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I wasnt switching from my google pixel 5 to 6 or 7. As I didnt wanted to lose the benefits of unlimited storage. After 8 pro released I convinced myself to keep Google Pixel 5 as primary phone and pixel 8 pro as secondary. I taught that I ll keep sending all data of 8 pro to 5 regulary so I can enjoy that unlimited thing. But when I activated my 8 pro it gave me option of free storage of 2TB for 6 months. So I avail it. And now 8 pro is my primary phone. And I have backed up my Samsung Galaxy too. I appreciate google for this. I hope it keeps giving incentives on mew phones as well as old phones so that v can enjoy the google photos back up :) Thank You.

Me(31f) and my now ex(38m), had known each out since July of last year. Things had been going great. Then all of a sudden he blocked my phone number… like my calls and texts weren’t going through. He had some health things going on, so I got worried and called on my work cell phone. He answered and I could hear he was busy at work and he said he’ll call me back. He didn’t. So I did play dumb cause I didn’t think he’d block me. Well hours later on my way home, I call him on my work phone again… no answer. So I text him, pretty much like what the heck is going on. He explains he is really busy and his daughter is needing more of his attention that ever. He just started a job about a month ago… he took a break from work so she was always with him unless at school. I tell him I totally understand, and same for me. My son come first, however I still want to be with him even if schedules make it hard. His response “I don’t. I want to be able to focus on the things I need to and not feel guilty about it”
Now, in person… we never argued and always had so much fun. He never once told me he was struggling or making him feel guilty. The last time we saw each other he asked when I was moving closer to him. I work in his town but only live 20 min from him so not really a LD relationship. I told him I was falling in love with him and he responded “good that’s the plan”. This break up came as a complete shock to me. We had so many plans for summer.. kid intros were going to happen. I met his daughter but he hasn’t yet met my son.
Is it possible he was just overwhelmed and will regret the break up? I’m not contacting him, and haven’t since we broke up …almost a week ago. Just seems to me, he was overwhelmed and made a rash decision on a bad day cause we literally never argue, and haven’t even had a disagreement. I understand kids come first. We’ve both had to cancel dates cause of the kids and we’ve been so understanding of that. I did love him… and never got a chance to tell him so this break up hurts like hell. I won’t reach out to him but just curious of others thoughts…

I was out with a friend and I thought the guy working the front desk was really cute and my friend thought he was interested in me too. I wasn’t sure because I suck at reading signals but he looked at me and asked if we wanted something to drink before we left (not alcohol) and he gave it to me for free and I felt like he was flirting so I told him he was really cute and he just said thank you and he looked taken aback/demeanour changed so I didn’t think he was into me at the time. But I got a message on my phone later that night from an unknown number that was him basically saying he thought I was really cute too. I was wondering how he got my number but I realized when I booked I put in my phone number so I guess he went looking for it. But he asked me to coffee but I was busy so I offered to meet the next day and he said he’s usually busy on weekends but he’d text me on Monday but he texted days later with no apology so I ghosted. Was I wrong for telling a guy he was cute? I feel like he was interested but lost interest in not sure. I’m scared to ever do that again honestly.

I bought a flashlight from Killzone, Aliexpress, and one direct from Wurkkos. I received an email today from some random phone number saying they are a professional flashlight factory and have a new one on sale and I can get one for free…
Seemed odd and not likely Killzone. Any idea what this is?

