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I’ve ordered a pro max in deep purple, but part of me is regretting going for that size of phone.
My typical usage is messaging on there and answering emails. Being a teacher my phone is mostly on my desk during the week. Rarely in my pants. But at weekends I can be out. Taking photos at a football match, of the kids etc
I am coming from an iPhone 11. The jump in weight is quite big (around 2oz) from 11- 14 PM. The 14 Pro is in between the 11 and Pro Max in weight and in a smaller footprint
The draw of the ProMax was the battery, but i usually charge overnight. These days if I wanted extra battery during day I can use the mag safe battery pack.
I have a average sized hands. In store I thought the Pro Max would be fine. But never really felt the weight of the device.
TLDR; ordered Pro Max, thinking it may to big. Should I swap to the 14 Pro?
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Hello hello! I’m pretty much your standard quiet nerd. I spend most of my time outside of work gaming, reading, or watching anime. I play in a DnD group, and do enjoy being outside, hiking and kayaking and such, though I don’t get out nearly as often as I should.
I’m a cook by trade, and overall I enjoy it. I like cooking nice meals for friends and family. Though some long days of work may occasionally take that out of me. I’m a slightly chubby white dude. I consider myself average at best in most categories, but maybe i’m just being generous to myself.
For dating, I’m rather inexperienced. I was a very late bloomer, a lot of growth and introspection a few years ago. I’ve been in one relationship, that ended on mostly friendly terms. I’m not in a rush, but very open to trying to work towards a relationship.
What I’m really looking for is a friend and cuddle buddy. Someone to hang out with, cuddle up on the couch, and watch some shows and movies with. Possibly make dinner for! (Though there’s nothing wrong with ordering some pizza or sushi.) I’m not in a huge rush, happy to chat for a while, meet somewhere public, go out for dinner and a movie, whatever makes you more comfortable! That being said, I am a little awkward and wouldn’t mind rushing to the cuddling phase…
If you read this whole thing, 10/10, would chat you up. Hope you have a wonderful day!
P.S. I am interested in sexual things if that’s what you’re looking for, just didn’t want it to be the focus of my post. Also, I never grew out of my teenage emoticons phase. I’ve been seriously holding myself back this whole post. Sorry in advance :D

Hi. I'm very new here, so forgive me if I navigate into murky waters or cause a wake in a no wake zone. I think I'm gray ace, pretty sure, but I'm still in uncharted territory, and I'm learning every day. This will be a long post, I just want to offer my own evolving journey.
I've been in the only relationship I've ever had since we were 19 for 35 years now. I was a virgin and very pretty, so he was attracted to me. I found him cute, but I didn't really have a type. I spent a quarter of a century fighting my asexuality because I thought it was my defect to fix, and i new nothing about being asexual or even what it was--and I suffered emotionally, physically, and mentally because of it (so did my husband). He was a very sexual being, even made me swear to God to never take or withhold sex from him. He needed it and couldn't be without it.
So I did my duty but never sought it out. I faked it for him. I was never adventurous in the bedroom. I even had a kid, which I've always wanted, and he is our light and joy, a wonderful person we are both proud of. Still, there was always tension because he always wanted more (how many fights did we have about what was a normal amount--he insisted 3 times a day), and of course I didn't need that at all.
For 25 years, I did my best to appease that, going to my happy place during those moments and yes--I did have very normal physical reactions to the act some of the time. I preferred it when I did because I didn't feel like was lying to him about my real (non)feelings about sex.
Then I got breast cancer in my late 30's. It was caught very early, but still--I had 6 surgeries in total, including a hysterectomy. What surviving cancer did to me, my body and mind, and my marriage nearly ended all the above. I got heavier and if I didn't fancy sex before, I sure didn't after that. Both of us became resentful of the other over sex. I was becoming less tolerant of any sexual thing at all.
After 5 years of that seething hostility, I moved out of our room into my own. He became distant and obstinate. But underneath it all he didn't cheat (that I know of to this day) and I didn't leave, but our marriage was pretty much dead and we became roommates with a 10 year old kid.
It all came to a head one weekend in a marathon 2 hour fight. I'll spare you the ugly details, but will say that it never got physical. He said awful things about how he was no longer attracted to me and his final shot was that promise he made me swear about never taking sex away from him. I let him rage for an hour, I was sobbing and broken, and when he couldn't find another awful thing to say I asked if it was my turn. And he agreed to listen and not interrupt me, as I'd given him that courtesy to begin with.
And with that, I unloaded. That promise? We were teenagers who new nothing about real relationships or life! And I have him a news flash--I never liked sex. I faked it to Oscar worthy levels. I never saw him that way, even told him that for years, and I was the one who had to do what I didn't want to do all our marriage and he didn't even seem to care. It was my biggest effort for him, all for him, and he treated it like he was entitled to it. Why?? Money? We both work for our existence. He could have anybody? Well so could I. If he wanted to go so badly, then go. But I wasn't uprooting my or my kid's or our pets life because his penis felt neglected. That was my hour.
Five years after that fight and we're still together. It's been rough, it's not perfect, but the healing has been steady. He's come to grips with the reality of ME, and there's still love there in both our parts. It's just not physical anymore and never will be like that again.
For me, there's so much regret. I wish I knew what I was all my life. I wish I'd told him the truth from the beginning, but I didn't even understand that truth when I was 19 and worried I'd die a spinster. Had I known, would I have lived out my dreams that I gave up for a domestic lie? I have forgiven him for many things, but they still haunt me. I still have my own room and it's my haven, my nest. We have tender moments, and fight a lot less, but I still hold a bitter ember for the things he did and did. He's a good man who fell in love with the love of his life and she didn't want anything from him but to grow old with him. That should be a romcom bit in real life, it's far from it. Yet, here we are.
I'm on my new journey to grow myself in a very different world now, one that more and more people are navigating. It's so scary, yet it's freeing to finally have a name for all the feeling I never had. Sometimes I find myself wondering what "normal" is really like, but that's fading away more and more. But I know one important thing:
I don't need to be fixed anymore.

