K1RvL3YdSgSChwO_eWB9iSvIglNP59ahqtAQ1aZiGM/
PREPARED REMARKS: Bernie Sanders on the Nationwide Student Protests and the Ongoing Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza (May 2, 2024): https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-on-the-nationwide-student-protests-and-the-ongoing-humanitarian-disaster-in-gaza/
Recalling Civil Rights Era Abuses, Legal Defense Fund of the NAACP Roundly Condemns Rising Violations Against Peaceful Protesters and Calls for Immediate Federal Intervention ["Today, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) issued a statement roundly and unequivocally condemning the rising civil and human rights violations against peaceful protesters across the U.S. and issued a letter calling for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct an immediate investigation into the treatment of peaceful protesters" (May 2, 2024): https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/recalling-civil-rights-era-abuses-ldf-roundly-condemns-rising-violations-against-peaceful-protesters-and-calls-for-immediate-federal-intervention/
United Nations Development Programme: As war in Gaza enters seventh month, 1.74 million more Palestinians will be pushed into poverty across State of Palestine according to United Nations assessment: UNDP and ESCWA estimate more than two-decades reversal in human development— beyond earliest recorded levels of 2004. (May 2, 2024): https://www.undp.org/papp/press-releases/war-gaza-enters-seventh-month-174-million-more-palestinians-will-be-pushed-poverty-across-state-palestine-according-united
“Workers Have Power”: Thousands Rally in NYC for May Day, Call for Solidarity with Palestine (May 2, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/2/nyc_may_day_rally_palestine_solidarity
A Message to the Protesters From Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.: A call to keep raising the tempests on campus over the Gazan horror. (May 3, 2024): https://chicagomaroon.com/42811/viewpoints/op-ed/a-message-to-the-protesters-from-reverend-jesse-l-jackson-s
Association of Flight Attendants President Sara Nelson on Mass Arrest of Anti-War Protestors (May 3, 2024): https://www.afacwa.org/mass_arrest_right_to_protest
Rashid Khalidi, Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University: Opposed to Genocide in Gaza, This Is the Conscience of a Nation Speaking Through Your Kids (May 3, 2024): https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/rashid-khalidi-columbia-gaza-speech
“This Militaristic Approach Has Been a Failure”: Meet Hala Rharrit, First U.S. Diplomat to Quit over Gaza (May 3, 2024): https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/3/state_dept
Where pro-Palestinian university protests are happening around the world (May 3, 2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/03/world/pro-palestinian-university-protests-worldwide-intl-hnk/index.html
100-year-old Jewish activist Jules Rabin is speaking up again — this time about Gaza [In a podcast on the nonprofit news site VT Digger, Rabin referred to the tragedy unfolding in Gaza as “a piecemeal Holocaust.”] (May 4, 2024): https://forward.com/culture/609442/jules-rabin-vermont-activism-gaza-ukraine-israel/
‘They’re sending a message’: harsh police tactics questioned amid US campus protest crackdowns (May 4, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/04/police-tactics-us-campus-protest-crackdowns
Anton Boonzaier: As a South African during apartheid, I admire pro-Palestine protesters’ tenacity (May 5, 2024): https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/05/op-ed-as-a-south-african-during-apartheid-i-admire-pro-palestine-protesters-tenacity
Union workers join students in rallies Saturday calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza [More than 200 people attended the Maine Labor for Palestine and Maine Students for Palestine rally.] (May 5, 2024): https://www.mainepublic.org/news/2024-05-05/union-workers-join-students-in-rallies-saturday-to-free-gaza
Oxfam reaction to Rafah evacuation order (May 6, 2024): https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/oxfam-reaction-rafah-evacuation-order
Patrick Gaspard, president of the Center for American Progress: American politicians forget: disruption and disorder are the point of protests: I have trespassed in peaceful protest. I have shut down government offices in civil disobedience. I have made the powerful uncomfortable. That’s the point (May 6, 2024): https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/06/campus-pro-palestinian-protests
Save the Children warns of deadly consequences for children following new relocation orders for families in Rafah (May 6, 2024): https://www.savethechildren.net/news/save-children-warns-deadly-consequences-children-following-new-relocation-orders-families-rafah
The campus protesters for Gaza are making America great again: Readers on the demonstrations sweeping colleges and their hopes for the next generation. (May 6, 2024): https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/06/campus-protests-gaza-palestine-vietnam/
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF): There is ‘nowhere safe to go’ for the 600,000 children of Rafah, warns UNICEF: With hundreds of thousands of children in Rafah injured, sick, malnourished, traumatized or living with a disability, UNICEF calls for children to not be forcibly relocated, and the vital infrastructure on which children rely to be protected (May 6, 2024): https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/there-nowhere-safe-go-600000-children-rafah-warns-unicef
US campus protests of Israeli ‘genocide’ offer hope to students from Gaza (May 6, 2024): https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/6/us-student-protests-of-israeli-genocide-offer-hope-to-students-from-gaza
Brant Rosen: We Tried to Bring Food Into Gaza—but Israel Blocked and Arrested Us: As Israel continues to starve the people of Gaza, a delegation of rabbis marched toward the Erez Crossing during Passover carrying sacks of flour and demanding a cease-fire. (May 6, 2024): https://www.thenation.com/article/world/rabbis-arrested-for-bringing-food-gaza/
Catholic Workers Movement: After Arrests, Students Renew Call for Notre Dame to Follow Catholic Teaching on War, Investments (May 6, 2024): https://catholicworker.org/after-arrests-students-renew-call-for-notre-dame-to-follow-catholic-teaching-on-war-investments/
Hala Rharrit, former State Department official: Biden’s militaristic policy in Gaza is a failure — diplomacy is the solution (May 6, 2024): https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/4646237-biden-gaza-militaristic-policy-failure/
750+ Jewish Students Affirm Support for Pro-Palestine Campus Protests [In Response to Biden’s Speech, 750+ Jewish Students on 140+ Campuses Stand Against Israel's Rafah Invasion, Urge Jewish Institutional Action to Halt Gaza Assault] (May 7, 2024): https://www.commondreams.org/news/jewish-students-support-gaza & https://mailchi.mp/israelpalestinecomms/jstudents
Kenneth Roth: Biden Should Not Stand in the Way of the ICC (May 7, 2024): https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/07/biden-israel-hamas-icc-gaza-netanyahu-arrest/
Letter by Ch. Lt Col (Ret.) Stephen Tillett to the Editor: Veteran Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza (May 7, 2024): https://baltimorepostexaminer.com/letter-to-the-editor-veteran-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza/2024/05/07