Hey everyone, I know a lot of us in here have some anxiety about being ghosted so hopefully my story brings you all some satisfaction. I started dating this guy in October 2023 after getting out of a long term relationship. The first time we saw eachother we hit it off. After that, we saw eachother everyday for 2 weeks straight. Things were going good, he bought me roses & we went on dates, I enjoyed his company. fast forward we start getting into small misunderstandings. during our first little argument he ghosted me for two day, the argument also resulted because of his lack of communication. I ended up reaching out to him. After that we were okay for a while. Then we got into another small argument, he does the same thing… disappear. Now I also want to emphasize that these argument were so small, there’s no doubt in my mind that someone who is actually interested in you would try to work it out. but he disappears each and every time. he ended up breaking it off & I respected his wishes. 5 days after he broke it off he sends me a random video on Instagram, I ask him if he sent it by accident & he said no. I laughed at it and that was that. A couple days later he sends another video on Instagram, then he tells me he didn’t want to cut communication he was looking at it as “an extended period of cooling off”. Which was very weird to me because in the message he sent when he broke it off he stated “I think it’d be best if I just leave you alone because us talking is causing more harm than good” very dramatic, but I respected it nonetheless. So at this point I felt like he was trying to bullshit me & I expressed that to him respecfully. while I was happy inside that he reached out to me I was also insulted because I felt like he was playing with my feelings. I did really like him. after I expressed how I felt to him he said “alright” then that was it. didn’t hear from him for 2 months. during these two months I did think about him & I did wish things went differently. My birthday passed & he reached out to me a couple days after my birthday, I decided to give him another chance & we started dating again. we went on dates, he got me flowers. same shit he was doing before. It was going good and because we were already familiar with eachother there was already a sense of comfortability between us. I was actually happy to be in his presence again. I also did tell him that I don’t like the fact that he disappears whenever there’s a conflict. I tried to communicate openly. Things were going well, we talked on the phone, fell asleep on the phone most nights, & we were seeing eachother fairly enough. Then I started noticing little things. he was a bit intensive whenever I would tell him about conflicts going on in my life. He’d say things like “it’s not that serious” which I felt invalidated my feelings. he would take 3 hours to respond to my text message but would be posting constantly. I brushed this off at first because a lot of the times he is at work. Then it started happening a lot more frequently. One night I called him and he didn’t answer. he texted me and told me he just got out of the shower, I expected a call back. nothing, he also posts a story on IG but doesn’t respond to my text, at this point I was kinda getting the gist that he probably was losing interest. It sorta started feeling like I was playing hard to get rid of. I brought it up to him and then I said nevermind because I thought of how he’d disappear everytime there’s a conflict and I didn’t feel like going through that again. needless to say, he sends a paragraph & we go back & fourth for a bit. In one of his paragraphs he threw something in my face that I told him about when I was being vulnerable. I then end the argument and I take accountability for if I may have come off wrong and I also apologize. I then voice to him that I am a woman with feelings and the way he acts sometimes is a bit off putting. he never responds. for two weeks lol. (I literally should’ve saw it coming.) but here is the part where you all may get a bit of satisfaction. He hits me up on Instagram using the SAME tactic as before… after TWO WEEKS I left him on read. he’s still on read till the day. This happened a week ago. I feel like it’s so disrespectful when you put time into someone and you genuinely like them and they have no regard for you, your time, nor your effort. he has a lot of growing up to do & I will not be apart of that experience with him. I’m a genuine, loving person, & I won’t let people take advantage of me anymore. it’s hard & I do think about him at times. but he no longer lives rent free in my head. he is a very prideful person, so I know he’s mad at the fact that he didn’t get the chance to do the rejecting this time around.
Im sorry everyone this is long AS SHIT. I wanted to put in alot of detail. My bad if there’s typos

