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https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4816797-to-think-this-manager-is-being-unfair
I got pulled into an “informal meeting” today with a male manager because apparently my dress is too short and he will be monitoring my attire going forward. What I’m wearing isn’t against the dress code guidance (which is just “smart casual”. This dress covers my knees and is not a fitted style so it isn’t riding up. I have worn it to work many times before and no issues were raised previously.
aibu to be annoyed about being spoken to about this? Other people not only wear dresses the same length as me, but shorter things. Some are literally wearing things directly against the dress standards such as jeans, trainers, t shirts and hoodies today. They aren’t being spoken to. I feel like it’s personal and nitpicking to raise this. Particularly as it’s also 20 degrees outside and the heating is ON inside, so everyone at work is profusely sweating working through headache inducing heat.
"A man is telling me what to wear even though it breaks no rules and isn't inappropriate even by the standards of the Pope himself..." right, sure, ok... that definitely happened.
OP is looking for one of two things (or both): frothing at the mouth over how awful men are; and to be told that she must be desperately attractive if her ankles are causing this much agg.

"He told me that it was not my time to enter into my heavenly home but had a mission to fulfill and my life was going to be very hard. That I would go through many terrible experiences to the point of wanting to commit suicide but if I committed suicide I would not be allowed to come home. He told me that I would be watched over and protected, kept safe. If I would get through this mission I would be allowed to return home. -- Don C Then I noticed I was in a tunnel & moving toward a bright light. When suddenly a voice told me, "Its not your time, you must go back, you haven't completed your missions & purposes in life, yet". -- Shalom G
"The light told me without words that I still on a mission on earth, but without saying what it was" -- Guillem BC **
"My three angels, still perplexed as to how to get me back to my body - did not like my response of, "I don't want to go back down there; it is painful". "You Must! Your Mission is Not Yet Complete!". -- Mark
"This is when I was called, and returned to the blue place in which I started, where the Angel Gabriel said to me: "Miguel, you have to go back, there is a mission for you to accomplish". I said to him: "No, brother, I'm not going back, I'm here now and I'm not about to move from here, I'm not leaving". He said, "You have a wife and children". I replied that I did not remember them, and he made a gesture with his hand, and a seated woman appeared, on a kind of white chair, praying and weeping, holding my diary in her hands. I drew near, saw her and said to the Angel: "Now I remember her, she is my wife". He asked me if I wanted to see my children, and I said yes. With another gesture of the hands he took me to a really poor district, with unpaved streets and mud. I was taken near a bus-stop, where there were grey concret storm-drains. We came to a house under construction, or unfinished. The floor was of earth, the walls had no covering (without any finish), the bath also half finished and on the patio there were two children playing, covered in mud. Following another gesture, I approached them and could see that yes, I recognized them, they were my children. The angel said, "You have to go back", to which I replied, "No way, now that I'm here, I'm not going back there". I said, "What if the next time I don't end up in this place, better to stay for good, no point getting here if I'm going to leave". At this moment I heard a strong, loud voice, speaking in a very special way, with love, affection but also with authority, which said to me: "Miguel, you must go back". I looked all around me, up, down, left and right, but no one had spoken to me. Then I asked "Who is speaking to me?" And I again heard this voice saying to me, "I am the true and faithful witness, you have to go back". I said, "Jesus?" and he answered, "Yes, you must go back". I said, "I'm ready, Lord. Thy will be done". -- Miguel RP
"The light being said, 'No, you have a mission that you must do.' I didn't know what the mission was but I said 'Yes' to returning back to the earth". -- Steve L
"I look back and see that entity, calm, faceless, with womanly ways, who tells me: “Wait, what are you doing? You can’t decide yourself the time when you leave, you have a mission to fulfill, no way they will let you leave that world this way. You have to go back and do what you have to do.” “Never,” did I answer, “never shall I go back. And you won’t change my mind, who are you to tell me what I have to do? What is this mission or purpose you are talking about?” “Just follow me.” did she say insistently but with a softness to which the most precious silk in this world does not compare..."But what mission are you talking about? I don’t understand anything to what you are saying, I don’t want to go back there. This loneliness is too deep and agonizing! You are going to answer, tell me what this mission is, who you are, who am I?” A voice outmatching the meeting group instantly settled the matter, no one would have even wanted or thought of whispering or sighing, “You’ll understand in due time, no answer would content you. Let time act, be strong, don’t doubt and you will know. Answers will be given in due time, it is up to you to capture them. Nothing is given for free to the knowledge keys keeper.” -- Pascal C
"The gate itself was unremarkable, no pearls or anything like that. Two robed men were speaking to each other. They never addressed or looked directly at me, but they were discussing me. I knew the two men were St. Peter and St. Gabriel. I could not hear their entire conversation but I knew they were discussing whether it was my time to be admitted to heaven. St. Gabriel was telling St. Peter that I had not read The Gospel of Mark yet. St. Gabriel was holding a huge open book I assumed to be a Bible and they looked at it. It seemed as if Gabriel was convincing Peter I could not enter heaven yet but at the same time I knew St. Peter didn't want to let me in at that time. I was just an observer. They never looked at me and I did not interact with them. I woke up back in my body in the emergency room after I heard that I needed to read Mark. ....That one sentence St. Gabriel spoke, "But she hasn't read The Gospel of Mark" seemed not only to be very very clear words but a strong feeling accompanied his words. It is hard to explain." -- Trish R
"She told me that my mission here upon the earth was not completed, and I would have to go back she informed me. I protested and begged to stay where she was, but to no avail. She did say I would be allowed to stay the next time I came there. Not that I could or would stay but she used the word "allowed." Immediately after she had placed these things into my mind I was sent back". -- Sylvia R
"The third time, I really didn't want to come back and then my Dad met me. He told me that he didn't raise a quitter, and that I needed to go back - that I had a mission that most people would never be given the opportunity to be blessed with. At the same time, on this side, I heard a man that I loved dearly tell me "please don't leave me". I heard him as plain as day. His voice was very clear. I chose to come back at that point". -- Pamela B
These are from Wayne Bush's website (the afterlife researcher) but he took them from nderf.org which is a popular website where people share their NDEs.

