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Are there any enchanting extras that are worth it for a first trip to DisneyWorld? This is our first trip to DW for my husband, myself, and our 7 year old daughter. We've been Disneyland a few times and enjoyed the dessert party for WOC. I was looking at the boat cruise for Luminous but not sure if it's worth the $450 for the 3 of us. Any other extras you have enjoyed? Or should we just stick to the basics of seeing the park and watching the shows on our first trip?

So I’ve studied communism, socialism, and capitalism and it appears to me none of you actually know what communism is. I’ll begun with two historical examples. Russia under Peter the Great was being modernized with a money system being set up that would help make Russia like the western powers. However, the Russians were skeptical of buying into this new fangled idea or had little knowledge on the subject or both and as such missed out. The wealthy 1% did buy into it however which created the Slavic problem where people were paying for their grandparents debts. Lenin came along with the teachings of a German called Karl Marx and offered them communism. You know the rest hopefully. Then there was China whose citizens got tired of the opium trade that was happening at the time. Not only that but the Chinese government was highly isolationist and banned foreigners from entering mainland China. A few years later with encouragement from Communists advocates the boxer rebellion occurred followed by the rise of the Chinese Communist Party and Mao. In America there was only one small community that did communism successfully but that soon fell apart as man got married and wanted to keep their money. Now, you may say the top two weren’t which leads me to ask if you can name one Communist state, that was truly communist, that thrived and lasted? If you can’t name one or can’t even find an example it means you have a problem. It means communism as you claim communism never worked. Also. The claims that places like Russia, China, Cuba, and Korea aren’t communist is bullshit. Any immigrant from those places will say they were.

