6 month anniversary poem

I have lived at this current rental for 14 months. It is an older cottage, and had minor issues they told me they were going to fix within a couple months of me moving in, as well as a leak in the main bedroom ( more major of an issue ) Since April of last year, they have not made one repair, and of course things have gotten much worse. I have requested 6-7 times in writing that I need them to complete the repairs. I get bullshit responses about how they will get to it, or they’ve contacted a company etc. The most recent major event was the spare bedroom floor collapsed. 1/4 of the flooring buckled down about 6 inches when I went to get something from in there ( I use the room for storage. ) I reported the floor collapsing over two weeks ago. It took almost 5 days for them to come by, at which time they insisted that it was my fault. Im at the point where it’s really fucking with my days. If I wasn’t before, I sure am now. What is my best option here? I have all correspondence between myself and the landlords, as well as photos from when I moved in, up until today.
Thank you for any sound advice.

Hi all, so Pacifica's Island Vanilla has been my favourite lazy day perfume for a good while now. I got a bottle about 6 months ago and it's great. I was thinking of repurchasing and all the reviews say the formulation has changed? People who have bought it for years say it's disgusting to them now.
The company has been responding that it's a natural variation, but it seems to be far more than that considering so many people have all said the same thing at the same time (when the bottles changed from clear glass to pink). My boyfriend really loves this perfume but I don't wanna waste my money if it's not the same one. Has anyone else tried the new formula ?

Question is in the title, but some quick background. I’m 39, m, and about 8 years ago I was advised to lose some weight by my doctor after it was discovered I had a congenital heart condition. At the time, I was a flabby 240lbs at 6ft.
I lost a heap of weight, around 80lbs, over the course of 12 months, purely through diet. I then started weight training as I was looking a little skinny, and by the 18 month mark had a six pack, big chest, big guns. I looked as healthy, and was as happy, as I had been in my life.
So far, so good. This was an insidious thing, but somewhere down the line I noticed I was having to eat less and less to maintain a weight and would gain weight really easily. I also started to feel a bit ill; tired, slugging and finding it difficulty to concentrate.
Fast forward to today, I’m still in reasonable shape, perhaps not quite as good 5 or 6 years ago, but staying even remotely lean now requires me to eat so little, and train so much, that I feel incredibly drained. So much that it affects my work and family life.
If I eat more, or train less, I feel better. If eat more AND train less, I feel better still. It feels as if my body isn’t using its stored fuel very well, so if I don’t eat much then I have no energy, but if I eat more those calories just go straight into the vault.
For context, I have seen so many doctors in recent years trying to get to the bottom of this - endocrinologists, thyroid specialists, diabetes specialists. I’ve had so many tests; I’ve just about ruled out every bonafide medical condition.
But could there be some sort of metabolic damage going on, having lost so much weight all those years ago? If so, what could I do to confirm and ultimately fix this?
Thanks!

I’m 33. Have about 250k in investments between 401k and personal. About that in home equity.Maybe a bit less. Have about 3 months in expenses and a stable job with power company. We owe about 80 grand between both vehicles. No CC debt and some student loans. Student loans are low interest. Vehicles are 6-7%. I’ve been wanting to start hammering debt. But realistically it’ll take roughly 3 years probably to get the vehicles paid. Maybe a bit less with overtime. Mentally I keep telling myself that’s time lost putting money in the market and saving. Juggling 3 kids and life I’m definitely in the “messy middle.” I’m thinking I’m dealing with analysis paralysis. Any guidance on what worked for y’all would be greatly appreciated. Thankyou in advance!
PS. I understand I’m not in a perfect situation. I understand I have a lot financed in vehicles etc etc. just trying to right my course. Not harp on the dumb decisions I’ve made.

I havent seen much talk here on this sub of people talk about strugling with body aches. So I just wonder fo anybody here strugle with them? Has anybody healed it? Mine comes and goes, and the past 6 months they have really intesified. There can be days in between, and then they suddenly appear. My guess is that the virus released a specific neurotoxin like mercury based? Is therr any info on this?

