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Of the wise and pleasant dialogue which passed between Sancho Panza and his wife Teresa Panza, together with other incidents worthy of communication.
Prompts:
1) What is this business with the translator reckoning this chapter to be apocryphal? Do you think Sancho now talks like this, or indeed something is wrong with the telling?
2) In Part I we had moments where Sancho was profoundly sad and moments where he wanted to leave Don Quixote and return home. What do you think has changed in him that he is now eager to go on another sally?
3) What did you think of the discourse between Sancho and his wife? What are your impressions of her and his family?
4) Teresa wants to stay in her lane, Sancho aspires for greatness. What do you make of this debate? What do you think of Sancho’s argument that people judge you based on who you are now, not your past?
5) Favourite line / anything else to add?
Free Reading Resources:

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Illustrations:

1. Sancho came home so gay, so merry
2. Get the pack-saddle in order
3. Sancho’s children
4. See myself a governor of an island
5. Measure yourself by your condition, Sancho
6. You will then see how people will call you Donna Teresa Panza, and you will sit in the church with velvet cushions
7. No, I would not have people, when they see me decked out like a countess or governess, immediately say: ‘Look how stately madam hog-feeder moves!’
8. Sancho and Teresa arguing
9. Thereupon she began to weep -
10. - as bitterly as if she already saw Sanchica dead and buried
11. Sancho comforting Teresa

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 by Tony Johannot / ‘others’ (source) 4, 11 by Gustave Doré (source) 5 by George Roux (source) 8, 10 by Ricardo Balaca (source)
Past years discussions:

• 2021-06-23
• 2022-06-23
• 2023-06-23

Final line:

Thus ended their dialogue, and Sancho went back to visit Don Quixote and put things in order for their departure.

Next post:
Fri, 17 May; in two days, i.e. one-day gap.

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This woman (25F) I used to work claims she's dying and she manipulates me (19M) into sending her money. She constantly claims she likes me and keeps asking me to give her money so she won't die. As of today she told me that she's having seizures and she doesn't have her medication and she "doesn't know what to do". BUT she been posting on TikTok (not sure if they're drafts or not) and I try to tell her that her boyfriend or her parents need to be the ones helping her. I'm trying to save for a car and just started two jobs i can't afford to keep giving her money just to keep coming with more problems for money. She sends me photos of her using a breather as proof but I keep trying to tell her I can't really do anything to help. Back when I did used to send her money to help her I brought nudes from her since I wasn't gonna get my money back I figured might as well get something out of throwing away money. When I tell her I can't help her she manipulates me and tells me when coworkers used to talk about me she used to defend me even though I haven't worked with those people in almost 2 years. Sometimes I feel bad and want to be with her and help her but at the same time I'm really trying to save money and i feel her family needs to be helping her and I should'nt be paying to be 'loved'. and when i try cutting her off she manipulates me and throws in my face what she's done for me.

Of the people that are anorexic instead of having binge eating disorder. My therapist was going through a list of things with me and asking me if I restrict myself and I genuinely found that funny and still chuckle while thinking about it because I literally do not have the capability to restrict myself; I always give in to food inevitably.
I’m not trying to dismiss anyone’s struggles, I’m just saying I would rather have that than this. And then I feel bad for thinking this way but I can’t help it.
Also, sorry I’m not even trying to be rude but I’m genuinely asking- how do people struggle to gain weight when there’s a whole obesity epidemic going on and food is literally engineered to be addictive? Do they just not like food?

Want to warn everyone here about a sophisticated ongoing scam operating in this and similar groups. This ring of fraudsters netted at least $20k last week alone, more than half of that from me; I am aware of several other victims, hopefully they will also post here.
These scammers are posting photos of genuine items, including today a Patek 7010/1R watch and previously various Dior, Fendi, Chanel, Hermes, LV bags - some of which are not available (at least yet) as replicas. These are nothing other than pfishing posts to get people to inquire who the seller was... You will be DM'd or replied to with a screen cap of their WhatsApp 'seller' who is in fact themselves and/or their partners in crime. These sellers will reply to your inquires, and promise very fast shipping and claim most inquired items are in stock (when in fact legit sellers, like Tailong for Rome factory, will tell you otherwise). They act as near perfect sellers, so have experience buying replica items from China. They will take your payment and send some fake PSP photos after a few days, and mail you a package... which will contain worthless things such as trash bags or candles. Before the package arrives, you will be pressured to place yet another order with enticements of "VIP" discount and very fast / rush shipping; on the day of delivery of sent package, you will be blocked on reddit and WhatsApp.
This is an organized fraud group operating out of Whitby, Canada that has moved on from sob-story gofundme accounts to the replica community.
Associated names/accounts:
Rebecca Cox Damien Hickey Nicholas Hickey John Chen
u/lostsoul188 u/polishqueen25 likely many others
DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY TO A NON-TRUSTED/VETTED SELLER! Get legit sellers from the Google Doc or from established members here with legit history.