Toxic Rats: Geoff, Scott, Leshawna, Sammy, Trent
Mutant Maggots: Anne Maria, Katie, Molly, Scarlett, Dave, DJ
Episode 04: Finders Creepers
"Last time, on Total Drama Revenge of the Island!" Chris opened over a stock shot of the camp, the recap montage starting off with a clip of the contestants racing off towards the side of Mt. Looming Tragedy. "Twelve bumbling buffoons battled it out in a brutal buffet of bombastica," Chef was shown gleefully dropping ice blocks on the climbing campers, catching Geoff and Scott but narrowly missing Molly and almost catching Anne Maria.
"Why all the 'B' words?" B was shown demonstrating his couch invention created from junk, "Because, B proved he was a brave and brilliant improviser who scored big time for his team!" B used an ice pick to poke holes onto a shard of ice and placed it on top of the castle, directing the sun beam towards the Maggots' base and melting it effectively. "Until his bitter teammate Scott allowed brainy Molly to botch it on purpose and B got the boot," Molly threw a snowball onto the shard, melting the castle and B was shown being flung into the night.
"And now," Chris said, popping up in front of a shot of the full moon in a cloudy sky with a lit candle in his hand, marking the end of the recap montage, "tonight's challenge is about fear." He made a devilish look. "And everyone knows fear is a dish best served, in the dark!" he said in an exaggeratedly spooky manner, an eerie sound playing as he laughed evilly. "Huh?" he stopped suddenly, the camera pulling back to reveal Chef standing next to him...dressed like a showgirl with lots of peacock feathers. "Chef!" the host said in annoyance.
"Wardrobe was all out of vampire costumes," Chef explained as the series's capstone then began to play.
"It's all scary!" Chris said, walking off to the left. "Other than that," he scowled and gestured back toward his off-screen assistant. "Right here! Right now!" he resumed his usual demeanor. "On Total! Drama! Revenge, of the Island!" He adopted his spooky tone as he finished the title, and ended with another evil laugh.
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Frogs and crickets chirped and croaked, joined by an owl's hoots as the episode opened on a shot of the full moon. The camera panned down to the cabins as the sound of snoring was added to the nighttime mix, and the scene cut inside to the girls' side of the Maggots' cabin where Anne Maria and Katie were sleeping peacefully in the bunk they shared. Dave and DJ were also shown sound asleep on the boys' side, and the scene cut to the Rat boys to show Geoff also sound asleep.
The camera cut next to show Sammy waking up with a yawn. She stretched her arms out for a few good seconds and fell right back to sleep...until the sudden shrill wail of a blow horn pierced the air.
"RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" Chris hollered from off-screen as the scene cut back outside, the blowhorn continuing even over the panicked shouts of the campers.
The camera briefly cut to a close-up of the blowhorn still blowing, then over to the Maggots' cabin as they ran outside fully dressed – first Katie screaming "What's happening?!"; then DJ just screaming; then Scarlett yelling out "This is unethical!"; then Anne Maria just hollering; and then finally Dave coming out, calling out "I'm wide awake!"
The Rats were shown next, Scott grunting "Me first!" as he shoved Geoff down the stairs and slid down the railing; Leshawna quickly running after him; Sammy screaming at the top of her lungs; and Trent coming out last at around the same time while screaming.
They assembled nervously in the common area between cabins, where Chris – wearing a pair of heavy earmuffs – finally eased up on the blowhorn. "Glad you all could make it," he grinned as he took off his headgear.
Molly soon arrived later. "Is there an attack or what?" she asked her teammates.
Katie shot her a quick glare. "Of course not, but why would you care about anything but yourself?"
Confessional: Molly
"Olay, yes," Molly moaned. "I left my teammates behind, but that was because I wanted to win the challenge first. I was always taught to focus on one thing before moving on to the next, and that's what I did." She grew concerned. "I don't see any problems with that."
Confessional Ends
"I hope you're all ready," Chris continued, "'cause it's challenge time!" He stepped to the side as Chef rolled up a large widescreen television on a wheeled cart. It was currently displaying an aerial map of the island with several additional colored icons – six bright green skulls scattered around the island; three yellowish envelopes over the campfire pit, the western edge of the campgrounds, and deeper into the forest; and a large purple spider in the middle of it all.
"We're gonna do a challenge?" Anne Maria wondered. "In the middle of the woods? At night?"
Confessional: Anne Maria
"Doesn't Chris know that we need our hours of sleep?" Anne Maria criticized. "I haven't even done my hair."
Confessional Ends
"Your challenge," Chris continued as though there'd been no interruption, "a scavenger hunt for three creepy souvenirs. Your locations? A haunted forest," he walked across to the other side of the television, "a scaaary pet cemetery, and an extra spooktastic cave. First team to each location gets a special clue," he said, the camera zooming in as he pointed towards the westernmost letter icon on the screen. "But watch out for booby traps," he added jovially as he moved his finger to one of the skulls, "I really went to town with them, heheh." The campers were shown watching warily.
"So move fast," the host added, "and stick together. You'll be penalized for each player you lose!"
"Umm, what's with the giant spider?" Sammy asked.
"Oh yeah," Chris answered as the shot zoomed in on the icon in question, "there's some kinda gigantic mutated spider sorta running around loose on the island."
The cast immediately started to voice their fears and protests.
"A huge, humongous spider is on the loose?!" DJ hugged Katie out of fear.
"I guess so," Katie said frightfully, but was secretly enjoying DJ hugging her.
The shot zoomed in on Dave in particular as he looked around, moaning "Oh no..." in annoyance.
Confessional: Dave
"Ever since I was a kid, I've never been a huge fan of spiders," Dave admitted. "They leave messy webs everywhere they go, and it takes me a long time to clean them up in places like my uncle's attic or my aunt's basement." A spider soon crawled down on a string. "This is gonna be unpopular, but I'm not a huge fan of Spider-Man because of my dislike of spiders." The spider hissed after hearing the criticism, making Dave flinch.
Confessional: Leshawna
"I may seem fearless on the outside, but spiders are one of the few things I'm terrified of," Leshawna said nervously. "Anything with eight legs is frightening enough."
Confessional Ends
"And since I want to keep things fair for both teams," Chris continued, "I decided to bring back an eliminated contestant for the Rats."
"It's so good to be back here!" the familiar voice of Sierra was heard, becoming more recognizable when she ran next to Chris.
"Sierra! I haven't introduced you yet!" Chris snapped at her.
"If I waited any longer, the episode would've been past the usual 22-minute runtime," Sierra explained. "I'll just go join the Toxic Rats and save you the trouble of doing so since I've rejoined."
Chris watched the fangirl run up to the contestants in annoyance. "Long story short, Sierra is the returnee." Chris regained his smile, and the dramatic and almost heroic tune started playing again. "There's nothing to fear but mortal terror itself! Talk soon," he added impishly, sounding his blowhorn once again.
The twelve campers ran off towards the woods.
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The footage flashed ahead to another shot of the full moon over the forested hills of Wawanakwa, an owl hooting as the scene cut down to ground level. The logo of the Toxic Rats appeared in the corner of the screen just before the team itself did, running up and stopping in front of a tree with a loudspeaker set up in its branches.
"We're in first place! Sweet!" Geoff cheered just before the loudspeaker whined into activity.
"Welcome to the Haunted Forest!" Chris announced over it, the shot panning downward to show the six Rats gathering around a small crack in the ground. "Your clue can be found at the base of this tree!" Sierra reached into the hole...and screamed in pain as something metallic snapped inside the hole.
"Inside a bear trap," Chris finished his announcement with a laugh.
Sierra withdrew her hand from the hole, the trap clamped down firmly on her arm – though she was at least clutching a note in her hand. "Here! Read the clue," she said, passing it to a mildly shocked Sammy. Just as she was about to read it, the sound of approaching footsteps distracted her and her teammates.
"Bad news guys," Anne Maria commented from the six Maggots. "They have the clue."
"Even with a team advantage they still managed to beat us," Katie reminded them.
"We can let the opposing team have their clue," Scarlett said, looking back towards her teammates. "I have another plan," she said, running ahead with her teammates in tow.
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The shot cut to the Maggots as they stopped at a clearing further along the trail. "So what's the plan?" Katie asked the girl in front.
"Find a place to hide so we can follow the Rats and their clue to our first souvenir," Scarlett answered. "Into that bush!"
The Maggots dived and painfully tried to hide in a thorn bush.
"Be quiet," Dave hissed, "They're coming."
"Inside a knot is a nest," Sammy read as the scene cut to the Rats. "Your souvenir lives with a pest. Find Polaris to travel northwest? Polaris is the North Star."
"The North Star is right there, so this way's northwest! There's a path!" Trent declared. He ran off, the rest of his teammates following suit.
"Now we follow!" Scarlett declared as the rest of her teammates came out of the bush.
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The Rats' logo reappeared as the footage skipped ahead again to them running along through the woods.
"Inside a knot is a nest," Geoff muttered to himself as the shot zoomed in on him. "Hey Sammy, what was the rest of that poem again?" he called back without taking his eyes off the path ahead.
When he didn't get an answer he immediately skidded to a stop. "Sammy?!" he yelled in rising panic, and looked back to see nobody behind him.
The shot cut back to show that the rest of the Rats had stopped in their tracks. "What? Did we lose the mouse?" Scott asked.
Geoff gulped. "We get a penalty for each player we lose, right?" he asked nervously.
"And there's a spider crawling around, right?!" Leshawna said in panic. The shot cut outward as he did so, showing a large purple spider crawling down through the shadows of the forest trees.
"We're looking for a knot with a nest, right?" Scott looked off to the right; the camera quick-panned over to a large tree with a noticeable hollow knot in the trunk with the hints of a nest inside; a few green and red marks had been spray-painted on the bark under it.
"There it is!" Leshawna said, immediately rushing towards it.
"But what about Sammy?" Trent asked his team.
"We'll look for her after we get the souvenir," Sierra assured him.
Leshawna started climbing up the trunk as the rest of her team ran up to join her, and soon began to root through the tree hollow with one arm.
Suddenly, a large eye opened up inside the hollow and stared directly at Leshawna. She screamed, and several squid-like tentacles reached out of the tree's other hollows. One quickly grabbed her around the neck and held her up, while another gave her a few wet slaps then poked her in the eye.
"My eye!" Leshawna yelped in pain and terror. In response the tentacle tightened its grip, and Leshawna began to choke.
"What do we do!?" Sierra yelled in panic.
Geoff looked around, then bent down and picked up a handful of small rocks. "We can throw these stones at the octo guy!"
"Good idea!" Scott said as he and his team picked up rocks of their own and began throwing them at the creature, but they seemed to be hitting Leshawna more than the mutant squid-tree monster. Eventually, the thing just raised its captive up even higher, then slammed her down onto the ground and hissed at the others.
"RUN!" Geoff shouted, turning to flee as a tentacle shot towards them, forcing them to scatter.
Unfortunately, Trent was unable to get away in time and was lifted up by the leg. Trent cried in pain as the mutant began to punch him in the stomach with a curled-up tentacle.
The sounds of pain and wet punches caused Leshawna to get frustrated. "No way am I gonna get pushed around or let a squid attack my teammates!" she declared, getting back on her feet and climbing up the tree-squid's trunk while it was distracted. "Quit buggin' us!" she cried as she punched the mutant in the eye.
The beast bellowed in pain, dropping Trent and retracting into its tree. As soon as he got back up, a strand of spider's webbing shot down from above, sticking on to his head and pulling him away from the floor.
Leshawna reached into the knot once again, quickly and triumphantly pulling out a brass key. "And that's how I roll!" she called down to her teammates.