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My daughter is about to finish 5th grade and promote to middle school. The middle school has a girl’s basketball team and my daughter has said she wants to play. I would normally fully support this but in this instance I feel I must make a stand.
Three years ago my daughter told my wife and I she wanted to play basketball. My wife and I are both very tall (wife is 6’2” I’m a half inch taller than her)so our daughter is in the 99% percentile for height(daughter is 5’4” age 11). Wife and I were both in favor of it, so we found a league for young girls and signed her up. They had practice once a week and games on Saturday mornings. It lasted about a month and a half, maybe 6 weeks in total.
As soon as we signed her up, I installed a nice goal in our driveway. It’s a nice concrete court and the goal is adjustable in height (the first year she played they used 8ft goals). However, for the past 3 years the only person who has ever used the goal is me. My daughter shot on it for a few minutes the day I installed it, and hasn’t attempted to use it since.
So for the past 3 years we have been hauling her to practice once a week for 6 weeks and games on Saturday mornings for those weeks. She never practices at all outside of that, despite me trying to initiate practices with her on several occasions.
Now that she has grown out of that league she wants to play for the school team. And herein lies the rub. The school season is several months long, multiple practices per week and about 30 games. This is no longer a minor time sink, this is an investment.
I told my wife I wasn’t interested in signing her up for what will end up being a massive time investment for the wife and I when she has shown no real interest in actually playing the sport. I work for myself so it’s not an issue for me to take time to get her to practice or to attend her games, for me this has become a thing of principle.
My wife is backing me on this decision in front of my daughter(we have made it our mission to be a unified force in front of our children) but I know she disagrees with me on this. She is completely selfless when it comes to our children and would have no problem taking her to the practices or the games, and told me I was exempt. But I don’t want to be exempt. I want my daughter to learn a valuable life lesson.
I told my wife that this is a teaching moment. Our daughter is not a baby anymore, and just because you want something doesn’t mean you get it. She says she wants to play basketball, but isn’t willing to practice at all. She lives in a world where her wanting it is enough, and I think it’s time she learned that things don’t happen by magic.
Wife has agreed to back me on this, but I’m pretty sure she thinks I’m being an asshole, especially after I didn’t change my stance after she offered to take full responsibility for it. Am I the asshole?

Do any of you struggle with this? No matter how many hours a night I sleep, whether it's 4, 8, or 12, I'm still just as sleepy. I have a lot of trouble falling asleep if it's at a normal time (go to bed at 11 and can't actually sleep until 3-4), but usually I can conk out for 12+ hours if I fall asleep right after dinner (8-9). My only class atm is from 12:45 to 3:45, so I usually sleep until noon. I always sleep through my alarms, even if they're at the max volume, so my mom has to shake me awake. If she doesn't, I can easily sleep until 2-3pm. I thought it might be an oversleeping issue, but there have been periods of me sleeping 8 hours a day for months and feeling exactly the same, so I don't think that's it. Currently I'm off all psychiatric medications, so I'm only taking 75mg spironolactone for hormonal acne and 20mg cetirizine for allergies. I'm 17 years old. I've got quite the medical history but I didn't see everything as being relevant to this issue. If necessary, I can provide more information on general health history in the replies.
Over the last 6 years I've had numerous repeat blood tests done, and everything is pretty normal. Compiled from all the data:
-Trends low: MCV, MCH, MCHC, IgA serum
-Trends high: Monocytes, RDW, prothrombin time
While these have all been out of range multiple times, my doctor says they're not out of range enough to be anything to worry about. Everything else checked in CBC and CMP tests have been normal. My vitamins are all normal. I doubt I have any thyroid dysfunction given my TSH is always normal and free T4 has only been tested one time. It was slightly out of range (low), but again, my doctor wasn't concerned.
I only go to school for 3 hours, I barely study/have any homework to do, and I don't work, but I still feel like I've just run a 10k after a 10-hour shift every single day. I don't know what's wrong with me. I don't have enough energy to do anything. I wake up, take a quick shower, go to school, either play video games or nap until dinner, and then I go back to sleep. I've been told I just need to exercise more, but I can't really exercise because my heart rate gets dangerously high. My rhr is about 70-80bpm. When I stand, it goes to 120, when I do a casual walk, it's up at 150-160, when I'm walking briskly, it gets to 180, and if I even try to jog for a moment it's at 200-210. This is another thing my doctor didn't think was an issue and she told me to "exercise more." I have an MRI coming up to check for endometriosis (no fibroids or cysts so MRI is the next step), and a colonoscopy for Crohn's (was supposed to get that one done 4 years ago but I was afraid the prep would make me vomit and didn't do it), but nothing is concrete yet. I'm wiped out and honestly ready to give up lol, all my tests are normal yet I've never felt less normal. Any info/advice/etc is very appreciated. Thank you
Edit: Just realized I forgot to add information about overall sleep quality. I can't really breathe through my nose due to constant nasal inflammation (this is gross but when I look up my nose the walls are so inflamed they're pressed together and no air can get through), so I end up drooling and probably mouth-breathing. I don't snore, though. Once again, another thing my doctor doesn't see as an issue

