u/Careless-Cat3327

I'm not talking about I started exercising or eating properly. I mean like literal "life hacks".

For example - I kept forgetting to water the grass so I bought an automated irrigation control panel. Now at 5.15pm, the sprinklers come on and water the grass for 7 minutes every evening. One less thing for me to think about.

1. Stormers -

Started the league with the absolute best defense. Ended the league with one of the worst. They genuinely need to be studied by demolition experst. They absolutely blew up the possibly of finishing 1st & have stuttered to 3rd (Leinster will jump to 2nd)

Final grade to be given after the KOs and finals.

2 - Bulls -

New manager, new play style & Pollard. Pretty much the complete opposite season that the Stormers had. Poor start but found their feet and style in the last 8-9 games. One better result and they could have jumped the Stormers into 2nd.

3 - Lions

Massive turnaround from last season. First time in the top 8. Desperately hoping they can get something from Munster game and finish 5th. Booking a trip to Loftus. Guaranteeing an SA team in the SF.

4 - Sharks

Couldn't care at all when they actually could have made top 8. Since that's gone it's like a complete new team. Given the sheer amount talent they have they really should be top 8 at minimum.

4/10

My parents got divorced when I was 8/9. It was really messy. I have 2 older sisters. My dad refused to leave the family house so she left. In fairness she wanted the divorce and he had done nothing "wrong". We tried the split approach - "stay with her one week" and stay at home the next week which was really disruptive. Highly don't recommend this.

Then she landed on a new idea - she will keep my sisters and my dad can have me. Which obviously hurt. During this time she was working in an industry in a client facing role.

She is traditionally good looking and takes care of herself so the management team liked to bring her to these dinners (and drinks) especially as all the clients were male. Meaning my sisters spent quite a bit of nights alone with just the nanny.

My sisters missed our home life & eventually asked to come back home and my dad ended up with full custody.

She remarried and moved to a new country to support my step dad. He doesn't want kids. We would stay with her for 3-4 weeks a year.

Now we are all grown up and adults and I still get a pang of jealousy to how my aunt is with my cousins. Her profile pic is of her and her kids. Her status is "my kids make me so proud". This isn't an act she generally loves being around her boys even though they are fully grown adults.

In contrast, my mum's online profile is basically her travelling with my step dad across the world. They are the people who go and party on the Greek islands for summer vs planning "family holidays".

At her last milestone birthday, her brother revealed something that made it all click. My grandparents shipped them both off to boarding school once they turned 6. They grew up away from their parents essentially.

My logical brain can somewhat understand why she is wired the way that she is.

edit -

My aunt is via marriage - she is married to my uncle (my moms brother).

Ironically, she was also sent to boarding school as her parents went through a divorce and they decided to send her to boarding school from high school.

She's an amazing woman. She would pack lunches for me and send it to school with my younger cousins when we overlapped in HS.

Let me start by saying I don't support any domestic club - I have no allegiance to one club over another.

Our leadership team at the last world cup was - Siya, Duane and Eben.

Duane has retired. Siya is on and off with injuries. Eben is definitely aging plus the disciplinary bans don't bode well for his "leadership" position. No 4 & 5 was Bongi & Deon. Deon won't get picked again. Bongis loss of form in the past 2 years is a massive concern and he may not be picked either.

So we definitely need a "new leadership" team. Siya is still the starting captain but he can't go longer than 40-50 minutes - if he makes it to the WC in one piece.

1. Nortje - he was the captain of the Bulls who led them to 2 URC finals and an absolute workhorse. Probably the best Springbok lock.

2. Horne - His similarities to Rassies playing career is scary. Both come from a small farming town, both spent their career playing for the Cats/ Lions as the captain too. Having a strong number 8 who can talk to the ref is a massive advantage. Our starting no 8 is a wrecking ball in Weise but he makes "questionable" decisions when Provoked (especially by certain Italians).

3 - SFM - I don't think he's ready for the official armband but as the starting 10 he already has a MASSIVE amount of responsibility. I don't think adding more on his shoulders is a great idea.

4 - Andre - He's become a critical player for club and country. I like his honest leadership style. Only negative is at 12/13 he's very far from the rucks and scrums. I prefer the captain to be closer to the actual action. 6-8 works well for that reason.

Grant Williams & Morne VDB will be option 1 & 2. Reinach is out for a while & requires surgery.

Which brings me to my question, will Papier be given a chance? He's a solid reliable option & arguably the third best no 9 in SA rugby after Grant & Morne VDB.

I'm not sure why he doesn't get given a proper run in the Bok squad.

