I am brown (South Asian, born and raised in the UK) and he is white (Baltic, immigrated to the UK around 10 years ago). We've been with each other for around 15 months, and we are happy together. We are talking marriage and children.
His mother immigrated here 6 months ago. We used to get on very well, to the point she called me her daughter. I helped her with many things since she immigrated, like cooking different meals, letting her learn how to drive with my car, discreetly lending money to fix the broken boiler etc.
But she and my boyfriend have been having arguments that aren't to do with me (He loves her but feels like she's entitled and thankless). The other night she was drunk and randomly texted that she is very sure that I was 'looking to marry a white man' and that 'Polish, Romanians or English men wouldn't marry me because, well you know why.'
I don't know what she meant by that.
When he called her, she just said 'Yes, I'm a casual racist'. He hung up and was really disappointed and sad. He's been super supportive since then. We're trying to find a way to move forwards.
Now, my question is, what do I do? I love him so much but I think this will haunt me forever if I stay in the relationship. Will it get worse if I marry him? Will I get blamed if he has to choose between us? Was it just the drink or is she actually racist?
I feel so down. Can anyone share some advice?

Hello,
First time Reddit poster. Started watching in 1998 and wound down in 2011.
I read/hear a lot about how Shawn Michaels/HHH pulled a last minute swerve for Shawn to win the European Championship over The British Bulldog at the 1997 One Night Only PPV. The detractors say that although Shawn's excuse was that he was doing it for "heat" and to make the title mean something, he didn't really do much with it and treated it as an afterthought joke. The D-X vs Hart Foundation feud happened a little bit before I started tuning in, but over the last 10-15 years, especially with more "shoot" interviews available, books/articles published, etc. it's possible the narrative of what happened at One Night Only is a mischaracterization of Shawn Michaels.
What We Know: In 1997, The British Bulldog aka Davey Boy Smith -- a member of the heel stable, The Hart Foundation -- is the European Champion and is always expected to "go over" whenever the WWE travels to Europe. 9/20/97 is the One Night Only PPV, in Birmingham, England.
What has been said by a few sources: Up till the day of the show, Davey was under the assumption that he was not going to lose the title to Shawn Michaels, since England is obviously within Europe. What made this event extra special is that there had been a plan for him to be escorted to the ring by his sister who was sadly stricken with a terminal illness. There would've then been cheers all around for this valiant hero and the 11,000 fans would then be sent home happy with a feel-good story.
Here is where things get murky: The same sources state that Shawn and HHH decided to pull a fast one on Vince McMahon an hour or so before it was show time. The two demanded that Shawn beat Davey for the European Championship. Has Shawn or HHH ever independantly admitted that it was in that short of a turnaround and that the two went behind Davey's back? Even Jim Ross says that Davey was with Shawn and HHH when the idea to change the finish was pitched and blames Davey for not "protecting himself." That means Davey agreed and was not forced. As mentioned earlier, the excuse that has been used is that Shawn felt that it would be a great way to draw "heat" since there was very much a pro-Davey crowd watching and so the return match in the Spring of 1998 (when they headed back to not just the UK, but this time in Manchester which was The Bulldog's billed hometown) would have a massive redemption arc which would be that much greater for the fans. In the meantime, Shawn would have good matches and elevate the European Championship, something, quite frankly, he was better at than Davey. It ties into the reasoning that has been given in that Shawn (arguably being at the peak of his ability), would be able to make that title mean something (like what he did for the Intercontinental Championship).
However, because of the backstage Kliq stories which continue to come out, the manner in which Shawn later dropped the European Championship, and the fact that there really was no return match for Shawn vs. Davey since both were out of the WWE by then, many fans have pointed to this PPV as an "obvious" example of the weight Shawn and HHH carried backstage. In recent shoot interviews, Bret Hart (who would leave the WWF six weeks later in spectacular fashion) has said this match was simply a way to make Davey and the rest of the Harts look foolish.
What you can't deny is the heat in the arena, after the match, was white-hot.
Okay with that background established, let's look to see why I feel that what happened at the One Night Only PPV is a mischaracterization of Shawn Michaels:

• The Hart narrative.
  • It's hard to put a lot of stock into "he said, she said," but in case you want to take it as gospel...in Page 256 of Shawn's book (yeah, yeah, I know) Heartbreak & Triumph, he details that Davey was on board with the plans -- with no mentions of if it was pitched an hour before or days earlier. If fans are ready to believe Bret, why can't they leave wiggle room for Shawn?
    • While Shawn certainly has excuses (and apologized) for his sophomoric hijinx and makes himself sound like a creative genius, Bret has consistently come off as two things: 1) Making himself look heroic 2) Making himself look like he's had a perpetual gloomy cloud over him at every stage of life. His book, My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling, briefly mentions this match and some nonsense of how he "saw the light die in Davey's eyes that day, darkness seeping into a heart that was giving out." Statements like that (and ones he continues to say) are dangerous, essentially telling fans that Shawn is partly responsible for the death of Davey Boy, stemming from this match. Huge mischaracterization.
  • Bret points to how Davey told everyone he expected to win, promised everyone that he was going to win the match for his English fans and especially his sister...as proof that Shawn swerved plans at the last minute just to needle the Harts ("It was designed to make us all look stupid." -- Inside The Ropes ).
    • What? There's literally thousands of instances where wrestlers lose in their hometown and use real life to push stories. And finishes change all the time. The new storyline made long term sense and Vince/Creative agreed. It could have been great, but no one expected Bulldog to quit six weeks later because of the Screwjob. No one expected Shawn's back injury to happen a couple months after that.
  • Diana Hart Smith (Davey's wife and Bret/Owen's sister) in 2012 said, regarding the changed finish, you "have to do what you're told." However, she is not credible, by Bret's own words, stemming from his reaction to a largely fictional biography on the Hart Family, written by Diana (Under the Mat).
• Davey was still booked to look strong, despite losing.
  • The RAW before the event, Davey had his knee "injured" from chair shots by HBK/HHH. And yet Davey still didn't "quit" when locked into the Figure Four at the PPV (even with HBK getting help from all the members of D-X). The match was stopped, akin to Stone Cold vs Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13. Diana Hart Smith even got involved in the post match antics with Chyna.
  • I don't believe, for a moment, the Hart family -- especially Bret -- didn't fully agree to how it all precisely happened especially when you're getting non-wrestlers involved inside the ring. If they wanted to change it, they could've.
    • There's been no mention from Bret about going to bat for Davey and them getting rejected.
• Bret Hart and the Hart Foundation still had a lot of backstage influence.
  • This wasn't Savio Vega or Dean Douglas eating an unnecessary pin. There is an established history of the Harts wanting to do things their way. Bret was World Champion and by far the highest paid wrestler on the roster so although Shawn had stroke, Bret certainly did too. And Davey had been with the company and had success far longer than Shawn (though in interrupted stages). DQ/Countout results are a common occurrence for situations where two powerful wrestlers/factions don't want to "job" to one another. In fact, the 10/6/97 RAW had Bret changing a finish where he was supposed to eat a pin from HHH (via HBK interference) into a Countout.
  • Yes, certainly, maturity was something Shawn and HHH lacked but you have to remember that unlike the Harts, they were not nepo-babies raised in the industry. And they were much younger (Shawn is 8 years younger than Bret whereas HHH is 12 years younger). Even Davey could be considered a nepo-baby since Dynamite Kid was his first cousin and he debuted in the WWF largely because Stu Hart cut a deal to include his son-in-law.
• Bret's possible thought process
  • My opinion (yes, speculation) is that Bret knew he was out the door and so he didn't care too much about what happened to Davey's European Championship since he had his own issues he was dealing with, regarding WCW contracts, Wrestling with Shadows, and dropping the World Championship. He mentioned how stressful all that was. What is fact though is that Davey wasn't someone Bret held in high regard. From talking about him not being able to construct matches, to being under the influence, to personal life issues, to even forcing Davey to cut his long braided hair because according to Davey's family, Bret said it was starting to look too much like his (even though it wasn't the same type nor color).
  • I also feel that with everything that happened between that period, and to Brian Pillman, Owen, and Davey dying very young, it understandably left an awful taste in their mouths. It all gets magnified a bit. Then add that Bret's time with WCW wasn't really anything extraordinary (for his standard), and his constant reminding us of how Goldberg ended his career makes me believe that there still is a grudge with HBK/HHH which will never truly go away. And unlike Shawn who seemingly has moved on, Bret hasn't. Which is why he keeps establishing the narrative that the Hart Foundation was always in the right and the D-X was always in the wrong.
• Finances
  • 1997, the WWF was in peril. House shows and merchandise were selling, but PPVs were not. Having a swerve on a PPV makes the next one "must see TV" (again, this was a world before streaming). In this instance, the next time they came to England. Nitro was still beating RAW.
• Storyline
  • Shawn had only recently turned heel (after SummerSlam, a month earlier). The plan was established from back then to have a heel Shawn face Austin at WrestleMania XIV. This was an era where there really was only one major show per week (and some on tape delay) and most fans did not have internet access at home, so establishing quick, obvious heat was important. What better way than to "screw" Davey in front of his fans and family? Beating Davey in the USA wasn't going to do it because, remember, Davey was a heel in the USA. 9/29/97 (two days later) Davey faced Vader in New York. Vader was about to beat him clean and then the Harts stormed in and used weapons on Vader, resulting in a DQ.
    • If not beat Davey, a former Intercontinental Champion, then who? The talent roster was quite thin and a memorable Undertaker program was upcoming. Also, Shawn had not had a singles belt since Feb 1997. Nevertheless, the ratings jumped towards the end of 1997.
• Defending the European Championship
  • How many of you remember Davey ever defending the European Championship on RAW or a PPV? From the moment he won it on 2/26/97, over the next seven months, he defended it only four times on non-house shows. Even if you include house shows, the vast majority of the defenses were in the USA so it was hardly a Europe-only belt. All the four RAW or PPV matches ended in DQ/Countout type finishes. I'll be honest, I haven't watched every single one of those matches but I do see that he beat HHH via pinfall, as one of his first defenses on 2/28/97. Davey regained the belt on 10/26/99 after he came back, but lost it six weeks later on 12/12/99 as he started spiraling, defending it only a handful of times on TV.
  • Shawn, unlike Davey, really could make that belt mean something so I do believe the Manchester return match in the Spring of 1998, after he dropped the World title to Austin, would've been big (not unlike Hart vs Bulldog at SummerSlam 1992). Even his most ardent haters will admit to HBK's talent. Yes, he dropped it to HHH in a comedic fashion on 12/11/97 but what was the alternative? With Bret leaving/gone and Shawn in a program with The Undertaker (who didn't need the European Championship since he was about to face Kane), as a World Champion (earlier than he thought he was going to be -- Screwjob plans were hatched later than Sept) him randomly losing the European title would've made him look bad even if it was lost in an underhanded fashion. Losing it to Owen could've been a possibility but Owen would win the Intercontinental Championship on 10/5/97 so that wouldn't really make sense neither. That said, the two of them faced one another on 10/20/97 in a title for title clash (No Contest). Owen later beat HHH for the European title on 2/26/98 (and then lost it back) and the two later had a WrestleMania XIV match for it. So dropping it to HHH made sense. Look at the roster back then and tell me who an alternative could have been?
  • Shawn gets a lot of heat for not defending the European title as often as some feel he should have. But as of 9/20/97, the WWE didn't know what Bret was going to do. Shawn infamously won the World Championship on 11/9/97. I'm not going to rehash the backstage Montreal play-by-play but I firmly believe that if Bret stayed with the WWE for a bit longer, Shawn would have had more time to have matches for the European title. The problem is everything happened so quickly. Unlike Davey, it's not like Shawn spent seven months as European Champion and defended it only four times on TV. Shawn did defend it three times on TV but in 2 1/2 months including an epic with Shamrock on RAW on 11/3/97, before he won the World title from Bret. Between a program with The Undertaker, leading D-X, and becoming World Champion sooner than he expected, there was no time (or really justification) to defend the European title even more often, when he had a program with Austin coming (in arguably the biggest title change in history).

TL:DR Even if (big, if) the finish was changed an hour before showtime, Davey agreed to the finish (with what I believe is with the Hart family on board -- but seeing how it all played out over the next few months and years left a bad taste and narrative change). Shawn winning the European Championship was what was best for business. Therefore Shawn flexing his backstage power "just because" or "only to hate on the Harts" makes zero sense.

I am brown (South Asian, born and raised in the UK) and he is white (Baltic, immigrated to the UK around 10 years ago). We've been with each other for around 15 months, and we are happy together. We are talking marriage and children.
His mother immigrated here 6 months ago. We used to get on very well, to the point she called me her daughter. I helped her with many things since she immigrated, like cooking a lot of different meals, letting her learn how to drive with my car, discreetly lending money to fix the broken boiler etc.
But she and my boyfriend have been having arguments that aren't to do with me (He loves her buy feels like she's entitled and thankless). The other night she was drunk and randomly texted that she is very sure that I was 'looking to marry a white man' and that 'Polish, Romanians or English men wouldn't marry me because, well you know why.'
When he called her, she just said 'Yes, I'm a casual racist'. He hung up and was really disappointed and sad.
Now, my question is, what do I do? I love him so much but I think this will haunt me forever if I stay in the relationship. Will it get worse if I marry him? Will I get blamed if he has to choose between us? Was it just the drink or is she actually racist?
I feel so shit..