I just moved into a new place and was completely mislead by the rental company. The photos they provided of the property were very inaccurate :/
I’m renting a room with some other people, and day one when I walked in, the property was disgusting. There’s rotting food in the refrigerator, random crap all over the house, and everything is just dirty in general.
One of my roommates just moved out and left all of her trash in a big pile in the kitchen, and the sink is so nasty. We’re supposed to have a cleaning service, but it explicitly says it’s only a light cleaning, and they will refuse to do any work if there are personal items left on the floor. I think we each pay like $150/month for it, it’s ridiculous.
In any case, I want to just pay somebody to do a big deep clean because I can’t stand living like this. Does anybody have any good maid services they can recommend?

Hello everyone, first want to express my gratitude to this forum which was such a beacon of hope and information during a turbulent few months of my pregnancy. Thank you to anyone who shared their experiences with high NT measurements and CVS! I want to share my experience as well to give another example of a happy ending after an abnormal NT result.
TL;DR NT of 4.0mm, after tons of testing (and sleepless nights) we got the all clear, baby boy was born healthy and perfect in mid April. He’s taking a nap next to me right now 🥰
For context, I’m a 30yo living in the US, first pregnancy, healthy overall and got pregnant naturally. I was hoping to have a home birth and as low-intervention prenatal care as possible (ha!)
August 13 - got a positive on a home pregnancy test. We were sooo happy and excited!
September 6 - first appointment with my midwife, saw baby’s heartbeat via ultrasound. After this, we started to tell close friends/family we were expecting.
September 29 - blood draw for cell-free DNA test
October 5 - received negative/low risk result on the cell-free DNA. Fetal fraction was 13% and the baby is a boy!
October 9 - appointment for my 12 week ultrasound. Baby was moving around a lot and the tech had a lot of trouble getting measurements. But eventually she got what she needed. I was sent home and while in the car driving home, I got a call from my midwife’s office. Baby’s NT measurement was 4.0mm and I was referred to MFM and genetic counseling. This was a huge shock. I pretty much cried the whole way home because I could only envision poor outcomes.
October 12 - first appointment with the genetic counselor. The three days between the ultrasound and this appointment felt like forever. The GC said with the NT of 4.0mm there was a 1 in 3 risk that the baby had a chromosomal or structural defect. The probabilities I was given were if something was wrong, 70% of the time it’s chromosomal/genetic, 20% of the time it’s heart issues, and 10% of the time it’s miscarriage/stillbirth. I never really registered that 1 in 3 means that there’s a 2 in 3 chance that everything is fine! Anyway, I was booked for a CVS to investigate the genetic piece further. My husband and I also did carrier testing per the recommendation of the GC. I was also advised to have an early anatomy ultrasound at 16 weeks and a fetal echo and 20 weeks.
This is when the looooong limbo period began. I didn’t want to think about my pregnancy at all because I was pretty convinced I wouldn’t end up having the baby. I took the ultrasound photos down off the fridge and put all the baby stuff we had bought in a box. I also stopped telling people our pregnancy news - I wasn’t going to get anyone else’s hopes up until we had certainty that the baby was healthy. I too a few days off work to cry. It was rough.
October 16 - CVS, transabdominal since my placenta was anterior. It was not fun but also not horrible. If I had to do it for a future pregnancy, I would do it again. I have a serious fear of needles so the GC recommended I bring headphones and listen to music during the procedure. That was awesome advice and I just turned the volume up and tuned out (and squeezed my husband’s hand) while the OB did her thing.
October 18 - got a call from the GC, normal karyotype 👍 this was not a huge surprise since I got the low-risk cfDNA result. But still reassuring.
October 24 - got carrier testing results back, we aren’t carriers for anything
November 7 - Early anatomy scan at 16 weeks. Everything looked normal! “Specifically, there were no cardiac defects or other anomalies associated with an increased NT. The nuchal fold was normal at 3.0 mm.” Unsure how the nuchal fold (which is not exactly the same thing as NT) was 3.0mm 🤷‍♀️ seems like it had shrunk? We never got a good answer on this.
November 22 - “Normal constitutional chromosomal SNP microarray results from chorionic villi” - this result came back about 5 weeks after the CVS. The waiting was pretty terrible to be honest.
November 28 - Fetal echo and 20-week anatomy scan. This appointment was at the children’s hospital with the OB from MFM plus a pediatric cardiologist. Baby’s heart looked perfect on the echo. Anatomy scan looked totally normal as well. Still waiting on the Noonan panel results but I felt like after this appointment (and nearly 3 months after the initial high NT results) I felt like I could see the light at the end of the tunnel.
December 5 - negative for Noonan 🎉
It seems the increased NT was just a random anomaly and I was released from MFM and continued my prenatal care with my midwife. Baby boy was born at 38+6, happy and healthy! He is the cutest thing ever and somehow made the chaotic 2nd trimester worth it.
Happy to answer any questions about my experience. If you find yourself in this position, I’m sending you a big hug and positive vibes ❤️