Three Orange County medics describe wartime health care in Gaza: A once-modern string of hospitals has been reduced to desperate physicians and others relying on wits and luck. Most of their patients are children. (May 7, 2024): https://www.ocregister.com/2024/05/07/three-orange-county-medics-describe-wartime-health-care-in-gaza/
Blinken Says Israeli Units Accused of Serious Violations Have Done Enough to Avoid Sanctions. Experts and Insiders Disagree. (May 8, 2024): https://www.propublica.org/article/blinken-israel-military-aid-human-rights-violations-leahy-law
Jeremy Brecher: Anti-Genocide Students Are Fulfilling Their Duty to Prevent War Crimes; Will You? (May 8, 2024): https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/students-prevent-war-crimes
The NYPD’s New Sizzle Reels Aren’t Just Dumb. They’re Dangerous. “This is copaganda, designed primarily to provide the mayor with political cover, but then also to show off the military might and alleged professionalism of the NYPD.” (May 8, 2024): https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/nypd-sizzle-reel-student-protests/
Haim Bresheeth-Žabner deplores the rot in Israeli society: 'Israel has turned into a Nazi society': The son of Holocaust survivors, Haim Bresheeth-Žabner believes the majority of Israel has been taught to normalise the occupation of Palestine (May 9, 2024): https://www.newarab.com/features/son-shoah-survivors-israel-has-become-nazi-society
‘It’s not human’: What a French doctor saw in Gaza as Israel invaded Rafah: When asked about the conditions of the hospitals he worked in, Dr. Zouhair Lahna is pained by the memories of the sick, wounded and dying. (May 9, 2024): https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/9/its-not-human-what-a-french-doctor-saw-in-gaza-as-israel-invaded-rafah
Japanese American Citizens League Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza (May 9, 2024): https://jacl.org/statements/jacl-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza
Trapped in Rafah, I'm watching genocide unfold before my eyes: Gazan journalist Amjad Yaghi's eye-witness account in Rafah describes the horrors of Israel's ground invasion as Gazans desperately try to flee to safety. (May 9 2024): https://www.newarab.com/opinion/trapped-rafah-im-witnessing-genocide-my-own-eyes
Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project: US Student Pro-Palestine Demonstrations Remain Overwhelmingly Peaceful (May 10, 2024): https://acleddata.com/2024/05/10/us-student-pro-palestine-demonstrations-remain-overwhelmingly-peaceful-acled-brief/
Biden’s arms threat to Israel ‘better than nothing’ but too late, say U.S. officials who resigned over Gaza policy (May 10, 2024): https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bidens-arms-threat-israel-better-nothing-late-say-us-officials-resigne-rcna151454
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center (May 10, 2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/middleeast/israel-sde-teiman-detention-whistleblowers-intl-cmd/index.html
2024.05.10 16:02 SharkEva I made my boyfriend feel like I was afraid of him. Aitah?
I am not the OOP. The OOP is u/CrazyTheatreChick posting in AITAH
Ongoing as per OOP
Content Warning : rape(stealthing)
1 update - Medium
Original - 22nd April 2024
Update - 5th May 2024
I made my boyfriend feel like I was afraid of him. Aitah?
I am new to posting in reddit but I do need advice.
I F34 have been in a relationship with "Fin" M47 for a little over a year. I live on my own and he lives on his own but occasionally I spend the night at his place. Fin is handsome, fit, funny, and charitable. His kindness was what caught my attention. He was just a very thoughtful and kind man and I love that about him.
I have struggles with ptsd so I dont feel comfortable with intimacy until I feel safe and trust that person. Fin said he understood and didn't press it. We didn't start getting intimate until 2 months in but I was pretty drunk so I was upset the next morning and he comforted me. He didn't get angry or blame me at all.
After that we had a healthy sex life. I was adamant he wear protection every time. Once while we were in the middle of "playtime" he asked if he could take the condom off. I said no, and he said that it wasn't feeling good to him and he is unable to climax with one on. I said no again. Afterwards he didn't cuddle or hold me like he always did and said nothing to me. I got up to get a water and ask if he needed anything and leaned over to kiss his cheek. He shied away from my kiss and muttered "Oh now you care about me?"
I asked him what that was about and he told me he bends over backwards to make me happy but he didn't get to feel good because I won't let him not wear a condom. I told him I am very worried about pregnancy. I live in a place where abortions are extremely difficult. He said I am on birthcontrol so what's the issue? I said that's not 100% and he knew it. I grabbed him a water and told him that if he got a vasectomy, we could talk. They are reversible and accessible. I just cannot get pregnant.
We didn't discuss it again and he even apologized for being a jerk the very next morning and took me to the spa. I apologize for ruining the night and he said it was alright and we kind of moved on.
Everything was great and around the 6 Month mark, he said he thinks we are getting serious and that he considers me his partner, and asked about the condoms again. I reminded him of my requirement for that and he said he had to think about it.
About 2 months ago, He had a work trip that lasted a week and a half and when he returned he was all over me.
At the time I was going through a difficult depression (I suffer from depression and sometimes it gets really bad). He seemed annoyed and made a remark that I am punishing him for missing and loving me so much and he held my face and started kissing me again. After the back and forth for a few more minutes I just gave up and we had sex. In the middle of it, he asked if he could take off the condom and I said no, but he said he had the vasectomy. He was so excited to get me in bed he had forgotten to tell me. I stupidly said well, alright then.
After that he would forget the condemns altogether. Until my cycle was of. At first I figured it was stress, change in diet, a billion other possible reasons but this nagging feeling came over me and I got tested. Pregnant.
He found me crying on his bathroom floor and asked what was wrong so I told him and he smiled and laughed like "really? That's amazing, baby!!!" And left me there and he went whooping through the other room. When he came back he was rattling off so much info. He had a dream about this and now it's happening so it must be a sign.
My brain finally caught up and I asked about the vasectomy and he said it's not 100% right? Like condoms and pills. I was puzzled as the only goalie we took out of the equation was condoms. He said it was a miracle and I told him absolutely not.
I explained that my best friend lives in a different state and I will be going to visit and also benefit from the reproductive health clinics there. He went silent. He asked me if I really hated him that much and I didn't understand. I said I never want to be pregnant and that he knew this about me. That hasn't changed.
