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2024.05.20 02:03 mozaaz37 Debunk this: Apocalypse starts between 2025 and 2027 and Jesus returns between 2030 and 2034
Hi guys, i'm a brazilian 17 year old guy that was happy, sympathetic and caring towards others, I am catholic and I participate in Sunday school every Saturday, but since the start of the pandemic in march 2020 onwards, i suddenly became brainwashed and paranoic with Christian conspiracy theories, mainly Qanon, and end times prophecies but in 2022 it only got worse, it all started at school when my sociology teacher who coincidentally was an evangelical pastor started talking a little about the end of times/Ragnarok and my friend said that between 2023, 2024 the apocalypse will begin, or it doesn't happen anything in these years, very probably in 2025 and 2027, and i searched on youtube and i saw various evangelical channels claiming that we are at the end of times and 2030 the world will end bc in that year Jesus will come back to only save evangelical christians and will only save those who are on the Life Book and will throw everyone who's those name wasn't on Life Book burn alive on the lake of fire of the hell alongside the antichrist, false prophet and everyone who followed him and God will destroy the universe and we will be living in the New Jerusalem, and they say repent of sins because the devil exists and they insist on saying that sin and the devil exist even though this has not even been scientifically proven, such as not wearing short clothes like shorts, jeans, not getting tattoos or piercings, not eating meat of pork, prohibiting homosexuality, free will, dating during adolescence and many others, they say that we are experiencing the greatest apostasy in history, which means that people are moving away from faith and and God and ignoring the warnings about the doomsday bc the world is becoming more ''sinful'' and the love between the people has been cooled and we are living like in the antediluvian days when Noah warned about the cataclysm but people ignored, mocked and called him demented and paranoid and instead they were eating, drinking and partying until the flood came and destroyed the world. world and killed everyone, and they keep repeating this saying that this is real even though it has been proven that it never happened and that it is impossible for a storm this strong to cover the top of Mount Everest, they think they are right and scientists are wrong, because science is an ''abominable sin'' against God, They say that God is merciful but he is also wrathful and cruel against those who do not follow his commandments. and they also talk about Jesus' appearance as if it were true at that time even though it has not yet been proven. i've watched some videos of these pastors and missionaries of my country and never got their prophecies and predictions wrong, all of things that have said become true
They say that geopolitical tensions are increasing which will cause ww3, it is no wonder that countless billionaires around the world like Mark Zuckerberg are building bunkers and selling several of their assets, i saw a letter written in 1873 that a American Freemason named Albert Pike who in his letter predicted the first two world wars, and is now supposedly ''predicted correctly'' the third world war, which would begin with a conflict between Zionist Israelis and Arabs, and also they claim that this war between Israel and Iran -Hamas is also the prophecy of Gog and Magog being fulfilled, They also say that the world will enter an unprecedented global economic crisis worse than the great depression, which would increase prices absurdly and this would culminate in the greatest famine the world has ever had, surpassing the great famine of the Middle Age,
They also say that elites such as the World Economic Forum, the UN and the Bilderberg Group will launch a gigantic EMP weapon that will shut down all energy and appliances in the world, and that they will then enact global martial law that will taking citizens off the streets and homes via buses and putting them in concentration camps and killing mainly white and conservative Christian groups and burying them in FEMA coffins which will start the famous New World Order and mass depopulation through the great reset and agenda 2030 and will put an end to all cash and create an electronic currency where payment is made with the global fingerprint, which they also say will replace passports with this global biometric password, they also say that They will do away with clothes and food and will replace them with processed foods made from insects, GMOs and laboratory-grown meats and everyone will be forced to wear the same clothes and have their names changed they also say that they will install government cameras inside the houses to know if any intruder is entering the empty houses
and all of this will begin the antichrist's rise to power, he will be a powerful leader who will unite all sovereign governments into one government and people will worship him and will implant the mark of the beast, where no one will buy and sell without it and will kill everyone who does not accept the mark, which means that everyone in the cities will die, only those who go to the fields or mountains will survive, it is no wonder that they are asking to stock up on water, non-perishable food, batteries , flashlights, medicines especially ivermectin (so much so that I've seen reports of people curing themselves of COVID using this medicine and chloroquine) and radios to survive between 2025 and 2027, because according to them, there will be a pandemic 30 times more lethal than the previous one that will kill almost 400 million people in just two years and that will be the period where seal the seven-year peace agreement between Christianity, Judaism and Islam and will sacrifice a red heifer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where it will be destroyed in sequence to begin the construction of the third temple where the throne of the antichrist will be during the final three and a half years
They also insists that global warming is a lie bc all of these disasters that are happening such as frequent strong earthquakes which happened in turkey, morocco, japan and taiwan recently, floods that left the southern of my country almost destroyed, tornadoes and hurricanes becoming stronger and killing more people and wildfires becoming more frequently is caused by these globalists, for example, the recent wildfires that happened in hawaii, canada and chile was caused by massive lasers coming from satellites and these floods and earthquakes caused by HAARP, and the fact-checking and social media such as reuters and afp is lying bc they are owned by rothschild and george soros for example
And i'm worried to have a cancer or a fatal heart attack when i become 20 years old that they discovered that in the last years have an increase on cases of cancer and fatal heart attack on young people, and they claim that is bc of the vaccines bc they contain aborted fetuses and microchips and graphene
And they also talk about the woke agenda, where defenders of this theory claim that globalists use films, video games and series to misrepresent characters from these entertainment industries to promote progressive agendas such as LGBT, black lives matter, abortion and feminism, for example, they made Ariel from The Little Mermaid black in live-action instead in white, as a way of indoctrinating masses and grooming children to be subjected to being perverse, it's no wonder that Disney is in one of the biggest crises in its history by excessively promoting identity issues in every film they release. And it's also no wonder that the number of abortions in the world increased over the last years
What I am most afraid of is the claim that globalists have knowledge of future events that makes the masses accept the event when a certain thing happens, this is called predictive programming, for example, in many disaster and science fiction films, there is a subliminal message in numbers called ''923'', supporters of this number mean that something very bad will happen on September 23rd, but obviously nothing happens, in White Noise for example, there was a train accident in the state of Ohio and in 2023 a train derailment with toxic products occurred in the same state as the film, Black Mirror ''predicted'' several technological innovations, The Simpsons for example predicted the September 11 attacks and Trump's victory in the elections, The Matrix also predicted predicted several technological innovations, such as the redpill movement and the production of babies in uterine machines. As for the Leave the World Behind', they say that the film predicted the accident of the ship that collided with the bridge in baltimore, Lastly, the film The Knowing is incredibly identical to the plot of the biblical apocalypse, but these claims are already debunked by fact checks
And i became scared of these prophecies that have been ''fulfilled'' such as Ezekiel which mentions that Dead Sea became filled with fishes and signs in the sky and stars disappearing
i will mention some of them:
They discovered recently that the moon have some rust pigments and the sun are frequently producing giant black spots which in apocalypse 6:12-17 means that the sun became black and the moon becoming blood
The days are passing faster, which on matthew 24:22 mentions that unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
The Euphrates River is drying up which in apocalypse mentions that the sixth angel poured his bowl over the Euphrates River and its waters dried up and released four demons who destroyed half of the population
Some Rivers and seas are becoming red, which refers to Apocalypse 16:4 that the third angel poured his bowl on rivers and seas and became red as dead blood
And I started to think that some mathematical calculations they do are simply not coincidences, they took the year the Black Death ended in 1353 with the year the WHO declared a global COVID emergency in 2019, subtracting those years would give the result in 666 (2019-1353=666 to be simpler) which alludes to the number of the beast and nd other math that they also thinks its a proof that we are at the end of times uf we use the word ''CORONA'' as a code where the alphabet is corresponding to its letter in ascending order (for example a = 1, b = 2), it would give the numbers 3, 15, 18, 15, 14, 1 will also give the number of the beast is correct if we multiply these numbers.
I'm trying to follow channels that disagree that we are in the end times and treat people with love, like the method of preterism where it states that the apocalypse happened in the year 70, but they say that this is heresy because in Matthew 24:24 it says that in the last days false prophets will emerge deceiving many people and in 2 Peter 3:3 where it says that at the end of time many will mock and disagree with the imminent Return of Jesus
i'm asked my parents and my friends to repent of your sins and believe in the Word of God, But I bothered them so much that now they don't even want to hear it,
however after all that, I started to think that these evangelical channels only preach fear in people, thinking that Jesus is going to return physically and that I have been superior all the time for no reason at all. I researched these things so much that now it appears when I search for an account on Instagram or YouTube, I would like to thank anyone who could give me some tips on how to get out of this and get rid of these pests, how i do?
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They say that geopolitical tensions are increasing which will cause ww3, it is no wonder that countless billionaires around the world like Mark Zuckerberg are building bunkers and selling several of their assets, i saw a letter written in 1873 that a American Freemason named Albert Pike who in his letter predicted the first two world wars, and is now supposedly ''predicted correctly'' the third world war, which would begin with a conflict between Zionist Israelis and Arabs, and also they claim that this war between Israel and Iran -Hamas is also the prophecy of Gog and Magog being fulfilled, They also say that the world will enter an unprecedented global economic crisis worse than the great depression, which would increase prices absurdly and this would culminate in the greatest famine the world has ever had, surpassing the great famine of the Middle Age,
They also say that elites such as the World Economic Forum, the UN and the Bilderberg Group will launch a gigantic EMP weapon that will shut down all energy and appliances in the world, and that they will then enact global martial law that will taking citizens off the streets and homes via buses and putting them in concentration camps and killing mainly white and conservative Christian groups and burying them in FEMA coffins which will start the famous New World Order and mass depopulation through the great reset and agenda 2030 and will put an end to all cash and create an electronic currency where payment is made with the global fingerprint, which they also say will replace passports with this global biometric password, they also say that They will do away with clothes and food and will replace them with processed foods made from insects, GMOs and laboratory-grown meats and everyone will be forced to wear the same clothes and have their names changed they also say that they will install government cameras inside the houses to know if any intruder is entering the empty houses
and all of this will begin the antichrist's rise to power, he will be a powerful leader who will unite all sovereign governments into one government and people will worship him and will implant the mark of the beast, where no one will buy and sell without it and will kill everyone who does not accept the mark, which means that everyone in the cities will die, only those who go to the fields or mountains will survive, it is no wonder that they are asking to stock up on water, non-perishable food, batteries , flashlights, medicines especially ivermectin (so much so that I've seen reports of people curing themselves of COVID using this medicine and chloroquine) and radios to survive between 2025 and 2027, because according to them, there will be a pandemic 30 times more lethal than the previous one that will kill almost 400 million people in just two years and that will be the period where seal the seven-year peace agreement between Christianity, Judaism and Islam and will sacrifice a red heifer in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, where it will be destroyed in sequence to begin the construction of the third temple where the throne of the antichrist will be during the final three and a half years
They also insists that global warming is a lie bc all of these disasters that are happening such as frequent strong earthquakes which happened in turkey, morocco, japan and taiwan recently, floods that left the southern of my country almost destroyed, tornadoes and hurricanes becoming stronger and killing more people and wildfires becoming more frequently is caused by these globalists, for example, the recent wildfires that happened in hawaii, canada and chile was caused by massive lasers coming from satellites and these floods and earthquakes caused by HAARP, and the fact-checking and social media such as reuters and afp is lying bc they are owned by rothschild and george soros for example
And i'm worried to have a cancer or a fatal heart attack when i become 20 years old that they discovered that in the last years have an increase on cases of cancer and fatal heart attack on young people, and they claim that is bc of the vaccines bc they contain aborted fetuses and microchips and graphene
And they also talk about the woke agenda, where defenders of this theory claim that globalists use films, video games and series to misrepresent characters from these entertainment industries to promote progressive agendas such as LGBT, black lives matter, abortion and feminism, for example, they made Ariel from The Little Mermaid black in live-action instead in white, as a way of indoctrinating masses and grooming children to be subjected to being perverse, it's no wonder that Disney is in one of the biggest crises in its history by excessively promoting identity issues in every film they release. And it's also no wonder that the number of abortions in the world increased over the last years
What I am most afraid of is the claim that globalists have knowledge of future events that makes the masses accept the event when a certain thing happens, this is called predictive programming, for example, in many disaster and science fiction films, there is a subliminal message in numbers called ''923'', supporters of this number mean that something very bad will happen on September 23rd, but obviously nothing happens, in White Noise for example, there was a train accident in the state of Ohio and in 2023 a train derailment with toxic products occurred in the same state as the film, Black Mirror ''predicted'' several technological innovations, The Simpsons for example predicted the September 11 attacks and Trump's victory in the elections, The Matrix also predicted predicted several technological innovations, such as the redpill movement and the production of babies in uterine machines. As for the Leave the World Behind', they say that the film predicted the accident of the ship that collided with the bridge in baltimore, Lastly, the film The Knowing is incredibly identical to the plot of the biblical apocalypse, but these claims are already debunked by fact checks
And i became scared of these prophecies that have been ''fulfilled'' such as Ezekiel which mentions that Dead Sea became filled with fishes and signs in the sky and stars disappearing
i will mention some of them:
They discovered recently that the moon have some rust pigments and the sun are frequently producing giant black spots which in apocalypse 6:12-17 means that the sun became black and the moon becoming blood
The days are passing faster, which on matthew 24:22 mentions that unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.
The Euphrates River is drying up which in apocalypse mentions that the sixth angel poured his bowl over the Euphrates River and its waters dried up and released four demons who destroyed half of the population
Some Rivers and seas are becoming red, which refers to Apocalypse 16:4 that the third angel poured his bowl on rivers and seas and became red as dead blood
And I started to think that some mathematical calculations they do are simply not coincidences, they took the year the Black Death ended in 1353 with the year the WHO declared a global COVID emergency in 2019, subtracting those years would give the result in 666 (2019-1353=666 to be simpler) which alludes to the number of the beast and nd other math that they also thinks its a proof that we are at the end of times uf we use the word ''CORONA'' as a code where the alphabet is corresponding to its letter in ascending order (for example a = 1, b = 2), it would give the numbers 3, 15, 18, 15, 14, 1 will also give the number of the beast is correct if we multiply these numbers.