She dropped down to the forest floor, and landed in front of Geoff, who grinned when he saw it. "We got the key, Trent." Geoff received no response as Scott rejoined.
"Trent?!" Leshawna yelled out in concern. "Where are you?!"
As she panicked, the shot changed to a perspective further away, and the footage switched to an infrared shot of the four Rats.
"Guess he's gone," Sierra sighed sadly. "On the plus side, we found the key."
"We lost two players!" Leshawna said. "Shouldn't we go and look for them?"
"Knowing Chris, he probably has them trapped someplace else, so I'm not too worried right now," Scott brushed it off.
"You've got a point there," Geoff agreed.
Just then, the six Maggots arrived on the scene.
Scott was the first to notice them. "No luck here," he quickly said with faux disappointment, "Do you want to see if Sammy and Trent saw anything better over there?" he looked back and asked Sierra, Leshawna, and Geoff.
"Absolutely. It's not just the three of us," Sierra caught on before they turned and ran off.
"I see something!" Katie pointed off to the camera's right – the direction of the squid-tree. "Team colors!" The camera briefly cut over to the knot in question, with a focus on the marks below it in the two teams' colors.
"Excellent eye, Katie," Scarlett complimented while DJ ran to the tree.
"I'm not just a phone addict, y'know," Katie laughed a bit.
"I got the key, everyone," the camera cut to DJ who was in the tree's hollow and holding out a key. He threw the key in front of Dave and Molly.
"Way to go, DJ!" Molly said.
"Now you want to support us," Dave snarked at her. "Where was that when I was frozen?"
"Are you still mad about that?" Molly groaned.
"Of course we are," Katie snorted.
"You don't just leave your teammates behind," Dave lectured.
"Whatever happened happened," Anne Maria got in between them. "Let's focus more on the challenge and less on squabbling right now."
Confessional: Anne Maria
"I'm here to start no fights," Anne Maria confessed. "What Molly did was messed up, but they can scold her after the challenge."
Confessional: Molly
"Thank you, Anne Maria," Molly let out a sigh of relief. "Finally, someone who won't ride on me for my choices!"
Confessionals End
"You're right, Anne Maria," Dave sighed. "We shouldn't waste anymore time fighting."
As Dave bent down to pick up the key, however, a line of spider silk shot down from the treetops, wrapped around Molly, and pulled her up out of sight.
DJ regrouped with his team. "They said they saw something far away, so maybe-" he paused and looked behind his teammates. "Wait, where's Molly?"
The other four looked behind them and gasped. "Oh no, Molly's got taken by the spider!" Dave cried out.
"What do we do now?" Anne Maria griped.
Scarlett sighed. "Not to sound apathetic, but I think we're gonna have to continue on without her."
"Are you sure about that?" Katie questioned.
"I'm sure we can catch up to wherever she's being taken to," Scarlett waved off her concern.
"Well, I hope so," Katie said as she and the team exchanged nervous looks.
Confessional: Dave
"I don't see Molly in the best light right now, but that doesn't mean that I want her to be taken away," Dave began to shudder. "Especially by a spider."
Confessional Ends
"Why are we running so slow when we're in a challenge?" Geoff said as the scene moved back to him, Sierra, Scott, and Leshawna running through the forest. "We won't beat the other team at this rate."
"Relax, I know what I'm doing," Scott conversed with him.
Confessional: Scott
Scott was whittling another piece of wood with his shark tooth. "I'm heading us back into last place where we belong. Another elimination ceremony for the Rats and it's bye-bye Geoff! Or Sierra. I can't decide."
Confessional Ends
"C'mon, let's rock this! With years of exercise and partying, I've got energy to burn!" Geoff said, snatching the key from Leshawna and jogging ahead. The three followed him, but the camera kept its focus on Geoff as he passed a tree stump, then a rock; then stepped on a mysterious clump of dirt… which exploded and sent him flying.
Leshawna, Sierra, and Scott stopped immediately, the shot showing Sierra and Leshawna being shocked and Scott showing delight as Geoff got launched from one land mine to the next off-screen.
During this, however, a line of spider webbing was shot onto Sierra's leg. It quickly wrapped around it and tugged Sierra away from her team.
The camera finally cut back to Geoff, singed and groaning on the ground in an awkward but still holding the Rats' key. The Maggots approached him moments later. "Sorry that had to happen, doll!" Anne Maria comforted as she ran past Geoff.
Scott and Leshawna came to Geoff's need. "You gonna be alright?" Leshawna helped him up.
"I'll walk it off," Geoff tried to remain cool headed.
"Thanks, focus boy," Scott said.
"I don't want to strain my calves," Geoff added.
"We should leave in a few minutes just to make sure we catch up to the other team," Leshawna said. "Sierra just got captured, and I don't want us sticking around here."
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The scene cut to the lantern-lit cemetery. The camera panned left across its headstones and crosses, several of which were pet-themed, to the entrance as the five remaining Mutant Maggots arrived, huffing and puffing from their run.
"Welcome to the Wawanakwa Pet Cemetery!" Chris greeted them over the loudspeaker.
"We're first. Nice!" Dave said.
"What's the clue?" Anne Maria asked Scarlett.
The camera cut in close as she opened the lid to a small coffin in an open grave, revealing a ragged piece of paper within bearing a list of numbers: 5 in the first row; 5 in the second; 5 in the third. Notably, while most of the numbers were plain black there were three 6s and the 18 were all an eye-catching red. "Three 6's is normally not a good indication of luck," Scarlett said with a nervous look.
"Let's fan out and look for numbers!" DJ said as the perspective cut back to its usual sideview.
"By ourselves?" Anne Maria asked.
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"I'm in a creepy cemetery in the middle of the woods looking for three 6s. It's no big deal," Anne Maria said warily as she backed through the graveyard. "Good news is, there aren't any owls hooting around. I think I'm safe," she told herself, pausing to smile. "Now, let's see if I can find any numbers..."
She turned around and started examining the nearest headstone, and the shot cut to a view from afar, the footage switching back to infrared. The monster serving as the camera's viewpoint blinked, and when it opened its eyes it had gotten much closer to the jersey girl, and had extended four sharp limbs with tiny claws on the end towards her...
Anne Maria's scream echoed through the cemetery, quickly catching the attention of Katie, DJ, Scarlett, and Dave as they looked up in shock. "Anne Maria?" Dave asked out in concern, the footage quickly skipping ahead to show all four arriving at the location the tanned young lady had been snatched from.
"I could've sworn she was just here," Dave said in confusion.
They all gasped. "Where'd she go?" Katie asked in mild terror.
"I'm just as concerned as you all are," Scarlett started, "but like what happened with Molly, we should move along and hope to catch up with them."
"I know you're trying to be reasonable," DJ said, "but you're rubbing me off the wrong way."
"Yeah, it's like you don't care about what could happen to our teammates," Dave told her.
"I'm just used to not expressing my emotions on occasion," Scarlett told her team members. "Thank you very much."
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The scene flashed to the Rats, where Scott and Leshawna were next to grimy coffins propped upright against a couple statues.
"Find the souvenir, hide the souvenir, lose the game…" Scott went in to unlock the coffin, but was interrupted by Fang bursting out of the coffin with a menacing grin.
"AAAAHHHHH!" The devious ran away screaming when Fang moved to chase after him.
Geoff was looking at a grave that was open. "This grave smells like french fries. Weird, but I'm not complaining." He got shoved in thanks to Scott running away from Fang.
The camera followed Scott as he ran past two open graves, one of which with a mound of dirt in front of it.
The mutant shark followed his quarry, but when Scott leapt over the mound of dirt, Fang tripped over it. The shark fell into the open grave and growled.
"Why does this graveyard smell like fries?" Katie wondered aloud, following a scent as she walked through the cemetery. She soon came to the pit Geoff was in. "Maybe it's coming from there."
"Hello? Anybody? I need someone to help me down here!" Geoff called out.
Katie backed away a bit. "Did that hole just talk?"
"It's me. Geoff!" Geoff tried to denounce her belief.
"Oh right," Katie sighed in relief. "You're the guy with the cowboy hat."
"That's right," Geoff confirmed her statement. "I fell down this hole, and I'm covered in grease right now."
"So that explains the smell," Katie realized.
"Can you get me out of here?" Geoff begged her. "Grease doesn't mesh well with my shirt."
"I would, but I have to help my team right now," Katie declined. "One of your teammates could get you out. Bye," she left the scene.
"This sucks," Geoff whined, unaware of four maggots coming by the grave. As soon as they saw the grease and Geoff, they jumped in and attacked him, making him howl in agony.
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The scene cut to Chris, who was watching feeds of both teams on a trio of monitors and laughing hysterically. "Will anyone make it to the spooky cave?" he turned and asked the camera, holding a covered cup with a straw in it. "And if so, how can they possibly make it all the way to the finish line? Less brain, more pain, when we return!" he said, finishing with a sip of his drink.
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I am somewhat of a thinker, and have been considering journalism/activism. I am a musician right now, but the reach just isn't there to do both. I was feeling especially flustered this morning, and decided to write this up (on a whim) for unpopularopinions. They removed it for being politically charged, although I don't think it was. That all doesn't really matter as much as I thought you would appreciate the rhetoric. So anyway - without further ado! - here's my shitty little piece...
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"Violence and Anger are the tools of the 21st century, and you must learn how to use them"
At 25, I have lived an incredible life of nothing. I was heavily abused, and homeless since my teenage years. Spending most of my years travelling on my own, I've survived great pain, but in doing so have also had the pleasure of experiencing an incredible amount of the world, and its people, too. Unfortunately, one of the most important things I've learned is that humans are mostly receptive to violence and anger. The strongest human emotion one can solicit is fear. There is nothing that resonates deeper in our core. Look at the Liberals and Republicans in America... While the Liberals continue to take the high-road, Republicans are making real, actual progress simply by spewing hate and fear-mongering. Their followers don't even care for truth, they are complacent out of fear. A fear of God, a fear of the man, a fear of the unknown... Nothing resonates quite like fear.
If you are driving along a country road and somebody - texting and not paying attention - pulls out in front of you, almost causing a majour accident that would have killed you both. They wave an apology as if that's enough... But, what would happen if you exited your car, got in their face, and firmly explained to them why what they are doing is wrong? If you didn't, odds are they would compartimentalise it as a small mistake, and move on with their lives. For many, this is perceived as a natural consequence. What so many fail to understand, however, is the ramification. Because we all let it go and went our seperate ways, the offending driver will probably continue the behaviour of texting and driving. But, again, what if you didn't let it go? What if a crazy person approached their car, and gave them the news they needed to hear? They might think you're gonna kill 'em! So when you don't, it'll stick with them. They will probably not be texting and driving for a while. This can be applied to all traffic, for example, but everything else, too. Anything where a moral/ethical compass should be applied, at least.
As an angry Leftist and member of the SRA, I have had it with the soft activism and quiet arguments. I have had it with behaviours and standards limiting what needs to be said/done. Most importantly, I've had it with being who I am and living the straight-and-narrow while my contemporaries who come from good families and affluency continue to deviate from the morals and ethics we were all raised on. I don't believe in a God that passes judgement, but in ourselves as people - intelligent beings - to do the right thing.
People need to start getting mad. We don't just need to stand up against the powers that be, we must be jumping up and down on tables, yelling and screaming, scaring the shit out of them. No more gentle pushes and social norms, no more keeping our mouths shut and turning the other cheek. There must begin an awakening for those sucking up the world and disregarding humanity. If there ever was a time to become unhinged, we are living in it.

