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I guess the academic flair works here.
We are told by WT that the early Bible Students were just honest people trying to find out what the Bible really taught and they just got some things wrong, but I'm getting more sceptical of Russell's intentions.
So my question is: is there any evidence that Charles T Russell could have purposely tried to insert himself into the book of Revelation as a special messanger sent by God?
My reasoning for the question:
I've posted here before that I am rewriting the book of Revelation using the interpretations in The Finished Mystery (1917) and so far I'm at chapter 18. My God are their teachings soooo ANTI biblical. A lot of their interpretations just ignore the words in Revelation just to fit their worldview in the Bible, which most Christians do anyway but these guys are terrible at it.
They claimed that the angel to the church of Laodicea was CTR and that CTR even believed he was chosen by God from before his birth. He also had a vague-ish dream as a boy about who he'd be when he grew up, and the book says (I forget where) that God put Russell as the "watchman" of Ezekiel in 1881. But what prompted my question is their interpretation of Rev. 10:4-7. There they claim that Russell intended to write everything down at once but the guidance of God told him not to. The commentary in verse 4 literally says, " Observe how the Lord retarded the publications" of Studies In The Scriptures. The commentary in chapter 19 verse 15 also says that "The Lord assumes an interest in a responsibility for the complete series of Studies In The Scriptures". Multiple times they say certain angels in Revelation represent either Russell or his 6/7 books.
This leads the reader to think that Russell knew he was fulfilling prophecies from at least 1881. That he purposely withheld his knowledge of Revelation until the seventh volume. But... is there any evidence this is true? That CTR knew of this goal and proceeded to insert himself quietly, but died before he would reap everything?
Keep in mind, the Finished Mystery was published less than a year after his death so what is says in it by close companions of his isn't some long time afterward view, they would've believed this when he was alive and he didn't stop them from thinking this way as far as I know.

So I’ve been listening to the podcast for a few years now. My boyfriend and I got our first house so money was tight, 6 months later I find out we’re going to be expecting our first child. So I start saving for that. Now I’m in a comfortable spot now that she’s going to be 1 where I have a tad bit of extra money to spend. I’m like let me spoil myself a bit haha. I go to Teddy Fresh and see a few things I really liked. At the end of it my cart was at like $350! I had to put a few things back and ended up around $120 lol. Not even 2 days after my order I got the shipping confirmation and it was at my house the next day!!! Let me tell you that’s some grade A customer service!! I just got the stuff now and before even washing it I knew I made the right choice. Such a great fabric quality. I’m so excited it came before my daughter’s 1st birthday so I can wear it around Disneyland!

I met this guy about a month go, we see each other once a week, but we talk everyday. I was thinking about (the caption) for his birthday as I like to make presents rather then buy them. What are your thoughts? How would you feel if someone made this present for you?

Hello. Ill just start with the problem now.
So ive liked this 1 girl for about 3 years now. Shes all i could ask for realy. She loves animals, and drawing (I dont but I love girls who can) shes sweet,shy and just a realy cute girl. We have "known" each other for years since we were in the same class all of middle school and have german classes toghter about 3 times a week. But sadly i almost never sit next to her to get to know her any better.
So heres a problem. I have -0 skill when talking to girls. Like i almost never do and never have since my looks arnt realy somthing i can see girls liking. Im abit on the heavy side, im ginger and have a big forhead that I need to hide with my curly hair. So this is were things get confusing for me.
When I was in middle school i never talked to any girls(wounder why) but all of a sudden the popular girl comes and talks with me. She then starts to flirt with me in diffrent ways. Remeber i have 0 skills with how to react So I think she was in to me. Untill 1 night when I finaly understod and fell into a rather deeo depression where I cut myself off from all contact with girls since I though they would hurt me emotionaly and that my precens was grossising them out. But back to sweet girl.
About 2-3 years ago she added me on discord and we chated abit. Now here are some of what I belive were 'signs' but then again im not sure So please tell me If im just stupid.
Girl: Remeber that hair brush you gave me on my birthday and that I use evryday now?
Me: No. Wasnt me
Girl: im pretty sure it was you tho, could have been (another boy) or (another boy) but I think it was you.
Me: it was probably (another boy)
This is bascaly how that text went down.
Now text 2 was basicly just a 40 sec video of her filmning herself with her bunny. You know what I sent? A fucking cow dancing to california girls.
I realy want to get her snap or talk abit. But I dont know what to talk about. Help me.

