u/General-Childhood963

I had posted here yesterday looking for solutions to an issue I had thought my own dog caused while at at sit. I had woken up to a rather expensive pair of cowboy boots chewed up, and with my pups history, assumed he was the culprit.

You all gave me such nice suggestions. I did end up leaving a card and some new toys for her pups, as she wouldn't let me go without pay.

It turns out, it WAS NOT MY DOG! I was also watching her son's dog, who's never had an issue with things like this either. But guess who threw up boot remnants after she got home lol. So, my dog's probationary period has ended and we're off the hook. Mr. Lincoln has a little boot-induced tummy ache and an angry dad, but he's alright.

I guess the moral of the story is, you cant always make assumptions based on prior experience with the pups you're sitting. That dog has never chewed shoes before, but apparently he was feeling a little spicy. I was happy to put the blame on myself, but definitely glad it ended up not being my dog.

I only pet sit for one family anymore, and they always allow me to bring my own dog with me. Aside from the easily cleaned, very rare, excited piddles, he has never ever caused an issue. He really enjoys getting to hang out for a couple of days to play with his friends.

Unfortunately he must've gotten a bit anxious last night and chose to steal a pretty nice cowboy boot from my client's office. Basically shredded the entire top half while I was asleep. I've had him for 3 years now and he's only done this once in the very early days. He also usually stays in bed with me all night?

Anyways, I texted my client first thing this morning and profusely apologized asking what I could do in terms of replacement or repayment. She's much like a second mom to me, so of course she wouldn't accept anything. She said she's not that worried about it, but I know it was at least a $150 pair of boots, if not more.

They come back home this evening. If she won't accept actual monetary repayment, what can I do to even slightly make up for my dog being a nuisance child? He obviously just got himself banned (by me) from future sits. I feel awful that she won't accept anything or even a cut of what she's paying me.

I've been struggling off and on with angular cheilitus for several years now, starting post jaw surgery. I think it's because I drool in my sleep now? Anyways, got almost a year free of it, and now it's back and WILL NOT go away. I changed nothing in my routine before it came back.

This round I've switched my toothpaste, been using up a ton of lanolin, and I do take multivitamins every day (was doing this prior as well.) I also plan to pick up some mouth tape for future nights. What else can I possibly try to heal this up in the meantime? I have a date this weekend and would prefer to be in a little less pain with the cracking lol

Usually I go to planned parenthood downtown, but they're booked out for a month. As are my regular doctors. Just looking for routine testing before a new partner, so nothing too immediate or serious. Still prefer to not wait that long if possible.

I'm located in the Sewickley area, but willing to travel!

I'm 27 with very regular 28/29 day cycles. I took the Ella EC pill roughly 2 weeks ago, though it was the day after my expected ovulation date according to my app. I think it worked, as I got ovulation pain about a week later, and my period is now 5 days late. Judging by the ovulation pain, I'd still be getting my period this week.

For the last week my period symptoms have just come and gone. I'll get cramps that scream my period is about to start, then they'll vanish within the hour. My boobs were sore for a day and now they're fine. What's really throwing me off is I keep waking up at 3-4am needing to pee, with cramps, or just general insomnia. Normally with my pms I sleep like the dead and still can't get up in the morning. I took a pregnancy test 2 weeks after sex just in case, and it was negative. So not that, though it all does remind me of when I was pregnant in the past lol.

What was everyone else's experience taking Ella? Do these symptoms just sound like a product of the pill? I know it obviously messes with your cycle, but i feel like I'm going insane just trying to get my period to start atp.

I normally go very regularly, I'm talking like more than once a day. I felt a little backed up a little over a week ago and took a Senokot laxative which obviously led to what seemed like a full clean out. Had a normal BM a few days later, but not since then. The pebble-like BMs started again either Friday/Saturday. I've been so bloating that my stomach is hard and I appear pregnant. There have been no changes in my diet, activity, or anything else.

I took another Senokot yesterday because I was unable to go at all. I've tried drinking warm water, eating some fiber today but no luck in going. The pain is unlike I've ever felt before. I can't massage the area or sit in squatty potty position because of it and it pains me to even walk around. Driving to the store feels out of the question right now, and I can't afford delivery.

