Early pregnancy low lying placenta
Raising Kids
2012.01.04 04:17 ozyman Raising Kids
Raising Kids is a community for those interested in insightful articles, reddiquette, reading before voting and intelligent respectful discussion on the topic of parenting and raising children. This reddit is inspired by the ideals of TrueReddit and RepublicOfReddit. Some things are not allowed: comments that are overly aggressive or hateful; any sort of Low Investment Material (e.g. advice animals); comics; pictures of kids (except to illustrate a larger point)).
2009.11.30 07:50 Support and knowledge about breastfeeding
**This is a community to encourage, support, and educate parents nursing babies/children through their breastfeeding journey. Partners seeking advice and support are also welcome here.**
2015.01.02 22:54 arhoglenTFAB TTC Healthy: On the Road to Better Heath while Trying to Conceive
For those of us who are trying to conceive or waiting to try and want to get healthier along the way - for whatever reason!
2024.05.15 10:18 cut-and-dry AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 | Hey everyone!! 🥹🥹 submitted by cut-and-dry to lineporn [link] [comments] I don’t know if this will help anyone, but I just can’t tell you how much I needed someone to tell me these things happened to them&that I wasn’t alone while in this insane limbo I’ve been in. WEIRD PREGNANCY STUFF HAPPENS! Here’s my story: My husband and I have been trying to conceive for the past year. It’s been frustrating, heartbreaking, and honestly debilitating for me at times. The amount of testing, crying, letdowns, freak outs etc have been so so difficult. As you can see from my post history here, I’ve had a WEIRD cycle. I started getting very very faint positives a week and a half ago. I started to feel pregnant, even! Unfortunately, last Monday the 6th came along and I started bleeding like crazy. I went straight to the doc who performed a urine test and it came back as negative! She told me she was certain it was a chemical pregnancy, but something just felt OFF to me. After that, I still kept testing. I bled all of Monday and Tuesday and then spotted until Sunday (two days ago). But my tests kept coming out positive!! I had called the doc on thursday to see if I could come in for a test. They said to come in Friday after taking a digital test first. Thursday night a tornado blew threw my driveway and the surrounding area (I’m not kidding HAHAHA). Friday my OBGYN was closed because their power was out, so obviously a test wasn’t gonna happennn 🤦🏻♀️ 😂 pic of the twisted, broken tree in my driveway is attached. Well, today I went back to the doctor, got a blood test, and was confirmed positive for pregnancy!! My OBGYN who’d originally told me I had an early miscarriage called me and congratulated me after I left the office (shes never called me before and I did feel a little vindicated 😭). All of this is to say that WEIRD PREGNANCY STUFF HAPPENS! You aren’t alone. Take it one day at a time. My baby is obviously very sassy because she made a tornado appear and made me bleed nonstop for two days 😂 I’m just really happy and grateful for all of the people who talked to me on this sub as well as others. This will be my first baby assuming all goes well 🥺🥺🥺 Sending the utmost baby dust to all who desire it ✨ |
2024.05.15 10:17 mcad90 Hospitals in the Bay Area for a nurse?
Hi, I am thinking of working in California end of this year or early next year. I am wondering which hospitals in Bay Area offer 3x12 shifts for a nurse? I heard Kaiser only does 5x8. Also, is it true that yes hospitals in California has low nurse to patient ratio, but you do primary care on med surg floors because there are no nursing techs even on big hospitals? Some people keep telling me but I don’t know. Thank you!
submitted by mcad90 to bayarea [link] [comments]
2024.05.15 10:15 Burkie9222 I’m so angry
Three miscarriages deep and I’m so bitter, unhappy, and short fused. Long story short is I have had three chemical pregnancies. This last one has been difficult. I started to miscarry about a week after finding out. I bled for about 5 days. Approximately two weeks later I find out I didn’t miscarry all the way and my body had to go through the process again. It was 30 hours of intense cramping. Bled for 13 days total. I had 5 days of no bleeding and I started bleeding again. Currently have been bleeding now for four days. To say it’s been a lot, is an understatement. I have experienced all three losses in 2024 alone.
My OBGYN practice pissed me off by speaking to a rude and dismissive doctor on the phone to go over some results. Mother’s Day didn’t help.
Yesterday, I exploded. My husband was doing some work around the house and I told him for weeks regarding this project that I wanted to go with him to pick out the correct shade of white for the house. He went without me and while I was out doing errands he painted without my knowledge. Obviously I was a bit annoyed considering, but it’s paint and can be painted over. We bickered back and forth. I’m crying and now so pissed off, I stormed off to the bathroom, slammed the door, and punched a hole in the door.
I’ve never done anything like that before. Storm off and slam doors, sure. But punch a hole in door is a new one for me. Ever since this last miscarriage, I’ve told me husband a few times when I’ve been really angry out of the blue that I just want to break a bunch of stuff. I’ve been so full of rage with this whole process. I don’t even know who I am anymore. I wanna lie in bed and rot away just about everyday. I hate everything.
How do I stop feeling like this? 😞
submitted by Burkie9222 to recurrentmiscarriage [link] [comments]
My OBGYN practice pissed me off by speaking to a rude and dismissive doctor on the phone to go over some results. Mother’s Day didn’t help.
Yesterday, I exploded. My husband was doing some work around the house and I told him for weeks regarding this project that I wanted to go with him to pick out the correct shade of white for the house. He went without me and while I was out doing errands he painted without my knowledge. Obviously I was a bit annoyed considering, but it’s paint and can be painted over. We bickered back and forth. I’m crying and now so pissed off, I stormed off to the bathroom, slammed the door, and punched a hole in the door.
I’ve never done anything like that before. Storm off and slam doors, sure. But punch a hole in door is a new one for me. Ever since this last miscarriage, I’ve told me husband a few times when I’ve been really angry out of the blue that I just want to break a bunch of stuff. I’ve been so full of rage with this whole process. I don’t even know who I am anymore. I wanna lie in bed and rot away just about everyday. I hate everything.
How do I stop feeling like this? 😞
2024.05.15 10:15 l0is_griffin i messed up and don’t know what to do
my (22f) ex (23m) and i were together for about two and a half years. he was my first real life genuine love. we met when he was a junior in college, we broke up once right around when he graduated but got back together soon after and had been together ever since.
about 6 months ago i was feeling stuck in our relationship; it felt like he didn’t put in any effort anymore, like everything was repetitive & like i was just a smaller part of his life. it didn’t feel good. i told him we should spend time apart, we broke up. i started seeing a coworker soon after this, and im not proud to admit this but the few weeks prior to this he would flirt with me and i didn’t hate it, and we’d text sometimes too but it never escalated. it never felt right either.
after my ex and i broke up he would still text me and ask if i was seeing anyone new, and i lied to him and said no. he eventually found out i was lying and things got worse and he stopped talking to me. i know i was wrong for that & i don’t know why i just wasn’t straight up with him. i went out with that coworker for a couple months, nothing serious but i cut it off because i soon realized i never wanted someone new, i still love my ex and regret everything that happened. i felt disgusted with myself for betraying and lying to someone i loved more than anything. and i know people say “if you love someone you wouldn’t want someone else” or along those lines, which yeah but looking back i didn’t really like my coworker, i liked that he made me feel important but it wasn’t worth it.
i sent my ex a text a few weeks ago apologizing for everything. i probably should have called but it was early in the morning and also a kind of on a whim decision. i genuinely meant the entire apology, i apologized for lying and for just leaving suddenly after being together for all that time and for not appreciating what i had. i really do miss him. im an idiot for not trying to work things out in the first place and thinking the answer would be with someone else. ive only ever pictured a future with my ex, ive never wanted to get married or have kids until i met him, it was like almost instantly i knew he was it for me. and the feeling was mutual, we were in love and i had never experienced anything like that before. i spent so many weekends at his dorm, when he moved into his apartment i helped him set up his room and spent countless nights there, slowly building up a collection of my own things that id leave there and he would let me. ive never been so comfortable with anybody, not even my own family. i genuinely hate myself for ruining all of that for a moment of attention.
anyways, i saw my ex today, for the first time in 6 months. it was awkward at first, he was smiling but it was more like a “i can’t believe this” smile. i was fully aware i was the jackass in this situation; the ex who left and got with someone else only to come back crying. im a fool. but i whole heartedly regret everything and wanted to express that to him. we talked for a long time about what we each went through the past 6 months, and he told me he basically has been trying to move on & it’s been hard but he was starting to feel like he was at a point where he doesn’t think of me as often. but he still missed me and thought of me. he eventually told me that if we ever got back together it would take some time. i completely understand that, and im still in love with him and would do anything and wait any amount of time to be with him again. even though he said that, it just feels like i lost him for good. like you just had to be there i guess, he did not seem enthusiastic about seeing each other again. and i expected that, and i know it’s my fault. i just don’t know what to do now. i still love him, im the one who messed up. i wish i had another chance but i know i should’ve taken advantage of the one i had. i don’t know how to express any of this to him without sounding like a desperate cheating loser. i have so much anxiety over this. i’ve never done anyone wrong like this in my life and i don’t want to feel sorry for myself, i literally want to change for the better and prove to him i won’t go anywhere this time. but deep down i know i most likely will not get that chance, and i don’t really deserve to. i just don’t really know what to do with myself anymore.
submitted by l0is_griffin to venting [link] [comments]
about 6 months ago i was feeling stuck in our relationship; it felt like he didn’t put in any effort anymore, like everything was repetitive & like i was just a smaller part of his life. it didn’t feel good. i told him we should spend time apart, we broke up. i started seeing a coworker soon after this, and im not proud to admit this but the few weeks prior to this he would flirt with me and i didn’t hate it, and we’d text sometimes too but it never escalated. it never felt right either.
after my ex and i broke up he would still text me and ask if i was seeing anyone new, and i lied to him and said no. he eventually found out i was lying and things got worse and he stopped talking to me. i know i was wrong for that & i don’t know why i just wasn’t straight up with him. i went out with that coworker for a couple months, nothing serious but i cut it off because i soon realized i never wanted someone new, i still love my ex and regret everything that happened. i felt disgusted with myself for betraying and lying to someone i loved more than anything. and i know people say “if you love someone you wouldn’t want someone else” or along those lines, which yeah but looking back i didn’t really like my coworker, i liked that he made me feel important but it wasn’t worth it.
i sent my ex a text a few weeks ago apologizing for everything. i probably should have called but it was early in the morning and also a kind of on a whim decision. i genuinely meant the entire apology, i apologized for lying and for just leaving suddenly after being together for all that time and for not appreciating what i had. i really do miss him. im an idiot for not trying to work things out in the first place and thinking the answer would be with someone else. ive only ever pictured a future with my ex, ive never wanted to get married or have kids until i met him, it was like almost instantly i knew he was it for me. and the feeling was mutual, we were in love and i had never experienced anything like that before. i spent so many weekends at his dorm, when he moved into his apartment i helped him set up his room and spent countless nights there, slowly building up a collection of my own things that id leave there and he would let me. ive never been so comfortable with anybody, not even my own family. i genuinely hate myself for ruining all of that for a moment of attention.
anyways, i saw my ex today, for the first time in 6 months. it was awkward at first, he was smiling but it was more like a “i can’t believe this” smile. i was fully aware i was the jackass in this situation; the ex who left and got with someone else only to come back crying. im a fool. but i whole heartedly regret everything and wanted to express that to him. we talked for a long time about what we each went through the past 6 months, and he told me he basically has been trying to move on & it’s been hard but he was starting to feel like he was at a point where he doesn’t think of me as often. but he still missed me and thought of me. he eventually told me that if we ever got back together it would take some time. i completely understand that, and im still in love with him and would do anything and wait any amount of time to be with him again. even though he said that, it just feels like i lost him for good. like you just had to be there i guess, he did not seem enthusiastic about seeing each other again. and i expected that, and i know it’s my fault. i just don’t know what to do now. i still love him, im the one who messed up. i wish i had another chance but i know i should’ve taken advantage of the one i had. i don’t know how to express any of this to him without sounding like a desperate cheating loser. i have so much anxiety over this. i’ve never done anyone wrong like this in my life and i don’t want to feel sorry for myself, i literally want to change for the better and prove to him i won’t go anywhere this time. but deep down i know i most likely will not get that chance, and i don’t really deserve to. i just don’t really know what to do with myself anymore.
2024.05.15 10:10 AgentDonJuan I'm I screwed
I've been on probation for 1 year, I'm scheduled for early release next month sentence to 2years6months Parole probation, In this one year I've completed everything they ask me to do, stayed out of trouble,found and kept a job, checked inn with my PO, found and kept a therapy sessions going up til the beginning of April when it all started crumbling down...it started with my baby mama starting drama by threatening to put me on child support( I'm no deadbeat nor do I not not want to see my daughter)and she knows that and threatened to tell dhs otherwise if she didn't receive money whenever she ask for it so, I did as she ask me to do but this time I stood up to her and refused to send her money ($300)(last week of March) so she threatened me again and blocked me which naturally build up stress in me so much it lead to me making a bad decision on this I decided to pop a adderall pill because I know it would calm me down(adhd) so I took the pill so the next day at work "Fuck ME sideways surprised surprised "everyone surprised UA obviously I failed and nothing happened came of it til mid April I received a phone call from my boss telling me that she was terminating my contract for my position for a non conclusive ua result, wtf does that mean, anyways I got fired had time to tell my po, I didn't now at the end of April my therapist drops me as a client for missing one day with her because I was sick with covid ! WTF Right!! Had time to tell my po I didn't, I knew my po was pushing for my early release of probation(which is why I kept everything secret) so, now at my latest PO appointment May6th Surprised surprised HE ASK FOR A DNA TEST like FML right so I gave him my dna test mouth swab(note i popped another adderall literally right before my appointment with him so My question is IM I FUCKED OR IM I FUCKED? I mind is thinking hes going to see traces of meth in my system and now hes going to think what else have I been lying to him about ? Hes going to check my work,therapist and find out all of that was BS theres no way hes going to ask the judge for my early release now right? I'm probably going to have to serve 30days for the drugs now right ? Drug counseling classes? Fuck !! What do y'all think?