I'm trying to follow channels that disagree that we are in the end times and treat people with love, like the method of preterism where it states that the apocalypse happened in the year 70, but they say that this is heresy because in Matthew 24:24 it says that in the last days false prophets will emerge deceiving many people and in 2 Peter 3:3 where it says that at the end of time many will mock and disagree with the imminent Return of Jesus
i'm asked my parents and my friends to repent of your sins and believe in the Word of God, But I bothered them so much that now they don't even want to hear it,
however after all that, I started to think that these evangelical channels only preach fear in people, thinking that Jesus is going to return physically and that I have been superior all the time for no reason at all. I researched these things so much that now it appears when I search for an account on Instagram or YouTube, I would like to thank anyone who could give me some tips on how to get out of this and get rid of these pests, how i do?
2024.05.20 02:03 Feeling-Soup8737 Am I wrong for ghosting my ex?
Hi all,
My ex and I broke up a few months ago. Since then, we have remained in contact on a semi-regular basis (texting every week, a few phone calls, and popping over to each other’s houses to grab some belongings-One of these occasions I invited to stay for dinner, with no sex taking place). I tried to rekindle the relationship over text back in March but they turned it down.
Afterwards, about 3 weeks later, they wanted to come over for a birthday dinner and so they did. They ended up getting somewhat drunk and spent the night as I didn’t feel comfortable letting them drive. The entire time they were over, they kept alluding to being intimate, which ultimately led to us having a conversation where I told them I didn’t think it was a good idea, but that I would be willing to think about it. We agreed to meet up a month afterwards to discuss it and see where we were.
Well, the day comes and we meet at the park to talk things over. I told them I was not interested and that I would attempt to focus on a friendship and nothing more, to which they agreed. I told them that I am having a hard time wanting to be friends but that I’d be willing to try for their sake.
Since then, I’ve noticed they have been more distant but have not said anything. In the 2 months since then, we have talked on and off, including me reaching out once for advice, and one of these occasions was a phone call from them where they wanted to meet up and hang out. I said sure and we agreed that we’d hang out on a select day in upcoming weekends.
Well the day we’re supposed to meet up approaches and I ask them if we’re still on for that day, and they say no because they had other plans that day. We agree to reschedule for this weekend, but yet again when this weekend approaches I hear nothing from them. I finally get a message from them saying that they’re not able to hang out due to stress and probably won’t hang out with anyone until June.
Part of me wants to cut things off here because I feel like I’m being strung out. The other part of me feels like they sound like they are struggling and give them some grace. I know not everything is about me or even the “friendship” and I also recognize that I have already been wary of being friends, so maybe I am overthinking. Am I wrong for just wanting to ghost them? I don’t want to get hurt by games and dishonesty and feel there’s other things under the surface.
TLDR; I want to ghost my ex due to feeling like our attempt at a friendship is starting to change in a negative way. Am I wrong?
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My ex and I broke up a few months ago. Since then, we have remained in contact on a semi-regular basis (texting every week, a few phone calls, and popping over to each other’s houses to grab some belongings-One of these occasions I invited to stay for dinner, with no sex taking place). I tried to rekindle the relationship over text back in March but they turned it down.
Afterwards, about 3 weeks later, they wanted to come over for a birthday dinner and so they did. They ended up getting somewhat drunk and spent the night as I didn’t feel comfortable letting them drive. The entire time they were over, they kept alluding to being intimate, which ultimately led to us having a conversation where I told them I didn’t think it was a good idea, but that I would be willing to think about it. We agreed to meet up a month afterwards to discuss it and see where we were.
Well, the day comes and we meet at the park to talk things over. I told them I was not interested and that I would attempt to focus on a friendship and nothing more, to which they agreed. I told them that I am having a hard time wanting to be friends but that I’d be willing to try for their sake.
Since then, I’ve noticed they have been more distant but have not said anything. In the 2 months since then, we have talked on and off, including me reaching out once for advice, and one of these occasions was a phone call from them where they wanted to meet up and hang out. I said sure and we agreed that we’d hang out on a select day in upcoming weekends.
Well the day we’re supposed to meet up approaches and I ask them if we’re still on for that day, and they say no because they had other plans that day. We agree to reschedule for this weekend, but yet again when this weekend approaches I hear nothing from them. I finally get a message from them saying that they’re not able to hang out due to stress and probably won’t hang out with anyone until June.
Part of me wants to cut things off here because I feel like I’m being strung out. The other part of me feels like they sound like they are struggling and give them some grace. I know not everything is about me or even the “friendship” and I also recognize that I have already been wary of being friends, so maybe I am overthinking. Am I wrong for just wanting to ghost them? I don’t want to get hurt by games and dishonesty and feel there’s other things under the surface.
TLDR; I want to ghost my ex due to feeling like our attempt at a friendship is starting to change in a negative way. Am I wrong?
2024.05.20 02:02 22knocks pineward reviews!
 | Hello, hello! I ordered 10 Pineward samples on April 12th, and they arrived on April 20th with a free sample, Juniperus! I’ve been looking forward to trying this house, as I’m trying to try out green/forest scents which I otherwise wouldn’t opt for, and I was very impressed by everything I tried. I have broken free of the "Forest Perfume to Christmas Candle" Curse! submitted by 22knocks to Indiemakeupandmore [link] [comments] 10 Pineward samples + a freebie mini sample at the bottom First of all…the colors of all the samples are so gorgeous! I would say these lasted a decent amount of time, around 4 hours in the Personal Space around me, and many more hours on the skin itself. Many of them did wear a bit closer to the skin. I did struggle with the atomizers at times (sometimes they would just Spurt Liquid in a stream), but no horrific accidents as of yet. I also want to preface these reviews by saying that I am not the best at attributing which green scents correspond to which notes. A nose in progress…I do think it would be really cool if Pineward ever sold solinotes but for tree components – like fir balsam vs. black hemlock vs. cypress etc. Know that...I made an attempt lol. Anyways, onto the reviews! Apple Tabac - (fresh red apple, tobacco, fir balsam, rum resin, dried fruits) This is a dry (not juicy, not sweet) apple with a smoky tobacco lingering alongside it. There’s something almost bitter or waxy here (to me it reads like the skin of the apple) + something alcoholic. The bitterness fluctuates with wear, the tobacco changing its mind on whether it wants to be sweet or harsh. There’s more of that “tingling” from the fir (fresh, green notes tend to present like that to me). The drydown is a bit like a caramel apple, nothing tart, but a hint of that opening apple that never quite fades away, enveloped in an almost chewy caramel! The caramel aspect is definitely from the dried fruits, but somehow on me it can smell a bit BO-like — savory and almost spiced? Something similar happens with Gristmill. Smell faded in about 3 hours. Not my favorite, but I think I will need to retry this in autumn. 2/5Brokilän - (black hemlock needles, larch cones, sandarac resin, momi, sandalwood, Vietnamese oud.) Wow I love this one! Fresh light greens with a creamy sandalwood drydown, almost incenselike. It’s resinous and smells like coke when it first goes on. Like a very mentholy, almost sharp green-brown, as if it were fizzy. I normally am not the biggest fan of herbal scents but this balances it in a way to offer a more refreshing, less stale vision of Herbs. After a bit, I get more of the bark of the tree itself, woody and still prickly. Eventually, a sweet, creamy sandalwood comes wafting through, first noticeable from a distance. It takes me by surprise at first, and when I lean closer to my wrist to sniff, I lose the scent. Over time, it melds more with the other prickly woods in the scent, smoothing them out, presenting more cohesively. It was okay in terms of projection, and I found I often caught whiffs as I moved around. The dry down is sandalwood with an almost textural element from the other woody/resinous elements, and a touch of green remaining. Lost projection at around 2-3 hours in but 8 hours later I could still smell it on my skin, I think this is the most long lasting Pineward scent I’ve tried. 5/5Caravansary - (fir balsam, deer musk, vanilla, black tea, lavender, blue spruce, blue chamomile, treemoss, incense, pinecone mulch, campfire smoke.)* My partner says this one “smells like a forest garden”. I get a Blue Green vibe from this for sure! It definitely changes a lot with rest. There is something light in the background here, I think it’s the herbs (particularly the chamomile). The musk isn’t overwhelming but it is present and warm. After some wear, I get wafts of this sweet, herbal smell that I find very intriguing! I’m not sure what it is exactly but I was continuously sniffing my wrist in an attempt to smell it again. Maybe it’s the vanilla + chamomile, it seems to only really be present from a distance, making me wonder if it’s being buried under the heavier scents from a closer sniffing distance. It’s a cool, smooth vanilla, in contrast to everything else being warm and a bit prickly! The drydown is a sweet vanilla tea for me. It’s a startlingly bright and punchy scent somehow… the lingering scent of the greens and blues on my clothes feels invigorating, even when on my skin it has dried down to a cozy, gentle scent. Overall, this is a dark, dry, cozy scent, with blue green fispruce bearing the brunt of the work, as deer musk hangs out in the background. It does evoke the feeling of being bundled up in a cozy blanket with a campfire in the background and dark, looming forest around you. It shares some of that tannic smokiness with Murkwood, I would say, but the smoke is less present here, though it does gradually come out more with wear. 5/5Fanghorn II - (silver fir, moss, lichen, pine needles, wet soil, damp vegetation.) Damp dirt here, very similar to Murkwood to my nose. I had a hard time distinguishing the various facets of this one, but in comparison to Murkwood, I would say it’s more dark green leaves with dirt and no incense/smoke. It doesn’t change much with rest, or morph much with wear. Very refined tbh, for a forest fragrance, in terms of not being as wild/”in the dirt” as I was expecting. I like this, but I think I prefer Murkwood, as this one is a bit more plain and I can’t smell it as much after a few hours. 3/5Gristmill - (Cedar planks, sawdust, smoldering logs, edelwood oil, amber, black walnut, mahogany, labdanum.) So here’s where body chemistry played an interesting role…All of these I tested on myself, but I had my partner try this one as well. On my partner's first application, it smelled like cedar planks with a touch of sweetness that made the perfume very captivating. It was almost like a creamy sandalwood, and the cedar was not very funky at all! I was enjoying this a lot. But then I tried it on myself…this time I got more of the richness of the cedar, but in a way that’s not very fresh…it reminded me more of a storage chest/polished wood. I get a slight motor oil / bbq quality to it as well. After some time, it veers towards a fun and prickly sandalwood, but then immediately I smell like Indian food. I’m not sure how, but even on my clothes, I smelled savory spices. I think my skin can make some scents smell a touch “spiced” or savory but this was one of the extremes! Unfortunately, not a huge fan of how it wears on me but I will be pushing this more onto my partner haha. 2/5 due to body chemistry :(Hayloft - (hay, lavender honey, crocus, sweet vernalgrass, bison grass, toasted almond, hazelnut, oats, dusty wheat.) Nutty, sweet, bright, light! Doesn’t change much with rest. This reminds me a bit of an oat-scented body wash, or honey bunches of oats. The honey is really light here, somewhat floral. It’s quite sweet and I can definitely see this as being cloying after some time but it’s a very cozy scent and I will try wearing this more once the weather gets colder. Maybe just not the most "me" scent. 2/5Icefall - (white grapefruit, blue cypress, maritime pine, juniper, nootka, cedar, sandalwood, seaweed.) Oooh this one is kind of like a smoky, bitter grapefruit on top of a subtle aquatic base. My partner says it smells like “seaweed, or like a sushi incense, but in a good way”. It is surprisingly more woody than I expected. Occasionally I get a bright whiff of juniper, from a distance. After some wear, there’s a hint of sandalwood (this shy sandalwood pops up in quite a few other Pineward scents!) that comes out to smooth things over, but the grapefruit is still there, though less overtly aquatic. More of those forest greens come through as well, and it compliments the grapefruit quite well, remaining bright and refreshing as a general couple throughout weartime. The drydown is mostly light wood with a touch of grapefruit and a very subtle seaweed smell. If you are afraid of the seaweed note, as I was – don’t be! It’s very approachable here. 4/5Murkwood - (fir balsam, black hemlock, lapsang suchong, moss, incense, bitter myrrh.) A very resinous incense, with a touch of sweetness. The incense is dirt-like and smoky (likely the lapsang suchong). There are some very subtle dark bitter greens, and it’s very interesting to smell this layered on top of the deep smoky body, as if a slight relief from the incense. After a bit, the tea flavor strengthens and it gets a bit sweeter, as the prickly fir scent dissipates. The incense is not the most clear smelling (it doesn’t outright read as an incense perfume to me, because there is so much going on), but I really adore all the layers in this and find it fun to wear. 4/5Noki - (lychee, mango, mint, rhubarb, cassis, sandalwood, ambergris.)* I found this one really benefits from some rest! When I first tried it on, it was a very watery, sweet mango, and I found the mint was kind of muddling it? The combo of lychee and mango was not very apparent but it was juicy and bright in a general sense. After resting, it was less watered down. It became more of an almost unripe mango + bright lychee, tempered by mint, with a touch of tartness and green from rhubarb and cassis, not overwhelmingly sweet but with a fun tart poppiness. Something (I suspect the mint, still) is keeping this from reaching its full Juicy Sweet potential, but as an avoider of the Cloying, i find this works in the perfume’s favor. The drydown is a sweet mango + creamy sandalwood, it doesn’t morph much. I can smell the sandalwood better from further away, as it’s a bit subtle. Very intriguing, will be wearing this a ton in the summer! 4/5Velvetine - (ambergris, cypress, vanilla, clove, labdanum, fir.)* Thank god the clove isn’t overly strong here! (Not the biggest clove fan). On first sniff, I get something akin to deep, dried red fruits, something a bit herbal. It reminds me a bit of dried fruit leather, with maybe a touch of honey. I’m not sure whether I think of it more as “fruit leather” (like the snack) or “fruit Leather” (like leather which is kinda fruity) because both can apply here. More of the forest aspect of the scent reveals itself as the perfume dries, and it seems very subtly smoky to me? I’m wondering if that’s the cypress. It’s cuddly, not smothering, but there’s an intriguing “cool” aspect to this, which I definitely did not see before resting. After a bit, the overtly fruity leather combo gives way to a more vanilla backing, and it becomes this cuddly, clear vanilla with some of the lightly smoky greens. There’s a slight tartness from the opening but it’s much smoother and…velvetine now! The dry down is a warm vanilla. Simple and comforting, I’m not huge into the opening but really like the drydown. 4/5Juniperus - (Juniper Berry, Lemon Peel Absolute, Rosemary, Juniper Scale, Lavender, Juniper Wood, Sandalwood, Patchouli) The free sample that came with my order! I was a bit scared as I am not the Biggest fan of lemon notes especially. When I first applied it, it was certainly a bright lemon, on the base of something light and almost cucumbery. Luckily for me, the lemon soon faded and gave way to a creamy green scent. It’s a bit of a light, simple scent but I enjoyed it and found it refreshing on these warm spring days. That said, it didn’t change that much with rest, and I found it to be the least long lived out of everything I tried. 3/5Overall, I had a good experience with Pineward! It was interesting to see that common thread connecting many of these fragrances. In particular, Brokilän, Caravansary, Fanghorn II, and Murkwood all had those shared resinous + green components that required me to think about how to describe them in relation to each other, otherwise the descriptions would all sound the same coming from me! I would say if I had to pick a favorite, it would be Brokilän, but I also find myself reaching towards Caravansary, Noki, and Murkwood! Perhaps the weather is also the reason for that…I’m really looking forward to trying other Pineward scents in the future, and seeing what else they come up with. Thanks for reading! Now time to work on some DSH reviews... |
2024.05.20 02:01 HealthyFactor7373 Climate and sleep questions from a newbie
Hey all - I’m moving to Boone in a month from Florida (UGH THE WORST i know, forgive us) for my husband’s job. We’ve lived in Florida our whole lives and have a 3 month old baby. Our house in Boone has no AC but has a furnace. My question is, what kind of sleeping products do you guys use? We usually sleep with a quilt and flat sheet, so do we need a comforter? Or just a thicker blanket? Or does it matter? And for our little baby, do we need to get some intense sleep sacks or really thick jammies?