He became extremely angry with me saying I wouldn't "dare murder" his child and that if I loved him, I would never threaten that again. He explained that he will take care of us, he makes plenty of money, and "don't I treat you like a queen?" So all he is asking is that I have the baby.
I said I needed to go and started packing to go home and he followed me repating things like "you won't though, right? You won't murder my baby?" And stuff like that. He kept asking where I was going and I said home. I was too tired and Emotional right now and I want to go home.
He stepped in the doorway and said no and we need to talk about this. I started to get upset as he was blocking me and I felt trapped. I asked him to move and he said no. I asked him again, I want to go home and he said no again. He said "you are not leaving, what part of that don't you get?" I started crying and grabbed my phone and backed away from him telling him to stay away from me.
Fin looked really sad and said I couldn't be serious. He would never hurt me and asked me to stop crying. I demanded he let me leave and he did.
He has since been calling and texting me begging me to talk to him. He says I really hurt him by pretending to be scared of him as I know he would never hurt me. He said he treats me like a goddess and I played the "helpless victim" card and that things like that can ruin a man's life. He then said that I wasn't thinking straight and "is your brain lying to you again?" (When I have a PTSD or depressive episode I sometimes say "my brain is lying to me again" to make it seem less heavy a topic)
He has a very community facing job and I remembered the look on his face when I backed away. I don't want to ruin his life or our relationship. In the moment my emotions were so high that I just reacted. But I wasn't pretending. I sat in my car for god knows how long shaking before I could drive home. I've been ignoring his reaching out but I feel like a coward. AITAH?
Comments
omeprazolemami
He literally lied about getting a vasectomy and got you pregnant after you had explicitly set boundaries..
UnusualPotato1515
Who forgets to tell their partner they had a vasectomy?! Its not like its as simple as getting a clean at the dentist - youd take whole day off work, recover from it etc.
Creepy_Marzipan9171
Get out while you can! He’s gaslighting you!!! He lied about having a vasectomy. Purposely got you pregnant (to trap you) and then was 100% threatening to you by blocking the doorway. I have ptsd - my husband would never block a doorway because he knows that would scare the s#t out of me.. also the whole guilt trip about not loving him etc with the condoms is just pathetic (and again manipulative gaslighting bs). Make a plan for yourself (and don’t include him in the details) he’s already proven himself to be a liar of the worst kind - trust your instincts, you already know he’s not worthy of you.*
LockwoodE3
If this is a real story then call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 because this is called reproductive coercion
**Judgement - NTA*\*
Update - 13 days later
So I made an appointment and got the abortion. It was honestly such a horrible experience but my bestie was with me and the whole staff were so kind and supportive so I am grateful. Thank you to those who encouraged me to get it done, it was awful, but pregnancy and being trapped with him would have been much worse.
Fin texted Wednesday and apologized and said he said things he didn't mean and to please answer my phone as I have been ignoring him. When he called again my bestie recorded it all. Before I could finish "hello" he went on a long bit about how amazing I am, how much he loves me, what a great mother he knows I will be, and he will marry me immediately if that's a concern of mine.
When I finally got to talk I said that I am no longer pregnant and I never want to be and that I was clear about this from the beginning. He asked if it was miscarriage and then said "Because I know you wouldn't willingly murder our child, right? Say right. It's a miscarriage." I got quiet and he said that it's okay, miscarriages are "not the females fault" and that we can just try again.
I said "again? We weren't trying to begin with. I was on bc and he had the vasectomy" and you all guessed it, he laughed and said he lied about the vasectomy so I would "give up" on condemns that he long decided i was perfect and he loved me and wantrd me tl be the mother of his kids.
My best friend spoke up and said that was recorded and to leave me alone or she will post it on social media and he started screaming at us. He then sounded like he was crying and said I was a witch for this. That I am a hateful murderer and that I broke his heart. He went on to say if I tried to slander him to remember "actions have consequences".
He then broke up with me and said he will check back with me In a few days when i am actually alone and we will talk in person to see if i have come to my senses. He wants us to go to church together Sunday (which is now today) and set a time to pick me up.
I said no but I do have a ring cam and sure enough he showed up at my door. I watched him note my car was not there and at my front door, on camera, he texted me asking if I was sleeping around on him and if I let the other man "ride you like a wild horse" without a condom and if so he gets a hall pass. He said to come home immediately as we need to come to an understanding of out relationship asap.
I return home tomorrow and don't know what to do.
Edit: anyone who wants to shame my abortion...I have zero regrets and actually will advocate for them from now on. But I will happily mock you in the comments. Thanks actually, you reminded me how little an opinion means to me if it's coming from a disrespectful and/or bigoted place. At least I get to laugh through this nightmare. 💋
Edit 2: I won't be going home alone any longer - bestie is coming with me and I have a friend in the city I live with my spare key and he is now in my home watching it for me.
Edit 3: Since I've been asked in the comments (this really blew up - so sorry if I don't reply to you all) I am in a safe location with 2 male friends who know the whole story and we are looking into options. I don't want to do anything hasty- a guy friend is at my home and thus far its been quiet. I will make an update when I know more.
Edit 4: No, I will not harm myself the way some of you have messaged me. For those calling themselves prolife, you sure want me to take my own. Not very prolife at all.
And since we're on the topic, I don't want to get pregnant because I was told by my doctors that I have a high chance of passing away even before making it to term, the child also has a high rate of mortality during the pregnancy. Essentially we would both kick the bucket before delivery.
I am ineligible for tubals or hysterectomy where I live until I turn 40 at pla especially with my insurance and I would never be able to afford the out of pocket fee. The places even still "require" a husband's signature as a policy.
I would be open to adopting if I ever found the right person and were settled and ready
Comments
JaecynNix
Don't go to your home alone. That dude is dangerous
Fit_Victory6650
Yup. Have a sheriff/police escort if possible. Collect your shit and find a place to go.
shemjaza
I'd get friends instead. I'd be concerned about what side local cops in an anti abortion state would take if he hurt her.
awaythrowers97
The fact that Fin misrepresented his vasectomy and coerced you into a scenario you clearly did not want is extremely unsettling and deceitful. He is acting in a dishonest and emotionally abusive manner.
I am not the OOP. Please do not harass the OOP.