submitted by AgentDonJuan to probation [link] [comments]
2024.05.15 10:05 Dragoot Support companies Tier List Part 3 FAQ
 | I recently published posts with a Tier List that did not correspond to generally accepted wisdom, so I titled it "Change my mind". https://www.reddit.com/OldWorldBlues/comments/1cpfonk/support_companies_tier_listchange_my_mind/ https://www.reddit.com/OldWorldBlues/comments/1cpg25h/support_companies_tier_list_v2adjusted_change_my/ submitted by Dragoot to OldWorldBlues [link] [comments] Tier List v2 And in general, the comments did not change my opinion much, so below I elaborate why. The most controversial topic, Chems. IMHO love of them is missguided. First point: For a good kill/loss ratio, absolutely NOTHING beats the encirclement. One of the comments said:"Bro doesn't know what war attrition is." Yeah! I believe that if you find yourself in a war of attrition, something has gone terribly wrong. I fight a war in such a manner that I don't care if I lose more soldiers and equipment during the offensive, because I know that once the encirclement is complete, closing the pocket will shift the casualty ratio tenfold in my favor. Second point: Chems are highly tech dependent. Early game matters most, on how well it goes depends how you snowball through the rest of the campaign. By the time chems start giving significant bonuses, the fate of the game has already been decided. Maintenance. Maintenance gets the same criticism from me as chems, only worse. Because in my experience the main bottleneck is manpower not equipment, and states with good industry and/or trade income can simply tank equipment attrition. Dogs and CnC attachment. Both are good for occupation, but I don't take it into account, since an occupation requires winning the war to begin with, I consider all occupation units to be a luxury. Yes. It’s great to have them, but not to the detriment of the main army. Meanwhile, their combat bonuses are good, but not the best. Dogs give movement speed, but 90% of the time, due to the terrible infrastructure everywhere, average speed of divisions is very low, and increasing almost nothing by 10% still gives almost nothing. CnC attachment gives organization, but this is rarely useful, because IMHO it is better to make a template with high organization and give it support companies with high damage than, on the contrary, make a template with low organization and increase it with CnC. In short, Dogs and CnC is good, but balancing production with the needs of the army is a big problem, therefore I am allergic to the production of a large number of different items. So, I almost always use them, but at that moment when everything is already going well for me. Logistics is not a particularly controversial subject. Probably Because I placed them in the middle. They are situational, but sometimes necessary, especially in the later stages, when the armies are huge and supplies are in dire need. On their own, they are quite weak, but they all add up to bonuses from the skills of commanders and officer corps. Anti-tank - always, in all divisions. If the armor is not penetrated, the enemy receives a large breakthrough bonus. And many units can have armor, not only tanks and power armor, while ordinary infantry weapons at the beginning of the game give very little penetration. Plus Anti-tank also gives a soft attack on-top, so by adding it to the division you kill two birds with one stone. Recon- Most people are not sure how it works. and there are many myths around it(like for example that it is useful only in defensive divisions). In short, in OWB it is even more important than in vanilla since it is impossible to manually select the preferred tactics in the officer corps or for individual commanders, and having higher intelligence than the enemy translates into 10-25% more damage and breakthrough/defense. The rest are simple: more damage and more breakthrough->more encirclements->Great success! |
2024.05.15 10:04 Stetinac Why is smolder D tier?
Few days back I was tilted from soloQ and I randomly picked smolder. And tbh I don’t think that this champion is that bad. If you are not playing into some stupid shit like lucian nami ofc.
Early game is kinda bad, but if you go comet + scorch you can buy yourself some time by bullying enemy lane. I usually get my 225 stack around 22 minutes and then you are actually dangerous.
Another good thing is that you can be both ad/ap depending on your and enemy team.
He could probably use some small buffs but he is definitely not that bad.
submitted by Stetinac to SmolderMains [link] [comments]
Early game is kinda bad, but if you go comet + scorch you can buy yourself some time by bullying enemy lane. I usually get my 225 stack around 22 minutes and then you are actually dangerous.
Another good thing is that you can be both ad/ap depending on your and enemy team.
- he is very easy to play.
He could probably use some small buffs but he is definitely not that bad.
2024.05.15 10:03 New-Wall-861 Pregnancy vs. Newborn sleep
So, I was just thinking and comparing pregnancies and thinking about my sleep vs. Baby sleep. So, I have a few questions for you guys to see if my theory hold any truth or it’s just a bunch of 3 am non-sense 😂
With my second she actually did move a lot at night and I had a lot more insomnia. I also may have had a higher caffeine intake. Since she was born she was not a good sleeper. Up all night for hours, really bad reflex, so a lot of startling and moving. Restless, etc.
So, I had noticed both of them how they seemed to behave in the belly vs. Outside of the belly was the same or very similar.
submitted by New-Wall-861 to BabyBumps [link] [comments]
- In pregnancy did your baby keep you up at night moving a lot? Was your newborn moving and waking a lot at night?
- In pregnancy did you have anything that would keep you up at night like insomnia or RLS? Did you newborn sleep well during the night or was he restless and a not so great sleeper?
- In pregnancy how was your caffeine consumption - low or high? Was your newborn a good sleeper? Was he or she a restless or agitated baby day or night?
With my second she actually did move a lot at night and I had a lot more insomnia. I also may have had a higher caffeine intake. Since she was born she was not a good sleeper. Up all night for hours, really bad reflex, so a lot of startling and moving. Restless, etc.
So, I had noticed both of them how they seemed to behave in the belly vs. Outside of the belly was the same or very similar.
2024.05.15 10:00 EnergyTrend Four Keywords Shaping the New Energy Storage Industry in 2024
 | Amidst the pursuit of dual carbon targets, there's a heightened focus on advancing new energy storage technologies. Lithium-ion, compressed air, and other storage methods are poised for significant development, indicating a promising future for the electrochemical energy storage industry. This sector is anticipated to experience rapid growth in the coming years. submitted by EnergyTrend to EnergyStorage [link] [comments] Keyword: Competition In 2023, new energy storage practitioners experienced intense competition as the prevailing sentiment. The pressing issue of involution spurred ongoing technological advancements and reduced prices of energy storage systems. TrendForce data indicates that the overall trend for energy storage system (ESS) prices is a continued decline in 2024. Specifically, the bidding prices for ESS in March 2024 are expected to vary based on different energy storage durations. Winning prices for ESS in March https://preview.redd.it/rmyti3qerj0d1.png?width=945&format=png&auto=webp&s=a929571f836a6e87e51029d0d9ab81f32d92ee85 The cost reduction in the new energy storage process has surpassed industry expectations, along with the rapid pace of development. In March 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Board introduced the implementation program for new energy storage development under the 14th Five-Year Plan. By 2025, new energy storage is projected to transition from the early stages to a burgeoning phase of commercialization. Furthermore, during this period, new energy storage systems are anticipated to meet the conditions for large-scale commercial applications, with costs expected to decrease by over 30%. In less than two years, the new energy storage industry has surpassed its cost reduction targets. Yue Fen noted that in 2023, Chinese companies' shipments of energy storage batteries (excluding those for base stations and data centers) reached an estimated 185 GWh, falling short of initial projections for the year. She also mentioned that various factors have led to an industry-wide average capacity utilization rate of only about 50%, resulting in slowed shipments in the latter half of the year. With rapid capacity expansion and heightened competition in the sector, companies lacking capital and sufficient technological expertise will face increasing pressure. Keyword: Innovation Despite facing challenges, participants in the new energy storage sector remain optimistic about future development prospects. A fresh round of competition has ignited in the energy storage market, with various companies intensifying research and development efforts on high-capacity, long-life, and low-cost batteries. Cost reduction and efficiency enhancement have emerged as primary focuses for product advancement, especially within the power generation segment, which dominates the energy storage market share in China. Consequently, expanding the capacity of energy storage products has become the prevailing choice for enterprises aiming to achieve cost reduction. Currently, storage battery capacities upgrade rapidly, with the mainstream capacity being 280Ah, and there are many other capacity such as 300Ah, 560Ah, 700Ah, and 1130Ah. Additionally, leveraging high-capacity battery cells, leading industry enterprises such as Trina Solar, CRRC Zhuzhou Institute, and CATL are pioneering advancements in single-cabin energy storage compartments to bolster solar power. These efforts have culminated in the introduction of a 20-foot single-cabin 5MWh energy storage system program, igniting a surge in standalone capacity expansion within the energy storage sector. Furthermore, manufacturers are continually unveiling new 5MWh+ energy storage systems, catering to diverse customer needs with unique solutions. Keyword: Breakthrough Breakthroughs are crucial to addressing the prevalent challenge of installations outpacing applications in the downstream sector. Jiang Weiliang, Vice President of Yotai Energy, highlighted that the underutilization of Energy Storage Systems (ESS) stems from a lack of established market mechanisms and unclear profit models. Numerous drawbacks, including scheduling issues, equipment variations, and commissioning challenges, plague energy storage projects. While project bidding winners often make lofty promises, actual implementation falls short, resulting in relatively low utilization rates for energy storage projects. Finding solutions to these hurdles is paramount for driving widespread adoption and maximizing the potential of ES Keyword: Profits In the transition towards a new power system centered around renewable energy sources, effective utilization of energy storage is essential alongside its proper implementation. Chen Jianfu, Co-President of Guangdong New Energy Storage National Research Institute Co., Ltd., emphasizes the challenges faced by large-scale integrated energy storage systems, particularly in terms of grid functionality. To address this, he suggests a comprehensive study of energy storage application scenarios and an analysis of each scenario's specific demands. Furthermore, the increasing demand for energy storage is expected to drive improvements in policies and market regulations. In a significant development, in September 2023, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) issued China's inaugural basic rules for the electricity spot market (trial). These rules explicitly permit new entities such as energy storage systems and virtual power plants to engage in transactions. With the rapid expansion of the power market and widening peak-to-valley price differentials, energy storage systems are poised to play a pivotal role in transactions within the power spot market and auxiliary services market. This involvement presents opportunities for energy storage to generate profits through transactions. Analyzing power prices in January reveals significant disparities between peak and valley rates, with the highest gaps exceeding 0.7 yuan/kWh across 19 regions. Notably, Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Hubei provinces lead with peak-to-valley differentials reaching 1.3053 yuan/kWh, 1.1414 yuan/kWh, and 1.0693 yuan/kWh, respectively. These figures underscore the increasingly substantial revenue potential for new energy storage solutions. As the power industry marches towards the future, energy storage emerges as an indispensable asset. With the widespread integration of renewable energy sources into the grid, coupled with the imperative for peak shaving, frequency regulation, and microgrid development, energy storage assumes a pivotal role in the power system of tomorrow. In 2024, the new energy storage sector is poised to maintain its rapid growth trajectory in response to these evolving demands. |
2024.05.15 09:59 KrystleOfQuartz Low Estradiol
Anyone willing to share their experiences with having early low estradiol?
submitted by KrystleOfQuartz to pregnant [link] [comments]
2024.05.15 09:48 HistoricalApricot698 My wife admitted to a year and half long affair
Completely devastated. That’s all I can say. Me wife got caught in a web of lies and could no longer cover it up. It was a coworker. We were at a low point in our marriage. Shortly after her affair began we started MC and she continued for another full year. It ended 6 months ago. Sunday we both agreed we were in the best place we’d been in years. We were happy. We had planned a weekend getaway. I feel sick. I don’t believe anything she says. I’m questioning everything. I don’t know if I can stomach stsying here even to keep the household together for our kids. I feel lost. Empty. Alone. 20 years wasted.
submitted by HistoricalApricot698 to Infidelity [link] [comments]
2024.05.15 09:41 LizzyBeeBaby I cut off my family but i miss them and dont know if i should reconcile
TW: brief mentions of depression, suicidal ideation, and attempted suicide
When I (28F) was growing up, I was the golden child of the family. I didn't know it back then. Up until I was in high school I had a younger sister and an older half sister I only saw a few times a year. It wasn't like I never got in trouble or got yelled at, in fact I have a very vivid and hurtful memory where I was called a liar by my parents when I was being 100% truthful (they just didn't want to hear it and wanted someone to be mad at I guess), and then I was told to just "suck it up and get over it". But compared to my younger sister, who was compared to me in every way, I always had the perfect grades, perfect attitude, perfect behavior, etc. Our parents, especially our mother, who was the main parent taking care of us during the week, pretty much pitted us against each other constantly. My little sister was being told she needed to be more like me, and I was told my sister was a bad kid. I would try to help her stay out of trouble as a kid and would get mad when she didn't listen to me because i didnt understand she was just being herself and didn't need to be exactly like me. Up until college, I didn't understand that my sister didn't need to change, she needed her parents to love her as she was and help her instead of trying to mold her into some ideal of perfection. We were picked apart constantly about every little thing we did, and I was expected to always somehow know everything even if I'd never learned it before. My house was full of constant yelling due to the extremely high expectations and my mother's terrible temper, and it became a very stressful place to be starting when i was around 10. We went through a lot of financial hardships as well since I was very young, so I dont want to dismiss how hard things were for my parents and how much they went through. But I have always been hyper aware of how much it costs for me to exist as my mom stressed so many times over the years that she couldn't afford to buy even a new shirt because she had to buy stuff for us, as if that was at all our fault.
When i was in high school, my baby brother was born. He pretty much instantly became the new golden child, not only because he was the youngest and the only boy, but because it became clear at a very young age how intelligent he is. I was a straight A honors kid and he was blowing me out of the water since he learned to read. I didn't mind at all because 1) I was going to be going to college in a couple years, and 2) with our age difference, he was as much my son as my brother, and I took on a very loving parental role with him of my own volition. I also saw the promise in him and I wanted him to live a happy life. My little sister and him are very close to this day, at least to my knowledge. During this time they were still coming down really hard on my little sister, treating her as well as they always had - meaning they still yelled at her constantly and were overly critical of her and everything she even thought about doing. They talked about sending her to military school more than once, and pretty much resigned themselves to the idea my sister would never be able to live on her own before she even got to high school, let alone graduated.
Flash forward to when I was in college, I started coming home and noticing things about how my parents treated my sister, and for the first time I saw it for how terrible it was for her. The distance and time I spent away from the house helped my little sister and I completely change our relationship by my second or third year. What really solidified it was a series of events that happened my junior and senior years of college.
