I met a guy in September 2024. I quickly grew to him and we started going to dates. He informed me that he had an ex. He told me he does not talk to her anymore. One day she came up to me and told me that they were still having sex. When I confronted him, he told me that she was delusional and then she kept harassing him.
A few weeks after that, she text me on Instagram and told me that he had just spend the night over there and that they are still messing around. She also told me that she’s never gonna leave him and he’s never gonna leave her.
When I seen her in public, I confronted her . She showed me proof and I spoke with her about him also.
Now, with every other text, he keeps saying I should have listened . He just knows I don’t listen.. this all could’ve been avoided if I would’ve listened.
My question is, am I wrong for talking to her?
Should I try to salvage our relationship as friends?

Okay okay, so I’ve been thinking about this really hard for a few days now, and I want to know what books you thought you would love because it seemed like they checked all the boxes for you, and why you didn’t love them or what perhaps even DNFed them! I’ll start.
Agnarr’s Teacher by Jenifer Wood.
After reading the description I thought to myself “Gee myself, this seems a lot like Ice Planet Barbarians but even better! Let’s read this!” And dove in. Here is a list of what reminded me of IPB.

• alien romance (kinda, the aliens are called orkin)
• abducted by bad aliens and dropped on a cold planet
• Fated mates
• seemingly loving if not slightly naive mmc

Here is a list of additions that made me very interested and excited!

• anxiety rep! The fmc is a teacher who has a history of anxiety and is on meds for it, as well as being very open about mental health! We love to see it!
• the lot of the human women were dumped for a variety of reasons that all boil down to being “undesirable”. That leads me to believe a bunch of other conditions could be represented in future books!
• the story seemed a little lower stakes than IPB, being mainly about the FMC’s journey to another tribe to get a certain herb used to treat anxiety. The mmc joins her because he’s fast in love with her. Not a problem.

You see, my problems lies in characters making decisions (or really only one) that seemed wildly out of pocket. (Take this with a grain of salt, I DNFed because I had a really hard time believing this)
The FMC has Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD henceforth). She is medicated for GAD. Medication is not magic and does not fix everything, and she has been without it for an unclear amount of time, but at least three days. It’s very likely out of her system. Anyway, she wakes up in an admittedly cozy room, but with an orc child staring at her. Instant panic for me (someone with GAD). Okay, it’s a child, she’s a teacher, she loves children and manages to keep it together and speak to the child. Gets kiddo to go get his mom. Great, fantastic. In my head I’d rationalized that the bad aliens did the language thing already, coolio, but she still hadn’t come to the conclusion she wasn’t on earth. Skip past some mild anxiety about possibility being captive or maybe this was some fucked up team building thing for work? Apparently her boss is weird. Comes to the realization she’s not on earth. (I would have fucking passed out, how THE FUCK is this woman still standing. A stronger woman than me.) Proceeds to hear sword fighting, gets spooked but checks out the window and ogles one of the orcs doing the sparring and listens in on their conversation. The whole thing is pretty rationalized through all this, very “I’ve been in therapy for years and know how to organize my thoughts in scary situations” of her. We love it! Kiddo comes back with his mom and she is a very kind woman who explains things to the FMC, who has been a champ up til she is told there’s no way home. She finally passes out from panic. When she wakes up she’s back in bed and the kind woman is still there, worried about her. She helps the FMC and explains some more things, the FMC tackles the “do yall have mental health care here” convo like a champ, and the orcs are pro mental health! Great! Again, we love to see it! I’m seeing myself in this fmc so much, and I’m really starting to like her, I’m feeling very represented! The FMC asks to go for a walk alone to clear her mind, and kind orc lady says “yeah! There’s a safe path surrounding the village, stick to it and you should be fine, the sentries keep the village safe and there are no predators lurking in the woods so take your time!” FMC gets dressed in new clothes, goes walking. Cut to MMC, the orc she was ogling and coincidentally the one who put her back in bed when Kind Orc Lady called for help. He felt something when he looked at her! GASP fated mates?! Yes but no, but like yes. Technically unclear, but we know how these things go. ANYWAY! He’s chopping down a tree to clear his mind because the village elders were all “mmm, let’s let these women wake up first, then we can explain things to them, introduce them to the world and let them decide what to do.” (Low female population and declining female birth rates have made the men excited at the possibility of new potential mates) (mmc agrees with them despite being desperate for a mate) so anyway he’s a warrior and not good and cutting down trees safely. Fmc is walking on the path and the tree falls ON HER!!! I repeat THE TREE FALLS ON HER!!! This guy runs to check on her after hearing her scream, starts hacking at branches with an axe to get to her, and then slows down when he realizes she’s okay! Yay! She is upset and yells at him, I would too if I just had a tree felled on me. Then they kiss? And in her head she thinks about how her “good Christian upbringing” wouldn’t condone this? I guess? Let’s fucking go? I guess??? I’m all for sexual liberation, but in her situation, not being awake for more then ten hours MAX, having just been abducted, finding out aliens are real, finding out you are “undesirable” to said aliens, being dropped off on a strange planet, then being told you can never go home because they don’t possess the technology to do that (she loved her job and I assume her students, so it’s not like she has nothing to go back to), all on top of having GAD? I’m so sorry but no amount of time spent collecting coping strategies in therapy and no amount of medicine could keep me lucid. I’d be in a spiral, if not passed out. And you’re telling me she’s down to fuck? Like they don’t actually, she gives a very enthusiastic blowjob, then gets shy when he wants to reciprocate (I get it sis, me too) so he just fingers her. BUT STILL!!!! Idk it was too fast. I like fast burn and I can very often suspend my disbelief but that really bothered me? I’m down to examine why and see if I need to re-evaluate some things about my own beliefs. I don’t think I hold it against the characters or the author, I think I just saw myself in the character so much that I basically just inserted myself, and when she did something that perhaps did suit her character but definitely was not something I’d do, I checked out.
So! Have you ever had an experience like this? What books did they involve? Let me know!