I'll preface this by saying my wife is a SAHM. I have a full time job and we have just come back from a holiday so I have no more leave days left. My wife's family live in our city and her mom is retired and sister is also unemployed.

My wife lost her grandfather over a week ago and hasn't been handling it very well. I've tried my best to be there for her but she keeps pushing me away.

Her grandfather died in hospital post surgery but because of the circumstances, the hospital ordered an autopsy to rule out foul play / gross negligence. They have a funeral policy however it wouldn't pay out until the death certificate was issued which was waiting on an autopsy. I offered to pay the cost for cremation as a loan until the funeral policy paid out to try and help alleviate some stress.

Late yesterday evening my wife told me that the policy paid out and they were going to cremate him today. However the ceremony is planned for 2 weeks from today.

Unfortunately, I'm the head of a major project that has been escalated - it was to derailed in my absence by the person covering for me - and has been escalated to my companies executive team. My diary was jam packed today.

My response to my wife was - as much as I would have liked to be there for you, I simply have work commitments I can't move on short notice especially after we've just come back from holiday and I have no leave days left to take.

She was upset and off with me last night which I accepted.

When she got home this evening, I had made dinner for her and our son. We got into a fight and she lashed saying - "the death of her grandfather has made her realize she has a husband who doesn't support her the same way she supported me".

I reacted and called her out that when my grandfather died, she missed the memorial service because she got drunk on the Saturday night prior and "wasn't in the right headspace".

She got upset at me and started crying and having a panic attack.

Context -

My grandfather died 10 years ago. I was unable to go to his funeral as I was writing my final exams and my family refused to pay for the flights. We agreed we would have a memorial service when my sisters and I went home for him. The memorial service was planned for Sunday.

We flew home on the Friday. One of my friends from school was having his 21st on the Saturday night prior to the memorial and my entire family was invited (family friends). I made it clear that Sunday was my priority and I wanted her to be there with me. We had been dating for 2.5 years and were living together.

She got very drunk on Saturday night, as did my sisters boyfriend, and neither of them were "in the right state" for the memorial service on Sunday morning.

When we got home, my sister kept saying - "don't worry it's just for family " so her boyfriend wouldn't feel bad but this was not a standpoint that was ever said prior to the memorial itself.

She called me the AH for bringing that up and saying I should have let it go and it was just for family & that I should be supporting her more now.

Edit 1 - I have taken my final leave day for the official ceremony in 2 weeks. Thats not an issue.

if I had more than 24 hours notice about the cremation I could have tried to move things around but she told me last night at 10pm.

edit 2 -

The cremation ceremony was only planned yesterday. The plan was that the family goes to the grandmothers house and are together during the hour slot that he's meant to be cremated.

This is my first time experiencing this situation so I understand why the question keeps getting asked for clarification. In my culture we usually have a funeral and bury the body.

Finished my Test (250mg) cycle a few weeks ago.

Took a break for 5 days and been on HCG since - (500iu EOD). My last jab is tomorrow - day 15.

When do I start the Clomid - day 16?

What dosage do I run? I usually use Nolva but my supplier couldn't get Nolva.

Wiki doesn't work for me.

Context -

I haven't bought units since September 2025. The monthly charge was R230 per month when I last night.

I had 3k units on the prepaid meter. I'm in the process of emigrating. The agent asked for proof of last top up so the buyer wouldn't have to incur any "outstanding fees". I also got an sms from Eskom threatening disconnection.

So I decided to take the plunge and top up.

R3500 spent

The final 331 actually went to units. Units received - 93.2

Works out to the following - Monthly fixed charge - ZAR 405.04 Price per unit -ZAR 3.55

Is this normal?

Price per unit used to be R1.99 for the first 350 units

I have a 2021 Haval H6 4WD in JHB.

vehicle parts or services must start with

I got it in 2023 as the second owner - Odometer is 43500km.

Service plan ends Nov 2026 and it's still under warranty (I think it's a 7 year warranty).

The car has been great to me but I'm relocating abroad and need to sell before I leave.

Any advice on a price range I should look at when trying to sell? Also any dealerships that you would recommend?

Timeline - End of may.

I got this sms threatening disconnection. For context, I last recharged in September and had 2k units. I have 1k left.

I'm leaving in July but thinking to try buy R2k to keep the connection active for the next owner.

"Dear Customer, Eskom monitors its systems, and it indicates that you have not purchased electricity tokens for the past months. We encourage you to immediately buy electricity from legally registered vendors before we disconnect your supply."

edit - my solar guy confirmed it's legitimate and Eskom are disconnecting people. so new question -

Is it cheaper to buy via Capitec, FNB or discovery? or same price.