You read that right. When I was 6, my mom lost custody of my brother and I, and after that happened I didn't see her ever again up until a few weeks ago. She got married traveled the world and lived her life. I spoke to her on the phone on and off over the past few years but we always lost touch with one another. She finally agreed (after flaking out many times on previous plans) for us to meet and it was a neutral experience in my eyes. I honestly felt pretty resentful to see how amazing her life ended up turning out and how happy she seemed while my brother and I were mentally, sexually, physically, and emotionally abused in our childhood by our father and stepmother. Also, when I was 15 my father left our family and my stepmother no longer wanted to care for us so I ended up in the system and ultimately on my own from that point forward. Life was a freaking struggle and I didn't have anyone to call to help me in times where I could have used the help. I felt resentful towards her for being so carefree and naive about life when I was in her presence. She casually threw around how she owned several homes and traveled the world and how financially free and set up she and her husband were. I just hated hearing it. The kicker to me was that she had the nerve to judge my brother and me for how we turned out and what we chose to do with our lives. Neither one of us are college educated but both of us are entrepreneurs. My brother is a millionaire and I'm still not in a space (yet) where my business has taken off and I'm bartending and waiting tables on the side (she's been criticizing me for this and telling me I need to get a real job).
This woman just doesn't get it. She even had the nerve to talk about my parenting (I had a child in high school and dropped out BUT I RAISED HER and she turned out to be a pretty damn good gal-She's currently in the Navy and I couldn't be more proud-plus she is such a daddy's girl and I am so proud that I was able to break a generational family curse two-fold).
Anyway, I was dreading Mother's day this year TBH, I knew she was going to expect a grand gesture from me and I just sent a text that said "Happy Mother's Day." She ignored the text and responded back today telling me I was pathetic for such a dry and unthoughtful Mother's Day gesture and that she deserved more than that from me.
She even got my brother involved and my brother told me I should have done more.
I'm so confused. Isn't Mother's Day for mothers who raised their children or am I nuts?

I used to use chrome vpn extentions but since last week the stopped working, i've tried downloading multiple different ones from the webstore and all of them either don't connect or if they do when I try to search for anything on chrome even if I just type a random letter and search, it will say the page isn't available. I thought it was my wifi at first so i downloaded a free vpn on a family members laptop and on my phone and they both work fine. only on my pc. does anyone know how to fix this?

Here is a quick compilation of recent Hinge changes and issues.
Top Photo
Hinge is rolling out the Top Photo feature to various locations. Note that if the Top Photo option is available for you, it is toggled on by default. You won't notice the photos shuffling when you view your own profile in the edit section. When you see the same people's profile on discover shuffling their photos constantly, it's because of Top Photo
Hinge however does not state whether or not Top Photo also applies to profiles on your Likes and Match lists. As far as I can tell, Top Photo does not apply to profiles on those lists.
Written Prompts character limit bug
There is a bug where you can't write anymore words in the written prompts without hitting the character limit. The simple work around is to write your prompts in a notes app on your phone, then copy and paste it onto Hinge. If you notice whatever you wrote is cut off by Hinge, it means your written prompt is too long and hit the character limit.
"Nearby" option removed from discover
On the latest UI update, Hinge removed the "Nearby" filter option (as well as the "Compatible" option), with only "Active today" and "New here" available. "Compatible" is now the default option when nothing is chosen. Note, this is only applicable to people with Hinge+ or X.
Hinge Support confirmed that the "Nearby" option was removed on purpose as they are testing this new UI. The important word here is that this is a supposedly a test, so there could be a possibility that Hinge could reverse the change. Hinge wants people to instead have quicker access to preferences in order to filter profiles better. (The three options given are Age, Height, and Dating Intentions.) If you want to see profiles closer to you, Hinge says to manually update the distance preference.
If you liked the "Nearby" option and don't like the fact Hinge removed this option, I suggest filing a support ticket and give them this feedback.
Hidden Words
Hinge added the Hidden Words feature back in April. It seems however, on social media many many people are misinformed as to how this feature actually works.
Hidden Words does not filter out profiles on discover or likes without comments. All it does is filter out specific words if someone sends a comment with their like/rose that contain those words. For example: if you added "pineapple on pizza", it won't filter out any profiles with those words included. Only if someone sent a like that included the comment 'pineapple on pizza" will the Hidden Words filter block that profile from showing up on your Likes list and notifications and instead will move it onto the Hidden Likes list.
So don't bother adding all the cliches you hate seeing on Hinge since it won't do anything to prevent you from seeing them unless they happen to send a comment including those specific phrases. You may instead inadvertently block a well meaning profile who happened to said the wrong words in their comments.
Relationship Type filter
Don't forget that there's a Relationship Type filter now available for most users, and more importantly it is a FREE filter. If you don't want any non-monogamy/poly/ENM people, or only want to seek those types, you can filter them now.
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Hi! Looking for tech support help. Can’t get anyone to correct Xfinity’s own errors over the phone (even after several 2+ hour calls).
On 4/24/26, I signed on for a new promo. $35/mo and Gateway included at no charge for 12mo. Free equipment was added after calling several times for several week about daily outages lasting hours at a time. I have email + printed proof that I signed for the new promo.
New bill populates this month, now $60. Why? No idea. Customer service (after several hours and being transferred to retention) says I called and made a change on 5/8/24. Impossible- I have no record of this, and was traveling for business all day and would not have been able to make that call.
On 5/10/24, customer service supposedly fixed the billing error and said it should populate overnight. Nope. The bill should be $35. Now they added on XFi complete-which I did not sign for and do NOT want. Again, I have legitimate proof of the promo I signed for on 4/24/24 for $35 and free equipment. This feels like fraud.
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.