Hello reddit, I hope this isn't too long, also this is not an extreme situation like some that are on here but I do need some help and 3rd perspective opinions.
Me and my bf have started dating about 10 months ago. We are the cute cringe couple and we spend most of our time together when he's at home, he goes to uni an hour away from our home town.
I am working from home and he goes to uni where he spends time 3-4 days a week. At home, he lives in a village and I live at the edge of my town which is 15 minutes by car and an hour and a half by foot. When we started dating he was still getting ready for college and we were spending a lot of time together, going out, at his place, at my place, sleeping over, etc.
During that time we got to know each other's families, while I only live with my older brother who I didn't have the best relationship with (and have a relationship with my mother who lives 10 minutes away and visits us once a week), he lives with his mother, father and younger sister. They welcomed me with open arms and in all honesty it felt really nice to have a family that's complete for once. They are the standard country-side family, hard working, nice, a bit old-school. They have certain rules in the house, women take care of the home, like cooking and cleaning, and men do the hard labor around the livestock and stuff connected to agriculture. It's not something that's forced on either side it's just how they were raised and I respect that, it's pretty common where we live. They also dine together at least once a day and they wait for everyone to get together to start, that's usually dinner time.
I am not used to this, I come from a broken background and this caused my anxiety to spiral out of control, this is relevant later.
I work pretty inconvenient hours, from 2pm to 10pm winter time and from 3pm to 11pm summer time. And in my country we have a law that prevents new drivers to drive at night (past 11pm to 6am) and since my boyfriend is a new driver we can't really drive willy-nilly whenever we want or wherever we want.
This caused a lot of sleepovers, whether it be at my place or his if I bring my laptop and do my shift there. At first I was embarrassed to be around his family and especially at dinnertime. I would get anxious about being around them, but with their friendliness and sympathy I finally mustered the courage to eat with them. This was in the first couple of months of our relationship and I really thought things were going great.
After some time passed, and with a lot of sleepovers and time spent together my bf came to me one day, frustrated after an argument with his parents. The argument started because of me, his mom basically said they don't like me and that I should no longer come to sleep over. Now I know what you're thinking "there must be a reason why they didn't like you" and yes, there was a reason. My bf was spending too much time with me, not enough with them and we were spending too much time at his place, which made them feel like I was invading their space, which is totally understandable and I do not blame them at all for wanting some privacy in their own home.
This really hurt me because even though we weren't dating for long at that point, I really thought they liked me and were considering me a part of the family (me and my bf are set on marrying each other) But even though I was sad I wanted to respect their wishes and I didn't go to my bf's home unless it was necessary, like his birthday. If we had to go to his place to drop something off or pick something up, I would stay in the car and wait for him.
This whole situation annoyed my bf so he confronted his mom about it. And that's when the truth came out. It was a misunderstanding, she wasn't the one who didn't like me, it was his sister. Her room is right next to his and she said she couldn't sleep because of us (not because of intercourse, we don't do that at his place unless the house is completely empty) we would talk and laugh, play games on his PC and watch reels or tiktok loudly, hence, disturbing her peace. I also once told her friend she's an idiot for doing something completely irrational (more jokingly than seriously) and that offended her. Me and his sister were quite close at the beginning, my bf would go to sleep and we'd stay up untill 4am, drinking coffee and talking about anything and everything, so this almost came out of no where. His mom apologized and said, again, she doesn't hate me, she just needs to stay by her daughter's side and respect her wishes by putting some boundaries.
My bf told me all this and again, I understood. We decided he'll spend more time with his family and if he's in town and not in uni he'll sleep over at my place.
A few months ago his 20th birthday came up and he celebrated at his home, he invited his closest friends and his sister went to sleep over at a friend's house. That night he convinced me to stay over cause I had no one to drive me home at 3am and I couldn't walk home in the middle of the night. Later come to find out his mom specifically asked him to not let me sleep over. I went to bed in tears that night cause I broke the one rule his parents set up and I felt guilty. I figured I could've went with someone else by taxi half way and walked home from there but since everyone already left that was not an option (plus I have really bad anxiety with sitting alone in any public transport including taxis) He told me it's all going to be okay and that his family won't be mad, he comforted me for hours untill I calmed down, told him ill go home the moment I wake up and for him to not try and convince me to stay In the morning. The next day I woke up, packed my stuff and started leaving right away when he told me the table has been set and that they are all waiting for me. His mother wasn't mad, but I was. Him trying to convince me to stay for breakfast annoyed me and we had a little argument. We made up right away and I went home without even saying good bye to his family. After that she sent me and my brother some food to eat and I ate it, again, in tears (the tears made it taste too salty)
My bf was sweet through all of this and comforted me every time but it still wasn't enough. I started to get upset at the rules he had to follow like, if he doesn't have uni for that week we still can't see each other for at least 3 days, or if he's coming to my place he needs to finish all his chores, sit in the room with them on his phone while they are also all on their phones, to spend "family time" together. And yet I never started hating his family, I would still feel that warm and fuzzy feeling whenever they greeted me and I would cry when I think I messed something up again (I know I'm overly sensitive) My anxiety has now brought me to the point where no matter how many times he tells me his family doesn't hate me, I won't believe him. I just don't trust them anymore and feel like my heart will be broken again...
I avoid them any chance I get and stepping for in the house gets me nauseous. What worries me is my bf is confident that when he finishes uni we'll get married, and I will come live with him in his house. If I'm gonna live there one day I don't want to be a pest in someone else's house.
I really don't know what to do and he invited me to his place to do my shift there tomorrow and possibly sleep over cause it's the 1st of May and I feel devastated about it. Should I just go and pretend like they didn't basically just tell me they don't want me around at all? Should I trust them after everything? I know not a lot of ppl will see this but I need at least one person's advice.

Drake fan here. I want him to win the rap battle. But that was a nice little diss.. mad it lacked the energy “ LIKE THAT “ verse had & more friendly then I expected. But it was definitely a good 7/10 diss.. & I promise i only have Push up a 8/10 because he went at EVERYBODY it was catchy lines towards EVERYBODY he sent a diss towards.. I could hate & say it was boring because most of what he said rappers who dissed drake said already.. & the rest are things fans on the internet say BUT dot is the first to both some of that stuff on wax & you gotta respect it. Plus it was witty & creative. & how i judge diss tracks it’s like what’s the replay value on this going to be ? You have to account for replay value because can he be played on radio / podcast reviews / YouTube reviews back to back & keep the same momentum ?? Ont wanna say to much cuz y’all going to miss the point of me giving it a 7/10.. but now the clock starts on the boy. Let’s see how round 2 goes. We good a battle on our hands fellas this what we’ve been waiting for. 🤝🏾