Hi, I’m 24 year old male, and there is a 23 year old female. She is best friend of my close friend. We know each other for more or less a year, and we met right after my previous break up. I know that she was still struggling with her previous relationship back then (break up, but mine was quick and sudden, hers slow). We hanged out for a few times, but then she said that she is not comfortable with me being freshly out of a previous relationship which I completely understand and understood then as it was early on and my ex was messing with my feelings for a few months after that. But I and that new girl kept texting each other and meeting up occasionally. During last year I dated few girls, and I don’t think she did. It is difficult making any plans with her because she is busy with school friends and other errands. It’s also opinion of our common (best) friend as she mentioned that a few times spontaneously. She wasn’t the quickest responder, but texts with her were always long and thoughtful as we were talking about many topics at the same time. I felt like it wasn’t leading anywhere and that’s why I tried to cut it back a few times. But we were always coming back to the same situation. Recently she texted me that she is missing me and my blabbing. We texted a little and recently I asked if she wants to go to a wedding soon with me and she agreed. We hanged once or twice and she invited me over to her birthday party where we kissed which she initiated. After that me met again twice, she introduced me (kinda, I knew them a little from past year situations) to her friends but without any physical contact. I tried to initiate it but she acted like she doesn’t even think about it. And now I’m in the same situation again wondering if she wants to do anything with me as we have something to do planned but she is busy now with exams and errands but also meeting up with her friends very often. Please comment on that as I’m leaving the uni soon and will live an hour away from her and tell me if maybe I’m retarded for my way of thinking or actions. Or is it her just not being made for being in a relationship? She is also mentioning sometimes that she wants to move abroad after finishing all her education which will take a few more years. Excuse me for these long sentences, English is not my first language

I am still on palliperidone so I find it too difficult to concentrate, remember and think coherently. I feel like I have lost my intelligence as well, I used to be quite bright and got a 6 for anatomy. Luckily my mum will write it with me and post the complaint under her name because I as the ‘mental patient’ may not be taken seriously. My story is so messy that if I was to point out the many contradictory things the psychiatrists have done it would just become confusing, unfollowable web of information overload. There have been blatant lies, exaggerations and Chinese whispers like distortions of events written on my records which I suspect was done purposefully to smear me and to justify putting me on antipsychotics. They were literally so wrapped up in their own subconscious assuming bullshit that they did mental gymnastics to come up with a fabricated narrative that I was psychotic. First of all the ambulance officer needed a fucking English lesson because when my mum told them I thought the university was discriminating me, they wrote I thought the university was trying to ‘kill’ me! This information was never clarified or checked in the hospital and notations from other reports paraphrased this and made out I was paranoid that the university was out to get me. This could have easily been fixed if someone just talked me like a fucking respectable human being. When only one psychiatrist asked me what was happening with the university, I told them I was being discriminated because of my medication (dexamphetamine) and the psychiatrist just dismissed it saying “oh they wouldn’t do that”. Yet dexamphetamine is an amphetamine and has a stigma attached to it so it’s not as if this 100% could not happen. There was no thorough investigation to find out the truth and I was just blatantly labelled as delusional and psychotic. When I complained and argued, the level of ambiguity and vagueness was ridiculous. No one seemed to want to get to the bottom of the truth of what fucking happened.

I bought a pal copy of Dead Head Fred online, cool game! But the game's text is in Spanish, voice acting in english. And the weird part is that there's german text on the umd. What happened here?? And can I change the language? My psp is modded.

So I met this girl 34F via OLD we sort of hit it off just fine everything sounds great.
she starts to push the narrative of how shes so excited she found somebody of similar ethnic background (me) and told her mom
Then would basically text bomb me with some love bombing but not anything too intimate. Just showing very strong interest. (more interest than I have towards her)
I stay grounded and jus tell her let's get to know each other and go from there but you sound great so far. I mean I'm not gonna talk marriage when i barely know you
A a few days go by and the texting abruptly stops lmao I reach out next day she kindly says hey handsome. Then never got a response back from that day.
I gave her 2 days to hit me back and no response so I deleted her off OLD and my phone.
I'm like why are people so weird ?
I'm not even hurt or upset but you push in talks of marriage (she is at that age n wants kids fast) and all that then just disappear
Completely wasting my time and yours with all that texting and voice messages back n forth .
People are a waste of time out here I feel bad for people who actually get feelings for someone and they ghost them that's the worst
Can anybody explain what's wrong with this person based on my explanation?

There are plenty of ways to convert ones paper flashcards to digital anki flashcards. After some research however I did not found a reliable way that suited my needs. The goal of this post is to document my workflow (just another workflow) so that people who find themself in a similar situation may be able to profit and save time and nerves.
Before we get started please note that English is not my native language and although I tried my best to get the spelling and grammar right there will most likely be (a lot of) mistakes.
Secondly I am running a Linux machine and I am using the command line for step two. That being said, I am no programmer and no Linux power user, if I can do it so can you! This However means there are most certainly more elegant ways to write the bash script and use the command line in step two. I appreciate any suggestions. Without any further ado lets get started:
The situation: I want to convert ~2000 paper flashcards to anki flashcards (yeah I know.. f me).

1. Scanning

I was quite lucky to have had access to a good scanning machine (Canon imageFORMULA). With that I was able to scan a whole chunk of flashcards ~50 at once. The software for that scanner saved EACH scanned flashcard as a separate pdf file. So every flashcard (front and back) was saved as a pdf file with the nametopic_xxx.pdf (important later). Note that topic refers to the topic of the flashcard and the xxx to the total number of scanned flashcards within that topic. For example: if I had 122 flashcards on complex analysis, I would scan them in four chunks (the scanner was not able to handle more than ~50 flashcards at once) and end up with pdf files ranging from 001 to 122 all named complexAnalysis_001.pdf ... complexAnalysis_122.pdf. So far so good till I learned that Anki can not import pdf files. Although there are Add-ons for that job I did not had any success with them.

