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I know the title sounds bad, but I genuinely did not know what the title should be. This is kind of an all over the place situation, so this post will most likely be pretty long. I would really appreciate if some of you could read + give advice if you feel up to it.
So to give some background, my partner (21) and i(19) are both nonbinary, and both use they/them pronouns and have been together for almost a year. We’ve both been in some really unhealthy and toxic, even abusive relationships before, and we’ve discussed how this is each of our first genuinely healthy relationship. When I say that, I mean it. They support and love me unconditionally, they actively listen, they make an effort. If we have an issue regarding the other or anything in general, we are comfortable communicating that to each other without fear of it escalating into an argument or the other person playing the victim/turning it around. I love my partner so much, and that will not change.
That being said, when our relationship first started last august, it was the classic honeymoon phase. A lot of tension built up before we confessed to each other, so when we finally started dating it was a lot of sex, a lot of lovey dovey stuff, and a lot of time together. We go to college together, that’s how we met, and this kind of lasted that whole first semester of the year. When we got back from Christmas break this past January, though, it was super different. We weren’t having a lot of sex, they started wanting more time to themself, etc. I discussed with them the fact that these things were okay, but the sudden change really threw me for a loop and hurt me a bit. They said that they have definitely noticed a trend in past relationships that once they get past the honeymoon stage, they tend to be less interested in sex and want more alone time. I understand, and that’s totally okay, I guess the change just hurt because things like time together and sex were sort of weaponized in some of my past relationships, so my brain kept telling me I did something wrong.
As time went on, it got to be a sort of pattern where they would want sex sometimes, and other times they would be totally disinterested. It honestly messed with my self esteem a lot; there were times when I would put in effort, wear something sexy, put on lingerie, etc, and they wouldn’t even notice. I always respected when they didn’t want to have sex though, and never pushed them. Other than that, sex with them always has such a deep personal meaning to me, it establishes a connection with them that no one else has. I will say that physical touch is one of my love languages, and it is not one of theirs.
We’re off on summer break right now, and we were texting a few hours ago about how their “sex brain” can randomly just go dormant, and I mentioned that it sounded like they were ace-flux. They agreed that they resonated with the definition, and it made a lot of sense to me. I was hoping it would help me take knowing that sometimes they are repulsed by the idea of having sex with me less personally, but I’ve been crying a lot between then and now and now I just feel guilty for still being hurt. I know they can’t change or control their sexuality, and I definitely support them and love them no matter what. I also asked them what sex meant to them, and they said when they were younger it was this great connection, the idea of letting yourself be vulnerable with someone like that; to an extent, they still see it that way, but it’s harder after everything that happened with previous partners. This is absolutely valid, but it hurt for several reasons: 1. i know they didnt mean it this way, but i cant stop thinking about the fact that sex meant more to them before they met me, and that it means less to them with me than it did with previous partners. 2. the fact that its the opposite for me; i never felt a true connection with someone during sex until i met them. I actually used to identify as asexual, then ace flux, and now demisexual. i guess i just never knew sex was so important to me; and really, its not, it just is with them. it hurts knowing that its been the opposite for them.
please someone tell me how to get over it, how do i move past this? its not something i should be upset over, i just want to be okay again. i would normally go to my therapist with things like this, but i wont see her for another few weeks and this is eating me up.
TLDR; I found out sex doesn’t mean as much to my partner as it does to me; how do I get over it?

I know the title sounds bad, but I genuinely did not know what the title should be. This is kind of an all over the place situation, so this post will most likely be pretty long. I would really appreciate if some of you could read + give advice if you feel up to it.
So to give some background, my partner (21) and i(19) are both nonbinary, and both use they/them pronouns and have been together for almost a year. We’ve both been in some really unhealthy and toxic, even abusive relationships before, and we’ve discussed how this is each of our first genuinely healthy relationship. When I say that, I mean it. They support and love me unconditionally, they actively listen, they make an effort. If we have an issue regarding the other or anything in general, we are comfortable communicating that to each other without fear of it escalating into an argument or the other person playing the victim/turning it around. I love my partner so much, and that will not change.
