4 stanza poem about a vacation

So, a few days ago I posted here that I was gonna take 4 flights after 11 years without getting in a plane. I went to NYC for vacation. The anxiety was so high I was almost giving up on the trip. So I went on and took the first flight, on meds, my anxiety was high, the worst part for me is the takeoff, but everything went smooth. Sure, I got a bit of turbulence during the flights but all I could think of was this sub and the pilots here assuring us it can’t take down a plane.
At the end, you know what? I thought I’d be nervous during the whole flight but all I felt was…peace. It’s so beautiful seeing the world from up there, thinking about the things you will do when you get to your destination. Enjoying the sunrise from a point most people will never get to experience in their whole life. I felt privileged.
I have to thank this sub, all the posts I read and the pilots that are supporting us, it really help me get through all of it.
Master your fear! I know it’s a fobia, it’s irrational, but I promise you, it’s all worth it. There are no limits of what you can do when you overcome your fear.
As for me? I’m already planning my next destination, much more confident.
Thank you all, and have a good flying.

Hello Everyone,
I am posting today because I am in need of some advice and perspective from other people on how I should approach this. I have been working full time this past year but I wasn't exactly sure if I wanted to retake the MCAT this summer. For the most part I have been practicing CARS everyday for a year, currently scoring about 4/5 on average per passages which made me feel a bit confident in myself. So a couple weeks back I decided to just pull the trigger, commit and booked for August 2nd. This will be my third time taking the MCAT. Although, this time I am mostly taking it with the hopes to really kill the CARS section, I obviously want to improve my other sections as well as much as I can to try and really obtain the best score I can get since MCATs are obviously expensive and I just want to do my best in general. I have about 2.8 months until my test date which I think is more than enough time for me to really be able to study and thrive. I am significantly a lot more mature than the previous times I had taken the MCAT so I know the commitment isn't an issue this time around. I will be working full-time still until about July 5th and then I will be using all my vacation days so I can study full-time up to my exam exam on August 2nd.
Overall, I just wanted advice on how to approach these circumstances and maximize my studying to at least be able to obtain a 510+ which I think is extremely possible. Which resources would you recommend for me to do during the week after work to get good practice? What content review should I prioritize on weekends when I have time to dedicate my whole day to reviewing? What FL testing schedule should I follow? Should I dedicate Saturdays to FL testing leading to my vacation days and then use Sundays to fully review content and see what I am getting wrong on tests?
Any advice and help is greatly appreciated, and I am grateful to all of you who can provide some perspective.
Thank you! :)

I wanted to detail my experience and hopefully bring a bit of positivity to future people obsessively hitting this sub because I feel like the majority of what i see here is very negative.
TLDR; seriously, the most important thing is to KEEP YOUR HEAD UP. do not let bad thoughts infect your mind.
im a 29M and on 4.4.2024 i tore my meniscus skiing in canada on vacation. I almost immediately couldnt bear weight on it and got crutches the next day (off doordash lol). Since im insured in Germany, knew i needed an MRI, and still had about 10 days till my flight back I decided to ride out the rest of my vacation disabled. (makes the airport incredibly pleasant). Some maybe important context is, 8 years ago i tore my acl with a grade 2 tear. I chose not to go for the surgery because i wanted to avoid the trauma, and did PT + PRP shot. Luckily my ACL had completely healed.
As soon as i arrived in Germany i got my MRI and confirmed it was a medial meniscus bucket handle tear. 7 days later i had my partial meniscectomy where the doc removed about 20% of my meniscus. The surgeon told me he does about 300 operations per year and arthroscopy to me seemed WAY less barbaric in comparison to an ACL surgery hence why I had a cooler head going into it. The consistent pain my leg was causing, i couldn't see a way around it. he said there is an option to do either repair or removal but he cannot say until hes inside me (lol) if a repair would make sense, because it heavily depends on if the tear is in an area where blood can flow.
Day 1 - they stuck this fluid bag in my leg that was so incredibly uncomfortable that i had to down myself in ibuprofen. Im a little freaked out by pain meds so this was the only day i took them. this was by far the worst thing about this experience but in the end it was probably better than having my leg blow up from swelling. The nurse yanking the tube out of my leg the next day however, haunts me to this day.
Day 2-3 - between pain from the scars, weakness of muscles, and general trauma of hurting my delicate leg i toyed with putting pressure on my leg with crutches while hobbling around at home. I was instructed that i really should start working my leg back into normalcy ASAP because it is part of the general healing process for a meniscectomy. I was also icing 2-3 times a day to bring down the swelling.
days 3-9 - with an ace bandage on, i started some mild PT at home. heel slides and leg raises mostly, to start building up my atrophied muscles. around day 5 or 6 i abandoned my crutches entirely, which felt empowering. I live on the first (second in US) floor and stairs were a bit of an obstacle as i had to strategically place one leg at a time and keep my balance. small activities would still wear me out so i limited myself to my small exercises, going to the kitchen, playing MTG Arena and on TTS, and rewatching scrubs. still icing 1-2 times a day.
days 10-17 - got my stitches out, had my first shower since the surgery(!!!), started PT and was given a few exercises and a thera-band to do at home, which i did religiously daily. started talking a bit longer adventures walking for a coffee etc. still having a bit of a limp and my calf and ankle would get hella sore after a long stretch of walking. i also always wear my stabilising knee band when i go out. but still a noticeable amount of progress and freedom. icing maybe once a day.
days 18-22 (now) - im feeling a lot more confident in my ability and stamina to walk. stairs are starting to feel almost completely natural and am working it out in PT. I rode my bike and drove my car out of the city to catch the northern lights. im really focusing on bringing up my surrounding muscles to support my knee and i can see the progress in how much i can straighten my leg. The area where the arthrocopes went in (specifically the medial side) still has a noticeable bump, and im told that scar tissue is whats causing the occasional pain in joints when i straighten my leg. but each day the gets less and less. I really do feel like I'm seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. my leg looks basically normal in size and im still wearing my knee band when i go out. I still cant think about jumping or running but with time im positive it will get there.
There is hope, just be patient and don't let negative thoughts get to you. happy to answer anything i can.