My boyfriend of almost three years confessed to me in an argument that he’s been cheating on me. I’m completely devastated, I never expected this from him. Our three year anniversary is this weekend. It was more than one woman, he sent me screen shots from three different woman. He claims to slept with only one, fingered another and did nothing with the 3rd. I don’t believe him because all three conversations they were talking about how they enjoyed sex with him. He claims to have done it because our relationship was rocky and he didn’t want to lose me? He was drunk and hurt? It was an accident? More than one girl though? I don’t understand how cheating on me would solve not losing me? He’s wanting to come over later and “explain” everything to me so I can “understand” as if he can say anything to make this justified. He also says we can be “stronger than ever” but then accuses me of cheating too when I didn’t. He says he did it because of his pride, and he felt unwanted. Well my daughter’s father passed away recently so yes I have been mentally exhausted the past few months but I didn’t know that meant I deserved to be cheated on. I’m constantly begging for affection and attention only to be turned down every time. I’m so lost, I have no clue what to do now. Do I allow him to come over and talk? Do I give him another chance?
TLDR; my bf of almost 3 years cheated on me with 3 girls within a month

Recently I found out I had a spyware on my phone that had access to microphone and camera.you know the worst part? I found that out after 6 MONTHS. The guy who was taking pictures and videos of me and my family said he would post it online. I'm scared AF. Called the cops but they said they can't do anything about it. Idk what to do anymore I just give up.

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Im a guy and i just turned 23. And in my time being a 22 year old i have fucked up catastrophically multiple times. It has caused me depression/anxiety issues which I am currently battling right now.
Before i made these bad decisions (which ill get to), i was super charismatic, super funny, and good looking too. A lot of people enjoyed my company and i was really good at making connections.
A year ago, i had a friend group, and i was the new person in it. A couple in that friend group broke up, and then i went and made out with her for like an hour in front of everybody in a club. I also told her that i wasnt friends with her ex, which he obviously was hurt by. The couple ended up getting back together the next day.
As a result, i was kicked out of that friend group. This resulted in months of pain and distress.
Then around 6 months ago, i asked out another girl. This girl was somebody i had met through an old friend, and she dated his brother for 6.5 years, who i also knew from middle school but havent seen in 10 years. I ask my old friend if shes single and he tells me to shoot my shot. Well, i date her for about a month and a half, and we sleep together multiple times.
Now, i am not really friends with her anymore, my relationship with my old friend is more distant, and i fear ive destroyed the relationship with his brother. This sucks because i know his whole family and do want to see them again. I don't know how this is going to affect my relationships with them.
Now im at a point where i am just super critical of my character. I almost feel sick at times when i think about sleeping with that girl. I have a really weird anxiety that comes over me at times. I also barely even feel like pursuing women at this point. I do think i am slowly healing and recovering from this.
I just want to be the person i used to be before these bad decisions.
Lesson: DON’T DATE IN YOUR SOCIAL CIRCLE, especially someone’s ex
If anybody has any advice or words of wisdom, please let me know. I am now in the rebuilding phase of my life.

We are drawing to the end of our first season cruising, and we have started doing longer and longer journeys as we have learned how to handle the boat and understand the forecasts better. I'm wondering how our progression stacks up with other peoples'. This question is in the context of coastal/ocean sailing, as well as skippering your own boat for the journey. If your first 24 h100+ mile sail was with somone else making the decisions (like a delivery skipper or highly experienced freind), thats totally fine, Include that detail as well, maybe thats how all the smart people start doing this.
I am aware that there are a myriad of influences that impact this, so if you can add some context such as where the sailing was at, what kind of boat, the crew you had, and even some tale on how it went, that would possibly help other people. I'm hoping this question sparks some responses that can provide tips to people take the leap and make longer and longer sails.
Are most cruisng couples knocking out multi day sails month 1 after leaving the dock? Or are people taking it slower and maybe 5-6 months in you enjoyed your first over night? Maybe people in one region are able to do smaller day trips so they do that for longer, where as other regions require longer passages due to a lack of safe harbors? Let me know your prespective

