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I (21M) am an avid enjoyer of the outdoors, I love working on project vehicles and I’m currently rebuilding a lawnmower. I have to do my girlfriend’s (22F) oil change today and I wanted to work on my lawnmower today, the weather is gorgeous. It’s 70 and sunny. I asked my girlfriend to come hang out outside with me and she refused. She always refuses when I ask. I have offered to set up a hammock, make something in the bed of my truck, bring out a charger so she can watch TikTok, anything, and she just won’t do it. I explained to her today that it hurts my feelings that I give into any of her hobbies whether it be reading books together or doing diamond art, I don’t like it but I do it, but I ask that she spend some time just sitting by outside with me and I t’s a no-go. She brushed it off and said she wasn’t going to change her mind and she was sorry. I’m still upset and I just feel like maybe I’m being stupid and I don’t want to make her feel forced to be with me. I just need to either be told that I’m not being an idiot and my feelings are valid or even some advice on something I may have missed out on to say to my girlfriend. Thanks guys.

hello sweet angels!!!!
I (34F in USA) have posted before that I have really been struggling hard with my blood sugar. I crash very hard after eating. My A1C is fab after 18 months on Metformin (5.1! Yay!)
but oh my word, you guys. I cannot keep napping every time I eat. the brain fog from it, lack of energy etc has been misery.
I am super interested in a CGM to see what the heck is going on.
unfortunately me for me my endo moved and i cannot get into one until August!!!! so… here are my questions:
if you got a CGM approved by insurance, would you mind disclosing how you got them to cover it?
Which specialist helped with this? I work with my hands so the pricking fingers multiple times a day is deeply unappealing.
What specialist helped you get it through?
If they only partially covered it, would you mind sharing how much it did cost you?
Or maybe you can share another workaround?
how did you address your blood sugar issues after the CGM captured your data?
does anyone else get absurdly tired after eating or working out?
anything else you care to share about using a CGM to manage PCOS?
thank you kindly ✨✨✨

Just wanted to know what you guys experience through the game! I am not new and also not a first day player either. Just wanted to know your thoughts on the game on in its current state and what both sides are experiencing?

TL;DR: Matched with a seemingly great guy on Bumble, hit it off well, moved to texting and phone calls, only to have him "test" me on our first disagreement about who should pay on dates. Despite forgiving him, he responded with hateful accusations, leaving me to move on from his manipulative behaviour.
Hey everyone,
I need some advice on a situation that’s been bothering me. Here’s the full story:
I (32) matched with this guy (37) on Bumble recently, and we hit it off immediately. We spent hours texting and eventually, we moved to a phone call that lasted several hours. We got along so well that he mentioned he would have liked to take me out that day, but he already had plans with his friends to watch an F1 race and a football match. I appreciated his honesty and told him it was fine, and we continued talking throughout the day, even while he was with his friends. It was going SPLENDIDLY!
However, out of nowhere, he made a condescending comment about my Instagram, saying it looks like he’d have to sell a kidney to take a girl like me out. I found it extremely offensive and told him that while I’m financially comfortable and can pay for myself, I do have standards when it comes to dating. I expect a man who asks me out on a date to be willing to pay for it. If a man doesn’t pay, I see it as going out as friends, and I wouldn’t consider a second date. He then doubled down, saying he was new in town and unsure where to take me because I seemed to have an extravagant lifestyle.
I clarified that I didn’t expect an extravagant first date and had a favourite bar in mind that’s quite economical due to my regular patron status there. But I wasn't sure if I was interested in moving forward with him because this had gotten too weird and uncomfortable for me.
He then admitted he was TESTING me because he has a lot of money and didn’t want to be used for it - Mentioning his FERRARI, while he was at it, which I had frankly assumed was a rental, I didn't give it a second thought or glance. He then said he was very disappointed in me accused me of being like other women who expect men to pay — He called me a Gold Digger in so many words. I found this extremely manipulative, insulting, offensive and downright disrespectful and told him so and asked him to fuck right off! Just for the record - I am also rather well-off. Not only do I make decent money, but my parents are also financially well-off.
Despite my frustration, he apologised profusely and asked for a second chance, claiming he was wrong to test me and that he genuinely wanted to get to know me better. I told him I appreciated the apology but couldn’t get past the disrespect and the implications of his “test.” I made it clear that his behaviour had made me feel judged and uncomfortable, and I didn’t see how we could move forward.
He kept insisting, saying we could laugh about this misunderstanding later and that he’d make it up to me. I reiterated that I didn’t want to feel scrutinised or judged every time we interacted, and that this incident had soured my perception of him. I told him it was best to part ways and ended the conversation. He asked me to sleep on it, and I did.
The next morning, I sent him a text to formally close things off, but on a good note, saying:
"We definitely had a fun and interesting day, but we both know this isn't going to work out! I truly enjoyed our time together and our roller coaster of a conversation. Most people don't even have dates as fun and intriguing as this! But sadly, this is the end of the road for us. I do truly wish you the very best with everything, and I'm glad we ran into each other. Take care and be well! 💗"
He didn’t respond to that text, but he continued to view my Instagram stories, which I found really passive-aggressive. So, I followed up with:
"Hey, I noticed you didn't respond to my last message. I just wanted to say that I tried to be respectful and honour the conversation we had because I genuinely valued it. It would have meant a lot to hear back from you, even just a simple acknowledgment. Regardless, I wish you all the best."
His response to that was unexpectedly hostile. He accused me of being selfish and only caring about my own feelings. He claimed he had already responded to my earlier texts and accused me of being stubborn and ungrateful for the time he spent talking to me. His tone was rude and accusatory, which only reinforced my decision to end things.
I replied, explaining how his actions had made me feel judged and disrespected. I pointed out that despite enjoying our conversation, his test and subsequent behavior were major red flags. I told him I was disappointed by his hostility and that I was hoping for a more respectful closure.
He left my final message on “seen” and hasn’t responded since. Which is fine. Screw him.
I'm not looking for advice on how to get back with him. I’m just trying to process this and move on. Any tips on how to deal with such a disappointing end to what seemed like a promising connection? Because I hadn't been this super excited to go out in a VERY long time!
Thanks for reading.

