u/Dephenestr8

I have been using LRP mineral sunscreen for my face for a few years. I always liked it but never loved it. It was always a bit greasy and stains my white shirts if use it on my neck or rub my face. My friend was gifted two bottles of swellies and gave me one. I've been using it for about a week and am OBSESSED! It's not greasy at all, it blends perfectly with my skintone and according to their website their ingredients are pretty great.

LRP $43 (right in photos)

Swellies $36 (left in photos)

Hey all,

Long time lurker here and I finally have something cool to contribute. A bit of context about me, I'm 35m with very fair skin and am often working outside. I've tried so many different sunscreens to protect myself and I think I've finally gotten a hold of one I'll be using for the foreseeable.

I haven't heard of this brand, I guess it's newer. It's 5 ingredients, with the main one being Zinc Oxide. In the past, I've hated how the zinc turns my already pale skin even more ghostly. When I tried this for the first time, it was tinted which was initially a turn off but I guess it counteracts the whiteness of the zinc cause it blends in perfectly. Even better, when I apply it to my face, it doesn't turn my beard white.

Sorry for the long post. TL;DR at the bottom

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I know how it sounds. Wack and immature. The truth was that I really liked Jasmine when they started seeing one another. She was fun and active and focused on her well-being. I saw my best friend Avery happy and giving a shit for the first time in a while after a string of bad exs and worse breakups. At first she would insist we take time to just us guys and that garnered a lot of respect from me. She tried to introduce me to her friends, only for them to be really dismissive and odd. At first I chalked it up to just a disconnect. But now, I see that's not the case.

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As they've gotten deeper and deeper into their relationship, small glimmers of distasteful (euphemism) behavior have come out.

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Things like, physically tossing their dog around the car when she's annoyed that it wants to look out the window. Passively discouraging him from making any decision without her involvement or input. Things I would do for my best friend, like perks from my job or connections my friends offer to me, she assumes she should get for free for her friends. Indignation whenever I ask for some monetary or non monetary consideration for such. She asked me after an 11 hour work day if I'd be down to go pick up her friend an hour away and made a sideways comment when I asked her friend to toss me 20 bucks for gas and the hassle. Joking about using their shared account when she agreed to pay for dinner, only to have "left" her debit card at home. Since planning the wedding, her purchases have been more and more frivolous and spending going out of control. They know that I work really hard and still struggle. But I'm staring down close to $800 in things to buy or rent for the wedding and when I mention that it's hard to budget for, I get a "just be grateful you don't need to spend 500 bucks on a flight out here." Le sigh.

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It has been months since Avery and I have had a chance to do anything between us unless she's out of town. If I bring up a show I want to go to, they "can't afford it". If it's free, I should have told them sooner. If it doesn't appeal to Jasmine, neither of them are doing it.

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They are getting married later this year and I'm supposed to officiate and while I am honored to be asked to do this, I almost feel like Charon shepherding my best friend to his demise. This is one of my only solid male relationships and I'm so bummed out that it's slipping away. And I love love, I want him to be happy, but I fear that means there is a revaluation of the things he has room for in his life, and I'm not making the cut.

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TL;DR : My best friend's fiancé seemed cool at first but now seems like she's kinda a nasty person re:being entitled and is putting a bad taste in my mouth about their nuptials.

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