u/Ok_External4026

Tonight I got home and noticed that my cat pooped outside the litterbox. For context, I have 1 cat and 1 large litter box for my cat. The litterbox is an open one (no lid) and is located in the bathroom right across from the toilet I use when I go to the bathroom. I scoop everyday, so the box was not dirty. I use SimplyYours cat litter (the mixed texture), and my cat isn't declawed. The poop wasn't right beside the litterbox. There were some smear marks close to it, but the poop was actually in the bathroom doorway. It looked like normal poop, but it was darker in color and a bit hard - part of that was probably because it was cold but it wasn't like it was mushy or anything like that. It looked like his normal poops. I'm worried because he has never done this before. He is acting perfectly normal, eating and drinking, and even got the zoomies. I'm still kinda worried though because I've read that any sort of change in your cat should be taken seriously. So I'd like to ask, in your professional opinions, should I make a vet appointment for him or am I overreacting and being a helicopter parent?

Does anyone have an experience with tippy lyra? I've been doing single point for about 6 years now and I would call myself mediocre at best. I want to try learning tippy lyra over the summer. Does anyone have an experience with it? I would love to get some perspective.

My fiance and I have been dating for a year now. I know that doesn't seem like a very long time, but we knew each other and were friends 6 years prior to dating. Anyways, I collect Pokemon cards and for our anniversary, my fiance was super thoughtful and bought me a rare graded card that is a collector's item. He got it for a good price on the second hand market and I was super thrilled about it.

An important detail: I don't collect graded cards and my fiance is brand new to Pokemon cards.

I wanted to show it to other pokemon card collectors because I was excited and happy. But, when other collectors who were more experienced with graded cards looked at it, they told me the card was likely a fake. Now, I feel conflicted. I actually don't care at all that it's fake - it was still an extremely thoughtful gift from the person I love and I will treasure it forever. But, if it is a fake, this also means my fiance potentially got scammed and that doesn't make me happy at all.

I'm not sure if I should tell him that the card is a fake. I don't want to hurt his feelings or make him feel like I don't love the gift anymore. But I also don't want him to get scammed again. How would you handle this? Should I tell him? Should we look into getting the card evaluated again?

(Also, yes, there's a significant age gap between us, please no comments about that. We met when I was 28 and well into my adult years and he has never treated me with anything other than respect, kindness, and love.)

TLDR: My fiance gave me a rare pokemon card as a gift that might be a fake, and I'm not sure if I should tell him about it or not because I don't want him to think I don't value the gift.

I'm an administrative/legal assistant working at a small law firm. We do mostly estate planning and estate administration. I am responsible for drafting and recording all the deeds we get. Long story short, I procrastinated on getting one of the deeds filed and now my managing attorney is (rightfully) upset with me. The client is still alive, and there isn't a time limit for filing the deed, but a significant amount of time has passed since they signed it. I think the deed might have also been drafted incorrectly (I don't think I drafted it though - sometimes the attorneys will draft their own deeds), which means fixing it will be a bit of a pain - but I think I already know how it can be fixed. I also feel terrible about it. I know I fucked up and I'm worried I will be fired over this. I already have a plan to try and fix the deed and I'm going to propose it to my managing attorney when we're back to work on Tuesday.

For reasons I won't go into, I've been under the microscope for a while and my work gets picked apart by my coworkers a lot despite my best efforts to be diligent. I've been feeling really discouraged for a while now and I'm wondering if it would be better to just try and find a new job at this point. I like my job and have been working at the firm for a few years now, but I'm not sure why I get mental blocks and sometimes fall into a pattern of procrastinating on tasks that I know will be very difficult for me.

What would you do in this situation? Have you ever been in a similar situation? How did you handle and were you able to recover? Things looks extremely bleak and hopeless right now. Again, I know I did it to myself, but advice would still be appreciated.

Please try to be kind in your responses. I'm not looking for sympathy as I know this was my fuck up and I'm willing to take accountability and the consequences for that, but please don't be outright mean. I feel bad enough.