I just want to be prepared mostly for my little one. I’m just a dumb warm Floridian please be nice lol
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I just want to be prepared mostly for my little one. I’m just a dumb warm Floridian please be nice lol
2024.05.20 02:00 ItsssYaBoiiiShawdyy Theories on Theories: Assessing the Potential Magnitude of the May 17th Prospectus Filings, Part II, Is the Reverse Uno is Upon Us?
 | Edit: Of course I fucked up the title. Lol. Is the Reverse Uno Upon Us?* submitted by ItsssYaBoiiiShawdyy to Superstonk [link] [comments] Hello again, Apes. I have gotten a solid 4 hours of sleep and am ready to keep plugging along. Disclaimer: Nothing of which I discuss is financial advice and not indicative of what you should do with your money or investments. Make your own decisions. I have no idea what I am talking about. Link to Part I of my little write-up, recommended that you read that first: https://www.reddit.com/Superstonk/comments/1cvo4hw/theories_on_theories_assessing_the_potential/ TL;DR for Part I: After 3+ years of working in near silence, Gamestop has dropped a reverse uno time-bomb nuke on shorts, and I don't believe we have fully comprehended just how big and effective of a nuke it will be. They finally released their plans to end the abusive short-selling once and for all... I believe the details in the filings have the answers. Need more eyes. We just need to HODL and let RC & Team work their magic. This was precisely timed and will be executed precisely. I believe they are about to throw the whole kitchen sink at em. Shorts r truly fuk. To be continued. TL;DR for Part II: Although you should really read through this to get super jacked...Predicition: Gamestop will lay down the reverse uno... the company will protect its shareholders through a slew of new, private, non-dilutive security offerings that we get first dibs on, and that are backed by our current/future holdings. Cash/non-cash dividends from the proceeds of the sale of those securities (units) are on the table. Thus, forcing shorts to either pay or close. MOASS is inevitable. Many Apes have stepped up to begin analyzing these filings. Thank you! The goal with my analysis is to continue to educate Apes on what all this jargon means, shine more light on the specificities of the filings and to speculate (for fun) as to what I think Gamestop is going to do based on the specificities. In the first part, I discussed Book Entry Securities issued via the DTC (the stock we all know and love), Preferred Stock (the juicy and scare new stock on the block), and the mysterious "Preferred Stock Depositary" (PSD) and its proposed role in the issuance and management of Gamestop's preferred stock to Apes worldwide, keeping it away from abusive short sellers and directly in the hands of Apes. In my first part, I speculated that the unnamed PSD would likely be computershare. But the more I think about it, the more I am unsure of that. And maybe that is why it is unnamed as of yet. Many Apes from different parts of the world have been unable to DRS, so that means they have been unable to access/use Computershare to hold/manage their shares and the DTC shit the bed one too many times when they committed international securities fraud on the splividend. So, I am thinking its possible that Gamestop secures another entity with more accessibility worldwide, or perhaps is even in the process of creating their own depositary for their newly-issued securities (dare I say, units?), to manage their "Global Securities" (a term they use in the filings). Tory vs. TaryChat GPT: In the context of stocks, both “depository” and “depositary” refer to entities that hold securities, but they serve different functions:
It seems there is more to come here as to what exact role the depositary will serve. Notice the phrasing \"series of securities that differ from the terms described here\" Tinfoil: We have seen some evidence of and speculated that Gamestop is looking more and more like they are positioning themselves to not only be dominant in retail gaming, but also serve as a holding company, potentially even serving as their own "bank". Could a brand new, currently unknown arm of Gamestop BE the unnamed depositary??? Warren Icahn anyone? https://preview.redd.it/j1dmqz31lg1d1.jpg?width=748&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d8ff6dbd7a37307413c79f9527508194a509031 If so, what role would Computershare then play? This was speculated long ago and I am thinking these filings are just a peek inside the inner workings of such an entity. Subscriptions, Warrants, and UnitsSounds a lot like "series of securities that differ from the terms described here", doesn't it? I left off with a couple teasers and I look to close the tinfoil loop on those here.GPT: Stock subscriptions and warrants are both financial instruments related to the stock market, but they serve different purposes:
Here's where I use a whole roll of Reynolds Heavy Duty Tin Foil:Sooo, in Part I, I offer the notion that Gamestop isn't going to just do one or two of these proposed offerings, they are going to do them all and they're telling us how. What I am gathering so far is Apes/holders/longs will get a chance to suck up the (45M, but up to 1B) book-securities shares faster and cheaper than you can possibly imagine through the simultaneous issuance/use of Warrants and Subscription Contracts. These investment vehicles will be issued to all record holders in "Units". And there's a lot of juice to squeeze outta this IMO.Notice here, mention of \"unit agent\" and again in the bulletpoints, they mention \"a bank or trust company\" that governs the \"units\". I'm thinking they will likely be the same entity that manages it all. Gamestop's TL;DR on units: We can issue any number of combinations of two or more of the aforementioned securities/vehicles (Warrants Subscriptions, Common Stock, Preferred Stock) which we call "Units". They may be transferable as a single security that holds multiple securities within it. Our unit Agent (a designated trust or bank). AND, the units might not even be listed on any securities exchange. (Privately held, hard to trade, hard to access, hard to fuck with UNITS of securities?) So, hypothetically, all shareholders of record on a given record date determined by a supplemental filing will get FIRST DIBS to purchase en masse, a lot of Gamestop stock, perhaps cheaper than ever before. The warrants give us the opportunity to buy at a pre-determined price, the subscriptions contracts give us the chance to not dilute our value in our holdings. Gamestop is literally going to nearly GIVE us a shitload more stock, privately, securely, and through a private, exclusive offering. And here's where it gets even more juicy...I think they're gonna do it DFV style...in reverse order, relative to the order of each type of offering listed in their filing. Protect Ya Neck, Shorts! There's gonna a rush to grab GME stock!The PlanSee if you can follow me here...in order...
I'm sitting here thinking...what if, as a "thank you" to loyal shareholders, they invest it back into shareholder accounts through an immediate cash dividend? Why would you want to leave if you're getting sick divvies on all your newly acquired stock (common and/or preferred)? You just spent $ buying preferred stock, why not delight investors by giving some right back? Awh but that would be expensive for the company! Nope. It would be expensive for the SHORTS who are responsible for paying that dividend! https://preview.redd.it/a4on4059ug1d1.jpg?width=225&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21617ee7dff5ddb3e2a4046e481a47dbb464bddb GPT: When you short a stock, you’re borrowing shares from someone else (typically your brokerage firm) and selling them on the open market12. The person or entity from whom you borrowed the shares still technically owns them. If the company issues a dividend during this time, the original owner of the shares is entitled to that dividend12. However, since their shares have been sold to a third party (by you, the short-seller), you are responsible for making the dividend payment to the original owner12. This means that if you have a short position on a stock when it goes ex-dividend (the date by which you need to own the stock to receive the dividend), you will owe the amount of the dividend to the lender of the shares12. So, in summary, if you’re short a stock and that stock pays a dividend, you’ll be responsible for paying that dividend to the person or entity from whom you borrowed the shares12. This is an important consideration to keep in mind when deciding to short a stock, especially one that pays dividends. So, let's say the shorts are still regarded af...and they have the $ to pay the dividend(s), cool. What if FME issues multiple or even monthly dividends? (There are currently 80 stocks that issue monthly dividends) Well, one, they can only pay for this for so long on top of the collateral and capital required to maintain their short position... Then, boom goes the dynamite. And if THAT doesn't work, gamestop could just choose to issue a non-cash dividend...which they outline below... Wombo Combo? Gamestop's ELI5: In the event that we issue a non-cash dividend, the PSD (depositary) will distribute the PROPERTY received by it TO the record holders of the depositary (preferred) shares entitled there to, IN PROPORTION to the number of depositiary shares owned by those holders. UNESS...the PSD determines that it somehow cannot be done...THEN the PSD may take that PROPERTY...and sell it publically or privately, and then the proceeds from that public/private sale will go directly to holder of the preferred stock. Tinfoil? They're gonna try and issue/distribute the Wu-Tang Album or some other non-fungible property via a non-cash dividend. If that can't be done for whatever reason, they will sell the album/property at auction...all proceeds go back to preferred stock holders. No matter what, holders of the preferred stock win. My last bit of tinfoil sounds crazy but, again, in part I, I spoke about filings saying the stock can be issued permanently, or even temporarily. Gamestop sucks back up a ton of their class A common stock through buy backs. They may already be beginning to do that while the price is cheap, eventually leaving only a small amount of shares, or even just preferred stock available, privately held in the names holders. Non-diluted, scarcem valuable, and unable to be fucked with. GME becomes its own bank. Shareholders get the protection they deserve. MOASS happens through one of many ways... I understand this is NOT proof that they are buying back...just speculation. Once Gamestop has the shorts off their back finally, and the capital they want/need...they then go about what they really want to continue to GROW the company...mergers/acquisitions? Also, some other Apes have said that its possible the Gamestop is offering the shorts a way out. And while personally do not think this is fair or likely, I think its possible and would not surprise me. But what if Apes/longs suck up all the shares at these offerings before shorts even get a chance? Then they're still fucked. Still needed our shares and they're now EVEN HARDER to get. https://preview.redd.it/xooxvb412h1d1.jpg?width=1516&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9ce6f25167ee4b65852e83e3697898217bc4d04 No matter what, I AM JACKED. I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT ENDS UP LOOKING LIKE. Apes together Strong. TL;DR: Although you should really read through this to get super jacked...Predicition: Gamestop will lay down the reverse uno... the company will protect its shareholders through a slew of new, private, non-dilutive security offerings that we get first dibs on, and that are backed by our current/future holdings. Cash/non-cash dividends from the proceeds of the sale of those securities (units) are on the table. Thus, forcing shorts to either pay or close. MOASS is inevitable. |
2024.05.20 01:56 VeggiesRGoods Will I Be Ready Once this Mess is Over?
Hi everyone! I'm 42 (43 next month) and female. I'm currently tired of everything, not just work, everything!
My husband was abusive, I left him, he was convicted of domestic violence. We are getting divorced.
I discovered financial fraud at one of my workplaces, blew the whistle, was threatened to be let go for about four months, now I'm a contractor for them.
I was let go by another workplace I had because of questioning some of the immoral things that were happening.
I currently run a charity, from which I make just enough to cover my monthly expenses (about $3,500/month), but we all know that charities aren't guaranteed to be sustainable forever (really, nothing is). My contract pays $2000-$2500 per month and ends at the end of September.
I have $855K (Canadian), am supposed to get $115K for half the house, might get $25K for rebalancing of investments (he has about $50K more than I do), should get about $9,000 because he wants to keep almost all of the household goods, should get around $510/month spousal support, should get around $800 occupation costs until I get the $115K from half the house (all Canadian).
I have no dependents and am fine dying broke.
I don't really have any close friends or close family members, at least not close enough to make it worthwhile sticking around where I am. I spent the holidays alone.
I've been looking into moving to Buenos Aires, but I started thinking that it is a bigger city than I want to live in, so I'm now more focused on Cordoba and Mendoza, I figure I'll move around. Then I started wondering why I would limit myself to Argentina. Basically, my plan to keep my investments growing is to only take out around $36,000 per year or even less if I can subsidize my income somehow... that gives me $3000 per month to live on approximately. I've been looking at places that are safe and inexpensive. Maybe I'll end up basically doing a world tour of them.
Right now, I'm completely stuck, and rent costs are increasing. I can't start a business that I want to start because I'm still married and my abusive spouse would own half of it, the divorce isn't completed, my abusive spouse has my passport so I can't even leave the country to go on a trip, I'm not getting spousal support or occupation costs yet, my abusive spouse says that I deserve nothing, and he's fighting over cheap plastic clothes hangers (he's fighting over EVERYTHING!), this will get dragged through the courts (which will cost some money).
I guess, for now, I just keep working to at least cover my expenses (coast FIRE) or even pull a little from my investments (barista FIRE) when necessary (lawyer and court costs might need to be paid from investments).
I have no reason to be in a HCOL country other than running my charity, but I've also barely traveled. I'm wondering whether I will be in a financial position to FIRE once this is all through (my prediction is it'll be on the fence if I stay in a HCOL location, but will be fine in a MCOL location), will I be brave enough to travel the world, and I guess the ultimate question is what is the purpose of the rest of my life.
Thanks for listening and TIA for any thoughts you have!
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My husband was abusive, I left him, he was convicted of domestic violence. We are getting divorced.
I discovered financial fraud at one of my workplaces, blew the whistle, was threatened to be let go for about four months, now I'm a contractor for them.
I was let go by another workplace I had because of questioning some of the immoral things that were happening.
I currently run a charity, from which I make just enough to cover my monthly expenses (about $3,500/month), but we all know that charities aren't guaranteed to be sustainable forever (really, nothing is). My contract pays $2000-$2500 per month and ends at the end of September.