Ima just come out and say it. I don’t believe sissies should be allowed to post here. Sissies just give femboys a bad name. Just saw a post about what your fem name is and a guy named “Sissy-genericname” post and say he got his name after being fucked and moaning so loud or something like that. Then look on his profile and I regretted doing that😳 🤦‍♀️ Middle aged guy posting on purely sissy subs and posting god awful pictures and also has the nerve to call himself a Femboy.
Idc how old you are, you can be a Femboy. I’m in my 30s but Jesus H Christ what is wrong with people like this. This is a PG-13 sub where we can congregate and give advice and help one another. Not so middle aged men can live out their sexual fantasies and associate themselves with us.
If you’re a sissy, fine! That’s cool but don’t bring that sh*t over here. It’s disgusting and pathetic. People like them give femboys a terrible reputation. Please don’t feed into their fantasies by letting them associate with us. They’re not femboys. Irl they don’t dress fem, talk fem, or do anything fem outside of their bedroom walls.
I sure hope I’m not the only one who feels this way. Sorry to rant 🙏🏼

At the end of March, I set a goal to start publishing a weekly newsletter on Beehiiv. I had started before on Mailchimp but couldn't make it past three weeks. Editing and making the email look acceptable was a pain, and I couldn't get into a flow. Then, Beehiiv came along and looked too good to be true.
I got pulled into the shiny new platform and restarted with Beehiiv, and I am so glad I did. I am running a six-week streak, and I am going as motivated as I was on day one. I have never written so much in my life.
Importing from Mailchimp was super easy, and I could edit some of the old posts within Beehiiv to update the links, for example.
I didn't do too much on the initial styling. I changed the color scheme, added a description, and slapped a logo together. I just wanted to get back to writing. And I wanted a system. I wanted a task each day that brought me to complete my weekly post without distractions or detours.
The platform makes it easy to focus on precisely that. After sending the initial two emails, with my style and structure evolving, it was easy to repeat the same steps week after week to get my post out (Research, Outline, Writing, Edit, Final Prep).
I usually style while writing and a bit more during the edit. After six weeks, writing and using the "/" commands continuously feels so simple—I don't have to think about the tool and can focus 100% on the content.
As I had my weekly rhythm going, I had a bit of time for the "tool" again. I set up Google Analytics, SEO, Tag Manager, Indexing my page, etc.,
The YouTube videos Beehiiv puts out make it super simple to learn and understand (no background knowledge needed). Even if the Beehiiv UI had changed (with the new Website builder), the comment section of the videos had these updates. Huge kudos to the guides!
Now that I have content and trackers on all the things, diving into the Growth section makes sense.
The analytics section about where subscribers come from is helpful, but I have not gotten any organic growth yet, which brings me to the "improvable."
Remember why I stopped MailChimp? I had to do too much outside of creating my content. This is how organic growth (cross-posting on social media, etc.) feels to me. But I know that without it, I am not seeing any growth. I understand that that's a task that is on me. I just wish I had a clear path.
I have a small number of subscribers (50), most of whom were gathered from a subscription form on Medium posts and brought over from MailChimp. But outside of that, I have seen no growth.
I will try the Referral program next, but I don't yet know how to optimize my organic growth system.
I feel like the benefit of a follow/follow back commenting system (community) on other platforms is that the newsletter gets promoted indirectly. Pure interaction might spark some growth.
On Beehiiv, I have to go outside the platform and "plug" my newsletter, and I have not yet figured out how to best do that without feeling like I am promoting it too much. The Medium posts, I posted on Medium first and added a form below. But I do want to post on my newsletter first, not on Medium, do I them cross-post there? Would that hurt SEO?
This would be another cool YT tutorial section, or maybe that exists or maybe I need to do a digital growth marketing course to get better at it. But if I have 5 hours per week, I'd rather put that into creating my content, and maybe the referral feature is my best bet?
Would love to hear your thoughts on that and am excited to post a 12-week streak update if anyone is interested.