Please remember the No Brigading Rule and to be civil in the comments
submitted by SharkEva to BORUpdates [link] [comments]
Ongoing as per OOP
Content Warning : rape(stealthing)
1 update - Medium
Original - 22nd April 2024
Update - 5th May 2024
I made my boyfriend feel like I was afraid of him. Aitah?
I am new to posting in reddit but I do need advice.
I F34 have been in a relationship with "Fin" M47 for a little over a year. I live on my own and he lives on his own but occasionally I spend the night at his place. Fin is handsome, fit, funny, and charitable. His kindness was what caught my attention. He was just a very thoughtful and kind man and I love that about him.
I have struggles with ptsd so I dont feel comfortable with intimacy until I feel safe and trust that person. Fin said he understood and didn't press it. We didn't start getting intimate until 2 months in but I was pretty drunk so I was upset the next morning and he comforted me. He didn't get angry or blame me at all.
After that we had a healthy sex life. I was adamant he wear protection every time. Once while we were in the middle of "playtime" he asked if he could take the condom off. I said no, and he said that it wasn't feeling good to him and he is unable to climax with one on. I said no again. Afterwards he didn't cuddle or hold me like he always did and said nothing to me. I got up to get a water and ask if he needed anything and leaned over to kiss his cheek. He shied away from my kiss and muttered "Oh now you care about me?"
I asked him what that was about and he told me he bends over backwards to make me happy but he didn't get to feel good because I won't let him not wear a condom. I told him I am very worried about pregnancy. I live in a place where abortions are extremely difficult. He said I am on birthcontrol so what's the issue? I said that's not 100% and he knew it. I grabbed him a water and told him that if he got a vasectomy, we could talk. They are reversible and accessible. I just cannot get pregnant.
We didn't discuss it again and he even apologized for being a jerk the very next morning and took me to the spa. I apologize for ruining the night and he said it was alright and we kind of moved on.
Everything was great and around the 6 Month mark, he said he thinks we are getting serious and that he considers me his partner, and asked about the condoms again. I reminded him of my requirement for that and he said he had to think about it.
About 2 months ago, He had a work trip that lasted a week and a half and when he returned he was all over me.
At the time I was going through a difficult depression (I suffer from depression and sometimes it gets really bad). He seemed annoyed and made a remark that I am punishing him for missing and loving me so much and he held my face and started kissing me again. After the back and forth for a few more minutes I just gave up and we had sex. In the middle of it, he asked if he could take off the condom and I said no, but he said he had the vasectomy. He was so excited to get me in bed he had forgotten to tell me. I stupidly said well, alright then.
After that he would forget the condemns altogether. Until my cycle was of. At first I figured it was stress, change in diet, a billion other possible reasons but this nagging feeling came over me and I got tested. Pregnant.
He found me crying on his bathroom floor and asked what was wrong so I told him and he smiled and laughed like "really? That's amazing, baby!!!" And left me there and he went whooping through the other room. When he came back he was rattling off so much info. He had a dream about this and now it's happening so it must be a sign.
My brain finally caught up and I asked about the vasectomy and he said it's not 100% right? Like condoms and pills. I was puzzled as the only goalie we took out of the equation was condoms. He said it was a miracle and I told him absolutely not.
I explained that my best friend lives in a different state and I will be going to visit and also benefit from the reproductive health clinics there. He went silent. He asked me if I really hated him that much and I didn't understand. I said I never want to be pregnant and that he knew this about me. That hasn't changed.
He became extremely angry with me saying I wouldn't "dare murder" his child and that if I loved him, I would never threaten that again. He explained that he will take care of us, he makes plenty of money, and "don't I treat you like a queen?" So all he is asking is that I have the baby.
I said I needed to go and started packing to go home and he followed me repating things like "you won't though, right? You won't murder my baby?" And stuff like that. He kept asking where I was going and I said home. I was too tired and Emotional right now and I want to go home.
He stepped in the doorway and said no and we need to talk about this. I started to get upset as he was blocking me and I felt trapped. I asked him to move and he said no. I asked him again, I want to go home and he said no again. He said "you are not leaving, what part of that don't you get?" I started crying and grabbed my phone and backed away from him telling him to stay away from me.
Fin looked really sad and said I couldn't be serious. He would never hurt me and asked me to stop crying. I demanded he let me leave and he did.
He has since been calling and texting me begging me to talk to him. He says I really hurt him by pretending to be scared of him as I know he would never hurt me. He said he treats me like a goddess and I played the "helpless victim" card and that things like that can ruin a man's life. He then said that I wasn't thinking straight and "is your brain lying to you again?" (When I have a PTSD or depressive episode I sometimes say "my brain is lying to me again" to make it seem less heavy a topic)
He has a very community facing job and I remembered the look on his face when I backed away. I don't want to ruin his life or our relationship. In the moment my emotions were so high that I just reacted. But I wasn't pretending. I sat in my car for god knows how long shaking before I could drive home. I've been ignoring his reaching out but I feel like a coward. AITAH?
Comments
omeprazolemami
He literally lied about getting a vasectomy and got you pregnant after you had explicitly set boundaries..
UnusualPotato1515
Who forgets to tell their partner they had a vasectomy?! Its not like its as simple as getting a clean at the dentist - youd take whole day off work, recover from it etc.
Creepy_Marzipan9171
Get out while you can! He’s gaslighting you!!! He lied about having a vasectomy. Purposely got you pregnant (to trap you) and then was 100% threatening to you by blocking the doorway. I have ptsd - my husband would never block a doorway because he knows that would scare the s#t out of me.. also the whole guilt trip about not loving him etc with the condoms is just pathetic (and again manipulative gaslighting bs). Make a plan for yourself (and don’t include him in the details) he’s already proven himself to be a liar of the worst kind - trust your instincts, you already know he’s not worthy of you.*
LockwoodE3
If this is a real story then call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 because this is called reproductive coercion
OOP: I will do that - thank you.
**Judgement - NTA*\*
Update - 13 days later
So I made an appointment and got the abortion. It was honestly such a horrible experience but my bestie was with me and the whole staff were so kind and supportive so I am grateful. Thank you to those who encouraged me to get it done, it was awful, but pregnancy and being trapped with him would have been much worse.
Fin texted Wednesday and apologized and said he said things he didn't mean and to please answer my phone as I have been ignoring him. When he called again my bestie recorded it all. Before I could finish "hello" he went on a long bit about how amazing I am, how much he loves me, what a great mother he knows I will be, and he will marry me immediately if that's a concern of mine.