I have $855K (Canadian), am supposed to get $115K for half the house, might get $25K for rebalancing of investments (he has about $50K more than I do), should get about $9,000 because he wants to keep almost all of the household goods, should get around $510/month spousal support, should get around $800 occupation costs until I get the $115K from half the house (all Canadian).
I have no dependents and am fine dying broke.
I don't really have any close friends or close family members, at least not close enough to make it worthwhile sticking around where I am. I spent the holidays alone.
I've been looking into moving to Buenos Aires, but I started thinking that it is a bigger city than I want to live in, so I'm now more focused on Cordoba and Mendoza, I figure I'll move around. Then I started wondering why I would limit myself to Argentina. Basically, my plan to keep my investments growing is to only take out around $36,000 per year or even less if I can subsidize my income somehow... that gives me $3000 per month to live on approximately. I've been looking at places that are safe and inexpensive. Maybe I'll end up basically doing a world tour of them.
Right now, I'm completely stuck, and rent costs are increasing. I can't start a business that I want to start because I'm still married and my abusive spouse would own half of it, the divorce isn't completed, my abusive spouse has my passport so I can't even leave the country to go on a trip, I'm not getting spousal support or occupation costs yet, my abusive spouse says that I deserve nothing, and he's fighting over cheap plastic clothes hangers (he's fighting over EVERYTHING!), this will get dragged through the courts (which will cost some money).
I guess, for now, I just keep working to at least cover my expenses (coast FIRE) or even pull a little from my investments (barista FIRE) when necessary (lawyer and court costs might need to be paid from investments).
I have no reason to be in a HCOL country other than running my charity, but I've also barely traveled. I'm wondering whether I will be in a financial position to FIRE once this is all through (my prediction is it'll be on the fence if I stay in a HCOL location, but will be fine in a MCOL location), will I be brave enough to travel the world, and I guess the ultimate question is what is the purpose of the rest of my life.
Thanks for listening and TIA for any thoughts you have!
2024.05.20 01:55 CosmicOtters My girlfriend and I did the bracket together with our combined opinions. All judgments welcome.
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2024.05.20 01:52 Immediate-Speech7102 What do you think will be the long-term impact of the U.S. migrant crisis?
So, I am trying to understand the migrant situation better so that I may become more educated and informed on this topic and be able to better understand something I currently find very confusing. I asked a series of questions in NoStupidQuestions and got some great responses, which have now triggered some follow up questions that I believe would be best answered by economists. I'm asking these questions here hoping to cut through the noise of political bias and get a truly educated opinion without some agenda or political rant behind it.
I'd greatly appreciate anyone who could answer one or more of these:
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I'd greatly appreciate anyone who could answer one or more of these:
- If US taxpayers are paying for migrants' cost of living while they await a judgement on their asylum status, how much does this cost actually impact the U.S. budget, future tax implications (raising taxes?), and American livelihoods?
- For example, if migrants get free healthcare, does that mean the cost of health insurance and medical procedures also increases, to make up for the associated expenses of offering free medical care?
- Does offering free housing increase rent by limiting supply or otherwise have other impact on the housing markets?
- And later on, when migrants get granted asylum, would this put a further strain on housing markets?
- Are the jobs associated with handling the migrant situation, and the increased spending, net-beneficial to the U.S. economy after all is said and done?
- Would these costs ever be recouped in the long-term, from the long-term benefits of adding more workers to the economy?
- What does the data say about migrants, job prospects, and welfare in the long-term, after they've been granted asylum?
- Does the US have the economic resources or incentive to use AI to speed up the claims process, which seems to be what causes the most backlog between either issuing work visas or deporting migrants?
- It's said that the majority of migrants are poor and undereducated, which makes them perfect for corporations to exploit in low-wage positions.
- Are they given low-wage positions while waiting for their asylum to be approved, or after they've been granted work visas?
- What is the net economic impact of this?
- Would this make food cheaper than otherwise not having this cheap labor?
- Does this "steal" the job of other Americans, or does it allow other Americans to search for more economically prosperous opportunities? What does the evidence or research studies say?
- This increases GDP, which boosts the economy right?
- Are businesses in America economically incentivized to support more migrant entries?
2024.05.20 01:51 Tiny-Engineer4567 I 22M and my Gf 23F am in the wrong here?
Me and my girlfriend have been together for almost 2 years now things changed about 8-9 months ago when I moved into her parents house and became apart of their family. I pay for rent my own groceries from time to time when needed and have a full time job, our hope is eventually we can take over the mortgage as her parents plan on moving out of state.
I love my Gf she genuinely loves me and takes care of me more than anyone i know and she is a beautiful woman and she works very hard she also has a full time job.
I coach basketball in addition to my full time job and we threw a team party at a local pizza place and she attended. I love that she supports me and was willing to come I just couldn’t help but notice although the talk was about basketball my gf wasn’t involved talking to anyone mostly just on her phone and eventually asked me to go home after an hour or so. We talked about how it made me feel when we are in public we are a team and her non involvement in conversations with really anyone.
I felt disrespected because we have gone to an older coworkers house to help watch her animals and the two of them conversed about work and ranted but I stayed in the conversation regardless of my actual involvement of the situation.
A few days ago there was an event for my work in which we attended, she was very friendly to everyone as she always is and walked around with one of my coworkers, after that specific coworker left my GF basically just sat by herself even after i invited her into a “huddle” just us ranting about work. After a few minutes she basically left us and just wandered the park alone and once again just asked me to go home.
I love her and can totally understand where she comes from with us talking about specific topics that may not apply to her it just feels disrespectful to just walk away and not be apart of the conversation at all and just be wandering literally right next to us. I brought this to her attention and she informed me that she was just letting me talk and felt she didn’t bring anything to the conversation, while my coworkers were asking me if she was okay.
I guess I am just asking is me feeling disrespected in this situation valid. I love her with all of my heart I just feel that when you come to events you are a team and converse with various people especially when she wanted me to go. I also take some blame reflecting back I could have changed topics more to engage her in the conversation, but I just felt like she didn’t really want to try. I don’t know the non involvement in things that are important to me just hurts me. Feel free to leave any comments I want to express just how i feel without sugar coating.
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I love my Gf she genuinely loves me and takes care of me more than anyone i know and she is a beautiful woman and she works very hard she also has a full time job.
I coach basketball in addition to my full time job and we threw a team party at a local pizza place and she attended. I love that she supports me and was willing to come I just couldn’t help but notice although the talk was about basketball my gf wasn’t involved talking to anyone mostly just on her phone and eventually asked me to go home after an hour or so. We talked about how it made me feel when we are in public we are a team and her non involvement in conversations with really anyone.
I felt disrespected because we have gone to an older coworkers house to help watch her animals and the two of them conversed about work and ranted but I stayed in the conversation regardless of my actual involvement of the situation.
A few days ago there was an event for my work in which we attended, she was very friendly to everyone as she always is and walked around with one of my coworkers, after that specific coworker left my GF basically just sat by herself even after i invited her into a “huddle” just us ranting about work. After a few minutes she basically left us and just wandered the park alone and once again just asked me to go home.
I love her and can totally understand where she comes from with us talking about specific topics that may not apply to her it just feels disrespectful to just walk away and not be apart of the conversation at all and just be wandering literally right next to us. I brought this to her attention and she informed me that she was just letting me talk and felt she didn’t bring anything to the conversation, while my coworkers were asking me if she was okay.
I guess I am just asking is me feeling disrespected in this situation valid. I love her with all of my heart I just feel that when you come to events you are a team and converse with various people especially when she wanted me to go. I also take some blame reflecting back I could have changed topics more to engage her in the conversation, but I just felt like she didn’t really want to try. I don’t know the non involvement in things that are important to me just hurts me. Feel free to leave any comments I want to express just how i feel without sugar coating.
2024.05.20 01:51 Glittering_Snow_ After spending thousands on designer perfumes, I’m beginning to feel like I’m wasting money
 | Finding the perfect Vanilla perfume has made me buy some expensive and some cheap perfumes, and I’m beginning to realize that there isn’t a lot of difference between designer perfumes and their inexpensive counterparts... Nemat Vanilla Musk was not what I was looking for, but it smells so very much like Grand Soir, especially the dry down of GS. Jimmy Choo fever smells almost the same as VS wild fig and manuka honey. Al rehab is a much more potent “lemon-cake” scent than is Devotion EDP. Ana Abiyedh Rouge was very close to my (now empty) BR540 extrait, if not the same. Dua’s white milk condensed milk is a much better alternative to Bianco Latte given that the coumarin in BL is headache-inducing for me. submitted by Glittering_Snow_ to FemFragLab [link] [comments] I’ve never before tried dupe houses, like oakcha and dossier, but how accurate Dua is makes me think they’re doing a pretty good job—but, more importantly, it seems many inexpensive perfumes smell like clones of expensive ones, even when they weren’t meant to clone anything (for example, Vanilla Musk, Modest Deux). I honestly think perfume should not cost so much given that it’s non-durable and perishable, unlike other designer products. However, certain perfumes may actually be worth the price tag because of uniqueness + performance (both, not one or the other). In that case, only YSL Libre Intense, Mon Guerlain Intense, and Prada Candy Kiss would truly be worth the tags from my collection. You could definitely find perfumes that smell similar if not the same for lower prices and better performance. I’m beginning to wonder why I pay so much for designer perfumes if the goal is only to smell good — would love to hear your thoughts! |
2024.05.20 01:49 SeniorRegion2984 (Update) AITA for kicking out a female house guest for touching me repeatedly in a non-sexual manner while I repeatedly told her no.
(See update at the end) Some context before I (32m) get into the situation as I feel it's important to how I reacted. I have been in two situations, one as a 6-year-old and at 28, that involved women and unwanted touching and beyond in both occasions I have been powerless as a child or incapacitated as an adult like unable to control my bowels or bladder kind of incapacitated. Both my wife and my guest are aware of my past. I'm trying to keep this broad stroke so as not to violate any rules, but again I think this context is important.
So on to the current situation. We currently have a (26f) friend who is living out of a tent, and we often invite her over so she can do laundry, shower, and other hygiene tasks. In this instance, I decided to hop onto my computer and play some games while she did her stuff and hung out with the wife while I chatted back and forth with them a bit. As she wrapped up her visit, she approached me from behind and hit me with a hairbrush not hard just to get my attention. It for sure startled me, and I did snap at her telling her to stop. I looked up at her from my chair, and she does it again, and I tell her to stop again while making direct eye contact with her, which she doesn't doing it once more and then demanding I hug her, which I refuse to do, telling her very clearly "fuck no, I don't want to touch you," and I follow that up with if you keep going like this I'm going to kick you out. She gives me a kinda laugh and says whatever, I'm leaving anyway and then touches me again.
I get to my feet now both extremely panicky feeling and angry we have a bit of a scuffle not a fight, and I end up shouting at her to leave and not come back. I felt entirely violated in my own home during all this, but both her and my wife insist it was just a game and she did not mean it despite me telling her no repeatedly and both my wife and the guest hearing it. I'm for sure not saying my behavior was great, and I've been seeking long-term treatment to help with my issues both mainly being PTSD related to my time as an Army MP and the events mentioned in my personal life. Despite that, I 100% should not have acted in anger like I did.
So am I wrong for feeling the way I do? Or is the wife and the guest right and it was just a game and she didn't mean it.
EDIT: to be 100% upfront it escalated and I reacted (badly) physicality was involved but as also pointed out I was near panicked and overwhelmed due to my past.
EDIT 2: EDIT: Gonna try and respond to a few more posts then I've gotta have a break. I do thank everyone that took the time to write out comments or interact with me.
Edit 3?: My husband gave me access to this account, and I told him I wrote down my perspective. When I asked if I should add it, he said "it's up to you." So here it is.
Our friend approached my husband, who was playing an online cooperative action game on his computer, at his desk. I was sitting on the couch about 8 feet behind them, waiting for my friend to be ready for me to drive her home. She was wearing a long night shirt with a loose v-neck. She stood at his left side peripheral for about 2 seconds before she tapped the back of her hairbrush firmly against the side of his left shoulder. I immediately was not comfortable with this, as I don't tend to engage in horseplay unless someone else has repeatedly demonstrated to me that it's a method of expression that they like and want. I do enjoy my husband's frequent physicality with me, including picking me up or tickling me. My friend and husband have engaged in horseplay on many occasions before, tickling, poking at one another's stomach, and playfully throwing soft objects. This often included my friend's fiance, who usually only reciprocated with my friend. I will frequently smack my husband on the butt, but only when I am sure he is in a mood to be okay with it.
My husband said, "Hey, I'm busy," and didn't turn to her at first. She hit him again with the brush in the same spot, and my husband said "stop" in a normal voice, and my friend responded, saying "give me a hug (which we almost always all do at the end of visits). I don't remember if she hit him again, because he said (and I'm going to paraphrase, because at this point I began to get alarmed, and was only listening to the tone of his voice, and less to his words, unfortunately) that if she didn't stop, he'd make her leave. She said lightly that it didn't matter anyway; she was leaving. At this point, I realized by her teasing tone that she didn't understand how upset he was getting, which I did understand, through years of experience with his tone of voice and what it means. He didn't raise his voice, and I could hear that he was attempting to remain casual as he said something else, ending with "my dude" but that she had really pushed him past the point of anger and I didn't think she realized it. She put her hand on his shoulder, and he said "I don't want to fucking touch you now" and he stood up, and grabbed her by the neck of her shirt, pulling her foreward, and then put both hands around her throat, and I saw his hands tense, as he leaned down into her face and told her to leave the house and never come back. He pushed her backwards and she started to cry, and put her head down, hurrying to get pick up her things. My husband sat back down at his desk and didn't say anything else until I told him I was going to take the friend home and I'd be back, and he said "sure." The friend cried during the ride home, and her voice was harsh, but I wasn't sure if it was stress or physical. She did have marks on her throat, but those faded over the next few hours. She asked me repeatedly why he got so upset, and if anything was different, and I did point out to her that he said "stop," and she said that she thought it was part of the play. When I returned home, my husband did not seem upset, and seemed more relaxed than before, although he seemed nervous about my response to the situation. He said that he didn't remember putting his hands around her throat when I told him that he did.