I thought about that earlier in the car running errands with her. I mean, he might not have been a gangster… We never fucking asked. Didn’t really need to. Obviously I won’t say too much ‘cause gangs around here are a thing and they have something to prove, which makes them even more terrifying.
It was a guy she met at an old job she had before we met. She knew his wife too and they were awesome people.

Dude was everywhere.

Probably still is… it’s like anytime we were in the city, he’d just pop up out of nowhere and you’d hear,

”Hey Chunky”

Turn around and he’s there with his window rolled down, like usual. I’ll never forget one time we walked up to say hi. He looked awesome. “Strapped”, if you will. Vest. Everything. She said something like, “Woooah… what are you up to?” He dodged it, but she did ask, “What if you get pulled over like this!?”

”This? All this shit is legal.”,

he said. We left it at that. He was one of the most interesting characters I’ve ever met in real life.
We were wondering how he’s doing. Hope he’s doing well, but it’s been a while and some things are better left unasked. I did tell her though, “I bet if you ever text him you needed help or something he’d reply,

’On my way.’”

So I want to finish my garage floor with polyaspartic floor. I am between two companies one is a local one with a dad and his son and the other one is Wise Coatings which is a franchise where the franchisees have no experience doing this and their lead tech has 3 years of experience. Wise coatings claims they have a warranty that is backed up by Wise itself but there is no information on the corporation itself. There is not 800 number. So Im I asking for too much? Should I just go with Wise since they are national or go with the local guy?

I am a big Oilers fan currently situated in Calgary and am looking for some help tracking down a 2023 Oilers Heritage Classic Jersey. I realize I should have bought one when they were readily available a while ago, but I was deep in some stressful semesters at university, so I didn't think too much of it at the time.
I've scoured every store in Calgary and website online I can find and haven't been able to find anything. I was wondering if anybody up in Edmonton knows if there are stores that still have them in stock, or of anyone trying to sell one.
I wear an XL and would be keen to snag a blank or Bouchard. Wouldn't be mad about a McJesus or Drai one either...
Thanks to anyone who might be able to help/supply me with some info. Really means a lot for a guy stuck down here in Calgary...