Hello, hope you are having a great day, I am Sal 41 Male who work in 3D art and game dev, despite my age and work, I am just another lonely guy who is looking for companionship, I have been spending a lot of time on my computer working and having fun, so I started getting worried that I am in a relationship with this computer haha. I am kinda silly and quirky most of the time trying to make jokes that don't always land haha, so I hope you don't mind that, but I can talk about serious topics as well and be supportive and kind. I have always been found of having someone online that to share my day with and talk about our problems daily lives and share our happy moments, so I had a lot of online friendships some lasts days .. months.. Or 20 years haha, yeah I am talking about you Allison. About my hobbies and interests, usually nerdy stuff like coding, 3D art, making animation, watching anime, used to play a lot of games but not much anymore. Plus some walking outside, I live in a beautiful small city called Istanbul that has nice places to walk near the sea and make friendship with lots of cats on the street. I know that I may not click with many people, it is a matter of chemistry and energy, I don't often click with the people who just keep using short answers in their chat and never ask anything and keep making me carry the conversation alone, I have pet peeve with very short replies and just emojis without words hahaha. So dm me anyway you have nothing to lose, I could be your new best friend. And please say “Hiiiiii” so I would know that you had read my post to the end the more “i”s the better haha, and please tell me about yourself a bit, let's hope you have a discord, so please respect that and have a great day.

Hey Reddit. Sorry for the confusing tittle, wasn’t really sure what to call this post really.
I’m in the early stages of a potential relationship/dating, and they have accidentally, (very much accidentally) set off a few of my triggers which can make me split, such as disappearing at night without saying they’re going to sleep or anything like that, suddenly shorter replies/seeming a bit off, and seeming less interested romantically (I know i’m overthinking this as they are genuinely just busy).
How do I communicate these issues on early so they’re aware but in a way to keep the relationship between us strong and healthy, without hurting their feelings about it? When they do these things it has made me nearly split and I can be a bit emotional and not fun to be around or talk to when it happens, so I’m worried that i’ve also gone on about my feelings too much, being a bit depressive and emotional unintentionally trying to communicate my feelings, which can be jarring since it can be so sudden, like they told me. I want to just be able to communicate my feelings properly rather just like venting??
Also just getting used to people being busy, when I split I tend to convince that they’re intentionally busy or “if they wanted to, they would” mindset, which can make me worry when my texts aren’t replied to or late when they’re genuinely just busy.

Hello Reddit, im 16 and is big into the outdoors, recently I’ve felt the urge to chase the feral sheep up the mountain. I don’t know what it is, but I stalk, i make little movements and I try to catch them so much, Nearly caught a lamb today, rounded up him along with a bunch of other lambs and a sheep, split them so he was going down the hill onto level ground and using the momentum of running down the hill to cut him off, I got in front of him, I had him. less than a meter apart.but I stopped myself and asked wtaf is wrong with me. I get a thrill and burst of excitement doing it. Like I feel like I have some sort of predator drive. Any advice, am I crazy?