(25m) -No friends -No social media -No texts -Dropped out of community college because I was embarrassed that I wasn’t going to a normal 4-year, D1 football, party school like people I went to high school with. -Never been to a bar or a club -Didn’t play sports growing up even though I’m 6’5 -Ashamed to eat. I go days with no food then binge a shit load in my room where no one can see me eat. I’ll spend $30-$40 on chick fil a or McDonald’s just to throw it up in shame. -No work skills(I’m 25 so I’m too old to go to college cause who would want to hang out or be friends with the old guy that’s a failure. I’d never get to experience dating or parties like all the 18-22 year olds so what’s the point?) -No social skills(I’m ugly so I have no business talking to people.) -Scared of eye contact (I don’t want people to think I’m a creep or a pervert for looking at them) -Work at Amazon(shitty entry level warehouse job) -Still live with my parents(never moved out) -Binge drink until I blackout -Eating THC edibles until I feel as though I don’t exist (150mg+ daily cause it takes me out of this life for a while) -Lame car -Never had a girlfriend -Never been on a date -Never had sex -Never even held hands -All my old friends think I’m gay(I’m not) because I’ve never been intimate with a girl and kicked me from all group chats after saying “we don’t associate with faggots” -400 credit score -Credit card debt -No savings -No Stocks -No Crypto -Fat -Ugly -Worthless -Too repulsive to be loved -Disgusting body. I used to be really obese and ugly and disgusting. im still fat but now that I’ve lost a shit ton of weight (through starving myself), I have loose skin and stretch marks so after losing weight I’m still ugly and disgusting -Gave up all my hobbies cause they’re dumb. -Lame taste in music. -Scared to go out in public and run into people I know cause my entire life is too embarrassing and lame to let anyone see. -Did nothing for the last 6 years except lay in my room watching YouTube and hardly work. The little money I have I spend on door dash. -Lame clothes/outfits -Too much of a worthless loser to go out in public -Too gross and ugly and lame to try and socialize. -Every minute I’m not at work, I’m laying in bed except to use the bathroom. -Nothing makes me happy or interests me anymore. -I want to die but I’m too much of a pussy to actually do it. -I fantasize daily about just committing suicide by cop. Like charge at them while pretending to reach for a gun just so they would end it for me. I’d have no intention of actually hurting anyone.
i don’t know why I felt the need to vent here and I don’t really post that often so I don’t know how to add trigger warnings and stuff.
I just don’t know what to do

I just watched some video of a very un-athletic, slow drunk white girl run laps around two fat police officers in Corpus Christi. Like how are they allowed to still be officers with a three digit BMI?

ive noticed my parents have recently been acting as if ive done somthing, pretty much constantly acting as if ill do something i wont. it hasnt really bothered me that much except for the fact that now my dad just barges in my room to see if im doing my school work on my laptop (which i am). also, something which has REALLY annoyed me is that fact that my mom pretty much admitted to checking AND deleted my things on my phone behind my back, which even though i have nothing too hide, i still find it uncomfortable and i feel backstabbed. pretty much, i was in my room with my phone and my mom asks me how to check my deleted photos. i obviously question why she wants to see them anyways, but i show her that she has to use my passcode anyways. when we enter the thing, i realize that literally ALL of my memes and funny stuff have been deleted. i know that she always checks my messages n' stuff which i already felt super uncomfortable with, but yet again, i had nothing to hide. but i feel like this is WAY too much. you cant just entirely intrude your teenagers privacy and then DELETE his stuff and then get angry when i question it and get uncomfortable with it. they used my age as an excuse, and i understand checking my social media (which either way i dont have any social media apps?), but checking my messages with my real life friends (because i dont talk to people online on my phone), and then checking all my photos and then deleting them is wayyyy too far. is this acceptable at all?