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one thing i love about this game is how fixated it made me on incorrect solutions. sometimes through overthinking, but mostly by just being dumb. here's a few i remember:
main game
1) landing on the sun station - not that this is an 'incorrect' solution but i spent a good while trying to land on this. i know it's possible but when i found the warp it was a relief!
2) anglerfish - i thought perhaps the way to avoid these was to not be close, which works up until that last section before the vessel, at which point i really had no clue! thought maybe it was a matter of speed, so tried to approach dark bramble with insane amounts of thrust, and bullseye the entrance. that is sort of how you solve the problem, but you only need a bit of momentum. i also didn't realise you can get as close as you like to them, as long as you're silent - i was trying to make tiny micro adjustments to avoid coming close to the three, which was setting them off.
3) the 'in the ancient glade' forest on timber hearth - i really thought this was some kind of puzzle i needed to solve, so spent ages taking probe photos of the signs to keep them in certain place, trying different orders of the poem.
echoes of the eye:
1) the bridge/alarm puzzle - for a good few loops i thought they key was somehow disabling whatever was creating the shaft of light from above. since the 'lake' area was reached by lifts from above, i thought perhaps it was one of the 'extinguish' actions from the areas above that cause it. rushing around the dream world turning things off and coming back only to see the light still there
2) slide burning room machine - after seeing you could put slides on this, i thought perhaps putting the 'right' slides on it would trigger something
3) i took the artefact into the quantum moon to try and show it to solanum. i feel like this should have done something but he was entirely unbothered
4) the broken bridge that takes you to (i think) the slide-burning temple - for a while i thought that i could ride the dam-tidal wave and then boost off on the way round. maybe you can? but there's a back door...
5) the 'vector' world you get when you drop the artefact in the dream world - i discovered this before the relevant slide and became convinced it was the key to EVERYTHING. i didn't appreciate that the hidden bridges were also accessible to you when holding the artefact (if invisible), so i wasted a lot of time.
6) the endless canyon light 'puzzle' - i thought perhaps you had to enter the canyon building from the riverside lift, rather than the temple above - that way you'd got there before turning the bridge lights on, and maybe that meant the doors would be open? nope..
i'm sure there's many more i can't remember. what about you?

My friend group consists of 4 people, including me. Now, they're not bad people really and i talk okay-ish with one of them, but my god are they childish, immature and overly clingy.
(I'll be referring to them by nicknames) We met in 10th grade by connecting through hardship, i had just moved to this school with zero friends and very depressed, one of them, Fin let's call her, was in a really bad situation at home, another one, Enzo, had really bad social anxiety and the third one, Eve, had recently went through a breakup and had lost all her friends from it.
When the next school year started (11th grade) some things that happened in my personal life had really changed the way i perceive people and slowly i started to get bothered by my friends' communication skills and maturity levels. Enzo's only communication is through shows and games, Fin can only flaunt her biology knowledge and constantly interrupts and always tries to purposefully make you feel like she knows more than you in every subject, Eve is ok but sometimes speaks too much about dumb tik tok news.
Enzo and Fin are really the ones i can't stand any longer, they are immature, Enzo is 18 and cannot talk to a cashier to buy her food (i get social anxiety but she just doesn't try nor want to try!), she doesn't study AT ALL, can barely hold a conversation that's not an exchange of information on what game she's playing, Fin has insane self esteem problems so she's constantly trying to one up me, i started reading more books and she started LYING about reading books LMAO, every conversation with her turns into her giving you a lecture on how she's a know-it-all on every subject (which you almost never asked for), she's a terrible listener, makes childish jokes, cannot for one second be on her own, someone has always got to be with her wherever she goes (Enzo is the same so at least they cling to each other). I mean practically ANY conversation i have with them drives me NUTS i can't stand it, i get angry and just feel like yelling at them. Fin has a terrible temper so everything is constantly always bothering her. Like today, they had to ask me what outfit i want to be drawn in for a project so i said what i wore yesterday to the show we were hosts of and she started getting angry "how would i know what she wore yesterday" BYOU WERE THERE LMAO. AND THEY TOOK PICTURES. ARE YOU THAT DUMB??? Like CLEARLY she's getting pissed at me just because I've been bothering her ego by not talking to her for the entire last week. Good. I didnt even argue. And i know damn well that argument would have turned into how i "treat them like shit" (i simply have been ignoring them for a week, nothing more or less) and how I'm a horrible friend yada yada bullshit.
Currently i was on a vacation 2 weeks ago for a week which was the most amazing week of my whole life in which i had A TON of meaningful and interesting conversations with adults. That vacation made me realize EVEN MORE just how much i can no longer stand my friends so ever since i came back i have just been ignoring them completely (except Eve she's ok) and while I have no issues with it because anyway i have subtly been doing that even before the vacation, it's them forcing me to speak to them and being annoying brats what bothers me and even more so that i have to stand them one more stupid year!
Anyway after this long rant, i need advice. Do i continue to ignore them completely (the only reason I'm not a fan of this is because it gets awkward sometimes, but i definitely feel better this way) or do i try some way to find friends outside of school so it's easier to deal with this (i mean.. I want this but i have to see exactly how, it's a little difficult to pull off) or something else, i dont know! Just tired of them and want new friends.