When I finally got to talk I said that I am no longer pregnant and I never want to be and that I was clear about this from the beginning. He asked if it was miscarriage and then said "Because I know you wouldn't willingly murder our child, right? Say right. It's a miscarriage." I got quiet and he said that it's okay, miscarriages are "not the females fault" and that we can just try again.
I said "again? We weren't trying to begin with. I was on bc and he had the vasectomy" and you all guessed it, he laughed and said he lied about the vasectomy so I would "give up" on condemns that he long decided i was perfect and he loved me and wantrd me tl be the mother of his kids.
My best friend spoke up and said that was recorded and to leave me alone or she will post it on social media and he started screaming at us. He then sounded like he was crying and said I was a witch for this. That I am a hateful murderer and that I broke his heart. He went on to say if I tried to slander him to remember "actions have consequences".
He then broke up with me and said he will check back with me In a few days when i am actually alone and we will talk in person to see if i have come to my senses. He wants us to go to church together Sunday (which is now today) and set a time to pick me up.
I said no but I do have a ring cam and sure enough he showed up at my door. I watched him note my car was not there and at my front door, on camera, he texted me asking if I was sleeping around on him and if I let the other man "ride you like a wild horse" without a condom and if so he gets a hall pass. He said to come home immediately as we need to come to an understanding of out relationship asap.
I return home tomorrow and don't know what to do.
Edit: anyone who wants to shame my abortion...I have zero regrets and actually will advocate for them from now on. But I will happily mock you in the comments. Thanks actually, you reminded me how little an opinion means to me if it's coming from a disrespectful and/or bigoted place. At least I get to laugh through this nightmare. 💋
Edit 2: I won't be going home alone any longer - bestie is coming with me and I have a friend in the city I live with my spare key and he is now in my home watching it for me.
Edit 3: Since I've been asked in the comments (this really blew up - so sorry if I don't reply to you all) I am in a safe location with 2 male friends who know the whole story and we are looking into options. I don't want to do anything hasty- a guy friend is at my home and thus far its been quiet. I will make an update when I know more.
Edit 4: No, I will not harm myself the way some of you have messaged me. For those calling themselves prolife, you sure want me to take my own. Not very prolife at all.
And since we're on the topic, I don't want to get pregnant because I was told by my doctors that I have a high chance of passing away even before making it to term, the child also has a high rate of mortality during the pregnancy. Essentially we would both kick the bucket before delivery.
I am ineligible for tubals or hysterectomy where I live until I turn 40 at pla especially with my insurance and I would never be able to afford the out of pocket fee. The places even still "require" a husband's signature as a policy.
I would be open to adopting if I ever found the right person and were settled and ready
Comments
JaecynNix
Don't go to your home alone. That dude is dangerous
Fit_Victory6650
Yup. Have a sheriff/police escort if possible. Collect your shit and find a place to go.
shemjaza
I'd get friends instead. I'd be concerned about what side local cops in an anti abortion state would take if he hurt her.
awaythrowers97
The fact that Fin misrepresented his vasectomy and coerced you into a scenario you clearly did not want is extremely unsettling and deceitful. He is acting in a dishonest and emotionally abusive manner.
I am not the OOP. Please do not harass the OOP.
Please remember the No Brigading Rule and to be civil in the comments
2024.05.10 12:53 drchitra Gynecologist Surgery: Advanced Care for Women's Health
Introduction:
Gynecologist surgery plays a crucial role in addressing various reproductive health issues and gynecological conditions that women may encounter throughout their lives. From routine procedures to complex surgeries, gynecologist surgeons are trained to provide specialized care with a focus on improving women's health and well-being.
Types of Gynecologist Surgery:
1. Diagnostic Procedures:
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy: A minimally invasive procedure used to visually examine the pelvic organs for abnormalities such as endometriosis, ovarian cysts, or adhesions.
- Hysteroscopy: A procedure that allows visualization of the inside of the uterus to diagnose and treat conditions such as abnormal uterine bleeding, polyps, or fibroids.
2. Therapeutic Procedures:
- Hysterectomy: The surgical removal of the uterus, often recommended for conditions like uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or certain gynecological cancers.
- Myomectomy: Surgical removal of uterine fibroids while preserving the uterus, commonly performed to alleviate symptoms such as pelvic pain or heavy menstrual bleeding.
- Ovarian Cystectomy: Surgical removal of ovarian cysts, either through laparoscopic or traditional open surgery, to prevent complications or relieve symptoms.
- Endometrial Ablation: A procedure to remove or destroy the lining of the uterus, often recommended for women with heavy menstrual bleeding who do not wish to undergo hysterectomy.
3. Reproductive Surgery:
- Tubal Ligation: A permanent method of contraception, commonly known as "getting one's tubes tied," which involves blocking or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.
- Tubal Reversal: A surgical procedure to reconnect the fallopian tubes for women who have previously undergone tubal ligation and wish to restore their fertility.
4. Oncological Surgery:
- Radical Hysterectomy: A surgical procedure to remove the uterus, cervix, surrounding tissues, and possibly nearby lymph nodes, performed as part of the treatment for early-stage cervical or uterine cancer.
- Ovarian Cancer Surgery: Surgical procedures may include removal of one or both ovaries, fallopian tubes, and surrounding tissues for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
Benefits of Gynecologist Surgery:
- Personalized Treatment: Gynecologist surgeons tailor treatment plans to meet the unique needs and preferences of each patient, considering factors such as age, overall health, and reproductive goals.
- Improved Quality of Life: Surgical interventions can alleviate symptoms such as pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, or infertility, allowing women to enjoy a better quality of life.
- Advanced Techniques: Advancements in surgical technology, including minimally invasive approaches like laparoscopy or robotic-assisted surgery, offer benefits such as shorter recovery times, less pain, and reduced scarring.
- Comprehensive Care: Gynecologist surgeons work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists, to provide comprehensive care for women with gynecological conditions, including cancer.
Conclusion:
Gynecologist surgery encompasses a wide range of procedures aimed at diagnosing, treating, and managing various gynecological conditions affecting women's reproductive health. By partnering with experienced gynecologist surgeons and healthcare providers, women can access specialized care and treatment options tailored to their individual needs, ultimately promoting their health and well-being.
