u/Frustratednostalgia

So I am a first-time diamond painter and I have since learned that you guys actually do seal these. My kit did not come with any sort of sealants which I found out that typically you buy that separately but I'm a little indisposed for going out and getting anything at the moment right now.

Im not finished with the painting yet but when I do finish it and if I just haven't happened to have gone out and gotten the usual recommended sealer-would a puzzle sealer work just as well?

I did an old beauty and the beast painting puzzle a long time ago and i have lots of leftover sealant for it. I do have mod podge but the last time I used it for a project it ended up very tacky and I really don't know how to work with it or what I did wrong. The puzzle sealer is like a clear glue, specifically 'puzzle guard' is the label on the bottle.

I'm just asking if anybody else has worked with that or something at least like it for diamond paintings and if it worked out for you.

Please and thank you!

So for a long time me and my mother have been at an impasse with each other. I love her and she loves me but she has her issues just as much as I do. I have anxiety issues and a lot of the time she doesn't understand how to work with me with those.

Most recently I've been learning how to drive and when I explain it to her that it's not easy for me that it's scary and I'm worried I'll crash the both of us she essentially saids 'it's not scary why are you like this'.

And I get that she's frustrated that I've taken so long to drive, though it's mostly my father's fault along with a history of other family issues I won't go into, But anytime I bring up my anxiety with it she essentially tries to flip the table on me.

What about her anxiety? What about my anxiety that makes her anxious,why does only my anxiety count? Aren't her feelings worth being taken into account? Why do I only think about my feelings instead of hers?

Is basically the retort I get from her. Anytime I bring up anything to do with my anxiety she's essentially making it all about herself and I just don't know what to do anymore.

Mind you this is the mom who once told me 'you make it hard to love you' when her dogs were fighting each other almost bi-weekly because she refused to train them. (Note neither dog seriously injured the other because I always got in between the both of them and they both since passed away from cancer)

She also got mad at me because she had to wait in the car for me to be done with my appointment even though I told her she could just wait at home for me to call her because it's literally 5 minutes down the road but she chose to come and wait in the hot 95° weather and then put the blame on me for it.

I love her a lot I really do,I'm going to be devastated when she eventually passes. But for the love of God I wish she had far more emotional tact and that she actually cared more. I see all my friends with these loving parents that check on them all the time and I'm just sitting there like 'what kind of family was I born into huh?'.

Not a very good one.