My sister moved to our town with her husband with their 2 very young boys, and we soon found out she was pregnant with twins. That is kind of where it all began to fall apart. Time showed not only that her husband is a massive pos, but also potentially abusive, although we never got concrete proof. As my sister's pregnancy progressed and they struggled to get on their feet, my parents started watching my nephews for hours at a time, sometimes the whole day. And if my parents had to babysit out of nowhere and put their lives on hold, me and my younger siblings were expected to do the same. No toys, no books, no games - nothing. Essentially, the entire house was expected to babysit in a way that i have been told wasn't normal. Even my little brother was expected to take on this role in caring for kids who were only a couple years younger than him. I spent my entire childhood taking care of my little sister and then my baby brother, and I hated seeing how they were doing the same to him when me and my little sister were at the age where it shouldve been left up to us. I started really butting heads with my parents as the situation progressed because they started yelling at my baby brother when the boys would even bump their heads even though it wasnt his fault. He never mistreated them, hit them, pushed them , or anything, so my parents justified it by saying he wasn't being a "good uncle" by "letting them" bump their heads on the tv stand, for example. He was expected to let them play with all of his toys, and my mom tried letting the boys use things that were very important to my brother, which would've ended up with the boys taking those things home. Saying it that way makes it sound a lot more mild that it was, but I'm trying to save time and not give out too many personal details. I guess you could say in short, my parents began expecting my elementary school age brother to give up his time, his space, his toys, his gifts - anything that meant anything to him, to help care for children when he was still a child not much older than them. I ended up giving my baby brother my room to not only keep his stuff in, but to sleep in.
In the end, my sister had the twins and then moved back to her home state about 6 months later. We think her no good husband lied to her about us and she cut contact with all of us, and we haven't heard from her since. In our house, the damage was done. I had long conversations with my little sister when our parents weren't around about how she needed to get out because of how they were treating her, and how I would eventually graduate and move to a city where I could find a job. But neither of us wanted to leave our little brother in that house because we were worried how they would treat him when we both left. Our parents had already proven they would throw any of us to the side at any second, even their golden child baby boy, and blame even him for anything that went wrong. Our parents have a history of spilling all our business at any holiday meal and badmouthing any little mistake. They would talk shit about us in front of us and shame us in front of family our entire lives, and if my sister and i weren't there to take the brunt of it, how long until they turned on my baby brother. Would they even wait until he wasn't "perfect" anymore?
Throughout all of this, I was struggling a lot in college, and starting around junior year i became very depressed and suicidal, which resulted in a major attempt in my 5th year of college, which to this day i don't like talking about. Before that, however, I went to my mom about feeling depressed and told her i thought i needed to talk to someone. She brushed me off. I was dumb enough to think that maybe she thought i was exaggerating, so i tried a second time to ask her for help about a year later, and she brushed me off again. Part of me blames her almost entirely for my attempts, because i came to her before any of them because i knew thats where it was headed if i didnt get help. All she had to do was make a couple phone calls to find me someone to talk to and she couldn't even do that for me. I was a scared girl who needed her mom's help because i didnt know who to turn to, and she turned her back on me. After my final attempt, I pulled myself up and got help, but my financial aid ran out and I was unable to return to school and finish my degree, so I went back to my parents house and was absolutely miserable for the next 6 months. I felt like a failure, like I wasn't "perfect" like i was supposed to be. I felt suffocated every single day and like the only ones who wanted me there were my siblings. One day I tried a little experiment and sat in the living room with my mom for the entire day and she didn't say one single word to me, didnt even acknowledge my existence. Ever since the stuff with my nephews happened, I had doubled my efforts to protect my siblings and take the brunt of my mom's anger, so I pushed back a lot when they tried to get onto my siblings for ridiculous things. I ended up ghosting my friends for 3 months because I was so depressed, and it really scared them. It was then I knew i had to get out of that house or it would kill me, so I moved into my grandparents' house a town over.
Things at my grandparents' house started okay, and i was even able to confide in them what had been going on at my parents' house, which in the end turned out to be a big mistake. I got a job working overnight at a retail store and met the guy who is now my boyfriend of 3 years. Unfortunately, the longer i spent at my grandparents' house the more i saw where my mom got it from, and they ended up treating me just as bad as what was going on at my parents' house. The only difference was that my sister wasn't there so i was taking the brunt of all of it. When things started getting tough for them after my grandpa retired, instead of sitting down with me like an adult and asking if it would contribute financially, my grandpa cornered me in the car when he was driving me back from work and guilted money out of me with a sob story. And guilted me at the dinner table the second time when they needed more money. One time i walked in the house after work and before i had even taken my shoes off or put my purse down to get my wallet out, he blocked the door to my room with his hand out like a loan shark to give him the money. I payed for all my own expenses, took short showers and kept as many lights off as i could, and told them not to buy me anything, even food. And in the end, even though they guilted me for money, then more money, and promised they wouldnt kick me out, they sold the house out from under me when they knew i was still trying to save for an apartment with what little money i had left a month. I ended up having to live with my best friend and her husband or i wouldve been homeless. I still helped them move even when they f-ed me over. And even after all that, I still went to holidays and visited my parents from time to time.
The last time i saw my grandparents they ran into me and my best friend in a store. My grandpa saw me first (he and my grandma were in different parts of the store), and starting yelling at me for pretty much cutting them off since i hadn't been to see them for months, and then when he started realizing he looked like the bad guy tried to make the reason i stopped talking to them about politics (i live in a conservative area) as if that would justify it. When my friend and i were trying to grab one last thing before we left because i was humiliated and trying not to cry, my grandma cornered me at the deli counter, had me pinned between the counter and a cart so i couldn't leave, and started yelling at me too. I was so broken back then, but i tried to tell both of them i would talk to them but not in the store. They just wanted to scream so we left. I haven't spoken to them since and have no plans to.
Eventually i moved 2 hours away back to the city i had went to college in. During that time, my grandparents drove the 3 hours to try to find where i lived, and then called trying to get me to come downstairs. I was asleep for work at the time but it made me feel so uncomfortable that they would do that. And after living there a year and my bf and i commuting to visit each other every other week, it came to the point where if i wanted our relationship to continue i had to move back. This is not something he ever brought up to me, this was a decision I came to on my own. So two years ago I moved back to the area I grew up in. We live an hour away from my hometown and 30 minutes away from the town i met my boyfriend in. And although he has family in both areas that we visit, I haven't seen or really talked to my parents or siblings since i initially moved out of the area.
A year ago, after a year of silence from me and from my parents, I dropped a box off at my parents' house when they weren't home with souvenirs i got them on vacation when i first moved back, short letters to each of them about the gifts, and a long video letter on a flash drive explaining everything I felt because i knew i couldn't go on without being honest and i knew if i tried to have a conversation in person, they wouldn't listen to me. I told them i wanted to keep them in my life but i couldn't ignore everything that had happened and the ways they treated me and my younger siblings. I told them i had no interest in continuing a relationship with my grandparents and that anything they have told them probably wasnt true. I sent them scans of my diaries as "proof" that i wasn't lying because that's the kind of house i grew up in - if you couldnt prove it, it didnt happen. I laid myself completely bare so that i could heal, knowing the whole time they may never want to speak to me again. I gave them pictures of me and my boyfriend and my new phone number anyway. The only thing i didn't give them was my address because we live on his family's land and his family, knowing a bit about my family and also about my grandparents essentially stalking me, don't want anyone from my family nosing around on the property. I don't want that either so i agreed not to give it out. The people in my life who knew about the box and the letter turned video letter were supportive of the idea given all i had been through, and I thought dropping it off would be the end of things.
Since then, I have healed from everything that has happened. I'm still angry and sad and i feel like I'm grieving every day, but I'm not the spineless, scared girl i used to be. My boyfriend has helped me become a better person in so many ways. But i still miss my family, especially my dad. I feel like he didnt deserve what i've done for reasons i cant go into, because the reality is he depends a lot on what my mom tells him because he works, and he trusts her deeply. I feel like in some regards he depended too much on her word, although he isnt completely innocent. There's obviously a lot more to my story that what I have here or else I'd be writing an autobiography, but just know if this all sounds like it isn't a big deal, I have so many stories and so much more detail that isn't safe to give out here.
The reality is my parents and i pushed each other away until we all became strangers long before everything blew up. I felt like a stranger from the time i left for college. I was made to feel like if i wasn't at home, i was a second thought, and a lot of very serious issues happened while i was away that i didnt find out about until i came home. My last year of college i was physically starving and could only afford to eat one meal a day if that. When i had left for school at the beginning of that school year my mother made it clear i had to figure it all out myself because they had no money to give me, but then i came home for Christmas and everyone but me had all new electronics. I cried asking for money to buy my uniform to start my campus job but they bought all new computers and tablets. And that stung.
Last Christmas, my parents and siblings messaged me. It was the first time I had heard from them since before i dropped off the box. It was just a Merry Christmas, but it absolutely shocked me. And then they all messaged again on my birthday. Same thing, just little pleasantries, but it makes me feel like maybe that door isn't closed. However, I have absolutely no idea if we can move forward, if they want to, or even if its a good idea to try. I have struggled a lot since college about whether or not all of this and everything I wasn't able to share here is or is not a big deal. I've had people close to me listen to my whole story and call it emotional neglect and abuse, but I just don't know. I feel crazy most of the time, and I'm afraid I'm exaggerating or making it up for attention or something, which also doesn't make sense. I struggle a lot in my day to day. I am ruled by the emotions of those around me and i cower like a kicked puppy when people around me are upset, even if its not my fault. I get ashamed when i make a mistake or i'm not "perfect", and if my feelings are valid I have no idea if it would be a good idea to get back in touch. But i think about if/when my boyfriend and i get married, and how i have no family to sit on my side. It sometimes feels like it's my fault because i wasn't strong enough to just shut up and deal with it anymore. At this point I dont know what is the right answer, what's going to finally give me peace. For now, I just keep moving forward trying to build a better life with my boyfriend and hope all the pieces will fall into place later.
submitted by LizzyBeeBaby to offmychest [link] [comments]
When I (28F) was growing up, I was the golden child of the family. I didn't know it back then. Up until I was in high school I had a younger sister and an older half sister I only saw a few times a year. It wasn't like I never got in trouble or got yelled at, in fact I have a very vivid and hurtful memory where I was called a liar by my parents when I was being 100% truthful (they just didn't want to hear it and wanted someone to be mad at I guess), and then I was told to just "suck it up and get over it". But compared to my younger sister, who was compared to me in every way, I always had the perfect grades, perfect attitude, perfect behavior, etc. Our parents, especially our mother, who was the main parent taking care of us during the week, pretty much pitted us against each other constantly. My little sister was being told she needed to be more like me, and I was told my sister was a bad kid. I would try to help her stay out of trouble as a kid and would get mad when she didn't listen to me because i didnt understand she was just being herself and didn't need to be exactly like me. Up until college, I didn't understand that my sister didn't need to change, she needed her parents to love her as she was and help her instead of trying to mold her into some ideal of perfection. We were picked apart constantly about every little thing we did, and I was expected to always somehow know everything even if I'd never learned it before. My house was full of constant yelling due to the extremely high expectations and my mother's terrible temper, and it became a very stressful place to be starting when i was around 10. We went through a lot of financial hardships as well since I was very young, so I dont want to dismiss how hard things were for my parents and how much they went through. But I have always been hyper aware of how much it costs for me to exist as my mom stressed so many times over the years that she couldn't afford to buy even a new shirt because she had to buy stuff for us, as if that was at all our fault.
When i was in high school, my baby brother was born. He pretty much instantly became the new golden child, not only because he was the youngest and the only boy, but because it became clear at a very young age how intelligent he is. I was a straight A honors kid and he was blowing me out of the water since he learned to read. I didn't mind at all because 1) I was going to be going to college in a couple years, and 2) with our age difference, he was as much my son as my brother, and I took on a very loving parental role with him of my own volition. I also saw the promise in him and I wanted him to live a happy life. My little sister and him are very close to this day, at least to my knowledge. During this time they were still coming down really hard on my little sister, treating her as well as they always had - meaning they still yelled at her constantly and were overly critical of her and everything she even thought about doing. They talked about sending her to military school more than once, and pretty much resigned themselves to the idea my sister would never be able to live on her own before she even got to high school, let alone graduated.
Flash forward to when I was in college, I started coming home and noticing things about how my parents treated my sister, and for the first time I saw it for how terrible it was for her. The distance and time I spent away from the house helped my little sister and I completely change our relationship by my second or third year. What really solidified it was a series of events that happened my junior and senior years of college.
My sister moved to our town with her husband with their 2 very young boys, and we soon found out she was pregnant with twins. That is kind of where it all began to fall apart. Time showed not only that her husband is a massive pos, but also potentially abusive, although we never got concrete proof. As my sister's pregnancy progressed and they struggled to get on their feet, my parents started watching my nephews for hours at a time, sometimes the whole day. And if my parents had to babysit out of nowhere and put their lives on hold, me and my younger siblings were expected to do the same. No toys, no books, no games - nothing. Essentially, the entire house was expected to babysit in a way that i have been told wasn't normal. Even my little brother was expected to take on this role in caring for kids who were only a couple years younger than him. I spent my entire childhood taking care of my little sister and then my baby brother, and I hated seeing how they were doing the same to him when me and my little sister were at the age where it shouldve been left up to us. I started really butting heads with my parents as the situation progressed because they started yelling at my baby brother when the boys would even bump their heads even though it wasnt his fault. He never mistreated them, hit them, pushed them , or anything, so my parents justified it by saying he wasn't being a "good uncle" by "letting them" bump their heads on the tv stand, for example. He was expected to let them play with all of his toys, and my mom tried letting the boys use things that were very important to my brother, which would've ended up with the boys taking those things home. Saying it that way makes it sound a lot more mild that it was, but I'm trying to save time and not give out too many personal details. I guess you could say in short, my parents began expecting my elementary school age brother to give up his time, his space, his toys, his gifts - anything that meant anything to him, to help care for children when he was still a child not much older than them. I ended up giving my baby brother my room to not only keep his stuff in, but to sleep in.
In the end, my sister had the twins and then moved back to her home state about 6 months later. We think her no good husband lied to her about us and she cut contact with all of us, and we haven't heard from her since. In our house, the damage was done. I had long conversations with my little sister when our parents weren't around about how she needed to get out because of how they were treating her, and how I would eventually graduate and move to a city where I could find a job. But neither of us wanted to leave our little brother in that house because we were worried how they would treat him when we both left. Our parents had already proven they would throw any of us to the side at any second, even their golden child baby boy, and blame even him for anything that went wrong. Our parents have a history of spilling all our business at any holiday meal and badmouthing any little mistake. They would talk shit about us in front of us and shame us in front of family our entire lives, and if my sister and i weren't there to take the brunt of it, how long until they turned on my baby brother. Would they even wait until he wasn't "perfect" anymore?
