How much is too much soma

Knew this day would come I just didn't expect it so soon. I know many vets that use bots no issue and one guy told me as long as you never late forfeit or no show Amazon turns a blind cheek. They only take it personally when you pretty much cheat then have the nerve to not show but to try bitch about the ding too, followed the rules 0 issues.
Went from fantastic to at risk last week back to great today. Never missed a block in 3 years but last week missed 4.
One alarm was silent phone volume was low. Second it was 3:45 am went to the wrong station. Another late forfeit due to rain flood and a complete no show for one block I didn't even realize I had forgot to forfeit and didn't even realize til days later.
Hope I don't get deactivated. When i was new I was at risk and missed 5 blocks in a row not deactivated. I did write a long email apologizing and also about how I planned to change my ways and did. I was level 4 and fantastic for 3 years til last week.
That was the last time I ever missed blocks. Oh well time to retire the bot and look for a job. I heard they are not playing and deactivating after one email.
I don't think its the bot it's me missing all of those blocks especially 3:45 am. I heard they don't play about those and probably why my account went under review. For all of the people that will say good and that I deserve to be deactivated. I don't disagree, what I will tell you is that you're mad at the wrong person.
I could never get blocks in December 0 reserves so gave in and used a bot changed my life. Income went up by about 50% and didn't have to tap all day. I even search while on routes always 0 issues. only thing I don't do is manually search while bot is running.
I also noticed last week that I mistakenly had my vpn on while I looked at what blocks were available bot was off ofcourse.

This is a very long one.
I (19f) have been in and out of long term/short term facilities since I was 12 years old. I’ve had suicide attempts and have been diagnosed with major depressive disorder. This is definitely not my first experience with a therapist. Over the years I’ve had over 6+. Not because they haven’t worked for me all the time, but because they either move onto another facility or I move onto another phase in life.
Last year I adopted a new therapist “Mere” thanks to my older sister “North”. My current Therapist “Tina” who I’ve been working with for the past 3 and a half years, switched to a facility where my insurance only covers 30 min sessions. North didn’t think that was enough for me at the time since I wasn’t doing so well mentally. The therapist she recommended worked closely with her own and offered 1hr long sessions, so I agreed wanting to try something new since my old therapist seemed to not specialize in trauma and ptsd. Kerr was highly recommended for those topics.
We started our sessions not soon after my sister offered. The first couple months were hard. Our personalities seemed to clash. Not because mine was bad, but because I was deeply depressed. I was not a joy to be around and everyone seemed annoyed with my constant melancholy. Even my therapists seemed sick of me.
Over time I learned to adapt my personality to be more palatable. My therapists loved it now that I was interacting with them and making jokes. I treated them more like friends now instead of therapists and they seemed to appreciate that. I found it funny because a lot of my issues I explained to them was faking my personality to fit into the crowd and adapt. Due to me being f a people pleaser. They didn’t see anything wrong with the change since I seemed to be getting better mentally.
I was better. I wouldn’t attribute much of my success to my therapists tho. It was nice to have someone to talk to since at the time I had no friends, but they didn’t seem to know how to handle my constant depression so I started to hide it from them. Even from myself. Over time I was able to function a lot better. I switched my sessions to only once every two weeks and I was planning on ending them all together since I was doing so well on my own and haven’t need much help in a while.
It seems that I ah e bad luck. Right when I was at my peak recovery and condition, I was raped on the first day of the new year. I spiraled back into my deep deep deep depression worse than any other relapse I had before. I survived on Benadryl and ice cream for weeks. I took the pills so I didn’t have to be awake to long. I ate only food that I liked the most (mainly unhealthily) my health declined.
My mental health was the worst of it tho. The day after the rape occurred I had a session with my newer therapist. I start telling her the details of my assault. The shock was still fresh in my brain and my memories were scrambled. I greatly blamed myself. I thought I was the weirdo.
Mere only confirmed my sentiments. Before I could fully list out the details of the night it happened she immediately started to spew accusations of my intentions that night. Saying phrases like “Well when someone is pleasuring you it’s hard to say no and there’s nothing wrong with that”
I shut up then and just agreed with her but something still didn’t sit right with me. I went on Reddit and there was mixed opinions about it. A lot of ppl validated my feelings and others thought It was my fault. After fully processing this event and fully remembering it in its entirety I can say confidently that what happened to me was rape.
The next session we had I was able to tell the full story. Mede had just said “Oh. Well you didn’t mention all this before. That’s definitely not ok”. The thing is tho, she was the one to cut me off and make assumptions instead of trying to pull out the full story. She knew I had extreme ptsd and I probably wouldn’t be able to give an in-depth detailed explanation of what happened. She still insulted me anyway and brushed me off.
I thought this to be weird but I brushed it off. When you think k you’re in the presence of a professional you don’t often question things especially if you aren’t in the mental space to do so. So ignored her.
There have been times where she’s been short with me. One time she had asked to switch a 12pm session to 5pm. When I refused she said she’d have to charge me a cancellation fee. It seemed that she just wanted to get paid for that session still and wanted to guilt me into paying. I refused and explained that she was the one who cancelled on me and she immediately backed down realizing I wouldn’t be easily pushed around. I didn’t think much of it then.
Another time. I had gone to this tattoo parlor to get my belly button pierced. I took videos and pictures of the process. She requested in our session that week to see the pictures. I agreed to send and emailed them to her in two emails. In one there was all the pictures of the parlor, the. The other had the videos of the full process. Accidentally I had added one singular picture of me. I was at school and I took a picture in the schools bathroom. There was nothing indecent about it I just accidentally pressed on that picture as I was sending the others. IT happened a lot when using your iPhone to email and I didn’t really notice.
She brought it up the next session and started to berate me for sending that singular pic out of all the obvious other intended pictures. She said it’s inappropriate to send her pictures of myself. I explained to her the accident and she seemed shocked. All she said was “oh well ok”. I don’t know why she got so triggered I’ve always kept good boundaries with her. I can’t believe she immediately started accusing me for one picture of me posing in the mirror while having a turtle neck in a jacket and everything.
Those are just a few of the shady things she’s done. Now back to current time. After I was raped. I still continued sessions with her and tried to get back on track. She wasn’t really helping. I would have extreme panic attacks on therapy video calls with her and she seemed at loss of what to do. I distanced myself from her and I started to get a little better, but then I started to have issues with some of my friends. That added onto my load of issues and started to push me to the edge.
I called my therapist the night of my attempt. I try not to call her after hours but I was in genuine crisis. I had spent the whole day being practically verbally abused by one of my friends. I was cracking slowly it surely and I reached out for help.
Otp I expressed to her how I felt betrayed by everyone around me. I asked her why everyone felt it was ok to treat me wrong whenever. Why wasn’t I able to find peace? Why I couldn’t find ppl who cared? My parents are emotionally abusive as well. That all stems into my ppl pleasing habits. I’ve let a lot of ppl take advantage of my nature because I’ve been conditioned to since birth. She knows my history and why I am the way I am. Instead of consoling me she yelled at me. “Well you knew they were bad ppl!” “If you knew they were bad ppl why are you blaming them you just need to stop hanging around bad ppl”. She then told me she had to go and hung up. She did ask me if I was safe but of course I lied. She knows I always try to see the best in ppl. I don’t see the bad till it’s too late most times. Her words stung like acid. I had been prescribed some sedatives to calm me during panic attacks. I had taken two but they weren’t helping. After that call I took the whole bottle. I didn’t want to die alone so I called my mother to stay in my room with me. Then I drifted into a deep sleep for hours into the next day’s afternoon. I had fallen asleep around 10 pm. I woke up the next day around 3pm still kicking but disordered.
I spent two weeks in a mental hospital. During that time I do t have access to my phone. I had my sister contact everyone that needed to be. Even Mere. She knew I was in there. I didn’t call her while I was there bc I was still upset at her after everything.
I was discharged but I didn’t set up a session for weeks. She emailed and called me once but I didn’t respond till I was fully settled back into my routine and okay enough to talk to her. I emailed her this
“Hallo, Sorry. I didn’t mean to ghost you. I just needed some time to get myself together. I called you just now. You are probably busy. I hope everything is doing well on your end. Sorry again. Sent from my iPhone”
I had planned to set up an appointment in the future to talk to her about everything but by the time I checked my patient portal a week or so later I had been discharged with no warning. No calm text or email.
I set up a meeting with her over the phone for 45 mins. When she first came onto the call the first thing she said was “I saw that you put our appointment for 45 mins. I changed it to 30 bc you know I did discharge you”. I thought it was pretty rude so instead of explaining everything I told her about how I didn’t have my phone in the hospital and the hospital themselves didn’t notify her because they were disorganized and were extremely unprofessional. It’s not like she wasn’t updated by my sisters anyway. When I got my phone after I got home I saw texts from her asking if I was still having a session with her. Knowing that I was in the hospital. It seemed she either didn’t care or didn’t believe I was in the hospital. In fact when she had spoken over the phone with one of my sisters she had lied to them about that night. She had told her “After I got otp with her I immediately started praying for her because I m ew something was deeply wrong” how delusional of her to say after she yelled at me and hung up.
Anyway after I explained my reasoning for going MIA she started to realize how fucked up she was and asked me how I was doing. I didn’t say much because I was done with her and she obviously didn’t intend of hearing the full story since she shortened our session. She started asking me why I didn’t want to continue therapy and seemed confused why I didn’t seem to beg her to re admit me. I told her I was done with therapy. She seemed concerned and said that she discharged me because she thought it’d be better for me to find an in person therapist. I knew it was a shitty excuse. I quickly hang up on her and don’t address anything.
I’m only processing this now because I’ve had much bigger things going on. I’m only now realizing how fucked up her behavior was. If I hadn’t spoken to her the night of my attempt I probably wouldn’t have tried to kill myself. I feel cheated out of help. I don’t feel angry at her I have to reserve that for someone more worthy of my rage. I only wished she didn’t use the fact that I would never call her out on her behavior usually. She knew my temperament and took advantage of that. I don’t think I’ll ever trust a therapist again. She victim blamed me, mocked me, berated me in my time of need, and then abandoned me on baseless assumptions that could’ve been easily cleared up if she actually listened to what my sisters and I were saying. She didn’t even say sorry when we were talking. Or express any remorse besides embarrassment for jumping to conclusions. SMH.
TLDR: My therapist berated me for trusting ppl in my life the night of my suicide attempt. Then Discharged me from her care without consulting me first. Blamed me for all her mistakes and jumped to conclusions randomly then never apologized for the baseless accusations. I am at a loss for words and at a loss for trust in therapy again.