CONTENT WARNINGS: eating disorders && substance abuse This is going to be a wall of text and for that I apologize but I don’t know how else to explain my situation without giving the full story.
I’m not sure what I hope to gain posting this here. Maybe I just need somebody to talk to, or I need some advice. I don’t really have anybody in my personal life I can talk to about this so here I go, my name is Aria and I’m a nineteen year old girl. I’m about to be twenty. I’ve been smoking weed since I was sixteen, admittedly almost everyday. I’ve been very mentally ill my entire life but diagnosed with nothing, except adhd, because my borderline abusive parents didn’t support putting me into therapy, even though I’d cry and beg them to let me go to therapy at such a young age. I’ve always, always known something is very deeply wrong with me. My mental health is very severe, I frequently go through drug binges (harder than weed but softer than things like heroin or fentanyl), self harm, have ideations to end my life, etc.
I also have a restrictive eating disorder, which I’ve been struggling with since childhood. I recovered in my early and mid teens, but it came back with a vengeance. Because I’m diagnosed ADHD, I use my medication as a tool for my eating disorder. I won’t say anymore than that. I don’t think the medication is good for me, it doesn’t make me feel good, but I still take it everyday because of my disorder.
Now … I don’t know if it’s the weed, or the medication, or a mix of the two, but recently I lost a drawstring bag with all of my 3DS games in it. Ever since I was a child, my 3DS has been an escape for me. I absolutely love playing games on it, I know it sounds cringey but some days it’s the only thing I have to look forward to. It helps me sleep, it helps me clear my mind, it takes me back to my childhood … I dunno. It’s pretty much the only healthy distraction I have from my mental health. This loss is not only devastating to me, but it’s also very confusing. I know exactly where I left it, but when I went to grab it, it wasn’t there. It has never left the house, yet I’ve torn apart my room looking for it and it’s just nowhere to be found.
Here’s where I’m going to start to sound crazy. I have been binge eating an insane, almost inhuman amount these past three days. Like seriously a disgusting amount of food. And for some reason, my brain is convincing me that God is hiding them for me as punishment for my gluttony and I have to go on a hunger strike if I ever want to get them back. I know how this sounds … trust me, it sounds off the walls insane to me as well. But literally for some reason it’s the only justification I can make to myself right now. I’m confused and scared. What does this mean for my mental health if something as simple as losing a something important to me is the thing that sends me into the deep end?
The one funny thing throughout all of this is the fact that I’m not even religious :P my mom just forced Christianity onto me as a child and I guess this is the consequence.
Anyway, that’s pretty much all. I’m just a little unsettled by my mental health right now and some support would be nice. Thank you for reading this far if you have, I appreciate you all. <3

this all happened 2 months ago when i joined a groupchat and started talking to people there and one specific person would give me a lot of attention. at first i didn't think anything of it we dmed a bit but then i figured that i might have been liking the attention so i blocked him after 2-3 weeks and i also left the groupchat. but i started feeling guilty that i even talked to this guy so i showed my husband everything and he told me everything is fine.
i should also mention that i have a anxiety disorder(ocd) which makes me doubt myself a lot. anyway i never knew what this guy looked like or even knew his age but my brain keeps telling me "what if you developed feelings for him?" i know my husband would hate me and leave me even tho i don't care about him at all now. i don't know what to do and if it's normal or not.
also my husband and i have been long distance for a long time. i told him about my thoughts a few weeks ago and he told me it's my mental illness making me worried but if it was true he would leave me which has caused a lot of anxiety and doubt in me. i feel guilty all the time and i just need some general advice. i know i'm not a victim but please be nice

I will start with the list:

1. She WILL be getting rid of her dog.
   
2. Her and her BF are not to reprimand my children at all and they will be expected to come tell me or my husband if my children are doing something wrong.
   