Hello guys, gals and non-binary pals! I have recently come out as trans to my main friend group, quite easy with them as we already have a few trans folk within the group, but coming out to my parents seems like it would be more difficult. My parents have never been against this sort of stuff, they both know I was questioning my gender a few years back, but I guess I'm just nervous. Any advice or general tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Great guy, raised his stepson as his own since he was only 5 months. Tried to have a baby of their own but had 3 miscarriages and bills just piled up. Any help would be appreciated

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I (28M) an airman in the army and I went to Germany for a NATO mission, stood there for 9 months. I was married during that time, me and my wife (30F) had a marriage of 2 years. In total, we started when I was 23 so our relationship dates back to 5 years ago. Of course she didn't like the news and she said she will miss me, she cried for many days and I trusted her like a fool. Eventually I went to Germany for my duty.
During my time there, she regularly kept in contact with me and told she misses me so much. But actually, she was cheating on me with her coworker. A few days after I came back from Germany, I found a men's underwear which clearly wasn't mine. Furthermore, after a short investigation in our room, I found an opened pack of condoms. I wasn't there for almost a year and I didn't remember using these.
After I confronted her, she eventually admitted it. And of course started crying, like they always do when they get caught. She said she regrets it so much and it was a mistake during my absence, but of course it was too late for the bitch. I immediately filed a divorce afterwards. Thanks to the prenup, my divorce with her was finalized without anything against me. I kept my assets, so I advice for every men to do a prenup before marriage.
It has been months since our divorce, and my life turned better to be honest. I am already recovered, but still I'm disgusted of relationships and can't trust anymore. Last month, I met a woman and she was kinda interested in me, we started the friendship phase and kept in contact with each other. But a few days ago I ended it all with her since I don't want a relationship anymore.
Do you think it's better that way? I never thought I will be one of these guys who got cheated on. I think these trust issues will stick with me forever.

