u/babysunrose1399

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I am a 27-year-old unmarried woman. I am considered tall (5'6"), slightly overweight, but fashionable and considered beautiful in my country's standards. I am a pharmacist working as a teaching assistant while pursuing my master's degree.

I've had bad luck with marriage proposals, to be honest. What's so strange is that whenever someone talks to my parents about marriage, they either dismiss them or talk to them for a while behind my back, keeping me completely out of it. Sometimes it doesn't work out, and they either tell me why it didn't work or end up lying about it or not being completely honest, making up things so they won't hurt my feelings. But that hurts me even more.

I spent all my life avoiding men because I was raised to be a "good Muslim girl," and I focused all my time on studying. I became the valedictorian of my entire university.

Now my 20-year-old sister is seeing a boy without my parents' permission, and she is now crying because she wants to marry him. He's not even ready. He's a young man with no money to even buy a wedding band, and it will take him years and years—maybe he will never be ready.

At the same time, another man proposed to me. (At least, my parents told me that he proposed to me, but I can't tell for sure because, as I said, they don't always tell the truth.) They refused him. My mother told me, "We know his father. He's a controlling man." They didn't even ask for my opinion.

Then, when my sister started crying about her boyfriend, they suggested to her, "The man who proposed to your sister is available to marry you. You can marry him; he's better than your boyfriend."

I don't understand what's even happening. I can't even say anything because then I'll seem jealous. I am now extremely depressed and can't stop crying, yet I have to pretend that I'm okay when I'm not. I can't even say that I want him because he might not have even proposed to me in the first place, and I might embarrass myself.

Then my parents called my sister's boyfriend and asked him to propose, even though he's not ready and she's still in college. If that engagement happens, it will put me in a highly humiliating situation because I am much older , my mother proposed this idea and My mother even told my sister that if her boyfriend doesn't propose, they'll simply accept the other suitor's proposal instead. He's only a few months older than I am. They still aren't being honest with me about whether this man actually proposed to me or not. If he didn't, why not just tell me? And if he did, why would they send him to my sister instead?

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I am a 27-year-old unmarried woman. I am considered tall (5'6"), slightly overweight, but fashionable and considered beautiful in my country's standards. I am a pharmacist working as a teaching assistant while pursuing my master's degree.

I've had bad luck with marriage proposals, to be honest. What's so strange is that whenever someone talks to my parents about marriage, they either dismiss them or talk to them for a while behind my back, keeping me completely out of it. Sometimes it doesn't work out, and they either tell me why it didn't work or end up lying about it or not being completely honest, making up things so they won't hurt my feelings. But that hurts me even more.

I spent all my life avoiding men because I was raised to be a "good Muslim girl," and I focused all my time on studying. I became the valedictorian of my entire university.

Now my 20-year-old sister is seeing a boy without my parents' permission, and she is now crying because she wants to marry him. He's not even ready. He's a young man with no money to even buy a wedding band, and it will take him years and years—maybe he will never be ready.

At the same time, another man proposed to me. (At least, my parents told me that he proposed to me, but I can't tell for sure because, as I said, they don't always tell the truth.) They refused him. My mother told me, "We know his father. He's a controlling man." They didn't even ask for my opinion.

Then, when my sister started crying about her boyfriend, they suggested to her, "The man who proposed to your sister is available to marry you. You can marry him; he's better than your boyfriend."

I don't understand what's even happening. I can't even say anything because then I'll seem jealous. I am now extremely depressed and can't stop crying, yet I have to pretend that I'm okay when I'm not. I can't even say that I want him because he might not have even proposed to me in the first place, and I might embarrass myself.

Then my parents called my sister's boyfriend and asked him to propose, even though he's not ready and she's still in college. If that engagement happens, it will put me in a highly humiliating situation because I am much older , my mother proposed this idea and My mother even told my sister that if her boyfriend doesn't propose, they'll simply accept the other suitor's proposal instead. He's only a few months older than I am. They still aren't being honest with me about whether this man actually proposed to me or not. If he didn't, why not just tell me? And if he did, why would they send him to my sister instead?

I am thinking of starting my journey to become a licensed pharmacist in Canada and it's already super expensive since everything is in candian dollars which is much stronger than my country's currency and every person that talks about the pebc exams says that they are extremely difficult and time consuming and I already work 4 days a week from 9 to 4 and I was thinking about not taking any courses but then I read more Reddit posts and comments on other platforms and realized I really do need to take courses which is already expensive too , do you have any advices for me ? Should I just stop , I have the money but it could have gone for savings rather than gambling with them because I don't know if I'll succeed but on the other hand I don't want to wake up 20 years later realizing I wasted my potential

Hi everyone,

I'm currently preparing for the PEBC Evaluating Exam and was wondering if anyone would be willing to lend or share access to the latest or any available version of CPS (Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties) and Minor Ailments reference materials.

I'm a pharmacist studying independently, and purchasing all the required resources at once is a bit challenging financially. Any advice on affordable access options, library resources, or temporary sharing arrangements would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your help and best of luck to everyone preparing for the PEBC exams!