I’ve been dating a spiritual narcissist and feel hopeless
I feel like I have no voice. If I ever try to speak up, he will diminish what I say, dismiss what I say, and or gas light me. The worst of it all, he had a whole secret life - another partner of 9 years. She is living in Belize. He doesn’t take any accountability or responsibility for cheating or lying. He doesn’t see it this way. We have been together almost a year. I feel trapped. I’m out here on a ranch with him, and I’m on the other side of it crying. I just want to get back home. I want to get all of my things and go… he is just awful. I asked him for help with something so I could get a credit line, and he told me that absolutely I shouldn’t have any credit line. I said what about emergencies? I have no money… he told me well how will you pay it every month. I said it was only 500 credit line, I don’t think it will be that big of a deal, except for that I’m in the middle of no where with him so for now dependent on him… no car of my own. He even asked why I wanted one.. if it was so I can leave him? Ugh. Moments after his telling me how I shouldn’t even have a dollar basically, he starts dancing and bragging how he made 12k in the stock market with his trade and am I so happy for him…. 😒 He also is annoyed if I ask him to drive me and my things back to Houston. The ranch is an hour away. Nights like tonight, after all of the put downs and insults… Criticism about everything I do, how I picked up a dish, how I didn’t let the fish defrost long enough, how much better he would have done things… I feel like I can walk away. Ugh. This is the first narcissist I have ever met.
Also today, I had to listen for the one millionth time about how he has special knowledge that no one else does and he notices it when he’s around others. That he doesn’t feel like he can really find people who are as enlightened as him and …prob he needs to be a teacher and lots of people will follow him bc he has assendend so high. He will brag and go on and on while I clean up the kitchen from dinner, he won’t help. He will watch for me to mess up so he can pause his bragging and criticize how I breath or something. He is always repeating the same scripts… and he likes to talk about from the second he wakes up… how in 5th grade he was the smartest, the teachers All knew…how he this or that…. he said that I wouldn’t have been on his level at kindergarten age.. or he will say things like… what movie do you like? Then I say, and he says that’s a movie with little character development, I haven’t entertained those types since middle school.. or he will play one of his spiritual lectures and at the end say, that was too deep for you to understand. Wtf. It’s like all day, things like this.
And I’m heartbroken that he has this other girl. He told me she’s his stability and so he will stay with her and I’m allowed to be the mistress and publicly the assistant. She is coming back to the US.
I just hate him. I want to leave rn and somehow have him erased from my memory so I won’t cry over this. Ugh. I feel trapped.
Once I leave, I am worried about how much this is going to hurt. Just all of it…. Has anyone dealt with a narcissist? Was it hard to let go? 😒

My bf '26M' broke up with me '23F' a month ago after being together for over 3 years. He continues to say that we're broken up but that he's not sure he wants to stay broken up. I find that to be unfair to me because I feel like I'm being strung along. He says he just needs time to think and that as much as he wants and loves me he's not sure we are for one another. He still wants to cuddle and call me his babe but without the title that being in a relationship brings. He hasn't told a single member of his family but he's told his best friend and a female friend he barely used to talk to who imo has no business knowing that. He says he doesn't want his family to know unless the breakup becomes final. It's really confusing to me and I don't understand. I recently reached out to a guy '25M' and we've been talking for about 2 days. He is not a love interest due to the fact that we're not compatible emotionally and he doesn't want a partner or family in the future. I find myself fantasizing about him because well...he did really well at pleasuring me from 2019-2021. My bf is currently my ex so I felt like it was probably OK. Then I woke up this morning after texting Joe practically all night and felt an intense amount of guilt. I know it's not technically cheating but I feel like I'm not who I thought I was. My ex and got into a fight because I was opening up about how much the uncertainty was affecting me he fell asleep. I got up and was like "idk what it is about my distress that is so damn calming that it puts you right to sleep." I will admit I got emotional and started to go off and after a couple minutes of arguing he said "You know what, this isn't going to work" and I responded with "Thank you for finally giving me an answer" and then told him that it was okay and that I don't want us to be on bad terms despite our relationship being over. I hugged him and began moving my things to the spare bedroom and he started crying and saying "Wait no I'm sorry, give me more time please. I love you". I just hugged him and told him that I love him too. If you are a man PLEASE tell me what you think of this and also tell me if I'm a cheater. Don't hold back- if I'm for the streets I probably deserve it. Girls opinions are totally welcome and wanted and welcome too!!
TDLR: My partner broke up with me a month ago and I am talking about sexual things with another man despite knowing that our breakup hasn't been 100% finalized.