My thoughts about this are that: 1) horseplaying with people with trauma, which all three of us have, to various degrees and in various forms, is potentially dangerous, and I'm frequently uncomfortable when it happens, although I often don't say anything, as I'm usually the odd one out when it comes to initiating social teasing, although I often enjoy receiving it.
2.) Our friend should have stopped at the word stop. I don't know why she didn't, but I don't think it was out of malice, because she genuinely did not seem to see how she was provoking him.
3.) Her actions were inappropriate, in my opinion, but his were potentially life-threatening and the fact that he didn't remember what he did was alarming. I am concerned that this will happen again, and he will have charges pressed in a situation where he is the first physical aggressor. This would be even worse if he inadvertently harms someone, and the escalation of force combined with memory issues in this latest case makes me worry that it might happen.
4.) I possibly could have prevented this from happening by being quicker stopping her or by getting between them, but I know from experience that once he has a grip on someone, I'm not strong enough to break it, and he ignores my presence or physically shakes me off if I try. He ignores my words entirely at these times. I expected her to see that he was upset before he snapped, because it seemed obvious to me, but she didn't, and I have no idea why. She's had lots of trauma of her own (as have I, including SA) in the past (and, like me, has worked in jobs that revolve around dealing with people dealing with trauma).
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So on to the current situation. We currently have a (26f) friend who is living out of a tent, and we often invite her over so she can do laundry, shower, and other hygiene tasks. In this instance, I decided to hop onto my computer and play some games while she did her stuff and hung out with the wife while I chatted back and forth with them a bit. As she wrapped up her visit, she approached me from behind and hit me with a hairbrush not hard just to get my attention. It for sure startled me, and I did snap at her telling her to stop. I looked up at her from my chair, and she does it again, and I tell her to stop again while making direct eye contact with her, which she doesn't doing it once more and then demanding I hug her, which I refuse to do, telling her very clearly "fuck no, I don't want to touch you," and I follow that up with if you keep going like this I'm going to kick you out. She gives me a kinda laugh and says whatever, I'm leaving anyway and then touches me again.
I get to my feet now both extremely panicky feeling and angry we have a bit of a scuffle not a fight, and I end up shouting at her to leave and not come back. I felt entirely violated in my own home during all this, but both her and my wife insist it was just a game and she did not mean it despite me telling her no repeatedly and both my wife and the guest hearing it. I'm for sure not saying my behavior was great, and I've been seeking long-term treatment to help with my issues both mainly being PTSD related to my time as an Army MP and the events mentioned in my personal life. Despite that, I 100% should not have acted in anger like I did.
So am I wrong for feeling the way I do? Or is the wife and the guest right and it was just a game and she didn't mean it.
EDIT: to be 100% upfront it escalated and I reacted (badly) physicality was involved but as also pointed out I was near panicked and overwhelmed due to my past.
EDIT 2: EDIT: Gonna try and respond to a few more posts then I've gotta have a break. I do thank everyone that took the time to write out comments or interact with me.
Edit 3?: My husband gave me access to this account, and I told him I wrote down my perspective. When I asked if I should add it, he said "it's up to you." So here it is.
Our friend approached my husband, who was playing an online cooperative action game on his computer, at his desk. I was sitting on the couch about 8 feet behind them, waiting for my friend to be ready for me to drive her home. She was wearing a long night shirt with a loose v-neck. She stood at his left side peripheral for about 2 seconds before she tapped the back of her hairbrush firmly against the side of his left shoulder. I immediately was not comfortable with this, as I don't tend to engage in horseplay unless someone else has repeatedly demonstrated to me that it's a method of expression that they like and want. I do enjoy my husband's frequent physicality with me, including picking me up or tickling me. My friend and husband have engaged in horseplay on many occasions before, tickling, poking at one another's stomach, and playfully throwing soft objects. This often included my friend's fiance, who usually only reciprocated with my friend. I will frequently smack my husband on the butt, but only when I am sure he is in a mood to be okay with it.
My husband said, "Hey, I'm busy," and didn't turn to her at first. She hit him again with the brush in the same spot, and my husband said "stop" in a normal voice, and my friend responded, saying "give me a hug (which we almost always all do at the end of visits). I don't remember if she hit him again, because he said (and I'm going to paraphrase, because at this point I began to get alarmed, and was only listening to the tone of his voice, and less to his words, unfortunately) that if she didn't stop, he'd make her leave. She said lightly that it didn't matter anyway; she was leaving. At this point, I realized by her teasing tone that she didn't understand how upset he was getting, which I did understand, through years of experience with his tone of voice and what it means. He didn't raise his voice, and I could hear that he was attempting to remain casual as he said something else, ending with "my dude" but that she had really pushed him past the point of anger and I didn't think she realized it. She put her hand on his shoulder, and he said "I don't want to fucking touch you now" and he stood up, and grabbed her by the neck of her shirt, pulling her foreward, and then put both hands around her throat, and I saw his hands tense, as he leaned down into her face and told her to leave the house and never come back. He pushed her backwards and she started to cry, and put her head down, hurrying to get pick up her things. My husband sat back down at his desk and didn't say anything else until I told him I was going to take the friend home and I'd be back, and he said "sure." The friend cried during the ride home, and her voice was harsh, but I wasn't sure if it was stress or physical. She did have marks on her throat, but those faded over the next few hours. She asked me repeatedly why he got so upset, and if anything was different, and I did point out to her that he said "stop," and she said that she thought it was part of the play. When I returned home, my husband did not seem upset, and seemed more relaxed than before, although he seemed nervous about my response to the situation. He said that he didn't remember putting his hands around her throat when I told him that he did.
My thoughts about this are that: 1) horseplaying with people with trauma, which all three of us have, to various degrees and in various forms, is potentially dangerous, and I'm frequently uncomfortable when it happens, although I often don't say anything, as I'm usually the odd one out when it comes to initiating social teasing, although I often enjoy receiving it.
2.) Our friend should have stopped at the word stop. I don't know why she didn't, but I don't think it was out of malice, because she genuinely did not seem to see how she was provoking him.
3.) Her actions were inappropriate, in my opinion, but his were potentially life-threatening and the fact that he didn't remember what he did was alarming. I am concerned that this will happen again, and he will have charges pressed in a situation where he is the first physical aggressor. This would be even worse if he inadvertently harms someone, and the escalation of force combined with memory issues in this latest case makes me worry that it might happen.
4.) I possibly could have prevented this from happening by being quicker stopping her or by getting between them, but I know from experience that once he has a grip on someone, I'm not strong enough to break it, and he ignores my presence or physically shakes me off if I try. He ignores my words entirely at these times. I expected her to see that he was upset before he snapped, because it seemed obvious to me, but she didn't, and I have no idea why. She's had lots of trauma of her own (as have I, including SA) in the past (and, like me, has worked in jobs that revolve around dealing with people dealing with trauma).
2024.05.20 01:48 bgsunship I just found out my(62F) daughter(44F) Liz is an unfeeling, disrespectful, and self-centered person after a death in my husband's(62M,) family. What should I do? I can't stand her anymore.
My daughter Liz and I have a long history. When she was 15 I was getting divorced, not from her father. This man was very abusive towards me and all my children. He once threatened my life with a firearm, that level of abuse. I had 3 boys with him, and she was their big sister. Well, despite how badly he abused her also, she sided with him and told the court a bunch of very bad lies about me to try to get my boys taken away. Didn't work, and I didn't see her for many years. I always tried to find her, and finally succeeded after I had remarried and had a baby. That was 20 years ago. We reunited as a family. I never confronted her about her behavior because she was so young, and she was loving towards me. She also never apologized, but I let it go. We rebuilt our relationship. There were a few incidents where she displayed huge entitlement and disrespect over the years, but we got through it. I have never confronted her with anything. I try not to fight with people. Fast forward to now. My husband Dave was taking care of his sister with ALS. She suffered for many years. He was her primary caretaker. A few weeks ago she took a turn for the worse. Dave was called night and day by the nursing home. It was a hard time, and I completely forgot one of my son's birthday. I felt bad, so I invited him over one day. He asked if his brother could come too, so I said OK. I wasn't up to hosting a huge event, so it was very low key. Liz got wind of this and sent off an angry, profanity-laced text that she wasn't invited, and how dare I. I didn't see it because SIL passed away, and we were planning her funeral, getting my kids home from college and it was a busy time with lots of messages. I sent many group texts to all my children about SIL's death, when was the visitation, the funeral etc. All my children responded with sympathy except Liz. I tried calling her many times, but no answer. Mother's day came, and I invited all my adult children over. Liz didn't answer when I called several times. I went to send her a text to find out what was up, and I saw her message from before. I responded to tell her that I somehow missed seeing it and was really sorry she felt slighted. I explained it wasn't a big family event, and even apologized for not inviting her when I found out my other son was coming. It was a last-minute thing. I also told her all about how lovely the funeral was and all that. No response. Mother's day comes and no Liz. She did send me a text, but I was pretty upset with her for ignoring SIL's death that I did not respond until the following day. Then she sends another profanity-laced angry message about not being invited for Mother's Day. I simply responded that I was sorry for the miscommunication, but she had been invited. Hey, I can't help it if she doesn't listen to her messages. The next day, another profane, angry text. Dave is really struggling with his sister's death, and we are all grief-stricken. Someone so young was taken from us and suffered horribly for a long time. Liz knew her too. We all live close together, and had a lot of family gatherings over the years. I started getting really upset that she couldn't acknowledge our loss or offer any sympathy. Especially to Dave who has always been kind to her. He's the kind of guy who will help anyone. We are suffering here. I last sent her a message telling her that I can't believe she's still (one month later) attacking me over missing a party when we just lost a family member to a horrible disease. I told her she misjudged the situation with her brother's birthday, and I don't need her permission to invite my son to my house. I explained again about how the (non) event occurred. Asked her why she thinks hurt feelings over missing a party take precedence over a family member's death. I asked her to stop sending profane angry texts and offer us condolences with an apology to Dave for taking so long. I believe this is the first time since she was 15 that I've ever confronted her on anything. She responded with another angry self-righteous message (no profanity at least) I have always forgiven her for her immaturity, but this time it's too much. I see now that she doesn't respect me or care for our family. I think I do not like her anymore. This is not the first time she's behaved like this. I guess since it's such a difficult time, I thought she should put her differences aside temporarily to offer support. I see she will never do that, and I can't think of her as a good person anymore. What should I do? I don't want her kids to feel like they are in the middle, but I don't know how not to. They are 18 and 17 and 9. The older kids come here a lot. Any advice how to handle this where I don't keep being a doormat to her is welcome. Thanks.
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2024.05.20 01:42 Fearless_Egg5053 WIBTA for choosing to not go to my friends birthday dinner
I have this friend who i’ve known for quite a while. We go through phases where we don’t talk much, but my passive nature always welcomes friends back.
This friend will be having a birthday dinner at her house, a private omakase chef. She has asked us all to pay for our own dinner (175$ pp) which is pretty normal for omakase, and i enjoy omakase so I don’t mind paying. However, i am now choosing to not attend this party because of her lack of manners. In the trxt she sent inviting she states that she is only inviting close friends and family, but “some people are not eating bc they dont have the finances” - i found the comment rude and tacky, i already find hosting something at your house and making your guest pay for it is tacky but the finances comment shook me.
This isnt the first incident where i just feel like this friend is bad mannered. Her and her husband are very wealthy or appear to be. (They live in a 5 million dollar home, gated community, she drives a g wagon he drives a rolls royce, always has about 400k of jewelry on including her engagement ring, labels on labels, she loves flaunting their success - nothing rong with that) but she constantly does things that are selfish and lack self awareness it seems and now im reconsidering going to the party at all, because im not sure i want to continue the friendship. I dont feel entitled to he paying for me ever before anyone thinks that. (I have my own successful ful business and live fabulously im just much more lowkey and im aware some people cant even afford to eat right now)
To me its her lack of self awareness and weirdness. We had another incident a while ago where she made us go to a popular club her husband co owned (a group of about 9 girls - and made us order top shelf bottles. Her husband wasnt there but his friends were and drank most of the bottles) the next day she venmo requests us ($300 each girl to pay) normally my friends that own restaurants or bars they will comp things at times especially ially if THEY invite to host us and its not us just going randomly. This friend is mostly wealthy bc her husband, her other single gf’s dont have near as much financial stability. Theyre not spending 8,000$+ on handbags, and every birthday or event for her she literally makes people buy gifts or pay for expensive cakes and if they dont she talks badly about t their finances. In the past i’ve stepped in and i’ve done more of what she asks bc i can afford to and i valued our friendship but i think i’m reaching an ick point with this. For my birthday she got me samples, and for hers i bought her a pretty big gift. Its just the entitlement for me especially wanting people who have less than you to do so much.
To me at this point is just tacky and in such poor taste that i’m not sure i want to be friends with someone like that, But maybe i’m missing something and being an asshole. Am i the asshole?
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This friend will be having a birthday dinner at her house, a private omakase chef. She has asked us all to pay for our own dinner (175$ pp) which is pretty normal for omakase, and i enjoy omakase so I don’t mind paying. However, i am now choosing to not attend this party because of her lack of manners. In the trxt she sent inviting she states that she is only inviting close friends and family, but “some people are not eating bc they dont have the finances” - i found the comment rude and tacky, i already find hosting something at your house and making your guest pay for it is tacky but the finances comment shook me.
This isnt the first incident where i just feel like this friend is bad mannered. Her and her husband are very wealthy or appear to be. (They live in a 5 million dollar home, gated community, she drives a g wagon he drives a rolls royce, always has about 400k of jewelry on including her engagement ring, labels on labels, she loves flaunting their success - nothing rong with that) but she constantly does things that are selfish and lack self awareness it seems and now im reconsidering going to the party at all, because im not sure i want to continue the friendship. I dont feel entitled to he paying for me ever before anyone thinks that. (I have my own successful ful business and live fabulously im just much more lowkey and im aware some people cant even afford to eat right now)
To me its her lack of self awareness and weirdness. We had another incident a while ago where she made us go to a popular club her husband co owned (a group of about 9 girls - and made us order top shelf bottles. Her husband wasnt there but his friends were and drank most of the bottles) the next day she venmo requests us ($300 each girl to pay) normally my friends that own restaurants or bars they will comp things at times especially ially if THEY invite to host us and its not us just going randomly. This friend is mostly wealthy bc her husband, her other single gf’s dont have near as much financial stability. Theyre not spending 8,000$+ on handbags, and every birthday or event for her she literally makes people buy gifts or pay for expensive cakes and if they dont she talks badly about t their finances. In the past i’ve stepped in and i’ve done more of what she asks bc i can afford to and i valued our friendship but i think i’m reaching an ick point with this. For my birthday she got me samples, and for hers i bought her a pretty big gift. Its just the entitlement for me especially wanting people who have less than you to do so much.