As per the title, folks.
Going to be getting my hip replaced pretty soon and I'll be off recovering for at least 6 weeks. I might work from home sooner than that, but it's unlikely. I'm almost thinking of this as a bit of a vacation. Either way, I'll be keeping my feet up a few times a day in the La-Z-Boy as per doctor's orders. I was thinking about getting a decent wireless gaming keyboard and mouse (been playing the shit out of Helldivers 2, and because I'm old I'm messing with macros for the stratagems) and I'm thinking a MOBA/MMO mouse will fit the bill.
Here's where it gets interesting: My current Keyboard is a Steelseries Apex 5. Is it as snazzy as a mechanical? Hell no, but after using Cooler Master Devastators for years, this thing is AWESOME. My current mouse: Razer Deathadder v2. Great mouse, fits nice in my big mitt, great speed.
Ideally, I'd like to keep things to one ecosystem for software. I'm leaning towards Razer just by virtue of the Naga. Being able to swap from a standard FPS side panel to up to a dozen buttons that I can bind to stratagems so I don't have to slow anything else down seems like a solid concept to me. My current macro bindings are a bit awkward... either I have to stop sprinting or take a hand off my mouse. I don't like either prospect.
Steelseries has the Aerox 9. No interchangeable side panels, but a shit ton of buttons. But here's the gripe: No options for wireless full size keyboards. Just TKL and Mini. I've been running fullsize since the 90s, and anything less feels WRONG. I stay the hell away from Laptops for this reason.
So here's what I figure are my options:
1: Run what I have with extension cables.
2: Spend a shit-ton of money on new Razer gear. But at least it's ALL wireless!
3: Get the Aerox 9, keep my Apex 5 on an extension cable.
4: Learn to live with TKL and get all new Steelseries gear. AT LEAST IT'S ALL WIRELESS!
5: See what you guys offer for feedback and go from there.

Lesson Plan: Exploring Cultural Celebrations Across Holidays
Objective: Students will gain an understanding of various cultural celebrations, exploring the unique traditions, symbols, and practices associated with Hanukkah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Winter Solstice, Chinese New Year, Boxing Day, Ganna, Oshogatsu, and Global Celebrations. They will appreciate the cultural significance and diversity of these holidays while finding creative ways to express their own cultural heritage through writing and creative activities.
Day 1: Introduction and Research (1 hour)

1. Opening Activity: Holiday Icebreaker (15 minutes)
   
   • Start with a brief discussion about students' favorite holiday traditions.
   • Share a few diverse traditions from different cultures to pique interest.
2. Introduction to Holidays (15 minutes)
   
   • Provide an overview of the ten holidays, briefly explaining their cultural and religious significance.
   • Discuss the importance of cultural diversity and understanding in today's global society.
3. Research Activity (30 minutes)
   
   • Assign each student a holiday to research. Provide resources (books, articles, websites) for them to explore.
   • Instruct them to focus on key elements such as symbols, traditions, rituals, and historical background.
4. Group Discussion (15 minutes)
   
   • Students share their findings in small groups, discussing the uniqueness of each holiday and what aspects resonate with them.

Day 2: Creative Expression and Writing (1 hour)

1. Reflection and Discussion (15 minutes)
   
   • Begin with a brief reflection on the previous day's research.
   • Discuss what aspects of the holidays students found most intriguing or surprising.
2. Creative Writing Exercise (30 minutes)
   
   • Encourage students to choose one holiday and write a short story or poem inspired by its traditions.
   • Emphasize the use of descriptive language to capture the cultural richness and significance.
3. Sharing and Peer Review (15 minutes)
   
   • Students share their creative writing pieces with a partner or small group.
   • Encourage constructive feedback, focusing on how well the cultural aspects are conveyed.
4. Expressing Personal Culture (15 minutes)
   
   • Discuss the importance of expressing one's own cultural heritage.
   • Assign a short homework task: Write about a personal cultural tradition or celebration that is meaningful to them.

Day 3: Presentations and Reflection (1 hour)

1. Individual Presentations (30 minutes)
   
   • Students present their personal cultural writing assignments to the class.
   • Encourage the use of visuals, artifacts, or personal stories to enhance presentations.
2. Group Activity: Cultural Exchange (20 minutes)
   
   • Divide the class into small groups and assign each group a holiday different from the one they researched.
   • Instruct them to discuss similarities, differences, and potential cross-cultural influences.
3. Reflection and Closing (10 minutes)
   
   • Lead a class discussion on the broader themes of cultural appreciation and understanding.
   • Encourage students to reflect on what they've learned and how they can apply this understanding in their lives.

Assessment: - Research participation and group discussions (Day 1) - Creative writing piece (Day 2) - Presentation and cultural exchange activity (Day 3)
Homework: - Reflect on the cultural exchange activity and write a short paragraph about one interesting aspect learned from another group's holiday.
Additional Notes: - Encourage students to use a variety of resources for research, including books, articles, and interviews with individuals who celebrate these holidays. - Foster an open and respectful environment for discussing cultural differences and similarities. - Emphasize the importance of empathy and understanding when exploring diverse traditions.

I’ve never been in this situation before and I don’t know what to do. I left my 2 gliders with my dad while on vacation visiting my mom. I’m only 15 but with homeschooling I have no trouble taking care of the gliders. I told my dad only to feed them the BML ice cubes and fruits and veggies every night. I’ve been gone for barely 4 days and just last night I got a text from my dad reading” - is fucking up some tuna fish rn” I immediately called him and told him they cannot eat anything canned, and he could’ve just fed them the fish treats I have for them. For the first time in my life I snapped at him and screamed at him that it could kill them and to stop feeding them things unless it’s what I told him to feed them. Can someone tell me my gliders will be ok? If something happened he wouldn’t know what vet to see and im worried about my gliders. Should they already be at a vet? I won’t have them back in my possession for another week.