ChatGPT-4o (four-oh) was released today, promising to change how we do most everything. Most of us remember life before personal computers, the Internet, cell phones, social media etc etc and we have seen both the positive and negative results of these technologies. How will you adapt to this new technology, do you see it as a net benefit or, like me, a net loss?
Just like when we were young many of us didn't quickly adopt cell phones, we were used to having a phone at home and relied on answering machines. I remember thinking "Why would I want anyone to contact me at any time?" Fast forward and I run a mobile business from my phone, so clearly I've seen a net benefit, but even now I still try to find myself leaving it at home and "going analog". It's liberating, but often frustrating.
Now AI finds a permanent access point from our phones with Apple's integration of ChatGPT-4o into Siri. I for the life of me can't think of one thing I'm anxious to try ChatGPT-4o on, nothing. From invasion of privacy, loss of personal data, big corporations having the keys to all that data- I just don't see it going well. I'm an AI Luddite, and unsure about my place in the future.

Not a FTMOver30 specific question so feel free to delete if not allowed, but I figured some of you guys might have experience here. I live in a rural area and there are 0.0 therapists offering in person sessions within practical driving distance, who take my insurance, and who have any stated specialty or interest in LGBT+ issues. I guess telehealth sessions would be better than nothing - except, seriously, HOW? I don't live or work alone, so what am I supposed to do, just sit in a Walmart parking lot and do the session on my phone? Does anyone have any better ideas??
Oy vey, modern life...

A few years back, my sibling married someone who was clearly a bit off. They didn’t have any friends of the same gender and lied to us - my sibling’s family - over and over, about dumb small things.
Fast forward a few years, they have a child. The spouse has been investigated by CPS multiple times, been physically violent towards my sibling, and been arrested twice (for violence and then violating their court agreement). In the process, the spouse’s issues with overspending (hundreds of thousands of dollars) and destruction of my sibling’s property (multiple snapped laptops, multiple shattered cell phones) came out as well. Oh, plus even more instances of lying to my face.
They separated for a bit, but my sibling ended up taking them back. They are not tied to this person financially - in fact, my sibling is the primary earner. I just don’t think my sibling wants to be a single parent.
My sibling wants me to make nice. My sibling claims the spouse will never hurt me or my kids. I don’t want to make nice. What this person did is wrong, so wrong, and it feels wrong ethically to just accept them back into the family like nothing happened. The spouse wrote me an apology that was basically seven paragraphs of blaming my sibling.
I can’t imagine the spouse will stay sane for long. However, should I tell my sibling that they can contact me when the spouse is out of the picture, but don’t expect anything until then? Or should I play nice so I don’t cut off the only support my sibling has?
Would love any advice or personal experiences!