I know it was your first relationship. At 28, you had already been through so much, having been on your own for 13 years. You were forced to grow up too fast, and had to prioritize yourself, building a life from nothing. I get it. It was your fierce independence that made me fall for you in the first place.
I always knew that trying to build a life with you was going to be a struggle. I thought it would be worth it, for both of us. You deserve to have someone in your corner, that always has your back. You shouldn’t have to be alone. I don’t know if you believed the same.
I think I gave up too much of myself for you. Was that my mistake or yours? Did you really ask for too much, or did I give too freely without expectation for anything in return? Maybe both. Probably more on me. I’m not perfect by a long shot.
Compromise. It really does all come down to that. I tried to show you its importance, but in the process I ended up being the only one willing to do it. Me getting to pick what movie we watched or getting to plan a date became something I only got to do on special occasions. You said you felt like you didn’t know me, but so many times in so many ways I offered up little pieces of me to you. I share myself by sharing the things I love with the people I love. But more and more towards the end, all you’d say was “no”. Ignoring any context. Ignoring those pieces of me.
I know you don’t like movies about kids. I know asking to watch Home Alone during Christmas was a big ask. But it was a tradition that I shared with my dad, who I lost just over a year before. I know you think that traditions are pointless, but it was important to me. My earliest memories are of that. I needed to continue on, but I couldn’t bring myself to do it alone. I needed you there, your support. It was such a small gesture I was asking of you, but all I got was “no”. Instead we watched a movie you picked: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. A movie made by the exact same people that made Home Alone, and with even more kids.
We wanted to go to Ireland. Personally I’ve been wanting to go for years, but couldn’t because of my dad’s illness along with everything else going on. You knew that in the last 3 years I lost all of my grandparents, two uncles, my dad. I couldn’t risk going so far away for so long while everyone was sick. My mom saw me giving up the latter half of my 20s for my family, when she was hoping I would be enjoying life and seeing the world. That’s why she was happy to give us the money to have the trip of our dreams. I explained all of this to you while you were struggling to find a way to save for the trip. All my mom wanted in return was a single nice photo of us. That wasn’t even a requirement for the money. She just wanted to see me with the person that I love making our dreams come true. I know you hate having your picture taken. The only attention your dad ever gave you was when he wanted to test a new camera. It’s a trauma trigger. But I was only asking for one picture. You’d compromise for your friends, you’d compromise for your sister. You’d take pictures with them. Why wouldn’t you compromise for your partner, and the other most important person in your partners life? After a year, we have 3 pictures together, none of which are very good. I know that I was asking for a lot, but I felt so less important than everyone else in your life. Maybe you felt that as your partner, I was to be held to a higher standard? I honestly don’t know. All you said was “no”.
You admitted yourself I was so supportive. I always prioritized you. From always making your tea before mine, to giving you the better looking plate at dinner, to planting all of your favorite flowers in my garden. I always complemented you, how smart you are, how beautiful you are, how driven and independent you are. Your friend needed a ride to a 5k and someone to cheer them on? I was there. You needed someone to drive you around while your car was in the shop for 2 months? No problem. Accidentally overdrew your account again, and you couldn’t afford the late fees? Here’s $50. Need to move on short notice? I’m the guy tearing apart and moving your furniture. You have a migraine so bad you can’t eat? I’m bringing you pedialyte and sleeping on your couch, even though I didn’t actually get any sleep. I learned all your rituals so not to trigger your OCD. There are countless other examples. I never said no. I never complained. You rarely said so much as “thank you”.
The big one. The thing that ended us. You’re right, we did sit down like adults time and time again and talked things out. You said you needed me to anticipate your needs. You’d get overwhelmed, and couldn’t articulate what you needed from me. You couldn’t stand being asked what you needed. You just needed me to start helping. “Mental loads” and all that. I took that to heart. But I’m not perfect. Sometimes I’d miss the mark. Tried to support you, but in the wrong way. Even in my failures I showed effort, but you never seemed to see that. You only focused on how I failed.
We recognized that this was a problem caused by both of us. The communication wasn’t getting through. But I had already adapted to your communication style as much as I could. My exited, rambling, almost impulsive way of generating ideas became slow, methodical, thoughtful. I put intention behind everything so not to overwhelm you. I learned not to jump at the obvious solution.
Yes, we sat down like adults and talked things over time and time again. You told me what you needed from me, but I also told you what I needed from you. If I was missing the mark, please just guide me to what you needed. I’m not a mind reader. I did it for you all the time. You were honestly awful at anticipating my needs too. If I was venting, had a bad day, all you’d say was “I’m sorry”, and pat me on the back like a puppy. No effort to dig deeper. No words of support or encouragement. So I had to show you how I needed support. I just needed you to do the same for me. “No”. Again.
One final time, I sent you words of support when you were having a bad day. It wasn’t enough, you wanted more. A phone call? For me to come over so you could vent in person? Did you actually want me to directly help for once? I don’t know. You never told me. Instead of guiding me to what you needed, you immediately shut down. Full silent treatment. I’ve been in abusive relationships where the silent treatment was welded as a weapon. I know you didn’t mean it in an abusive way, you were just overwhelmed again. But I never expected it from you. I didn’t see it for what it was. I only ever asked one thing from you to save us. I put in the work, got us 80% of the way there. I knew I couldn’t bridge the gap on my own. I wasn’t even asking you to put in effort on my behalf, it was for your benefit. I begged you time and time again for help. To communicate. Not to put it all on me, because I couldn’t do it on my own. But instead, you did the opposite.
You said that you felt like you were putting more effort into the relationship than I was. I’m sorry, but I can’t see that effort. I’m trying to give you the benefit of the doubt, but I can’t. Maybe you mean you put effort into forgiving me every time I messed up? Maybe you mean that you were always planning dates, always picking what we watched, where we went, what we ate, what we drank? Again, mental loads and such. But I had things that I wanted to do and share with you that you always turned down. You only had to plan everything after my plans were rejected. It would have been more efficient for you to show love, patience, and compromise.
And then you left.

I'm running a variant tiefling with 1lvl aberrant Mind sorc with 3 lvls in gunslinger (fighter). I've just had a level up, and I'm trying to figure out a way to make my character better support for the party in combat seeing that we have a boss fight tonight. I'm torn between taking a 2nd lvl in Sorc for the extra points and another lvl in gunslinger for a potential feat. Any ideas?