Course Title: Exploring the Panorama of Poetry
Course Description: This course delves into the rich tapestry of poetic forms, guiding students through the exploration and creation of fifty distinct styles of poetry. From classic sonnets to innovative forms like golden shovel and palindrome poetry, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of poetic expression, learning the nuances of each style and honing their creative skills.
Week 1-2: Introduction to Poetry and Sonnets - Overview of poetry styles - In-depth study of sonnets - Writing Exercise: Crafting a sonnet on personal experiences
Week 3-4: Embracing Haiku and Villanelle - Understanding the elegance of haiku - Exploring the repetitive beauty of villanelles - Writing Exercise: Composing haikus inspired by nature
Week 5-6: Limericks and the Art of Humor - Decoding the humor in limericks - Crafting limericks with wit and wordplay - Writing Exercise: Creating humorous limericks on everyday topics
Week 7-8: Free Verse and Acrostic Poetry - Liberating creativity through free verse - Playing with words in acrostic poems - Writing Exercise: Expressing emotions through free verse
Week 9-10: Ghazal and Tanka Mastery - Unveiling the beauty of ghazals - Crafting tankas with precision - Writing Exercise: Creating a ghazal on themes of love and longing
Week 11-12: Cinquains and Pantoum Prowess - Perfecting the art of cinquains - Embracing the rhythmic challenges of pantoums - Writing Exercise: Developing a pantoum on personal growth
Week 13-14: Sestina and Rondeau Exploration - Mastering the intricacies of sestinas - Crafting rondeaus with musicality - Writing Exercise: Composing a sestina on the theme of time
Week 15-16: Triolets and Kyrielles - Understanding the charm of triolets - Embracing the structure of kyrielles - Writing Exercise: Crafting a triolet on the beauty of simplicity
Week 17-18: Ode to Joyful Ballads - Writing joyful odes - Crafting narrative ballads - Writing Exercise: Creating an ode celebrating personal achievements
Week 19-20: Epic Journeys and Blank Verse - Exploring epic storytelling - Mastering the art of blank verse - Writing Exercise: Composing a blank verse poem reflecting on personal reflections
Week 21-22: Petrarchan Musings and Terza Rima Mastery - Delving into Petrarchan sonnets - Crafting poems using terza rima - Writing Exercise: Writing a Petrarchan sonnet on conflicting emotions
Week 23-24: Renga Collaboration and Prose Poetry - Collaborative renga creation - Experimenting with prose poetry - Writing Exercise: Crafting a prose poem inspired by a vivid memory
Week 25-26: Concrete Poetry and Narrative Art - Creating visual impact with concrete poetry - Mastering the art of narrative poetry - Writing Exercise: Developing a narrative poem based on personal experiences
Week 27-28: Pastoral Elegies and Morning Aubades - Writing pastoral poetry - Crafting mournful elegies - Writing Exercise: Composing an aubade capturing the essence of dawn
Week 29-30: Ekphrastic Marvels and Found Poetry Adventures - Creating poetry inspired by art - Crafting poems through found materials - Writing Exercise: Developing an ekphrastic poem based on a chosen artwork
Week 31-32: Epigrams and Clerihew Laughter - Crafting witty epigrams - Writing humorous clerihews - Writing Exercise: Composing a clerihew about a contemporary figure
Week 33-34: Quatrains and Double Dactyl Delight - Mastering the art of quatrains - Crafting light-hearted double dactyls - Writing Exercise: Creating a quatrain reflecting on the beauty of simplicity
Week 35-36: Terzanelles and Haibun Adventures - Crafting terzanelles with precision - Exploring the combination of prose and haiku in haibun - Writing Exercise: Composing a haibun narrating a meaningful travel experience
Week 37-38: Golden Shovel Challenges and Villancico Celebrations - Creating poems using the golden shovel technique - Crafting festive villancicos - Writing Exercise: Developing a golden shovel poem using a line from a favorite poem
Week 39-40: Tercet Beauty and Sevenling Narratives - Embracing the charm of tercets - Crafting sevenlings with narrative flair - Writing Exercise: Composing a sevenling reflecting on a vivid childhood memory
Week 41-42: Palindrome Reflections and Parallelismus Membrorum Insights - Creating palindrome poetry - Crafting poems using parallelismus membrorum - Writing Exercise: Developing a palindrome poem exploring balance in life
Week 43-44: Rubaiyat Contemplations and Blues Poem Expressions - Exploring Persian poetry with rubaiyats - Crafting poems inspired by the blues - Writing Exercise: Composing a rubaiyat on themes of love or mortality
Week 45-46: Erasure Transformations and Anaphora Intensity - Crafting poetry through erasure - Mastering the use of anaphora - Writing Exercise: Creating an erasure poem using a page from a novel or newspaper
Week 47-48: Tetractys and Sijo Harmonies - Crafting tetractys with specific syllable counts - Exploring traditional Korean poetry with sijo - Writing Exercise: Developing a sijo capturing a moment of beauty or introspection
Week 49-50: Blitz Poem Exploration and Epitaph Conclusions - Crafting blitz poems with rapid expression - Writing poignant epitaphs - Final Project: Compose an original poem using a style of the student's choice, reflecting personal growth throughout the course.
Assessment: - Weekly writing exercises - Participation in collaborative projects - Midterm and final projects showcasing mastery of chosen styles
Materials: - Poetry anthologies - Artworks for ekphrastic exercises - Writing journals - Selected readings for each style
Prerequisites: None. Open to all students with an interest in poetry and creative expression.