So a little backstory. We met each other through my cousin na JHS bestfriend ng BF ko now. Lagi sila tumatambay sa bahay ng pinsan ko and nandun rin ako every weekend. Fast forward to SHS, naging classmate kami and we had a little crush on each other. Fast forward again after college, we had a mini reunion that made us connected again. Fast forward naging kami after several months na panliligaw sakin. We both kept it as a secret coz I was thinking what my pinsan and his family would think.
Eto na fast forward to celebrating my 23rd bday, pinapunta ko siya sa bahay to let him formally meet my parents as my BF. (we were already 3 months into the relationship at the time). Nagtataka ako kasi usually hospitable naman parents ko and gusto nila kinakausap yung mga bisita ko sa bahay. But NOT my BF. Talagang parang hangin lang yung BF ko. I felt the awkwardness lalo during birthday lunch. After umuwi ng BF ko, I cried af. Worst cry ko so far kasi I was hurt for him.
Sa mommy ko ako unang nag open up abt it. She said di niya naman daw napansin na may ganong nangyari. So kausapin niya daw si daddy about it. Then kinabukasan, sinabi sakin ni mommy na ayaw daw kasi ni daddy kay BF kasi "hindi niya nakikitaan ng future." I decided to go talk to my dad abt it. Nilakasan ko loob ko to fight for him. Marami sinabi daddy ko na negative about him. Na hindi daw board passer. Na ilang buwan na lng graduate ng engineering pero wala pa ring trabaho. (A little background sa fam ko: Mom with PhD, Dad with double degree and Masters, & Me are all licensed engineers)
I was deeply hurt kasi I know he is trying naman. He took his 1st boards and he failed. He took a BPO work for 2 months para may income but di kinaya yung stressful environment. Then after this issue (Yes i told him what happened), he took time to study ulit for 2nd try sa boards pero he still failed. It has been 2 months after his 2nd boards and wala pa rin siyang work. He is waiting na lang daw na makuha siya ng parents niya sa UAE (his dad and sister works there) at baka don daw siya makakuha ng bwelo to work. Right now, umaasa lang siya sa allowance ma binibigay sa kanya ng dad niya na medyo nahihirapan na rin with their financial needs.
Hahang tumatagal, naiisip ko na maybe tama yung parents ko. Na I should choose better. Na I cant be the one always shouldering our expenses (movies, restau, concerts, gifts, beach, etc.) Nagaambag naman siya minsan pero I feel guilty kasi konti lang pera niya. Ako lang may work so I always feel "taya" pag nag ddate kami. I feel like I have been giving him so many chances and nauubusan na ko ng parience.
He's perfect naman as a BF. I love the way he loves me. But I also love my parents. I dont know what to do anymore :< i meed ur thoughts :<