To me at this point is just tacky and in such poor taste that i’m not sure i want to be friends with someone like that, But maybe i’m missing something and being an asshole. Am i the asshole?
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This ensures that every bite of their pizza is bursting with flavor and goodness.They source their ingredients locally whenever possible, supporting local farmers and ensuring the freshness and safety of the food they serve.The kitchen at Mama's Pizza follows strict hygiene and safety protocols to maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, ensuring that your meal is prepared with care and attention to detail.Family-Friendly Atmosphere:Mama's Pizza provides a warm and inviting atmosphere that's perfect for families. The cozy interior, friendly staff, and comfortable seating make it a great place to enjoy a meal with your loved ones.The restaurant is well-lit and spacious, allowing for ample social distancing and ensuring a safe dining experience for all.Excellent Customer Service:At Mama's Pizza, customer satisfaction is their top priority. The staff is knowledgeable, attentive, and always ready to assist you with any questions or special requests.They go above and beyond to ensure that your dining experience is enjoyable and safe. From taking extra measures in food preparation to providing a clean and welcoming environment, Mama's Pizza truly cares about their customers.CampaniaThere are three Italian restaurants in Alpharetta, and Campania is known for using authentic Italian ingredients in their dishes. This restaurant offers a wide selection of Italian dishes and cooks their pizza in a brick oven, resulting in flavorful toppings and a delicious crust. Campania takes pride in using high-quality ingredients and providing a safe dining experience for their customers.Here is a table comparing the different Italian restaurants in Alpharetta:RestaurantKey FeaturesCampania- Uses authentic Italian ingredients- Offers a wide selection of Italian dishes- Brick oven pizza- Flavorful toppingsCrust Pizza Joint- In-house sauces and doughs- Wide array of pizza toppingsAntico Pizza Napoletana- High-quality ingredients- Known for signature pizzasJoe's New York Pizzeria- Excellent service- Wide selection of pizza toppingsVincenza's Pizzeria- High-quality ingredients- Wide selection of pizza toppings- Excellent serviceAs you can see, Campania stands out for their commitment to using authentic Italian ingredients and their flavorful toppings. They prioritize safety and aim to provide a memorable dining experience for their customers. Whether you're craving a classic Margherita or a unique combination of flavors, Campania is the place to go for a taste of Italy in Alpharetta.Mangia Ristorante & PizzeriaWe should try the pizza at Mangia Ristorante & Pizzeria because they use authentic Italian ingredients and offer a wide selection of Italian dishes.The use of authentic Italian ingredients ensures that the flavors of the pizza will be true to the traditional Italian taste, evoking a sense of nostalgia and comfort for those who crave a taste of Italy.The wide selection of Italian dishes allows for a diverse dining experience, catering to different preferences and ensuring that there's something for everyone to enjoy. This variety creates a sense of excitement and anticipation, as each dish promises a unique and delicious experience.The brick oven cooking method used by Mangia Ristorante & Pizzeria adds a touch of authenticity and enhances the flavors of the pizza. The smoky aroma and perfectly charred crust create a sensory experience that's both satisfying and comforting, providing a sense of warmth and satisfaction.In conclusion, Mangia Ristorante & Pizzeria offers an enticing combination of authentic Italian ingredients, a wide selection of Italian dishes, and the use of a brick oven, providing a dining experience that's both satisfying and enjoyable.Frequently Asked QuestionsWhat Are the Specific Signature Pizzas Offered at Each of These Pizza Joints?At various pizza joints in Alpharetta, you can find a variety of signature pizzas. Some places, like Crust Pizza Joint and Antico Pizza Napoletana, are known for their high-quality ingredients and in-house sauces and doughs.Joe's New York Pizzeria and Vincenza's Pizzeria offer a wide selection of toppings to choose from. Mangia Ristorante & Pizzeria and Minnie Olivia Pizzeria have flavorful toppings and use authentic Italian ingredients.Mellow Mushroom is known for their stone-baked pizzas with charred crusts. Peace Love and Pizza and Vito's Pizza & Ristorante offer unique flavors in their pizzas and other dishes.Do Any of These Pizza Joints Offer Delivery or Take-Out Options?Yes, some of these pizza joints do offer delivery or take-out options. They understand the convenience and safety of enjoying their delicious pizzas in the comfort of your own home.Whether you're craving a signature pizza from Crust Pizza Joint or a flavorful creation from Vito's Pizza & Ristorante, you can easily satisfy your pizza cravings without leaving your doorstep.Are There Any Vegetarian or Vegan Options Available at These Pizza Joints?Yes, there are vegetarian and vegan options available at some of these pizza joints. They offer a wide selection of toppings and have options like vegan cheese, fresh vegetables, and plant-based proteins.Some of the places even provide gluten-free crusts for those with dietary restrictions. Customers can enjoy delicious and flavorful pizzas without compromising their vegetarian or vegan lifestyle.These pizza joints prioritize catering to different dietary needs and ensuring that everyone can enjoy a tasty pizza experience.What Are the Prices Like at Each of These Pizza Joints?The prices at each of these pizza joints vary depending on the size and toppings of the pizza. While some places offer affordable options, others may be a bit more expensive due to the high-quality ingredients and unique flavors they provide.It's always a good idea to check their websites or give them a call for specific pricing information. Remember, it's important to consider your budget and personal preferences when choosing where to enjoy a delicious pizza in Alpharetta, GA.Are Reservations Required for Dining at Any of These Pizza Joints?Reservations aren't required at any of these pizza joints. We can simply walk in and enjoy our favorite pies. This ensures flexibility and spontaneity in our dining plans.Whether it's Crust Pizza Joint, Antico Pizza Napoletana, or any other establishment, we can expect a warm welcome and a delicious meal without the hassle of making reservations.ConclusionIn conclusion, Alpharetta, GA is a pizza lover's paradise with a wide variety of delicious options to choose from. Whether you're looking for traditional Italian flavors, innovative combinations, or a unique twist on pizza, the local pizzerias in this city have got you covered.From the high-quality ingredients to the authentic cooking methods, each pizza joint offers a distinct and flavorful experience. So, next time you're in Alpharetta, make sure to indulge in the best pizza this city has to offer, and let your taste buds experience a slice of heaven. submitted by Sweet-Count2557 to worldkidstravel [link] [comments] |
2024.05.20 01:38 SeniorRegion2984 (Update) AITA for kicking out a female house guest for touching me repeatedly in a non-sexual manner while I repeatedly told her no.
(See update at the end) Some context before I (32m) get into the situation as I feel it's important to how I reacted. I have been in two situations, one as a 6-year-old and at 28, that involved women and unwanted touching and beyond in both occasions I have been powerless as a child or incapacitated as an adult like unable to control my bowels or bladder kind of incapacitated. Both my wife and my guest are aware of my past. I'm trying to keep this broad stroke so as not to violate any rules, but again I think this context is important.
So on to the current situation. We currently have a (26f) friend who is living out of a tent, and we often invite her over so she can do laundry, shower, and other hygiene tasks. In this instance, I decided to hop onto my computer and play some games while she did her stuff and hung out with the wife while I chatted back and forth with them a bit. As she wrapped up her visit, she approached me from behind and hit me with a hairbrush not hard just to get my attention. It for sure startled me, and I did snap at her telling her to stop. I looked up at her from my chair, and she does it again, and I tell her to stop again while making direct eye contact with her, which she doesn't doing it once more and then demanding I hug her, which I refuse to do, telling her very clearly "fuck no, I don't want to touch you," and I follow that up with if you keep going like this I'm going to kick you out. She gives me a kinda laugh and says whatever, I'm leaving anyway and then touches me again.
I get to my feet now both extremely panicky feeling and angry we have a bit of a scuffle not a fight, and I end up shouting at her to leave and not come back. I felt entirely violated in my own home during all this, but both her and my wife insist it was just a game and she did not mean it despite me telling her no repeatedly and both my wife and the guest hearing it. I'm for sure not saying my behavior was great, and I've been seeking long-term treatment to help with my issues both mainly being PTSD related to my time as an Army MP and the events mentioned in my personal life. Despite that, I 100% should not have acted in anger like I did.
So am I wrong for feeling the way I do? Or is the wife and the guest right and it was just a game and she didn't mean it.
EDIT: to be 100% upfront it escalated and I reacted (badly) physicality was involved but as also pointed out I was near panicked and overwhelmed due to my past.
EDIT 2: EDIT: Gonna try and respond to a few more posts then I've gotta have a break. I do thank everyone that took the time to write out comments or interact with me.
Edit 3?: My husband gave me access to this account, and I told him I wrote down my perspective. When I asked if I should add it, he said "it's up to you." So here it is.
Our friend approached my husband, who was playing an online cooperative action game on his computer, at his desk. I was sitting on the couch about 8 feet behind them, waiting for my friend to be ready for me to drive her home. She was wearing a long night shirt with a loose v-neck. She stood at his left side peripheral for about 2 seconds before she tapped the back of her hairbrush firmly against the side of his left shoulder. I immediately was not comfortable with this, as I don't tend to engage in horseplay unless someone else has repeatedly demonstrated to me that it's a method of expression that they like and want. I do enjoy my husband's frequent physicality with me, including picking me up or tickling me. My friend and husband have engaged in horseplay on many occasions before, tickling, poking at one another's stomach, and playfully throwing soft objects. This often included my friend's fiance, who usually only reciprocated with my friend. I will frequently smack my husband on the butt, but only when I am sure he is in a mood to be okay with it.
My husband said, "Hey, I'm busy," and didn't turn to her at first. She hit him again with the brush in the same spot, and my husband said "stop" in a normal voice, and my friend responded, saying "give me a hug (which we almost always all do at the end of visits). I don't remember if she hit him again, because he said (and I'm going to paraphrase, because at this point I began to get alarmed, and was only listening to the tone of his voice, and less to his words, unfortunately) that if she didn't stop, he'd make her leave. She said lightly that it didn't matter anyway; she was leaving. At this point, I realized by her teasing tone that she didn't understand how upset he was getting, which I did understand, through years of experience with his tone of voice and what it means. He didn't raise his voice, and I could hear that he was attempting to remain casual as he said something else, ending with "my dude" but that she had really pushed him past the point of anger and I didn't think she realized it. She put her hand on his shoulder, and he said "I don't want to fucking touch you now" and he stood up, and grabbed her by the neck of her shirt, pulling her foreward, and then put both hands around her throat, and I saw his hands tense, as he leaned down into her face and told her to leave the house and never come back. He pushed her backwards and she started to cry, and put her head down, hurrying to get pick up her things. My husband sat back down at his desk and didn't say anything else until I told him I was going to take the friend home and I'd be back, and he said "sure." The friend cried during the ride home, and her voice was harsh, but I wasn't sure if it was stress or physical. She did have marks on her throat, but those faded over the next few hours. She asked me repeatedly why he got so upset, and if anything was different, and I did point out to her that he said "stop," and she said that she thought it was part of the play. When I returned home, my husband did not seem upset, and seemed more relaxed than before, although he seemed nervous about my response to the situation. He said that he didn't remember putting his hands around her throat when I told him that he did.
My thoughts about this are that: 1) horseplaying with people with trauma, which all three of us have, to various degrees and in various forms, is potentially dangerous, and I'm frequently uncomfortable when it happens, although I often don't say anything, as I'm usually the odd one out when it comes to initiating social teasing, although I often enjoy receiving it.
2.) Our friend should have stopped at the word stop. I don't know why she didn't, but I don't think it was out of malice, because she genuinely did not seem to see how she was provoking him.
3.) Her actions were inappropriate, in my opinion, but his were potentially life-threatening and the fact that he didn't remember what he did was alarming. I am concerned that this will happen again, and he will have charges pressed in a situation where he is the first physical aggressor. This would be even worse if he inadvertently harms someone, and the escalation of force combined with memory issues in this latest case makes me worry that it might happen.
4.) I possibly could have prevented this from happening by being quicker stopping her or by getting between them, but I know from experience that once he has a grip on someone, I'm not strong enough to break it, and he ignores my presence or physically shakes me off if I try. He ignores my words entirely at these times. I expected her to see that he was upset before he snapped, because it seemed obvious to me, but she didn't, and I have no idea why. She's had lots of trauma of her own (as have I, including SA) in the past (and, like me, has worked in jobs that revolve around dealing with people dealing with trauma).
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So on to the current situation. We currently have a (26f) friend who is living out of a tent, and we often invite her over so she can do laundry, shower, and other hygiene tasks. In this instance, I decided to hop onto my computer and play some games while she did her stuff and hung out with the wife while I chatted back and forth with them a bit. As she wrapped up her visit, she approached me from behind and hit me with a hairbrush not hard just to get my attention. It for sure startled me, and I did snap at her telling her to stop. I looked up at her from my chair, and she does it again, and I tell her to stop again while making direct eye contact with her, which she doesn't doing it once more and then demanding I hug her, which I refuse to do, telling her very clearly "fuck no, I don't want to touch you," and I follow that up with if you keep going like this I'm going to kick you out. She gives me a kinda laugh and says whatever, I'm leaving anyway and then touches me again.
I get to my feet now both extremely panicky feeling and angry we have a bit of a scuffle not a fight, and I end up shouting at her to leave and not come back. I felt entirely violated in my own home during all this, but both her and my wife insist it was just a game and she did not mean it despite me telling her no repeatedly and both my wife and the guest hearing it. I'm for sure not saying my behavior was great, and I've been seeking long-term treatment to help with my issues both mainly being PTSD related to my time as an Army MP and the events mentioned in my personal life. Despite that, I 100% should not have acted in anger like I did.
So am I wrong for feeling the way I do? Or is the wife and the guest right and it was just a game and she didn't mean it.
EDIT: to be 100% upfront it escalated and I reacted (badly) physicality was involved but as also pointed out I was near panicked and overwhelmed due to my past.
EDIT 2: EDIT: Gonna try and respond to a few more posts then I've gotta have a break. I do thank everyone that took the time to write out comments or interact with me.