3. There will be a list of people whom are not allowed at the house. (Their family and their friends)
   
4. Me, my husband and my children WILL be treated with respect at all times and I will not be treated like a child.
   
5. My husband and I will absolutely be put on the deed as the main deed holder before we move in.
   
6. If any of these demands are not held to the highest standard, I will be withdrawing.
   

Story: my MIL is getting up there in age. Not old (66) but her health isn't the best. She has recently asked us to move in with her because she can no longer work, has zero retirement fund and can't get around like she used to. She needs help and we are the only ones who can help her. She has until the end of the month to pay off $12k in back taxes before her home goes to foreclosure. My MIL by herself is a kick ass woman. I love her to bits. But she's a people pleaser to the extreme and it has absolutely made her fall in to situations that I will never be okay with putting myself in. Her boyfriend is 66yo "Mason". A felon, due to his continuous drunk driving charges. He just got out of prison last year after 6 years on the inside and he is already right back in to drinking all day, every day. He got drunk one night back 8 months ago and decided to go and adopt a 5yo Rottweiler Mastiff mix and then failed to make any attempt to train the animal. It is now food aggressive, kennel aggressive, toy aggressive and resource guards everything. He is aggressive protective over my MIL. So, the dog would have to go. Under no circumstances will I make an exception on this. My children are small (one crawling) and that animal will not get the opportunity to maul my children. Dog stays, we do not move in, period.
Mason also has an old school style of parenting and on more than one occasion has tried to father my children in angry, outdated parenting style ways. Hence why I said neither he nor my MIL will reprimand/discipline any of my children in any way, shape or form. I stated my name will be put on the deed prior to moving in because it will be me and my husband forking over the money to save their home and frankly, I don't trust Mason to not try and kick us out after we do so. So if we are not put as main deed holder, we will not be moving in and she can lose her home. As for the limit on who is allowed at the house: Mason has a family member who is a convicted pedophile (the girl was 4 years old - he went to prison for 13 years) that he hangs out with often. He seems to think that since the man is in a wheelchair, he is now "harmless". Absolutely not. He is not welcome at the home. As for them treating us with respect under all circumstances and not treating me like a child: there has been several times where Mason and my MIL have tried making decisions for me and my husband or told us what to do and I will not tolerate it. I will give more detailed info if you guys need it but this is the break down anyhow.
I presented them the list of demands yesterday and said either my demands are followed or this arrangement will not happen. Mason and MIL are both saying that the list makes them feel as though they are children/guests of their own home and feel like I've now decided I'm going to control their lives and have asked to make changes. As in, they want to keep the dog and have stated that we will just find a way to keep the dog separate from us (nope). Mason also wants his family member to be allowed here but has stated he will keep them in their portion of the house and away from my kids (nope). They also feel they should be able to reprimand and discipline my children if they are doing something wrong if it is "within reason" (nope. I told them they can speak to the parent and that's final. I said I'm not budging. My SIL seems to think I'm being ridiculous. AITA?

Hi there, I wanted to ask you all for some advice since we will probably upgrade our lighting console soon. (sorry if some terms are incorrect, english is not my first language)
Here's my background, so you can have an idea of where the console would be used: During summer I work as a sound technician with a small service, it's two main guys, me, plus some other freelancers when the need arises. We do mostly live music: bars, small festivals, some theater performance and music school recitals. On average I'd say there are 200 people in the crowd, but for some of the bigger jobs there could be a thousand or so. Over the years I've kind of become the one responsable for lighting, up until now I've used Luminair on the iPad and a DMX interface between the router and the lights. I don't necessarily dislike Luminair, but all things considered having a physical console and something a bit more reliable could be good, both for the clients and for me, not having to control all the lights always from a screen.
As far as lights are concerned usually we put down 4 led towers (all connected to the same control unit) in the back, a couple of led pars on the sides and two frontal halogen lights. Often we add some blinders and some led bars, for the bigger shows we bring some more pars and a couple of moving heads, we rarely elevate the lights on a truss.
The budget is not set in stone, but I've been looking for something around $2.000, not much more. I have no formal education on the subject, but I've been working on the field for about 8 years now and I'm willing to study and learn what I need to know to use the new interface.
Up until now the solutions that i found more interesting are: - ChamSys QuickQ 10: I've tried the 20 working with another service and I liked it enough, also the guy who uses it tells me that it's pretty reliable. - LighShark LS1: I'm intrigued by the effect generator, as far as I can tell it's a feature that the others lack. - SGM pilot 3000: ok this one wouldn't really be ideal, but a friend of ours has one and could sell it to us for something like $800.
tldr: do you have any experience with one of these three consoles? do you have suggestions for something in that price range?
ps: more often than not we set up the audio mixer on the side of the stage and we control it with an iPad, so if the lighting console could also be controlled remotely would be good.