Recently had hair loss and when it grew back, I had curls! I am almost 40, and learning how to work with curly hair after having straight hair my whole life. I part my hair on the right and have insane corkscrews across the top and left side. My right side is just waves, not a full curl. Then there's the hair under the curls, which is thick, heavy and mainly straight. Is this normal, to have straight hair underneath but a ton of curls on top and side of my head? I've tried so many shampoos, conditioners, leave-in conditioners, gels, mousses, oils.... finally found items that work for me, but I wonder if there's a way to bring out the curl in the under-layer? To summarize what I use: clarifying shampoo (helps with dandruff), deep moisture conditioner, brio geo curl charisma leave in conditioner, Dove curling gel. I can't do oils as they make my hair super greasy. My hair is very low porosity, but I have multiple strands growing out of each root so it soaks quickly and takes forever to dry... probably too much info, but hopefully it helps solve the problem?

My Grade 1 boy
Good Evening All, I am a senior high teacher and have been for many years, but I am now the parent of a struggling little boy and I feel like it has given me an entirely new insight into the school system. My son is a busy, energetic boy who is dealing with a move to a new community and acting out. According to his teacher he is pestering other students, cannot sit still, and is using inappropriate language (well grade one inappropriate- he’s not swearing). This is all impacting his ability to make friends as the other kids don’t want to play with the “bad kid.” I also have some suspicion he may have adhd, and I’ve arranged a doctors appointment but it is hard to tell if this is his issue or if he is just struggling with all of the changes in his young life. This is a story I’ve seen in my classroom many times, and it is surreal approaching this situation as a parent instead of as the teacher.
My response was to figure out how I could support the teacher and make things better for my son. I arranged a meeting where we could speak to my son, and talk to him about our plan to provide rewards and consequences to encourage good behaviour. I planned to be an extremely supportive parent, but then during the meeting a small thing happened that made me hesitant to be too punitive on my son. I ended up with the impression that this teacher didn’t care about my son, and she probably spent her breaks complaining about him and suddenly I lost a bit of trust for the school system. She of course didn’t say those things but when I tried to discuss some mean things other kids had been saying to my son, and some strategies that set him up for success in his last classroom I felt like she was brushing me off and it was hard to commit to providing a punishment to my son when I wasn’t sure she was being fair to him. I’m probably not being fair to her, but it’s hard to trust someone else with this little person that you care about more than anything in the world.
Now I fully admit I am making a mistake and I’m likely not being as supportive as I need to be. Of course I’m telling my son he needs to behave and I’m trying to offer him incentives to have good days, but I’m not taking away privileges and being angry with him like I thought I would be, and maybe he can sense that and is just playing me. I don’t know. All I know is he comes home and cries because he had a bad day, and he’s lonely and I’m scared for my son. I just don’t know how to help him and letting him feel my disappointment and anger seems like too much right now. I want to be his safe space instead. I want his home to be where he can come home and relax and feel loved.
In my frantic research trying to find some way to help my son I have come across countless other social media posts from mothers whose kids are struggling in school just like mine. It has caused me to reflect on some of my past interactions with students and their parents. Did some of them sense I didn’t care about their child (whether that was true or not)? Did they feel helpless to fix their child’s problem with school?
I don’t know what all the answers are but man it’s breaking my heart.

TL;DR: The frequent "Will I be bored?" question, but for an extreme introvert who doesn't care at all about the on-ship activities.
So, after wearing me down for two years (kidding-ish), last summer my family finally convinced me to join them on a Caribbean cruise that leaves Miami in about two weeks. I think I'm looking forward more to spending a weekend in Miami beforehand than to the cruise itself. I'm going on the cruise because it's to celebrate a graduation, which I'm all for.
As to the cruise, I have a cabin to myself (not a solo cabin). My parents and my sibling's family have adjoining cabins. Three in a row, all balconies. The cruise is on NCL Sky, a Caribbean loop from Miami. It includes I'm guessing standard ports like Puerto Plata, DR and San Juan, PR. Two excursions - a tour / food tasting in Antigua and a tour of the ship on one of the days at sea.
I enjoy researching, planning, deciding. I like preparing for a vacation almost as much as the trip itself. So a cruise making so many decisions for me just doesn't sit well with me. I also prefer spending a week in one place and get to know it, almost like I'm living there, not less than a day in a place and moving on. I know many people use cruises as a preview to then visit again later, but for me, I want to revisit pretty much all of them (assuming they are all safe, I'd be up for visiting every country and every major city in the world).
I do look forward to the ports, but I dread the time on the ship, particularly the two days at sea, outside of the tour. Most of the activities seem more extrovert / social oriented. Unfortunately I can make introverts look more like extroverts (I haven't seen a human in a week? Okay with me. I have literally one friend whom I see roughly once a month, and I work from home). Stuff like karaoke, dance lessons, bingo, casino, etc... eh, I can live without all of those.
Fun facts: While I love reading, I can only read for maybe 1-2 hours at a time, so I don't see myself reading all day long. I'll use my balcony, but if I use it too much my family will think I'm anti-social. While on any vacation, I'm very anti-technology so I don't want to just watch movies or something, and I'm all about experiencing things I can't experience at home, but that's usually museums, local restaurants, landmarks, things like that, when visiting a city. Otherwise I would just have a staycation.
So, especially for those who are super introverted, how do you get through the time on ship? I'll watch the water some, and visit the bars, but I'm thinking overall I'll just be rotating a few more tolerable activities.
I promise, I hope I enjoy it. I want to enjoy it. And I'm sure I'll spend time wandering the ship, see at least one show, stuff like that. I'm just uncertain about how to fill something like 50 hours over 9 days on a ship with a ton of activities I have hardly any interest in.
TIA!

(please don’t share i’m also sorry for such a long post)
i love my boyfriend. so much, but his family drive me fucking insane and make me cry so much and i don’t know if it’s pregnancy hormones or what but
me and my boyfriend have been together for a year i’m currently pregnant (unplanned) were young parents who need a lot of support mainly just finically since homes are expensive, i have to worry about college savings, and i won’t be able to work for a while (even while pregnant my dad refuses to help he wouldn’t let me get my license now i have to wait i’m getting closer to getting it though before the baby is here), boyfriend works but doesn’t make enough to provide for us (which is okay he’s had the job for a few years and is trying hard to find something at least a little better i’m proud of him) so not living with them or my father isn’t really an option my mother isn’t really in the picture and doesn’t take care of her home (smokes inside, and a bunch of other issues i won’t get into just not suitable for a little one) the issues living with my dad is a lot so i won’t get into that either
basically the issues with my in laws are

• since i am young and struggle with a ton of physical health issues i was considering abortion when i first found out, obviously no woman wants to have an abortion its devastating i always wanted kids but i wanted to be able to fully support and spoil my baby. she was super against this literally yelling at me at times for even bringing up the idea and guilt tripped me horribly told me she was physically sick at the thought of me having one, sent my boyfriend a photo of a baby in the womb stating it has a heartbeat and “we did an adult thing by having sex so we need to be adults”, etc just very very out of taste and hurtful. i was using protection, i was being cautious it just happened to me. which sucks. but i’m trying to embrace it. she also kept telling me false medical facts to coerce me into having the baby obviously i made the choice to keep my little one and i know it’s bad to say but sometimes i wish i didn’t especially if it was going to end up like this. (my dad also smears in my face how i should’ve gotten an abortion lol) i know i probably sound like a horrible mother i’m ready to take care of her and hold her and admire her i just wish so bad i could’ve predicted how awful the situation would be. i know it could always be worse, some girls don’t even have family support but mine is very forced i guess. i’m happy i get to have her, i don’t know. i’m just conflicted. i refuse to adopt our baby out so please no one comment saying i should i’ve already been through this multiple times. i respect everyone’s political views and social views but please don’t cram the down my throat. i feel guilty for even considering the latter to begin with even though i’m not finished with high school + once again i have a lot of health issues. i just got unlucky.
  