Edit 3?: My husband gave me access to this account, and I told him I wrote down my perspective. When I asked if I should add it, he said "it's up to you." So here it is.
Our friend approached my husband, who was playing an online cooperative action game on his computer, at his desk. I was sitting on the couch about 8 feet behind them, waiting for my friend to be ready for me to drive her home. She was wearing a long night shirt with a loose v-neck. She stood at his left side peripheral for about 2 seconds before she tapped the back of her hairbrush firmly against the side of his left shoulder. I immediately was not comfortable with this, as I don't tend to engage in horseplay unless someone else has repeatedly demonstrated to me that it's a method of expression that they like and want. I do enjoy my husband's frequent physicality with me, including picking me up or tickling me. My friend and husband have engaged in horseplay on many occasions before, tickling, poking at one another's stomach, and playfully throwing soft objects. This often included my friend's fiance, who usually only reciprocated with my friend. I will frequently smack my husband on the butt, but only when I am sure he is in a mood to be okay with it.
My husband said, "Hey, I'm busy," and didn't turn to her at first. She hit him again with the brush in the same spot, and my husband said "stop" in a normal voice, and my friend responded, saying "give me a hug (which we almost always all do at the end of visits). I don't remember if she hit him again, because he said (and I'm going to paraphrase, because at this point I began to get alarmed, and was only listening to the tone of his voice, and less to his words, unfortunately) that if she didn't stop, he'd make her leave. She said lightly that it didn't matter anyway; she was leaving. At this point, I realized by her teasing tone that she didn't understand how upset he was getting, which I did understand, through years of experience with his tone of voice and what it means. He didn't raise his voice, and I could hear that he was attempting to remain casual as he said something else, ending with "my dude" but that she had really pushed him past the point of anger and I didn't think she realized it. She put her hand on his shoulder, and he said "I don't want to fucking touch you now" and he stood up, and grabbed her by the neck of her shirt, pulling her foreward, and then put both hands around her throat, and I saw his hands tense, as he leaned down into her face and told her to leave the house and never come back. He pushed her backwards and she started to cry, and put her head down, hurrying to get pick up her things. My husband sat back down at his desk and didn't say anything else until I told him I was going to take the friend home and I'd be back, and he said "sure." The friend cried during the ride home, and her voice was harsh, but I wasn't sure if it was stress or physical. She did have marks on her throat, but those faded over the next few hours. She asked me repeatedly why he got so upset, and if anything was different, and I did point out to her that he said "stop," and she said that she thought it was part of the play. When I returned home, my husband did not seem upset, and seemed more relaxed than before, although he seemed nervous about my response to the situation. He said that he didn't remember putting his hands around her throat when I told him that he did.
My thoughts about this are that: 1) horseplaying with people with trauma, which all three of us have, to various degrees and in various forms, is potentially dangerous, and I'm frequently uncomfortable when it happens, although I often don't say anything, as I'm usually the odd one out when it comes to initiating social teasing, although I often enjoy receiving it.
2.) Our friend should have stopped at the word stop. I don't know why she didn't, but I don't think it was out of malice, because she genuinely did not seem to see how she was provoking him.
3.) Her actions were inappropriate, in my opinion, but his were potentially life-threatening and the fact that he didn't remember what he did was alarming. I am concerned that this will happen again, and he will have charges pressed in a situation where he is the first physical aggressor. This would be even worse if he inadvertently harms someone, and the escalation of force combined with memory issues in this latest case makes me worry that it might happen.
4.) I possibly could have prevented this from happening by being quicker stopping her or by getting between them, but I know from experience that once he has a grip on someone, I'm not strong enough to break it, and he ignores my presence or physically shakes me off if I try. He ignores my words entirely at these times. I expected her to see that he was upset before he snapped, because it seemed obvious to me, but she didn't, and I have no idea why. She's had lots of trauma of her own (as have I, including SA) in the past (and, like me, has worked in jobs that revolve around dealing with people dealing with trauma).
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2024.05.20 01:34 bookist626 Unpopular opinion: Bertrand is kind of a failure.
Do you know what sucks about this post? I don't want to write it! Bertrand is my second favorite character in TRR. First is Olivia. And looking back, it's amazing how little he accomplishes.
He really doesn't help much beyond being the romance. Maxwell does a lot more of the work. Bertrand mostly provides the ticket if that makes sense.
Bertrand had little, if anything, to do that helped with the Anton situation. Or the Auvernal situation. Or the Via Imperil mess. He does have some value with Barthelemy however.
He only gets together with Savannah because of the MC. He cannot manage his own love life.
He couldn't even get Savannah's saddle on her own! He needed the MC for that too!
Oh and apparently he's always in the wrong with Savannah. She doesn't make mistakes. Only Bertrand.
The Walker family makes fun of him for being a bad farmer. I guess Savannah agrees since she doesn't defend him.
He's made a complete mockery in Maxwell's movie. This actually hurts him, but nobody seems to really care.
Because he's not a part of the mc's harem, he's not a member of the Royal Council. OK, jokes aside, why wasn't he or Olivia invited?
Bertrand never manages to fund his house. It takes Maxwell writing a profitable novel to fund the house.
He doesn't manage funds either. He does that so poorly that he gives all control to Barthelemy.
When Bertrand pretends to side with Barthelemy. Everyone just shrugs and goes: "Ok, Bertrand is evil now." No hyperbole. Just imagine if Olivia or the LIs did the same thing. It would make just as much sense.
Okay, I know what PB was going for. They wanted someone hard working and traditional. Someone who believes in honor, dignity and loyalty. The problem is that they didn't want the LIs making too many mistakes so I think Bertrand got more than his fair share.
And because he tries to conduct himself in a dignified manner, it makes him an easy target for jokes.
I honestly think they made two big mistakes: not letting him have direct victories and making the MC too involved with his love life.
The only victories Bertrand has are when he fools everyone into thinking he works with Barthelemy and when he stands up to a cowboy at a wedding. And the second one just felt forced.
And yeah, because the MC more or less handles Bertrand's romance, it makes it look like he and Savannah will get divorced the moment the MC steps away.
Like I said initially, Bertrand is my second favorite character in TRR. This list doesn't change that. It also doesn't change I wish that PB didn't keep screwing him over.
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He really doesn't help much beyond being the romance. Maxwell does a lot more of the work. Bertrand mostly provides the ticket if that makes sense.
Bertrand had little, if anything, to do that helped with the Anton situation. Or the Auvernal situation. Or the Via Imperil mess. He does have some value with Barthelemy however.
He only gets together with Savannah because of the MC. He cannot manage his own love life.
He couldn't even get Savannah's saddle on her own! He needed the MC for that too!
Oh and apparently he's always in the wrong with Savannah. She doesn't make mistakes. Only Bertrand.
The Walker family makes fun of him for being a bad farmer. I guess Savannah agrees since she doesn't defend him.
He's made a complete mockery in Maxwell's movie. This actually hurts him, but nobody seems to really care.
Because he's not a part of the mc's harem, he's not a member of the Royal Council. OK, jokes aside, why wasn't he or Olivia invited?
Bertrand never manages to fund his house. It takes Maxwell writing a profitable novel to fund the house.
He doesn't manage funds either. He does that so poorly that he gives all control to Barthelemy.
When Bertrand pretends to side with Barthelemy. Everyone just shrugs and goes: "Ok, Bertrand is evil now." No hyperbole. Just imagine if Olivia or the LIs did the same thing. It would make just as much sense.
Okay, I know what PB was going for. They wanted someone hard working and traditional. Someone who believes in honor, dignity and loyalty. The problem is that they didn't want the LIs making too many mistakes so I think Bertrand got more than his fair share.
And because he tries to conduct himself in a dignified manner, it makes him an easy target for jokes.
I honestly think they made two big mistakes: not letting him have direct victories and making the MC too involved with his love life.
The only victories Bertrand has are when he fools everyone into thinking he works with Barthelemy and when he stands up to a cowboy at a wedding. And the second one just felt forced.
And yeah, because the MC more or less handles Bertrand's romance, it makes it look like he and Savannah will get divorced the moment the MC steps away.
Like I said initially, Bertrand is my second favorite character in TRR. This list doesn't change that. It also doesn't change I wish that PB didn't keep screwing him over.
2024.05.20 01:33 Jackofhops The Latest Mother’s Day Card Ever Written
Came home from school
A loony toon, off the bus
Stagger-stepping past the puddles
No time for the fun of that
Needed mama
When I didn’t want my dino cakes
Frowned and slumped my Sonic backpack
Off my shoulder, even then
I knew I was inviting the question
“What’s wrong, darlin?”
Felt she’d make it better
But still scared to ask
“Why are people bad?”
Mama smiled, a cheap trick
That fixes everything
“People aren’t all bad, darlin”
A thoughtful pause
“The world can be bad”
Like it was so embarrassingly simple
“That’s why you gotta be good”
I realized then
I was part of the world
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A loony toon, off the bus
Stagger-stepping past the puddles
No time for the fun of that
Needed mama
When I didn’t want my dino cakes
Frowned and slumped my Sonic backpack
Off my shoulder, even then
I knew I was inviting the question
“What’s wrong, darlin?”
Felt she’d make it better
But still scared to ask
“Why are people bad?”
Mama smiled, a cheap trick
That fixes everything
“People aren’t all bad, darlin”
A thoughtful pause
“The world can be bad”
Like it was so embarrassingly simple
“That’s why you gotta be good”
I realized then
I was part of the world
2024.05.20 01:31 notionalsoldier How to confront best friend?
Hi all- I’m seeking some advice on how to best approach an upsetting situation I feel I need to address with one of my only/ best friends.
For context, I (30M) met this person (37M) in college some years ago now and we have been extremely close since, experiencing both the best and worst life has to offer in between. I now have 3 young kids + a wife, and he is divorced/ lives 2 minutes from me.
On him- he has always had a drinking problem and a serious gambling addiction. Gambling actually is the reason he is divorced- he got drunk one night and gambled away his+ his wife’s savings. In addition, he already has 2 (or 3?) DUIs and a few close calls during our relationship. While I’ve gotten sober and no longer drink (2+ years ago) he’s never made a serious attempt to address his drinking. I’ve lightly talked about it before and have told him he’s hurting himself on numerous occasions, but it never sticks. I’ve also had to loan him in excess of $8k over the years to help him in a pinch and he owes me QUITE a bit of that back but does not seem to be prioritizing that either.
Fast forward to last week- I had invited him over to watch soccer and play video games with my kids who really love being around him. He showed up over an hour late, saying he got caught up talking to his roommate. I waived it off as nothing and welcomed him in, no problem. He started joking with my oldest and the night was underway. Unfortunately, pretty quickly I noticed he was acting a bit off and his words were slurred. My wife mentioned to me that he also reeked of alcohol (I’m oddly not great at picking up smells like this). Nevertheless- within 30 mins it was clear he was drunk, had driven over to my house under the influence, and was playing with my kids. It was incredibly agitating and uncomfortable, but I also did not want to make a scene in front of my kids so I eventually found a convenient out and ended the night early. He left and I got my kids to bed.
The more I’ve sat on this, the more angry and upset I’ve become. How many more wake up calls does this guy need? And how could I let someone play with my kids while they’re drunk? I care about him but I’m getting to the end of my rope here and feel he’s crossed a line.
So my question- how can I best address this situation? I really want him to get help and feel he can no longer be around my kids until I see some progress, as painful as that will be. I need some guidance on this if possible.
Thanks all
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For context, I (30M) met this person (37M) in college some years ago now and we have been extremely close since, experiencing both the best and worst life has to offer in between. I now have 3 young kids + a wife, and he is divorced/ lives 2 minutes from me.
On him- he has always had a drinking problem and a serious gambling addiction. Gambling actually is the reason he is divorced- he got drunk one night and gambled away his+ his wife’s savings. In addition, he already has 2 (or 3?) DUIs and a few close calls during our relationship. While I’ve gotten sober and no longer drink (2+ years ago) he’s never made a serious attempt to address his drinking. I’ve lightly talked about it before and have told him he’s hurting himself on numerous occasions, but it never sticks. I’ve also had to loan him in excess of $8k over the years to help him in a pinch and he owes me QUITE a bit of that back but does not seem to be prioritizing that either.
Fast forward to last week- I had invited him over to watch soccer and play video games with my kids who really love being around him. He showed up over an hour late, saying he got caught up talking to his roommate. I waived it off as nothing and welcomed him in, no problem. He started joking with my oldest and the night was underway. Unfortunately, pretty quickly I noticed he was acting a bit off and his words were slurred. My wife mentioned to me that he also reeked of alcohol (I’m oddly not great at picking up smells like this). Nevertheless- within 30 mins it was clear he was drunk, had driven over to my house under the influence, and was playing with my kids. It was incredibly agitating and uncomfortable, but I also did not want to make a scene in front of my kids so I eventually found a convenient out and ended the night early. He left and I got my kids to bed.
The more I’ve sat on this, the more angry and upset I’ve become. How many more wake up calls does this guy need? And how could I let someone play with my kids while they’re drunk? I care about him but I’m getting to the end of my rope here and feel he’s crossed a line.
So my question- how can I best address this situation? I really want him to get help and feel he can no longer be around my kids until I see some progress, as painful as that will be. I need some guidance on this if possible.
Thanks all
2024.05.20 01:31 LegitimateAlps6295 Spouse won't let my Mom interact with our daughter.
My wife, Day (30), and I (29) have been together for seven years and just welcomed our baby girl four weeks ago. I am originally from East Africa, and Day is African American. About five years ago, I filed for my mother, Ana, to relocate to the US because I'm her only child and wanted her closer. I informed Day of this move, and she pushed against it. We argued, and I assured her that Ana would only stay temporarily with us for three months, after which I would help her find a job and a place to become independent. Day even argued that if Ana moved here, we would need to relocate to the South of the US to be closer to her mom, which was weird to me, but I was okay with relocating.
Fast forward to five months ago, Ana's visa was approved, and she needed to leave her home country for the US within six months. Coincidentally, Day was pregnant at the same time. I reminded Day about the relocation, and she threw a fit about it and used a lot of profanity toward Ana even though she had never met her. She also asked me to choose between her and Ana. I was confused about the question, as I never intended to make Ana live with us permanently or beyond the three months we had initially agreed on.
Also, throughout this period, I excused Day's behavior by blaming hormone changes due to pregnancy.Three weeks ago, we had a baby girl, and Ana arrived a week later, three days before her visa was meant to expire. From day one when Ana arrived, it's been hell in our house.