It’s gunna be a long one so I suggest getting your self a drink get comfy and I’ll try to make it the easiest read I can. As the title suggests this is what happened to me, my wife and our 2 year old son. The lord as my witness everything written is 100 percent true and accurate with many witnesses.
I don’t even know where to start this so I’ll just go from where I feel is relevant, I 31 male moved to Cornwall uk in 2018 then 24 coming up to 25. I moved into a beautiful one bedroom flat with sea views with nothing but a motorbike 1 bag on my back and a starting date for work 18th February 2018.
All was fine everything was going good life was finally looking up I moved from a city to rural countryside breathtaking beaches, beautiful people and I was ready to finally start adulthood. When I moved into my flat I had nothing, absolutely nothing apart from 7 days worth of clean boxers and socks a guitar and some chef whites. The flat was unfurnished apart from a bed frame and a chest of drawers so naturally I would have to buy everything I needed while I was there, I didn’t even have a mattress for my bed. 2018 was a big year for Cornwall as we had the beast of the east, heavy snow (now I like snow and being a northern boy I was used to it but this stuff came down thick and heavy)! As I said I had a motorbike for transport and I was in work when the beast of the east hit and obviously couldn’t ride back home as the snow was about 2 ft deep by the time I left.
So I walk home and as soon as you entered my flat my bedroom was to the right of the front door a cubard directly in front of you my bathroom just to the left and my living room just down the hallway to the left also. In my hall way I had a shoe rack where I always used to put my shoes, now given I had just walked 3 miles in the snow I could swear I put my bike boots on said shoe rack when I got home. Any way I carried on with my evening as normal and played guitar drank a few beers and just generally chilled before getting my head down. I was sleeping on my couch as my mattress hadn’t arrived yet, but the next morning when I woke up my bike boots was in-front of the couch like some one had jumped on them walked up to where I was sleeping and jumped out. Not only that my heater had been pulled out of the alcove it was in and turned on. I passed this off as nothing it was probably just me and I didn’t remember.
Fast forward a few months nearly a year and I’m all settled my flat is great, my work is great life is good. I met a beautiful young lady (that’s now my wife) although we just started as friends. I’m so happy.
How ever I worked on a holiday park as a chef, one day I get a knock on the back door to the kitchen. There was a man that I had been serving all week and he said sorry to bother you but my wife would like a word with you. Now I’m thinking great what have I done now. But she was smiling and happy and said to me is your gf or wife pregnant I had neither at the time, so I responded nope why do you ask? She told me her name it was carrol (forget her second name) she was a head at a spiritual church in wales. She proceeded to tell me I had a little boys spirit following me around and she could see him. I didn’t know how to react, so I just said oh ok really! And took her details added her on Facebook etc etc, now a few months go by things in the flat was getting weird not that I recognised at the time but like things moving / going missing and I just played it off like it was me being tired from work.
Again fast forward a little bit I’m dating my now wife and mother to my children, she’s staying over but she worked evenings till early hours in the morning when i would wait to go pick her up, at this point I had sold my motorbike to buy a car (more practical and I needed one as per the condition where I worked was I had to have a car to collect stock of a morning).
One night she was in work I was sat at my table designing her tattoo for the back of her leg as I love to draw, I used to have lanterns on my table that where on like a metal frame but they could swing. That night I was drawing both lanterns where swinging in unison so I FaceTimed I will call her red (as I don’t wish to identify her by name). While on face time I showed her the lanterns and I stepped away from the table thinking my shading was moving them and the second I did I swear to the almighty lord they stoped dead! Dead centre like they hadn’t even moved. She witnessed this and was like what the ****.
But once again we put it to the back of our minds and fast forward a few days / maybe a week. I used to have a picture of red and her best friend one of them stupid long ones that you get from a photo machine at an arcade, locked behind my intercoms phone. One day we was stood in the living room and i promise no one was near it but this picture came from behind the phone and landed in the middle of the living room floor. We laughed about it at the time and was like oooooo spooky but we was stupid!
So strange things kept happening red hated being in the flat on her own and hated being in my room as I had a built in wardrobe and she would always say she felt uneasy. The strange things never stopped but we always just brushed it off. Until …….
Our son is born now there’s a 2 year gap where my little lad I’ll refer to him as A, the happings never stopped or eased but we would always just pass it off, how ever when A was about 2 he would always talk to him self in the kitchen and say brother, look daddy brother but not a second later he would scream. Any one whos a parent knows there kids sounds and this sound instantly got my back up am talking as a father hearing my son make this noise I was ready to kill, the anger and rage that I felt inside was something I can’t even put into words, my baby boy was terrified of something and fatherly instincts kicked in.
Every morning while at this flat I would wake up with little bumps or marks across my body, but I always thought it was where I slept or how I slept, but red noticed the same time my lad was doing what he was in the kitchen I was waking up with what looked like chain marks around my wrists and arms and sometimes I awoke with scratches not 4 or 5 like a human hand but 3, just 3 linear scratches across my body.
