u/INowKnowWhyYouCry

I knew what I was getting into. The fair has always been expensive, and I saved up for my kids...BUT every single food or drink we purchased, I was met with a credit card reader and the words, "it's going to ask you a question" first then you can tap pay. Just take a wild guess what the first screen was.

Every single stand had a tip screen and the lowest option was 20%. Sure there was a custom amount button, and I used to be a server so Im generally pretty gracious... but come on. I pressed the no button and they immediately said, "thanks we appreciate it".

I know the tip screen is getting ridiculously out of hand at places. It's s exactly why I stopped going to the Starbucks on yale and 17th; they won't just take my card, they pull the whole damn machine out... "it's going to ask you a question"... No. The answer is no. I used to feel guilty but making the public supplement the pay for workers is not acceptable and it took me an hour of work to get that funnel cake. Im struggling too. Get that reader out of my face.

I didn't know who any of these chick's were before a week and a half ago, so why is a year long NDA necessary? I get not trying to spoil the outcome but what's taking these editors so long?

They were talking about Netflix calling and asking why they were in pictures together and ""TikToks had to be made the next day as smoke screens to throw people off"... because even if somehow their advertisers were the best of the best, not to be rude but these people aren't even that important? I mean Netflix could just shut up and put an NDA on the cast for a short period, but really, how much buffer after a fake marriage do you need?

I am in an altered physical and mental state because this flare has me feeling so sick and tired.I don't know if I need advice or if I just need to vent but I'm trying really trying hard not to say things that I don't mean.

I had ZERO desire to date again but my friend started pursuing me and I suppose I thought I would give it a valid shot but the more I think back on it, the more I feel he pressured me into the idea.

He is coming out of a long relationship and I had planned on never walking down this path again. I'm very independent, single mother of 3, diagnosed Lupus SLE. I've known my friend for a couple of years and he is aware of this. I started taking a higher dose of methotrexate and holy smokes, it has made me so sick, i haven't eaten in days and I have expressed to my rheumatologist.I will no longer be taking this medicine. But in the meantime, this experience has completely turned myself off to even hanging out with this friend ever again.

I just automatically distance myself during flares because I feel like a burden and I'm really just not in a place to hold anyone's hand through the process. I did communicate this, but I was genuinely trying to give it a fair shot, and put my cynicism to the back of my mind. The worse I feel, the more he is making this about him feeling better/in control during the event and I am just so over the idea at all now.

I haven't been able to eat because that medicine made me so incredibly nauseous. I expressed this, and every other feeling I was having during my flare, and I realize that the things he's trying to do to "help" are just things to make himself feel less out of control about the situation. He's been dropping cologne covered hoodie at my door, trying to make me soup, asking me not to push him away.... the more he tries to force himself into the situation, the more I am just done with this. The last thing I want are smells and food. I communicated this and he just keeps trying. Which, yay for support, right? It just seems controlling and selfish.

Maybe i'm just seeing this from a point of view that has an extremely low blood sugar... or maybe I need validation if this seems like an overstep. I have not responded to messages since yesterday. I guess a little outside perspective would really be appreciated.