A rare "emotional" reflection here as I pit-stop during a long drive through Nevada. I've flaired this as VENTING....but it's a very calm and melancholic meditation really.
So yes....my somewhat "not tooo bad a guy" ....JW father.
He's old now.
We all know it won't be long.
I'd love for him to get "well treated" by some benevolent being in an afterlife scenario because regardless of what I believe or don't believe.....I just think he deserves that.
With all humility, I'd like to think "I" deserve that too someday.....but my approach to these things has always been a policy of:
"Expect or 'wish for' the BEST......but plan for the WORST."
I've never "bent the knee" to any gods you see.
I won't.
I can't.
I won't negotiate.
Especially when it comes to the only kind of "gods" on this planet's religious menu.
They ALL seem to want a piece of us.... mortal beings.
And it's usually that crucial piece.... that I have always point-blank refused to give them.
My father hasn't resisted though.....
He's played their game.....
He's "bent the knee" in the hope that he'll one day receive reward for this.
And it's from THIS POSTURE that I now find myself in a state of reflection, albeit a very "emotional" one, which is quite uncharacteristic for me I have to confess.
I think it's my sense of justice kicking in.
I want no part of....and no place in.....the kind of "paradise" my father has long been hoping for and anticipating.
But I now find myself saying to HIS god:
"You'd better make sure you give this man what his heart's been desiring, because even though you'll NEVER get worship or subservience from me.....this man has definitely played your game and you now OWE him his reward..."
"Don't think for one moment that this is a humble beseechment.....it isn't."
"I've always known that you're a "quid-pro-quo" kind of god, and that you don't GIVE unless you first GET what it is you want. Which in my book, simply makes you more of a businessman than a "god" which is why I personally......have never loved nor respected you....or even recognised you AS a god."
"But my father HAS.....so you'd better well honor that "deal."
"Don't worry about ME either. Don't put my father in HIS paradise and then try and tell me that I could have been there WITH HIM....had I also bent-the-knee."
"I'm more than happy to not be going into my father's version of paradise, because even though that version might make him happy and feel that everything was worth it, I don't feel the same way about THAT particular brand of paradise. I can imagine a BETTER version you see.....and just because there are no gods down here who seem to be offering that BETTER version.....I'm still more than happy to hold out for it as an unsecured possibility."
"MY version of paradise is one reserved for people who have refused to bend-the-knee and is given as a reward to people who have absolutely no reason to EXPECT reward, because they've never once tried to bargain or negotiate with any "gods." MY version of paradise is given to those who've bravely taken up the challenge of just being THEMSELVES and of being utterly truthful to their own thoughts and steerage rather than just bargaining those things away in the hope that they'll enter some "inferior" paradise one day."
"You're a businessman god......YOU know the importance of realising the true worth of something you possess and why only an idiot would trade that away for something of inferior value. Well that's what my father's done god....but even so....he still DESERVES that inferior paradise you've promised him. Yes, his own fears along with YOUR intimidation tactics means that you now get to corral him and others like him into YOUR inferior paradise.....and I'm sure that once you've "perfected" him, he really won't know any better and will likely become happy with where he finds himself."
"But let's just get one thing straight here god. You doing this for my father WILL NOT be deemed as you demonstrating "undeserved KINDNESS" as you seem to like to profess. My father will thoroughly deserve every little inferior life-improvement you grant him in that inferior paradise.....and WELL YOU KNOW IT.
"He'll deserve it because he's done what you asked and bent-the-knee. And that's the DEAL that you constructed god. He's denied his own free agency, and handed HIS WILL over to you, and that's why, inferior paradise or not....you will definitely OWE him his anticipated reward."
"With the likes of ME.....well you'll owe me nothing, and that's not a problem because I'll be expecting nothing.....from YOU at least."
"Quid-pro-quo"......remember?
"It's SO OBVIOUS that human free-will and self-agency is what you're desperately trying to squash and purge from this planet.....so this must be worth far in excess of what you're willing to offer human beings in exchange for it."
"Even if every atheist and agnostic has absolutely no rational reason to expect anything more beyond the lives that they're currently living....the fact that they've successfully attributed great worth to their own agency....IN SPITE of the known and accepted brevity of their own lives......"
".....well....let's just say this must REALLY pi$$ you off god?"
"Not least of all because you don't get to browbeat, diminish or enter into bargaining with such people?"
"These people KNOW what they possess and would genuinely rather die as "mortals without hope" than trade in their own self-agency for the "promise" of something nebulous under the jurisprudence of an utterly unworthy, emotionally manipulative deity."
"But not so in the case of MY OWN father....god"
"He gave you what you wanted....and he always has done."
"Inferior paradise or not....reward him according to his just deserts."
"If you're going to be a quid-pro-quo businessman..... type of god, then at least be an honorable and trustworthy god for those who've opted to invest in you."
(Thanks for reading...if you did)
This concludes my "pit-stop" meditations.....back on the road.....on with the journey.
​

Would you ever get back with him, if in the relationship you knew he love you and care for you. He just didn't change the way you needed him to. For 4 years We were in LDR, She knows I love her and she tells me she knows... She just said I changed too late, that it took her to the point where she felt drained and exhausted to leave. Now that she has left, she feels free and is still happy with having no pressure, and spending time with her friends etc....
My issues were, making her feel bad about things she wanted to wear, when she wanted to join social groups, when she wanted to go out with her friends late at night. I never stopped her just either complained or asked to compromise. Although I improved, her needs of a bf who would show support in everything she wanted- was not met.... we've had little breaks up on this before (2 times) in which i said i will improve, which i did, but never fully let go. This time it is it.
After we broke up, even after many efforts, therapy, showing my support for her and even still looking out for her whenever the weather gets too cold or too hot, booking her a taxi home, or buying her food, making sure she eats enough. Booking a taxi home when it gets late when she is out with her friends late at night.
I've asked her to give me another chance, but she said 1) Her family and friends doesn't want her back with me, because the had a bad opinion of me based on what she told them i guess (negatives never the positives) 2) I crossed boundaries when I reached out to her friends to ask how to navigate this tough times and also messaged her mum saying thank you. She said she didn't want to involve anyone in our relationship difficulties and I made it worse, now that everyone knows.
We are still talking (messaging) but she doesn't talk to me much. It's not how we used to. Every time I mention about getting back together and about us, she feels pressured and tells me she doesn't want to talk about it. She is happy with where she is now. That she wants to be happy with friends and family and maybe time they will change their opinions about me. But she wants me to move on. idk what that even means...
Would you ever get back with a guy like me? I would do so much to get back with her. I have let go of all my insecurities and do everything ... but it doesn't seem like it's working