Howdy! It's a small fantasy of mine to have a regular friend who comes thru and gets smoked out and we go on fun adventures together. Be it outside, at an event, or somehow we'd find ourselves glued to a TV series I just want someone to share in the happiness that's generated as I'm alone more often than not. Bonus points if you game or love comedy or are hwp and just want to explore more of what life has to offer
I'm 5'10, fit, mixed race, and relatively attractive. I dress well, keep my place tidy, and consider myself high (lol) functioning as far as being a stoner goes. I've got naturally colored hair that can't decide on if it's black, brown, blonde, or going grey and hazel eyes. if any of that gels and you'd like to see more there's a pic on my profile and many many more posts about what I'm looking for. DM me a physical activity as proof you read and I'll grant you one wish :)

I recently got a broken Simpson pressure washer that just needed a new pump. Had a beautiful Honda GCV190 that ran (or hopefully runs) perfectly.
Was pressure washing my patio when I noticed it was smoking. Weird. Took air filter off and noticed some blow by. Odd but not super concerning yet….and then I noticed a steady stream of oil coming off the drive shaft.
The drive shaft key had moved up somehow and it looks to me like it maybe tore the shaft seal. Either that or the rig overheated destroying the seal.
REALLY needed to finish this project so I got the key back in place and filled her back up with oil (stupidly) planning to just fill it every few mins. Well within about 30s of starting the engine again it died. FUCK. Go over and pull on it and sure enough feels seized or at the very least way harder than it was before. Conniption ensues. Neighbor probably was about to call the authorities given some of the words I was saying quite loudly, wife got a good laugh when I smacked myself in the head with the wand when I tried to yank the hose out of my way.
Anyway I cooled off and so did the engine and when I pulled it over half-assedly again to my surprise it fired right up.
So my question is - how likely is this engine to be toast either way? I plan to check compressive but anything else I should check? Also any tips on replacing the shaft seal and anything else I should look into would be appreciated.

24F, just got first and only temporary dental crowns on Friday. No issues thus far except for gum bleeding when brushing (yes I'm doing it very gently, and been using the Sensodyne gum sensitivity toothpaste since my previous root canal 6 months ago.. actually worried I'm not cleaning around them like I should be). I'm very diligent about chewing on the opposite side and trying to consume lukewarm soft foods when possible. However I'm concerned because previously when I scheduled it, they said 2 weeks for the permanents to come in. Then when I get there, they say 3 weeks. Which I can't do because of a vacation. So, I have to come in at the 4 week mark exactly. They didn't give me any advice other than to just be gentle with it (and don't floss), so what risks or concerns should I watch out for over the next month?? Right now just hoping the permanents will feel more natural than these ones. Not going to lie, I felt sad when the hygienist noted "they only last 3 weeks", like it was my fault they changed the timeline without a heads up...

First of all I should say that English is not my first language and I am very sorry if I didn't write everything properly. I made this with the intention of learning from this experience and see if I was wrong in this situation and I am very sorry if this post is hard to read because of it's lenght. During end of Fall I (23M) met a girl (20F) because I was early to an exam and had to wait for 2 hours. She opened the conversation and we chatted for an hour and had a good time and exchanged info. Later that day I messaged her if she wanted to go on a coffee date. She said yes and we went on a date. I want to note that during this first date she said some things that I was not prepared to answer right away. She asked me if I want kids and said the fact that she doesn't want any, she said that she was surprised that I was nice to her and paid for her and that we went to the arcade. She also said that something must be wrong with me from a mental state because I am not a womanizer, I didn't try to sleep with her, that I don't drink and don't smoke (she noted that it was weird because I live in a Balkan Country where almost everyone drinks, but I have a medical condition). I walked her where she lived because it was quite late and then we hugged and said that we wanted to keep going like this. We started talking almost daily, playing game together, she introduced me to her friends and I introduced her to some of mine. As we spend more time together over the months she would often come to my place (I live alone) to play game, chat and eat. Very late in one night we talked about some things that led to another and then she told me about her situation. She was impressed that I didn't want anything from her because she was recently dumped by her boyfriend during the end of Summer. She said to me that her boyfriend wasn't a bad guy but she didn't take care of her, his friends made fun of her because of him and that sometimes when she didn't want to have sex with her he forced it. After he broke up with her they still stayed on contact and she said that he is a good friend with her. One night she said she wanted to come to me but couldn't and then later I found out that her ex-boyfriend was drunk one night and wanted to suicide if he could not talk with her and spend the night with her. She also said that he was her second ever boyfriend that that her first boyfriend and many of her girlfriends (she is bisexual) cheated on her many times. She then said the thing that keeps her from being in a relationship with me was that I would cheat on her and that I would not love her. I said to her that it's normal to think that because we haven't spend so much time to know each other so well and I assured her that I would never cheat because I really can't stand cheating and destroying the life of another person. I asked her if she could love me for who I am and then said that she does not know if I have a chance to get with her because she may go back to her ex-boyfriend that made her feel bad her or another person in her life. She then cried that the day before she almost killed herself. I tried to hug her and tell her that I can be there for her and she does not need to have those kind of thoughts. After a minute she then angerly said that she does not like being touched, she only likes to touch the person she is in love with and that never buy her flowers. After a few hours I bought her and Uber because she wanted to go home. I started talking with my friends about this situation and all of my friends told me that I should not go any further with her, not met her quite as often and study (for my final year at university). I chose to not go out with her so often and just stay in touch and be there if she needs me. One night we went to the club with some of my friends and one of my friends (who is a lesbian) wanted me to know if the girl that I am with is single. I told her that she technically is (because we are not in a relationship) but told her that she is traumatized and not ready for one. In spite of that my friend still wanted to try and she even tried to kiss her but the girl rejected it. Later that night after we went to my place to pick her stuff that she left when we went out we had a chat and started talking about why I want a relationship. I told her that I want one because I want to be there for someone, someone to be there for me and to make that someone feel special and have a nice life with her. She said that I don't have any chances of finding that nowadays because of how the dating culture is. Over the months I started to not talk with her because I wanted to study for my exams. One day, 3 weeks ago, she started calling my phone out of the blue and asked me if she could come and see me and stay at my place for a few hours. I wanted to finish a project but I said yes because I thought she needed me. After she came to my place we started talking about what we did during the time we didn't talk and saw that I posted a story with me and colleague of mine (who is a girl) with whom I worked on some projects, watching anime on Discord. She started getting jealous that I was speaking to other girls while not talking to her. She then spoke to me about her life this couple of months and that she went in visit in some cities where she had friends. She told me that she was at a cabin with some friends that I haven't known about (ranging from 18 to 34 year olds) and had many adventures. Later that night that an event happened (because of something they smoked) at that cabin and they had an orgy. She told me that she didn't do it with anyone and was just in a corner watching them and filming it. I did not know what to say to that because to me that was something that I haven't heard of from someone I know and didn't know how to respond. Later that night she told me that she wanted to stay the night and that she wanted me to dye her hair. I said yes and use one of my hair dyes and talked. During that she told me some bad things about her life, that she has a bad relationship with her parents, that everyone where she lived laughed about her and made jokes. I felt bad for her and because I care about her well being I kissed and told her that if she need a place to stay I can provide that for her. She then went to my shower to clean herself and called out for me to give her something to dress and it did not mind her that I was seeing her naked for the first time. I then went I slept on the couch because I know that she is not good with physical touch I did not want to make her uncomfortable. Later that night I went to my bed that she stayed in, woke her about and told her that I am sorry and that the couch is very cold and that I don't want to catch a cold during this time. The next morning she woke up with a call from her ex-boyfriend asking her where she is and why she was not working on her projects. She told me that she would want to me to give her my VR headset for 3 days to try it and I did. When she left I hugged her, kissed her and told her that if she wants to come here more often she could. I kept in touch with her this time and asked her if she could return the VR headset when she said she would. She told me that many things happened and her dad was not feeling fine and I understood that. She kept that VR headset for 3 weeks. Yesterday she calls me and tells me she wants to give me my VR headset. She makes me wait one hour in the rain and then comes by car with a cousin. The cousin then wants me to give me the VR headset and before that asks her if he should give me the box that contained the VR headset (the box was mine). She told him yes and then got out of the car, hugged me, said that she wanted to see her parents again and then left. Today I text her how her parents are feeling and she says that they are good. Asked her if she wanted to watch some movies and then I receive a lot of texts. She told me that "YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KISSED ME", "I AVOIDED YOU BECAUSE YOU MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE", "DON'T EVER TOUCH ME OR KISS ME", "LETS STAY JUST FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE YOU GOT THAT... F.R.I.E.N.D.S". I texted her that I am sorry about this situation and that I made her feel bad and said to her that I accept to be just friends with her. Today I told some of my friends about this and they told me that she is mad and to never speak with her again. One friend told me that she smelled something fishy because we kept doing things that people do when they are in a relationship but we were never in one. I am also writing this with a bit of a fear because I know that one of her friends does a lot of computer work like hacking and made a lot of bad things happen to a lot of people and I am a bit afraid of that. I don't want to lie and say that I am not hurt a bit hurt and used by her but I also want to say that I hope that something bad does not happen with her and that she finds the person that she is looking for. I want to learn from this experience and wanted to ask people if I was doing something bad in your opinion that made her feel that way and act that way. Also wanted to apologize for making this post long but could not feel that I will get answers if I didn't talk about this situation in details. Also want to take advices to do better next time when I talk with someone that I want to be in a relationship with. TLDR: met a cute girl, went on dates with her, find out she is traumatized and needs help, telling her that I was there for her, getting yelled by her to never touch her again, wanting to learn if I was in the wrong here