2. Converting pdf to png

After some research I found out that you could quite easily use .png files to create anki flashcards. So converting all our scans is the next step. Turns out most Linux machines have quite a convenient command line tool for that job. You can use pdftoppm as part of the popplerpackage which is installed on most Linux machines (if not sudo apt install poppler-utils should do the job on Debian based systems). If we look at our example from Step 1. we can use the command

 pdftoppm -png complexAnalysis_001.pdf complexAnalysis_001 

to generate TWO .png files from that one pdf. We end up with the png files complexAnalysis_001-1.png and complexAnalysis_001-2.png where 001-1.png contains the front of our scanned flashcard and 001-2.png the back. Writing a little bash script (note: that is the first time I wrote a bash script so please go easy on me),

#!/bin/bash for ((h=0; h<=1; h++)) do for ((z=0; z<=9; z++)) do for ((e=0; e<=9; e++)) do echo $h$z$e pdftoppm -png complexAnalysis_$h$z$e.pdf complexAnalysis_$h$z$e done done done 

which iterates from 000 to 199, converted all my scanned complex analysis Flashcards to .png files. Isn't that cool?! Note that you need to change your directory to the location where all your files are when running the script. Also of note: You get an I/O error for every number for which there is no pdf file so in my example there will be an I/O error for 000 and every number >122. This however is nothing to worry about since the script just continues on.

3. So many PNGs... what now?

Now we want to create a .csv file with which we tell anki that the front for each of our 122 Flashcards is complexAnalysis_xxx-1.pngand the back is complexAnalysis_xxx-2.png. The Idea to import the Flashcards this way and how to create the .csv file comes from this post. The "explanation" on what is going on goes as follows: We can tell Anki to include a picture for the front and/or back of the flashcard. (I don't know any HTML so take my word with a grain of salt here) If we add to the front of our anki flashcards and to the back, we end up with a anki flashcard which is just like the paper flashcard. I believe this command tells anki so show the Image XYZ.png (this of course only works when the image XYZ.png is inside the Anki Media folder. More on that in Step 4). So the idea is to create a .csv file in which the first column includes the command for each cards front side and the second column the cards back side. In plain English: our spreedsheet (.csv file) has to look like this

Column 1 (Front)	Column 2 (Back)
complex Analysis 001-1	complex Analysis 001-2
...	...
complex Analysis 122-1	complex Analysis 122-2

only instead of complex Analysis 001-1 and so on.
I used LibreOffice Calc however Excel, google sheets and so on should all work similar if not even in the exact same way. Make sure all columns are formatted to text. In LibreOffice Calc we can connect two strings of text together with the command =CONCAT("text1","text2"). So first Column D represents the Flashcard # (Flashcards 001-122). Column E and F will represent the front (-1) and the back (-2 ) of our Flashcards. If we now call =CONCAT(D1,E1) (and=CONCAT(D1,E1)) in Column G (Column H) we get the String/Text 001-01 (001-02). We can now use this in Column A (and B) to assemble our full command by typing =CONCAT(CONCAT("") (and =CONCAT(CONCAT("")). I have prepared the Spreadsheet below:

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	=CONCAT(CONCAT("")	=CONCAT(CONCAT("")		001	-1	-2	=CONCAT(D1,E1)	=CONCAT(D1,F1)
2	=CONCAT(CONCAT("")	=CONCAT(CONCAT("")		002	-1	-2	=CONCAT(D2,E2)	=CONCAT(D2,F2)

Why do we do this? Easy! If you now select Columns A - H and Rows 1 and 2 (so everything on the Table above) you can Drag them down all the way to row 122 (if you want to Add Tags for Cards you can type them in Column C). There is the ready to export spreadsheet for you! Export or save as a .csv file now and you are ready to go to the next Step!

4. Moving the PNGs into place

Move all the .png files which we created in Step 2 to your Anki Media folder. On Linux (if you have used ankis default installation) you can just cd into to folder with all your .png files and type the command

cp *.png ~/home/henry/.local/share/Anki2/User1/collection.media 

5. The magical Import

Almost done! Open up Anki. Go to File>Import and select the .csv file you created in Step 3. Now make sure "Front" ist set to Column 1 and "Back" is set so Column 2. If you added Tags in Step 3 make sure to set "Tags" to Column 3. Click on Import and you are done! All the scanned paper flashcards are now in Anki as digital ones, isn't that cool!
It took me for each, scanning and doing Step 1-5, about one afternoon till I had all my ~2000 paper flashcards in Anki. It is still some work but nothing terrible. I appreciate any suggestions and I am happy to answer questions if some arise. I hope this comes in handy for people in a similar situation. Happy studying everyone!