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Gynecologist surgery plays a crucial role in addressing various reproductive health issues and gynecological conditions that women may encounter throughout their lives. From routine procedures to complex surgeries, gynecologist surgeons are trained to provide specialized care with a focus on improving women's health and well-being.
Types of Gynecologist Surgery:
1. Diagnostic Procedures:
- Diagnostic Laparoscopy: A minimally invasive procedure used to visually examine the pelvic organs for abnormalities such as endometriosis, ovarian cysts, or adhesions.
- Hysteroscopy: A procedure that allows visualization of the inside of the uterus to diagnose and treat conditions such as abnormal uterine bleeding, polyps, or fibroids.
2. Therapeutic Procedures:
- Hysterectomy: The surgical removal of the uterus, often recommended for conditions like uterine fibroids, endometriosis, or certain gynecological cancers.
- Myomectomy: Surgical removal of uterine fibroids while preserving the uterus, commonly performed to alleviate symptoms such as pelvic pain or heavy menstrual bleeding.
- Ovarian Cystectomy: Surgical removal of ovarian cysts, either through laparoscopic or traditional open surgery, to prevent complications or relieve symptoms.
- Endometrial Ablation: A procedure to remove or destroy the lining of the uterus, often recommended for women with heavy menstrual bleeding who do not wish to undergo hysterectomy.
3. Reproductive Surgery:
- Tubal Ligation: A permanent method of contraception, commonly known as "getting one's tubes tied," which involves blocking or sealing the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.
- Tubal Reversal: A surgical procedure to reconnect the fallopian tubes for women who have previously undergone tubal ligation and wish to restore their fertility.
4. Oncological Surgery:
- Radical Hysterectomy: A surgical procedure to remove the uterus, cervix, surrounding tissues, and possibly nearby lymph nodes, performed as part of the treatment for early-stage cervical or uterine cancer.
- Ovarian Cancer Surgery: Surgical procedures may include removal of one or both ovaries, fallopian tubes, and surrounding tissues for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
Benefits of Gynecologist Surgery:
- Personalized Treatment: Gynecologist surgeons tailor treatment plans to meet the unique needs and preferences of each patient, considering factors such as age, overall health, and reproductive goals.
- Improved Quality of Life: Surgical interventions can alleviate symptoms such as pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding, or infertility, allowing women to enjoy a better quality of life.
- Advanced Techniques: Advancements in surgical technology, including minimally invasive approaches like laparoscopy or robotic-assisted surgery, offer benefits such as shorter recovery times, less pain, and reduced scarring.
- Comprehensive Care: Gynecologist surgeons work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including oncologists, radiologists, and pathologists, to provide comprehensive care for women with gynecological conditions, including cancer.
Conclusion:
Gynecologist surgery encompasses a wide range of procedures aimed at diagnosing, treating, and managing various gynecological conditions affecting women's reproductive health. By partnering with experienced gynecologist surgeons and healthcare providers, women can access specialized care and treatment options tailored to their individual needs, ultimately promoting their health and well-being.
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LPs
- Gunna - One of Wun (w Offset, Normani, Roddy Ricch & Leon Bridges) [ATL Trap, YSL/300]
- Ryan Castro (🇨🇴) - EL CANTANTE DEL GHETTO (w Rich the Kid, Myke Towers, Ñengo Flow, Jowell & Randy, Arcángel, Peso Pluma + more) [Latin Rap, Sony]
- Chief Keef - Almighty So 2 (w Quavo, Sexyy Red, G Herbo, Tierra Whack, Lil Gnar & Ballout) [Chicago Drill]
- Kaash Paige - Catch Me While I Care (w SSGKobe + more) [R&B]
- Bugzy Malone (🇬🇧) - The Great British Dream [UK Rap]
- Tiwa Savage - Water & Garri (w Olamide, Arya Starr, Black Sherif + more) [Afrobeats]
- Andra Day - CASSANDRA (cherith) (w Wale) [R&B, Warner]
- Yaya Bey - Ten Fold [Neo-Soul, Big Dada]
- Ghostface Killah - Set The Tone (w Ye, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Method Man, Raekwon, AZ, Jim Jones, Fat Joe, Ja Rule, Sheek Louch + more) [East Coast Rap, Mass Appeal]
- Jordan Rakei (🇳🇿) - The Loop [R&B]
- Conway the Machine - SFK (w Joey Bada$$, Method Man, Raekwon, Larry June, Ab-Soul, Stove God Cooks + more) [NY Rap]
- M Huncho (🇬🇧) & Potter Payper (🇬🇧) - 36 Hours [UK Rap]