Hello, hope you are having a great day, I am Sal 41 Male who work in 3D art and game dev, despite my age and work, I am just another lonely guy who is looking for companionship, I have been spending a lot of time on my computer working and having fun, so I started getting worried that I am in a relationship with this computer haha. I am kinda silly and quirky most of the time trying to make jokes that don't always land haha, so I hope you don't mind that, but I can talk about serious topics as well and be supportive and kind. I have always been found of having someone online that to share my day with and talk about our problems daily lives and share our happy moments, so I had a lot of online friendships some lasts days .. months.. Or 20 years haha, yeah I am talking about you Allison. About my hobbies and interests, usually nerdy stuff like coding, 3D art, making animation, watching anime, used to play a lot of games but not much anymore. Plus some walking outside, I live in a beautiful small city called Istanbul that has nice places to walk near the sea and make friendship with lots of cats on the street. I know that I may not click with many people, it is a matter of chemistry and energy, I don't often click with the people who just keep using short answers in their chat and never ask anything and keep making me carry the conversation alone, I have pet peeve with very short replies and just emojis without words hahaha. So dm me anyway you have nothing to lose, I could be your new best friend. And please say “Hiiiiii” so I would know that you had read my post to the end the more “i”s the better haha, and please tell me about yourself a bit, let's hope you have a discord, so please respect that and have a great day.

I am going to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya by car. My vehicle is equipped for overnight stays, and I will be spending the necessary nights in it. I plan to arrive on Saturday morning and depart on Monday morning. I am looking for a strategic parking location that is easily accessible either by walking to the circuit or by using public transportation. Safety is also a priority for me during the night. Initially, I considered Montmelo, but now I believe Granollers might be a better option.
If anyone has experience spending the night in a car or van near the circuit, I would appreciate your advice. Can you suggest a suitable parking area and the best way to reach the circuit? I would also like to know about the available transportation options and where I can find the schedules.
Last question: can I take my camping chairs to the circuit?

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Today was my first day at a new job in what is essentially an admin role.
Going in to the role I was told that I have to work in office 100% and that my manager (lets say Sarah) would be in a different state than me. A bit annoying considering I left a hybrid role where I could WFH twice a week but I knew that going in.
So I get there just before 9 (I was told to get there for 9) where I am supposed to call and be let in to the office by someone (let's call them Bob). I call and there is no answer, so I call twice more and still nothing. Then Bob texts me saying they're off sick and that I should call this other person (let's call them Fred) to be let in.
I ask Bob if I can get Fred's number and they tell me to try and find it in the entry way near the phone that is there. I can't find Fred's number anywhere so I give up and call Sarah. (I later find out through my emails that Sarah and Fred were aware that Bob was off sick and that Fred would be showing me around. I don't understand why Sarah/Fred did not arrange this/let me know prior).
As I'm on the phone with her, two employees walk out of the office and briefly look at me (clearly lost and struggling) and just continue on out the door. A bit annoying... I figured they would be told someone new is starting?? Sarah texts me Fred's number and I call him and manage to get in.
Fred shows me to a desk and tells me to settle in. He tells me that this desk belongs to someone else who is WFH today. I'm a bit confused as to why I haven't been shown to my own desk. He then quickly introduces me to people on our side of the floor and I manage to remember 3 or 4 of the 25 or so names.
For the next hour or so everything seems to be okay. I log in and start to get things going (emails, teams, timetable etc) However, during this time NO ONE around me has tried to engage in conversation with me or greet me. I understand people are busy and are there to work but it is still a bit disappointing.
After the hour or so, I'm told by Fred that someone (Jen) will show me around the floor and the other staff on the other side of the floor. During this tour, another team member (Kim) joins us as they are fairly new too and Jen figures it is worth them joining. We start going through the normal stuff (kitchen, emergency exits) but when we get to one person on this tour, Kim and Jen decide to spark conversation with then and proceed to spend about 20 minutes having a work related conversation completely excluding me. I'm awkwardly shuffling from one leg to another and after the 20 minutes have to excuse myself as I have a virtual meeting with Sarah. I later realise I missed out on finding out where the toilets were, and how to set up a locker for myself.
After my meeting I discover in my emails a new starter check list that Fred is supposed to run through with me. (It is also important as my admin role means I will take over the onboarding process for new staff at some point) but he has not gone through a number of the points on the list.
It also asks on the email from Sarah that Fred take me to a coffee spot near by to get settled in. I understand that this may have been last minute for him, but someone else could have done this. This was the standard at my previous company. It never happened.
I am also informed by Sarah that my permanent seat will be in the reception area which is a secluded area that no one has occupied for as long as she can recall. Fred informs me that this won't work and will advocate for me to be on the floor as the reception area doesn't meet occupational health and safety standards. God knows where they mean to put me.
Then, during a team meeting with the other new admin people across the country, it appears that at least 1 of them is WFH. I thought this role had to be in the office 100%? Why is it different in different sites?
Lunch comes around and NO ONE talks to me or approaches me. Surely that is the kind thing to do to a newbie? To top it off, tomorrow I have to move to a different desk which is occupied by someone who is WFH and will have to continue doing this hopping act for the foreseeable future.
Am I over reacting and just seeing the negative or is this a poor first impression on their part? Please tell me to get a grip if I am being overly sensitive but it feels off to me.