I have a consultation with an attorney tomorrow regarding child custody, child support and divorce.
To sum up this nightmare I’m living, my husband and I- along with our three children have been living with a friend of his for nearly two years. I’m a SAHM to our three kids- ages 1, 3 and 5. He is a delivery truck driver who makes around 100k/year. We mutually agreed that we are both miserable and want a divorce. My reasons being he spent $600 at a strip club on lap dances while I was home caring for his children (baby was 2 months at the time), found out he was googling free hook up sites and backpages when out of town for work, calls me a bitch constantly, found out he’s had a porn addiction since we got together 6 years ago and that’s the reason the man never want to have sex with me etc etc etc..
He refuses to take accountability or go to marriage counseling. Just wants me to “forgive and forget” and pretend everything is fine. Okay so fast forward- he drained our bank account to move into a townhouse leaving us to live with his friend who is a 49 year old male. We are 25 and 26. He cannot have the kids overnight due to his work schedule so our current agreement is 2 week day evenings from 4:00pm- 6:30pm and every other weekend.
One minute he is civil and the next he is making confusing comments to our 5 year old, calling me a bitch, telling me he’s going to cut off access to our bank account, deactivate my phone, etc. This behavior is typically caused by alcohol.. but the point is, he has become unpredictable.
We cannot agree on anything when it comes to what amount of money he will give me weekly. He just keeps saying I need to get a job… yet I have the kids 80% of the time so I literally can’t get a job at this point! Wants to put them in daycare but everywhere around us is waitlisted AND that would be an additional 2k a month that he cannot afford now that he is paying rent at his new townhouse. REASON IVE BEEN A SAHM!
He agreed to get our current agreement notorized tomorrow to protect both of us bc of the laws in NC. I need him to sign this so I know he has to bring my kids back before filing for child support bc I know it will get ugly..
I am so lost and honestly just needing some reassurance that he can’t do this to me and his kids

For transmasc people, is genderGP voice training worth it?
Testosterone has clearly done the job to get my voice within standard male range, but I'm still constantly misgendered over the phone.
I study sociolinguistics and know it's absolutely my specific speech style rather than pitch that makes people think I'm a woman.
Does GenderGP provide good voice training for transmascs? How many sessions is generally recommended? Would I be better off just looking for YouTube videos rather than paying for a voice training session, or using a different private option?
I can definitely afford a session or two, but obviously don't want to spend the money and not achieve meaningful results. If more than two sessions is recommended I would almost certainly have to supplement it with free sources - if so, any recommendations? As I said, pitch isn't my problem, it's the specific way I speak that gets me misgendered.

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TLDR: Should I stop enforcing rules that school management don't help me to enforce, and pretend I'm clueless?
First year as a new teacher (NB, high school). My school has some very specific basic rules students are required to follow (and I am required to ensure compliance as the teacher).
Example: Students can leave class whenever they want (sigh...), but they can never take their phone with them (must be left on the teacher's desk). They tend to congregate in bathrooms with multiple other students and make group social media posts...
1/3rd of the students will offer their phone with a genuine smile, 1/3rd will do it without a fuss IF I remind them to do it, and 1/3rd will act out. The latter third will cuss me out (very nasty words being used, including hate language), throw their phone at the desk while rolling their eyes and sighing, verbally attack me, call into question the fact that I'm paid to be there, etc. Some walk out giving me the finger and telling me I can't do anything (which is true, unless a 16 year old being made to relax in a calming room for a period is punishment). Odd behaviour for a basic school rule.
As far as I can estimate, about half the teachers enforce this rule, but the school management reminds us constantly that students cannot be in hallways with phones. I get frustrating messages on Teams from people in management roles telling me that "they saw my student walking around on their phone during my period" and reminding me "politely" that I should enforce the rule. I enforce it, religiously. Student leave calculators, empty cases, old phones, friends' phones (which the friend picks up a minute later giggling), etc. I have to try to inspect students to see if there's a cell phone shaped protuberance somewhere around their middle. If a student flips me off and leaves with their phone, proudly displaying it to other students as they leave, and there are never any consequences, why does that rule even exist?
As a more experienced teacher, would you just ignore a rule like this since you can't enforce it, and ignore any "friendly reminders" from management who coddle the kids whose behaviour leaves me stupefied on an hourly basis? I guess I know the answer. Just ignore the rule, let the kids do whatever and ignore the reminders to "do my job properly", but I'm interested in some input here. I'm finding it extremely difficult to find that middle ground when it comes to enforcing basic rules of behaviour without turning every class into a power struggle with students.
Any principals/vice principals here that are willing to confirm that you make up rules like this and bug teachers to enforce them without any real intention to support teachers in enforcing them? And why? Derriere covering? Good intentions that end up requiring too much work?