This is going to be a long one, but I would really use your help. Also Charlotte, big fan <3
I (28F) have a sister (20F) who came out as transsexual last year. For the sake of understanding I'll paint a quick picture of our family, our parents are divorced for several years but are amicable and everyone on the family talks with each other. So the Mom's side of the family accepted my sister, part of them got a little confused with the whole situation, but everyone respected it. My Dad's part of the family is a whole different story, my father is really that type of person that thinks women are less than men, and any member of the LGB+ community is a confused individual and something is very wrong with them, his mother, our grandmother, it's exactly the same and pretty much always follows my dad's opinion regardless of if it's correct or not.
So my sister before she came out was the golden child of the family, a very shy boy but with great grades, very caring and respectful with everyone, never caused any problem and was always ready to help everyone, while I was always the black sheep, I'm also a very caring person, but I won't shut up when I see something wrong and that always came out as being rude to the Father side of the family. We live in Europe, and we are not poor, but we live with some difficulties, money needs to be well thought through in order for us to be able to pay everything and have a little to expend outside bills, and it was always like this.
When I finished school at 18yo I wanted to go to college, however that was not an option for me, my Dad's side of the family wouldn't help to pay for it and my Mom who earned minimum wage couldn't afford it, so I started working and never got that opportunity. My Sister however, since my Mother felt so guilty I didn't have that opportunity asked for a loan in order to send my Sister to the best college for the course she wanted to pursuit with the condition that my sister would work and help pay the load, like 30% each month until she finished and could pay it herself after finishing school.
Everything was well during the first 2 years of college, however on the 3rd and last year my sister came out and all hell broke loose. My sister came out to the side of my Mom's family first, which we all supported, but we asked her to do things correctly, to search for medical assistance with the transition and to wait before she changed her name because of the loan and the fact she was unemployed at the time.
My sister came out to my Dad the WORST WAY POSSIBLE. Basically me, my mother and my sister were at my Dad's house so that my sister could speak with him, and she just stared out with "I'm transgender, its confirmed by the doctors I have gender dysphorbia and I already started taking estrogen and bla bla"... Like the whole hormone difficult names for a very confused man who heard this for the first time in the span of 3 seconds. My mother was mortified, I just facepalmed, and my sister just thought this was the correct way and showed an arrogance on her face I've never seen before, like the world was hers and hers alone, and everyone needed to respect it no matter what, and if they didn't, she just didn't cared.
My Father got very angry and very confused, which in my opinion was completely normal based on the way the whole conversation went through, to the point that I order my mother and sister to leave the house in order for me to try to calm down my Father and just try to explain the situation calmly. It backfired on me of course, my Father cursed, yelled, everything to take the anger out on me which was the only person present and we got in a huge argument, where he told me something is wrong and my sister must have been influenced by someone, which I told him no, that's not the case, and although he didn't accepted he needed to respect it. Which he refused and thats about it.
For better understanding - My parents divorced due to domestic violance, my father is an agressive man specially when he's angry, although he never touched me or my sister, it traumatized me enough to order them to leave the house when my sister came out because I was honestly afraid. She just blurred out the information without letting him think and thats where I think she was wrong on. And thats also the reason why me and my mom were present, we knew the conversation would turn sour somehow and we didnt let my sister have that conversation alone with him.
Fast forward a few months, my father cannot look my sister in the eyes, and whenever he speaks with her is always with anger and hurt in his voice, and my sister personality changed completely. She started being rude with everyone, she would get mad if we talked with her with "He/His" pronouns, which I understand but we spent 20 years calling "him" by that name, speaking with "him" like that and that's not something we just change in a day, it's a process the same as it is for her. She stopped caring, she became hostile with everyone for no reason like a mad teenager girl and the only person who she respected and was "normal" was with me, because in no hell on earth would I allow it otherwise and she knew. She's the person I love most in the world and she knows, and she understands that her attitude towards me would not work as I would pull her back to earth and call her out every time if necessary.
So with this new hellish personality she gained, she did exactly what we asked her to NOT DO, which was change her name. Now my sister changed her name for a very "stripper" name common in our country, which is her choice, and I'm not discriminating, but that did not help with the whole family and unemployment situation. I do agree that I can be judgemental on this topic, I won't say the name but it's something in the likes of "Sugarhoney" for exemple, which for me it's not a normal name but I can accept judment as well. And, besides the fact that she identifies as a female, she's not one "yet"... She still has all the features of a male young adult with 20 years, very deep voice, very male way to dress up, to speak, to eat, to sit, to talk, which is the part that confuses me, she wanted everyone to look at her as a female but the only female thing about her is not having facial hair, she doesn't try to change anything else, but that's a whole other problem I guess.
This caused a lot of problems, by this time she's unemployed for an entire year and its 20yo, my mother is struggling still with her minimum wage job, working part-time in a restaurant on the weekends to pay for the loan that my sister should have been able to help pay or at least help, she's exhausted, she fears that if she stops playing the loan on the college the bank will take her house, and my sister couldn't be less bothered. She didn't care. Which is when I started being more involved.
I live close to my mother on my apartment with my boyfriend, but I cannot help financially, so my mother comes to me just asking for advice and to cry a little basically, I called my sister out, asked if she thought it was ok the whole situation she's putting our mother through, the fact that she shows like she doesn't care, that she doesn't look at all like someone who's trying to find a job to help and is spending money on useless things like pokemon plushies and expensive backpacks and whatever more she buys and not giving a cent to our mother to help with her loan.
For that conversation she was back to the sister I knew, she was humble and told me she's trying but it's difficult, she showed me scars on her that she did by self hurting and it broke my heart because I didn't know. However, I explained to her that we all have problems, and like I didn't know what she was going through, she didn't know what the other people were going through, and it's important to respect everyone and to recognize our problems and search for help, myself for example a year before that thought of suicide and just called my mom to be honest with her and ask for help, ask for medical assistance, and I'm fine now, and she knew about it, it was just a very bad period of my life and I told her I knew what it felt like, but she was not alone, she never was and I saw it on her eyes that she knew it as well. After that conversation, I asked my mother to try to understand her better and to give her time, and that everything would be all right.
Oh was I wrong. It somehow got worse, like the whole conversation never happened, my sister just started leaving the house without saying where she was going, returning in the middle of the night or just the day after without a word to my very concerned mother, and when she arrived home she just yelled back and forward with my mother like she hold all reasoning in the world. Truly like a spoiled little bitch. My Mother got tired of this attitude and told her that she was in her house, and she needed to respect her, which didn't work.
A month after this, my mother received a text message from my sister saying she left home, just that, and when my mother arrived home, everything on my sister room was missing, as well as some kitchen stuff, like the microwave cover and dish for exemple. My mother was shocked and she called me telling me the story: So my sister arrived home and put the bags in front of my grandmothers house (my mother's mom, who lives in the same building but on the first floor, who has Alzheimer and it's a very fragile woman with some age with a heart of gold). My grandmother hear the noise in the building and went to see what happened, just to see my sister with all the bags leaving home. This sent my dear grandmother to a panic attack, she cried so much and was so confused and nervous about the whole situation especially since my dumbass sister just told her "I'm leaving" and disappeared.
When my mother told me I absolutely lost it, I called my sister yelling from the top of my lungs asking how could she be so selfish, so heartless to make this decision like this, not considering anyone besides herself and making our grandmother cry, she mostly didn't reply I believe because of guilt, at this point I'm so angry and hurt I'm crying on the phone, I told her how can she expect me to protect her and to defend her when she does this, and that I will never forgive her for making our grandmother cry and I just hung up.
The next day she was at my door step, wanting to speak with me, and I accepted it, we spoke and she just said she didn't mean to do that to our grandmother, but she needed to leave, she said she couldn't stay at the house and that she went to live with her girlfriend and her parents. That she didnt feel good in our mothers house and thats why she didnt accept many of the job offers she received, because she wanted some place to work where she felt good, since she wasnt feeling good at home. I told her that the problems she had at home were because she was not working, because she wouldn't help pay the loan, and asked her how could she be living with another family with no way to help with the bills. She replied that at this point she will accept any job and will pay the loan and help the family she lives with. And that some friends gave her money.
The family she lives with is pooer than us, they don't have the basic needs for a "normal" life, they didn't have a microwave for exemple, which my sister bought for them and thats why she stole the things from our mom's house. At the time I'm writing this they dont have heated water, it's very concerning. I just told her I was disappointed and she needed to apologise to our mother and grandmother, and that if she chose to go through this path I would still be there, but that she needed to be humble. She left after that. This is were things changed for me.
My sister now only speaks with family to ask for money, she goes home when my mother is not there to steal things, she goes dinner to my grandmothers houses to get money and as soon as they give her money she leaves. She had the keys to my Fathers and Grandmother (Father side) house and went there when they were not home to steal more things of low value like kitchen utensils and stuff, all things that everyone on the family would gadly give away to her if she asked. On one ocasion she went to my Grandmother's (Father side) house when they were on vacation to sleep without telling anyone and my Grandmother arrived to the house turned upside down, kitchen dirty, bedrooms with the bed's undone. She probably went there with someone since she asked my other grandmother for money to buy condoms. When my grandparents realized that they just took the keys from her but never spoke about the situation, only with me.
I've always defended my sister, but I feel like I can't anymore, I hear all this situations from the family and I feel embaressed, the last time she spoke to me was to ask me for 200€ to buy a new phone, while i see her on instagram stories how she spends like 60€ on a damn razor, like what the hell? I refused to help her saying that I also have bills to pay and told everyone on the family to stop giving her money, as I feel she needs to learn that if she wants something she needs to work for it as everyone else and take responsability, shes 20 years old damn it, almost 21 since her birthday is literally this month. Theres still 4 years left on the loan, and my mother is still crying over the whole situation, with no perpective of how it will be paid, and my sister showing no remorse or concern.
So AITA for telling my family to stop helping my Sister? Also, any opinions on what I should do in this situation?
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I don’t really use reddit but I need to vent about this to a 3rd party for some not heated outcomes like I’ve been getting. I (18F) and my ex (18M) broke up about 6 months ago (may 2022-nov2023), (TW?) there was a bit of sexual misconduct on his end and that is why i broke up with him. I am in highschool, a senior and he’s graduated and currently a freshman in college. I really beat myself up over this situation when it happened and he was well aware, i had him blocked for a good week originally and unblocked to make sure he didn’t off himself. Back in February i “gave him another chance”, it was right after my birthday and I was feeling very “im an adult maybe he’ll be different now too” and quickly changed my mind. That’s around the time he started showing up at my house just like periodically and randomly. He would always bring flowers or little gifts and I would always tell him i did not want to talk and to leave me alone, and to stop giving me things. I ended up blocking him on Imessage (as well as all other platforms) and he started emailing me. He would email me lots of like “goodbye i think im actually gonna go through with it this time, my life is crumbling i cant live” type shit to sum up the email part. I leave on the weekends to go out of town for an extracurricular and one weekend i got home 3 hours early to find him sitting in his car waiting for me, he gave me like a little bottled drink and the ring i gave him when we were dating and essentially said it was his goodbye. I had just been driving for roughly 3 hours that day, i was distraught so I screamed at him, i cried, i told him to leave me alone and seek help. I told him to check himself into a mental hospital because I can’t heal if he constantly is coming to me for support. I should mention, i am in therapy, i have pretty bad anxiety and i am now on an antidepressant. It essentially ended with me closing the door in his face and him agreeing to stop reaching out. surprise surprise, he never did stop. so he’ll show up at my house every other week essentially. and i recently met a boy a really like, we’ve been hanging out a lot and just recently made things official, he’s aware my ex is quite crazy (per my words not clinically) and he’s been really sweet, my ex does not know about new guy because i was scared he would pull up to my house, and today he did, again, with flowers saying stuff like “oh i brought you flowers since you probably don’t have a date i just want you to feel special too “ type stuff. my therapist told me i should call the cops next time he shows up, and i told him (instead of calling, calling them would quite terrify me) that i would if he didn’t leave. he did leave quite reluctantly but. I suppose where im going with this is I don’t know if calling the police and attempting to get a restraining order is necessarily worth it? i’m 18 , i was 17 when we broke up. I’ve never had such a stalker ish event i suppose? he’s always there waiting for me, he knows where i live and my daily schedule (since i am a highschooler). you may be wondering my parents role in this, they’ve kind of agreed to let me try and handle this on my own, i’ve now told them i’ve been thinking about police and restraining orders and my mom is like, ready to pounce. I know my ex is being quite outlandish but he was a good person before all the crazy things i don’t want to like tarnish his reputation in any way. TLDR: ex keeps showing up at my house and I don’t know if I should involve authorities. if any clarification is needed in this for a proper response just lmk my brain is kinda all over rn!