• his grandma gave us a talk about how she’s disappointed we had pre material sex (i was saving myself for marriage before i met him? i lost my virginity to HIM) but she’s happy we didn’t abort because that’s just “wrong”
  
• they’ve told everyone i’m pregnant without confiding in me first even the babies gender. we got the gender we were hoping for and i was sooo excited but everyone already knew.. i wouldn’t be upset about this really if they had just asked me first :/ and when i got upset about someone finding out who me and bf were going to tell they literally just said “i think everyone should know anyways but that’s my opinion”
  
• his mom made a comment about me not wearing a bra (i had a baggy shirt on that went off the shoulder a little) i understand that this is a social norm but she added in that i would get preyed on for not wearing one as a victim of SA that part was super hurtful.
  
• this one is kinda a minor rant i guess. his family is super large which is a good and bad thing, im glad they’re family is so close but it kinda sucks when i’m trying to spend time with my boyfriend before we have our kid and i’m forced to watch everyone else’s kids (his grandma literally asks this of me basically demands it, i’m pretty pregnant right now i’ve gained 20 pounds it’s not easily for me to carry a bunch of babies) the other day she told me to get down on the ground take the babies shoes off, then pick them up take them to the sink and wash their hands for them i use to be super fit but i have had such a hard time even GETTING UP when sitting down my boyfriend was helping out in the house while she TELLS ME to go outside and play with the kids. i’m so fucking tired i can barely sleep because my baby keeps me up all night kicking and no position is comfortable. anyways then the kids parents complain when i give any type of pda to my boyfriend (hugging, a quick kiss, or even just laying on his arm) if you don’t want me doing these things don’t force me to watch your children?? also notice how these little kids have NEVER hurt themselves when i’m around why because i chase after them whenever they do something remotely dangerous??? (they left the kids with the younger cousin and the baby hit its fucking head) i didn’t ask to babysit? ( keep in mind my boyfriend is not super close to where i currently live i drive a pretty good distance SUPER EARLY IN THE MORNING MIGHT I ADD. ) i’d like some alone time with HIM. i’m cherishing every moment with him before our baby is here.
  
• his brother literally told me to shut up today when i asked him to stop yelling at my boyfriend over a dumbass video game controller. & then yelled at me for laying on my boyfriends shoulder 💀 that’s how i even found out the kids parents complain about me BECAUSE THEY NEVER SAY ANYTHING UPFRONT TO ME it’s always behind my back in the most judgmental way, um guys hello? i’m right here if you have an issue with something i’m doing please address it with me and we can talk about it compromise, or i’ll just stop overall i’m not one to fight i really really hate fucking fighting. and that’s why i haven’t spoken up for myself at all this entire time.
  
• this one makes me sound like i’m spoiled probably so don’t take it like that, it’s just kinda a punch in the face i guess i’m very grateful for all that they do for my baby: they haven’t gotten my baby anything yet besides the stuff i politely asked them if i could get (her clothes) since i’m super picky and want her to dress really girly while she’s young i’m super into fashion and clothes so it’s just something i’d like to do. anyways they buy my baby second hand clothes that are gender neutral (when i was sorting them out btw mil stopped me put them in a bag and told me to do it later. i had two piles already made that’s just annoying but whatever whenever we mention about sorting them she acts like we need to keep them all) a swing that’s fucking blue and they got a free car seat that’s blue and goddamn orange •_• (if ur a parent you know ur not supposed to receive second hand car seats) but then here’s the fucking KICKER right? they complain about how much money they’ve given other members of the family but then TAKE THAT EXACT family member on a shopping spree. while the baby they begged me to keep is getting second hand clothes mommy didnt even get to pick out or see LMFAO listen buying second hand shit is fine babies are going to outgrow it fast but this is my first and only child i plan to have id like it to be a tiny bit special for me and her. they also bought bath toys for the other little kids then told me to use them for my daughter (if y’all don’t know bath toys need to be replaced often, they can grow a shit ton of mold if you don’t she’s also going to be you know a FUCKING NEWBORN so she’s super fragile to sickness just not a good idea to share things like that)
  
• i could go on and on and on but the biggest issue i have is: it’s causing a rift between me and my boyfriend. fuck we’ve never argued but i’ve been so angry at him recently i know it’s not his fault and my own father warned me “if i don’t like the persons parents i’m not being with them” i always said not me because my boyfriend is an amazing human being i love him so dearly and i’ve truly never have met someone like him even my dad adores him and asks me when he’s coming over because he misses him. he can’t help who his family is i just hate that sometimes he’s too nice to see how fucked up this all is or doesn’t try hard enough to defend us or me but maybe i’m overreacting i don’t know. i could never leave him but sometimes i get intrusive thoughts about it i’m so desperate to have a normal life i just wish this never happened to us. he’s my first boyfriend and i’m his first girlfriend down to the first kiss and everything. i just don’t want to deal with them anymore i constantly cry and i’m so fucking stressed which isn’t good for our baby. but his comfort and the love we have for each other is just so much. i can’t. i don’t blame him for any of this and i’m so scared of ever losing him. i hate that i’m becoming so bitter because so this.
  

so reddit, feel free to give me advice or your opinions am i being overdramatic? i just need someone anyone to talk to about this. i don’t really have any friends to lean on or family.
tldr: i love my boyfriend but his family is super snarky and rude sometimes i can’t really sum all of this up

I have always felt like this. I have always felt that something in my body was off so much it hurts, but I wasn't able to talk to anyone. Any signal I gave to my parents was basically shut down as a "yes that's puberty". I know they are transfobic I have always known, that's why I haven't outed myself but I feel so miserable. I feel so sad specifically when I know about puberty blockers and starting T at still developing ages it hurts so much I couldn't do it, and hurts even more that even if I said anything about being trans my parents wouldn't let me get this, so why do I mourn it so much? I don't get it and I want to stop thinking about this every day. Like, I didn't get the childhood I wanted, neither the teen years and I feel destroyed cause I miss it even it already happened. Also, I feel like right now I need to start T or I'm just gonna be miserable for so much time. I'm already in the process of getting the T but it's looong and I feel devastated it won't happen probably til next year. I feel like I need it like I think about it every day, about the changes about everything. But I'm worried about this cause, what if I get the T and I'm not happy anyways? I have severe bottom disforia I feel weird to not have something between there and I hate puting my binder it feels like I'm not myself. I don't feel like myself and I want this to stop and I know this is rough and probably horrifying (and transfobic) to say, but i really feel like this is a curse. Like, why me? Why do I need to feel this way every single day of my life? And it won't stop, I know that it will get better with T (will it?) but the surgery's god damn don't get me started on that. I don't have the money, I don't know how much time I'm gonna be without the money and suddenly my life will pass by and my body will be stuck in some woman's body I wasn't meant to have. And there's support in my life (not from my parents), my friends and I have a girlfriend I love but anyways I feel so alone cause I haven't met anyone in real life that really experiences this like disforia and feelings in general. I just want to scape this, I want to be myself without knowing I will have to take inyections for the rest of my life, without knowing I will have to pay thousands to feel good in my own skin. Why do cis people just get this for free? I really don't get it, maybe that's why I feel it is a curse. And I know I should be proud to be trans, but I really I'm not. In any opportunity I would choose to be amab, I would give anything. This is too much to digest so I don't spect anyone actually reading this but if someone did and that someone has like, advice to stop feeling/cope with this feelings I would appreciate it a lot.