Covid 2.0 come along, we all get locked down now hear I am with a young family so I did my door badge, I got night work as a security guard and red would refuse to sleep with A until I got home she would always say it felt like something / some one was watching her.
Now red had family down, and said family is a medium (at the time I would have laughed at this as I was very much so on the fence). But one night reds auntie was at her mums house and was doing a reading. During this reading she said she become overtaken by an entity she started pulling this horrible smile that my little lad used to do. (I wasn’t there to confirm this). But the next morning red and I and A are out and about in the car just been for hot chocolate when red gets a phone call from her mum.
Are you with T (me) red says yeah why? Her mum says get T and A to mine right now they both need to be saged with a white feather. So at this point I’m like *** off laughing but then I thought **** it I’ll ride the bus to the next stop. I walk into reds mums and her aunt (who I’ve never ever met doesn’t even know my second name) says to me you would have had a little boy, he would have been around 5 now and his birthday is in July.
Truth be told before I moved to Cornwall I had relations with a lady they should have been forbidden and she fell pregnant, but unfortunately lost the baby. How ever she was pulled to one side by a stranger in the street whom said 10th of July he would have been here.
So this lady reds aunt doesn’t know a thing about me but knew this, knew what faces / smirks A used to do and knew about him screaming from the kitchen and climbing up me in panic. She hadn’t seen or heard any of this no one had.
She proceeded to tell me I had a evil entity attached to my back and that’s why i suffer with back pain, this entity was hiding behind the spirit of my unborn and when A seen him or tried to interact with him he would come out from behind my unborn to scare him. He would use A•s fear and trauma as energy to try and make its self stronger as its end goal was me. It was terrorising my son to get to me.
I went white what the actual **** is going on, I spent the next few weeks thinking I was going insane. But things at the flat was getting worse I contacted Carrol and she said go into every room every storage room / cubard every dark space and say if you are not here with love and light then I command you too leave
A was getting more and more anxious in the flat, around this time we had been accepted for a house and one day he was in the hall way, I was getting the hoover out and he kept slamming the door on the cubard shut saying no daddy I thought he was being cute. I was wrong.
As things started to escalate we tried to reach out for help I’ve gone from a sceptic to a full on believer. We went to a witch shop a couple of towns over, the sell crystals candles etc etc. but when we walked in the woman wouldn’t even look at me, I tried to explain my story but A started messing around so I took him out side and this lady said to red no candles or crystals are going to help him with what he’s got she gave red two business cards for 2 white witches.
So let’s fast forward again at this point reds had enough A is unhappy! But we have a new house to move into so we said we would stay in the flat one last night before we go to the new house the next day. Our last night in the flat didn’t last from the second we walked in it felt so cold so unwelcoming just horrible atmosphere. So we packed up and went and slept on the couch in our new house. That was the last time red or A would step foot in that flat.
I had given my notice to my landlord about moving so I was there cleaning with L that’s reds sister and as we are cleaning we are both in separate rooms, she is in the kitchen I’m in the bedroom I hear her scream and then she ran into the room I was cleaning. Turns out this thing was not happy not happy at all. She was cleaning the cubard under the sink and as she tried to close the door she said it felt like something was pushing against it. She let go of it and it slammed shut. I did actually hear it from the bedroom, I told her to calm down it will be ok and we will work together.
I walked into the bathroom now this flats been empty all day I had had a wee when I first got there but other than that, nothing no one had used the bathroom. But when we walked in there was water everywhere sink was soaking wet, shower tray was soaking and the black and glitter tiles where soaked. We just wanted to get the **** done and get out. That night she left and swore she would never go back. Any who
I get reds mum over to sage the flat and she said she hated being in there, and I have 3 friends they are all into the paranormal, and wanted to explore the flat. I allowed them in as they where down on holiday and I’ll call him S is just like me emotionally dead only had two but after he left that flat he got in our friends car, he broke down in full blows tears and said he’s never felt so empty unloved and lonely. Another of our friends said he saw a long thin figure in the living room all in black with no eyes and was not of this world. He said the reason it had no eyes is because the eyes are a portal to the soul and things not of this plain can’t copy the eyes.
Any way let’s move on I left that flat and every time I left I had to say you are not welcome to follow me or attach to me, you are not welcome in my home or around my family you must stay here or go back to where you belong
Me red and A have lived in our new place a couple of years he’s happy no more screaming and running up me, red is comfortable and I haven’t awoke with chain marks since we started living here.
Red has crystals on all entry and exit points, she had the house saged, but on a whole she is happy and content, I am just never allowed to talk about these events infront of her. Last I heard that thing is still at the flat with my little unborn boy and my A•s grandad who did well to protect A.
This is my story that changed me from a sceptical to a firm believer in paranormal entity’s.