ill keep it as brief as possible but its a read. we were best friends since my freshman year of high school. ended about 2 years ago i think. time blurs
we took trips together, cried over boys together, planned our pinterest wedding boards together, took my first bong rip with her, etc etc that was my mate. we also worked together, twice (2 companies). i helped her get the second job because she lost hers at the start of covid
she started seeing a new guy. i met him once, briefly, for 5 minutes when he came to our work. never saw that man again (wouldn't you think that was weird considering we're best friends???)
the only thing i can speak on her bf's character, bc i literally don't know him, is one time her and i worked an event for our company together. she gets a call 30 min before the event ends. its her bf wondering where she is because she was taking care of him after a medical procedure and she said the event would be over at that point (she fucked up the times of the event). he hung up on her. she starts crying and freaking out. goes outside to call him. cant get ahold of him. calls his mom. finally he calls her back, this guy was just taking a shower. but what effect does he have on her that that's her reaction...
eventually she quits the job. i only found out because our boss told me. didn't even have the balls to tell me herself. i don't think i ever saw her again, to be quite honest. it wasn't a toxic work environment but i think she was looking for something a little more corporate (which i think was her bf's influence.... because she always was so adamant and peppy about wanting to grow in the industry we worked together in)
we kept in touch briefly over text. a few memes here in there. mostly from me. only time she reached out first was to ask to use me as a reference on her resume (i held a managerial position). ouch
i opened up my home to both her and her bf, she always canceled. tried to meet up at a concert we both had tickets to, she ghosted me until the end of the weekend. offered to go try on engagement rings together (both of us in serious relationships atp) and that went nowhere. never met up for that, or even something small like coffee or lunch
its her birthday so i text her. i find out shes engaged. we're both on vacation atp so we're taking time to reply over the next few days. i asked her a question about the wedding (like when are you planning for idk i cant remember). she never texted back
months go by and im fed up. i miss my friend. shes also ghosting our other friends, one who also went on a trip with us (im bringing that up to show that we're all close). i texted her explaining how i felt, very calmly, and told her that i just missed her and it sucks and idk where we went wrong. it wasn't aggressive at all (i only mention that bc i can be a little dramatic sometimes but i had our mutual friend read it and she said it sounded good) she calls me, clearly about to hop into a work meeting, admits that she didn't read the message so i had to paraphrase, and tells me basically "im sorry idk what to tell you, ill try to make more of an effort, i miss yall too, but my friend with a husband and my friend with a kid don't talk to me often either and they understand" as if somehow i couldn't understand her situation
im a homebody too. i have a job, a boyfriend i live with, we have 3 dogs, and if im not working or cooking or taking the 1 ounce of time for myself, im sleeping. i see my friends maybe once every month. but i still keep in touch with them because i care
i admitted to her i drove by her apartment once since we hadn't seen each other. how could i not? we had each others location. she literally lived less than a mile away from me. i didn't do any weird shit or whatever but idk i just wanted to see like "wow she lives this close and we rarely talk anymore" .. maybe i was hoping to run into her? idk. cook me for that if you want idgaf. i doubt im the only one who would do that for their best friend. ffs she would’ve done it to me if the tables were turned
after the phone call she ended up unsharing her location with me and we never spoke again :)
she had a whole ass wedding last year and a baby this year and i wasn't there or even informed of any of it. just radio silence. i guess this is just a vent. how do you let go of a close years-long friendship with no closure?