Hey everyone first of all , English is not my first language, so I hope u all can understand and give me the answers i need My dad he is 50 years old a smoker , it all started one year ago He felt severe pain in his chest and the pain moved to his back, to his shoulders and stomach, He performed many tests and x-rays, all the doctors said the results its normal But you may have a few gallstones so we have to Remove Gallbladder to relieve pain, it did actually relieve the pain for 3 days maybe after these three days everything become worse the pain became stronger and now he have Persistent diarrhea for like 6 months maybe more ,we did all the test again like all the test that came to your mind CA-19-9 was high it was 1000 and the potassium was low for sure because of the Persistent diarrhea the doctor decide to Take a biopsy they take four They are all healthy and do not contain cancer cells . They found out that he has retroperitoneal fibrosis so They gave him cortisone to prevent the fibrosis from spreading and to relieve the pain, but the pain did not ease, so they gave him Lyrica. He was taking it for three months ,and today he was in doctor appointment did the CA-19-9 again and it become higher ,4000 , until now he suffer and the doctors dont now the reason, im scared dont know what to do . If anyone suffers from such matters or knows someone who has gone through the same experience, thank you

Loving the comfort factor of wearing sneakers with dresses over the warmer months. Is it acceptable to wear sneakers with dresses in winter, with black tights? My guess would be to go for black sneakers to streamline the leg. What is everyone else’s thoughts?
Bonus question: any recommendations for some super comfortable sneakers that are acceptable to wear to a fancy-ish restaurant? We’re headed to Sydney for our anniversary during vivid. We’re going to bennelong for dinner then heading out exploring the festival. I won’t have anytime to wear them in, which leaves me with more limited options.
I have ultra bad luck with finding boots etc that won’t rub after a full day of walking. My feet might be weird. Even frankie4 nats leave me with horrible blisters on my heels after huge amounts of walking.

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I have recently tried to find a good retinol product, more for preventative reasons because I do have some pretty deep lines on my forehead but I still looks young. I just want to prevent them from getting worse and in general have nice skin as I age and I've heard this is a good way.
I'm a 33 y/o male.
I have tried a couple serums from the ordinary and a Neutrogena oil (0.3%), as well as a moisturizer that claims to be 0.8% (Remedial Pax hyaluronic acid / retinol)
I didn't really notice any effect after a couple months from any of those trials , infact I didn't even feel any redness or itching when staring any of them. (I realize I don't need or want to have reaction, but it does mean that it's working)
Anyways I found a super cheap Korean brand at shoppers drug Mart recently that is a "Retinol in Squalane solution" and OH MY GOD !! 😍🤯 Not only does it feel amazing, I have noticed a huge difference in my skin in just a few weeks ! I did react slightly when I first started using it, this is apparently normal. It was just a slight warmness and itching that only lasted a few minutes. It is from a company called "my.IN.gredients" - spelled just like that. It states the retinol is 0.05% and Squalane is 0.6%.
The best part? ITS 7.99$ CAD / 5.80$ USD FOR 30ML !!!!
I can't believe how good my skin looks and feels since starting and holy is the price ever right !
I'm not going to post a link because I don't think I'm allowed to do that here and I don't want this post to get deleted, but they sell a bunch of different products and the box / bottle for this particular solution is white and purple.
I looked into reviews and a lot of people really love this stuff and swear by it. A lot of people claim it is a sort of rip off of the ordinary but I honestly think it's better.
Anyways I just wanted to share my experience so that you guys might try it if it is something you're looking for 😊

I've had slightly elevated ALT and AST for some time (since February when I got routine blood work done). All my other liver results are normal and in range. I have not had alcohol in 4 months and do not take any medication or drugs. I did a liver ultrasound a few months ago and my liver was slightly enlarged but I am about 6' 8" and 250 lbs. So they chalked it up to me being larger and having a larger liver (ie they did not find any fatty liver signs etc).
I workout regularly (weightlifting and cardio 5-6 times per week, vigorous). I tested negative for Hep B and C. Just a little concerned that everything else seems fine but these enzymes keep coming back high and they can't find a cause.
Most recent results AST: 41 ALT: 75

MyUCF says that my degree has been awarded and to allow 6-10 weeks for delivery. It’s been about 5 months now and I haven’t received mine yet. My diploma address in MyUCF is correct.