I'm alone. All my life I've been able to make friends. But I always lose them, in third grade, I lost my two best friends because they switched schools and we just fell out of touch, in fifth grade I lost all my friends except for three, though this was also because of them moving, I made more friends in sixth grade and we remained friends for a good while. Freshman year my best friend from kindergarten and I stopped talking, she texted me one day saying that she didn't actually like me, and she never wanted to talk to me again. That hurt a lot, I got over it in about eight months and eventually was able to stop thinking about her everyday, and seeing her at school didn't bother me as much.
February the next year came, one year since my previous best friend and I stopped talking, maybe it got in my head, and I had been starting to feel suffocated by my current best friend at the time, I loved her, but she kept hurting me by not acknowledging my presence when we were in groups, no matter how hard I tried to contribute to the conversation, she kept leaving me and I just wanted a break from feeling like I was nothing to her. I just wanted some space. But I totally went about it in the wrong way. I picked a fight for no reason and said some awful things that I regret with every fiber of my being. At first, we stopped talking for a couple weeks, and I made two new friends, but soon after my best friend sent me an email telling me everything that was wrong with me, overbearing, pushy, and more I can't remember well, and I agree with her now, I've grown a lot and if she had said those thing recently, I could have come to terms with what she was saying, the things she pointed out were valid points that I should have looked into more, but I got defensive, this was when I thought she didn't want to be friends anymore because it sounded like she hated so many things about me... then what was there to like?
She had texted me a night before and said that she wanted to talk to me, with a specific teacher as a mediator, I refused, I am a very very private person and I do not like to share my feelings with anyone I'm not used to being around, and I wasn't yet familiar with this teacher. I told my friend that if she really didn't want to be friends anymore, that I would respect her decision. I was trying to protect myself, trying to make sure I broke it off before she did, I hate that my brain went there immediately. I wish I had tried to fight for her. She screamed at me while I sat there in a sort of calm daze, which completely gave off the impression that I didn't care... but I cared so much, she told me that I was self-sabotaging and was throwing away something that hadn't gone bad, she was screaming so loud, a teacher came in and told he she was disrupting classes, she was escorted out of the room and I heard her crying, and as soon as she left the room I burst out in tears too.
Our mutual friends, which was only two people, but they were my only other friends, stopped talking to me, and only hung out with her, but we were never on bad terms. I am beginning to resent them though. We stopped talking completely and soon summer vacation came. My cat died, I moved out of my narcissistic mother's house to my Dad's house, and his girlfriend accused me of stealing money, which I didn't, but my father took her side anyway and the entire time I was there they kept trying to blame things on me, and continuously scorned me for being antisocial, so eventually I moved out again when my father and I got in a huge fight, and I haven't talked to him since. I worked 80 hour weeks during the summer at two jobs, trying to keep my mind off my friend, my dad, and stay away from my mom, but it was okay because I had three friends who were from Mongolia, and two friends who were from Turkey working the same exact hours as me. But near the end of the summer, my two Turkish friends and I decided to plan a trip to go to Florida, I asked my mom and after some convincing she finally agreed, we got plane tickets, booked hotels, got car rental stuff, but the night before I left, my mom told me I wasn't allowed to go anymore, she has done this multiple times, but not of this magnitude, I told her that we had already paid for everything, but she told me that if I left, she would call the cops on me.
So I texted my Turkish friends and I told them what happened, but they wouldn't believe me... they blamed me and said "did you tell your mom?" I told them that I did, but they swore that I was lying, they told everyone, including my three Mongolian friends, so in the last month that my foreign friends were in the country, they all hated me, treated me terribly, constantly gave me dirty looks, and were scornful. It broke my heart, especially because they were so kind before, if I can make the kindest person hate me... then what kind of monster am I?
Finally, I came back to school, and it was so much harder than I thought it would be, seeing her everyday, happy with her friends while I sat there, alone and in misery, I had a couple friends, but they weren't in many of my classes. I was able to hold out for so long. One day I just couldn't take it anymore. I just completely gave up, seeing her was too much to bear, she didn't care about me anymore, I didn't have any close friends, just people who wouldn't really care if I lived or died. Everyday was a struggle. I stopped going to school, stopped going to work, and just curled up in my bed and decided that I had enough. I was on a course to graduate that year, a whole year early which got screwed up as well, ruining my chances of doing so.
I skipped work for almost three weeks, but I eventually came back because my boss said she missed me and reassured me that no body was mad. I haven't been to school in about two months, I don't know how I could go back anymore, it would be humiliating... like, what would I say? What if people asked questions? I'd just come off as so pathetic. I've ruined my life, I have little chance of a diploma, and no chance if I don't go back, I've been labeled as "truancy" or whatever. I was also supposed to go to Spain and Italy for a school trip, but I wasn't able to go because of my lack of attendance, so I ended up wasting 4,000 dollars.
My two friends that I made after my last best friend and I broke up called the cops on me because she thought I was going to kill myself, and I was so mad and embarrassed I cried the whole way to the hospital with my mom in the car and was able to go back home after some tests, after I got home, I went off on them, I was so so upset, and I honestly still am, I know they were only doing what they thought best, but I told her that I didn't want to talk to her until she would apologize, because all she kept saying was "I'm sorry you feel that way" so I told her to stop apologizing for how I felt, and apologize for what she did. She didn't, so I told her that I wasn't going to talk to her until she apologized. And the other friend who was in on it too, I texted her angrily and she said "womp womp" I immediately blocked her, I was so mad, words cannot describe my level of fury at that moment. It wasn't funny, that was not the time for jokes.
I have no friends, only my narcissistic mother, I don't even have a father anymore, my oldest sister isn't in contact with him either, for a different reason... I've just been working, and trying not to think. But I can't take it anymore. Have I really screwed everything up? Is my life worth anything anymore? Friendship is dead. Family is overrated, and I have never been able to keep a friend, I do not want the pain of loosing another one, I have people who I enjoy being around, I have coworkers, I have my sisters, and I have two people I hang out with sometimes, but really, none of them are my friends. I never want to make another friend, I refuse, I know they consider me their friends, but if I put a real label on it, it'll hurt too much when they leave and begin to hate me. What do I do? Am I destined for failure? Why do I always end up alone? Not only does everyone hate me, but I'm hating myself more and more by the passing day. I don't know what to do... can somebody, anybody help me? I'm just so lost.

