u/Baring-My-Heart

Hey y’all,

Looking for a sakura haruno centric fic! Ideally time travel but genuinely open to anything!

Inquiring minds with a limited budget would like to know (me). Debating about getting some romantasy and fantasy with romance subplot books, but would love to see what everyone else gets as well!

TLDR; we’re an LDR couple (USA to Germany) but I’m lucky enough that my boyfriend has worked quite a bit in America this year, allowing for us to see each other a few times and be in the same timezone.

Well, on my bf’s last weekend in America, he drove 20+ hours round trip just to be with me for 24 hours 😭💕 he even stopped to get me pads, flowers, and chocolate. I just absolutely love this man and I can’t wait to see him again. Love love love this man so much.

And that series is priced ridiculously high? Looking at you, Fairyloot Beasts of the Briar 😭 I got the first book for like $20 so I wanted to get the next one - and then realized it was a set and expensive so…guess that plan is going out the window.

Has this happened to anyone else? I just thought it was cute!

Y’all.

I wanted the Allurial book “The Dark in Her Veins” because it sounded interesting. Tell me why someone is selling it for like $60 on vinted when you can get it for $15 before it was sold out? Lowkey devastated because I wanted to read it. Same thing with a few other books I wanted to read - all of them are like 2x-3x the MSRP. I’ll admire from afar I suppose 😭

Hey y’all,

Hope everyone is doing well! I want the angst, I want the despair, I want the devotion that comes with a “who did this to you?” that makes me kick my feet. I’m looking for something where they’re ideally not on the best terms (enemies is ok!) but he falls first and harder.

Open to any recs y’all got! Ideally ones I can buy online or go into barnes and noble to get!

Hey y’all!

Hope everything is going well on this Sunday. My bf and I were talking about marriage, and he’s always been pretty adamant that we had to live together in person before marriage if he were to propose. I, on the other hand, grew up with family that still didn’t live together before marriage - even when engaged. So I had wanted to get engaged first and then marry, but we compromised on 1 year of living together and then engagement.

However, today he casually mentioned that if I proposed to him, he’d be chill with doing long distance engagement/marriage until I could move to be with him. I know selfishly it would make things much easier for me, but I want to think about the pros/cons.

So can y’all give me some advice? Or for thise that closed that got married, any advice? I’m USA based and he’s German. Appreciate any insight y’all can give!

I have a few places I can think of (and a few more I want to buy from!) but I’d LOVE to hear where everyone is buying from and what you recently got!

Hi everyone,

Hope y’all are doing well!

My LDR bf and I are going to rome in December, and I wanted to get some nice pictures of us done. Looking for a photographer that makes us look like we came out of a magazine spread or a romantasy novel. Ideally indoors, ideally ones that speak english and/or German. Open to any dates between dec 26-30th!

Long story short, my LDR BF from Germany is working in America right now (diff state). He flies in tomorrow morning, so in preparation for it, I got my house cleaned. It was…rough. I had been depressed for over a month, and I’d done my best to tidy it before I came, but it ended up taking the cleaners longer + costing more than expected. I felt like such a failure - like if I couldn’t even keep a clean house, what was I doing?

My boyfriend kept reassuring me that it was okay, that he’d help me before my 4th of july party I’m throwing tomorrow, etc. Even though I tell him it’s not his job or responsibility, he insists on helping. And honestly? It makes me feel SO much better. I legit teared up during all of this.

Along with that, I was telling him about how there was this sweatpants and sweatshirt I really wanted, but that it was expensive. Tell me why this sweet man bought it for me with no hesitation or questions?

In turn, I found this ring that he would love that compliments the couples ring we have. I got him to admit he wanted it, but then acted like i wasn’t sure if we could find a ring that fit him. It’s expensive (rip my wallet) but I think the smile on his face will be so worth it.

Hey y’all,

Just want to say that this subreddit has truly helped me a lot. I have a double whammy of EDs (ARFID and Anorexia) that no one in my life, not even my family or my bf, can fully understand. A lot of the times, I use this subreddit as my outlet because I’m a Corporate Girlie™️ that is supposed to have her shit together. But I don’t, and this subreddit is immensely helpful in letting me know it’s okay to not be okay. Even when I’m spiraling and/or back on a bad path (like I am rn), I know I can post here to get support, validation that I’m not crazy, and encouragement.

Along with that, I just want to say - you’re not alone. Anorexia is truly such an isolating ED that makes everything a competition, but being able to find my “community” here truly does mean a lot to me. Thank you for everyone that participates in uplifting/correcting behavior - and I say correcting because we all know the ED voice is SO real. And thanks to the mods for all the work y’all do - I couldn’t do it.

Have a great day/night everyone!

The price. It’s SO expensive but by God I’m so intrigued. I love solid perfumes and she has samples of those PLUS her oils. But the priceeeeeeee…..

Someone help me decide?

Vent vent vent PLEASE do not engage if you’re triggered by these. I know I can’t help everyone but if you’re sensitive to this, PLEASE SKIP.

TLDR; I’ve gained x weight since being off the shot and I am spiraling.

I’ve allowed myself to eat too much, and I am so triggered by myself - I thought i bloated but then I weighed. What makes it worse is no one says it looks like I gained x pounds. But I feel like I see it in my face. I feel like my clothes are too tight now. I’ve been off the shot for a few months and I’m so so so upset. I didn’t even WANT to lose more weight. I had reached a weight i felt comfortable with for the most part. So I’m??????

What the fuck hahahaha. My urge to think about food, calorie count, starve, binge, etc is SO high. So what do I do? I cave and I’m back on the GLP-1. I cannot wait for my shot to come in because I NEED to be thin. I need to be pretty. I need to be skinny. I need to tear my flesh from my bones and smile for the camera because it’s what gives me validation.

And I KNOW it’s because I’m seeing my bitch of an ex roommate from a decade ago tomorrow. And I wanted to feel superior to her in weight, if not also looks (I never claimed to be a good person). And my boyfriend comes in next week. And I wanted to wear my cute bathing suit and go to the lake with him. And my sister is pregnant and terrified of gaining weight + my mom is back on the shot and I just????? Am LOSING it.

I just. Can y’all keep me in your prayers/thoughts? I want to cry haha.

Hey y’all,

Hope everyone is okay!!

Just need to see if I’m going insane. I read A Fate Inked in Blood and honestly pretty strongly disliked it? To keep it spoiler free (also because idk how do spoiler on reddit), the main thing I disliked is how the FMC didn’t make any meaningful friendships and only seemed to have the MMC to rely on. Which, knowing the theme of the book, I can understand, but I kept going, “What connections to anything are we making here???”

Also, I strongly disliked how the world building felt so flat? I expected to dig into the Norse mythology and world building especially (my cup of tea) but it just… didn’t exist? Like one of my favorite series growing up was Song of the Lioness by Tamora Pierce, and she nailed everything - world building, romance, action, friendships, etc. Honestly, I almost DNF’d A Fate Inked in Blood because the pacing also felt super….well, almost nonexistent in parts?

Anyway, with that said, I’m trying to find a romantasy with good world-building and friendships (familial welcomed as well!) that are set in a Norse/Viking inspired world. Can y’all please help a girl out?

Hey y’all,

Hope all is good! I’ve got a few scents by For Strange Women that I’m curious about, but I can’t justify the price point. Does anyone know of any perfumes similar to the below?

Persephone - pomegranate, tuberose, orris, mimosa, black currant Siren - saltwater, jasmine, driftwood, seaweed, sand Fireside Story - sandalwood, vanilla, bonfire, dry branches, wood smoke