mods I’m only snarking on A, not children
I think A’s posts are very calculated and that she puts Z first in the photo reel because she knows people are going to comment about the outfit. Think about it, she could’ve picked any other picture to go first. She knows what she’s doing and of course it works because all the comments are about him. And of course she interacts with the comments about the outfit so they go to the top and people can read her responses about it. Then it drives traffic to her page and blah blah blah. But again, just my opinion.

• 24F, UK, no alcohol/smoking/drugs, healthy lifestyle and diet. With enamel hypoplasia and very discoloured teeth probably due to Amelogenesis Imperfecta. Sorry for post length.

My front teeth are very discoloured, depending on the light they look anywhere from yellow to grey. Some of my front teeth also have a mottled appearance with tiny lighter patches. They grew like this. It is 100% not a hygiene issue as I'm always told at my yearly dental check ups that my hygiene is perfect. My upper row central and lateral incisors are all half composite because the teeth have snapped over the years. From canine to canine (on both upper & lower rows) they also have a texture of raised vertical lines running down them. It makes them look slightly bumpy and even worse. The teeth beyond the front six are better, still with thin enamel and yellow but they have never cracked or chipped.
Every dentist I have seen has said I have enamel hypoplasia, but each has said it was caused by something different. Mainly they say Amelogenesis Imperfecta (AI). Some photos of milder AI look a lot like my teeth. Although it sounds like AI makes teeth prone to decay and I've never had a cavity, so I don't know.
My concern is my teeth being so discoloured. It's so embarrassing and I avoid smiling. I look like I never brush my teeth and have zero hygiene. I tried peroxide gel from the dentist as a teen which did nothing at all. I've since learnt that peroxide only really works for discolouration caused by surface stains, not for intrinsic discolouration. I moved to another dentist and spoke to him about veneers but he said they're not great for younger people because I would need to keep having them repaired/replaced for the next 60 years and it's a big commitment. He said it's best to leave the teeth alone because they're as healthy as they'll ever be and doing stuff to them them could cause problems as they are fragile.
I've looked in to the 'flipper' removable veneers but saw a lot of reviews saying they look really bad in person (even the expensive ones apparently aren't great). I don't really know what else to consider. I know it sounds dramatic but it has made me self-conscious in every single social interaction I've ever had since the age of about 9. I've given myself receding gums because when I was young I thought brushing for 45+ minutes would make them whiter.
Are there any other options to make them whiter without causing damage or are veneers the only real option? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Please excuse the lack of photo, I can't bring myself to take a photo of my teeth.

I've always had a fascination with death since I was around 3 especially with skull symbols everywhere it didn't scare me but I'd have dreams of people being skeletons and weird stuff, fast forward to 2 years ago I saw what looks like the shape of the grim reaper in the clouds I didn't think much of it till a family member that day showed me a photo of our friends and a grim reaper-like figure in the background it spooked us a bit, later on the friends ended up turning their backs on us and throwing dirt on us for reasons we don't know, I believe they deleted the photo soon after. I moved into a new apartment closer to work randomly when I walk into a room I might see a scythe resting against the wall for a split second I know its not a halloween decoration cause I don't celebrate it, I just brush it off as being on the phone for too long, I soon take these sightings as legit or a warning that a friend might be doing something behind my back I don't feel any fear with these recent grim reaper sightings. One morning this year I woke up and saw an outline of a small figure in my bed covers with a scythe sounds crazy but I was half asleep I woke up and moved and it was gone. Later that day news about a family friend being possessive and violent over my brother who had just been married to his partner I took the grim reaper sighting as a warning that the family friend ment harm on us. Recently I start trying to tap in to whatever this grim reaper may be trying to communicate I start of asking questions out loud and wait for a response sometimes a tap or knock sometimes a vision or visualise a blurry figure but nothing detailed I've been spiritual for years and grew up in a spiritual religious household but only recently have my gifts or whatever it is been more active from having conversations with ghosts to time travelling in dreams I suppose I don't understand it completely but I hope the next sighting of the grim reaper doesn't mean losing a best friend.