My Background - It all started when I moved to my native country for a 2 month vacation where I am not supposed to have any environment allergies as I grew up 25 years over there. While on vacation, everyday I tried to walk outside, I felt like pain on the chest and weird feeling of throat tightness. It usually goes away when I come inside the house. But this gradually increased to a point in 4 weeks to becoming fully bloated even if i eat little. This uncomfortable level of bloating and Lying down causing severe acid reflux.
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Now fast forward, after vacation I came back to North America where I live now, These symptoms become severe, severe bloating and acid reflux, And after swallowing I feel like something stuck in my throat. only relief for me is wearing mask N95. It reduces the symptom within 15 mins of wearing it.
I have been allergy tested here, and I react to every pollen here and I take allergy shots. I have terrible allergies that any medicine I take will not work except I sit near the Air purifier.
Now I am clearly knowing that when I mask up my symptoms are going away and when I am lying down without mask or being without mask brings the symptom of throat tightness and acid reflux, bloating.
However, my Allergist dismissing that everything is not allergy and I should check the GI. I already have the GI appointment. and I take the cocktail of medicine which included PPI for this now but nothing works except wearing mask.
All my allergies started after I moved to North America and it gradually increases and presents with additional symptoms. Now this abdominal symptoms worse of all.
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I am 100 % sure I do not have any food allergy except Shell fish which one time gave me anaphylaxis.
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Can any one shed some light about how to deal with it or is it even EOE ? if it is only environmental. And my environmental allergy never clears with medicine and responds very well with mask and being near with Air purifier.
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I'm alone. All my life I've been able to make friends. But I always lose them, in third grade, I lost my two best friends because they switched schools and we just fell out of touch, in fifth grade I lost all my friends except for three, though this was also because of them moving, I made more friends in sixth grade and we remained friends for a good while. Freshman year my best friend from kindergarten and I stopped talking, she texted me one day saying that she didn't actually like me, and she never wanted to talk to me again. That hurt a lot, I got over it in about eight months and eventually was able to stop thinking about her everyday, and seeing her at school didn't bother me as much.
February the next year came, one year since my previous best friend and I stopped talking, maybe it got in my head, and I had been starting to feel suffocated by my current best friend at the time, I loved her, but she kept hurting me by not acknowledging my presence when we were in groups, no matter how hard I tried to contribute to the conversation, she kept leaving me and I just wanted a break from feeling like I was nothing to her. I just wanted some space. But I totally went about it in the wrong way. I picked a fight for no reason and said some awful things that I regret with every fiber of my being. At first, we stopped talking for a couple weeks, and I made two new friends, but soon after my best friend sent me an email telling me everything that was wrong with me, overbearing, pushy, and more I can't remember well, and I agree with her now, I've grown a lot and if she had said those thing recently, I could have come to terms with what she was saying, the things she pointed out were valid points that I should have looked into more, but I got defensive, this was when I thought she didn't want to be friends anymore because it sounded like she hated so many things about me... then what was there to like?
She had texted me a night before and said that she wanted to talk to me, with a specific teacher as a mediator, I refused, I am a very very private person and I do not like to share my feelings with anyone I'm not used to being around, and I wasn't yet familiar with this teacher. I told my friend that if she really didn't want to be friends anymore, that I would respect her decision. I was trying to protect myself, trying to make sure I broke it off before she did, I hate that my brain went there immediately. I wish I had tried to fight for her. She screamed at me while I sat there in a sort of calm daze, which completely gave off the impression that I didn't care... but I cared so much, she told me that I was self-sabotaging and was throwing away something that hadn't gone bad, she was screaming so loud, a teacher came in and told he she was disrupting classes, she was escorted out of the room and I heard her crying, and as soon as she left the room I burst out in tears too.
Our mutual friends, which was only two people, but they were my only other friends, stopped talking to me, and only hung out with her, but we were never on bad terms. I am beginning to resent them though. We stopped talking completely and soon summer vacation came. My cat died, I moved out of my narcissistic mother's house to my Dad's house, and his girlfriend accused me of stealing money, which I didn't, but my father took her side anyway and the entire time I was there they kept trying to blame things on me, and continuously scorned me for being antisocial, so eventually I moved out again when my father and I got in a huge fight, and I haven't talked to him since. I worked 80 hour weeks during the summer at two jobs, trying to keep my mind off my friend, my dad, and stay away from my mom, but it was okay because I had three friends who were from Mongolia, and two friends who were from Turkey working the same exact hours as me. But near the end of the summer, my two Turkish friends and I decided to plan a trip to go to Florida, I asked my mom and after some convincing she finally agreed, we got plane tickets, booked hotels, got car rental stuff, but the night before I left, my mom told me I wasn't allowed to go anymore, she has done this multiple times, but not of this magnitude, I told her that we had already paid for everything, but she told me that if I left, she would call the cops on me.
So I texted my Turkish friends and I told them what happened, but they wouldn't believe me... they blamed me and said "did you tell your mom?" I told them that I did, but they swore that I was lying, they told everyone, including my three Mongolian friends, so in the last month that my foreign friends were in the country, they all hated me, treated me terribly, constantly gave me dirty looks, and were scornful. It broke my heart, especially because they were so kind before, if I can make the kindest person hate me... then what kind of monster am I?
Finally, I came back to school, and it was so much harder than I thought it would be, seeing her everyday, happy with her friends while I sat there, alone and in misery, I had a couple friends, but they weren't in many of my classes. I was able to hold out for so long. One day I just couldn't take it anymore. I just completely gave up, seeing her was too much to bear, she didn't care about me anymore, I didn't have any close friends, just people who wouldn't really care if I lived or died. Everyday was a struggle. I stopped going to school, stopped going to work, and just curled up in my bed and decided that I had enough. I was on a course to graduate that year, a whole year early which got screwed up as well, ruining my chances of doing so.
I skipped work for almost three weeks, but I eventually came back because my boss said she missed me and reassured me that no body was mad. I haven't been to school in about two months, I don't know how I could go back anymore, it would be humiliating... like, what would I say? What if people asked questions? I'd just come off as so pathetic. I've ruined my life, I have little chance of a diploma, and no chance if I don't go back, I've been labeled as "truancy" or whatever. I was also supposed to go to Spain and Italy for a school trip, but I wasn't able to go because of my lack of attendance, so I ended up wasting 4,000 dollars.
My two friends that I made after my last best friend and I broke up called the cops on me because she thought I was going to kill myself, and I was so mad and embarrassed I cried the whole way to the hospital with my mom in the car and was able to go back home after some tests, after I got home, I went off on them, I was so so upset, and I honestly still am, I know they were only doing what they thought best, but I told her that I didn't want to talk to her until she would apologize, because all she kept saying was "I'm sorry you feel that way" so I told her to stop apologizing for how I felt, and apologize for what she did. She didn't, so I told her that I wasn't going to talk to her until she apologized. And the other friend who was in on it too, I texted her angrily and she said "womp womp" I immediately blocked her, I was so mad, words cannot describe my level of fury at that moment. It wasn't funny, that was not the time for jokes.
I have no friends, only my narcissistic mother, I don't even have a father anymore, my oldest sister isn't in contact with him either, for a different reason... I've just been working, and trying not to think. But I can't take it anymore. Have I really screwed everything up? Is my life worth anything anymore? Friendship is dead. Family is overrated, and I have never been able to keep a friend, I do not want the pain of loosing another one, I have people who I enjoy being around, I have coworkers, I have my sisters, and I have two people I hang out with sometimes, but really, none of them are my friends. I never want to make another friend, I refuse, I know they consider me their friends, but if I put a real label on it, it'll hurt too much when they leave and begin to hate me. What do I do? Am I destined for failure? Why do I always end up alone? Not only does everyone hate me, but I'm hating myself more and more by the passing day. I don't know what to do... can somebody, anybody help me? I'm just so lost.