This is my cat Bolly, who we’ve had from being a kitten. he is 8 years old and has generally been really healthy his entire life and has always been a healthy chunky boy.
In 2020, we noticed a lump on his head and obvious signs of pain and distress. We took him to an emergency vet (pandemic + lockdown, options were limited) where they thought he had an abscess on his head. Long story short, after seeing his regular vet they came to the conclusion that the lump was swelling, as he had a fractured skull. We have no idea how this happened but we are so glad we got a second opinion. After surgery, he made a full recovery and it actually made him more affectionate and loving (he was very timid before, even with us as his family)
Two weeks ago I noticed how skinny his belly felt. He weighed in at 5lbs, with his brother being 8lbs. Last week he started showing signs of pain and distress. He curls into a small ball and bows his head down. He stopped putting weight on his back legs and almost skipped/limped around. He didn’t eat for 4 days and barely drank water. Due to these symptoms we immediately thought he had kidney disease/failure. After a long day at the vets, they took bloods, did an ultrasound and x-ray and found nothing. He went back today to be put on a drip to keep him hydrated and also had appetite stimulants which have allowed him to eat a little bit. But, he still is not himself. He keeps shaking all the time, not being able to jump high like he used to, and constantly sleeps with his head down. We are at a lost cause. Our vet has suggested referring him to a specialist but this could cost thousands. He is going back to the vets tomorrow so they can keep an eye on him and potentially put him on another drip. He wobbles alot and struggles to find his footing now.
Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? is there anything we as his owners can do? he is getting extra cuddles , treats, and chicken/tuna for food (his fav). 1st pic is bolly last summer, 2nd pic is bolly today, with a strange cloud over his eye. Context: he is a bengal cross, very active, loves playing and super affectionate!

Hi everyone, today is my nanny’s last day and she trained my new nanny for us. We are sending her off with extra cash since she’s moving (hoping it’ll help with the move). Anything else we can do to make her feel special? She bought a birthday for my boys for their birthday next month and I’m thinking the boys can open that before she leaves.

My girlfriend (F19) & I (M19) were in a turbulent long distance relationship during college. We experienced mixed emotions. Long fights. Longer conversations. I can remember it as if it were yesterday. Although late, my plan to surprise her was peculiarly unfolding. A day before we're supposed to meet in Bangalore & travel to Goa. I hop on a train with a ticket which is not confirmed. My bank account has ₹18k that is meant for college tuition fees.
How did I reach the city whose cool breeze feels promising? Part-time loitering in the train. Part-time in a rectangular box that stored the blankets for the passengers in the train.
After arriving to my cousin's apartment and taking a quick shower, I rushed to meet her on an October evening in a Bangalore auto with my brother's black leather jacket on, a friend's white t-shirt with spongebob in the middle, light blue jeans & tan suede shoes. She impatiently waits for a delivery person who is delivering something especially for her. Last time it was a bunch of yellow flowers (to make up from a fight). The auto turns leftwards slowing on the requested corner and right then my eyes catch her first glance. Time slows down, I see her petite fair frame with a round face, annoyed on the phone. I leap from the auto and saunter towards her and wrap her in my arms. Then we break free to see her shocked face meet my ear-to-ear grinning face. Blushingly I pay the auto driver. Her friend claims she saw a rockstar jump out and hug her, meninlove
That night at the hotel, she receives a call from a guy at 11pm, a senior from college. Teasing her. I'm upset, jealous and angry is an understatement. Apparently, she was super distressed from hearing the ragging stories. But after ragging and fresher's things were chill. After our friends and her are asleep. I read their chats. It's a mix of everything. I'd bad dreams about her and her college life. We do our trip, fight a lot, dance and make memories. I still remember how my palm etched the sensation of resting on her stomach.
Later, back in different cities at my friend's birthday house-party. The host of the event throws herself at me. I warm up to her and the two us end up making out. (even though I'd crashed her laptop screen that same night while playing music)
After the party, I feel horrible, cry and call my then girlfriend. I tell her that we had a peck and not a full blown make-out. Oops again! Life's too long to afford a lie. Life's too short to not speak the truth.
Anyways, we ended up dating on and off for a year more. Attention always coming from her until one day I texted her the truth. She blocked me of course. After a while I missed that attention and I missed her. So I messaged her from another contact. Her boyfriend responded aggressively telling me to back-off. That got me curious even more, I wanted to know what's going on in her life. My brain recollected her password style surname123/institute123. I tried it on Instagram. Institute123, no luck. Surname123 I was in. On the other side of another human's Instagram. What was her mind upto? Read through some chats. Some things piqued my interest. Some saved messages were curious but it quickly got boring.
A two way conversation is fun. A read-only experience of someone else's social media wasn't. I wasn't into women's fashion and decision making with girlies. So I logged on & off while on my toilet and bored.
Fed up of this experience, I write her a letter that ended with "P.S - Change your instagram password". On her birthday I put all the letters I wrote to her in a book "The Norwegian Wood" packed it in a pink wrap and was off to give it to her near her home. She didn't want anything to do with me. I threw the book outside her home and rushed off. I read her chats speaking to my friend to accept the book and return it to me. When he calls me I ask him to sound cool
Me: "When are you going to collect the book?"
He: "I have not yet collected it. Wait, how do you know that she asked me to return your book?"
Me: "You wouldn't believe it"
After his coaxing, I tell him, I have her Instagram password. Until then one other friend apart from me knew this.
The next evening in November, 3 years after that night in October, I get a call that would be common place for the next four months. Her boyfriend hurling abuses and threats, different numbers, different threats, various combinations pretending to be a police officer, and asking me to come to a police station. I got over 300 phone calls from various numbers. I didn't accept my offense of-course. The way I saw it was it's 100% my fault. It's some part her responsibility. For me it was another way to kill boredom although invading someone's privacy.
One fine March day, after meeting a new lovely girl. I'm at home with back ache at night, freshly returned from a love rendezvous. When my sleep is disturbed by a slew of such phone calls. Angry I decide to finish it once and for all.
Next day, I call and invite this guy to come and explain to me logically why he should be the one slapping me. If he could do that, he could slap me and go. I would be alone. He would be alone. My rooftop. A standoff.
The building I was living in with my family was under remodelling there were two workers working and the accompanying noise. It's late afternoon and my heart beat is through my chest. I see him approaching with a cricket bat. I tell him to loose the bat or I'll call the cops. This dude left the door open, climbs up the stairs, no bat in hand phew. I extend my hand, he doesn't shake it we head upstairs to the rooftop.
At the rooftop, we exchange a few words, when in a matter of seconds 3 of his friends show up. My heart sinks and I freeze. No thoughts, I am urging myself to think. Blank. Kapoof. Nothing. Heart pumping faster, going breathless. He asks another guy to start recording and he begins speaking. A monologue making his case, that ends with 3 slaps.
After they leave, I'm still in shock, days later my friend calls me apparently, the video is in everone's phone. Everyone that knew me, him or her remotely. Seniors, Batchmates, Juniors.
Few final experiences related to this story:

• I had a group of a dozen friends in school and I would be the life of the party. Only 3 of them are still friends and we speak. I met one of them couple of years ago, I could see it in his eyes he has lost respect for me. He didn't even call me when he got married last year.
• I am always troubled entering a room in my home city perplexed with the thought would anybody know about this here
• I thought countless times what I would've done if it had happen again
• I bumped into each of them, the boy and the girl, separately on separate occasions I had no words to say. The last time on Saturday.
• It's strange how the beautiful parts of the garden are forgotten and only the weeds remain in top of the mind
• It feels I've experienced death, death of a person I knew, death of the sweet youthful memories I shared with her in a youthful promising city. Memories of a care-free, care-less time.
• "I'm sorry, I know I made it difficult for you." I would say to the girl if I ever crossed paths. Silence to the boy.
• Nobody can shame you if you don't allow it. A man suffers more in his imagination than in reality.
• I'm error prone, I'm fallible. I learn.
• Thinking on your feet can turn a precarious situation on it's head. Stay sober. Don't wake up at 70%. Be 100%.
• You cannot twist the fabric of the universe and expect to not have it snapback at you. Speak the truth. Cards facing up always.

I want to live in America one day. Because the world has changed. I want to live in a small town by the sea because the sea is calm. I mean, I have a big house, 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, but I have a lot of work and nothing to do. On the other hand, noise can make it difficult to sleep. But I love a good city life. I want to live in my country. very quiet I like to be quiet, even though it is far from nowhere. But I walk 5 minutes to the store because I walk next to the store. I can swim with my friends. It looks interesting, but expensive. But it can be fun. Your path is strong. Today there are big projects everywhere. This city is growing fast and has a lot of people. However, there are many unemployed and homeless people in this city. This means that many families struggle with food insecurity. This problem should be solved by the Government. I hope you can do it soon. I believe in love and I think everyone should try it!
I agree with my dear friend Thomas, we need more. The boy chased his brother and fought with him and when his family left him, I shot him dead. I want to get married soon. I love my girlfriend, I hope we are happy. I think you are a good friend, beautiful and kind. First of all, I will never find another woman, but secondly, I love you very much. I use logic because I like it. After watching so many videos on the internet, I started getting headaches. I sometimes use a computer to write, but I prefer a laptop. I saw Oppenheimer's film in the cinema last week. It is very quiet! I will be happy to report more as soon as I have time. He likes to eat with friends in his free time. Actually, I'm good because my friends are bad. I do this once a week. Sometimes I like to go to the country. My friend and I worked on minecraft yesterday and it was a lot of fun. I don't like doing homework because I'm bored. I don't want to lose. But my family said we were together. I play video games when I have time. Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love my family and spend time with them. I think the calf is my favorite. The rewards are big but small. Last year, for my birthday, we went to a beautiful place with our friends. We love pizza and ice cream. Then we watch a movie. The world is divided

Well for anyone who might be interested in this song and following the clout it is making with the last days best/worst songs votings I feel like sharing my thoughts on it and why I love its meaning, or how I do interpretate it.
Im from Spain so english is not my first language, the time I discovered the song more than 10 years ago I never really paid attention to the lyrics or its meaning, and sonically It got eclipsed by all the bangers Synthetica has, and forgot about it for several years.
3-4 years ago I revisited Synthetica as a time travelling experience almost because I did not listen to most songs of that album since my teenage years, and oh boy when I remembered there was a (forgive my lame comparisons) lo-fi-ish(?) 8-bit-ish (😭) laid back song on it I wanted to chek it out.
And not only I got mesmerized by the amazing production on that song, but when I started paying attention to the lyrics it kinda gutted me.
The first thing that caught my attention was the consistency through the album with some imagery the band makes mentioning a setting like a Fair, where the “rides” they use as something thrilling the person wants to share in an attempt to drive others interest in their persona, are tied to the concept of the Mirrored Maze that Breathing Underwater speaks about. But now Emily or this subject is feeling melancholic or pitiful because the time for that sensation came to an end a while ago. And “was afraid to tell you about it”.
And thats what I feel the songs speaks about, the dichotomy of wanting to be loved/perceived (you feel lonely, “missing everyone you know right now”) but knowing who you are is not related to the people that surrounds you where you are looking for that empathy. “Calling out my regret only makes me stronger” emphasizes in this, you are calling my bluff making me value my self-awareness and indiviuality.
“Nothing Ive ever done right, happened on the safe side” She is regretting not being able of having done something to not feel that way, but at the same time she was a victim of the situation when in reality the circumstances were never her fault.
Then, when the most devastating verse in the song comes it gives a meaning to the title. “Back to that photograph. Can you clone me? I look like everyone you know now.” She uses the concept of cloning someone making an analogy with people (intentionally or not) changing to be like most people just to feel that she fits in, losing her original identity and true self in the process. (But hey! Im not Synthetica!)
“It's too late in the day To tell me I'm off the path We're already in the aftermath”
The song ends with this verse, where she wonders if after everything she is been through with her identity does it matter or not that the same enviroment she wanted to belong at the start is now perceiving her as a misfit. She is already in the aftermath, despite everything she thought and discover about her unique self, she is still going to fall inevitably in the same dynamics again someday.
The way I interpretate the song is from the perspective where she speaks about her relationship with herself and how to manage it to stop suffering. Making you conscious about that problem that made you feel missunderstood in your life and putting a mirror in front of you to make you realize that, because if you dont see it you are traped in it. And this is why I relate to this song and is not only my favourite Metric song but my fave song in the world. I think imma get it tattooed by myself lol.
I hope everyone who reached this part liked my feelings about Clone, and dont be shy to share your thoughts and opinions in the comments 🩶 Speaking about this fulfills my soul.