Good Evening All, I am a senior high teacher and have been for many years, but I am now the parent of a struggling little boy and I feel like it has given me an entirely new insight into the school system. My son is a busy, energetic boy who is dealing with a move to a new community and acting out. According to his teacher he is pestering other students, cannot sit still, and is using inappropriate language (well grade one inappropriate- he’s not swearing). This is all impacting his ability to make friends as the other kids don’t want to play with the “bad kid.” I also have some suspicion he may have adhd, and I’ve arranged a doctors appointment but it is hard to tell if this is his issue or if he is just struggling with all of the changes in his young life. This is a story I’ve seen in my classroom many times, and it is surreal approaching this situation as a parent instead of as the teacher.
My response was to figure out how I could support the teacher and make things better for my son. I arranged a meeting where we could speak to my son, and talk to him about our plan to provide rewards and consequences to encourage good behaviour. I planned to be an extremely supportive parent, but then during the meeting a small thing happened that made me hesitant to be too punitive on my son. I ended up with the impression that this teacher didn’t care about my son, and she probably spent her breaks complaining about him and suddenly I lost a bit of trust for the school system. She of course didn’t say those things but when I tried to discuss some mean things other kids had been saying to my son, and some strategies that set him up for success in his last classroom I felt like she was brushing me off and it was hard to commit to providing a punishment to my son when I wasn’t sure she was being fair to him. I’m probably not being fair to her, but it’s hard to trust someone else with this little person that you care about more than anything in the world.
Now I fully admit I am making a mistake and I’m likely not being as supportive as I need to be. Of course I’m telling my son he needs to behave and I’m trying to offer him incentives to have good days, but I’m not taking away privileges and being angry with him like I thought I would be, and maybe he can sense that and is just playing me. I don’t know. All I know is he comes home and cries because he had a bad day, and he’s lonely and I’m scared for my son. I just don’t know how to help him and letting him feel my disappointment and anger seems like too much right now. I want to be his safe space instead. I want his home to be where he can come home and relax and feel loved.
In my frantic research trying to find some way to help my son I have come across countless other social media posts from mothers whose kids are struggling in school just like mine. It has caused me to reflect on some of my past interactions with students and their parents. Did some of them sense I didn’t care about their child (whether that was true or not)? Did they feel helpless to fix their child’s problem with school?
I don’t know what all the answers are but man it’s breaking my heart.

Hey everyone. I’ve been a dance teacher for a handful of years now with a local dance school. Over the past year, I’ve become very frustrated with the studio and the director and her attitude and business practices.
First of all, I feel that I am not being paid what I am worth. My specialty is teaching for the Song & Dance category at competitions, which requires specialized training and teaching skills that are very in-demand in my area as the category is exploding in popularity.
The dance school has no studio space and currently rents out a school a few nights a week to hold classes. While I don’t believe that dancers require an amazing studio space to succeed, I do think that the limitations of our space can be detrimental to the development of the dancers. We have no mirrors, no bars, no spring floors, and two classes are held in the main room at a time, with both teachers trying to talk and play their music over each other.
In order to keep dance affordable, the studio director insists on ordering as few professional costumes as possible. I find her commitment to keeping the price accessible very admirable, however, my competition dancers went out onstage wearing T-shirts and leggings. Every single judge gave us comments on our costumes, and I believe that the cost of a professional costume is well worth it for competitive dancers.
While parent involvement is essential to the success of their dancers, the mom’s here have way too much say over decisions made for the dancers. I’ve been having so much trouble finding a costume for one of my tap classes, when I finally found one that I liked and would work, the director told me “X’s mom doesn’t like it, so it won’t work”. Like what??? Since when is that how this works??
Overall, I admire the studios commitment to accessible dance classes and working with what they’ve got, but I feel that my dancers are not being giving the resources necessary to set themselves up for success.
So why am I losing my mind over having to tell the studio director I won’t be back next year??
As I mentioned, my specialized teaching skills are in high demand at the moment. I’ve had three separate dance schools in the city reach out to me with offers to join their staff. At this point it would be stupid to stick around here.
But, because we’re such a small and limited school, we’re very close. I’ve become very close with so many dancers and their parents. I owe so much to the studio director and the opportunities she gave me. The studio is actually the oldest studio in the city, and will be celebrating its 60th anniversary next season. I already know of one teacher that won’t be coming back and two more that are very much considering going elsewhere. I feel so awful leaving her and my dancers. So I am feeling so much agony trying to figure out how to break the news, and I want to do it soon so she doesn’t have to scramble with planning for next year.
Has anyone else ever been through something similar? How did you break the news? Would I be a complete dick if I reached out to some parents of dancers with particularly noticeable potential and gave them the name of where I’m going next season? Feeling very conflicted, and any advice would be appreciated.

Here's a build I made heavily capitalizing on the OneDnd weapon masteries. The idea is to attack the strongest melee monster in combat to slow down its approach in the party so that the rest or the party can take care of the scrubs first before taking on the big guy. This also deals decent damage to said monster so that it goes down fairly easily once it does get to the party.
-Ancestry: Wood elf and take the alert feat. Throwing weapons don't generally have as good of range as normal ranged weapons, so the extra 5-15 feet of speed will help you to run forward, attack and step back. Alert is there to assure you go before your enemies so that you can delay their movement towards the party before it begins.
-1st level: Fighter. Choose the dueling fighting style and the Trident, Javelin, and Handaxe weapon masteries. Try to guage when monsters have high and low strength. When they have low strength, attack with a trident to try to topple them. When they have high strength, don't risk it and attack with the Javelin to slow them. When you don't care about slowing enemies, attack with two handaxes for a little extra damage. When a monster has 30 feet of movement, you can reduce their speed to 20 or 15 feet when you hit them.
-2nd: Fighter. Action surge can be used to either slow/topple two targets or attempt to slow/topple a target again when you miss/fail.
-3rd: Fighter. Take Battlemaster as your subclass. Take pushing attack, Precision attack, and menacing attack. When you succeed a pushing attack and a topple with a trident, then a monster with a 30 foot speed can only get back to where they were standing the turn prior with their movement. And obviously if menacing attack procs, then they can't move move towards the party at all until their next turn.
-4th: Fighter. Take charger to get STR to 18 and for extra pushing. If you push a monster 10 feet and topple them, they'll only be able to gain 5 feet from their previous turn. If you proc pushing attack as well, then even after their full movement, they still lose 5 feet.
There's no weapon masteries you particularly need right now, but sap is a nice defensive mastery at this level, so you might as well grab mastery in spear.
-5th: Fighter. With 2 attacks, you can use both trident and a javelin to both slow and topple an enemy. With the 10 foot push from charger, if slow and topple both proc, a monster with a 30 foot speed with gain 0 feet after using their full movement. If you use pushing attack as well, then they will lose 15 feet after full movement.
-6th: Fighter. You don't want to just push STR to 20, because you'll be taking Dual Wielder at 8th level. That said, no other feats are particularly needed for this build, so it's your choice between Athlete, Heavy Armor Master, or Sentinel, depending on what your party needs to get your STR to 19.
-7th: Fighter. The knew version of Know your Enemy is good, though it doesn't change this builds strategy at all.
Also take trip attack and rally. Trip Attack is weird, as you have to declare it after your attack hits, and presumably before the enemy makes their save against topple, so you should use it when you just really want to make sure an enemy falls prone. Use rally whenever you're about to take a short rest.
-8th: Fighter. Take Dual Wielder and push STR to 20. It will become relavent next level.
-9th: Fighter. Change dagger's mastery to slow and spear's mastery to push. Also, swap out dealing fighting style with two weapon fighting. Now, you can attack with a spear (push), then a dagger (slow), then make a bonus action attack with your trident (topple). If all of them proc with charger, then the monster will lose 10 feet, even after using their full movement. If used with pushing attack, then the monster loses 25 feet, even after using their full movement.
Also, swap out your javelin mastery for handaxe mastery and change it to nick, so if you need to use your bonus action on your turn for second wind or know your enemy, you can still throw a handaxe after firing your hand crossbow for the extra damage.
-10th: Fighter. Pick up rapier weapon mastery so that when you just need to do melee damage, you can benefit from vex.
Also, while there are some good battlemaster maneuvers like parry and riposte thatmake good use of your reaction, pushing attack and menacing attack are really important to your battle strategy, and tripping attack is still a good option for when you aren't trying to slow enemies down. You should take one of them so that you have both for later, but I recommend taking Commanding Presence or Tactical Assesment as your second, as they are less likely to compete for the same resource pool at the same time.
-11th: Fighter. 3 attacks means more pushing, or an increased chance of procing slow. Monsters with 30ft movement now lose 20 feet after using full movement and 45 feet if you use pushing attack. If you don't actually need to do that much pushing, then choose the damage from charger instead of the push.
-12th: Fighter. This is sort of a free feat, but also we all know it's time for resilient (wisdom)
-13th: Fighter. If you miss with an attack, you should make your next attack with a dagger, as it is more important to proc slow than a push, as reducing a creature's movement speed also affects how much movement they have when they stand up from prone.
-14th: Fighter. Extra feat. By this level, it should be clear what is needed for your party or campaign. My best guess is that this will most often be Sharp Shooter to help with the poor range of thrown weapons. I heavily considered multiclassing at this point, but relentless is just too good to delay.
-15th: Fighter. Relentless is phenomenal. Now you can push enemies up to 50 feet, reduce their movement by 10, and knock them prone every round at no resource cost. Of course that is the best case scenario, but you have to have a very bad round for a large or smaller monster to be able to make any ground on your party. And by using pushing attack as an actual maneuver, you can likely consistently keep two monsters away from the party for a round.
Also, take Ambush at this level for a permanent +1d6 to all initiative rolls on top of the +5 you have from alert at this level.
-16th: Barbarian. Slow and Topple can only proc against an enemy once per turn, so another action surge and an eventual 4th attack aren't benefiting us as much as extra accuracy would, so you're going to start taking Barbarian levels. However, the first level of Barbarian doesn't really get you much, as you won't want to spend a bonus action to rage that often, and you already have all the weapon masteries you need.
-17th: Barbarian. Reckless Attack is the reason you're taking Barbarian levels. Advantage on every attack means you are significantly more likely to proc all of your abilities.
-18th: Barbarian. Which subclass you take will depend on whether or not other party members have easy access to giving the party temporary hp. If not, Wild Tree has a wonderful ability that can make you are your party sturdier that is worth the use of the bonus action. If so, then Berserker adds enough extra damage to make raging worth it.
-19th: Fighter. Another feat. Probably lucky, if you didn't take it at 14th.
-20th: Although the extra action surge doesn't help you with this fighter build as much as others, extra damage is still always valuable. Especially since you're generally going to be attacking the strongest monster in the room.

