u/Unhappy_Performer538

Mullets, ultra low rise, butterfly clips, and the Hanson* (spelling edit) haircut have all already come back in style. The galaxy leggings and hipster era is not too far off. How long until the kids unironically embrace this style?

I started continuous Slynd which is all progesterone bc I can’t take estrogen due to migraine with aura.

And it’s supposed to be day 1 of my period and nothing is happening :) my boobs don’t hurt. My downstairs and legs don’t hurt. I’m just my normal amount of fatigued and sad, not extra!!! The past two weeks were NOT hell!!!

Oh my god. I’m so happy about this I could scream. I have many more medical things to deal with and getting Pmdd & my period off my plate will help me deal with the rest of my life so much more easily. And I’m severely anemic due to very heavy periods and I’m so excited to get my iron levels back up finally!!

I also started Zoloft and so maybe I’m even a little bit LESS sad! Life isn’t as terrible as it was last month.

I thank the user u/wilksonator I think that’s how you spell it for encouraging me to try actually medications when none of the supplements worked. Thanks for your advocacy!

This is for sitters and HO. Did you ever not get a review and then have a moment of clarity like oh I guess expectations mismatched here, or I think I should’ve done x but I did y, or even if you feel it was undeserved?

Have blank reviews changed the way you go about future exchanges in any way?

Thinking very seriously about getting a job in Brunei. I don’t want to go into specifications here but the jobs are available, would sponsor my visa, etc. But I don’t know anyone who’s been - can anyone here tell me their experiences in Brunei & how you found it?

I'm an idiot.

I did way too many aggrevating things at once. Just one or two of these things at a time would be fine! No issue! But... I did all of them in the span of like 18 hours.

The previous evening I had a diabetes med injection, and took iron pills for my anemia. Already a little risky but usually fine.

The next day I took my newly prescribed Zoloft and birth control. It's been fine the couple weeks I've been on them, but right after the injection and iron, definitely adding risk.

But I really fucked up at lunch. I had a half glass of wine and some fries and fish pate and butter and bread. If I hadn't had any of those medications I would've been fine. But I was not fine.

I was just walking and the WORST cramps of my life stopped me in my tracks. It was like my intestines were possessed. I guess I was a little constipated from the iron and then having spasms in the upper part of my system. Oh my god. I had an emergency in the public restroom.

That was Wednesday and I'm still suffering. I've had to stop all my meds and just eat rice. And I'm at the point where I ate a little too much rice which aggravated my system again, and I feel like I'm making no progress in recovering from this attack. UGH!!

I think iron & wine were the main culprits tbh. I'm going to look into transfusions.

I guess I'd just like some commisseration bc I feel so stupid! What was I thinking.

Strangely I've noticed a significant decrease in intercranial pressure ever since starting Mounjaro. I paused the medication for two weeks and it came right back. Why??

During luteal I get the worst sleep OF MY LIFE. I’m talking like 45 mins total for the night in 5 min bursts. Wired nervous system causes me to wake up or not sleep in the first place, and sleep apnea causes it too. Brutal. & then when I am jolted awake I’m tortured with trauma memories about my mom passing! Fun Times over here.

I’m a tourist and find myself here during the World Cup. I’m from the US so don’t have strong opinions on teams (this is the first time I’ve ever watched football and am having a great time) and I’m wondering if there’s a general consensus on who most of yall are rooting for? Or are most people fairly neutral?

it’s my second cycle taking DIM & I almost don’t feel the PMDD. it was like a 5/10 bad for a couple days around ovulation and I expect it to be worse the day before my period but otherwise it’s been so much less pronounced.

anyone else had this experience with DIM?

oh no, yall. oh no!!!!!

im coming down with something!! I hope it’s not Covid 😭

to make matters worse I just started a house sit and the pet owners are already gone and I found evidence of rodent droppings and I’m supposed to be here till the 17th!!

I think this is going to be a rough one 😭

if you’ve had to leave a sit because it’s disgusting and unlivable (I just found a rat and mouse droppings in two different rooms and I’m not staying here with an active rodent infestation) were you ever punished by the platform for leaving?

thankfully, the homeowner has an emergency contact so I think I should be within my right to leave, but I’m not happy about this. I would rather just stay. If it was just a little grimy and gross, I would just stay, but I can’t stay somewhere where there a rodent infestation

I’ve actually never canceled this before so I’m wondering if anyone has actually had to cancel a sit, how did it go and what should I look out for? The homeowner is already gone on the plane and they provided me their emergency contact who lives nearby & could take over care of the pet. I have pictures of everything.

hi! does anyone know of any women/queer friendly spaces for casual online game nights?

i’m thinking stuff like jackbox, gartic phone, among us, trivia, cozy games, maybe d&d one-shots, etc. basically casual voice chat / game night energy, not intense competitive gamer vibes, i'm a new gamer and looking to have fun!

i’m in my 30s, & Saturday nights would be ideal.

mostly just looking for adults only, well moderated, and no racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic/weird stuff.

does anyone know of any good discords or places to look?