Our campaign hasn't begun yet so were looking for a few more players who want to start this story, which is usually easier than joining an existing group dynamic. Our current players are interactive and excited to play and we're hoping for to add some similar minded people!
The World:
The cycle of good vs evil has been ever present throughout time: evil demands heroes, heroes bring peace, and peace allows evil to rise. Currently at what seems to be the tail end of an age of peace, darkness looms on the horizon. Can you and your companions prevent these occurrences of evil from snowballing to a full blown era?
In this world magic is commonplace, cities vary in their levels of prosperity, and races of all sort intermingle (to varying degrees of success). In general, I'm expecting the campaign to be more upbeat/silly than grim, though aspects of darkness will surely exist.
If you're looking for a bigger lore dump, it won't be found here! I tend to focus more on characters and situations and develop the world around them. I have many plans for different parts of the world, but for the most part it'll just be a generic fantasy setting that will develop as we go along. This allows for wild character stories that aren't especially limited by my world. Some character backstories have already changed the worldbuilding so getting in on the ground floor of this campaign is great for floating ideas!
Technical Details:
We will be using webcams for play as it helps people understand others' reactions to PC behaviour and avoid interruptions. We'll be using the AboveVTT browser extension for our battles and layouts. I'll also be sharing my DnDbeyond content so almost everything in the game will be available to you. The game will start at level 3 but will quickly progress to 5! I'm open to most if not all races, especially if they make sense for the character, but let me know if you want something obscure (I'm looking at you Plasmoid and Hedge). Party make-up so far = Warlock, Monk, Barbarian!
You:
Please fill out this form so I can get to know you and see if you'd be a good fit! This post will become closed once a party is formed so if it is still open you may still apply.
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Hi PFC,
My spouse and I own our home and are considering building a laneway with the idea that it could become our retirement living space. We got a quote from one builder (we are in Vancouver) for 500-600k depending on size and number of bedrooms. I am having a hard time determining if it's a good idea for us. Also having a hard time finding other builders to provide quotes.
Some financial info:
- Combined income of ~285k
- One kid entering college in 2025, another entering college 2027
- Mortgage free
- No cc debt
- Car loan ~17k
- We are 55 and 50, so would like to retire in the next 10-15 years
We tend to be very debt averse in general, which has probably hurt us financially (relatives have multiple properties/mortgages and generally seem like they are making their money work for them).
My biggest fear is that we would take on a HELOC for the laneway right when both kids are about to need us to pay for college, plus the laneway costs would end up being another 20% on top. Add to that the uncertainty of the economy (I'm in tech, where there have been layoffs and a general scarcity of positions lately) and I fear a future where we end up in debt and unable to pay it off right when we'd be looking to retire.

Every year when I see the Westminster Dog Show is happening I think about the time I went and checked it out and had a pretty amusing experience.
Before that day the closest I had ever been to a dog show was the 4H barn at my county fair, but by the time I left several hours later I had been entrusted with the supervision of a giant Leonberger, who I casually passed off as my own to the unwitting public.
About 12 years ago I was living in NYC, in Hell's Kitchen, and one morning went for a run that took me down along the Hudson River where I happened to see some signage announcing that the Westminster KC Dog Show was taking place on one of the piers there a few blocks from my apartment. I thought that sounded like an interesting thing to check out, being a dog lover who had never been to a dog show, and not having anything else on the agenda that day. So after my run I checked out the particulars online, failed to round up anyone who wanted to join me, and headed back down to the venue to check it out.
I walked in with no particular expectations. I had caught a few snippets of the best in show rounds over the years, but the only moment I can think of that ever really stuck with me was year Josh the Newfoundland won, and thinking he was the the best dog I'd ever seen. I had, however, seen the documentary 'Best in Show' so I had a pretty good handle on what dog show people were like.
This many years later I can't tell you everything I saw that day. I know I was amazed at the Dobermans, and hugely let down by the Golden Retrievers. My childhood had been greatly informed by two wonderful Goldens who were big, shaggy, had a gregariousness somewhere between a local politician and a door-to-door salesman, and a perpetual residual aroma of low tide. Show Goldens it turns out are way, way, way too pretty.
What I was most surprised by was the fact that, in addition to the formal showing and judging and all, you could also see all the off-duty dogs up close in another area. A 'benched' show I believe they called it. They basically had a warehouse of amazing dogs you could peruse, mostly at arm's length, at your leisure. Certainly lots of dogs were sleeping in crates, with owners engrossed in their books with obvious 'don't pester me' vibes, but lots of people were very willing to chat about dogs who were reassuringly eager to have their ears scratched by total strangers.
I'm pretty sure I gave every dog there at least a cursory once-over, but I just kept coming back to this one Leonberger, whose name, sadly, I do not recall. I had never heard of a Leonberger before that day, and if you haven't either you should google it. He, despite having been eliminated earlier in the breed stage, was an incredibly handsome, friendly, curious, patient, charming animal. His owner was a woman, maybe 60 years old, possibly from upstate NY, and she was equally tolerant of me asking her dozens of questions I know she had answered hundreds of times before.
I probably spent a good 20 minutes with her and that dog. I asked all the obvious stuff about him, and Leonbergers, and then about dog shows, and Westminster, etc, etc. I ended up sitting on the floor with 150+ lbs of shaggy dog parked in my lap while we chatted. Eventually she asked me if I was going to be there for a while longer, I pointed out that at that point it wasn't really up to me but I had nowhere I needed to be, so she asked if I would mind watching her dog while she made the rounds to visit some friends for a bit. Of course I did what anyone would do when asked by a complete stranger if you will look after their prized show dog, and said sure.
So there I was for probably the next half hour, sitting with this amazing dog I had only just met while scores of people wandered up and asked me all the same sorts of questions I had just been asking her. At least a good 90% of them left none the wiser that I had no connection to this dog, and literally everything I knew about him, the breed, the show, and indeed this whole slightly strange world I had learned since lunch that day. The other 10% left probably pretty confused when I answered their simple question with the admission that I had no idea because this wasn't actually my dog and I didn't in fact even know the owner. It was honestly kind of a surreal experience.
Anyway, before long she came back, said she was ready to pack it in for the day, and asked if I'd help her get all her stuff to her car. So I found a cart, loaded it with her folding table, camp chair, giant kennel, bed, food, toys, etc and got it all into her minivan, said goodbye to the epic fuzzball, and she asked if I was going to the finals at Madison Square Garden the next day. I told her I hadn't planned on it, and she asked if I'd like her owner's tickets, since she was going home and wasn't going to use them. I of course said yes, so I got to go to that for free the next day. After that show I happened to stumble into what would become my go-to dive bar, but that's another (several) story(s)...
It's a funny world sometimes.