I recently got a new kitten and was really excited for her to get to play with her brother because he’s seemed lonely and bored no matter what I do. And my other cat prefers being more of a loner. Well turned out she has ringworm. (Dw i’ve deep cleaned EVERYTHING and plan to continue through treatment) So now she’s stuck in my bathroom and my two adult cats are in the guest room for quarantine and treatment over the next 8 weeks. I was already planning a slow introduction with the new little lady to not upset my more dramatic loner boy too much. My two boys have been my whole world for the last 5 years and have always been super sweet and loving. Is all this time locked away in one room gonna make them hate me? I don’t wanna break our trust!! They haven’t screamed to get out as much as i’ve expected but we are only 4 days in... I still go in fully covered and love one them for a bit a few times a day and they are able to look out a window and birdwatch which they both love. I’m just so scared of them being different once I get the all clear to let them out…I wish I could just tell them what’s happening!! But instead i’m shoving medicine down their throat and slipping out the door :( I’ve been reading stories nonstop of ringworm but not many people update on after or it’s usually a first cat. Has anyone else had to lock their cats away for a long period like this? how did it go after?? I’m just a sad and stressed cat mom right now

So I've been barely involved in the EDH scene in a few years due to having my first child and not having enough time to get away for a few hours when others in my community play, but I've still been interested in the game and like to read about events such as spoiler season and overall discussion. I've had a bit more time recently and got a few nights in, which made me think it's finally time to throw in the towel and get rid of the collection.
Quite a few things are pushing me away. I'm only a few years out of the loop, but the number of new cards is ridiculous. I haven't had a game since trying to get back into it where I've known at least half the cards in others' decks. When I had interaction, I had no idea what to do with it because I barely knew what most of the cards did, and I didn't want to slow play by examining everything. I'd end up just asking what's the biggest problem, and my pod would be pretty cool and discuss it. But it made me feel like I'm just playing Solitaire and hoping whatever they're doing doesn't work.
Power creep seems to be getting out of hand. This is related to power level, which is also getting more and more stupid with my group, but also they're just printing so many cards that are basically staples for any deck now. Variety is supposed to be one of the best things about EDH, but when Esper Sentinel is everybody's best turn 1 play, it makes all the decks feel so similar. I have a lot of decks too, but I have a rule that I only get one copy of most cards for all decks so that I have more card variety. Others in my group have huge collections, but every deck feels samey. All of your decks have The One Ring? Talk about flavor fail.
Then last is my community's dynamics just changing too much. When I was a regular, we mostly played tuned theme decks. It was always interesting and felt mostly fair. There were some tryhards and others that didn't have a good grasp of the game, but it was really good overall. Since my hiatus, most new players are all power players and have almost maxed out the arms race. It's all combo now, and it's so boring. The last straw was when someone actually played Oracle/Consultation. I've always heard of it, but it was so generic and boring that it was never a problem. But there I was, mulling what to do on my next turn (and only like turn 3 or 4), when others were shuffling up for the next game. There was no joy from anyone, just cogs in a machine powering itself.
Not sure why I'm sharing this here. Everyone here is still involved in the community obviously. I just feel sad now looking at spoilers. I see some really cool cards that get me excited about building a deck, but then when I think about how I'd actually have to play it with anybody in my group, I lose all interest. I'm both sorry to see it go and relived that I don't have to punish myself with this hobby anymore.

Afew weeks after my 22 birthday I slept with a past co worker of mine that I had a crush on. Not somthing I would do again but I was 22. I was very aware that it was a FWB relationship even though I had a crush on him. The issues I have with him come from his behaviour. He bragged about sleeping with me with multiple men at work , he also glorified SA in a conversation once , he tried to rub in the fact that one other woman (in years) was giving him attention when he was hanging with me etc. He also called my roomate sexy and provided a lot fo double standards , he said alot of things that were misogynistic (I won't get into all of those but you get my point).
I was kind to him during and after our parting. He tried too hook up with me afew months after we stopped talking but I ignored him. Afew years later I reached out to him kindly about his behaviour , he basically said "sorry I didin't find you as hot as other girls" not in that exact wording but it was not accoutability and really had nothing to do with what I was talking about. I didin't respond at first but later responded back very callouslly calling him misogynistic , told him I was out of his league , he never made me cum etc. He never responded.
Flash forward it's been another few years. I have been seeing a therapist about my truama and hope to start EDMR soon. I reached out to him again ( I am much older now) about how I now realize that he caused me real life truama and that connecting with people is harder for me now because of him and the actions of afew others , I told him that accountability and an apology would have gone along way for my healing at first but I knew I would never get one from him. I then wished him well and told him I would not be reaching out again.
He apologiezed to me .. kind of , like he actually said he was sorry , not for his actions but how they affected me long term. He basically then accussed me of not being able to accept our relationship as casual because of my feelings for him and told me reaching out to him "concerning". I get this POS is not worth my energy but why is it so common for men like this to literally never take accountability , it's like they need to be in control. I think he was a closeted bisexual man , maybe he feels apoligizing is somehow a threat to his masculinity? Treating women poorly to maintain masculinity really shows how effed up gender roles are. Rant over sorry LOL.