First of all I should say that English is not my first language and I am very sorry if I didn't write everything properly. I made this with the intention of learning from this experience and see if I was wrong in this situation and I am very sorry if this post is hard to read because of it's lenght. During end of Fall I (23M) met a girl (20F) because I was early to an exam and had to wait for 2 hours. She opened the conversation and we chatted for an hour and had a good time and exchanged info. Later that day I messaged her if she wanted to go on a coffee date. She said yes and we went on a date. I want to note that during this first date she said some things that I was not prepared to answer right away. She asked me if I want kids and said the fact that she doesn't want any, she said that she was surprised that I was nice to her and paid for her and that we went to the arcade. She also said that something must be wrong with me from a mental state because I am not a womanizer, I didn't try to sleep with her, that I don't drink and don't smoke (she noted that it was weird because I live in a Balkan Country where almost everyone drinks, but I have a medical condition). I walked her where she lived because it was quite late and then we hugged and said that we wanted to keep going like this. We started talking almost daily, playing game together, she introduced me to her friends and I introduced her to some of mine. As we spend more time together over the months she would often come to my place (I live alone) to play game, chat and eat. Very late in one night we talked about some things that led to another and then she told me about her situation. She was impressed that I didn't want anything from her because she was recently dumped by her boyfriend during the end of Summer. She said to me that her boyfriend wasn't a bad guy but she didn't take care of her, his friends made fun of her because of him and that sometimes when she didn't want to have sex with her he forced it. After he broke up with her they still stayed on contact and she said that he is a good friend with her. One night she said she wanted to come to me but couldn't and then later I found out that her ex-boyfriend was drunk one night and wanted to suicide if he could not talk with her and spend the night with her. She also said that he was her second ever boyfriend that that her first boyfriend and many of her girlfriends (she is bisexual) cheated on her many times. She then said the thing that keeps her from being in a relationship with me was that I would cheat on her and that I would not love her. I said to her that it's normal to think that because we haven't spend so much time to know each other so well and I assured her that I would never cheat because I really can't stand cheating and destroying the life of another person. I asked her if she could love me for who I am and then said that she does not know if I have a chance to get with her because she may go back to her ex-boyfriend that raped her or another person in her life. She then cried that the day before she almost killed herself. I tried to hug her and tell her that I can be there for her and she does not need to have those kind of thoughts. After a minute she then angerly said that she does not like being touched, she only likes to touch the person she is in love with and that never buy her flowers. After a few hours I bought her and Uber because she wanted to go home. I started talking with my friends about this situation and all of my friends told me that I should not go any further with her, not met her quite as often and study (for my final year at university). I chose to not go out with her so often and just stay in touch and be there if she needs me. One night we went to the club with some of my friends and one of my friends (who is a lesbian) wanted me to know if the girl that I am with is single. I told her that she technically is (because we are not in a relationship) but told her that she is traumatized and not ready for one. In spite of that my friend still wanted to try and she even tried to kiss her but the girl rejected it. Later that night after we went to my place to pick her stuff that she left when we went out we had a chat and started talking about why I want a relationship. I told her that I want one because I want to be there for someone, someone to be there for me and to make that someone feel special and have a nice life with her. She said that I don't have any chances of finding that nowadays because of how the dating culture is. Over the months I started to not talk with her because I wanted to study for my exams. One day, 3 weeks ago, she started calling my phone out of the blue and asked me if she could come and see me and stay at my place for a few hours. I wanted to finish a project but I said yes because I thought she needed me. After she came to my place we started talking about what we did during the time we didn't talk and saw that I posted a story with me and colleague of mine (who is a girl) with whom I worked on some projects, watching anime on Discord. She started getting jealous that I was speaking to other girls while not talking to her. She then spoke to me about her life this couple of months and that she went in visit in some cities where she had friends. She told me that she was at a cabin with some friends that I haven't known about (ranging from 18 to 34 year olds) and had many adventures. Later that night that an event happened (because of something they smoked) at that cabin and they had an orgy. She told me that she didn't do it with anyone and was just in a corner watching them and filming it. I did not know what to say to that because to me that was something that I haven't heard of from someone I know and didn't know how to respond. Later that night she told me that she wanted to stay the night and that she wanted me to dye her hair. I said yes and use one of my hair dyes and talked. During that she told me some bad things about her life, that she has a bad relationship with her parents, that everyone where she lived laughed about her and made jokes. I felt bad for her and because I care about her well being I kissed and told her that if she need a place to stay I can provide that for her. She then went to my shower to clean herself and called out for me to give her something to dress and it did not mind her that I was seeing her naked for the first time. I then went I slept on the couch because I know that she is not good with physical touch I did not want to make her uncomfortable. Later that night I went to my bed that she stayed in, woke her about and told her that I am sorry and that the couch is very cold and that I don't want to catch a cold during this time. The next morning she woke up with a call from her ex-boyfriend asking her where she is and why she was not working on her projects. She told me that she would want to me to give her my VR headset for 3 days to try it and I did. When she left I hugged her, kissed her and told her that if she wants to come here more often she could. I kept in touch with her this time and asked her if she could return the VR headset when she said she would. She told me that many things happened and her dad was not feeling fine and I understood that. She kept that VR headset for 3 weeks. Yesterday she calls me and tells me she wants to give me my VR headset. She makes me wait one hour in the rain and then comes by car with a cousin. The cousin then wants me to give me the VR headset and before that asks her if he should give me the box that contained the VR headset (the box was mine). She told him yes and then got out of the car, hugged me, said that she wanted to see her parents again and then left. Today I text her how her parents are feeling and she says that they are good. Asked her if she wanted to watch some movies and then I receive a lot of texts. She told me that "YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KISSED ME", "I AVOIDED YOU BECAUSE YOU MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE", "DON'T EVER TOUCH ME OR KISS ME", "LETS STAY JUST FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE YOU GOT THAT... F.R.I.E.N.D.S". I texted her that I am sorry about this situation and that I made her feel bad and said to her that I accept to be just friends with her. Today I told some of my friends about this and they told me that she is mad and to never speak with her again. One friend told me that she smelled something fishy because we kept doing things that people do when they are in a relationship but we were never in one. I am also writing this with a bit of a fear because I know that one of her friends does a lot of computer work like hacking and made a lot of bad things happen to a lot of people and I am a bit afraid of that. I don't want to lie and say that I am not hurt a bit hurt and used by her but I also want to say that I hope that something bad does not happen with her and that she finds the person that she is looking for. I want to learn from this experience and wanted to ask people if I was doing something bad in your opinion that made her feel that way and act that way. Also wanted to apologize for making this post long but could not feel that I will get answers if I didn't talk about this situation in details. Also want to take advices to do better next time when I talk with someone that I want to be in a relationship with. TLDR: met a cute girl, went on dates with her, find out she is traumatized and needs help, telling her that I was there for her, getting yelled by her to never touch her again, wanting to learn if I was in the wrong here

I've been on e for 8 months and been spontaneously gendered correctly by strangers 3 times - last time was a month ago and the guy called me sir, paused and then was like "or ma'am?".
I've tried dressing more fem, getting eyebrows done, voice training, my makeup is good and my hair has been growing for 18 months.
I wear a dress and I just get hostile stares.
I try wearing "not too much makeup", jeans and a tshirt thar clearly shows my breasts - "do you want the receipt sir".
I know people say height doesn't matter but I'm 6ft and it definitely draws more attention to me.
I have a long face and bigger chin and I don't think I can afford FFS.
It happened again just there today, didn't even open my mouth either. I had lipstick and mascara on, long hair, visible boob because I was wearing a tank top due to the weather. The worst thing is the guy at the checkout wasn't being hostile.
I thought I looked ambiguous enough at least to avoid being seen as male, I spent an hour getting ready before going out too and it's just making me give up hope.