Helloooo Charlot, I love you so much you are so funny and close to the heart I feel like I am sitting with my friends back home talking gossips when I watch your videos hahahaa . So sorry if my English is not good
First of all I want to apologize. My story is not funny but I really need advice I cant sleep and always thinking I cry in my prayers ask Allah for forgiveness and can not trust anyone.
I am female 28 from Egypt living in Dubai now
First of all I have to tell you I was Raised in Egypt from a middle class family .. buuuuut we always lived like poor, my father loved saving money he didn't like spending money at all even meat or chickens we only had it once a week growing up. Still I have to be fair, my father was a great man he is the best husband and father really always loving and caring for us. May he rest in peace. But I never felt like my mom loved him she always used to complain about him wishing him to die even saying in his face I wish you die and we enjoy your money. I cant blame my mom, still I never agreed with her. After his death she bought us a new home in a fancy neighborhood in Cairo and tried to fit in with the community, but it was always as clear as the sun that we don't belong there.
I got married to an Egyptian guy from a very rich family he was born and raised in Dubai (Arranged mirage), His father is the sweetest man ever I call him father and I really feel like Allah gave me this man replacing the hole in my heart after losing my dear father. Even his mother is a really nice lady she is so classy and since my mirage 5 years ago she never put her nose in our business or anything even we live in the same street. She teached me how to eat, dress, speak like a Dubai lady, me always asking her what is her opinion and she give me her comments in the nicest way possible
Nooow where is the problem... since the beginning of my mirage I was unable to get pregnant we waited for almost two years which is a long time for a middle eastern family, finally when we visited me and my husband discovered that I have issues and need to be treated. My mom called my husband from Egypt asked him to not tell anyone about this thinking that people might think less of me (( WE ARE NOT IN EGYPT ANYMORE)) No one have this mentality here. She was so scared that he might divorce me for this reason and she loses all of this, but deep inside I know hw would never do that he took me to biggest hospitals allover Dubai. Later on I got to know that when people asked her about my pregnancy she used to lie and tell that my husband have issues, Which means people will think less of him now. I got really mad at her but I cant show it (in our culture we can not raise our voices to the parents).
My mother in law we will call her (Su) got to know about the rumor, she spoke to me and she was very angry. Stupid me told my mom about this and they both fought it was kind of big drama lasted for sometime but it all ended when I got pregnant.. My husband funded the entire trip for my mother to come take care of me during my pregnancy this was the first time my mom leave Egypt she was so happy and honestly I was even happier for her specially my husband family have nice home and cars she really lived like a queen for three month everyday Su send us breakfast, lunch, and dinner with the driver.
They started talking to each other again like nothing ever happened, alhamdulilha I have a very beautiful baby girl she is a gift frim god.
Su's friends wanted to visit me to give gifts and pray for the baby.. that day my mom insistent she will cook Egyptian local food for them and show then the actual Egyptian culture. They came and left we had fun and everything went amazing. In the evening Su called me to check on me, my phone was in speaker and mom was next to me.... As usual I asked ((How was the presentation and everything)) Su answered (( the food was good but I have a comment, next time wipe the dished and glasses you can not give people wet dished, but it is ok I guess they understand your mom used to live in the village and she is doing the best she knows))
Now I knowwww this was rude but believe me I know Su very well she doesn't mean anything bad and if she knew my mom is hearing she wouldn't say that. After closing with Su my mom started shouting saying why do you allow her talking to you like that and she raised her voice till my husband woke up and the moment she saw him coming down she started crying telling him please book my tickets I will go back to the village I know your mom were never proud of us as in-laws she is always treating me so bad she shouted at me couple of times (never happened) and she kept saying many other lies then she told him you can ask your wife.. I didn't know what to do and I don't know why even I got mad at Su that time and I agreed to my mom lies.
My husband called Su and said the meanest things I ever heard him saying to her (you also came from a village, if you forgot your roots you can visit your brothers in Egypt bla bla bla)
OMG I wrote tooooo much... short cut ((the drama kept evaluating))
since I guess 2020 Su never entered our home even her relationship with her son became sooooo bad because my mom kept saying more lies and honestly I also did say a lot and I cut my daughter off from that house I never felt guilt I never thought about god punishment till recently.
I got a call from Su she was crying she said I will never forgive you even after life I will ask god to take my revenge from you and your mother you destroyed my home and family and your mother is texting my husband what she wants from him, she told me I pray everyday to God that your daughter do to you the same as my son did to me.. she said many things I couldn't forget
Apparently my mom is texting my father in law and I have no idea what type of conversation they are having that made her swallow her pride and call me.. later on I got to know that she left the home and staying with her daughter.
I feel horrible, I suddenly realized how amazing this woman is.. the pain we caused to her.. honestly I am thinking of telling my Husband the truth but I am so scared of him I cant trust him also now.. He hurt his mother soooo easy what will he do with me.
I feel like I don't love or trust him anymore after he cut his mother off.. even if it was for me she is his mother.. he will do the same with me someday or another
and my mother I am so angry at her she destroyed the family and now she is going to destroy my life also if my husband get to know what is happening between her and his father and she did all of that because she is jealous of Su ... I know i am kind of answering myself but I caaaant sleep I want to tell the truth but for sure my life will be destroyed I will lose my husband AND my mother ... Plus I dont think Su will go back even after I say the truth .. I feel like they will not bother apologize to her at this point as well which will kill her
it is better for her and for everyone like this but I just feel so guilty .. please advise me everyone
I have toooo many things in my heart to say but i already wrote tooo much I need to talk with someone

My boyfriend met this woman at his job last year and they worked together for a few months before she quit. They quickly bonded because her and I are from the same country. She felt very comfortable to tell him about her dating life and her personal life. The friendship was very platonic and they would text here and there but it never went further than that. After she quit, they never really spoke again.
A couple months later she reaches out to my boyfriend and sets up a double date with us + her new boyfriend. We had a pretty great time with them and I felt like they were a really cool couple. We’ve hung out with them a few times after and have even been in larger group settings with them where they got to hang out with our other friends.
I never really felt like I could get close to her past a certain level just yet and just kind of categorized her as someone that I could hang with only on a group setting. Maybe also because I hadn’t gotten to know her well just yet and I only got to hang out with her twice outside of a group. But my boyfriend now frequently talks to her boyfriend and they have gotten really close outside of our group chat.
But there were a few red flags that occurred along the way: I notice she never compliments me or other women, one time she INSISTED on crashing on a date after my boyfriend had explained to her that this was quality time for us because our new work schedules doesn’t allow us to go on dates as much, she talks about herself…A LOT. Like the times I’ve hung out with her it was all about her. Although I did feel like I got to share my side a bit the second time, I still felt so drained after the interaction. One of those times we were out to lunch with another girl and after that girl was talking about how she was so worried that she wasn’t getting hired after her layoff and her numerous interviews, new friend proceeded to talk about herself and how perfect her new job that she just got hired will be. I thought that was so inconsiderate and tone deaf. She’s also extremely insecure and always needs opinions about her relationship issues. I feel like she doesn’t really take the effort to get to know me. I just ruled those out at first as her maybe just truly being lonely because she has no other friends and was really grateful that I was hearing her out. I also try to understand that she has EXTREME anxiety and overthinking.
But then, her boyfriend goes out of the country for work. She gets extremely depressed and lonely so she messages my boyfriend asking if we can see her. That weekend we already had plans so we set something up for another date. He then reposts that night a picture of him and his buddy as a GUYS night. She sent a passive aggressive joke about the picture and my boyfriend told her to not be that way. She then expressed that she’s annoyed that he didn’t invite her knowing how she’s so lonely and depressed that her man isn’t here and feels like the only way she’d be invited is because of her boyfriend. My boyfriend responded by telling her that he was with the guys and it would be strange for him to invite her especially because I am not there. She then proceeded to send him a bunch of texts questioning who it would be strange for. He ignores all of the following texts and calls me to tell me what happened. What I don’t like is that she then texts me and involves me by asking me if I would have an issue with him hanging out with her in the same group setting without me 🤦🏻‍♀️ it was a series of anxious texting and me trying to reassure her that there isn’t a preference between her and her boyfriend. She also told me that she really liked having my boyfriend as a friend when they were working together because he helped her through her heartbreak with her last guy (an emotional affair with a committed man btw—-I gave her the benefit of the doubt at first and ran with my own narrative that he was manipulative because it was semi true but she also admits that part of it was her fault). I just really did not like the dramatics and have really bad experiences of old controlling friends being this way with me. I felt like she feels entitled to my boyfriend’s time and him because she was “friends with him first”.
This situation gave me so much anxiety because for me it was like “here we go again, another damsel in distress that needs my boyfriend”. While I do appreciate my boyfriend for setting boundaries and being understanding what is respectful and what is not, we have grown A LOT from our past. In the past, like three years ago, I always felt like I had to compete for my boyfriend’s attention with his other females friends because he used to prioritize his friends’ feelings over mine and was always running to the rescue of other people. He completely changed when he realized he was losing me and now fully understands where I’m coming from and was more than willingly to set boundaries.
He thinks we should still hang out with her because he doesn’t want to lose the friendship with the boyfriend and he wants to establish boundaries in person.
I just see why she doesn’t have any girlfriends and I really don’t like that she just assumes that my boyfriend should be there for her. Self absorbed on top of that. I now really don’t care to try to make an effort on the friendship. Am I looking too far into this all and is it really my own insecurities from the past coming back?
TLDR: boyfriend’s ex coworker and her boyfriend have been hanging out with my boyfriend and I. My boyfriend has gotten much closer to her boyfriend. I’m very hestitant of her because she has some self absorbed characteristics and over talks for hours. I feel like she hasn’t tried to get to know me at all. But she has extreme anxiety and insecurities. She got annoyed with my boyfriend because he didn’t invite her while he was out with other friends and she was home alone because her boyfriend is away. She kind of got me involved in that situation. We have set plans with her but the dramatics really turned me off. My boyfriend thinks we should go because he wants to continue being on great terms with her boyfriend and he feels the need to establish boundaries with her once and for all in person. Am I just being really hard on her because of my past insecurities and she just has bad anxiety?