One day I was in the kitchen prepping for dinner. I noticed I got a notification from my door cam that a person was at my door. I check my video and sure enough, there was someone at the door. Here’s where it gets odd. The video shows a car passing in front of my house then a few minutes later the same car passes in front of my house again going the opposite direction (we live on a street with no outlets) He stops in the street and looks at my house then slowly disappears off frame. About a minute later, there’s a guy walking down the street and up my driveway. Here’s where the video starts. What’s interesting is that I have three very large dogs that will bark at the sound of a butterfly fart and were all completely passed out and didn’t hear a thing. Also, he didn’t knock, ring the bell or leave any type of note on the door or mailbox. Like I said, I was home and checked right after I got the notification. It looks like he may have had something in his hand that he put on my door, took a picture of it then removed it and walked away. It’s just so odd that it was slightly creepy. Any ideas?
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Good offer as a recent graduate or not? Junior Researcher
1. PERSONALIA

• Age: 23
• Education: Master Communication Sciences
• Work experience : 0
• Civil status: Single
• Dependent people/children: 0

2. EMPLOYER PROFILE

• SectoIndustry: Market Research
• Amount of employees: 150+
• Multinational? YES

3. CONTRACT & CONDITIONS

• Current job title: Junior Executive Researcher
• Seniority: 0
• Official hours/week : 38
• Average real hours/week incl. overtime: /
• Shiftwork or 9 to 5 (flexible?): flexible 9 to 5
• On-call duty: NO
• Vacation days/year: 28

4. SALARY

• Gross salary/month: 2500
• Net salary/month: +-2000
• Netto compensation: 75 EURO/month
• Mobility budget/cabike/...: only afstandsvergoeding
• 13th month (full? partial?): yes full
• Meal vouchers: 6,5/DAY
• Ecocheques: yes
• Group insurance: yes
• Other insurances: /
• Other benefits (bonuses, stocks options, ... ): laptop

5. MOBILITY

• City/region of work: Gent
• Distance home-work: 60km/45min
• How do you commute? car
• Telework days/week: 2

6. OTHER

• How easily can you plan a day off: no idea
• Is your job stressful? medium
• Responsible for personnel (reports): 0

So my car was hit in a parking lot and I was found not-at-fault for the accident. The other driver admitted fault and his insurance just called me stating that they accept liability.
I had already started the claim process with State Farm to get repairs going. I haven’t dropped the car off yet, but I like the repair shop that it’ll go to. The problem is that they don’t accept USAA insurance. Does anyone have any opinions on getting repairs done through USAA?
The question is should I go with the other party’s insurance to get repairs done or continue my claim? My rental coverage isn’t great but would I not be able to get all of that recovered later?
Thanks for any advice!