First of all I should say that English is not my first language and I am very sorry if I didn't write everything properly. I made this with the intention of learning from this experience and see if I was wrong in this situation and I am very sorry if this post is hard to read because of it's lenght. During end of Fall I (23M) met a girl (20F) because I was early to an exam and had to wait for 2 hours. She opened the conversation and we chatted for an hour and had a good time and exchanged info. Later that day I messaged her if she wanted to go on a coffee date. She said yes and we went on a date. I want to note that during this first date she said some things that I was not prepared to answer right away. She asked me if I want kids and said the fact that she doesn't want any, she said that she was surprised that I was nice to her and paid for her and that we went to the arcade. She also said that something must be wrong with me from a mental state because I am not a womanizer, I didn't try to sleep with her, that I don't drink and don't smoke (she noted that it was weird because I live in a Balkan Country where almost everyone drinks, but I have a medical condition). I walked her where she lived because it was quite late and then we hugged and said that we wanted to keep going like this. We started talking almost daily, playing game together, she introduced me to her friends and I introduced her to some of mine. As we spend more time together over the months she would often come to my place (I live alone) to play game, chat and eat. Very late in one night we talked about some things that led to another and then she told me about her situation. She was impressed that I didn't want anything from her because she was recently dumped by her boyfriend during the end of Summer. She said to me that her boyfriend wasn't a bad guy but she didn't take care of her, his friends made fun of her because of him and that sometimes when she didn't want to have sex with her he forced it. After he broke up with her they still stayed on contact and she said that he is a good friend with her. One night she said she wanted to come to me but couldn't and then later I found out that her ex-boyfriend was drunk one night and wanted to suicide if he could not talk with her and spend the night with her. She also said that he was her second ever boyfriend that that her first boyfriend and many of her girlfriends (she is bisexual) cheated on her many times. She then said the thing that keeps her from being in a relationship with me was that I would cheat on her and that I would not love her. I said to her that it's normal to think that because we haven't spend so much time to know each other so well and I assured her that I would never cheat because I really can't stand cheating and destroying the life of another person. I asked her if she could love me for who I am and then said that she does not know if I have a chance to get with her because she may go back to her ex-boyfriend that raped her or another person in her life. She then cried that the day before she almost killed herself. I tried to hug her and tell her that I can be there for her and she does not need to have those kind of thoughts. After a minute she then angerly said that she does not like being touched, she only likes to touch the person she is in love with and that never buy her flowers. After a few hours I bought her and Uber because she wanted to go home. I started talking with my friends about this situation and all of my friends told me that I should not go any further with her, not met her quite as often and study (for my final year at university). I chose to not go out with her so often and just stay in touch and be there if she needs me. One night we went to the club with some of my friends and one of my friends (who is a lesbian) wanted me to know if the girl that I am with is single. I told her that she technically is (because we are not in a relationship) but told her that she is traumatized and not ready for one. In spite of that my friend still wanted to try and she even tried to kiss her but the girl rejected it. Later that night after we went to my place to pick her stuff that she left when we went out we had a chat and started talking about why I want a relationship. I told her that I want one because I want to be there for someone, someone to be there for me and to make that someone feel special and have a nice life with her. She said that I don't have any chances of finding that nowadays because of how the dating culture is. Over the months I started to not talk with her because I wanted to study for my exams. One day, 3 weeks ago, she started calling my phone out of the blue and asked me if she could come and see me and stay at my place for a few hours. I wanted to finish a project but I said yes because I thought she needed me. After she came to my place we started talking about what we did during the time we didn't talk and saw that I posted a story with me and colleague of mine (who is a girl) with whom I worked on some projects, watching anime on Discord. She started getting jealous that I was speaking to other girls while not talking to her. She then spoke to me about her life this couple of months and that she went in visit in some cities where she had friends. She told me that she was at a cabin with some friends that I haven't known about (ranging from 18 to 34 year olds) and had many adventures. Later that night that an event happened (because of something they smoked) at that cabin and they had an orgy. She told me that she didn't do it with anyone and was just in a corner watching them and filming it. I did not know what to say to that because to me that was something that I haven't heard of from someone I know and didn't know how to respond. Later that night she told me that she wanted to stay the night and that she wanted me to dye her hair. I said yes and use one of my hair dyes and talked. During that she told me some bad things about her life, that she has a bad relationship with her parents, that everyone where she lived laughed about her and made jokes. I felt bad for her and because I care about her well being I kissed and told her that if she need a place to stay I can provide that for her. She then went to my shower to clean herself and called out for me to give her something to dress and it did not mind her that I was seeing her naked for the first time. I then went I slept on the couch because I know that she is not good with physical touch I did not want to make her uncomfortable. Later that night I went to my bed that she stayed in, woke her about and told her that I am sorry and that the couch is very cold and that I don't want to catch a cold during this time. The next morning she woke up with a call from her ex-boyfriend asking her where she is and why she was not working on her projects. She told me that she would want to me to give her my VR headset for 3 days to try it and I did. When she left I hugged her, kissed her and told her that if she wants to come here more often she could. I kept in touch with her this time and asked her if she could return the VR headset when she said she would. She told me that many things happened and her dad was not feeling fine and I understood that. She kept that VR headset for 3 weeks. Yesterday she calls me and tells me she wants to give me my VR headset. She makes me wait one hour in the rain and then comes by car with a cousin. The cousin then wants me to give me the VR headset and before that asks her if he should give me the box that contained the VR headset (the box was mine). She told him yes and then got out of the car, hugged me, said that she wanted to see her parents again and then left. Today I text her how her parents are feeling and she says that they are good. Asked her if she wanted to watch some movies and then I receive a lot of texts. She told me that "YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KISSED ME", "I AVOIDED YOU BECAUSE YOU MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE", "DON'T EVER TOUCH ME OR KISS ME", "LETS STAY JUST FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE YOU GOT THAT... F.R.I.E.N.D.S". I texted her that I am sorry about this situation and that I made her feel bad and said to her that I accept to be just friends with her. Today I told some of my friends about this and they told me that she is mad and to never speak with her again. One friend told me that she smelled something fishy because we kept doing things that people do when they are in a relationship but we were never in one. I am also writing this with a bit of a fear because I know that one of her friends does a lot of computer work like hacking and made a lot of bad things happen to a lot of people and I am a bit afraid of that. I don't want to lie and say that I am not hurt a bit hurt and used by her but I also want to say that I hope that something bad does not happen with her and that she finds the person that she is looking for. I want to learn from this experience and wanted to ask people if I was doing something bad in your opinion that made her feel that way and act that way. Also wanted to apologize for making this post long but could not feel that I will get answers if I didn't talk about this situation in details. Also want to take advices to do better next time when I talk with someone that I want to be in a relationship with. TLDR: met a cute girl, went on dates with her, find out she is traumatized and needs help, telling her that I was there for her, getting yelled by her to never touch her again, wanting to learn if I was in the wrong here