I wanted to buy a cornsnake for the longest time and have been to some stores but they only sell fish and cats, can anyone tell me where i can get snakes or any reptiles in riyadh and also the price. Than u verry much

This just happened yesterday. I apologize for the length because I'm still a little sour about it.
Now, I currently work in self-checkout and one thing you have to know is that there has to be three people operating the area and each person monitors a portion of the check-out registers. If understaffed, we close some down to accommodate. This doesn't technically
Yesterday, a few hours from closing, I was operating the self-checkout area with one other coworker. Now, this coworker was new, probably only a few days since hiring and was still getting used to things so I tried being patient with him. I even gave him my credentials to borrow since he didn't have his own at this point. He was that new.
Unfortunately, even with all of this into consideration, he wasn't much help. Primarily, what we do in self-checkout is to guide customers to registers, assist them when they ask for it and address any errors such as mis-scans, age restrictions, low paper, low cash, system being out of sync, etc. This is the bulk of what we do. Whenever any of this popped up, he did nothing. Whenever something went off near him, he would just stand there, and would either stare at it or ignore it. I ultimately would have to address it. He wouldn't ask any questions and do nothing to help the situation. When I was directing customers to registers, he's just standing there. When voiding items from several customers, he's just standing there. I tried to direct him around and give pointers, but it did nothing. The only productive thing he did was replace bags, and that was the only one. I was mostly doing everything else. It was stressful. It was getting crowded; I was getting yelled at and pulled by customers from every direction, I was trying to move everyone forward and keep the space clear.
At some point, management was watching as periodically, they come to check up on how we're doing and/or to send us to our breaks. They noticed his 'lack of productivity' and called him over to discuss with him. From what I heard afterwards, he mentioned that he was exhausted and wanted to take a break. Now, granted he was operating in a very strenuous position, but in my exhausted mind at the moment., compared to what I did, it was incredulous. Not everyone has the same level of drive and commitment as I do, and I was told this, so I can understand that if he needs a break, he needs a break. He has a different palate than I. He's trying his best.
Unfortunately, this led to another problem. Anyone who works knows that you have a specified amount of time you can take for a break. It can be 10 minutes or 15 minutes or some other amount. However, he decided to extend that by 5-10 minutes which inconvenienced some of us greatly. The person that was covering for him was from a different department and had some other important tasks to tend too. Eventually, the covering person did have to go so I was alone. I didn't hold it against her, kinda encouraged her actually since at that point, traffic was low, and I have some experience operating completely on my own despite circumstances.
Eventually, he did return from break, and he received another visit from management, probably related to his 'extended break'. Not long after that, I was sent away to fix up some aisles for the rest of my shift.
side note: We call this act, zoning. I'm asked to do this often because I'm regarded as one of the best zoners in the store.
I was lucky I had a very filling and nutritious lunch because that experience left me frustrated and drained, both physically and mentally.
Reflecting on this, there probably should've been a better way. Preferably, maybe have an extra person in the self-checkout for him to shadow. I couldn't do both at the same time and I don't think anyone can. I tried being as patient as I can and understanding of his position, but I realize, at some point it does become unreasonable. Some of management noted his behavior wouldn't fly well in this work environment if he were to continue. I just hope he can progress and improve so if we have another situation like this later on, it wouldn't be as challenging as it was now.
The lesson here, sometimes your coworkers won't operate on the same level as you, for valid reasons or not, and it may impede your own performance as well as your morale. Just do the best you can't because you can only address you, and not others. If you have questions or concerns about another coworker regarding their behavioperformance, bring them up to your managers and let them address it.

