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These are weekly reflection assignments on lectures that are individual graded work. I don’t want to share mine, but a group member I’ve never met in person (our semester has been online so far) is very casually asking me to send all of them.

We’re in the same project group for an upcoming assignment, but so far, we haven't interacted beyond our group chat. It just seems out of nowhere to ask a stranger for their work.

I'm gonna have to work with this person in a few weeks due to the project, so how do I politely refuse them?

There, I said it. There's something genuinely creepy about the way indian parents control their kids. They want to decide everything for their kids, including whom they're gonna marry and have sex with. It's fucking disgusting. How are arranged marriages any different from selling your kids? Especially for daughters. They wanna sell their daughters to the highest bidder.

There are countless other things, too, like lack of privacy, infantilizing their kids, etc. But abusive indian parents are genuinely screwed in the head.

Does anyone else here have major trust issues with their Indian parents? I genuinely don’t remember the last time I felt emotionally safe enough to share my problems with them. Even as a little kid, I think I already knew they weren’t emotionally trustworthy. They were manipulative, unpredictable, and impossible to open up to safely.

One of my earliest memories of this was in kindergarten. A boy in my class told me he “liked” me, and because I used to tell my mom everything about my day, I casually mentioned it to her. We were literally 5 years old, so to me, it was just funny and innocent.

Her entire expression changed instantly. She got furious and started saying things like, “What are you talking about? There’s no such thing as love.” My grandma joined in too, and suddenly I felt like I had done something horrible. Looking back, it sounds ridiculous because it was such an innocent interaction, but I still remember feeling pure terror because of my mom. I think that was the first time I realised I couldn’t trust my mom emotionally.

After that, I started hiding more and more of my life from my parents. When I was sexually harassed for the first time at 8, I couldn’t tell them. My mom also said misogynistic things to me growing up, like telling me at 12 that I needed to dress more attractively so my future husband would be attracted to me. I was literally a child.

My dad never hit me, but he created a constant atmosphere of fear and criticism in the house. One small mistake could suddenly become a huge issue. I think this kind of parenting destroys trust completely. Every vulnerable moment is met with shame, anger, or fear, and you eventually stop opening up at all.

P.S. - they've said far worse stuff than what I mentioned in this post. It's too much to describe, but basically, they have been very weird and unsafe to be around. The example I gave above probably sounds insignificant, but it really changed how safe I felt with my mother.

Does anyone here have trust issues with their parents too?

So I'm currently a uni student in dubai. I'm majoring in finance and this is my last year of study. I'm planning to take the CFA level 1 exam next year, and I just want to know the pricing structure for the course.

Also, is it mandatory to get training from an academy, or is it possible for a person to study on their own? Because I've heard a lot of people studying through academies, but I don't know if I can afford that.

Just want to make sure I'm getting the correct info.

As a muted olive with neutral-cool undertones, I’m looking for the perfect everyday red lipstick.

One thing I’ve learned is that bright or warm-toned lip colors don’t suit me, especially within the red color family. My coloring can’t handle too much brightness or warmth, so lipsticks like MAC Chilli or even Ruby Woo (which pulls quite bright on me) end up looking garish.

For those with a similar coloring, do you have a red lipstick shade you like for daytime looks?