Throughout all of this, I was struggling a lot in college, and starting around junior year i became very depressed and suicidal, which resulted in a major attempt in my 5th year of college, which to this day i don't like talking about. Before that, however, I went to my mom about feeling depressed and told her i thought i needed to talk to someone. She brushed me off. I was dumb enough to think that maybe she thought i was exaggerating, so i tried a second time to ask her for help about a year later, and she brushed me off again. Part of me blames her almost entirely for my attempts, because i came to her before any of them because i knew thats where it was headed if i didnt get help. All she had to do was make a couple phone calls to find me someone to talk to and she couldn't even do that for me. I was a scared girl who needed her mom's help because i didnt know who to turn to, and she turned her back on me. After my final attempt, I pulled myself up and got help, but my financial aid ran out and I was unable to return to school and finish my degree, so I went back to my parents house and was absolutely miserable for the next 6 months. I felt like a failure, like I wasn't "perfect" like i was supposed to be. I felt suffocated every single day and like the only ones who wanted me there were my siblings. One day I tried a little experiment and sat in the living room with my mom for the entire day and she didn't say one single word to me, didnt even acknowledge my existence. Ever since the stuff with my nephews happened, I had doubled my efforts to protect my siblings and take the brunt of my mom's anger, so I pushed back a lot when they tried to get onto my siblings for ridiculous things. I ended up ghosting my friends for 3 months because I was so depressed, and it really scared them. It was then I knew i had to get out of that house or it would kill me, so I moved into my grandparents' house a town over.
Things at my grandparents' house started okay, and i was even able to confide in them what had been going on at my parents' house, which in the end turned out to be a big mistake. I got a job working overnight at a retail store and met the guy who is now my boyfriend of 3 years. Unfortunately, the longer i spent at my grandparents' house the more i saw where my mom got it from, and they ended up treating me just as bad as what was going on at my parents' house. The only difference was that my sister wasn't there so i was taking the brunt of all of it. When things started getting tough for them after my grandpa retired, instead of sitting down with me like an adult and asking if it would contribute financially, my grandpa cornered me in the car when he was driving me back from work and guilted money out of me with a sob story. And guilted me at the dinner table the second time when they needed more money. One time i walked in the house after work and before i had even taken my shoes off or put my purse down to get my wallet out, he blocked the door to my room with his hand out like a loan shark to give him the money. I payed for all my own expenses, took short showers and kept as many lights off as i could, and told them not to buy me anything, even food. And in the end, even though they guilted me for money, then more money, and promised they wouldnt kick me out, they sold the house out from under me when they knew i was still trying to save for an apartment with what little money i had left a month. I ended up having to live with my best friend and her husband or i wouldve been homeless. I still helped them move even when they f-ed me over. And even after all that, I still went to holidays and visited my parents from time to time.
The last time i saw my grandparents they ran into me and my best friend in a store. My grandpa saw me first (he and my grandma were in different parts of the store), and starting yelling at me for pretty much cutting them off since i hadn't been to see them for months, and then when he started realizing he looked like the bad guy tried to make the reason i stopped talking to them about politics (i live in a conservative area) as if that would justify it. When my friend and i were trying to grab one last thing before we left because i was humiliated and trying not to cry, my grandma cornered me at the deli counter, had me pinned between the counter and a cart so i couldn't leave, and started yelling at me too. I was so broken back then, but i tried to tell both of them i would talk to them but not in the store. They just wanted to scream so we left. I haven't spoken to them since and have no plans to.
Eventually i moved 2 hours away back to the city i had went to college in. During that time, my grandparents drove the 3 hours to try to find where i lived, and then called trying to get me to come downstairs. I was asleep for work at the time but it made me feel so uncomfortable that they would do that. And after living there a year and my bf and i commuting to visit each other every other week, it came to the point where if i wanted our relationship to continue i had to move back. This is not something he ever brought up to me, this was a decision I came to on my own. So two years ago I moved back to the area I grew up in. We live an hour away from my hometown and 30 minutes away from the town i met my boyfriend in. And although he has family in both areas that we visit, I haven't seen or really talked to my parents or siblings since i initially moved out of the area.
A year ago, after a year of silence from me and from my parents, I dropped a box off at my parents' house when they weren't home with souvenirs i got them on vacation when i first moved back, short letters to each of them about the gifts, and a long video letter on a flash drive explaining everything I felt because i knew i couldn't go on without being honest and i knew if i tried to have a conversation in person, they wouldn't listen to me. I told them i wanted to keep them in my life but i couldn't ignore everything that had happened and the ways they treated me and my younger siblings. I told them i had no interest in continuing a relationship with my grandparents and that anything they have told them probably wasnt true. I sent them scans of my diaries as "proof" that i wasn't lying because that's the kind of house i grew up in - if you couldnt prove it, it didnt happen. I laid myself completely bare so that i could heal, knowing the whole time they may never want to speak to me again. I gave them pictures of me and my boyfriend and my new phone number anyway. The only thing i didn't give them was my address because we live on his family's land and his family, knowing a bit about my family and also about my grandparents essentially stalking me, don't want anyone from my family nosing around on the property. I don't want that either so i agreed not to give it out. The people in my life who knew about the box and the letter turned video letter were supportive of the idea given all i had been through, and I thought dropping it off would be the end of things.
Since then, I have healed from everything that has happened. I'm still angry and sad and i feel like I'm grieving every day, but I'm not the spineless, scared girl i used to be. My boyfriend has helped me become a better person in so many ways. But i still miss my family, especially my dad. I feel like he didnt deserve what i've done for reasons i cant go into, because the reality is he depends a lot on what my mom tells him because he works, and he trusts her deeply. I feel like in some regards he depended too much on her word, although he isnt completely innocent. There's obviously a lot more to my story that what I have here or else I'd be writing an autobiography, but just know if this all sounds like it isn't a big deal, I have so many stories and so much more detail that isn't safe to give out here.
The reality is my parents and i pushed each other away until we all became strangers long before everything blew up. I felt like a stranger from the time i left for college. I was made to feel like if i wasn't at home, i was a second thought, and a lot of very serious issues happened while i was away that i didnt find out about until i came home. My last year of college i was physically starving and could only afford to eat one meal a day if that. When i had left for school at the beginning of that school year my mother made it clear i had to figure it all out myself because they had no money to give me, but then i came home for Christmas and everyone but me had all new electronics. I cried asking for money to buy my uniform to start my campus job but they bought all new computers and tablets. And that stung.
Last Christmas, my parents and siblings messaged me. It was the first time I had heard from them since before i dropped off the box. It was just a Merry Christmas, but it absolutely shocked me. And then they all messaged again on my birthday. Same thing, just little pleasantries, but it makes me feel like maybe that door isn't closed. However, I have absolutely no idea if we can move forward, if they want to, or even if its a good idea to try. I have struggled a lot since college about whether or not all of this and everything I wasn't able to share here is or is not a big deal. I've had people close to me listen to my whole story and call it emotional neglect and abuse, but I just don't know. I feel crazy most of the time, and I'm afraid I'm exaggerating or making it up for attention or something, which also doesn't make sense. I struggle a lot in my day to day. I am ruled by the emotions of those around me and i cower like a kicked puppy when people around me are upset, even if its not my fault. I get ashamed when i make a mistake or i'm not "perfect", and if my feelings are valid I have no idea if it would be a good idea to get back in touch. But i think about if/when my boyfriend and i get married, and how i have no family to sit on my side. It sometimes feels like it's my fault because i wasn't strong enough to just shut up and deal with it anymore. At this point I dont know what is the right answer, what's going to finally give me peace. For now, I just keep moving forward trying to build a better life with my boyfriend and hope all the pieces will fall into place later.
2024.05.15 09:34 Zestyclose-Delay1815 Hypeloot emerges as a game-changer, revolutionizing the way players engage with online gaming platforms.
Hypeloot is a crypto casino with a wide array of games ranging from Plinko to Crash and Crazy Wheel to Dice. Not only are these games fun, but they are also innovative and 100% provably fair as their outcomes are verified using EOS & Chainlink blockchains.
The platform is also home to unique multiplayer modes with top boxes covering a wide range of goodies such as Yeezys to playstation 5. These facets have contributed to giving Hypeloot a high level of ubiquity, allowing it to grow at a high speed. Since its launch in 2022, the crypto casino has accumulated over 160k active players who have placed over 56 million bets.
Hypeloot platform is now heading to integrate AI to provide an unparalleled user experience. This integration will take the form of a Hypebot, which will take answers from users and respond to them precisely. In 2023, the crypto casino surpassed $1 million in revenue. It has now taken steps to give the community a chance to engage with its growth by offering its native token – HPLT – on a presale.
The dynamic ecosystem of Hypeloot is being powered by HPLT. This cryptocurrency is not necessarily intangible since it is backed by an established product. The platform promises that holding it with give access to regular cash flow to holders.
Hypeloot has opened its doors to let investors participate by buying HPLT from the presale. Not only will this presale offer investors the early-mover advantage, but they will also get access to the following benefits.
Lowest Prices for HPLT - The presale is multi-staged, with the HPLT token price increasing at every level. Currently, the presale is at the first stage, giving investors a low entry barrier to participate in this future crypto.
Access to Casino Credits - Presale investors will also get access to free credits to play on the Hypeloot casino. The platform states that there are no conditions involved with those credits except for the need to be participating in the current presale.
Hype NFTs - Hypeloot is also gearing up to drop the next best NFTs in the industry. Known as Hype NFTs, these non-fungible tokens will be accessible to presale investors who will be able to buy or trade them on Hypeloot’s marketplace.
Presale investors will be able to get a portion of the daily staking rewards in terms of USDT that Hypeloot generates already.
Buy $HPLT token right now! Presale is still ongoing and once the Presale is complete. $HPLT token will be listed in big CEX and DEX. Don't miss this opportunity!
visit : https://presale.hypeloot.com/
submitted by Zestyclose-Delay1815 to Crypto_General [link] [comments]
The platform is also home to unique multiplayer modes with top boxes covering a wide range of goodies such as Yeezys to playstation 5. These facets have contributed to giving Hypeloot a high level of ubiquity, allowing it to grow at a high speed. Since its launch in 2022, the crypto casino has accumulated over 160k active players who have placed over 56 million bets.
Hypeloot platform is now heading to integrate AI to provide an unparalleled user experience. This integration will take the form of a Hypebot, which will take answers from users and respond to them precisely. In 2023, the crypto casino surpassed $1 million in revenue. It has now taken steps to give the community a chance to engage with its growth by offering its native token – HPLT – on a presale.
The dynamic ecosystem of Hypeloot is being powered by HPLT. This cryptocurrency is not necessarily intangible since it is backed by an established product. The platform promises that holding it with give access to regular cash flow to holders.
Hypeloot has opened its doors to let investors participate by buying HPLT from the presale. Not only will this presale offer investors the early-mover advantage, but they will also get access to the following benefits.
Lowest Prices for HPLT - The presale is multi-staged, with the HPLT token price increasing at every level. Currently, the presale is at the first stage, giving investors a low entry barrier to participate in this future crypto.
Access to Casino Credits - Presale investors will also get access to free credits to play on the Hypeloot casino. The platform states that there are no conditions involved with those credits except for the need to be participating in the current presale.
Hype NFTs - Hypeloot is also gearing up to drop the next best NFTs in the industry. Known as Hype NFTs, these non-fungible tokens will be accessible to presale investors who will be able to buy or trade them on Hypeloot’s marketplace.
Presale investors will be able to get a portion of the daily staking rewards in terms of USDT that Hypeloot generates already.
Buy $HPLT token right now! Presale is still ongoing and once the Presale is complete. $HPLT token will be listed in big CEX and DEX. Don't miss this opportunity!
visit : https://presale.hypeloot.com/
2024.05.15 09:29 Various_Diamond5933 I (23F) worked in an unsanitary dental office for 3 years and had no idea how bad it truly was, advice on what to do..
I 23(F) worked for an 80(M) Dentist for about 3 years, and what I observed and endured as an employee during that time traumatized me and made me quit dental assisting in general, not because I didn't like it but because I loved it just not the dentist and I'm going to just break it down the best I can.
Starting off this specific dentist is really well known in my city, he has been practicing for 50 years now. However not much has changed in that 50 years. His office is so old that patients will come in from 1989 and say how not a single thing has been updated or changed. The floor is carpeted with rotting wood underneath and he just doesn't care. He has like creepy dolls all around the office and creepy clowns. I almost feel like he won't change anything because he wants to still feel like he's in his prime like it's the 80's/90's still.
He denies the fact that he's getting older, he says he is 44 years old when physically and literally he is not. So maybe this is some type of symptoms of a disorder. This is just some background so you can understand the full picture.
So he only hires women of lighter complexions, also certain body size, small not to skinny but curvy but not too big. You have to have long blown out hair that's always fixed, his old rule used to be that you could not wear your hair up bc it's not appealing to him. Also you can't wear glasses for the same reason. If you were trying to get a girl to work there he would have to see a picture of her first and she couldn't have tattoos or "bad teeth" even though he would put braces on staff members for free and I witnessed that, if it was "too much" the person would be a no for him. Even having a simple nose ring was against his rules.
I started working for him when I was 19 turning 20. So I was pretty young and didn't really realize until later that all of this was just so toxic and it gets worse.And so when I found out my pregnancy was healthy I announced it and they decided to not train me on patients for pretty much my entire pregnancy because they thought i would just have my baby and leave
After being post partum and working while also being a first time mom to a baby, I begin to lose a lot of weight because I guess I was stressed. I went from being my normal weight 135 to 116 pounds.
The doctor would comment on my body and say things about my weight loss in front of patients. It made me very insecure and uncomfortable two things I have never felt in my life at a job. I started to have body dysmorphia from working for this man. When he looked at me it felt as if he was staring through me and picking me apart. And no one should I have to feel like that in the work place.
I fell into a deep depression because feeling like I can't go find a new job because as terrible as it sounds, I was attached to the toxic abuse cycle there. He would love bomb and compliment you so heavily that you almost felt bad for thinking of leaving cuz he was so old. He would say things like how much he loved your personality, you were the best employee, best with patients. It was definitely creepy. Also I felt as if I were to try to leave he would be upset or it felt like I was breaking a trusted bond. So I continued working and things...got worse
Enough about my personal experience but now for the patients.The doctor treated each patient nothing more than a dollar sign. Unless they were a known person in the community, a family friend, he would give them treatment but if they had questions or concerns about their teeth he would be very dismissive, and if they argued back he would pretty much belittle them and make them feel like they were stupid for asking a question. Saying what they wanted was "impossible" because that's "the way their teeth were". I watched him take braces off of patients and their teeth were still not aligned properly, I watched him accidentally set a patient on fire, I watched him give a girl bone loss, she lost her tooth because of something he did incorrectly.