My husband decided to sell an used generator in Facebook Marketplace he had that we didn't get to use more than 3 times. We also bought it used. He had some guy come and test it out and he liked it and took it home, about an hour away from where we live. I was there to translate for my husband as he doesn't speak English. About 24 hours later he messaged us saying it had 4k hours on it and if he had known he wouldn't have purchased it. We didn't know it had that many hours as we're not very savvy with those things and it said 75 hours. Like I said, he came and checked it out and took it home. He said he was going to report my husband to the police and came on very threatening and said he was going to come to our home and get his money back. He was very aggressive and I explained to him through text that he was not allowed to come onto our property because we have our kids at home and if he did I would call the cops on him. Honestly, I think that because my husband is Mexican and doesn't speak English, he felt powerful by threatening him to the cops. My husband was clearly scared and offered him money back but purchaser said no, he wanted a full refund. We don't know if he messed something up or tampered with it after 24 hours. Usually when you go to a thrift store or purchased used items, there's a no refund. You take it, it's yours. I really don't know what to do! I wish I could post screenshots on how he came in agressive.
At first, we offered money back and he didn't want to take it. We don't know if it was tampered with or if he messed with it. Now he wants money back but after all the agressive comments, I don't believe he should be entitled to it.

(sorry for any mistakes, english isn’t my first language) So I (19F) met a friend(18F) through work. Since then she joined our workfriendgroup of 10. I wouldn’t say we are particularly close since the two of us don’t really hangout outside of work, but she and i have always been able to talk about anything and helped eachother through past relationships and breakups. i recently started texting with a guy from my school. we really hit it off and have been in a talking stage for the last 3 months since we are both busy with exams rn so we agreed to actually start seeing eachother once they’re over. last week, she and i started talking about boys again and i brought him up. i was talking very enthusiastic about him until i said his name. she told me he used to bully her in ‘middle school’ and that she despises him because of it. she told me i shouldn’t date him. this really set me off because i really like him. he hasn’t shown a bad side of him to me and has been really nice and supportive to me. it has been 5 years ago and i feel like people go through big changes in those teenage years. however i feel like she will dislike me too if i do actually start dating him, since she expressed that she has so much hate towards him. i don’t know what to do, please help me

I tested this impressive web browser extension. After trying everything available on the internet, I discovered this new LLM UI. The inference speed is quite good on my laptop with 4GB VRAM and 16GB RAM, and it offers text-to-speech, RAG, and other functionalities. Speech-to-text and text-to-speech are in real-time and include English, Chinese, Spanish, as well as other languages. The UI is also multilingual.
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(sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes english isn't really my first language) i will not say anything about my location but trust me I MET A VAMPIRE. a few weeks ago i was talking to a girl on instagram and i said "vampires are so cool i wanna be one of them" and she replied "i don't think so." and i got suspicious about it. i said "why? i always wanted to be one" and she said "trust me you wouldnt if you knew how it is" and i got even more suspicious and said "how tf do you know being vampire sucks,are they real" and she said "if you have heard of something, it already exists or used to exist." and then i was like mega flabbergasted but i didn't wanted to believe yet because i thought they were just urban legends or smth.after a really long conversation she said "no i don't have any superpowers only eternals and their descendants has the things" because i asked "so you have those i mean you know the powers you really have them?" now i don't want to continue this by using she said and i said and only tell what i learned.first of all she is my girlfriend now and she's like MEGA CLINGY AND ATTACHED(i like this tbh) and she said don't tell anything but i really wanna tell! so let me just tell. there are eternals that has the most authority and power.they are the children of lilith.and only those became vampires with a blood of an eternal counts as an eternal.there are 111 eternals.222.clans.333.families.444.sub families(idk what it is but the thing they call "family" is not like the ones that we have.something like sharing the same blood.) anyway.they need blood once a week.eternals doesn't need blood to survive.they get the blood they needed at nighttime by seducing.because lilith's(their ancestor not god) favorite sin is "lust" so they seduce their victim at night.follow them.and drink their bloods without killing.killing isnt bad but the things is they can lick the sharp teeth's wound and heal the victim.and this healing makes victim forget everyting about it.they have a library that has the information us humans never has. like the ancient books,books about other real races(every one of them) or the cult books idk whatever you can imagine is in that library.weirdly enough the library is combined with the church(they have a different one) and they sometimes use special rooms in library to breed. yes i'm serious. and when the child is born. the eternals gather.take the child if the child has a potential to become a strong eternal.and if child is normal.they wash the child with blood.and give the child a name. like christening.the child doesn't use christening name in public life.the id card name and christening name is different.they are like have better perception than us like idk she said she can see things on other objects.seeing the spells eternals use.i said how does the magic look like and she said you can't imagine even if i told you how it is. you have to witness it but it'll probably be your last because eternals hate humans.they have a MASSİVE hierarchy.the weak always obeys. my gf is both a vampire and a elf so she doesn't have all vampire stuff. like she has strong and sharp teeths.a very pale skin.a lust for blood.and when i asked about it she said "we watch those vampire movies as a comedy show,nothing is real about them" other than that they all like us.working earning money socializing hitting your pinky toe to table leg etc etc.and if someone is exposed as a vampire.they brainwash the exposed one and somehow deleting every proof about it. like idk how but she said if the exposed vampire gets brainwashed. every proof,text,pic,any information about it in everyones mind gets deleted.i didnt believe this one but she said the eternals really has unique powers.and one thing i forgot to tell they experience the flames of hell every few years to get used to it.everyone.from child to old experiences the hell flames only as a pain.not any damage just pain.and she said it was HORRIBLE like very very very very painful. the reason behind that is the eternals tell that they will go to hell no mather what or who they are.every vampire goes straigt to hell because they are lilith's children. so they make themselves experience the hell's fire every few years to remind how it feels.and if i'll wont be online anymore then i'll get executed :3

For a long time in the story, everything that punpun made was narrated in a way that resembled a child story. "Punpun said that he wanted to do something" or something along that. He never really talked for himself. Everything he did or happened to him was narrated. Now that I am around chapter 120, I realized that the narrator stopped talking at some point. Was it when punpun turned into the 4 eyed abomination? When the narrator says "that night, punpun had died"? Now, when the text over the black background appears, it's usually just he talking or thinking to himself, saying stuff like "I should do this" or "I want to do this". It makes me feel like he was never really being himself in the rest of the manga, as if he was the narrator and narrated the role he played.