Hi everyone, I wanted to tell you all about how I’m getting fired and none of it’s my fault. Before I start I should say that I already had a great job lined up and I was already planning on leaving but I was getting fired anyways. So to start, I am a graduate of Belmont Abbey college, I studied Mathematics and now I am an accountant. I worked at store 5298 as a personal shopper. While in school, I had Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays off (remember that). There were multiple times that I was scheduled to work on my days off. I had the feeling that there was a team lead that was trying to get me fired because she was the one who would schedule me on those days off. long story short, she pulls me into the managers office, acts like she’s gonna take points away (I had over 5 points and apparently corporate had a thing where if you had over 5 points then you must be terminated). All the points that I had came from being scheduled on my school days, so it was very clear that someone was trying to get me fired. I ended up asking for two more weeks because I needed the extra money before I started my new job. They gave it to me but tell me why when they gave it to me, they took away even more points to put me at 4? It didn’t make sense to me, they still gave me my vacation, when ever I did work before the vacation both the team lead and coach never spoke a word to me, and they made me go help Ship From Store so that I wasn’t around them. I think the way they went about this was unethical and unfair because they scheduled me on days that I wasn’t supposed to work. What do you guys think? Thanks for reading if you made it this far.

I (29M) have been dating a (22F) for about 9 months. She graduated college early and worked her way through college (which made me more comfortable with the age gap). We started dating during her last semester and there were red flags to start (i.e., not responding to texts over the weekend, not inviting me to visit, not introducing me to her friends). While I tried my best to not get jealous I started having unhealthy coping mechanisms such as drinking in order to not worry about not getting responses.
She moved home to her parents in December and spends about 4 nights a week there and 3 nights at my house. She does not contribute to cleaning, cooking, house chores (except occasionally watching my dog 1-2x per week for a couple hours). I have maybe done too much in terms of taking her to dinners, vacations, etc. because I have started to resent all the effort I put in.
I've communicated my needs (better communication, introduction to friends / social circle, and helping out with random stuff around the house to relieve me of some stress) but the response is typically "it's not my house, it's not my responsibility, you have nothing in common with my friends, you have stated in the past you don't want to go to the bar with a bunch of college kids"
Over the weekend i was dealing with a surgery for my dog and she left saturday morning to go to a family soccer game (hadn't seen her the 4 days prior due to work). About 6 hours later I received a text saying she was on the lake with her friends, and no response following my next text. At 10 I called her 3 times (she was suppose to watch the dog the next morning) and she said she was at the bar after they all got off the lake and would be spending the night at a friends.
She walked into the house at 1am and I told her it was over. I have extreme anxiety when my gf is at the bar with no responses because of being hurt in the past and have told her this. She packed her stuff and left.
My question: Am I being jealous and controlling and letting that ruin the relationship? Or am I asking for common decency and not receiving things a partner should be giving in a relationship? Thanks.