- The Act (UnoTheActivist) - Omega Music Vol. 1 (w Bear1Boss) [Rap]
- Nigel Hall & DJ Harrison - The Burning Bush: A Journey Through the Music of Earth, Wind & Fire [R&B, Covers]
- Potatohead People (🇨🇦) - Eat Your Heart Out (w Redman, T3, Shadiq Husayn, Ivan Ave + more) [Producer Album, Bastard Jazz]
- Yhapojj - P.S. Fuck You (w Lil Tony Official) [Jerk, Simple Stupid/Geffen]
- Elio Toffana (🇪🇸) - ALIENS (w Conway the Machine, Cruz Cafuné & Nickzzy) [Spanish Rap]
- Anonymuz - We$tSide [Rap]
- Yhung T.O. & Lil Sheik - Ballin' Like TuTu [Bay Area Trap]
- Baby Money - H.I.M. (Hustle In Me) (w Tee Grizzley, Veeze, G.T., Peezy & Skilla Baby) [Michigan Trap, QC]
- Napoleon da Legend & DJ Rhettmatic - LEGMATIC (w D-Styles + more) [Boom Bap]
- Noodah05 - 5 Minutes of Fame [ATL Trap]
- Luh Soldier - Soldier Life: Stand on Loyalty Compilation [Trap]
- Lil Bean - BACK TO BASICS 2 (w ZayBang, EBK Jaaybo & FREDOBAGZ) [Bay Area Trap]
- Cacahouète (🇫🇷) - Vrai igo [French Hip Hop]
- phreshboyswag – VIP* [Rap]
- KY SKYWALKA - Back To Grammy's [DMV Crank]
- Take A Mic (🇫🇷) - M1NDSET [French Hip Hop]
- How to Dress Well - I Am Toward You [Alt-R&B, Sargent House]
- MexikoDro - De Mayo [Plugg, Beats]
- Copywrite - T.H.E. Last Supper (w Slug, Ras Kass, Mickey Factz, Breeze Brewin + more) [Boom Bap]
- Nino Augustine (🇵🇦) - 100% [Latin Rap]
- Jaywill (🇫🇷) - COLD LONER'S REVENGE [French Hip Hop]
- VILK (🇫🇷) - VILKCORE [French Hip Hop]
- Sleep Sinatra & bloomcycle - Memory(ummm...) (w PremRock, SKECH185 + more) [Underground Rap]
Deluxe
- That Mexican OT & DJ Lil Steve - Texas Technician: ChopNotSlop [TX Rap, Capitol]
- Adi Oasis - Lotus Glow [R&B]
- 22Gz - Growth & Development [NY Drill]
- Amindi - Take What You Need And Then Some (w MAVI & Vayda) [Rap]
EPs
- BigXthaPlug, Ro$ama & Young Hood- Meet The 6ixers [TX Trap]
- Charles Ans (🇲🇽), La Loquera (🇨🇴) & Ms. Amber (🇲🇽) - Serendipia [Latin]
- Seyi Vibez (🇳🇬) - VBZINC (w ODOMODUBLVCK, Stonebwoy, Bloody Civilian + more) [Afrobeats, Dvpper]
- Pink Siifu - GOT FOOD AT THE CRIB'! VOL.2* [Rap]
- Kalan.FrFr - MAKE THE WEST GREAT AGAIN (w Ty Dolla $ign, G Herbo, YG & Spooky Jay) [West Coast Rap, Roc Nation]
- 21 Lil Harold - Sick of Myself (w Quavo, G Herbo, JID & BigXthaPlug) [ATL Trap, Slaughter Gang/Epic]
- 3dnan (🇪🇸)- LUNA NUEVA [Latin]
- Slkrack (🇫🇷) - Jeune, black & qu'en à rien à branler [French Hip Hop]
- Dizzy Fae - Are We There Yet? [R&B]
- 4Fargo - Express&B (w Jacquees, K CAMP & Honey Bxby) [R&B, Republic]
- Mannywellz - The Purple Tape [R&B]
- Kiefer, Luke Titus & Pera Krstajic - Something For Real [Jazz, Live, Stones Throw]
- Cosha (🇮🇪) - MurMurs [R&B]
- Left Lane Didon - INDICATORS: EPISODE 5 [Rap]
- PLAYERRWAYS & GtmoneyDt - GrimeyLocWays (w Ralfy the Plug, Swifty Blue & GoodFinesse) [West Coast Trap, Stinc]
- Vintna B (🇨🇱) - Mal Augurio [Latin]
- AXHE (🇪🇸) - 04:04 [Latin]
- White N (🇫🇷) - DEUX FOIS PLUS QU'EUX [French Hip Hop]
- esone (🇫🇷) - 0-119 [French Hip Hop]
- Butch Dawson & Stan Lane - Keep It Brief, Vol. 1 [Rap]
- MISA (🇫🇷) & YEUZE LOW (🇫🇷) - L'HUILE AU SOL [French Hip Hop]
- Ferris Blusa & Jamil Honesty - Surrender to Gawd Alone (w Maze Overlay + more) [Rap, Free Lunch]
- CHUNG (🇨🇦) - Perdu In Peru (w Santana Fox + more) [Jazz Rap]
- Rhys Langston & Steel Tipped Dove - Polygot on Chloroform (w Fatboi Sharif) [Rap]
- AK (🇫🇷) - BIGDAWG EVO [French Hip Hop]
- Dude (🇫🇷) - K2 [French Hip Hop]
Songs
- Drake - THE HEART PART 6*
- Kendrick Lamar - meet the grahams / Not Like Us
- Khalid - Please Don't Fall In Love With Me (Sango Remix)
- Earlly Mac & Sango - Days of Our Lives (feat. WESTSIDE BOOGIE, Dave Hill & Young RJ)
- Tee Grizzley & Wheezy - Swear To God (feat. Future)
- Camila Cabello & Lil Nas X - HE KNOWS
- BLK ODYSSY - XXX (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
- Omar Montes, SAIKO & Tunvao - Arena y Sal (Remix) [feat. Anitta, Sech, Yandel, FMK & LIT killah]
- Wisin, Anitta, Shaggy & Maffio - Peligrosa
- Megan Thee Stallion - BOA / I Think I love Her Freestyle*
- Rich The Kid & D.A. Got That Dope - Band Man
- Central Cee - CC Freestyle
- NLE Choppa - Stickin' And Movin'
- J Abdiel & iZaak - WYA (White Remix) [feat. Juhn, Slayter, Aleesha] / (Blue Remix) (feat. Hades66, Miky Woodz & Corina Smith) / (Red Remix) [feat. De La Rose, Yan Block & Jay Wheeler]
- Ice Spice & RIOTUSA - Gimmie A Light
- Coi Leray - Lemon Cars
- T.I. & NBA Youngboy - Llogclay
- Key Glock - The Greatest
- iann dior - Edge of Tommorow
- The Game - Freeway’s Revenge
- BlakelANA & Moneybagg Yo - Pricey
- Ellis Quinn & eK! - HOTLANTA (feat. A$AP Ferg, Lee Cash & DRAM)*
- Sleepy Hallow - Winners In Paris
- Ski Mask The Slump God - Headrush
- Mabel & Shygirl - Look At My Body, Pt. II
- DJ Bandz - GTA (feat. Rob49, Fivio Foreign & Skilla Baby)