Not to mention his entire staff has not been to any type of dental school, every single person hired basically with no experience. I was told because he couldn't "afford it", yet the man has multiple million dollar homes and luxury cars....
To even scam us further he sent us to take a super lax unsupervised "test" that he said would make us certified assistants. Came to find out that was nothing more than a piece of paper.
Not to mention probably more things he has done, like practicing half blind, also urinating on himself daily and it being reported and nothing done about it.The sterilization was absolutely horrifying. Their method is not to use an autoclave but to throw all dirty instruments in a basket and throw them in an old machine that had sterilization and water and put them through an oven baking them.
Also cold sterile which was not monitored properly, and did not soak for 24 hours. Sometimes 5-10 minutes. I just got so tired of not only him being misogynistic, but not caring for health and safety of patients, or even staff members.
And the rest of the current staff members, my heart does hurt for them for them to be in this kind of abusive cycle for so long and not want to remove themselves and realize they deserve better. This kind of environment should not be normalized. And I've watch him say god awful things about every single one of them behind their back and it's honestly sad. Why would you stand by this especially for the incredibly low amounts of pay.
Making yourself look weak to him while he sits back and laughs. It's really sad and I pray for them. And I'm telling the truth and stand by it on everything I say. No I did not get fired, I quit the job. Because I couldn't take the negativity any longer. But the more I think about it the more it angers me for people that give their money to this man.
Im currently enrolled in the Dental Hygiene program at a college. I'm really excited to become a an RDH but the thing is I'm scared working for him and just cold quitting will ruin my career. Also My question is should I report him to OSHA?
submitted by Various_Diamond5933 to askdentists [link] [comments]
Starting off this specific dentist is really well known in my city, he has been practicing for 50 years now. However not much has changed in that 50 years. His office is so old that patients will come in from 1989 and say how not a single thing has been updated or changed. The floor is carpeted with rotting wood underneath and he just doesn't care. He has like creepy dolls all around the office and creepy clowns. I almost feel like he won't change anything because he wants to still feel like he's in his prime like it's the 80's/90's still.
He denies the fact that he's getting older, he says he is 44 years old when physically and literally he is not. So maybe this is some type of symptoms of a disorder. This is just some background so you can understand the full picture.
So he only hires women of lighter complexions, also certain body size, small not to skinny but curvy but not too big. You have to have long blown out hair that's always fixed, his old rule used to be that you could not wear your hair up bc it's not appealing to him. Also you can't wear glasses for the same reason. If you were trying to get a girl to work there he would have to see a picture of her first and she couldn't have tattoos or "bad teeth" even though he would put braces on staff members for free and I witnessed that, if it was "too much" the person would be a no for him. Even having a simple nose ring was against his rules.
I started working for him when I was 19 turning 20. So I was pretty young and didn't really realize until later that all of this was just so toxic and it gets worse.And so when I found out my pregnancy was healthy I announced it and they decided to not train me on patients for pretty much my entire pregnancy because they thought i would just have my baby and leave
After being post partum and working while also being a first time mom to a baby, I begin to lose a lot of weight because I guess I was stressed. I went from being my normal weight 135 to 116 pounds.
The doctor would comment on my body and say things about my weight loss in front of patients. It made me very insecure and uncomfortable two things I have never felt in my life at a job. I started to have body dysmorphia from working for this man. When he looked at me it felt as if he was staring through me and picking me apart. And no one should I have to feel like that in the work place.
I fell into a deep depression because feeling like I can't go find a new job because as terrible as it sounds, I was attached to the toxic abuse cycle there. He would love bomb and compliment you so heavily that you almost felt bad for thinking of leaving cuz he was so old. He would say things like how much he loved your personality, you were the best employee, best with patients. It was definitely creepy. Also I felt as if I were to try to leave he would be upset or it felt like I was breaking a trusted bond. So I continued working and things...got worse
Enough about my personal experience but now for the patients.The doctor treated each patient nothing more than a dollar sign. Unless they were a known person in the community, a family friend, he would give them treatment but if they had questions or concerns about their teeth he would be very dismissive, and if they argued back he would pretty much belittle them and make them feel like they were stupid for asking a question. Saying what they wanted was "impossible" because that's "the way their teeth were". I watched him take braces off of patients and their teeth were still not aligned properly, I watched him accidentally set a patient on fire, I watched him give a girl bone loss, she lost her tooth because of something he did incorrectly.
Not to mention his entire staff has not been to any type of dental school, every single person hired basically with no experience. I was told because he couldn't "afford it", yet the man has multiple million dollar homes and luxury cars....
To even scam us further he sent us to take a super lax unsupervised "test" that he said would make us certified assistants. Came to find out that was nothing more than a piece of paper.
Not to mention probably more things he has done, like practicing half blind, also urinating on himself daily and it being reported and nothing done about it.The sterilization was absolutely horrifying. Their method is not to use an autoclave but to throw all dirty instruments in a basket and throw them in an old machine that had sterilization and water and put them through an oven baking them.
Also cold sterile which was not monitored properly, and did not soak for 24 hours. Sometimes 5-10 minutes. I just got so tired of not only him being misogynistic, but not caring for health and safety of patients, or even staff members.
And the rest of the current staff members, my heart does hurt for them for them to be in this kind of abusive cycle for so long and not want to remove themselves and realize they deserve better. This kind of environment should not be normalized. And I've watch him say god awful things about every single one of them behind their back and it's honestly sad. Why would you stand by this especially for the incredibly low amounts of pay.
Making yourself look weak to him while he sits back and laughs. It's really sad and I pray for them. And I'm telling the truth and stand by it on everything I say. No I did not get fired, I quit the job. Because I couldn't take the negativity any longer. But the more I think about it the more it angers me for people that give their money to this man.
Im currently enrolled in the Dental Hygiene program at a college. I'm really excited to become a an RDH but the thing is I'm scared working for him and just cold quitting will ruin my career. Also My question is should I report him to OSHA?
2024.05.15 09:27 Dereas6 Aphelios ITEM build ideas after new patch, MASTER tier Aphelios main.
Hello everyone my name is Crowley Meratyn and i am Master tier Aphelios main 57Games 63%WR on Dia1/Master , wanna ask what are you going to build after new patch. Still not tried Yun Tal Wildarrows so not flame me for not including it. (Boots are 9/10 times Berzerks for AS)
In my eyes, after all nonQ items are out of crit what about this:
1st item Collector:
2nd item Infinity Edge:
3rd item Situational:
Option 1: Lord Dominiks Regards:
Option 2: Runaans Huricane: (yes, i am not joking)
4th item Situational:
Option 1: Bloodthirster:
Option 2: They are heavy AD so Guardian Angel?
or Randuins Omen: (this item is great, if you dont like GA, Randuin is after buff a lot better with stats.)
Option 3: They are heavy AP:
Your Crowley.
submitted by Dereas6 to ApheliosMains [link] [comments]
In my eyes, after all nonQ items are out of crit what about this:
1st item Collector:
- Total Gold Cost: 3100 ⇒ 3200
- Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 60
- Lethality: 16 ⇒ 15
- Critical Strike Chance: 20% ⇒ 25%
2nd item Infinity Edge:
- Total Gold Cost: 3300 Gold ⇒ 3400 Gold
- Critical Strike Chance: 20% ⇒ 25%
- Attack Damage: 65 ⇒ 80
3rd item Situational:
Option 1: Lord Dominiks Regards:
- Armor Penetration: 35% ⇒ 40%
- Critical Strike Chance: 20% ⇒ 25%
- Attack Damage: 40 ⇒ 45
- No longer deals increased damage based on target's max health advantage
Option 2: Runaans Huricane: (yes, i am not joking)
- Total Gold Cost: 2800 Gold ⇒ 2600 Gold
- On-hit Magic Damage: 30 ⇒ Removed
- Bolt AD Damage Scaling: 40% ⇒ 55%
- Critical Strike Chance: 20% ⇒ 25%
4th item Situational:
Option 1: Bloodthirster:
- Attack Damage: 55 ⇒ 80
- No longer grants extra AD above 70% Health
- [NEW - Ichorshield: converts excess healing from lifesteal into a shield, up to 50-400 (based on level)
- Crit Chance: 20% ⇒ Removed
Option 2: They are heavy AD so Guardian Angel?
or Randuins Omen: (this item is great, if you dont like GA, Randuin is after buff a lot better with stats.)
- Health: 400 ⇒ 350
- Armor: 55 ⇒ 75
- Humility cooldown: 60 seconds ⇒ 90 seconds
- Humility slow: 55% ⇒ 70%
Option 3: They are heavy AP:
- Maw of Malmortius: Great vs Burst 9/10 times best MR item for Aphelios.
- Mercurial Scimitar: They nerfed its crit and its 300g more expensive, but they added 10% Lifesteal which we dont need cuz we have BT, sometimes 1/10 when playing vs Varus, Ashe that heavy CC cleanse can be lifesaver more than Maw
- Lvl1 - W (for better last hitting)
- lvl 2,3,4 - Q (for raw AD for farming)
- then E max (lethality is great early/mid and when maxed you are on 33 lethality)
- after E max i go for full W (AS is better than AD later in game, becouse we have enough dmg and need some AS source, i go W max 2nd when going CollectoIE/LDR becouse need some AS in this build).
Your Crowley.
2024.05.15 09:21 grady_vuckovic 7 Proposals for Ways of Addressing Housing Affordability
I don't need to tell anyone here that housing affordability is bad right now so I'll cut to the chase...
What can be done about it?
I got seven proposals to address the problem.
But first.. lets talk about what I call 'Non-Solutions'.
A Non-Solution is something that feels like a solution but isn't. For example: Scratching at itchy skin isn't a solution to a rash.
There's a few Non-Solutions I'm going to be avoiding with my proposals:
Government initiated housing construction company, similar to the NBN Co.
It has one goal: Build houses and sell them. It has a target rate of 'houses/quarter' it aims to construct houses at. That rate is set by an independent body that aims to keep the cost of housing to a fixed level relative to incomes, and controlled in a fashion similar to the official interest rate. Another lever on the economy. The rate increases when housing supply is low, and decreases when housing supply is high.
The AAHC builds houses. Then sells them. Simple as that. No other purpose. The goal is to break even, build houses, sell them at market value (no profit). The great thing is, this means the AAHC has a net zero funding cost for the tax payer - literally costs nothing to run, because it pays for itself through sales of houses.
The actual construction would be done by external private construction companies under contract who compete under bids to build suburbs worth of houses in large projects. Which is another benefit. Lots of jobs creation, a big boon for our local manufacturing and construction industry, and any related employment opportunities (construction companies don't just hire builders after all, they hire graphic designers, accountants, managers, receptionists, etc).
As additional benefit, because the government is building the houses, it can ensure the houses meet conditions and standards we the people want to see applied to future housing construction. So it could be mandated for example, every new home constructed must have air conditioning, must have solar panels, etc.
The AAHC Co in summary:
What people need is alternatives. Today.
Such as 'Tiny Homes'.
Tiny homes can be constructed in larger quantities, prefab, for cheaper than a house, and constructed on a trailer frame which allows them to be easily moved and transported.
They can be significantly cheaper than a house, and moved easily, opening up prospects for someone to own reasonable housing in Australia for a fraction of the cost of buying an established constructed house, by buying very cheap land, a cheap 'Tiny Home' and parking it permanently on their land. Then eventually moving it on, selling it even, once it comes time to upgrade to a permanent fixture house, or move into a larger fixed house.
Because they're legally defined as caravans, they subject to all the same rules.
The first problem is, those rules vary depending on where you live. Not just for each state, but even depending which council you live in. Some councils have no clear regulations at all, making matters worse. A nationalised definition of a 'Tiny Home', and national laws regarding them, would make life easier for everyone.
The second problem is, because currently Tiny Homes are defined legally as Caravans, they are subject to the same restrictions, which can be stifling, such as, subject to location (state or council laws vary). Here are some of the worst restrictions found around the country:
This is a mechanism we can borrow to achieve a similar result for renters, to allow them eventually afford housing.
I call it a 'Housing Super Fund'.
How it could work is like this:
Every tenant is Australia, could have a 'housing super fund' set up for them when they start renting. Every time a tenant pays rent, the land lord receiving the rental payment, could be required to deposit 5% of that payment into the tenant's housing super fund.
Land lords will insist, argue, that they will put up rents by 5% to compensate. But this is a lie. Prices are determined by customer purchase power. Renters will not have any additional purchase power as a result of this change. Rents won't go up in real terms over a long period of time, instead this change eats a cut away of rents from landlords and invests it on the behalf of tenants.
The housing super fund could be made accessible if and when a tenant is making their "first home purchase". If that never occurs, the funds could available automatically at retirement age instead.
It's obvious, that the system strongly favours those who already own houses and have capital, ahead of those who don't.
So, simple solution, is to increase taxes for being a landlord.
Property taxes faced by individuals could be higher for those who own more than one house, and increase with each additional house owned.
And, Negative Gearing, eliminated, since it creates such a massive financial incentive to own more than one house.
There are empty houses across Australia.
Tax the owners until they either rent them out or sell them or move into them.
You borrow money from the government to pay for education, and then pay off that help loan in your taxes, if and when your income is above a minimum threshold. In the mean time, the loan amount is adjusted based on interest rates at the end of each financial year.
There's no reason why we can't have a similar loan structure made available for housing.
'Housing HELP Loan' could be made available to cover up to 75% of the purchase price of an individual's first home, with the remaining 25% required as an upfront deposit. The loan then can be paid off as part of the individual's taxes if and when their income is above a minimum threshold.
This would enable millions who currently can't get a home loan to finally get one, and ensure the debt of a home loan isn't financially crushing when individuals end up in a situation where they are temporarily unable to pay off their loan due to loss of employment.
That's 7 proposals to fixing housing affordability in Australia.
Which ones do you think would work?
Which ones do you think would stand a chance politically of being supported by a major party and made into reality?
submitted by grady_vuckovic to shitrentals [link] [comments]
What can be done about it?
I got seven proposals to address the problem.
But first.. lets talk about what I call 'Non-Solutions'.
A Non-Solution is something that feels like a solution but isn't. For example: Scratching at itchy skin isn't a solution to a rash.