There was a data push today, both to versions 11.3 and 11.4. The changes were identical. They are:

• A new daily rewards Calendar tab was added for the Zombosseum Underwater event (May 26 - June 06). Upcoming Calendar Rewards
  
• Daily offers for gems, coins, and ads were scheduled in the Shop for the period May 27 - June 08. Interestingly, this time there are no offers for 500 gems or any offers for mints. Maybe PopCap has realized that almost nobody buys these rip-offs? Upcoming Offers for Gems in the Shop
  
• The Piñata Parties for the periods May 27 - June 03 and June 03-10 have been consolidated into a single one with different rewards. It will have a 3% chance of dropping 5 Sea-shroom seeds, BTW. Pinata Party Rewards
  
• The rewards of the Zombosseum Thymed event have changed; now its piñata too will have a chance of dropping Sea-shroom. Upcoming Thymed Events
  
• New text strings have been added, some of them suggesting a new Thymed event called Tombastic, which hasn't been defined yet. It can't be defined with a data push, so it will probably be in version 11.5:
  "COMING_SOON_DESCRIPTION_TOMBASTIC",
  "Descend into the tomb to explore hidden rooms, secret room and find treasures that time forgot. What exciting adventures await our Heroes? Find out in the Tombastic Adventures Event!",
  "COMING_SOON_TAGLINE_TOMBASTIC",
  "Get Ready to dive into the Tomb!!!",
  "EVENT_CALENDAR_TOMBASTIC",
  "Tombastic Adventures",
  "LTE_EVENTS_DESC_TOMBASTIC",
  "Descend into the Great Tomb to gain fame, glory or hidden tacos. Every passage holds a secret and untold treasure waiting to be looted, if you manage to survive the local inhabitant.",
  "LTE_EVENTS_LVL_OBJ_1_TOMBASTIC",
  "Defeat the local inhabitants!",
  
• A new narrative for Bean Sprout has been added; I guess it will have its own plant-of-the-week Thymed event in version 11.5:
  "NARRATIVE_PLTE_BEANSPROUT_1_1",
  "{NPC_ENTER:winnie}{SAY:winnie}Bean Sprout transforms into a zombie smashing monster when it takes damage.",
  
• The name of the Mangofier Arena season has been defined:
  "SEASON_NAME_70",
  "Mangofier Season",
  

Funnily, there is no Season 69 (after Aqua Vine). It will probably be a Summer Champions season.

You start in a snowy village with nothing. Its a medieval setting and you adventure outside the village. I forgot really what happens outside but I remember you in the woods and a castle and you climb it with something. It also had a text narrator. I really can't remember much so I'll put an asterisk* if I'm unsure.
Platform: PC
Genre: Point and Click* Adventure
Estimated Time Release: 2000- 2015*
Graphics/Art Style: 2D Pixel Art
Notable Character: Female Protagonist with blonde hair
Notable Game Mechanics: Leveling Up. Bartering for cheaper prices. Can't remember combat. Sneaking and stealing items.
Other details: I remember sneaking in a certain house and on the floor was something glowing. As you picked it up, the narrator commented on how lucky you were. I think it was a coin.
Next to the village outside there was a sword stuck in a rock. You couldn't lift it out because I remember I read on a guide that there was a hidden morale system. You need full morale and high enough stats to enable you to lift out the sword.
Not sure if this helps but I got the game from a magazine called NAG from South Africa around 2015.