Chapter Seven: To what do I owe this honor?
I now have access to 15 potential spawners, of which six are actually in use, the others haven't been made yet. At this rate, I'll have so many spawners available to me that it will take me forever to go through them. However... none of my spawners were made from creatures much larger than your typical house cat so maybe as the size and complexity of creatures that enter my domain increases it may effect that in the future. Time will tell I guess. I wonder a little bit about that and I really hope that more complex creatures will be more difficult to acquire spawners from. This all seems too easy. Oh well, it is what it is for now.
It's been interesting though. I now have three rooms. Almost enough mana to upgrade both the owl and slime spawners to level two if I forgo creating a new Scion, and it's only been a few days since I became myself. Things seem to be moving pretty quickly for me. I go ahead and upgrade my owl spawner to level two. It has a 2 hour timer on it now. As well as a shorter 1 hour timer for normal owls. That's interesting. It's the same duration as my mountain cat spawner so far. Looking into my cave I pull up the slime spawner. This one I want to do something different. Paging through the menus I find the area on magic and then to illusion magic. I want my slimes to be illusionists. My slimes spawn at 10 minutes for a base slime, and I want a magic slime. Now that I know it can be done. I upgrade the spawner to level two, the timer flickers and changes to 20 minutes. Huh... ok it doubled the time for a level two slime to be born. Interesting. I then upgrade my slime spawner to spawn Illusion magic using slimes, and the timer changes again. It now has THREE timers running. One for base slimes. One for non-magical level two slimes, and a new one for the level two illusion magic slimes at 40 minutes. So it doubled again.
As the day winds down. I decide my best bet is to just relax and let the night flow past me. By dawn I should have enough mana gained to create an Owl Scion, and maybe do my next expansion. Or maybe only one of them. Hard to say as it will totally depend on how many random invaders come through my domain. So with that thought I go back to paging through the menu and learning as much as I can about what I can or may be able to do. The night passes without me noticing it. But come mid morning I do notice the presence of a delver and it's NOT Sebastian.
My attention snaps to my perimeter and I see a garden variety Dwarf. About four and a half feet tall, ruddy red hair, a beard that is intricately braided that goes down to her belly. They are staring intently directly at me. Ok I know they can't see me, but they are staring at my cave, so at me. I alert my Scions and they begin moving my minions into ambush positions. I don't want to kill this dwarf, but I'll try real hard to discourage them from exploration. I am not at all ready for that yet. They unsling their backpack and remove a clipboard and what I can only guess is a pencil or pen and start writing. I can't understand the script, but they are writing something down anyway.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Inspector Ingrid Emberhart.
Yohhan was right. It is a new dungeon. How he sensed this thing from the city still baffles me but it is a dungeon and it knows I am here. I'm not picking up any malevolence though. I can sense it's minions moving around. Very organized. It's also stronger than Yohhan said it was. At least a level two core, if not a level three core. That doesn't worry me much. I'm a level 12 steel warrior. Nothing this dungeon has should even be able to scratch me. But caution is still the watch word of the day. I begin looking around. An Owl spawner in an oak. Looks to be level two. It's not being aggressive yet, so I walk slowly towards the entrance. As I do so a Massive Mountain Cat steps out of the cave. Barring my entrance. It's a Scion, it has to be.
“Hello Scion. I am Inspector Ingrid Emberhart of the Dungeoneers Guild. It is my duty to inspect dungeons to clear them for delvers to enter. May I inspect your dungeon?” To my shock the Scion shakes it's head no. Ok this dungeon doesn't want an inspection. Why? Maybe it doesn't want delvers? That is odd for a dungeon. I need to figure out what is going on here. “Is that no to the inspection?”
The Scion shakes it's head no. Ok.. so I am not barred from inspecting it. Could it not want delvers? That would be extremely strange. Potentially dangerous as well. A dungeon that doesn't want delvers, may put accidental delvers at risk of death. “You don't want delvers?” I ask..
The Scion does something I didn't expect. It nods yes and shakes it's head no. That doesn't answer the question. Or does it? Let me see... “Ok, correct me if I am wrong here please? You don't want delvers right now, but maybe in the future?” To my great relief the Scion nods yes. Now I understand. The dungeon isn't ready for delvers yet. It must want to either be stronger to kill them, or stronger to protect itself from harm. Ok lets ask the questions then. Goddess be with me.
“Right, so you do want delvers, but not yet. You want to be stronger for them? To prevent them from entering?” The Scion shakes it's head no. Hmmm... “Ok, so you are ok with them entering. Do you intend to harm them?” The Scion shakes it's head no, and looks vaguely nauseous. That's encouraging. It seems that this dungeon is at least not murderous.
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I've been suffering from axillary HH for two decades. I have tried pretty much everything under the sun, and settled on botox that I've been getting every 3 months for a few years now. Botox has truly transformed my social life and for that I am eternally grateful. But even botox isn't perfect, while it does always work and brings undisputable improvements it has drawbacks too. It is expensive, painful, can only be done at doctor's office and not more often than once in three months (or so they told me). In my case sweating returns in anywhere from 1.5 to 3 months so sometimes I already sweat well before I can get more shots. Where I live iontophoresis devices are expensive (300-700 bucks) and hard to get your hands on. At the same time the HF wands that are advertised for greasy skin and acne are dirt cheap and sold on every corner (for 15 bucks or so). So I figured, what the hell, I'll just get one and try. Believe it or not, it has worked wonders on my armpits. I've been zapping my armpits for 5-10 minutes daily and the sweat reduction is close to that of botox. Maybe eventually my body will get used to it and the efficacy will go down the drain but so far I am happy. It is cheap, you can do it yourself anytime and as much as you need and it seems to have no side effects whatsoever.