First of all I should say that English is not my first language and I am very sorry if I didn't write everything properly. I made this with the intention of learning from this experience and see if I was wrong in this situation and I am very sorry if this post is hard to read because of it's lenght. During end of Fall I (23M) met a girl (20F) because I was early to an exam and had to wait for 2 hours. She opened the conversation and we chatted for an hour and had a good time and exchanged info. Later that day I messaged her if she wanted to go on a coffee date. She said yes and we went on a date. I want to note that during this first date she said some things that I was not prepared to answer right away. She asked me if I want kids and said the fact that she doesn't want any, she said that she was surprised that I was nice to her and paid for her and that we went to the arcade. She also said that something must be wrong with me from a mental state because I am not a womanizer, I didn't try to sleep with her, that I don't drink and don't smoke (she noted that it was weird because I live in a Balkan Country where almost everyone drinks, but I have a medical condition). I walked her where she lived because it was quite late and then we hugged and said that we wanted to keep going like this. We started talking almost daily, playing game together, she introduced me to her friends and I introduced her to some of mine. As we spend more time together over the months she would often come to my place (I live alone) to play game, chat and eat. Very late in one night we talked about some things that led to another and then she told me about her situation. She was impressed that I didn't want anything from her because she was recently dumped by her boyfriend during the end of Summer. She said to me that her boyfriend wasn't a bad guy but she didn't take care of her, his friends made fun of her because of him and that sometimes when she didn't want to have sex with her he forced it. After he broke up with her they still stayed on contact and she said that he is a good friend with her. One night she said she wanted to come to me but couldn't and then later I found out that her ex-boyfriend was drunk one night and wanted to suicide if he could not talk with her and spend the night with her. She also said that he was her second ever boyfriend that that her first boyfriend and many of her girlfriends (she is bisexual) cheated on her many times. She then said the thing that keeps her from being in a relationship with me was that I would cheat on her and that I would not love her. I said to her that it's normal to think that because we haven't spend so much time to know each other so well and I assured her that I would never cheat because I really can't stand cheating and destroying the life of another person. I asked her if she could love me for who I am and then said that she does not know if I have a chance to get with her because she may go back to her ex-boyfriend that raped her or another person in her life. She then cried that the day before she almost killed herself. I tried to hug her and tell her that I can be there for her and she does not need to have those kind of thoughts. After a minute she then angerly said that she does not like being touched, she only likes to touch the person she is in love with and that never buy her flowers. After a few hours I bought her and Uber because she wanted to go home. I started talking with my friends about this situation and all of my friends told me that I should not go any further with her, not met her quite as often and study (for my final year at university). I chose to not go out with her so often and just stay in touch and be there if she needs me. One night we went to the club with some of my friends and one of my friends (who is a lesbian) wanted me to know if the girl that I am with is single. I told her that she technically is (because we are not in a relationship) but told her that she is traumatized and not ready for one. In spite of that my friend still wanted to try and she even tried to kiss her but the girl rejected it. Later that night after we went to my place to pick her stuff that she left when we went out we had a chat and started talking about why I want a relationship. I told her that I want one because I want to be there for someone, someone to be there for me and to make that someone feel special and have a nice life with her. She said that I don't have any chances of finding that nowadays because of how the dating culture is. Over the months I started to not talk with her because I wanted to study for my exams. One day, 3 weeks ago, she started calling my phone out of the blue and asked me if she could come and see me and stay at my place for a few hours. I wanted to finish a project but I said yes because I thought she needed me. After she came to my place we started talking about what we did during the time we didn't talk and saw that I posted a story with me and colleague of mine (who is a girl) with whom I worked on some projects, watching anime on Discord. She started getting jealous that I was speaking to other girls while not talking to her. She then spoke to me about her life this couple of months and that she went in visit in some cities where she had friends. She told me that she was at a cabin with some friends that I haven't known about (ranging from 18 to 34 year olds) and had many adventures. Later that night that an event happened (because of something they smoked) at that cabin and they had an orgy. She told me that she didn't do it with anyone and was just in a corner watching them and filming it. I did not know what to say to that because to me that was something that I haven't heard of from someone I know and didn't know how to respond. Later that night she told me that she wanted to stay the night and that she wanted me to dye her hair. I said yes and use one of my hair dyes and talked. During that she told me some bad things about her life, that she has a bad relationship with her parents, that everyone where she lived laughed about her and made jokes. I felt bad for her and because I care about her well being I kissed and told her that if she need a place to stay I can provide that for her. She then went to my shower to clean herself and called out for me to give her something to dress and it did not mind her that I was seeing her naked for the first time. I then went I slept on the couch because I know that she is not good with physical touch I did not want to make her uncomfortable. Later that night I went to my bed that she stayed in, woke her about and told her that I am sorry and that the couch is very cold and that I don't want to catch a cold during this time. The next morning she woke up with a call from her ex-boyfriend asking her where she is and why she was not working on her projects. She told me that she would want to me to give her my VR headset for 3 days to try it and I did. When she left I hugged her, kissed her and told her that if she wants to come here more often she could. I kept in touch with her this time and asked her if she could return the VR headset when she said she would. She told me that many things happened and her dad was not feeling fine and I understood that. She kept that VR headset for 3 weeks. Yesterday she calls me and tells me she wants to give me my VR headset. She makes me wait one hour in the rain and then comes by car with a cousin. The cousin then wants me to give me the VR headset and before that asks her if he should give me the box that contained the VR headset (the box was mine). She told him yes and then got out of the car, hugged me, said that she wanted to see her parents again and then left. Today I text her how her parents are feeling and she says that they are good. Asked her if she wanted to watch some movies and then I receive a lot of texts. She told me that "YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KISSED ME", "I AVOIDED YOU BECAUSE YOU MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE", "DON'T EVER TOUCH ME OR KISS ME", "LETS STAY JUST FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE YOU GOT THAT... F.R.I.E.N.D.S". I texted her that I am sorry about this situation and that I made her feel bad and said to her that I accept to be just friends with her. Today I told some of my friends about this and they told me that she is mad and to never speak with her again. One friend told me that she smelled something fishy because we kept doing things that people do when they are in a relationship but we were never in one. I am also writing this with a bit of a fear because I know that one of her friends does a lot of computer work like hacking and made a lot of bad things happen to a lot of people and I am a bit afraid of that. I don't want to lie and say that I am not hurt a bit hurt and used by her but I also want to say that I hope that something bad does not happen with her and that she finds the person that she is looking for. I want to learn from this experience and wanted to ask people if I was doing something bad in your opinion that made her feel that way and act that way. Also wanted to apologize for making this post long but could not feel that I will get answers if I didn't talk about this situation in details. Also want to take advices to do better next time when I talk with someone that I want to be in a relationship with. TLDR: met a cute girl, went on dates with her, find out she is traumatized and needs help, telling her that I was there for her, getting yelled by her to never touch her again, wanting to learn if I was in the wrong here

First of all I should say that English is not my first language and I am very sorry if I didn't write everything properly. I made this with the intention of learning from this experience and see if I was wrong in this situation and I am very sorry if this post is hard to read because of it's lenght. During end of Fall I (23M) met a girl (20F) because I was early to an exam and had to wait for 2 hours. She opened the conversation and we chatted for an hour and had a good time and exchanged info. Later that day I messaged her if she wanted to go on a coffee date. She said yes and we went on a date. I want to note that during this first date she said some things that I was not prepared to answer right away. She asked me if I want kids and said the fact that she doesn't want any, she said that she was surprised that I was nice to her and paid for her and that we went to the arcade. She also said that something must be wrong with me from a mental state because I am not a womanizer, I didn't try to sleep with her, that I don't drink and don't smoke (she noted that it was weird because I live in a Balkan Country where almost everyone drinks, but I have a medical condition). I walked her where she lived because it was quite late and then we hugged and said that we wanted to keep going like this.
We started talking almost daily, playing game together, she introduced me to her friends and I introduced her to some of mine. As we spend more time together over the months she would often come to my place (I live alone) to play game, chat and eat. Very late in one night we talked about some things that led to another and then she told me about her situation. She was impressed that I didn't want anything from her because she was recently dumped by her boyfriend during the end of Summer. She said to me that her boyfriend wasn't a bad guy but she didn't take care of her, his friends made fun of her because of him and that sometimes when she didn't want to have sex with her he forced it. After he broke up with her they still stayed on contact and she said that he is a good friend with her. One night she said she wanted to come to me but couldn't and then later I found out that her ex-boyfriend was drunk one night and wanted to suicide if he could not talk with her and spend the night with her. She also said that he was her second ever boyfriend that that her first boyfriend and many of her girlfriends (she is bisexual) cheated on her many times. She then said the thing that keeps her from being in a relationship with me was that I would cheat on her and that I would not love her. I said to her that it's normal to think that because we haven't spend so much time to know each other so well and I assured her that I would never cheat because I really can't stand cheating and destroying the life of another person. I asked her if she could love me for who I am and then said that she does not know if I have a chance to get with her because she may go back to her ex-boyfriend that raped her or another person in her life. She then cried that the day before she almost killed herself. I tried to hug her and tell her that I can be there for her and she does not need to have those kind of thoughts. After a minute she then angerly said that she does not like being touched, she only likes to touch the person she is in love with and that never buy her flowers. After a few hours I bought her and Uber because she wanted to go home.
I started talking with my friends about this situation and all of my friends told me that I should not go any further with her, not met her quite as often and study (for my final year at university). I chose to not go out with her so often and just stay in touch and be there if she needs me.
One night we went to the club with some of my friends and one of my friends (who is a lesbian) wanted me to know if the girl that I am with is single. I told her that she technically is (because we are not in a relationship) but told her that she is traumatized and not ready for one. In spite of that my friend still wanted to try and she even tried to kiss her but the girl rejected it. Later that night after we went to my place to pick her stuff that she left when we went out we had a chat and started talking about why I want a relationship. I told her that I want one because I want to be there for someone, someone to be there for me and to make that someone feel special and have a nice life with her. She said that I don't have any chances of finding that nowadays because of how the dating culture is.
Over the months I started to not talk with her because I wanted to study for my exams. One day, 3 weeks ago, she started calling my phone out of the blue and asked me if she could come and see me and stay at my place for a few hours. I wanted to finish a project but I said yes because I thought she needed me.
After she came to my place we started talking about what we did during the time we didn't talk and saw that I posted a story with me and colleague of mine (who is a girl) with whom I worked on some projects, watching anime on Discord. She started getting jealous that I was speaking to other girls while not talking to her.
She then spoke to me about her life this couple of months and that she went in visit in some cities where she had friends. She told me that she was at a cabin with some friends that I haven't known about (ranging from 18 to 34 year olds) and had many adventures. Later that night that an event happened (because of something they smoked) at that cabin and they had an orgy. She told me that she didn't do it with anyone and was just in a corner watching them and filming it. I did not know what to say to that because to me that was something that I haven't heard of from someone I know and didn't know how to respond.
Later that night she told me that she wanted to stay the night and that she wanted me to dye her hair. I said yes and use one of my hair dyes and talked. During that she told me some bad things about her life, that she has a bad relationship with her parents, that everyone where she lived laughed about her and made jokes. I felt bad for her and because I care about her well being I kissed and told her that if she need a place to stay I can provide that for her. She then went to my shower to clean herself and called out for me to give her something to dress and it did not mind her that I was seeing her naked for the first time. I then went I slept on the couch because I know that she is not good with physical touch I did not want to make her uncomfortable. Later that night I went to my bed that she stayed in, woke her about and told her that I am sorry and that the couch is very cold and that I don't want to catch a cold during this time.
The next morning she woke up with a call from her ex-boyfriend asking her where she is and why she was not working on her projects. She told me that she would want to me to give her my VR headset for 3 days to try it and I did. When she left I hugged her, kissed her and told her that if she wants to come here more often she could.
I kept in touch with her this time and asked her if she could return the VR headset when she said she would. She told me that many things happened and her dad was not feeling fine and I understood that. She kept that VR headset for 3 weeks.
Yesterday she calls me and tells me she wants to give me my VR headset. She makes me wait one hour in the rain and then comes by car with a cousin. The cousin then wants me to give me the VR headset and before that asks her if he should give me the box that contained the VR headset (the box was mine). She told him yes and then got out of the car, hugged me, said that she wanted to see her parents again and then left.
Today I text her how her parents are feeling and she says that they are good. Asked her if she wanted to watch some movies and then I receive a lot of texts. She told me that "YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KISSED ME", "I AVOIDED YOU BECAUSE YOU MADE ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE", "DON'T EVER TOUCH ME OR KISS ME", "LETS STAY JUST FRIENDS AND NOTHING MORE YOU GOT THAT... F.R.I.E.N.D.S".
I texted her that I am sorry about this situation and that I made her feel bad and said to her that I accept to be just friends with her.
Today I told some of my friends about this and they told me that she is mad and to never speak with her again. One friend told me that she smelled something fishy because we kept doing things that people do when they are in a relationship but we were never in one.
I am also writing this with a bit of a fear because I know that one of her friends does a lot of computer work like hacking and made a lot of bad things happen to a lot of people and I am a bit afraid of that.
I don't want to lie and say that I am not hurt a bit hurt and used by her but I also want to say that I hope that something bad does not happen with her and that she finds the person that she is looking for.
I want to learn from this experience and wanted to ask people if I was doing something bad in your opinion that made her feel that way and act that way. Also wanted to apologize for making this post long but could not feel that I will get answers if I didn't talk about this situation in details. Also want to take advices to do better next time when I talk with someone that I want to be in a relationship with.
TLDR: met a cute girl, went on dates with her, find out she is traumatized and needs help, telling her that I was there for her, getting yelled by her to never touch her again, wanting to learn if I was in the wrong here