There's a few Non-Solutions I'm going to be avoiding with my proposals:
- Price Fixing: Simply mandating that X costs $N, at a government level, doesn't fix anything. Ask USSR. Prices determined by markets are not 'fair', but they are realistic outcomes to the situations which created them, whether it's a lack of regulation, lack of supply, etc. High prices are a symptom of bigger problems that need to be addressed.
- Free Money: While it seems like an easy fix, just handing out money until everyone can afford everything, you don't need to be an economist to know that doesn't work. Prices are a function of purchase power. If you increase everyone's purchase power equally, prices will adjust to match. We've all seen this, the inflation we're experiencing right now in Australia is likely a direct outcome of the spending during the pandemic.
- Using the tax system to incentivise behaviour that results in cheaper housing, and de-incentivise behaviour that results in more expensive housing.
- Adjusting laws that result in more expensive housing, removing laws that are an obstacle to cheaper housing.
- Creating alternatives to the existing housing stock in the market.
- Government initiatives that increase housing stock.
Proposal 1 - The AAHC
I call it the 'Australian Affordable Housing Construction Company', aka, AAHC Co.Government initiated housing construction company, similar to the NBN Co.
It has one goal: Build houses and sell them. It has a target rate of 'houses/quarter' it aims to construct houses at. That rate is set by an independent body that aims to keep the cost of housing to a fixed level relative to incomes, and controlled in a fashion similar to the official interest rate. Another lever on the economy. The rate increases when housing supply is low, and decreases when housing supply is high.
The AAHC builds houses. Then sells them. Simple as that. No other purpose. The goal is to break even, build houses, sell them at market value (no profit). The great thing is, this means the AAHC has a net zero funding cost for the tax payer - literally costs nothing to run, because it pays for itself through sales of houses.
The actual construction would be done by external private construction companies under contract who compete under bids to build suburbs worth of houses in large projects. Which is another benefit. Lots of jobs creation, a big boon for our local manufacturing and construction industry, and any related employment opportunities (construction companies don't just hire builders after all, they hire graphic designers, accountants, managers, receptionists, etc).
As additional benefit, because the government is building the houses, it can ensure the houses meet conditions and standards we the people want to see applied to future housing construction. So it could be mandated for example, every new home constructed must have air conditioning, must have solar panels, etc.
The AAHC Co in summary:
- Allows for a market based approach to control the cost of housing.
- Costs nothing (to the taxpayer) to run, self funded.
- Reduces the single largest expense we have in life (housing).
- Would create tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands, of jobs.
- Can improve the quality of our supply of houses in the market by building better houses.
Proposal 2 - Nationalised Definitions of 'Tiny Homes', and Easing Of Laws Regarding Them
The reality is, there is such a shortfall of housing in Australia, that it may take a decade or longer to address the problem, even if we started implementing the right policies to do so today.What people need is alternatives. Today.
Such as 'Tiny Homes'.
Tiny homes can be constructed in larger quantities, prefab, for cheaper than a house, and constructed on a trailer frame which allows them to be easily moved and transported.
They can be significantly cheaper than a house, and moved easily, opening up prospects for someone to own reasonable housing in Australia for a fraction of the cost of buying an established constructed house, by buying very cheap land, a cheap 'Tiny Home' and parking it permanently on their land. Then eventually moving it on, selling it even, once it comes time to upgrade to a permanent fixture house, or move into a larger fixed house.
Because they're legally defined as caravans, they subject to all the same rules.
The first problem is, those rules vary depending on where you live. Not just for each state, but even depending which council you live in. Some councils have no clear regulations at all, making matters worse. A nationalised definition of a 'Tiny Home', and national laws regarding them, would make life easier for everyone.
The second problem is, because currently Tiny Homes are defined legally as Caravans, they are subject to the same restrictions, which can be stifling, such as, subject to location (state or council laws vary). Here are some of the worst restrictions found around the country:
- Can not be placed on a vacant block of land without an existing dwelling
- No more than 1 is allowed on residential land
- Contains no more than 2 bedrooms
- Requires development approval every time they're moved
- May result in additional charges for council rates
Proposal 3 - Housing Super Fund
Super is a well established method for ensuring individuals can afford their retirement without resorting to giving people free money or price fixing the cost of retirement. It forces employers to make contributions to employee's super funds, that then collect invest, grow, and eventually can be accessed at retirement age.This is a mechanism we can borrow to achieve a similar result for renters, to allow them eventually afford housing.
I call it a 'Housing Super Fund'.
How it could work is like this:
Every tenant is Australia, could have a 'housing super fund' set up for them when they start renting. Every time a tenant pays rent, the land lord receiving the rental payment, could be required to deposit 5% of that payment into the tenant's housing super fund.
Land lords will insist, argue, that they will put up rents by 5% to compensate. But this is a lie. Prices are determined by customer purchase power. Renters will not have any additional purchase power as a result of this change. Rents won't go up in real terms over a long period of time, instead this change eats a cut away of rents from landlords and invests it on the behalf of tenants.
The housing super fund could be made accessible if and when a tenant is making their "first home purchase". If that never occurs, the funds could available automatically at retirement age instead.
Proposal 4 - Increased Property Taxes for Landlords & Elimination of Negative Gearing
While some people are facing the prospect that they may NEVER be able to afford a house in their lifetime - other individuals, might have as many as 7 properties, and are currently shopping for their 8th.It's obvious, that the system strongly favours those who already own houses and have capital, ahead of those who don't.
So, simple solution, is to increase taxes for being a landlord.
Property taxes faced by individuals could be higher for those who own more than one house, and increase with each additional house owned.
And, Negative Gearing, eliminated, since it creates such a massive financial incentive to own more than one house.
Proposal 6 - Harsh taxes on empty resident housing
A simple proposal.There are empty houses across Australia.
Tax the owners until they either rent them out or sell them or move into them.
Proposal 7 - Housing HELP Loan
Saved the best for last. Got a HELP Loan? Then you know how this loan structure works.You borrow money from the government to pay for education, and then pay off that help loan in your taxes, if and when your income is above a minimum threshold. In the mean time, the loan amount is adjusted based on interest rates at the end of each financial year.
There's no reason why we can't have a similar loan structure made available for housing.
'Housing HELP Loan' could be made available to cover up to 75% of the purchase price of an individual's first home, with the remaining 25% required as an upfront deposit. The loan then can be paid off as part of the individual's taxes if and when their income is above a minimum threshold.
This would enable millions who currently can't get a home loan to finally get one, and ensure the debt of a home loan isn't financially crushing when individuals end up in a situation where they are temporarily unable to pay off their loan due to loss of employment.
Which ones do you think would work?
Which ones do you think would stand a chance politically of being supported by a major party and made into reality?
2024.05.15 09:21 carlos3rcr 26[M4F]US scientist that likes trashy reality tv, running, and imessage games
hey!
here’s what I look like
I’m in the midwest, in the middle of my phd, using the sacred few hours of sleep I got to scroll reddit while binging on the trashiest reality TV and early 00s MTV music videos
tbh, since moving here I’ve been aching to meet people that aren’t related to my professional or academic sphere, and rarely got the time to do much outside the lab, so, here I am, it seems meeting people online could be good bet :o
some random trivia
submitted by carlos3rcr to ForeverAloneDating [link] [comments]
here’s what I look like
I’m in the midwest, in the middle of my phd, using the sacred few hours of sleep I got to scroll reddit while binging on the trashiest reality TV and early 00s MTV music videos
tbh, since moving here I’ve been aching to meet people that aren’t related to my professional or academic sphere, and rarely got the time to do much outside the lab, so, here I am, it seems meeting people online could be good bet :o
some random trivia
- my work is on machine learning and proteins
- love running and cycling, pretty much any heavy cardio activity
- love playing soccer but suck at it
- love signing but suck at it
- love drawing but suck at it
- I only sing in spanish, because I got a thiccc accent and feel a bit self-conscious singing in english
- expert in early 00s shitty pop music
- best disney movie is ratatouille
- most overrated disney movie is up
- love dancing cumbia and bachata… and actually do not suck at it! lmao
- can move my ears on command
- have lived in 4 countries, 6 cities, 2 continents
- I’m trying to get into video games. help? I have a swtich, xbox, and pc
- not a fan of scifi or fantasy :(
- once got jump-scared by a possum while riding my bike
- knows two and a half languages
- love crafts (specially origami) and playing the accordion
- I was personally invited to a fancy rooftop party by a google hotshot, but bailed on it
- a mexican bill saved my life while I was stranded in serbia
- I was suspended from middle school for burning a whiteboard with body spray and a lighter
2024.05.15 09:18 carlos3rcr 26[M4F]#US#online scientist that likes trashy reality tv, running, and imessage games
hey!
here’s what I look like
I’m in the midwest, in the middle of my phd, using the sacred few hours of sleep I got to scroll reddit while binging on the trashiest reality TV and early 00s MTV music videos
tbh, since moving here I’ve been aching to meet people that aren’t related to my professional or academic sphere, and rarely got the time to do much outside the lab, so, here I am, it seems meeting people online could be good bet :o
some random trivia
submitted by carlos3rcr to r4r [link] [comments]
here’s what I look like
I’m in the midwest, in the middle of my phd, using the sacred few hours of sleep I got to scroll reddit while binging on the trashiest reality TV and early 00s MTV music videos
tbh, since moving here I’ve been aching to meet people that aren’t related to my professional or academic sphere, and rarely got the time to do much outside the lab, so, here I am, it seems meeting people online could be good bet :o
some random trivia
- my work is on machine learning and proteins
- love running and cycling, pretty much any heavy cardio activity
- love playing soccer but suck at it
- love signing but suck at it
- love drawing but suck at it
- I only sing in spanish, because I got a thiccc accent and feel a bit self-conscious singing in english
- expert in early 00s shitty pop music
- best disney movie is ratatouille
- most overrated disney movie is up
- love dancing cumbia and bachata… and actually do not suck at it! lmao
- can move my ears on command
- have lived in 4 countries, 6 cities, 2 continents
- I’m trying to get into video games. help? I have a swtich, xbox, and pc
- not a fan of scifi or fantasy :(
- once got jump-scared by a possum while riding my bike
- knows two and a half languages
- love crafts (specially origami) and playing the accordion
- I was personally invited to a fancy rooftop party by a google hotshot, but bailed on it
- a mexican bill saved my life while I was stranded in serbia
- I was suspended from middle school for burning a whiteboard with body spray and a lighter
2024.05.15 09:15 deseyfashion Top 10 Corporate Photoshoot Services in Singapore 2024
 | Corporate photography is essentially about taking photos for businesses to help them showcase their brand, products, and services. These photos play a crucial role in building the company's image and promoting what it offers to its audience. They're used across various platforms like company websites, brochures, social media, and press releases. Additionally, they serve individuals who want to build a professional portfolio to highlight their skills and expertise. submitted by deseyfashion to u/deseyfashion [link] [comments] Within the realm of corporate photography, there's a diverse range of styles and purposes. The most common type is corporate portraits, which include professional headshots and outdoor portraits. These portraits are often featured on company websites, employee profiles, and corporate directories, giving a face to the company's workforce and conveying a sense of professionalism. Another popular style is capturing 'business-in-action' shots, which provide a glimpse into the daily operations of the company. These photos showcase employees at work, giving viewers an inside look into the company's culture, values, and working environment. They help to humanise the brand and build connections with the audience. Group portraits are also prevalent in corporate photography, highlighting teamwork and camaraderie among employees. These photos often feature the entire workforce together, conveying a sense of unity and collaboration within the company. In addition to indoor studio settings, environmental or outdoor portraits are gaining popularity in corporate photography. These photos are taken outside of the traditional office environment and often tell a story or evoke a specific mood. They provide a more relaxed and natural look while still conveying the desired message or brand image. In Singapore, the corporate photography scene is thriving, with numerous photo studios offering specialised services tailored to business needs. However, with so many options available, choosing the right studio can be overwhelming. To assist in this process, we've compiled a curated list of the top studios in Singapore for corporate photography, each renowned for their expertise, creativity, and professionalism. Whether you require headshots, product photography, or event coverage, these studios excel in delivering high-quality images that meet the standards of Corporate Photoshoot Singapore. Read on to learn more about the Top 10 Corporate Photoshoot Services in Singapore 2024. 1. Mount Studio In Singapore's bustling photography scene, Mount Studio stands out for its reliability and creativity. Embarking on its journey in 2017 within the cosy confines of a 1,300-square-foot studio, Mount Studio soon found itself outgrowing its original space, prompting a move to a more expansive locale capable of housing both photo and video studios under one roof. They offer a wide range of photography services, including corporate, wedding, fashion, and event photography. They also allow others to rent their studios for their own projects. Key Features: ❖ Mount Studio now operates three studios within a spacious 2,400-square-foot facility. ❖ With over 15 years of combined experience, the founders ensure top-quality service. ❖ Conveniently located near Marymount MRT station, Mount Studio is easily accessible to clients across Singapore. ❖ They have worked with prestigious clients like OCBC Bank, Visa, IBM, Klook, and Philip Morris. Corporate Photography Services: ● Corporate Portraits - Professional photography at Mount Studio includes retouching three selected photos per person and the option for one backdrop. All photos are provided in low-resolution JPEG format for selection, with the final edited high-resolution JPEGs sent via Dropbox within 7-10 working days. ● On-location Photography Service: Their services include sending a professional photographer and assistant to the client's chosen location. Clients get up to three carefully retouched photos per person, with professional lighting and various backdrop options. All photos are provided in low-resolution JPEG format for easy viewing, and the final edited high-resolution JPEGs are delivered via Dropbox within 7 to 10 working days. ● Outdoor Photoshoots: At your preferred Singapore location, you'll get professional photography with editing. Expect around 30-60 edited photos per hour, all delivered in high-resolution JPEG format via Dropbox within 7-10 working days. Contact Information: Address: Foo Wah Industrial Building, 45 Jalan Pemimpin #07-04 Singapore 577197 Phone: +65 8875 8092 Email: [contact@mountstudio.com.sg](mailto:contact@mountstudio.com.sg) 2. Firefly Photography Firefly Photography is a photo studio in Singapore that offers various services like corporate, family, and wedding photography. It started in 2012 with a partnership with a tech company and introduced outdoor family photoshoots, which were unique at the time. Over the years, it grew, securing contracts with big names like Nestle and Wildlife Reserves Singapore. Since 2014, it's been part of the National Day Parade. Key Features: ❖ With 10 years of experience, Firefly Photography handles corporate projects for various clients, from government agencies to small businesses and multinational corporations. ❖ They have a fully-equipped studio for corporate headshots, group photos, and commercial shoots. You can also choose to shoot at your preferred location. ❖ Their professional team ensures a comfortable experience during the shoot. ❖ They offer a 360 Virtual Tour service to enhance your brand's online presence. Corporate Photography Services: ● Professional Corporate Photoshoots: Tailored photography sessions designed to meet the specific needs and branding of corporate clients, ensuring high-quality images for marketing and promotional materials. ● Corporate Headshots: Expertly captured portraits focused on individuals within the corporate environment, ideal for professional profiles, websites, and marketing materials. ● Group Corporate Photoshoots: Sessions designed