Round 1, Pick 26 - Graham Barton, C, Duke:
NFL: The Buccaneers fortify the offensive line with an experienced player who offers position flexibility. His elite presence on the interior should help elevate the run game and keep Baker Mayfield upright.
CBS Sports: A. This is a great pick. They have major issues at center and a question at left guard and he can play both. I love this pick. Barton will move inside from tackle, but he can play there in a pinch too.
ESPN: The Bucs got their top pick of an interior offensive lineman in Barton, who can immediately step in to fill the void left by center Ryan Jensen's retirement. While all but four of Barton's offensive snaps over the last three seasons have come at left tackle -- where he allowed just one sack in 2023 and two in 2022 -- he played 446 snaps at center as a freshman, which is his most natural fit and what caught the Bucs' eye. He plays with a great base, a good anchor and a "nasty temperament" that the Bucs' front office covets.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Likes his coffee hot and water cold which is actually reasonable.
Round 2, Pick 57 - Chris Braswell, DE, Alabama:
NFL: It's not often that a player with two college starts lands inside the top 60 picks, but Braswell did emerge last season as a jack of all trades for the Crimson Tide. At the very least, he could be a terrific special-teamer, but the Bucs likely hope to develop Braswell's pass-rush arsenal and squeeze even more out of his terrific athletic profile.
CBS Sports: A+. Had early RD2 grade on this outside rusher. Length, methodical pass-rush moves, deceptive power. Very productive generating pressure at Alabama. Sets a sturdy edge. A need in the post Shaq Barrett era.
ESPN: While the Bucs did sign Randy Gregory in free agency, he'll likely wind up being more of a rotational player opposite second-year edge YaYa Diaby. What they've needed is a replacement for Shaquil Barrett, who departed for the Miami Dolphins in free agency. Braswell's three forced fumbles in 2023 were tied for the most in the SEC, while his 42 pressures were the third most in the SEC. His eight sacks were tied for the fifth most in the SEC after having 2.5 sacks from 2020 to 2022. He also had 53 coverage snaps in 2023, which Todd Bowles does ask of his edge rushers. Braswell played 41 games with Crimson Tide but only made two starts, both of which came last season.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: He only likes the yellow part of the gummy worm.
Round 3, Pick 89 - Tykee Smith, S, Georgia:
NFL: Smith has a Mike Edwards-like projection, so it's easy to see why the Bucs took Smith here, in the same range they drafted Edwards in 2019. Although Smith is undersized and not an elite athlete, he has the nose for the ball and enough special-teams value to be a contributor in Year 1.
CBS Sports: B-. Slot defender / safety hybrid closer to slot CB size but doesn’t have those quicks. Surprisingly powerful hitter at his size and plays with a lot of conviction when tracking the football. Super-smart in coverage. Reads QB’s in a flash which helps him play faster than his timed speed.
ESPN: The Bucs see Smith as a nickel, and he played 80% of snaps in the slot with Bowles keeping a close watch on the UGA program, where his son, Troy, plays. They started undrafted free agent rookie Christian Izien last year and signed Tavierre Thomas in free agency, but their secondary as a whole needs more takeaways, which is where Smith comes in. His four interceptions in 2023 were tied for the third most in the SEC. He was also one of three FBS players with four or more interceptions and two or more sacks in 2023 alongside Michigan's Mike Sainristil and UNLV's Cameron Oliver.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Ribs. This man loves ribs. Cannot get enough ribs!
Round 3, Pick 92 - Jalen McMillan, WR, Washington:
NFL: A smooth-moving slot or outside receiver, McMillan returned from injury to help the Huskies make it all the way to the national title game. He has big mitts, good hands and more juice than he's sometimes given credit for. This is a really nice weapon to add to the Bucs' WR room.
CBS Sports: B+. Crafty, complete wideout with a trademark trait. Runs quality routes. Adequate separation. Not a burner. Not slow. Tracks it with good concentrations. Not a huge YAC type nor someone who thrives when leaping for the football in traffic. Robert Woods type with a bit more juice.
ESPN: The Bucs declined No. 3 wide receiver Russell Gage's option this year, and he was released. Mike Evans will also be 31 and Chris Godwin enters the third and final year of his contract, worth $20 million per year. McMillan can line up inside or outside but 33 of his 45 receptions came out of the slot in 2023, and he caught six passes out of the backfield. He's also a master of the post route. His six touchdown catches on post routes since 2022 are tied for the most in the FBS, while his 253 receiving yards on post route concepts since 2022 are the 10th most in the FBS.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Still willing to try and get the band back together.
Round 4, Pick 125 - Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon:
NFL: Bucky to the Bucs keeps the run on Ducks going. He's not terribly fast but can get up to max speed quickly and might end up as a decent complement to Rachaad White, even if they do similar things well.
CBS Sports: A. Bad testing figures - - despite reasonable speed - - but one of the most elusive, hard-to-corral RBs over the last few drafts. Smaller stature. Decent contact balance too. Weapon in the receiving game, and of course, out in space. Fun addition.
ESPN: The Bucs have had the league's worst rushing attack over the last two seasons (82.9 yards per game) and wanted to bolster competition. Irving is 5-9 and 192 pounds and ran a 4.55 40-yard dash at the NFL combine -- 14th among 20 running backs. While his testing was not great, the tape shows production. He topped 1,000 rushing yards in each of his two seasons at Oregon, including 1,180 with 11 touchdowns in 2023. He broke or evaded an FBS-high 144 tackles since 2022, and he had 896 rushing yards between the tackles in 2023, averaging 7.1 yards per rush. His 56 receptions last season led all FBS running backs.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: He once ate an 8 layer peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Round 6, Pick 220 - Elijah Klein, OG, UTEP:
NFL: With 55 college starts and good length, Klein has a chance to make it in Tampa. He's stiff and might be an inside-only blocker, however.
CBS Sports: C. Smooth operator at guard. Quality run-blocking abilities. Opens the gate too soon in pass pro and not ultra experienced there. Not many true sets in college.
ESPN: The Bucs didn't re-sign Matt Feiler or Aaron Stinnie, who both started at left guard last season. Along with Cody Mauch, they finished with a combined 70.2% run blocking win rate among guards -- 16th in the league last year. None of them finished in the top 50 in pass block win rate either. The Bucs did sign free agent Sua Opeta from the Philadelphia Eagles, and Klein will compete with those two. Klein allowed 1.3% pressures at UTEP and in 45 games, he allowed four sacks with a 1.6% blown run block rate. In 2023, he allowed one sack all season.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Always wondered how Raymans hands worked if he doesn’t have arms.
Round 7, Pick 246 - Devin Culp, TE, Washington:
NFL: Culp shocked a few people when he ran a 4.47-second 40-yard dash, but his 230-pound frame figures to limit his role quite a bit. Even so, Culp improved each college season and has some unrealized potential as an H-back.
CBS Sports: B+. Smaller, speedster H-back TE type. Was very underutilized at Washington but flashed when given the opportunity. Made some impressive snags in traffic. Not much YAC-wise but can run away from second-level defenders if given space.
ESPN: The Bucs' 502 combined yards from tight ends last year was third worst, and they needed to bolster competition at the position. At 6-3 and 231 pounds, Culp ran a 4.47s 40-yard dash at the scouting combine, which was the fastest among tight ends this year. But he'll need to improve as an in-line blocker, which is where his size is a concern. He's also had some drops with six (8.8% drop rate) in 28 games.
NFL Absolutely Not Fake News: Has soft hands… both ON and OFF the field.

I have a tv that I need to keep high enough away from my cat. I have it on a stand and this won’t work with his behavior. Keeping him out of the room or getting rid of him aren’t an option.
I’m now planning to mount it slightly higher on the wall and likely getting rid of the tv stand so that he can’t really reach it but I’m not sure how to handle hiding of cords and placement of my game consoles, receiver, and center channel speaker.
Since it’s an apartment, I’m a bit limited in what I can do. That said, I don’t mind cutting openings and losing part of my deposit/patching things up.