Before you begin reading, please know that I tried writing this post in a colorful and detailed way and I hope you enjoy it, but it is a long post.
I always had a passion for watches. When I was young, I used to buy all sort of simpler but good watches, from Swatch to Tissot. When I was 32, my parents gave me a Rolex Datejust which I consider my first luxury watch. Since then, I've been researching and planning ways to increase my collection. I'll turn 40 in a few months, and I really wanted to give myself a Patek Philippe as a birthday present. My goal watch was the 5712 but, personally, I don't feel comfortable buying from the grey market. The complex part of this whole planning is that I live in a country with no Patek Salon or AD unfortunately. We used to have an AD but Patek Philippe ended the relationship about 10 years ago.
Since I go to Switzerland once a year for skiing, I scheduled a visit to the Patek Salon in Geneva in advance. My friends... I think it was the most beautiful and luxurious store I have ever seen, and I would not expect anything different from Patek. After entering the store and being seated by the salesperson, I explained what I was looking for. Although polite, I could notice some lack of patience, but I didn't give much thought at that time. I can only imagine the number of people that walk in that beautiful store enquiring specifically about the Nautilus and Aquanaut models. Anyway, the watch was brought to my desk, and I was allowed to try it. After I finished trying, I looked at the salesperson and there was a moment of uncomfortable silence. Following that, I affirmed that I was interested in buying that watch, but I was most obviously denied. It was almost as the person asked: "young man, don't you know how this works?" And I did know, but I had to try, right? We entered a conversation about the importance of building a "profile" with Patek to gain access to specific models that were very sought after, such as the 5712. I obviously knew what the person meant, and I was open to buying other models, but then I was also told that the Patek Salon of Geneva is exclusive for the "local" and "historical" clients and that they had no models available for sale to me. At that point, I started losing my patience because I had explained that I didn't have a Patek AD in my country to which I had to hear: "try looking at an AD in the closest country, somewhere that speaks Spanish perhaps"... To me, this was the end of the conversation because it was both stupid and disrespectful, but as a reasonable person, I could not blame the whole institution for the ignorance of that specific employee. Therefore, I started studying other ways of buying my Patek. Since I travel often, I thought about buying it at an AD, but not necessarily at the closest country to where I live. If you are still curious to read the rest of the story, I can share that I live in Brazil, which is a rather important economy, but for strange reasons, in South America, Peru, Chile and Colombia have ADs and Brazil doesn't.
I tried going to Bucherer in NY and the visit was a soft version of the same experience I had in Switzerland, but at least I was already vaccinated by the previous experience and didn't waste both my time and my mental health there. They didn't even offer me to sit and talk and denied the possibility of entering in any waitlist.
Since I come from an European family and had to go there for a wedding (I prefer not share where specifically), I decided to visit the closest AD to my hotel. When I arrived at the AD, I instantly felt cozier than the previous stores. I was invited to sit down and wait while taking an espresso. While I was waiting, another foreign gentleman was speaking to the Patek specialist. They had a long conversation, but he left the table with a sad face. He approached me, because he understood I was waiting for the same conversation and told me he didn't manage to buy what he was looking for. I saw him trying many models, but I couldn't hear the exact conversation. I must admit that I tried overhearing because knowledge of past conversations tends to lead to a successful one. When my turn to talk with the specialist came, we had a really interesting and delightful conversation about the difference in our countries, about the watch industry and especially about Patek and its history. After that, we entered in the usual conversation where I ask about the 5712 and they deny it. But I was explained why they didn't have it and how does Patek manage the model availability with each AD in every country. Anyway, the Nautilus and the Aquanaut, as you all know, are used to value the esteemed clients that already have a relationship with Patek or with the AD. But the specialist told me that I could not ignore the beauty of other models and presented three models that were at the store's display. I had never seen those models in person and my first thought was "man, these models are really amazing" (you might be wondering if they were the "basic" Calatravas and I can tell you they were not). I tried all the models and they all felt and looked amazing... and (this is where the story becomes surprising) I asked: "but are these models available for sale or are they just for display?" And then I heard: "these are all available for sale". I was instantly pervaded by many strong feelings and thoughts, such as:

• these models were not what I was looking for...
• these models are actually pretty amazing...
• I will probably not have this opportunity in a long time...
• The 5712 costs much less than these...
• Do I really like the 5712 or is it just FOMO?
• I just bought a Vacheron Patrimony in NY... are you insane?
• Will my credit card limit be enough?
• Can I pay for this watch?
• Will my wife kill me? (she was sitting beside me the whole time)

I have no idea of how long I was there, struck by all these thoughts, but I could not waist this opportunity. I do love the 5712, but why buying it now? The opportunity I was presented with was to buy another watch and, although I tend to have some difficulty accepting what destiny brings, I instantly felt happy trying the Complications 24-hour travel time Calatrava. It is not an actual Calatrava, it has a 24-hour display in a blue dial and rose gold that I really enjoyed because it can work well in both a dressier and sportier occasion. After a few calls to the bank, I managed to extend my credit card limit and brought the watch back to my hotel feeling like a little boy that just got his favorite toy. Some people do not enjoy this model because it is a little tricky to read if you are not used to, but I love the complication of it.
As I just mentioned, I have a hard time hearing "NOs" and will eventually buy the Nautilus, but my heart is at peace now.
Thank you for reading my story. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing it and that it helps those that are looking for a Patek not to give up but to face the possibility of buying a different model. Some of you, like me, probably spend some time looking at the models online, but trying them on is a completely different experience.
p.s.: I understand that Patek Philippe are expensive watches and I tried being as humble as I could in this post. Obviously, if you are reading this, you probably own, plan to own or are interested in these watches and I hope you achieve what you deserve. For those who think it as an investment object and primarily think about the reselling price, I don't care about that and will not sell this watch. I hope my kids will use it and remember me with love.
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