I don’t know if hack is the right term but I have an instagram account and I haven’t logged in in 2 years. My parents (I was 14) grounded me and made me delete instagram and then change my number, so I changed it but forgot to change it on instagram, and I didn’t like my email (yes i’m stupid). I’ve been trying to get the account back and it just says “we don’t recognize this device” (I changed my phone). Is there any way for me to hack the account or something? This is extra stupid but is there any way to do it for free because I have no money and I’m not supposed to have instagram, but that account is soooo embarrassing and I just want to change it.

I'm contemplating switch mobile carriers. I've been with Verizon for nearly 15 years. I've got an unlimited plan including mobile hotspot data. I've had no real issues with them except to the rate increases with what feels like a semi-regularly change in their service model.
I travel a bit to the flatland of the Midwest and Verizon has no signal near my family. I'm alway need to be connected to WiFi network to make calls. I don't even attempt to stream anything as it is totally unreliable. I've asked their opinions, too
My question to all of you Arlington-ians... who is your cell phone provider? Would you recommend them? And if it's OK to ask...how much do you approx pay? ( I like my unlimited plan. I do quite a bit of work while on the mobile including some streaming
It's been so long I've gotten myself into a knot with paralysis by analysis. I'd appreciate any opinions!
TLDR: Who is your cell provider, do you like them, and what type of plan do you have?

I don't know how to word this so the title might sound strange. I have T-Mobile home internet with a little box that plugs into power and nothing else, and wirelessly provides internet. Really, there are 2 main things I have that use this internet: my PC (laptop) and my firestick plugged into my TV. I also have a PS4 and cell phone that I very rarely use with the internet but that's not important for this I'd say.
I do a lot of stuff with my Firestick and PC, such as stream TV, watch live streams, download video games, play online games, and video calls, among other things, often 2 or 3 of these different thing at once, easily. Usually, my Internet can keep up and it's not a problem. I've had T-Mobile for over 2 years.
Lately (past week or two), my Internet has gone out and I've had to turn it off and back on again at least once per day.
I've also had issues, especially when in a video call, and the Internet will go out.
Every single time the Internet goes out, it won't come back on automatically, no matter how long I wait. I always have to shut it off and back on again.
Is this definitely a problem with the Internet box thing itself (I don't know what it's called), or could it be my PC is using so much Internet that it's causing it stop working (where I also can't watch anything on my Firestick)?
I called T-Mobile and they are super unhelpful. They all think I'm an idiot that knows 0 about what he's doing and they just waste my time claiming to fix the problem but it's not fixed. In reality, they seem to have no idea what they're doing. :-\
About a year ago, I had similar issues and had to exchange the box and it was a huge hassle because the people at the brick & mortar stores are extremely rude and not wanting to help me.
Anyway one thing that made me think it could be my computer is I started just using my phone's hotspot the past couple days and, just before I posted this, I was trying to open a bunch of web pages at the same time on my PC (not super intensive stuff) but the Internet went out briefly. However, it came right back and is working fine on the Firestick (not sure it ever stopped working on the Firestick) so...I don't know. I'm just spitballing here.