I am going through the final stages of interviews with a NF and everything is seeming great! The pay, hours, duties, etc are a perfect fit and they seem to really like me! I have a trial run for 4 hours next weekend and as long as everything goes great I have the job.
I need some advice on how to bring up going out to activities and how that is very important to me.
For some context, NP are first time parents and NK will be 13 months when I start. At the interview I brought this up and they explained that they would want to get comfortable and build trust with me first, which I completely understand. They have no family in town and have never had anyone take NK in a car besides themselves. They didn’t shut down the idea but I am worried from past experience that this will never be allowed. How do I bring this up when I see them and kindly but professionally tell them that this is a nonnegotiable for me. I do not want to be stuck in a house for up to 45 hours a week and I want NK to be able to get some socialization from kids her ages. I would hope to be able to take her out maybe 6 weeks after I start and trust has been established.
I also just want to add that I would be okay sharing my location when we leave or having an air tag in the diaper bag.
I am not confrontational at all so all advice is helpful!

I was trying to charge at MoE after work for two days in a row. Yesterday I went there and was 10th in line. I waited a bit, but had to leave before it was my turn. Today I went there again, and was 18th in line! I had a chat with the charger attendant there (Mr Pankaj, who looks a bit like the overly manly man meme), and he said that he has no idea why it suddenly got so bad. He also said that people aren't even just parking their cars to go shopping — 15 out of 17 people in front of me were waiting in their cars. I've never seen that before.
He also said that there are plans to double the capacity to 16 stalls, and work will begin any day. There's no sign of it happening yet, but I'm optimistic that there will be more chargers at MoE soon.
Say hi to Pankaj if you see him. He's a pretty cool guy.

I'm reworking Vecna Eve of Ruin to make the planer adventures more consistent with the lore and a lot more epic in scope. Had an idea to move the SJ section to THE Spelljammer where the rod is being held by the captain of the ship I'm looking for high level encounters that the party is going to experience while they try to get the rod. And appreciation for stopping a cult to Vecna The ship will later take them into a breach leading to Ravenloft where they encounter that section of the adventure. That's also where they accidentally release Kas. We're making serious changes to the extra planar sections but just to make them more awesome

I have recently started riding an ebike the last few weeks as my main transportation around town and boy is this city just not designed well for it and people just straight up have no idea how to share the road. Twice in as many days have I been inches from being hit going across a cross walk. First time the person was going fast enough from a left turn they squealed their tires avoiding me and the second time the car came so close I had to hard accelerate to avoid getting hit and dang near crashed. Both of them being people following directly behind someone that HAD to turn before I got to them while I was already in the cross walk.
Just remember, the sun is out, more people are out on alternate transportation. Share the road, don't end up killing someone because you were in a rush to get Starbucks.

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

• 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

here are two truths and a lie

• 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

If you're interested in talking, send me a line about yourself!