Hi All,
I just wrote a very lengthy post on my life as a parent of a "troubled" daughter. She is 16 and has been diagnosed with autism, anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, and borderline personality disorder. She has been in three different programs. Currently, she is at Red Hawk Academy in Littlefield, Arizona. She has been at the school for the past six months.
On my own, without any request by Red Hawk Academy , I have decided to address and dispel any accusations and/or allegations directed at Red Hawk Academy ("RHA").
RHA is located in Littlefield, Arizona and is the owners of the school are Valerie and Sonny. Valerie, Sonny, and all of the staff at RHA are honest, caring, and true to their words.
Before I address the outrageous and false accusations regarding RHA, I would like to point out that these posts/conversations are usually written by individuals who: (1) never had a daughter who attended RHA or (2) disgruntled, upset, and emotionally charged kids who may or may not have attended RHA.
That being said, when reading any negative post (including accusations and allegations) about RHA, or any therapeutic program, you should always think about who is writing the post. I have noticed that parents who have actually sent their kids to therapeutic boarding schools have long posts where they take the time to explain how they ended up sending their kids to one of these programs.
I have nothing to gain in writing this post. I am writing this post because I have a daughter with many psychological and behavioral problems. I am writing this post because sending her to RHA was the best decision I could have made for her and our family.
The following are accusations/allegations about RHA are without merit and completely ridiculous:
1) There is no information on individual staff members: FALSE - you can go to the RHA website (https://www.redhawkrtc.com/) and you will find information on each staff member. If you click on a staff member's name, you can read a bio on that person.
2) " My brother told me my niece can't get calls or mail": FALSE - we speak to our daughter every week. She also writes us letters that are scanned and sent via email. The family can send letters via email or regular mail. I know she receives the letters because she sends a written response or we discuss the letter on a video call. Every Wednesday, the girls receive all correspondence from their family members. In regards to the calls - the calls are all video calls. We get to talk to our daughter every week. There are two types of calls which occur every other week: (i) hour-long zoom family session with our daughter and Valerie (who has a master's in social work); (ii) 15-minute video call with our daughter on Google Meet. On the weeks where we do not have a family session with our daughter, we still meet for an hour with Valerie. As a parent, you may worry that every other week, you are only able to talk to your daughter for 15-minutes. I believe there are many reasons for the call schedule: (1) an hour-long family session every week is tough on our daughter (and I believe most kids); (2) it is nice to have a therapy session without our daughter, so we can work on our family and learn how to best support our daughter; and (3) parents are a distraction - when we have the family sessions, at times, we witness an angry, defiant, and resentful daughter. Both our family and our daughter need time apart to heal and self-reflect on the process.
3) "The owner (Sonny) gets his feet rubbed by the girls": FALSE - our daughter has never reported any inappropriate conduct by Sonny or any staff member. While you may think that my daughter (and the others) can't truthfully report what is going on at the facility, what you may not know, is that I visit my daughter every three months. I went to visit her in April and she stayed in a hotel room with us for three nights. If there was something going on at the school she would have told us.
4) " They (therapeutic boarding schools) are all unregulated and abusive": FALSE - all facilities are regulated at the state level or county level. As for the "abusive" comment, I can only speak as to the programs my daughter has attended. All three of the programs were not abusive. In our family, we have agreed to a safe word, which is a word our kids will use if ever in danger. My daughter has done everything in her power to get expelled from these programs and she has not once used the safe word. She knows the seriousness of using the safe word and knows that it should be used only if she truly is in danger (or being abused). Also, if you think about it logically, RHA would not allow families to take their kids away from the facility for days at a time if there was any abuse occurring at the school. In addition, some people may believe that consequences equates to abuse. My daughter's behavior is driven by her borderline personality disorder, and consequences are needed to curb that behavior. I have spoken with psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists and all have agreed that consistent consequences are the way to handle borderline personality disorders. The consequences are RHA are: (i) NOT abusive, (ii) reasonable, and (iii) sufficiently address the bad behavior.
5) " Sonny had them doing chores outside of the facility": FALSE - The girls can work outside of the building (located on school property) once they reach a certain goal. My daughter looks forward to working outside with Sonny and she gets to make some money in the process. I can't imagine any parent getting upset because his/her daughter is working. My daughter (and many other daughters) need to learn how to work, follow instructions, and follow-through with a project. My daughter had a great time painting a structure and it helped her understand the value of hard work. One of the staff members sent me a photo of my daughter after she finished the painting and she had a great big smile and paint all over her. Bottom-line, I want my daughter to be proud of her accomplishments, whether it be weed picking, painting, or other outdoor tasks.
6) It is dangerous to give guardianship to RHA: FALSE - I admit that I was scared when I was asked to sign a document giving temporary guardianship to RHA. But then, once again, I thought about it logically. My daughter lives in another state and I need to someone to have the legal right to make choices/decisions on daughter's behalf. I will not risk the health and well-being of my daughter due to my own ungrounded fear in allowing temporary guardianship. More importantly, I truly trust RHA staff and know that they have the well-being of my daughter in mind when making decisions.
7) "It’s usually the parents that are the problem and that’s the reality of it. So maybe check urself too or try family therapy or try to understand ur kid better": FALSE - If there is anything you take from this post is that not all families are the problem. Yes, some parents may be the problem, but not in my case. My daughter grew up in a loving environment where she was well taken care of. The family dynamic was healthy and we, as parents, offered emotional support, encouragement, love, kindness, and respect. My husband and I wanted to provide my daughter with the best life possible. My daughter, with no choice in the matter, has a chemical imbalance in her brain. I do not fault my daughter for this imbalance, but I do hold her accountable for her actions. She is consciously making decision that have put her life at risk.
I have not covered all negative posts, but addressed some of the posts that stood out to me.
Her is my message to you - I love my daughter unconditionally. Above all else, I want her to be happy and healthy. It was a difficult decision to send her away, and there are many days that I am sad she is not living with us. Sometimes I wish she could come home. But, then I remind myself why she is at RHA. She is there because she needs help, help that we could not provide her. She was breaking the family and in the process destroying herself. My greatest act of love was to send her to a program where she can get the help she needs.
The only program that has been successful for our family is RHA. RHA offers a safe and caring environment. The staff listen to us and guide us to making the best decisions for our family and our daughter. RHA offers encouragement and support to our daughter. It is hard to think about where my daughter would be if we did not seek help for her last year.
Words of wisdom, when you call a program or visit a program, pay attention to your gut instinct. Ask for the telephone numbers of parents who have had a daughter in the program. Not all therapeutic boarding schools are bad and abusive. Talk to the head of the school/program and make sure you feel heard and understood by that person. The first time I called Valerie, I had a really good feeling. She had a positive attitude and answered each and every question I asked. She was not evasive and she was forthright with her responses. Sometimes, you need to take a leap of faith, and that leap led me to RHA.
For parents of daughters who struggle, remember that you are not alone and there are options for you and your daughter. Every so often, I see glimpses of my sweet daughter, and I hope that for you!
Wish you all the best!