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I (19F) grew up with a very one sided family dynamic. I have a great relationship with my father and we have always gotten along with each other. He was way more present in my upbringing than my mother and I overall just prefer being with him. He was always there for me and never prioritized his job over the family. My mother was more focused on her work than being apart of my life and that has really drawn a wedge between us. I don't hate my mom but I don't have nearly as close of a connection with her as I have with my father. Her work was always prioritized over my father and I. It felt like my parents weren't even married.
My mother recently found out that my father has been having an affaire with a co-worker of his for the past 2 months. I had no idea about this so this definitely came as a shock to me. They are getting a divorce and my mother is planning on moving out of our house soon. My mother told me that I should start packing my stuff so that we can move out as soon as she can sign a lease on an apartment. But tbh I don't really want to move out with her and I'd much rather stay with my father. I know what he did was terrible but I still wouldn't really feel at home or comfortable living alone with my mom. I know that if I live with my father he'll continue to support and take care of me like he has been doing unlike my mother.
When I told my mother that I wanted to live with my father, she had a mental breakdown. She started telling me that her father broke up our family and that he broke her and that me choosing him over her is a massive betrayal from me towards her. My mother got really emotional and I felt bad about this all.
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I think it's inevitable the servers will be overloaded when the early access period goes live - but im wondering for how long. I remember diablo 3 was a nightmare for like a couple days straight. But they have done stress tests and open betas for IV that make me a little more confident it wont be nearly that long... but I am keeping dead cells installed just in case.

Is there anybody else having issues with getting their listings (in the manage listings section) to load on the website? I can only edit so much in the new app, so it’s easier for me to capture the details on the site. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to add or edit my listings since forced usage of the new app (5-7 days). Customer service has not replied. I did all the obvious things like: restarted my cpu, cleared my cache, logged in and out, hit refresh, used different browsers and devices, checked Reddit/etsy msg boards, etc. Not sure how to keep my store going if I can’t add or make major edits.

I was attacked by my families dog two years ago. The exact story is both blurry and traumatic to talk about, especially with or in front of strangers and there's always a huge fear of judgement, people often feel this compulsion to play defense for the dog and insinuate that I somehow deserve it or that it's my or my families fault for being bad dog owners.
I have nightmares where I feel his teeth ripping into the skin of my face. Sometimes when I remember what happened or see one of the pictures I still have up around the house of the dog, I end up staring into space and have flashbacks. Hearing a dog growl or bark triggers a deep feeling of dread and I cannot watch the parts of game of thrones where the wolves attack people or even read them in the books without feeling slightly sick. Being around dogs, especially having a dog sat on or near me or having to be close to someone else with a dog on or near them makes my heart race and my body seize up. That's how it happened, the dog was on my mums lap and I went to give my mum a hug before leaving. The dog leaped up and grabbed my face. I can still hear the snarling and see the look he had in his face.
As I said before, a lot of people want me to think it was my fault, they rush to tell me "no bad dogs just bad owners", Idk why they do this, I don't blame the dog. I sat sobbing next to his crate literally moments after the attack telling him I loved him and that I didn't blame him, that I was sorry for not being better for him. I refused point blank to have him put down. He went to a shelter set up specifically for dogs with behavioural issues like this. A no kill shelter. They have dogs there thar are permanent residents because they can't be rehomed but they don't put them down. I couldn't go to drop him off, something I still regret but I was busy being traumatised further by my ex. When I'm around people with dogs and they see me recoil away from them or look uncomfortable I usually say "I just don't like dogs" which is a lie, I love dogs, they just scare the shit out of me. But I don't like talking about this, so I say I just don't like dogs. People judge you for not liking dogs, especially their dog. People see it as a "red flag". It's made a lot of socal interactions really awkward where people will quiz me as to why I don't like dogs, sometimes I just say I prefer cats but that dosnt explain why I asked them to keep their dog away from me and usually dosnt satisfy them.
Anyway, I'm staying with a friend tonight. She has TWO dogs, ones a puppy. Puppies don't scare me nearly as much. My other friend got a puppy not long ago and I used it basically as exposure therapy which has actually made me a lot more confident. I'm still really really nervous. She has a cat though so I'll probably just hide in a corner with the cat and bribe it with dreamys.

I was not updated with this trend but as I got to know about this, I am superexcited. But, first, I want to know something more from the one who already using this or are enough aware of this topic. Could anyone help me out with this? How can I get to know my e-store needs live shopping integration? How can I leverage this to the most? Thanks in advance😬

So in the early to mid 2000s I used to buy these stir fry noodles that were delicious but I just can't find anymore. I lived in Sacramento California, and I'd usually find them in the nicer grocery stores like Bel-Air. They were soft and didn't need to be boiled, were kept on the refrigerated shelves next to the Fortune brand noodles, and were near other Asian foods like tofu and won-ton wrappers. They came in soft plastic packaging, no cardboard, and had a rectangular shape. Thin, chewy, and came with dry sauce packs of either chicken or beef.
Does anyone remember what the brand name for these were? Or, more importantly, does anyone know where I could still buy them? I know they sound pretty generic, but I've never been able to find noodles that taste as good.