I know I know I know I should be grateful and I am. I am truly thankful because this opportunity just fell on my lap when I wasn’t looking. I was hired in a couple of days, it’s a starting position with great salary (higher than my last managerial position). I specifically said yes to a relatively easier job because I have ADHD and I know I can’t handle the pressure of a competitive role again. I just want to pay the bills and contribute to my partner who’s been supporting me without complain.
I start tomorrow and damn my anxiety is through the roof! Sa employment requirements palang masisiraan na ako ng bait. Lahat ng IDs ko nag expire bukod sa passport. Ang driver’s license ko, yung official receipt lang. Lahat ng bank account ko nagsara dahil ilang taong walang laman. I lost most of my documents because of the chaos that the pandemic brought. I feel lost. I don’t know how to be employed anymore. I don’t know how to wake up at the same time daily and rush to get dressed and go to work. I don’t know what time is a great time to leave the house to not get stuck in traffic. Do people at the office still take lunch together? Or lahat ba may baon na? I am overwhelmed with the responsibility of merely “functioning”, sans the actual work that they hired me for.
I know I sound like a loser but I am smart and I know I have a lot to contribute. I also had great exposure for this work and I even had training in the US pre-pandemic for this industry. It’s just the weight of being vacant for three years is heavier right now.
But now that I’m letting it all out, I also think about the things I can do again once I start getting used to employment— I get to go out at least three days a week, which can help with my depression; I can take my parents and siblings out again for fancy dinners; the office has a gym which I can utilize since I’ve been feeling physically weak nowadays; I get to see the sun more; I can have night outs with new people; I can have new wardrobe; I can save up to start my own business… The list goes on.
I guess life is really a lot about perspective. God please help me breeze through the onboarding process so I can focus on contributing to the company and my loved ones.

English isn't my first lenguage so sorry for any mistakes
This happened yesterday
For some background my friend(14F) and me (14F) went to see the new spiderman movie That night when we exit the movies we saw my dad and mom (they're divorced if that matter) waiting outside we go say hi and then we go to the car to drop my friend off and talk about my grades since they were going to. A school meeting they were kinda happy then we drop off my dad and head over to the house the next day was the. Last day my dad would be in the city and then he would go off to some town away from the city for a month or so , he came to my house (without warning like he usually does) in the morning and we talked and when he was about to leave he told me he was happy I wasn't like my friend, I ask what did he meant (i knew where it was going and didn't like at all) He said that my friend was wearing a very revealing dress and she was just an attention seaker by the she was dressed and that he was happy I am "myself" (i don't really like dresses That night i was wearring a cargo pants and my hoodie)
I wanted to scream at him I wanted to say that was him just talking like a fucking r4pist and a creep and that its just the way she likes to dress and that she isn't some attetion seaker she likes makeup she likes dresses and skirts and its fine she's herself. He's the one that is just a misogynistic piece of Crap that thinks that a 14 yr old girl would like to get "attention" from strangers that she does even know. But i just kept quiet and got inside the house when he left
I hate him i just want him to stay in that goddamn town and never come back i wish he died in car crash i wish we could move away with my mom and never see him again

Sorry for posting it here but a lot of subreddits deleted it and idk where to post it anymore.
As the title says, I'm bisexual. I have a boyfriend, and i really love him so so much but today we had a fight about a thing, so i thought that having an external opinion wouldn't be a bad idea, i don't even know if this is the right subreddit for this. (sorry in advance for my bad English)
I'm not the kind of person that dresses up in a way that could be considered weird or "attention seeking", I don't go to pride or lgbt events or any of those things. I usually don't tell this to people I know either cuz i really think it would be unnecessary to, the only ones who know are my boyfriend and a few of really close friends. I don't have huge flags in my room, i don't have pins or stuff that could make it kinda obvious to people (like pins and that kind of stuff). Nothing against all of that, i just don't feel comfortable with "showing off" these kind of things, because i consider them kinda private.
The only 2 "gadgets" i have that have a bi flag (2 centimeters, so very small) sticker on my drawer between a lot of other stickers i collected, and a couple of earrings i made, that i usually don't wear for the reason i said before, but i still have them and keep in my "selfmade jewelry"-box.
I recently downloaded this selfcare app called Finch, in this app there's a small bird you can personalize (add a hat, or glasses, a shirt or something for it to hold, that kind of stuff), and my boyfriend has it too. On this app you can have friends and the only one i have is him. Today i saw that i can get pride flags for my bird to hold, and since it's something not anyone can see i thought "why not" and i gave it to this bird.
The problem is my bf saw it, and i didn't think it's so much of a problem to him. He told me that its cringe, that i should remove it and i told him that no one could see it except of him. He said that it's very disrespectful, since he's a male and that it bothers him really much.
Of course i removed it, and now my bird on the app doesn't have it anymore, but he kept talking about the sticker and the earrings in my room. He said that i make him sad, that he tries to ignore the fact that im bi. He said no one would want a gf that likes girls too. "U shouldn’t love another gender if ur in a relationship u should love me", "To me it’s like holding up a flag saying hey I love something else then my bf, feels like stabbing me", "I don’t wanna see these stupid flags", all stuff like this.
Should i just throw the other 2 "gadgets" away? It's not the first time we fight about this. Maybe i just don't understand him.

October 2020 I started working at the GameStop in town. I started as a seasonal with a few other lackluster GA’s and around the time they were gonna cut the seasonal employees hours one of the SGA’s left and I was offered his position. They pay wasn’t great but I really enjoyed who I worked with, the guests we were helping and honestly the environment of the GameStop community. Since January of 2021 I was an SGA until May of this year. Our number were great, we still had an Assistant Manager sales were nuts for our store too the year of 2021. But something has changed and I’ve noticed more and more stores in our district developing this mentality that it’s the stores versus GameStop itself, as well as the guests too with all of the changes to Pro, metrics and security policies. Even the dress code changed about 5 times under 3 different DM’s we had in my short time with this company. The fact that the store was ran by 4 people and our DM wouldn’t let us hire anybody was pretty sucky. But in the end I decided to leave the company on good terms and give them a month notice in April to figure out how to schedule around what would normally be my closing shifts in May. I don’t like the direction the company is going in and I figured it would be best to just leave on good terms and remember my employment with GameStop for what it was and not what it’s becoming.
Also really don’t think much people like the new Main Menu, just bring back GSO. It was so much better than what you’re trying to do now with a “social media” platform that caters to GameStop employees. But that’s just my opinion.

Hey all, I’ve got a 2021 4D basesquatch soft top. I just had a second kid so i am going to lose the additional storage I get from folding down the seat.
I really don’t want to sell for a pickup, so I’m looking to see what y’all have done to add more storage.
I looked at the rear basket and potentially an aftermarket hard top and roof rack, but looking for any additional options.
Thanks!

I had all my uppers removed last Friday morning. And an immediate denture made and fitted that day. First 4 days were fine. A little bit of pain, slurred speech, and only eating liquids.
Day 5 quick office visit to see how I was doing, all was well. That night was my return to work, 12 hours wearing them straight. As some who had a speech impediment as a child I am very self conscious of how I sound, frankly not happy but assuming that will improve. Make it through the night, not great but ok.
Day 6,7,8 each day worse than the last. My gag reflex keeps activating the longer I wear them first few hours fine, then only an hour before it starts then 30 minutes before it starts. Or if I say any more than a few words in row I am gagging again. By then end of my 12 hour shift I can barely keep them in my mouth. I have tried chlorospetic, things to cause dry mouth, things to help dry mouth. Nothing works.
I didn’t gag the first few days now I can barely keep them in my mouth. They seem to fit just like they did in the beginning now loose or anything.
I feel like I made a huge mistake, I cant eat, talk, smoke. The only things I had left in my life I could enjoy are gone!
I have gone 24 hours without wearing them now, going to see if they can shorten the part covering my soft palate on Monday. Too maybe help with the gagging.
Any help, ideas to keep me from just giving up would be greatly appreciated!

I have tried a few different places and the crepes I’ve gotten are always way overdone and crispy, want to ask here so I can hopefully stop wasting time and money. I’ve tried crepes from Luna Bakery, Edwins bakery, the crepe place at crocker park, and a place in west side market, all have been overdone. I usually make my own but I’m renovating my kitchen and its going to take awhile longer, I just want some crepes that are soft and cooked properly. Sorry for the strange post, I’m from the balkans and we really like crepes. I’m not looking for perfection but every crepe I’ve had here has been so crispy that I can hardly cut into them and they’re hard to chew.