Hi Everyone! I posted this on Colognes but figured I’d share here, too.
I’ve always loved good smelling stuff and for the last 15 years I’ve usually had one bottle of cologne, and would replace once it’s out. Only in the last few months have I really delved into this world and began filling out a modest collection. I’m definitely not an expert (so take my reviews with a big grain of salt) but I love smelling and writing so here ya go. (Fucking wall of text incoming lmao, I didn’t realize how lengthy this got)
I just got back from a three-hour mall trip to try and get my nose on as many niche fragrances as my senses would tolerate. I had already done a good bit of research so I had some picked out to try and others already crossed-off. Im a 30M for reference.
I also had the goal in mind to find a contender for a fall/winter scent that exudes class, sophistication and decadence. For that, I’ve already tried a few that I really enjoy, and kind of used these as a springboard to continue exploring:
Xerjoff Alexandria II- This is what I envision royalty wearing. Lavender and rosewood mix soooo nice in the open, and dries into a lovey rose/vanilla/essence of oud. The oud is really toned down here for those that dislike it. It’s kind of hard to pick out. Nuclear performance.
Initio Oud for Greatness- Another good starter oud, you could say (this was my introduction to oud). It lasts forever and the dry down is seriously heavenly. The wet, soily oud is at the forefront for 2-4 hours, but I’m absolutely in love with what’s left when it disappears. Lavender, saffron, nutmeg and musk mixes into the best dryer-sheet-like scent I’ve come across (what it reminds ME of at least).
Perfums de Marly Haltane- Quite similar in the opening to Oud for Greatness. Haltane is darker, though, where I get more leathesmoke. I think the oud in this is more subdued, or at least less moist smelling. It blends well and lasts a good while.
Initio Atomic Rose- Holy shit. Apparently rose gets my motor GOING. I tried a lot of rose-centric fragrances today, but this probably still takes the cake for its balance and strength, in addition to the scent itself being just gorgeous.
So with those in mind I was off to Neiman Marcus. I sampled a large amount more than what I’ve written, but stuck to the ones that were memorable; good or bad.
Frederic Malle - Portrait of a Lady- My favorite of the Frederic Malle. Sensual rose/clove/currant at the front, but it is kind of hard to pick out specific notes on this one. After looking, I can get the cinnamon in the background of the dry down, it blends perfectly with the sandalwood, rose and benzoin after drying down. - Carnal Flower- Some similarity to POAL, lots of tuberose and jasmine, which I personally like. A bright yet sensual floral, and you get some coconut and melon there, too. I typically dislike coconut but this is blended masterfully. - Lipstick Rose- Yeah, that’s what it smells like. Try this if you’ve seen people describe scents as lipstick-y or violet taking on that accord. Not my cup of tea, also leans more feminine to my nose than the other two. - Musc Ravageur- I really wanted to like this one. And for a split second I did! A clove-y vanilla sasparilla is what I first got, and it unfortunately turned into barnyard urine. I immediately remembered seeing some reviews stating this, and I couldn’t get my nose to move past it. I can tell there’s good stuff there, but not for me.
Amouage - Reflection- The only one I’d tried before, and remains one of my favs. Rosemary and pink pepper greet you with a deep, fresh spice. The vetiver and patchouli sit nicely at the bottom, and the combination of white florals mixes wonderfully. Another scent I could imagine on royalty, and seems pretty versatile, too. You could wear this year-round without feeling out of place. Insane staying power. - Lyric- Probably my favorite, but I need to smell again on another day. Compared to the other Amouage, I had to continually stick my nose in the coffe beans to pick up the scent from the test strip. When I did get it, it was a lovely light, fresh scent. Quite a departure from the other Amouage I’ve tried, but great. No surprise, the list of notes are some of my favorites: lime, bergamot, rose, orange blossom, saffron, nutmeg, musk, pine, vanilla, incense, sandalwood. Seriously, love each and all those individually and they come together beautifully. - Interlude- Another good one. Dark, mysterious. Definitely get the oregano/peppepatchouli/incense bomb off the top. Leather lurking behind. I typically don’t gravitate toward the leathery scents but this one’s good. - Enclave- This pretty much seals the deal for me that on me, mint just ain’t it. I liked Sedley at first, but the mint somehow gets too cloying to my nose after too long. I can tell I would get the same from the peppermint in the opening of Enclave. I almost liked this one, too. If you can even tolerate peppermint, you’ll enjoy this one.
Mind Games - Blockade- Wowww. First sniff love, here. Explosion of citrus, juicy fruit-y sex. I usually find myself staying away from citrus-forward scents but this shit is next level. This will be a contender for my next upscale summer buy. - Double Attack- Another love at first sniff. It’s familiar, though. Chocolate/orange/cinnamon/vanilla. You’ll want to eat it right up. I already have this box checked in my collection, but may come back to it in the future. - Checkmate- Another lovely scent. Champagne, red currant, rose, magnolia, little patchouli. It all comes together really nicely, and it was difficult for me to pick out specific notes before looking. Not a love, but I was really impressed with the quality and scent profile of the Mind Games I tried.
Clive Christian - Town & Country- Wow. No seriously, like fucking wow. Smells like an Italian fruit cart strolling through an English manor’s sprawling garden road. I look at the notes and I don’t understand how you get this smell supposedly out of Clary Sage, Ambergris, and Sandalwood. Like, what? This is high quality shit. I get some pear or grapes there, too. Try this. - Crab Apple Blossom- Yum yum yum this is goooood. Smells like it sounds. Bergamot, apple blossom and rhubarb dance around playfully together. Can’t help but have a big stupid smile on your face when you smell this. The more it dried down, the more it might be my favorite over Town & Country. - Matsukita- Another great scent. In the same vein as the other two since they are part of the same “Crown Collection.” You get some smokiness, here. Bergamot with nutmeg and mate give depth and a little mystery. White florals, woody ambers and musk at the base. Just quality stuff here. All three of these in the Crown Collection were available in 10ml travel size gift pack for $300. Good idea to put on my wish list. That shit is kiiiinda expensive.
Xerjoff - Erba Pura- I did not expect to like this as much as I did! Favorite that I sampled. Perfect combination of citrus and fruitiness off the top, layered over a bed of sweet musk. Something here is very familiar to my nose but I couldn’t place it. This will be another top contender for a future upscale summer purchase. - Accento- Soothing scent. Fruity white floral (usually dumb reach for me), and the iris gives it some powder but not overpowering. Not as feminine-leaning as I would have expected. - Iommi- Delicious! Sweet smoky rum off the top, and it’s a little surprising how forward the patchouli and leather is in this. It’s bordering on being a little overpowering, but it tames a bit on the dry down. I’d need to see how this goes on my skin, for sure. - Torino 21- Another one that I liked way more than expected. I’m going back and seeing mint listed as a top note here…I didn’t get that! And thank God since mint usually is a non-starter. Kind of an aquatic green to my nose. Again, just a lovely scent. - Naxos- Yeah ok this is good shit. I was expecting a sweet bomb, but this is definitely more restrained than what a lot of reviewers will have you believe. I’m a sucker for lavender and bergamot. Throw in honey and jasmine atop a bed of tobacco, vanilla and tonka bean? Yes please. - Erba Gold- Pretty good. To my nose more feminine than Erba Pura, likely due to the extra fruits in the middle. That combination of citruses, pear and melon is reminiscent of particular ladies’ scents.
Louis Vuitton - L’Immensité- Ohhhh yeahh. Relaxation in a bottle. My favorite besides maybe Fleur du Desert. This, Imagination and Météore all kind of dance to the same song, so to speak. More than one of these would be redundant, in my opinion. The quality speaks through each of these fragrances, though- really nice stuff. - Imagination- The name fits, as a lot of the notes here are almost fleeting like a word on the tip of your tongue. It’s a great, calming scent but it didn’t blow me away. Like I said, L’Immensité was the best of these and I don’t see the need to diversify within this collection. - Météore- Compared to L’Immensité, there’s a little more sweetness here. This leans closer to a shower gel-like scent in my opinion. Still great. - Fleur du Désert- This one started out reallly good. Honey and cinnamon into rose and orange blossom is an intriguing, sensual combination. Unfortunately, smelling it on my arm after a couple hours, the jasmine and honey turn into something my mind recognizes as an old lady scent. The POAL on my hand, by comparison, keeps mixing with my skin in a great pheromonic way. - Ombre Nomad- Disappointed with this one. I’m realizing I don’t gravitate toward darker scents like heavy oud, leather, incense. I can tell it’s put together really well and uses quality materials, but this isn’t one that was made for me.
All in all, my main take-aways include: Xerjoff scents living up to the name. I was definitely impressed with their offerings, and would have expected it to lean closer to overrated. Same with Mind Games. Really enjoyed everything I sampled from them, even if it wasn’t my cup of tea, I was impressed with the quality. Also, I need to get back and sample the rest of the Clive Christian house. I was absolutely blown away with what I tried.
A little bonus: I tried TF Noir de Noir, Extreme Noir, and Cafe Rose. Extreme Noir is excellent. A regal mix of saffron, nutmeg and cardamom on top of rose and white florals. Ahhhh, again, similar to what I imagine a king or king to smell like.
Cafe Rose is probably the second best rose-centric scent to my nose besides Atomic Rose. I’ll need to put those side by side.
Anyway, feel free to ask away if you’d like. I was bored and inspired so killed some time writing this out :)