to capture teams and groups within the corporate setting, promoting unity and teamwork through visually engaging images. ● Lifestyle Photography: Photography sessions that capture the essence and atmosphere of the corporate environment, showcasing the culture, values, and daily life of the organisation. ● Commercial and Stock Photography: High-quality images suitable for commercial use, including advertising, marketing, and editorial purposes, available for licensing or purchase. ● 360 Virtual Tour: Immersive virtual tours that provide an interactive and engaging experience, allowing viewers to explore corporate spaces remotely and gain a comprehensive understanding of the environment. ● Corporate Video Production: Professional video production services tailored to corporate clients, including promotional videos, training videos, interviews, and corporate event coverage. Contact Information: Address: 1 Yishun Industrial Street 1, A'Posh Bizhub, #07-19, Singapore 768160 Phone: +65 9147 3301 Email: [info@fireflyphotographysg.com](mailto:info@fireflyphotographysg.com) 3. Memoire Photography https://preview.redd.it/0xonmzusij0d1.jpg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b10c8765aaf3d1e91cc009f1e37c8d7b3c7ea6c1 In the dynamic world of corporate photoshoot, where professionalism meets creativity, Memoire Photography emerges as a beacon of innovation and excellence. Nestled in the heart of Singapore, Memoire Photography isn't just a studio; it's a testament to the fusion of artistry and business acumen. Specialising in corporate photo shooting, as one explores what makes Memoire unique, they invite you on a journey where every picture tells a powerful story of corporate identity and success. Key Features: ❖ Strategically situated in the bustling heart of Singapore, Memoire Photography enjoys a prime location easily reachable for clients from all corners of the city. ❖ Memoire Photography has a really advanced studio with the latest technology. They're great for corporate headshots, team photos, and commercial shoots. ❖ At Memoire Photography, clients can expect a seamless and enjoyable experience, From initial consultation to the final delivery, they prioritise client comfort and satisfaction, ensuring a stress-free and productive photo session. ❖ With a keen eye for detail and mastery of post-production techniques, they ensure that every image is meticulously edited to perfection, resulting in polished and professional visuals that truly stand out. ❖ Prior to the shoot, clients receive personalised style consultations to ensure that the visual aesthetic aligns seamlessly with their brand identity and objectives. Corporate Photography Services: ● Tailored Corporate Photoshoots: Professional photo shoots are available to encapsulate the essence of any company, ranging from the dynamics of office spaces to discussions in boardrooms, aiming to generate imagery that enhances marketing materials. ● Executive Portraits: Catering to companies seeking to exhibit their team's professionalism, expertly captured executive portraits offer an ideal solution, suitable for incorporation into websites, profiles, and promotional materials. ● Team Building Sessions: Fostering unity and collaboration, interactive group photoshoots encapsulate the collaborative spirit, whether involving the entire team or specific departments. ● Company Culture Photography: Lifestyle photography sessions breathe life into corporate culture by capturing its values, ethos, and daily activities, providing a window into the core of the organisation. ● Commercial Imagery: Premium-quality product photoshoot commercial imagery boosts brand visibility, serving various purposes ranging from advertising to editorial requirements, poised to augment marketing endeavours. Contact Information: Address: 246 MacPherson Road #02-01 (Betime Building) Singapore 348578 Phone: +65 9686 9665 Email: [contact@memoire.sg](mailto:contact@memoire.sg) Website : https://www.memoire.sg 4. The Beautybox Studio Since its establishment in 1998, The Beautybox Studio has been a premier destination for creative and personalised photography services. With a focus on both studio and location photography, the team at The Beautybox Studio is committed to delivering exceptional portrait photography and image styling. With a collective experience of 25 years, they aim to maintain their position as one of Singapore's top makeover and photography studios. The Beautybox Studio offers a comprehensive experience, combining a sense of luxury, visual appeal, and exceptional service. Key Features: ❖ Their experienced photographers take the time to understand each client's needs, ensuring a tailored experience. ❖ Beautybox constantly explores new angles and expressions to make each image special. ❖ With full-time makeup artists and hairstylists, they offer convenience and expertise to enhance clients' appearance for the shoot. ❖ Their beauty professionals have at least five years of experience, guaranteeing top-notch service and confidence in front of the camera. Corporate Photography Services: ● Headshot Passport: The Beautybox Studio takes professional headshot photos that are great for resumes, applications, and company IDs. ● Half-Body Photoshoots: They specialise in half-body photos that show off your personality for business purposes. They offer makeup and hairstyling to make you look your best. ● Lifestyle Photography: They also do lifestyle photos that are more casual and friendly, perfect for social media or professional profiles. ● Black+White Photoshoots: They offer classic black and white photos that focus on your expressions and presence. ● Premiere Photography: With professional makeup and hairstyling, they ensure you look confident in every photo. They take high-quality photos for business use. ● Group Photoshoots: They take photos of corporate teams for internal or external use, showing unity and professionalism. ● Cabin Crew Photoshoots: They provide studio-quality photos at your office, with expert lighting and backgrounds, perfect for cabin crew and other corporate needs. Contact Information: Address: 452 North Bridge Road #02-00 Chan Brothers Bldg, Singapore 188733 Phone: +65 6835 3012 Email: [enquiry@beautyboxstudio.com.sg](mailto:enquiry@beautyboxstudio.com.sg) Website : https://www.beautyboxstudio.com.sg/ https://preview.redd.it/fbluzv5vij0d1.jpg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=103db6dc180c00ee3aaf2d74789e2ba7d6ceef34 5. Shoot You SG Highly recommended for budget-friendly professional photo sessions, Shoot You SG was founded in 2017, specialising primarily in corporate photography. Alongside corporate services, the studio extends its expertise to family, wedding, and event photography. Adding to its offerings, Shoot You SG provides photo booth rentals for corporate gatherings. Key Features: ❖ Collaborations with renowned corporate entities like AIA, BreadTalk, Smollan, Great Eastern, and IPP. ❖ Flexibility for off-site shoots at locations of your choice. ❖ Esteemed for its prompt and expert photography services. ❖ Spacious and cosy studio setup, including a dedicated area for outfit changes. ❖ The photographer team prides itself on being affable, approachable, and supportive, guiding clients with poses and angles." Corporate Photography Services: ● Corporate Full-Body: Up to 20 images to choose from. 1 selected softcopy (retouched/edited) in full-body & head-crop (from same image) (3600px by 2400px), only applicable for 1 (white, grey & black) backdrop. ● Corporate Half-Body: Up to 20 images to choose from. 1 selected softcopy (retouched/edited) in half-body & head-crop (from same image) (3600px by 2400px), only applicable for 1 (white, grey & black) backdrop. ● Half-Body Portfolio: Up to 50 images to choose from. 1 selected softcopy (retouched/edited) in half-body & head-crop (from same image) (3600px by 2400px), only applicable for 1 (white, grey & black) backdrop. ● Corporate Group Photography: Expertly composed and lit portraits that showcase the unity and professionalism of your corporate team. ● Event Photography: High-quality portraits of attendees, speakers, and VIP guests, showcasing their engagement and participation in the event. ● Photo Booth for Events: The team begins its process once clients reserve the photo booth session. They tailor logos, fonts, and designs to ensure each one possesses its unique flair, aligning seamlessly with the chosen theme. The team suggests maintaining simplicity and minimalism in the designs to ensure guests remain the focal point of the event. Contact Information: Address: Wintech Centre, 6 Ubi Road 1, #06-01 Singapore 408726 Phone: +65 9382 8465 Email: [reachus@shootyou.sg](mailto:reachus@shootyou.sg) 6. Dato Photograph For over a decade and a half, Dato Photograph has been the go-to destination for diverse photography needs in Singapore. With a rich history of fifteen years, they've solidified their reputation as a trusted provider of top-notch photography services. Founded by a collective of seasoned professionals with backgrounds spanning photography, modelling, magazine editorial, and event coordination, Dato Photograph brings a wealth of expertise to every project they undertake. Key Features: ❖ Dato Photograph's portfolio includes collaborations with renowned publications like the esteemed corporate magazine, AsiaX. ❖ Clients enjoy the perk of unlimited shots during their sessions, ensuring every angle and moment is captured flawlessly. ❖ Need to spice up your shoot? Dato Photograph provides a selection of complimentary accessories and themed costumes to add that extra flair. ❖ Convenience is key, as the studio extends complimentary transportation services for location shoots, making the entire process hassle-free for their clientele. Corporate Photography Services: ● Passport Photo: Passport photos serve as a visual identification tool, capturing the essence of an individual in a standardised format, ensuring seamless border crossings and official documentation worldwide. ● Corporate Headshot: Skilfully captured portraits spotlighting individuals within the corporate realm, tailored for enhancing professional profiles, websites, and marketing collateral with a distinctive touch. ● Location or Outdoor Photoshoot: Capture the essence of your story amidst nature's canvas. Let Dato Photography frame your moments in the breathtaking backdrop of the great outdoors. Contact Information: Address 1: 12 Arumugam Road, Singapore 409958 Address 2: 115C Canberra Walk, Singapore 753115 Phone: +65 9484 4344 Email: [datophotograph@gmail.com](mailto:datophotograph@gmail.com) 7. Our Momento Our Momento, a family-operated photography collective based in Singapore, specialises in providing a range of photography and videography services since its establishment in 2023. Their focus lies in outdoor photography, including corporate portraits, led by Jori Goh and Cynthia Lim, the studio's principal photographers. Key Features: ❖ Our Momento offers straightforward pricing without hidden fees or extra charges per photo. They also give discounts for regular business collaborations. ❖ Specialising in outdoor shoots, they provide a fresh perspective for corporate portraits, alongside traditional studio options. ❖ Clients can discuss their ideas freely in an initial consultation at no extra cost. ❖ With a turnaround time of 7 to 10 days, clients receive edited photos promptly for their projects. Corporate Photography Services: ● Professional Headshots: Let your team's professionalism shine with expertly captured headshots, highlighting their confidence and approachability. ● Team Photoshoots: Showcase your team's unity and spirit with group portraits that capture the essence of collaboration. ● Company Events Coverage: Preserve the excitement and success of your company events with comprehensive photo coverage. ● Environmental Portraits: Tell your company's story with portraits that incorporate your workspace or industry, adding authenticity to your brand. ● Candid Photos: Capture genuine moments of connection and laughter with candid snapshots that reflect your company culture. Contact Information: Address: Jurong West Street 42, Block 419, Singapore 640419 Phone: +65 8020 2902 Email: [contact@ourmomento.sg](mailto:contact@ourmomento.sg) 8. White Room Studio Looking to capture a memorable moment? Look no further than White Room Studio. This family-owned establishment has been a fixture in the photography world since 2009. Their studio is a one-of-a-kind space flooded with natural light, ensuring your photos stand out. Whether it's a corporate event, a family gathering, or a glamorous photoshoot, their creativity and spacious studio are ready to bring your vision to life. Key Features: ❖ Step into their studio, a quaint shophouse filled with natural light. The absence of harsh studio lighting creates a soft, welcoming atmosphere that enhances every photograph, ensuring a natural and captivating feel. ❖ Their studio isn't your typical sterile environment. It's a space meticulously designed to ignite creativity. Offering a variety of backgrounds and settings, clients can bring their unique visions to life. Whether it's a rustic backdrop or a modern setting, their studio serves as a versatile canvas for creative expression. ❖ Their studio offers a variety of photoshoot options to suit every story. Whether it's a romantic couple shoot or a playful family portrait, they've got something for everyone. Their team works closely with clients to ensure each session reflects their unique style and personality. Corporate Photography Services: ● Headshot: White Room Studio offers corporate headshot photography that's redefining the industry. They specialise in creating professional images that enhance clients' presence on platforms like LinkedIn and within their professional networks. From CEOs and small business owners to fitness instructors, musicians, life coaches, doctors, and recent graduates, White Room Studio crafts headshots that exude confidence and professionalism for individuals from diverse backgrounds. ● Corporate Branding: They prioritise listening to clients of all sizes and industries. Whether it's in recruitment, shipping, insurance, construction, hospitality, healthcare, aviation, financial services, or banking, they ensure that every corporate portrait reflects the message represented by the business. ● Personal Branding: showcases your unique personality. Whether you aim for a warm and professional attitude or a vibrant and approachable vibe, they tailor your approach to suit your style. Contact Information: Address: 219 River Valley Road . Level 2, Singapore 238277 Phone: +65 6235 7037 Email: [enquiry@whiteroomstudio.com.sg](mailto:enquiry@whiteroomstudio.com.sg) 9. Lumiere Photography Pte Ltd Meet Lumiere Photography – the premier option for partnering with leading corporations, global VIPs, and governmental dignitaries. Renowned for their prowess in crafting striking corporate photo shoot in Singapore, this team is adept at leaving a memorable mark. Their skilled crew, consistently attired with finesse and fluent in English, adds a layer of elegance to each endeavour. Lumiere Photography has adeptly captured prestigious occasions featuring influential personalities, ensuring prompt delivery of impeccable images ideal for urgent press releases. Key Features: ❖ Lumiere Photography gets your press photos to you quickly, helping you meet your media deadlines without hassle. ❖ They create impressive videos and photos that tell your corporate story in a visually stunning way, ensuring your content stands out. ❖ With a talented team dressed to impress, Lumiere Photography not only captures amazing shots but also upholds your company's image at every event. Corporate Photography Services: ● Portrait Photography: Are you always rushing to find a good photo for your LinkedIn, resume, or Facebook? No need to worry anymore! With lots of experience taking pictures for big companies, Lumiere Photography Pte Ltd will make sure you look great in your suit and tie. ● Studio Photoshoot: Lumiere Photography Pte Ltd offers clients the opportunity to indulge their friends and/or family in a delightful one-hour photoshoot experience within the comfort of their studio. They ensure a bug-free, sweat-free environment, allowing everyone to enjoy the session to the fullest. Contact Information: Address: 1 Yishun Industrial Street 1, A, #07-19/22 Posh Bizhub, Singapore 768160 Phone: +65 9023 8794 Email: [info@LumierePhotographySg.com](mailto:info@LumierePhotographySg.com) 10. Oh Dear Studio Established in 2010, Oh Dear Studio in Blair Plain, Singapore, offers expert photography services capturing the city's timeless charm. Led by founder Melody Lin, the studio specialises in corporate and personal portraits, blending professionalism with artistic flair. Set in a charming colonial shophouse, Oh Dear Studio boasts tasteful decor, abundant natural light, and a serene rooftop oasis. Melody's passion for photography and dedication to storytelling ensure that every moment, from family gatherings to corporate events, is immortalised with authenticity and warmth. Oh Dear Studio is more than a photography studio; it's a sanctuary where memories are transformed into timeless treasures. For corporate photoshoots Singapore, Oh Dear Studio offers unparalleled expertise and creativity, capturing the essence of your brand with finesse. Key Features: ❖ They're experts at taking professional photos for businesses and individuals, having done it for over 15 years. ❖ They specialise in business photos but also do pictures for couples, grads, and families. ❖ People love their work and say great things about it. The studio is in a neat old building with a stylish inside that makes for great photos. ❖ They have a private rooftop with lots of plants where you can take outdoor pictures in a peaceful setting. Corporate Photography Services: ● Professional Corporate: Oh Dear Studio places a strong emphasis on attentive client engagement across a diverse spectrum of industries and company scales. From recruitment and shipping to insurance, construction, hospitality, healthcare, aviation, financial services, and banking, they are dedicated to ensuring that each corporate portrait resonates with the unique identity and message conveyed by the business it represents. ● On-site Outdoor Corporate Photography: Oh Dear Studio endeavours to deliver exceptional professional business images, whether it's an outdoor Corporate Photoshoot or an on-site Office Corporate Photography session. A minimum booking of 2 hours is required, with the flexibility for clients to choose the location or office setting. The package includes the return of all soft copies captured, ensuring high-quality images at 3600 pixels x 2400 pixels and 300 DPI resolution.Contact Information:Address: 87 Kampong Bahru Rd, #02-01, Singapore 169381 Phone: +65 9738 3447 Email: [hello@ohdearstudio.com.sg](mailto:hello@ohdearstudio.com.sg) |
2024.05.15 09:07 Cry-Remarkable MVP pricing - start low and raise later VS start higher?