This happened around 2 years ago, but I've recently been thinking about it because every so often, I get the "but he's still your dad" comment every time the subject comes up and today, it happened again.
When I (26F) was 18, I went no contact with my parents for a little over 5 years. Both of my parents were/are toxic, but my father was a bit worse. To put things in perspective, im the middle child, yet still im the only one to have never gone on a family vacation, because i just wasnt ever considered family the way my siblings were. I spent most of my adulthood wondering why i wasnt good enough. Still, I always yearned for a dad and a mom. Two and a half years ago, I was pregnant and just getting out of an abusive relationship. I was isolated from everyone, even friends. After going to therapy and working on my mental health, I decided I needed to establish a support system for myself and my baby. In hopes that they had changed, I reached out to both my parents. They had finally separated during my period of no contact, so they were living separately. My mom lived in a different state, so she wasn't able to help much. My parents seemed thrilled at the idea of having another grandchild and seemed really supportive at first. My dad was dating a new woman and I thought she was really sweet at first. But then she got really controlling and manipulative really quickly. I'd see her call my teenage sister the most horrible names, and it was suddenly clear why my sister always hated her. One time she INSISTED on coming to my last ultrasound appointment with me and my dad. And I could only have one person in the room with me (COVID), so she sat in the car. The appointment took around 45 minutes to an hour. When we got back to the car, I was feeling SO happy over seeing my baby. It was an amazing moment, until we opened the car doors and she started literally yelling at us for taking so long. She very quickly soured a sweet moment. I could list off all the things she's done, but its not worth it.
Anyway, The place I was living in wasnt the safest. My dad let me stay at his house for almost a month, just so I wouldn't have to spend even longer in a bad environment until I closed on my house. They were even "nice" enough to start working on a nursery for my baby at THEIR house. Which, I didn't think anything of, because his girlfriend said she wanted to watch the baby while I worked. It just seemed like excited grandparents to me. I was excited to have such a great support system during such a tough time in my life.
During this time, he made it very clear, he wanted/expected to be in the delivery room with me when I gave birth. He wasn't willing for it to be my mom AND him because he refused to be in the same room as my mom (HE was the cheater, but acted like she was the devil), so it had to be JUST him. Personally, I didn't like the idea of being in such a vulnerable position AND being naked, infront of my dad, but I was just planning to do what he wanted anyway because I always wanted a dad, so if I had to make some sacrifices to get that, then I was okay with it. Towards the end of the month, I had my baby shower and people really came together to help me. By the end of the day, I had pretty much everything I needed and more. Right after the baby shower, my dad told me he should lock the gifts into the room behind his. That they'd be safe in there. So, I agreed. I mean, he had put me through a lot when I was a kid, but even so, I could trust him not to steal from me and my unborn child, right?
No.
The week before i was supposed to move into my house, I called him while he was on his break at work. I was nesting pretty bad. I asked him If he could unlock the door in his bedroom when he got home, or let me know if there's another key, just so I could get the things ready to bring to my house. I wasn't adamant about it, just asked him to do it whenever he had the chance or whenever we were both free, since i worked too. I was very polite about this. The sellers were letting me move in some of my things early, so i wanted to get a lot of the stuff done. He said NO. He refused to EVER let me have my things. I wish I could tell you there was some sort of trigger to this or that I saw this coming, but I didn't. It really did come out of nowhere. I thought we were good. He went on about how I probably wasn't even going to let him in the delivery room with me (I had planned on it, I never told him otherwise.)
After he said that, I told him he'd never be in my life and that he would never meet my child or any future children I have. And I meant it. Even if he HAD given me my stuff back, the fact that he said he wasn't going to, at any point....I can't have someone in my life that even CONSIDERS doing that to me or my children. I went on to have my mother and my sister in the delivery room with me and it was an incredible experience. After the whole ordeal, MULTIPLE family members told me they were glad I cut contact with him, because they were SURE he was going to try to do something so I'd look bad, so he could have custody. I'm so glad I didn't trade one abuser for another by continuing to let my dad walk all over me.
I've now moved to another state, living with the man of my dreams and our 2 children that my father has never met.
Today, me and a friend from my hometown were messaging, having a conversation about our parents. She has a very good relationship with her parents. When I brought up that my father hasn't even met my children, she said I overreacted when I cut contact and I'm denying my children a bond with their grandparents.
So reddit, AITA for going No contact with my father?
EDIT: To answer some questions; yes, I did tell everyone who gave me gifts that their gifts were stolen. Yes, I did contact the police. And the sheriff. Neither would help me. They told me I'd need to bring my father to court. I would've done that, but I had just bought a house. I couldn't afford a lawyer and I was just ready to be done with him completely.
Me and my now husband got together shortly after I had my first child. He was my biggest supporter. We were long time friends and it was a long time coming, so we got serious pretty quickly and he's raised both children as his own.
EDIT #2: I couldn't break down the door or take it off its hinges. There were other people in the house, as my dad's gf doesn't work. I was 9 months pregnant and already under a lot of stress. They definitely would've called the cops if I tried to break into the room.

Pao is just so exhausting. So selfish. Just awful. It really sealed the deal for me when she was in Miami and she said "im not even thinking about Oklahoma, I'm enjoying myself!" Now don't get me wrong, Oklahoma is not the place to live if you're interested in partying and clubbing and living the exciting life, but it's a whole other thing if you're married and your husband lives there. And also the way that she just shot down the idea of Seattle when he called, because she just had her mind and heart set on Miami. As if no other place in the United States of America has anything similar to what she's looking for. In my opinion, they had no similarities, I have no idea how they got together in the first place, and they both would be better off away from each other. Also, I mean don't get me wrong she is beautiful, but modeling is not exactly the career to pursue when you're in your 30s. Is that a crappy fact? Absolutely. Also, that agent she met was an absolute scammer. The fact that she said all of her girls work with "top photographers" lol!! Girl, it looked like your business was in a strip mall. Give me a break. Let's talk about Danielle! I'm more up to date on her. These supposed friends that she has are absolutely using her for fame. You can tell that they put her in awkward and embarrassing situations just for their own entertainment. It's really sad. I do not believe for one second that they actually care about her or want to be her friend, I believe that they want to be famous.