• For the center channel speaker best I can think of is to have a center speaker stand. I don’t really know of any other option short of a shelf. It’d be better if I had it above the tv but I’m assuming center channels shouldn’t ever be that high.
• Ideally, I would have my media equipment on the side but I don’t know how I’d run cables to it without access to attic space. Otherwise, I’d just hit the studs in the wall if I went horizontally with wires.
• I know there are plastic wire channels but I don’t know if any of that are bulky enough to hold 4 hdmi cables and a power cord? If there are I can get around some of this.

I’m open to other ideas too. Almost all of this would be remedied if there was a protective cover for tv screen that you can apply similar to phones. I’ve found some online you can get custom cut, but none big enough. An alternative is thick acrylic tv protectors that are sold for this purpose but they’re expensive, thick (3mm), and I don’t know how much image quality would suffer.

Just a week ago I had attempted to create a vegan biscoff ice cream to experiment and see how I would go about such a thing. It tasted exactly like biscoff however. The fp was too low and made it freeze at my freezer temperature, rock hard. I believe the solution would be adding a crap ton of corn syrup or something to lower the fp (alchohol or whatever else) But I also believe the fats I used weren’t sufficient to give the ice cream a softer texture. I’d like to look into this subject more, as multiple articles I’ve skimmed over haven’t properly went over the properties to making vegan ice cream perfect. I will add, the texture is nearly perfect when just below room temp, it scoops and tastes like real milk, none of that oat flavor. Also also, I used a combination of almond milk and oat milk, which to my belief consists mostly of water, hence my theory on using more syrup applying the same theory from sorbet. Anyway, if you guys are interested I’ll probably attempt another vegan ice cream and nail it down. Tips would be much appreciated <3

Not entirely sure how to do this... I am looking for a therapist in the NYC vicinity that is informed in this area. Preferably over 40 - but that may be asking too much. Absolutely not open to a Zoom therapist. I am only open to in-person sessions.

I have been dating my long-distance boyfriend for almost four months now. I can't remember being this happy and excited in years. He makes me feel safe, welcome, wanted, all the things that I feel I don't often get from my family. We are seriously considering getting married. Yes, I know it is very fast, but my parents were married after only a few months, and have been married almost 30 years.
My boyfriend lives in Germany and I am from the US. I grew up in a religious household, while he does not believe in the Christian God. I personally am not too bothered by this-except for my family. Because we are "uber" religious, I have had numerous talks, chats, and even public confrontations over my even considering dating a non-Christian, much less marrying one. Recently, I received a medical diagnosis completely out of the blue: I went to the ER for a skin infection and walked out with a diagnosis for type 2 diabetes. My entire lifestyle is being uprooted and changed so I can get my health under control. However, this diagnosis has me unsure of where I stand with my faith. I haven't told any of my family that my faith is nearly gone, that I am tired of being a part of the American church anymore. Even my boyfriend, very respectfully of course but still firmly, is telling me that ignoring this issue is not an option.
On the note of public confrontation: I was yelled at (at least voices raised to me) by my grandfather in a public restaurant after I announced to him mine and my boyfriend's intent to hopefully get married. He spouted off saying that he could not congratulate me on a forthcoming marriage when my bf and I would be unequally yoked in a religious sense. It was my fault for telling him, I knew what would happen and I did it anyway. I did not respond to him at all, simply listened, and walked away when he was finished.
My parents are a bit more understanding. Whatever differences we have, or how I feel about them (our relationship can be a little strained at times because of them constantly gone or focused on other things/my siblings), they have spoken to me quite seriously about marrying someone not of my faith. But, my dad has specifically told me that everything I choose, it is on me. They cannot stop me, nor will they try. I'm finally feel like I'm being seen as an adult, maybe not among every single person in my extended family, but I and my family are having fun discussing mine and my bf's plans for our future together.
We have decided that although we are very sure we want to get married, it is incredibly wise to get to know each other better. He is finding a place for me to come live for a little while in Germany, so that I can meet him and his family, and figure out if Germany is a place that I actually COULD live.
We've already been through a couple of really really tough life circumstances in just the few months that we have been together. I've watched us grow, especially myself in ways I never thought possible. He challenges me, yet allows me to be myself, constantly asks for my input on even the smallest things, dotes on me, and just is quite honestly the best person to ever walk into my life.
I don't really know what else to say. If anyone actually sees and reads this, and has questions or comments I'll do my best to answer them. Otherwise, I was just kind of throwing my thoughts out there in the closest relevant space I could find and seeing what would happen. Thank you for your time. :)

We have been together nearly 12 months, she has mild autism and has totally unpredictable episodes.
If we are apart for more than about 2 days it is likely she will call late at night in a state, sobbing on the phone generally she will be upset that she feels alone or abandoned. Such call last upwards of an hour and I feel unbelivable guilt and sadness the entire time, my head swims and I can't say much of anything and that only makes things worse because she calls looking for support and my lack of speaking comes off as disinterest. I am quite fragile and these episodes are increadibly taxing on me. As they recur so oftern in their wake I have begun to feel extreamly anxious all the time at the thought of her becoming upset.
In particular when she is away my phone has become an incredibly stressful thing for me, the thought of her calling or texting freaks me out, not knowing if she will be happy just updating me on her day or having another moment. It is much easier when we are together, the anxiety isn't there as much because I can see her and can see if she is or isn't upset but even then she has these episodes that I find it hard to deal with. This has begun to take a real toll on my relationship with her and on other aspects of my life particularly my graduate studies.
I know that I am not the problem in the sense that I am not causing the episodes, she has reassured me of this, but in an effort of not making them effect me as much I feel like I'm losing my sense of self or dissociating from my emotions entirely, I'm beginning to feel kind of robotic. 'I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread'
I really do love and care about her, the time we spend together when she's well is fantastic but these dramatic outbursts are beginning to become all I can think about. I know they are outside of her control and clearly effect her more so than me so I feel inexcusable guilt that this has become a problem for me.
Some weeks ago I let her know this was how I felt and she was really upset. She had not realised the effect it was having on me and didn't think it was fair of her to be relying on me so heavily for support saying she was going to make a conscious effort to better herself and to explore other avenues of support be them friends or professionals.
She is trying her best, has been having regular sessions with a psychiatrist for an extended period and she really realllly loves me and I really love her too but right now I can only feel things getting harder, or at least like I am getting weaker and I dont think the situation is sustainable.
Feeling quite lost and confused as to how to progress from here... Asking for time away sounds counter productive but continuing as things are now doesn't feel logical either.
TLDR: My girlfriend has random meltdowns in which she feels really alone and during them I feel unbelievable guilt, they have become a source of constant anxiety in me and have made her harder to be around and crippling to be without. The stress and anxiety is negatively impacting my ability to do or think about anything else and I'm unsure how to overcome it.

My Mother in law loves to give presents. My children are spoiled with clothes, toys, toys, and cheap gross cupcakes. My husband has more pants, shirts, and shoes than he could ever wear. I have a huge bucket of lotion that I probably won't use within the next 70 years and an entire drawer dedicated to socks she gave me.
I can't describe how I'm feeling. Complaining about endless gifts to a whole group of people. Many of whom struggle with what they don't have. ... But I have too much. I just want her to stop spending money on useless crap in the name of gift giving.
Many of the things she buys for us are things we don't want/won't fit us/ will only fit our kids 3 years from now. I feel like my kids aren't going to appreciate the toys or clothes they have. I feel like I'm turning into a hoarder by proxy.
I'm worried she'll be hurt if I express my frustration to her. I have this mantra I've been muttering under my breath for the past 7 Christmases: " If you bought it on a sale, but you didn't need it, then you didn't save money"... She literally bought us 2 chicken coops. Why??? They can't be combined! Why...
Please. I'm going crazy. I can't just donate a chicken coop without her noticing. I feel like the money she is spending could be used so much more effectively. Like a college fund or something. How do I talk to my mother in law about this?