I'm building an automation builder as my MVP. At the moment I have a few useful but basic triggers and actions that prove an initial hypothesis.
I'm hoping as people start to use the product I will get a better idea of which features to build on and improve the offering.
At this early stage however, the software's capabilities are not probably worth the price I want to eventually charge.
I fear if I set the MVP price too high, it will put people off even though there might be a need.
If i set the MVP price too low, i might not validate the idea sufficiently enough to say 'yes this is a business'.
Should I launch at a lower price and raise later? Or launch with the price I'm eventually aiming for and hope one person pays to prove the concept?
What has been everyone else's approach at this initial stage regarding pricing?
submitted by Cry-Remarkable to SaaS [link] [comments]
I'm hoping as people start to use the product I will get a better idea of which features to build on and improve the offering.
At this early stage however, the software's capabilities are not probably worth the price I want to eventually charge.
I fear if I set the MVP price too high, it will put people off even though there might be a need.
If i set the MVP price too low, i might not validate the idea sufficiently enough to say 'yes this is a business'.
Should I launch at a lower price and raise later? Or launch with the price I'm eventually aiming for and hope one person pays to prove the concept?
What has been everyone else's approach at this initial stage regarding pricing?
2024.05.15 09:01 Amityville-Horror Aphro Punkz x V1
The first set of the Aphro Punkz NFT project has dropped and you are all invited to mint these amazing digital works of art, hold or resell them.
https://opensea.io/collection/aphro-punkz-x-v1-1/overview?tab=items
We want our community to be able to profit from purchasing low priced NFTs and generate passive income with little to no effort.
We hope to offer NFT staking for our own crypto currency in the future should there be an interest in this collection. This will be our way of rewarding those who got in early and kept interest in the project.
Your support will boost our motivation to build upon this project and keep it alive to bring more utility to the NFT
Minting fees are low and future drops will have low volumes to increase rarity and demand for each individual piece of art.
So join us and get ready for all there is to come!
submitted by Amityville-Horror to NFTsMarketplace [link] [comments]
https://opensea.io/collection/aphro-punkz-x-v1-1/overview?tab=items
We want our community to be able to profit from purchasing low priced NFTs and generate passive income with little to no effort.
We hope to offer NFT staking for our own crypto currency in the future should there be an interest in this collection. This will be our way of rewarding those who got in early and kept interest in the project.
Your support will boost our motivation to build upon this project and keep it alive to bring more utility to the NFT
Minting fees are low and future drops will have low volumes to increase rarity and demand for each individual piece of art.
So join us and get ready for all there is to come!
2024.05.15 09:01 Excellent-Drummer-62 Awarded First Class Medical after history with Depression and Medication
Hi everybody,
disclaimer: Nothing I say in this post is necessarily true, and in NO WAY, do I condone anyone following in my footsteps or referencing anything I say in this post to the FAA/AME... but with that being said:
New to this reddit, but Just wanted to make this post to any future pilots who are going through a similar situation to what I have, about Depression, Anxiety, antidepressants, Therapy Etc.
To start this off... If you are an aspiring pilot, wanting to eventually work in the airlines, corporate, military, or basically anything that makes money, you need an "FAA First Class Medical" This is a non-negotiable aspect of aviation, that any pilot you see had to earn, but also maintain every year.
If you are not aware yet, the FAA takes mental health issues very seriously and almost always tends to disqualify or defer pilots who have had, or continue to have these issues (Bipolar disorder, Depression, ADHD, Anxiety, etc)
My personal story is that I have always wanted to be a pilot, but never really thought to start my training until more recent years, which also happened to coincide with the beginning of my depression/anxiety diagnoses, for which I was medicated on a few different antidepressants (prozac, zoloft, wellbutrin) over the timespan of 1.5 years. During this time I was regularly visiting a psychiatrist for psychotherapy and a regular therapist, along with my pediatrician at the time (I was 16-18).
In regards to my diagnosis: In my own opinion, my depression was a result of my environmental and lifestyle issues, which resulted in my diagnosis later being classified as "adjustment disorder with anxiety." This is a factor that I believe helped me later on in this story.
WIth 100% honesty, I never had any suicidal intentions or any dangerous thoughts that would ever truly make me a liability in the cockpit, as I understand why the FAA is careful around people with this type of history, so I will say that if you are reading this, and you do fall under this category, I would highly recommend doing some introspection about your mental health, and if you deem yourself capable to hold the lives of potentially hundreds of people in your hands, as this can be serious issues down the road.
I would say I am definitely on the safer side of the world of mental health issues, as some of you may have much more serious conditions or history, like suicidal ideas, bipolar disorder, ADHD (depending on if you take medicine/are diagnosed). Unfortunately, The cases mentioned above are much harder to get past to earn your medical, and I would not be able to advise you in those situations, although I believe a "HIMS AME" is the person you would go to for help in that department.
Going back to my story, however...
After learning that being on antidepressants would not allow me to be a pilot, I realized that I had essentially made a grave mistake in getting medicated for a diagnosis that I was not even confident I had, and was extremely upset by this. That was the moment I started going online to find people who had been through similar situations, and the reason why I am now writing this post.
To clarify, I never personally felt as though the medication was doing anything for me, and always wanted to get off, but I was always at the mercy of my pyschiatrist's treatment plan, which basically required me to stay on medication for a certain period of time before getting off.
In NO way did I intend to intentially stop my use of medication, which is VERY dangerous, but I was out of the state for about a month while doing some volunteer work, and unintentionally forgot to take my medication in the morning, which I did not realize for about a week (IT WAS ONLY SAFE BECAUSE MY DOSAGE WAS VERY LOW, OTHERWISE IF YOU STOP USAGE OF MEDICATION SUDDENLY YOU CAN HAVE SERIOUS PERMANENT BODILY DAMAGE).
Because I was doing very good with my life and my mental health, I opted to stay off medication with accordance to my psychiatrist, and from there on out was smooth sailing as far as my mental state. I would see my psychiatrist once a month as a check up, and always reported my positive state of mind. About 7-8 months after that, this month, I decided to start my flight training, but more specifically my AME appointment.
I was already familiar with the process, which begins with you filling an AME form out on medexpress website, where you fill out all medical history. I will specify this one time and one time only:
DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING TO THE FAA!!!!!!!
No matter how desperate you are, lying to the government will always hurt you in the end, and a potential career in aviation is not worth it if it is based on a single or possibly multiple lies.
After filling out the form truthfully, with all my medical history as mentioned in the above texts, I went to my appointment, and talking with the AME, who was quick to start asking me about my mental health history, for which I was ready to explain. I was also able to get a letter from my psychiatrist, mentioning that I was "adherent to my treatment plan"
After telling the AME EVERYTHING about my mental health struggles, history, etc. He decided that I was fit to earn my medical, pending a signature from my psychiatrist ensuring everything I said was truthful, which it was. Finally, after so much struggle, I was able to earn my first-class medical.
The point I want to get across with any of you who still stuck around to read all this, is that if you do disqualify for the medical, there is a reason for that, which you simply must accept in the name of safety of others.
for those of you who are in a similar position to me at any point in my journey, just know that If you stay honest with yourself, your doctor, and eventually the AME, you will definently have a path to earning your certificate, pending some potentiall obstacles.
There is a resource from the faa about medications allowed for pilots, though I never used it as a reference for myself, but definitely check it out if it applies to you in any way. If I missed anything please reply below and I will try my best to answer.
submitted by Excellent-Drummer-62 to flying [link] [comments]
disclaimer: Nothing I say in this post is necessarily true, and in NO WAY, do I condone anyone following in my footsteps or referencing anything I say in this post to the FAA/AME... but with that being said:
New to this reddit, but Just wanted to make this post to any future pilots who are going through a similar situation to what I have, about Depression, Anxiety, antidepressants, Therapy Etc.
To start this off... If you are an aspiring pilot, wanting to eventually work in the airlines, corporate, military, or basically anything that makes money, you need an "FAA First Class Medical" This is a non-negotiable aspect of aviation, that any pilot you see had to earn, but also maintain every year.
If you are not aware yet, the FAA takes mental health issues very seriously and almost always tends to disqualify or defer pilots who have had, or continue to have these issues (Bipolar disorder, Depression, ADHD, Anxiety, etc)
My personal story is that I have always wanted to be a pilot, but never really thought to start my training until more recent years, which also happened to coincide with the beginning of my depression/anxiety diagnoses, for which I was medicated on a few different antidepressants (prozac, zoloft, wellbutrin) over the timespan of 1.5 years. During this time I was regularly visiting a psychiatrist for psychotherapy and a regular therapist, along with my pediatrician at the time (I was 16-18).
In regards to my diagnosis: In my own opinion, my depression was a result of my environmental and lifestyle issues, which resulted in my diagnosis later being classified as "adjustment disorder with anxiety." This is a factor that I believe helped me later on in this story.
WIth 100% honesty, I never had any suicidal intentions or any dangerous thoughts that would ever truly make me a liability in the cockpit, as I understand why the FAA is careful around people with this type of history, so I will say that if you are reading this, and you do fall under this category, I would highly recommend doing some introspection about your mental health, and if you deem yourself capable to hold the lives of potentially hundreds of people in your hands, as this can be serious issues down the road.
I would say I am definitely on the safer side of the world of mental health issues, as some of you may have much more serious conditions or history, like suicidal ideas, bipolar disorder, ADHD (depending on if you take medicine/are diagnosed). Unfortunately, The cases mentioned above are much harder to get past to earn your medical, and I would not be able to advise you in those situations, although I believe a "HIMS AME" is the person you would go to for help in that department.
Going back to my story, however...
After learning that being on antidepressants would not allow me to be a pilot, I realized that I had essentially made a grave mistake in getting medicated for a diagnosis that I was not even confident I had, and was extremely upset by this. That was the moment I started going online to find people who had been through similar situations, and the reason why I am now writing this post.
To clarify, I never personally felt as though the medication was doing anything for me, and always wanted to get off, but I was always at the mercy of my pyschiatrist's treatment plan, which basically required me to stay on medication for a certain period of time before getting off.
In NO way did I intend to intentially stop my use of medication, which is VERY dangerous, but I was out of the state for about a month while doing some volunteer work, and unintentionally forgot to take my medication in the morning, which I did not realize for about a week (IT WAS ONLY SAFE BECAUSE MY DOSAGE WAS VERY LOW, OTHERWISE IF YOU STOP USAGE OF MEDICATION SUDDENLY YOU CAN HAVE SERIOUS PERMANENT BODILY DAMAGE).
Because I was doing very good with my life and my mental health, I opted to stay off medication with accordance to my psychiatrist, and from there on out was smooth sailing as far as my mental state. I would see my psychiatrist once a month as a check up, and always reported my positive state of mind. About 7-8 months after that, this month, I decided to start my flight training, but more specifically my AME appointment.
I was already familiar with the process, which begins with you filling an AME form out on medexpress website, where you fill out all medical history. I will specify this one time and one time only:
DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING TO THE FAA!!!!!!!
No matter how desperate you are, lying to the government will always hurt you in the end, and a potential career in aviation is not worth it if it is based on a single or possibly multiple lies.
After filling out the form truthfully, with all my medical history as mentioned in the above texts, I went to my appointment, and talking with the AME, who was quick to start asking me about my mental health history, for which I was ready to explain. I was also able to get a letter from my psychiatrist, mentioning that I was "adherent to my treatment plan"
After telling the AME EVERYTHING about my mental health struggles, history, etc. He decided that I was fit to earn my medical, pending a signature from my psychiatrist ensuring everything I said was truthful, which it was. Finally, after so much struggle, I was able to earn my first-class medical.
The point I want to get across with any of you who still stuck around to read all this, is that if you do disqualify for the medical, there is a reason for that, which you simply must accept in the name of safety of others.
for those of you who are in a similar position to me at any point in my journey, just know that If you stay honest with yourself, your doctor, and eventually the AME, you will definently have a path to earning your certificate, pending some potentiall obstacles.
There is a resource from the faa about medications allowed for pilots, though I never used it as a reference for myself, but definitely check it out if it applies to you in any way. If I missed anything please reply below and I will try my best to answer.