Hey guys I'm trying to find one song for tbh 10+ years and I can't find it... I'll be quick and I will leave as many details as possible.
It's a Techno / House song typical for the early 2000s Benny Benassi type of music with boat "horn" melody
I remember that some voice was saying like "tap tap" or something like that and than goes "WHOOOOP" boat siren type of melody
The song was named something like "chunche / chucke" something like that I'm not sure
I was listening to that on my Sonny Ericsson W205 in like 2011 or something
I remember that it has hard bass like hardstyle or something
If you know and if you find that song I will be forever thankful <3

The doctor gave me a date one week from now for my operation. He said its mostly gland tissue with almost no fat and that the operation should go smoothly. But heres the thing in one month I ought to go for summer work in a high volume club behind the bar and theres going to be tons of work. Can I bartend three and a half weeks after surgery? If hematoma appears I won't be able to drain it, God knows how much work there will be.... But then again im so sick of these glands... Should I wait out til September or what? Thanks.

it was 2019, vacations had started and i had a terrible friend group in my neighbourhood, they never included me in activities and they were all atleast 2 years older than me.
one evening, we were playing hide and seek and i somehow ended up kissing this older guy and then we used to kiss often, for a few weeks and then he completely abandoned me and got back with his girlfriend. that was tough for me, adding up to the friend group drama and everyone used to make a big deal out of dating older guys when it was clearly grooming. i had gotten groomed. not fun lol.
a few days later, my friend noticed a cut on my thigh that i got from a sharp corner of my bed and she asked if i was hurting myself, and thats when it hit me, how fun would it be to hurt myself! wrong kiddo, almost 6 years of you hurting yourself and scarring your body for life
at first, the cuts were superficial, but it made me feel relaxed and relieved, it got much worse after one of my classmates tried to cut herself in front of the entire class. thats when it actually got real. then the lockdown happened and i read more about self harm and talked to a few people who dealt with it, got the usual "stop doing it or i will stop talking to u" kinda convos.
self harm got worse, didnt dare to wear shorts for few months, lost a few friends because i was apparently too much to deal with, found this sub and very supportive comments.
and at last, getting professional help but it feels like the constant sadness never went away, it feels like i masked it with something else and never actually dealt with it and its coming back, but this time im much stronger and have some amazing people by my side <3

TW: mention of living child
Tomorrow I have to pick up my daughter’s remains. I have to go to the hospital to get her bereavement box. I lost my sweet baby girl on May 6th. She was born on February 13th with a congenital heart defect. When we found out her diagnosis we were offered termination but chose to give her a fighting chance.
She was such a fighter, from the moment she was born. Her diagnosis was always serious but treatable. Things were going alright until a “routine” trip to the cath lab tore her tricuspid valve. Now she was in critical condition. She had two open heart surgeries but passed two months after.
I never saw her face without a breathing tube. I had an angel of a human edit her pictures for me in the photoshop group. I never got to hold her like a real baby. I held her but she was attached to so much stuff. My heart would break when she cried because I couldn’t soothe her. Every day I sat with her and held her hand. I rubbed her head. I told her I was proud of her.
Some days I get so angry at the doctors but I know with every procedure comes a risk. Other days I beat myself up for not speaking up more, but I know there was not much else to say. Some days it doesn’t feel real, even though I spent three months in the CVICU now I am home again and life goes on. I have a two and a half year old who has no idea what happened and is full of joy, she truly is wonderful and I love her so much. Sometimes I feel so guilty that I’m happy and having fun with her.
Born with half a heart but braver than I could ever imagine, braver than I could ever be. In my darkest moments I often found myself wondering why— but I find comfort in the fact that God sent her to us for a reason. I am honored that we were lucky enough call her ours, as short as it was. It was truly a privilege she chose us to be her mommy. She taught me patience, she taught me courage, she taught me strength and to appreciate absolutely every little thing. Even in her final moments we were all amazed by her resilience. I know she will live on in the memory of every one who saw her sweet face, everyone who knew her stubborn attitude. It breaks my heart to think about all the “firsts” we’ll never have together—I’ll cherish everything we had. This isn’t how we dreamed of bringing her home but we’re glad she’ll be home with us at last.
Maia Amore 2/13/24-5/6/24

