u/Bears_University83

Hello this is Sweetie (4 years old) she is a rescue dog we just adopted yesterday. She is our first Doberman and we are already in love.

Our family is my wife, me, three teens, and 2 year old German Sheppard mix. About a year ago we got our Sheppard mix and have come to realize he really, really wants a buddy and loves playing with other dogs.

Sweetie was put up for adoption at our local Human Society due to the fact she did not get along with the human men in our last two households.

She has been very lovable with everyone so far but we have not done a proper intro between the two pups yet.

TLDR: any advice for integrating a Doberman into a new home? Introducing the two dogs together? She’s already very attached to our daughter and we don’t want her to become a Velcro Dog and overly protective of one person in our family.

Thank you so much for any help, tips and advice you can provide.

I know this is old news at this point but it still baffles me that this was approved.

I have been dating my boyfriend for almost a year now. I really love him and our relationship has been really happy as of late. The one big issue that we’ve kind of both been avoiding is that his family is living in California but we’re both based in NYC where I’m from at the moment.

He loves NYC, and his corporate 9-5 is here, all of his friends are here, and I’m here. I don’t intend on leaving - I also want to be close to my family who’s here in the city, and it’s better for my career to be here. Although it wouldn’t be soon, he’s heavily considering returning back to California to be closer to his parents and brother, who he’s really close to. He also is considering a career pivot and pursuing his passion, and it would be much easier to do that while in LA.

We’ve talked about it, and neither of us really would want to do long distance. We said we’d cross the bridge when we got there, but I think if he moved to LA, realistically we would try for a bit and then amicably break up, even though everything else about our lives, personalities, and values line up really well, it’s just this one huge thing of location.

My bf became a Knicks fan when he moved here a few years ago. He was on the streets every single finals game. He took off of work on the day of the parade, was frolicking in the city. He sent me videos of him running around with random strangers he met at bars. During the fifth game, we took the train down to the west village and folded into the crowds and all the joy.

Recently we were talking about that day again. He said the energy of New York is irreplaceable. The way that there are no boundaries between people. The subway is the great equalizer. Rich and poor, all races, sexualities, genders. Everyone just together. The diversity and community is unique to this place. He said he couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.

We’re still young. And we don’t really know what exactly can shake out in the future. But the excitement, and awe and comfort he shared makes me hopeful that this city can be our forever place. It’s truly New York or nowhere.

Dinner: homemade apple pie and Jeni’s ice cream.

Jake Fischer reported in May after the lottery reforms passed that a GM told him "I'm not trading any picks past 2029". It was thought by some that might be reflective of a wider sentiment to be conservative with trading draft picks. Similar to the concern that the current CBA would make trades too hard to pull off, that hasn't been the case as multiple teams have made aggressive moves and traded away their furthest out pick (2033) almost as soon as it was available to trade.

Source: https://www.spotrac.com/nba/transactions