Will be turning 18 this June. My mom asked me if what are my plans, and as someone who doesn't want to throw a party, I told her to just give me an IPAD instead. However, I'm not too techy, and I don't have any idea if what's better. Is it the 9th gen, 10th gen, or whatever? Thank you for those who can answer my question hehehe

One of the things that truly annoys the hells out of me when in immersive mode using a 3rd party’s app environment is that my hands are such a distraction with how bright they are when viewing immersive content outside of the Apple environments.
For example, when in a movie theater at Disney+, when the movie starts, the surrounding area is awesome when the lights dim, but I’m taken out of the experience when I see my bright white hands just laying on my lap.
The closest thing I’ve seen with 3rd party apps is AmazeVR concerts when they make your hands a 3D model, but I would just love my hands to adjust to the color of my surroundings in apps like Disney+
Does Apple allow this for developers?

Hi all thought I would get your opinions on some classic cars as I'm looking at buying my first. For context I'm base in the uk and am 20 years old. I'm looking at buying my first classic as a weekend / sunny day type of car. The cars I have been looking at are the mk4 triumph spitfire, the 1965-1968 Ford mustang and the bmw e28. I am aware that the mustang is out of my budget but I am tempted to save to buy one have it as a project. Any other suggestions of classics you think might be a good idea are very welcome.

Hi everyone, I’m heading to Bali from London to celebrate my birthday later this year and although I was torn between a few different hotels (FS Sayan, FS Jimbaran Bay, Jumeirah Bali, Bulgari resort etc), I ultimately decided on these three. My partner and I do not participate in partying at all, which influenced our decisions:
2 nights at Raffles Jimbaran Bay, 3 nights at Capella Ubud, 2 nights at the Ritz Mandapa Reserve Ubud
We are ending it off with a week in Singapore but we have already decided on somewhere to stay there. I mainly chose to include Bali as my boyfriend was attracted to the idea of surfing there + I want to celebrate my birthday at a nice resort rather than a city hotel.
We knew we wanted to spend our first two days in the South as my partner enjoys surfing (I know Bali isn’t generally a beach holiday place to visit so I tried to go for a nice resort I could lounge around whilst he goes surfing), but I was indecisive between Bulgari, FS Jimbaran Bay, Raffles and the Jumeirah resort. I enjoy the finer things in life (whilst my partner doesn’t so im trying to make the most out of him being away most of the time to go all out with my first hotel pick), and decided on Raffles in part due to having heard about their great service due to them having a relatively small amount of villas as well as the fact that having a pool in my villa gives me an extra activity to do to kill time. Did I make a good decision? It’s hard to find reviews with it being a relatively new hotel, but those I found looked great. The other hotels had more mixed reviews so it was hard to form a realistic expectation towards them. My choice was most likely between Raffles VS the Bulgari resort, which I decided against out of the worry it might not have the quality to match the price - as some reviews seemed to highlight. FS Jimbaran Bay was my original plan before I heard that the villas are quite dated now. The only outings I’m planning during my time in the South are to visit Uluwatu temple and having dinner at one of the popular seafood restaurants along Jimbaran Bay, otherwise I want to stay within the resort.
I then went with Capella to go for something unique - I was deciding between Buahan a Banyan Tree escape too but Capella’s quirkiness seemed like more of a once in a lifetime experience sort of place. I wanted most nights of my stay to be in Ubud as I have never visited a ‘jungle’ before so it is new to me. Im planning to do all of my visiting around Ubud during my time at the Capella.
Regarding Mandapa, the superb reviews were what drew me in. But, FS Sayan has great reviews too. Did I make the better choice between the two? This is the leg of the trip my birthday falls under so I wanted to go somewhere I could spend the whole stay lounging around and not leaving the resort/ partaking in in-resort activities only. My partner was willing to compromise and go all out for this leg of the trip in Ubud due to it being my birthday, so I was looking for the highest rated resort I could find that also fit with the jungle experience I was looking for.
Would anyone be against either of my picks for any important reasons (unexpectedly subpar soft product quality etc.)? Or would these be solid hotel choices. Thank you in advance! I appreciate the help.