On the first day once she arrived, Ana was so excited to meet the baby and couldn't wait to hold her even though she was visibly tired from the trip. She went and took a shower and asked us to bring the baby. Day brought her from the bassinet to give Ana but was visibly upset. When Ana asked us to bring a blanket and a cap to keep the baby warm since she was barely one week old and was lightly dressed, Day responded to the request faster than I did; however, I could tell she was faking a smile and was very angry.
A few hours later, Day came to the kitchen area to do something, and Ana asked her to go and rest and told me to fulfill any tasks she needed. Ana also told Day that she could send her on any errands she wanted. Day went inside, and a few hours later, she called me to complain about Ana.Her complaint was that Ana was commanding her in her own house, asking her to bring the cap and blanket and also asking her to go get some rest.
Even though I know Ana means well, I empathize with Day and sided with her. I then went to Ana right after the complaints to discuss the situation with her and asked her to not interfere if Day does anything around the house. I also told her to politely ask Day for anything by saying, "Can you please".
Ana obliged without any complaints and even apologized, stating she didn't mean to offend her.It is worth noting that Ana also brought with her some native East African clothes as gifts for Day and the baby, which Day did not appreciate. I later lied to Ana, stating Day loved the clothes and was thankful for them.After that incident, there was some calm even though I noticed Day was always with our daughter in the bedroom and rarely came out.
When I realized for days she was always with the baby, I proposed we go out on dates to give her a break, while Ana watched over the baby. Day somewhat resisted and wanted the baby to come with us but later gave in and left the baby with grandma.
During this period, Ana would ask Day daily what she wanted to eat so she could cook it. I was helping with feeding the baby and changing diapers, alongside helping organize things in the house since we just moved to a new place. For about five days, there was some level of peace until my MIL visited.
As a matter of fact, a day before my MIL arrived, Day and I dropped the baby with Ana so we could go on a date. While we were heading to our destination, I overheard my MIL asking Day on the phone what we were doing, and she told her we were heading to the mall. MIL was upset when she told her we left the baby with Ana. Day kept saying, "Don't worry about it," multiple times. I didn't ask Day what was said, as that was a conversation with her mom, but I was concerned about what would happen once she started living with us.
It is worth noting that my MIL and my mom had never spoken to each other or met before or after we got married, so there is no bad blood between them.
The next day, when I returned from work in the evening, I found Day, Ana, and my MIL in the living room watching a show, which initially made me happy, thinking everyone was getting along. My wife even mentioned that she asked Ana to teach her Swahili, and my MIL expressed her plans to teach Ana crochet and said she would be buying the accessories needed. Ana was delighted to be around them despite her limited English.
However, I soon learned that Day and her mother were upset with Ana.While eating dinner that night, Day told me, "Ana needs to back off." I was taken aback and asked her what was wrong. She explained that while they were sitting in the living room, the baby began to cry in the bassinet, and Ana stood up and carried the baby, then asked her to make baby food.
Day was upset because she felt Ana had disrespected her and her mother by picking up the baby without permission and commanding her to prepare food. Another instance that bothered Day was when Ana stood over her while she was changing the baby's diaper, applying Vaseline.
I empathized with her and told her I would speak to Ana about it. After finishing my food, I talked to Ana about the allegations. Ana was shocked but apologized, explaining it was just a cultural norm in Africa for the community to help raise a child. I asked her to get permission from Day before carrying the baby, even though it felt strange to do so, and to refrain from interfering when Day was changing the baby. My mom said she wouldn't beg to carry her grandchild and decided she would avoid sitting with Day and my MIL to prevent any further offense.
The next day, Day came to me, visibly upset, stating her mother had cried because of the disrespect from Ana. I was alarmed, thinking this was a new incident, but it turned out to be the same issue from the previous day. Day began using profanity and stated that as long as Ana lived in the house, she would not find peace nor be allowed to carry the baby.
She even threatened to call the police if Ana made her mother cry again. I tried to calm the situation by stating that her mother was being manipulative and that she was being influenced by her, which upset Day even more.
For the next three days, Ana did not touch the baby but remained polite to my MIL and Day. Yesterday morning, I was holding the baby and needed to do a few chores around the house since Day was resting after watching the baby during the first shift. I took the baby to Ana upstairs to allow her some time with her granddaughter while I worked.
When Day realized I wasn't holding the baby, she was very upset, but she didn't say anything. Once I finished what I was doing, which took less than an hour, I went upstairs and took the baby from Ana, asked my MIL if she would like to hold her. She declined, so I took the baby to Day.
Today, I was trying to wash feeding bottles and asked my mom to help me hold the baby. She obliged, and once the baby started fussing, she asked me to bring her food. I did, and she began to feed her. When Day saw Ana feeding the baby, she was upset again and asked me if we hadn't gone to church yet. I told her no, as I was trying to finish washing the bottles. She proceeded to take the baby out of Ana's hands. Ana asked her if she could just finish feeding the baby, but Day didn't respond and just dragged the baby out of her hands.
I felt ashamed watching this play out in front of my eyes. I didn't say a word. I drove Ana to church and felt stunned and ashamed that I somehow played a role in all that had happened. Interestingly, Ana didn't even talk about the incident; instead, she talked about something completely unrelated to take our minds off the situation.I feel like my MIL is somewhat responsible for Day's behavior.
She will be leaving next week, but I'm already sick of having her close to me and my family. It is worth noting that my MIL has four siblings, and the three sisters among them have cut her off as well as Day due to her dramatic nature. My brother-in-law has been married twice and on both occasions did not inform my MIL and wife about it until three months after the fact.
Also, our wedding was quite unconventional as it was during COVID-19, and my family couldn't attend to meet my in-laws, and Day and my mother-in-law fought during that period which led to no contact between them for a year.
I have excused Day's behavior as postpartum stress, but this is wearing me out. I have lost about 10 pounds in the last three weeks.This cultural difference was something I was warned about by friends, but I didn't listen and thought love conquers all. Foolish me.As much as I love Day, I really can't stand her disrespect my mom and also preventing her from holding my child.
I fear this may lead to the worst happening to our relationship if this issue persists.I am already thinking of going for counseling with her, even though I know she might decline.
People of Reddit, how do you suggest I approach this issue?
TLDR: My wife (Day) doesn't want my mom (Ana) to hold our child for no apparent reason.
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Fast forward to five months ago, Ana's visa was approved, and she needed to leave her home country for the US within six months. Coincidentally, Day was pregnant at the same time. I reminded Day about the relocation, and she threw a fit about it and used a lot of profanity toward Ana even though she had never met her. She also asked me to choose between her and Ana. I was confused about the question, as I never intended to make Ana live with us permanently or beyond the three months we had initially agreed on.
Also, throughout this period, I excused Day's behavior by blaming hormone changes due to pregnancy.Three weeks ago, we had a baby girl, and Ana arrived a week later, three days before her visa was meant to expire. From day one when Ana arrived, it's been hell in our house.
On the first day once she arrived, Ana was so excited to meet the baby and couldn't wait to hold her even though she was visibly tired from the trip. She went and took a shower and asked us to bring the baby. Day brought her from the bassinet to give Ana but was visibly upset. When Ana asked us to bring a blanket and a cap to keep the baby warm since she was barely one week old and was lightly dressed, Day responded to the request faster than I did; however, I could tell she was faking a smile and was very angry.
A few hours later, Day came to the kitchen area to do something, and Ana asked her to go and rest and told me to fulfill any tasks she needed. Ana also told Day that she could send her on any errands she wanted. Day went inside, and a few hours later, she called me to complain about Ana.Her complaint was that Ana was commanding her in her own house, asking her to bring the cap and blanket and also asking her to go get some rest.
Even though I know Ana means well, I empathize with Day and sided with her. I then went to Ana right after the complaints to discuss the situation with her and asked her to not interfere if Day does anything around the house. I also told her to politely ask Day for anything by saying, "Can you please".
Ana obliged without any complaints and even apologized, stating she didn't mean to offend her.It is worth noting that Ana also brought with her some native East African clothes as gifts for Day and the baby, which Day did not appreciate. I later lied to Ana, stating Day loved the clothes and was thankful for them.After that incident, there was some calm even though I noticed Day was always with our daughter in the bedroom and rarely came out.
When I realized for days she was always with the baby, I proposed we go out on dates to give her a break, while Ana watched over the baby. Day somewhat resisted and wanted the baby to come with us but later gave in and left the baby with grandma.
During this period, Ana would ask Day daily what she wanted to eat so she could cook it. I was helping with feeding the baby and changing diapers, alongside helping organize things in the house since we just moved to a new place. For about five days, there was some level of peace until my MIL visited.
As a matter of fact, a day before my MIL arrived, Day and I dropped the baby with Ana so we could go on a date. While we were heading to our destination, I overheard my MIL asking Day on the phone what we were doing, and she told her we were heading to the mall. MIL was upset when she told her we left the baby with Ana. Day kept saying, "Don't worry about it," multiple times. I didn't ask Day what was said, as that was a conversation with her mom, but I was concerned about what would happen once she started living with us.
It is worth noting that my MIL and my mom had never spoken to each other or met before or after we got married, so there is no bad blood between them.
The next day, when I returned from work in the evening, I found Day, Ana, and my MIL in the living room watching a show, which initially made me happy, thinking everyone was getting along. My wife even mentioned that she asked Ana to teach her Swahili, and my MIL expressed her plans to teach Ana crochet and said she would be buying the accessories needed. Ana was delighted to be around them despite her limited English.
However, I soon learned that Day and her mother were upset with Ana.While eating dinner that night, Day told me, "Ana needs to back off." I was taken aback and asked her what was wrong. She explained that while they were sitting in the living room, the baby began to cry in the bassinet, and Ana stood up and carried the baby, then asked her to make baby food.
Day was upset because she felt Ana had disrespected her and her mother by picking up the baby without permission and commanding her to prepare food. Another instance that bothered Day was when Ana stood over her while she was changing the baby's diaper, applying Vaseline.
I empathized with her and told her I would speak to Ana about it. After finishing my food, I talked to Ana about the allegations. Ana was shocked but apologized, explaining it was just a cultural norm in Africa for the community to help raise a child. I asked her to get permission from Day before carrying the baby, even though it felt strange to do so, and to refrain from interfering when Day was changing the baby. My mom said she wouldn't beg to carry her grandchild and decided she would avoid sitting with Day and my MIL to prevent any further offense.
The next day, Day came to me, visibly upset, stating her mother had cried because of the disrespect from Ana. I was alarmed, thinking this was a new incident, but it turned out to be the same issue from the previous day. Day began using profanity and stated that as long as Ana lived in the house, she would not find peace nor be allowed to carry the baby.
She even threatened to call the police if Ana made her mother cry again. I tried to calm the situation by stating that her mother was being manipulative and that she was being influenced by her, which upset Day even more.
For the next three days, Ana did not touch the baby but remained polite to my MIL and Day. Yesterday morning, I was holding the baby and needed to do a few chores around the house since Day was resting after watching the baby during the first shift. I took the baby to Ana upstairs to allow her some time with her granddaughter while I worked.
When Day realized I wasn't holding the baby, she was very upset, but she didn't say anything. Once I finished what I was doing, which took less than an hour, I went upstairs and took the baby from Ana, asked my MIL if she would like to hold her. She declined, so I took the baby to Day.
Today, I was trying to wash feeding bottles and asked my mom to help me hold the baby. She obliged, and once the baby started fussing, she asked me to bring her food. I did, and she began to feed her. When Day saw Ana feeding the baby, she was upset again and asked me if we hadn't gone to church yet. I told her no, as I was trying to finish washing the bottles. She proceeded to take the baby out of Ana's hands. Ana asked her if she could just finish feeding the baby, but Day didn't respond and just dragged the baby out of her hands.
I felt ashamed watching this play out in front of my eyes. I didn't say a word. I drove Ana to church and felt stunned and ashamed that I somehow played a role in all that had happened. Interestingly, Ana didn't even talk about the incident; instead, she talked about something completely unrelated to take our minds off the situation.I feel like my MIL is somewhat responsible for Day's behavior.
She will be leaving next week, but I'm already sick of having her close to me and my family. It is worth noting that my MIL has four siblings, and the three sisters among them have cut her off as well as Day due to her dramatic nature. My brother-in-law has been married twice and on both occasions did not inform my MIL and wife about it until three months after the fact.
Also, our wedding was quite unconventional as it was during COVID-19, and my family couldn't attend to meet my in-laws, and Day and my mother-in-law fought during that period which led to no contact between them for a year.
I have excused Day's behavior as postpartum stress, but this is wearing me out. I have lost about 10 pounds in the last three weeks.This cultural difference was something I was warned about by friends, but I didn't listen and thought love conquers all. Foolish me.As much as I love Day, I really can't stand her disrespect my mom and also preventing her from holding my child.
I fear this may lead to the worst happening to our relationship if this issue persists.I am already thinking of going for counseling with her, even though I know she might decline.
People of Reddit, how do you suggest I approach this issue?
TLDR: My wife (Day) doesn't want my mom (Ana) to hold our child for no apparent reason.
2024.05.20 01:27 PropertyCertain4959 38M QC, Looking for Personal Assistant/Househelp
38 M home-based professional seeking a personal assistant/househelp.
Location: QC
Benefits:
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Location: QC
Benefits:
- 30k per month + statutory benefits (tax, philhealth, pag-ibig, sss)
- Can be stay-in (free accommodations) or be based outside, whichever you prefer
- Schedule is 8 hours monday to friday. Off-work time will be respected.
- help clean and organize my house and car
- help take care of and clean up after my cat
- assist with daily rituals (cooking, cleanup, groceries)
- run errands within the metro
- help with calendareminders
- help with procurement and research
- possibly assist with due diligence for our business in coordination with our company's admin assistant
- Other personal tasks within reason and as necessary
- trustworthiness and discretion are a must
- must be physically fit, no health issues or disabilities
- must be capable of travelling within metro manila
- must be able to provide NBI clearance
- at least highschool/senior high graduate
- ability to communicate in taglish and english is a plus
- capability to use software like google suites and common mobile apps like viber, whatsapp, tiktok, etc in aid of their work is a plus. willing to train if you are inept.
- all transportation costs for errands will either be shouldered or reimbursed. if you will be driving your own transportation (e.g. motorcycle), your gas will be compensated.