So I'm just going to bring it up because I'm really surprised no one has mentioned this at all since she's been out but has anyone realized that Kiriko doesn't have a turret voice line three characters have already been released since she's been out and they all have turret voice lines and she's yet to have a one

I recently broke up with my boyfriend because he didn't let me be me. He had problems with me wearing yoga pants to the gym, wearing dresses to clubs and wearing deep neck blouses to weddings.
Every justification of his was put behind the reasoning that, "You don't know men, they are sick, and they'll only objectify you if they see you like this".
This seemed super problematic to me because, firstly, it's their problem! And secondly, I sincerely believe that not all men are like that. At least, the one surrounding me are not these kinda creeps.
But apparently I couldn't get this into my guy's brain. He was fixated on the fact that men will keep staring at me and me dressing up like that would only imply that I'm seeking that kind of attention. This pissed me the fuck off.
In the end, I made peace with the fact that my boyfriend was just a control freak and his love for me was being toxic, hence I called quits on us.
Am I wrong?

Hey guys I'm trying to find one song for tbh 10+ years and I can't find it... I'll be quick and I will leave as many details as possible.
It's a Techno / House song typical for the early 2000s Benny Benassi type of music with boat "horn" melody
I remember that some voice was saying like "tap tap" or something like that and than goes "WHOOOOP" boat siren type of melody
The song was named something like "chunche / chucke" something like that I'm not sure
I was listening to that on my Sonny Ericsson W205 in like 2011 or something
I remember that it has hard bass like hardstyle or something
If you know and if you find that song I will be forever thankful <3

My 19 month old has been a poor sleeper since she was about 6 months old. We have been dealing with multiple night wake ups- sometimes it has been split nights, other times just signaling for comfort and going right back down. She is capable of falling asleep in her crib independently but one of us must be in the room while she does. Any attempt we’ve made at getting further away (like standing outside her open door) has been unsuccessful. She gets extremely worked up to the point I worry she will throw up or hurt herself. The months of being sleep deprived have made my husband and I consider CIO methods but we’ve never committed and tried. I struggle with it more than he does. She seems to have pretty intense separation anxiety and it’s directed pretty hard at me (mom). She does attend daycare three days a week and does well there at drop off, no tears, but she strongly prefers having someone in the same room while she sleeps. We can usually get her down and have a few hours together before she wakes again, but she almost certainly will at some point. This weekend, we have to transition her crib to a toddler bed. She attempted to climb out of the crib (did not get close to succeeding) and is tall at nearly 35”, so we have to make the transition. I’ve heard incidentally that the toddler bed transition magically improves sleep, but I’m wondering if we should take the opportunity to use this change to establish a new routine where we do our bedtime activities (brush teeth, milk, read story) and then say goodnight and try and exit the room because she’s a “big girl” now. I’m also wondering if this is too much change at once. To further complicate things, we’re going on vacation in a few weeks, so I’m wondering if attempting any change is pointless now. If anyone has thoughts, advice, or resources I’d appreciate it.

So I got a notice from a debt collector( wakefield and associates) that I’d dealt with before. I pay a lot each month and I can’t keep up, so I called to renegotiate. I googled their number and called the one that popped up. The guy introduced himself as from Wakefield and associates. I told him I wanted to renegotiate my payments. He verified my name, phone number, birthday, etc(he already had these) and then asked for my email. I probably should have know that something was up at this point because they’ve never contacted me via email nor asked for it. Then he asked for my card number, which they also should have already had. But I figured it was for verification, etc. well he tells me there’s no debt accounts open in my name. He says to call this other number and verify. If they have it, then renegotiate with them. If not, tell the bank to stop payments and contact the hospital(it was medical debt) and make sure they even sold it. I called the number, but either I wrote it down wrong or it was fake because it sent me to some other debt agency that had no connection to Wakefield. I checked their website and realized the number that popped up on Google was wrong and for some credit repair company. I called the number on their website and they said that I did owe that debt(they did say I owed too much for renegotiating and they’d have to sue if I didn’t pay at least $250 a month) but still, it seems like I got scammed. The number I called appears differently in my call history than on Google tho, maybe I hit a wrong button? Idk I’m so confused. What do I do?