To preface, I have a really hard time spending money on non essential items. It feels like lately I’ve been seeing almost every bathroom I go into have a squatty potty. Are they worth it? Are there any other items like that that are non essential but you consider life changing? I’ve been thinking about electric toothbrushes, cooking tools like mandolins, veggie choppers, etc.
I think I followed this doctor but I didn't check what was written on his bio. It literally says "Root cause medicine" insinuating that other MD's only do symptom based medicine? Whatever that means.
I don't understand this new era of healthcare professionals trying to sell themselves online.
Another thing what the hell is board certified in intergrative medicine? Is there a residency/fellowship for that?
Religious people will describe heavėn as a classless, stateless, moneyless society with no private property, no suffering, and everyone's needs met, then turn around and call communism evił.
It will never stop being funny.
Everything I will state is based on my personal experience, backed up by some kind of objective reasoning. I have driven everything from a 1.0 Clio to a G 63 4.0 in the petrol world and Diesel 1.6/2.0/3.0 from Audi/BMW/Benz. These are my observations.
For the same power level, a Diesel is always more efficient, from a 30% efficiency increase when driven lightly to double the efficiency when driven to its maximum.
Diesels last a lot longer than petrol engines. Just look at my local market; I can find thousands of Diesels with +300,000km, while petrol vehicles with +300k are almost impossible to find.
Low-end pull is miles better on Diesel, which is a lot more useful for everyday overtaking and driving for an average person.
Obviously, nothing beats a V8 popping on every downshift with that beautiful sound, but that's more for the performance side of the car market, which I don't consider the average consumer's preference.
Maintenance cost really depends on how skilled the mechanics are in your area. Where I live, many people specialize in diesels, while others do both, which changes the price of labor. Diesel has more stuff to maintain, but the trade-off is the much longer lifespan of the engine.
What do you guys think, how does your experience look like?
Our sex life has been pretty bad for the past few years, and I've been making a concerted effort to work on our connection inside and outside the bedroom. We have two kids, just getting into the double digits.
We've had moderate success in the past year, going from once every month or two to once or twice a week, but then periods of a month with nothing again. Non sexual touching thankfully has increased a lot, so I do feel like it's important to her too.
But I'm just worn down. Sex is not fun for me anymore, it's anxiety. To the point where I can't even finish half the time. She wants me to be more assertive and take control, but due to past trauma also wants me to ask for everything. "Is it ok to touch you here," etc. She also rejects me about 75% of the time (better than the 90% it used to be). And when she wants it, I'm expected to be on right away, no warm up or foreplay.
I feel like I can't win. She wants someone dominant and assertive, but when I act in such a way she gets upset about the ways I'm touching her. Asking her what she wants seems to kill the mood.
The other night I suggested maybe she wear a piece of clothing that signifies she's in the mood for me to act dominant with her. She scoffed and said "What about just communicating it?"
Yeah, that'd work great....I wish she would communicate it because I feel like it's all on me to figure this out.
Anyone who has experienced years of rejection will know the toll it takes on your confidence. It's hard to keep trying when you know she's likely to say no, but then if I don't I feel like I'm being too soft for her to get turned on in the first place.
How can I get the confidence I need to be dominant in bed, while also taking so much rejection in stride?
Like, what is the female version of a subgroup of women being sexualized and joked about by men, often ones who aren't even in that group themselves?