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I wish Belly and Anika spent more time together in S3. Belly needed a close friend like Anika who was an outside perspective and didn’t know the boys personally to talk some reason and logic into her.

If they were closer/spent more time together I think Anika would’ve made Belly see how Jere is continuously guilt tripping and manipulating her, and that she was never his #1 priority. And in turn, I think Belly would’ve broken up with him a lot sooner if she had a friend like this.

But I know, I know, this is a drama show and I’m being too realistic 😂

Ever since Haley decided she wanted to be a teacher I pictured her as an elementary school teacher, not a high school teacher.

I can’t fully describe it, I just feel like she doesn’t have the personality or “what it takes” to teach high schoolers, but would absolutely excel as an elementary school teacher.

Just finished the show for the first time and wanted to share my opinions. Many of which are probably very unpopular. For perspective, I’m in my mid 20s.

1. I never liked Brucas. Contrary to what a lot of people seem to believe, I didn’t think they had a lot of chemistry at all, contrary to Leyton, who I absolutely adore. Brucas’ relationship was mainly physical, and when Brooke finally realized she wanted to connect deeper with Lucas, it was too late. There were no feelings left. I know what Lucas and Peyton did to Brooke was extremely messed up, but none of them were innocent.

2. Brooke was not that good of a friend to Peyton. If she was, she never would’ve went after Lucas, knowing Peyton had feelings for him. Even though Peyton rejected him, Brooke knows how much trauma she’s been through and should’ve given her time to figure out her feelings and what she wants. Also Lucas pissed me off and it seemed extremely out of character for him when he wasted no time dating Brooke after Peyton rejected him. I fully expected him to understand and give her a little time. He also pissed me off again in S5 was he was being so incredibly thick in the head and refusing to accept that he still had feelings for Peyton. And then when we see that the model of Peyton’s car is literally A COMET I wanted to jump through the screen and smack him upside the head.

3. Whitey is probably my favorite character. I absolutely loved how quick he was with his comebacks and his line “where’s Lee Harvey Oswald when you need him” when Dan was running for mayor and making his speech before the game was DIABOLICAL and I loved it 🤣

4. I absolutely hate Dan, and I’m not sure I like his redemption arc either. He was such a horrible person for so long that I couldn’t trust that he actually wanted to be better and do better. Although I did love his and Deb’s shenanigans in S3.

5. Nathan/James showing up with long hair and facial hair in S5 was a jump scare. I thought it would grow on me (no pun intended) but it never really did. His kidnapping storyline in S9 was wild and the show should’ve ended after S8.

6. Although I absolutely loved Leyton, I thought that their whole storyline in S6 was incredibly rushed (I wonder if Hilarie and Chad decided to leave before S6 was written so the writers had the be quick with it?)

7. Lastly, my favorite scene in the entire show is Peyton telling Lucas that she’s pregnant. I just love how emotional she is in this moment and how she starts that conversation by sending Lucas’ heart to his chest by saying “I don’t think I can call you my fiancé anymore” and then the way she’s laughing and crying as she says “because I was thinking I’d start calling you my baby daddy” is just perfection. UGH I just love it so much.

I am fully prepared for y’all to think I’m crazy for some of these 😅

I’m the assistant teacher in the 2.5-3 year old room.

Today, the lead teacher and I learned that 2 different teachers on 2 different occasions (one was today, don’t know exactly when the first time was) saw one of our children riding in the front seat of her dad’s car not in a car seat. The lead teacher immediately told admin. Although we haven’t seen this ourselves, we believe it 100% because dad always smells like weed and is just a little off in general.

I know this should be reported to CPS, and I want to report it, but am I allowed to if I didn’t see it happen myself? Our admin said that she was going to be watching for them to pull up in the morning, so do I just let admin handle it at this point?

I already have a gastro appointment scheduled for early June, I’m just curious if anyone has experienced something similar and can offer insight/support.

I’m not sure if this is something significant like IBS, IBD, etc. or just stress, as I am moving at the beginning of July.

In early April just after I passed my registered dietitian exam, I had a bout of diarrhea out of nowhere but was fine after a dose of Imodium (I also had a cold so I thought my body was finally relaxing from its state of constant stress for the past few years and just purging itself😅). But from then on, about once a week until about 2.5 weeks ago, I would randomly have a bout of diarrhea accompanied by bloating and gas most days. My stool also had a green tinge and smelled like bile. Twice was in the middle of the night - woke up with abdominal pain and the urge to go.

Now, for the past 2.5 weeks or so, my stool is a normal color/odor and has been solid, but my bowel movements still aren’t what they used to be before all this started. I’ve still been having frequent bloating and gas, and have been passing a lot of mucous. I’ve had no constipation, just to note.

I am puzzled as to whether it’s IBS or anything of the sort because there’s no blood, the diarrhea only lasts a day, is infrequent, and I have no other symptoms that aren’t digestive-related.

Any support is appreciated 🙂