IDK if it’s the hormone shift itself or the absolute dogshit sleep or if I’m just totally distracted but I legitimately have accidents and hurt myself during luteal more than any other time!!

I just tried to step over a chain barrier that was literally less than a foot off the ground and I miscalculated how big my own shoe is and stepped on it instead and danced in the air on one foot and then finally put my foot down on the other side and then tried to lift my other foot up and over the damn chain and caught it on the chain and almost face planted AGAIN!

it’s so stupid it’s like unbelievable lol. wtf!! and this while I’m nursing injuries from luteal a few months ago that are still healing!!

does anyone else have this problem? have you actually hurt yourself during luteal?

My portfolio is nearly done, I only need to shoot and edit one more video.

I've been excited to start UGC as I'm also trying to start my own (unaffiliated) business at the same time and really need some money.

But I'm concerned that maybe it's not going to work out. I see people talking about not getting any deals as a long term successful UGC creator. Or that AI is taking all the jobs.

What's your experience, and how long have you been in the game? Do you think this is dying? This was going to be a lifeline for me, so I'm worried.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed a crazy increase in anti fat comments from basically everyone who has always secretly thought it.

I feel like in the early 2000s and before it was totally accepted to call people fat and mock and make fun of fatness. And then we had a brief time, for just a few years, with the "body positivity" movement (whole can of worms there, but that's not what this post is about) where it was SLIGHTLY LESS ACCEPTED to openly shit on fatness. Like, just slightly. The jokes became under the breath and people basically never stopped complaining that they wanted to be able to insult fatness with no repercussions like they used to be able to.

Now with the world turning more to the far right and the rise of worship of very thin bodies, it seems like it's starting to be okay to publicly mock fat people again.

And ykw?? I'm not here for it. What if we refused to allow this? Your boss says something nasty about fat people, we file a hostile work environment claim or something. MIL makes a snide comment, call her out. Bestie laughs at someone else's body, tell them she's being a bitch and cut her off.

I just feel like it's time we take a stand. There are a lot of people that aren't perfectly thin. If we stop sweeping it under the rug and leave these people when they disrespect us they'll be alone.

I'm not saying it's easy or that each situation is doable, some very well might not be for your own protection, but I'm just saying, we can't take this laying down and allow people to walk all over us and hate fat bodies out loud. I'm so sick of this shit. A couple of influencers I really liked recently laughed at fatness and I blocked them and I feel betrayed. WTF? A woman I met for a job shit on her husband's weight to me, and I am fatter than him. I didn't take the job. (again i realize not everyone can do this.) I'm just so SICK OF IT!!!

I’ve been slowly adapting to my BiPAP, getting an hour here and there, trouble shooting, adjusting things, as you do when you’re learning to sleep with something attached to your face.

but Sunday night into Monday I slept with it for MULTIPLE HOURS!!! I woke up and I felt so refreshed it was actually unbelievable. brain was on turbo mode. completed little tasks without even thinking about it, whereas without PAP one small thing would take hours of prep and be so taxing. felt like I’d harnessed the power of the sun.

i was so excited, I easily thought I’d turned a corner & that I’d gotten more used to it & would be able to replicate it the next night. but the next two nights I couldn’t even fully fall asleep with PAP, only achieved some sort of twilight half sleep.

i put 2 & 2 together and realized that Sunday I drank zero coffee bc I had a tummy ache. I usually stop caffeine at least 12 hrs before sleep, so I didn’t think that that was a problem, but obviously it is a HUGE problem, preventing me from crossing the sleep threshold with PAP on.

sad realization!! I love coffee, it’s a morning ritual for me. but sleep is more important. anyone else realize caffeine was standing in the way of adapting to PAP & had to quit?

Do you make a point to remember all your friend's kids birthdays and send a happy birthday text to the parent(s) to pass along for the kid? Do you feel you're expected to get gifts for all the kids for their birthdays? Do expectations around friends and their kids birthdays change with the closeness of the friend and the closeness of the kids, or with how many kids they have?