I have contacted Chime and I’m waiting on someone from there to email me. For those willing, may you message me any photos or videos of her demanding people send money to her chime for hugs? I would like to submit all evidence to Chime to get it shut down.

long story short i just yapped the whole time about how people can’t place value on selfies if those selfies (esp. if posted) are oftentimes altered, this action usually deriving from the need to live up to a certain unrealistic standard
and i literally couldn’t think of any concrete evidence so i fucking used dani cohn and how she was accused of editing her photos back when she was a child star, and the implications of doing so while being a child and also having a child audience. talked about how many people tend to live in neo-reality yap yap yap im cooked!

I've never had a bad breakup. All of my exes and I have ended on good terms. I've never blocked/unfollowed or been removed by an ex, never deleted photos, and when I look back on my past relationships I don't regret anything and still appreciate the memories I had with someone really special.
The difference now though, is that with my past exes, it was easy to rationalize a breakup. We were young, we were different people who wanted different things in life and were headed in different directions that didn't line up together. But with my most recent breakup (1 month ago) it's hard for me to rationalize.
I can understand why she did what she did, I've made peace with it. She's a very ambitious person who has been through a lot and thus forced to be very independent her whole life. She hit a point in life where she felt behind and felt like being a relationship was holding her back and wanted to grow on her own. It seemed like she just felt insecure on where she wanted to be in life and wanted to free up time to get to where she thinks she should be and I don't blame her for that.
What makes it so hard though, is that with this girl we were very similar people. We had a very similar backgrounds and upbringings that made me relate to her more than anyone else I've ever met. We had similar interests, and similar goals in life. We didn't fight a single time in our relationship. I legitimately cannot think of a single argument we had or issue either of us brought up. For once, I could have seen a real future with her.
We've been pretty good about no contact but have talked in-person two or three times. She told me that if she felt like she was in a place to be in a relationship it would be with me and neither of us have gotten with anyone else since. She told me she had a dream of us in the future living on the beach together. That's why it's so hard for me to let this go — I truly loved her deeply and we made a lot of sense together. All of my friends liked her and were friends with her and likewise I was friends with all of her friends. I know the best thing I can do for either of us is to give each other space, but it's hard to think that there isn't a world out there together where we don't end up together.
Everything just seemed so right and it's so hard to shake this mindset that once we're both in a better place we'll end up together again, but I know thinking like that isn't good for my own healing. What do I do and what am I supposed to make of everything?
TLDR: Really healthy relationship which ended on good terms that just didn't work anymore and it's hard for me (and her I think) to let go.

hello i am a 23 year old visiting bali next month from the states. Staying for couple days with a friend and plan on making some friends that also takes photo or just chill people. I will be staying in Cenggu. I was wondering the culture in bali around visitors and if its easy to meet people through in person or Instagram? thanks