So I'm pretty sure the following is true, but if so, it needs to be better highlighted/ documented, so worth a potential duplicative post:
Background: I solely use my main cell phone number (area code 415), and completely disregard my watch's native cell # (random new area code).
Samsung: With numbersync activated for my cell # between my AT&T Samsung phone and Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, when my Samsung phone is powered off, I can still receive SMS msgs on that main 415 phone number on the watch. These text msgs sync with the phone eventually both ways (in theory-- sync isn't perfect, but not focused on bugs now).
Apple: I've read in a few places that when the iphone with the main number is powered off, your numbersync'd apple watch will not receive SMS's that were sent to the cell number . So in my use case, where I power-off my cell phone while I go for a run, or on vacation when I want to worry about keeping just one device charged and turn my phone off, I wouldn't receive texts on my watch. (as described here, for example: https://www.reddit.com/ATT/comments/q3dgkw/numbersynciphone/ )
If others could confirm this behavior, I'd appreciate it. I'm about to switch from samsung to Apple after about a decade of resisting that, and just want to go in eyes-open of the limitation, since numbersync is a big portion of the decision. Thx in advance.

So my ward is taking the youth on a legitimate tour bus through the NY church history sites and then to some cool hiking spots in NY before coming home. One of my good friends in the ward is in charge and I asked him if he needed any help assuming someone would need to stay behind and work at the camp cleaning and prepping meals. (Besides I have been to the sacred grove atleast 1/2 dozen times and it does nothing for me) The ironic thing is apparently durring some meeting the list of adults who are going as volunteers was discussed and after that meeting I had 3 people call and ask if I was OK with going to youth camp. One of those individuals was our local dentist. He called up asking if my wife was forcing me to go and if so he would talk to her to get me out of going. Literally he started the whole conversation thinking it was some sort of a hostage situation between me and the wife. Good dude he wanted to make sure I was comfortable with things. I told him I get 8 weeks vacation every year with work so taking 4 days off was no big deal. There are bishops out there who have respect by and care about you even if you don’t believe.

What do you think about this profile? Something that I'm a bit uncertain about is the lsck of bonusses etc.
1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 25
• Education: Masters in civil engineering (ir): computer science
• Work experience : 1.5y
• Civil status: single
• Dependent people/children: 0

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• SectoIndustry: Logistics
• Amount of employees: ~40
• Multinational? Mainly Belgium

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: r&d software engineer
• Job description: Create innovative software to extend or improve the capabilities of the main software / work on subsidised research projects (e.g. vlaio)
• Seniority: this is my first job
• Official hours/week : 40
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: no overtime
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): required available 9-16 but flexible work hours
• On-call duty: no
• Vacation days/year: 20 + 12

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 4100
• Net salary/month: 2700 (including net compensation)
• Netto compensation: 175
• Mobility budget/cabike/...: car
• 13th month (full? partial?): full
• Meal vouchers: 7 euros / day
• Ecocheques: none
• Group insurance: no
• Other insurances: the standard: dental/ medical insurance etc
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): no bonusses / no stock options

5. MOBILITY

• Distance home-work: 1 hour
• How do you commute? by car
• Telework days/week: 2 days a week at home

6. OTHER

• How easily can you plan a day off: not too difficult to get approved
• Is your job stressful? Sometimes, no real guidance, r&d department is quite new here (handful of people)
• Responsible for personnel (reports): no

My GF ( we've been in relationship since last 4 years) and I recently broke up because I wasn't emotionally available for her. Her reasons for break-up are I was emotionally unavailable and never express my feelings and all, We never went for any long trips and I don't take initiative on planning dates/trips. She says I keep this relationship as secret from all of my friends (I'm an introvert and I find very difficult to talk about her to my friends). All these things piled up to the break up.
little context here, I admit that I got issues in expressing my emotions ( I've started therapy for that ). all other things are somewhat true, as an introverted person I don't take much initiatives for things like going on vacations etc. All my things are spontaneous plans.
After the break up she went on a trip with one of our common friends. I don't have a problem with she spending her time in her own way and she gives me that space also. She didn't told me that she is going to that trip with our common friend, She only told me that when I called after day one or two - at that time she told me he also came because that place is closer to where he work.
I forgot to mention that we also live together. We decided to live together even after the break up. One day I saw her coming back from work and entering our society gates from balcony. But, she only reached the apartment after like 1 hour. When I asked about this - she told me that she was on call with that common friend. He was getting too much clingy and started having feelings for her and she was telling him that it won't work; she told me that she can't tolerate a person who is as clingy as that friend. I didn't have any idea that they were dating at that time ( that thought came after 2-3 weeks) . She is very lively person and got so many friends from both genders. This incident ended here.
Recently we are having conversations of getting back together. one day I said, " I think now you are discussing this getting back thing because of things didn't workout between you and the other friend" - she went very emotional after hearing this and started crying and all. She also told me that she is a bad person and done unforgivable things in the relationship. And she wants to cut chatting with that friend but she couldn't.
The way I see is that she was cheating on me with that friend ( I know season 3 Ross - we were on break). And, it didn't workout now she wants to get back together. What should I do ? we both are different religion and I might want to fight with my parents for marrying her - will it be worth? Please share you opinions.

Hello everybody, a buddy and I are traveling to Japan this August. We have a few ideas of what to do but nothing for sure just yet. This is both our first international vacations. So I just have some questions. We are staying in Haneda but getting JR Passes. Stay is about 8 days from day of fly in to fly out.

1. What are some good local food places to try?
   
2. We both like anime, I know Akihabara is a thing but any other places?
   
3. What shrines/temples should we go visit?
   
4. Any places to watch out for?
   
5. Maybe a dumb question, I know that e-liquid containing nicotine isn't sold there, can I bring my own liquid and buy a device there?