- Big Hit, Hit-Boy & The Alchemist - Foreclosure
- Falling In Reverse - Ronald (feat. Tech N9ne & Alex Terrible)
- Mach-Hommy & KAYTRANADA - #RichAxxHaitian (feat. 03 Greedo)
- Destroy Lonely - Luv 4 Ya
- Z1NO & ArrDee - C'est La Vie (More Filler)
- Shoreline Mafia (Fenix Flexin & OHGEESY) - HEAT STICK
- Davy Finesse - Your Vibe (feat. OHGEESY)
- Clara La Sun - Talking To You
- DJ Mekalek - Skylines (feat. Westside Gunn & Mickey Diamond)
- BOJ & Ragee - Love Garden (feat. Adekunle Gold)
- ANGEL DIOR & Jisac - Bichiyal
- Fredo - Top G
- Larry June - Meet Me In Napa
- Young M.A. - TRIM
- SoFaygo - TUT
- SLIZZY ENT - MARNI (feat. Cash Cobain, Marni, Vontee the Singer & Matthew Ali)
- Tink - Huh
- BIG30 - SANG TO EM
- Lilbubblegum & REI AMI - I SEE RED
- KingTrey, Mick Jenkins & KOTA The Friend - Right On Time
- Machinedrum - WEARY (feat. Mick Jenkins & Jesse Boykins III)
- Fliptrix, Greentea Peng & Leaf Dog - Cosmic Scenes
- Jdot Breezy - EBK
- MO3 - Tidal Wave
- Groovy - KNO ME
- Jackboy & BabyDrill - No Diddy
- FloFilz - Nightly Passage (feat. Rob Araujo)
- Pak-Man & Steel Banglez - Standard
- 1RealFatty & YTB Fatt - 5 Stars (No Diddy)
- ShooterGang Kony - Real Money
- skaiwater - bleach
- Nappy Roots - Play Clothes
- Wizz Havin - Kardi B (Already Rich Remix)
- Loe Shimmy & Wizz Havin - Zuper
- RJmrLA & Joe Moses - Faces & Names
- SwuM & GRiMM DOZA - BNB (feat. Mike Shaub)
- DeeBaby - Now Tell Me Why
- wewantwraiths & Still Brickin - 5AM In Bali
- Yung Pinch - LUST CLUB
- Komari, Cozz & Anik Khan - Kiwi Mango
- Coach, Pressa & NorthSideBenji - DWTD
- Sukihana - COCAINE (JT Diss)*
- Rexx Life Raj - B&E
- Reese LAFLARE - Pink Range Rover (feat. Foggieraw & PM FRVR)
- CEO Trayle - SuperFly
- lou deezi - Missing His Soul
- Babyxsosa - Be My Baby
- Dwells - Who U Luv (idc) [feat. Babyxsosa]
- Moody Bank$, Kaelin Ellis & Xar - Love Me
- Lil Vada & - Los Scandalous (feat. Lefty Gunplay) / Not Like Us (Remix)
- BigBandz & Louie Ray - Frfr
- Eurohead, JJ & Thaiboy Digital - Let Go / I'm Fresh
- Jake Isaac - OKAY
- HDBeenDope & Scottie Flames - LetColeKnow*
- RyiahG - Housekeeper (feat. ALLBLACK)
- Hardrock - Rascal (Trust)
- 1100 Himelf, Mari Peso, Ranvo & EBK Juvie Ju - Bad Azz Kid
- Kt Foreign & EBK Jaaybo - Oochie Wally
- DaBolyy & Tivi Gunz - Tumbao
- Thizzler on the Roof - Ambitions of a Trap Star (Bar Wars Cypher #14) [feat. Maj4l, 1100 Himself, Kflex & Nemz]
- Lil Maru & DB.Boutabag - Bad
- Rich Rillz, Smoke DZA & Big Tyme - Roll Up
- Smoke DZA & DJ RELLYRELL - U.G.L.Y. (U Gotta Love Yourself) [feat. TheARTI$T]
- Sexton & Lil Gotit - How
- Maxx Air & Lil Gotit - Murder Talk
- Azizi Gibson - Outta My Head
- RMAND - CRV
- Kabwasa & Shaw00p - Just Text Me
- Farma G, Wish Master & Sonnyjim - Créme De La Créme
- Opmquan - Ones To Blame (feat. Leaf Ward)
- Max Limit, ilysm, Madi Serket & RXKNephew - I'M LOSING MY MIND
- HUE SOUND (Mad Keys, Phoelix & Paris Price) - WANTS
- bblink, jaydes & xaviersobased - Vaxstyle (feat. Isocharm)
- André Mego, Georgia Anne Muldrow & Josef Leimberg - You Should Know
- Caleborate - Cold As Ice
- Mitchell - Fake Love
- Deema - LILREDWHIP
- Kossiko - Finally Free
- BreadWinner Lil HK, EBK BCKDOE & Ranvo - Alphabet Boys
- Jeriq - Ije Nwoke
- MW Deebo & EBK Juvie Ju - Politican
- Show Banga - Real First (feat. Lil Bean)
- CLIP - 2 The FACE
- Freshman Woes - Effortless (feat. Fashawn, LMNO & Myka-9)
- Canibus & Johnny Slash - The Demi Side (feat. Rockness Monsta & Hus Kingpin)
- Towkio & Reeseynem - Shake the Floor
- Church & AP - WTF (Remix) [feat. Dom McLennon & deadforest]
- KayFaraway & ROMderful - Sweet
- Laszlo - THIRTY (feat. Len)
- Da$H - MUSCLE MEMORY / Honolulu
- Flavonoids - Not the One (feat. Inspectah Deck & Teeks)
- Swoosh God - Agyal Not Amen
- Struggle Mike & DJ Benoit - GANDOLFINI (feat. OT The Real & Rick Hyde)
- Berm, YSR Gramz, Since99 & $weet-T - Moshpit
- Jynx716 & Che Noir - Intent (feat. Vic Spencer)
- Freddy Got Magic & Supa Bwe - We Live
- Lemuell - Mensajes Ficticios
- deem spencer - pony
- FLOHIO - Make It Bang
- Kaandake & Sa-Roc - Soulmate (Here I am)
- GAWD - Frontin' / Nasty Girl
- R2R Moe - Made4me
- Baby Bounce - Kobe (feat. Tapri Grams)
- Jurdan Bryant - Uknowdat
- Rory Sweeney & Tony Bontana - Departed
BBL Drizzy (prod. by Metro Boomin)
- Masego - BBL Drizzy Sax Diss.wav
- Tim Henson (of Polyphia) - BBL Drizzy
- DigBar & KolossalKocks - BBL DRIZZY DISS TRACK!
- RXKNephew - What Does BBL Even Mean
- PACKGOD & Yumi - BBL DRIZZY (Drake Diss Track)
- christ dillinger - #bbldrizzybeatgiveaway.wav
- KevinKempt - #bbldrizzybeatgiveaway
- Scru Face Jean - BBL Drizzy Freestyle
- Kamui - OVO Tokyo
- yungmaple - FUCK DRAKE FREESTYLE #BBLDRIZZY
- BLACCMASS - not like us x isley brothers
- Nem - BBL Drizzy