Context: this happened nearly a year ago, when I 20F was on holiday. I was staying in my home country with my grandparents. I finished high school nearly 3 years ago
I dreamt of a guy (21M) I knew from high school. We weren’t close at all but we knew eachother and we are still mutuals on social media.
In the dream we were in high school painting two women. He was so sweet to me like it was so lovey. Anyway, after that he walked me home, and gave me a hug when he dropped me off. I honestly can say it felt so real, I was actually shocked when I woke up. But obviously I didn’t care about it because I thought it was just random.
A few days later I became obsessed with the name Raven. I don’t know why I was basically hearing it every where, even telling my sister I’d name my child that name because of how much I like it ( I don’t like it anymore it was just in the moment).
And like a week later he posted a picture with his new girlfriend and her name is raven…
Isn’t that such a weird coincidence ???? Can someone give me theories like why did this happen

Barry screaming “Who else huh! Who else?” After getting his car robbed by two black guys only for it to immediately cut to the real culprit Tony, smiling at a picture of Barry’s stolen car.

Hello Guys, I found that Strata Scratch is a very good platform to practice SQL for Data folks. But the subscription price is bit high, can anyone help me to find ways to get coupon codes for the subscription or any other ways to get subscription at minimal cost. Or else any other good platform to practice SQL for Data roles other than Hackerrank, Datalemur, Leetcode.
By the way I am from India.

I'm a teenager going through college (UK), and have found myself more interested in relationships and other people lately. Never really had a real relationship before and I'm ready to try.
I have found myself being attracted to some guys lately but they've never liked me back. Part of me wonders if it's because of how I look? I'm relatively chubby but not too large, and I also dress unlike other people my age- quite hyper feminine with colourful, flowery designed makeup and dresses. I also have colourful dyed hair I often change.
I've been told by my female and non binary friends I look attractive, but somehow it never applies to how guys view me. Or at least, they never say so to my face. I wonder if maybe how I present myself intimidates them, or they just think I look too clownish? Or even if it's the fact I'm a little larger.
Of course, I know looks is likely not the reason guys haven't liked me. They just don't, end of, no big reason. But I still wonder if I'm just also unattractive to them because of that.

Korean or Asian style game where you fight on floors and go to different ones via escalators, it was big on twitch for awhile. RPG style game where you collected stuff as well as fought enemies. Very dark setting, vague memory of a scythe wielding tutorial guy as well. It was online in the dark souls sense where you could see other people but played the game solo. I don’t remember much else, been bugging me for a week now.

for example Linus Bought The LTT Channel Then Left NCIX Tech Tips Then Riley,a blonde guy wich i dont remember his name but he was on this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JSiiYcBtyk , and some others. now almost all of them i think are now on ltt.did they switch on ltt the same time with linus or no? like im curious

Hi
So i (M32) recently met an old friend (F36) and colleague of mine, since 12 years back. We have always been good and very close friends, that have supported each other through the roughest and worst times. Even helped each other through crises we've had with our exes.
We finally met for a drink at a restaurant when i was on a visit another friend of mine. Since that day, which is about 2,5 months ago, we've been struck by love. We just both felt that twin flame-thing, or that we belong to each other in a soul-form of way.
We got so up in each other and things went too fast, so we had no idea about our recent past. Things just got out of hand and we got mad ad each other, and ended up leaving the relationship.
Now i want to repair it, both as friends but also the partnership. Is it possible to do? Or is it too complex to get together again?
I know she loves me, and i love her. In many ways, i would say every way possible. We said stupid things to each other that didn't mean anything, but she still talks about that. Should i give her time and space for it?
I also had old textmessages and emails from my ex that she reacted on, but that was before we two got along and started something. So she got jealous in things that she never was involved in.
I want some tips from you guys how to move on. Should i build a plan for how we can get together for her, and present it?
She wants us to cut our connection for now. Not forever, but just for a while. Could that make it worse, or is it possible that it makes it better in the end?
I don't know what to do, and i can't ask any of my friends either. It's just too personal, and odd in a way that no one else understands. Because of the friendship we had before. And it hurts me even more, because it's so much more than just a girlfriend to me.