Please give me your best advice on what to do next. I will force myself to the store if there's something that I absolutely should try, but can't just wonder around making guesses. I literally feel like I'm going to explode, help lol

The wait until I can test is kind of driving me crazy. I've been having constant twinges of pain and some period-like cramps that are not normal for me along with daily nausea, wrist and back pain, and minor cold symptoms. The last time I felt like this I was in fact pregnant and tested with a very immediate positive 3 days before my period was allegedly due (I'm regular.) It's definitely still too early to test, but I almost feel like my body just knows the ropes already and is gearing up all the symptoms early. We aren't necessarily trying for a baby, but aren't preventing it either.

Little timeline for y'all:

Last period: 6/6-6/8
Unprotected (no pull-out): 6/7
Unprotected (with pull-out): 6/13
Unprotected (said he didn't finish, pretty sure he did inside): 6/17
Took Ella pill: 6/19 though this was a day after my expected ovulation date (I know apps aren't accurate.)
Unprotected (no pull-out): 6/21

When do we think the soonest possibly day would be to potentially get an accurate test? Last time I started 3 days prior to my expected period and tested again after being a few days late just to confirm. I definitely would have tested positive even earlier than that.

I recently started seeing one of my exes again. We ended last year on some weird terms because I had gotten pregnant and it affected me a lot mentally. Being with him has been 100x better this go around.

Anyway, I have no one else I can talk to about this right now (my friends will kill me.) Last night we had sex as usual, but we were a little drunk and didn't have a condom. We're no strangers to unprotected sex, and have also never had issues pulling out. He knows I'm not on BC right now, and I make it very clear not to finish inside me. I think last night he completely disregarded my words. He "lasted" much longer than usual, got soft towards the end, and said he simply couldn't finish which is unlike him. I had felt what I thought was him finishing about halfway through, but he picked back up and kept going so I didn't think anything of it in the moment.

I guess now we just play the waiting game. It's ovulation week and he's got strong swimmers lol. I'm not upset over potential pregnancy this time, just the idea that he may have lied. I'm not going to do anything about it, so should I even bother asking or just call him out if/when I end up pregnant again?

EDITS!!!!!:

1. I'm well aware that pulling out is not an effective form of contraception.
2. We were happy with the last pregnancy, it was just unfortunate circumstances at the time. I am in no way upset about a potential pregnancy here. He already has a son that we both absolutely adore. We just hadn't had the conversation about having another yet. He's not going to leave me stranded if it happens, but even if he did, I have a support system behind me.
3. My friends were happy for me last time as well. We're just meant to be having fun this summer, not getting pregnant. They won't actually kill me as long as I'm happy.

I work for a very large company, but a small store (literally 5 consistent employees including the manager.) We just got a new manager, and I'm trying so hard to give him time to settle and get a feel for our store. Our old manager wasn't perfect, but we at least had a consistent schedule, any shift that needed covered she took care of herself, and she communicated important information. The new manager doesn't cover or communicate well, changes the schedule weekly almost, and doesn't even release the schedule until ~3 days before the start of the week.

2 nights ago I texted my SM to say I wasn't feeling well, and I'd like him to have my coworker who is ALWAYS 2-3 hours late show up on time the next morning to help me out. No reply. The next morning comes, I open the store, and I wait. That coworker never showed up, I worked alone my entire shift. Our big 2 managers also showed up (unexpectedly to me) that morning and ended up having to help me with customers while they were there. When my SM finally showed up for his scheduled shift, he told me my coworker had texted him twice (one saying he'd be late, another calling off completely), and that he also saw the 2 head guys would be in that morning. None of this was communicated to me. I spent every free moment I had that morning either nearly crying or dry heaving because I had a migraine so bad.

Now, 3 days before the start of next week he's released the schedule for next week. Important side note: I told him the only days I did not wish to work were Mondays, and I've worked every Monday since. I'm on for next Monday. I'm also scheduled to open alone on a Saturday morning, which are our busiest days. I never work Sundays, but he's scheduled me at a completely different location on Sunday without asking. I've repeatedly declined shifts at this location every time he's asked. This schedule right on top of what he put me through yesterday has put me at my wits end. I'm giving myself a day to cool off before I send him some choice words he probably won't like.

A little backstory too: I have directly told this manager and my coworkers that I am not okay with working alone and why. I had a very scary stalker ex situation a while back, and working as a lone female with a recognizable car on a busy road makes me nervous. I've also worked with the public long enough to generally be very uncomfortable working alone due to the way men interact with me. It's not easy to lie that someone else is working when it's such a small location. I'm currently looking for a new job in my actual field, but that's slow going unfortunately.