That being said, when our relationship first started last august, it was the classic honeymoon phase. A lot of tension built up before we confessed to each other, so when we finally started dating it was a lot of sex, a lot of lovey dovey stuff, and a lot of time together. We go to college together, that’s how we met, and this kind of lasted that whole first semester of the year. When we got back from Christmas break this past January, though, it was super different. We weren’t having a lot of sex, they started wanting more time to themself, etc. I discussed with them the fact that these things were okay, but the sudden change really threw me for a loop and hurt me a bit. They said that they have definitely noticed a trend in past relationships that once they get past the honeymoon stage, they tend to be less interested in sex and want more alone time. I understand, and that’s totally okay, I guess the change just hurt because things like time together and sex were sort of weaponized in some of my past relationships, so my brain kept telling me I did something wrong.
As time went on, it got to be a sort of pattern where they would want sex sometimes, and other times they would be totally disinterested. It honestly messed with my self esteem a lot; there were times when I would put in effort, wear something sexy, put on lingerie, etc, and they wouldn’t even notice. I always respected when they didn’t want to have sex though, and never pushed them. Other than that, sex with them always has such a deep personal meaning to me, it establishes a connection with them that no one else has. I will say that physical touch is one of my love languages, and it is not one of theirs.
We’re off on summer break right now, and we were texting a few hours ago about how their “sex brain” can randomly just go dormant, and I mentioned that it sounded like they were ace-flux. They agreed that they resonated with the definition, and it made a lot of sense to me. I was hoping it would help me take knowing that sometimes they are repulsed by the idea of having sex with me less personally, but I’ve been crying a lot between then and now and now I just feel guilty for still being hurt. I know they can’t change or control their sexuality, and I definitely support them and love them no matter what. I also asked them what sex meant to them, and they said when they were younger it was this great connection, the idea of letting yourself be vulnerable with someone like that; to an extent, they still see it that way, but it’s harder after everything that happened with previous partners. This is absolutely valid, but it hurt for several reasons: 1. i know they didnt mean it this way, but i cant stop thinking about the fact that sex meant more to them before they met me, and that it means less to them with me than it did with previous partners. 2. the fact that its the opposite for me; i never felt a true connection with someone during sex until i met them. I actually used to identify as asexual, then ace flux, and now demisexual. i guess i just never knew sex was so important to me; and really, its not, it just is with them. it hurts knowing that its been the opposite for them.
please someone tell me how to get over it, how do i move past this? its not something i should be upset over, i just want to be okay again. i would normally go to my therapist with things like this, but i wont see her for another few weeks and this is eating me up.
TLDR; I found out sex doesn’t mean as much to my partner as it does to me; how do I get over it?

My neighborhood has always had a extreme population of stray animals in it. While many of the dogs have been caught,the same can’t be said about the cats. While coming home at night, every house you look at has one or two pairs of glowing little eyes staring back in your direction. No matter how many cats we get out of the neighborhood, more just seem to keep coming. This has caused people to move out of the neighborhood, making the place seem vacant and barren. Hardly anyone batted an eye in wanting to buy the houses, which is why I was surprised a new neighbor moved in. As the moving trucks drove up to the driveway on the house next to me, I went to greet the person who was my soon to be neighbor. As I welcomed him into the neighborhood, he asked “Why is there so many cats in this neighborhood?”. I responded by telling him that’s how it’s always been and that I was surprised he hadn’t noticed before purchasing the house. He responded “This won’t do, but I have just the thing to get rid of these cats, would you like me to get rid of them?”. I was intrigued, so I asked “Could you do it?”. He replied “Of course I can,by the end of tonight you should see less and less cats in the neighborhood.” I was super curious, so I decided to say my goodbyes and walk back to my house. The rest of the day went by slowly, but as I was getting ready for bed I heard a cat scream. I usually hear them making noise, I’ve even heard a cry or two from cat fights, but never a scream. The cats scream echoed in my ear as it slowly faded away into nothingness. I wondered if this was what my neighbor was talking about, but decided to leave it and let it do its thing. That night, I woke up multiple times to the same noise. It was always a cat screaming, screaming in pain, screaming for help, only to get no response as its screams turned to cry’s then to silence. I woke up the next morning groggy from the awful sleep I got, but as I went outside I had noticed that there were no cats to be seen, and the ones that could be seen seemed to be hiding from something. I went to knock and knocked on my neighbors door. He opened up the door, and asked me if I had liked that he cleaned up the cat problem. I responded “Yes, but what were you using that caused such a reaction from the cats?”. While he replied “I can’t share my methods, but it’s something my grandfather had used for hunting back when deer had overpopulated his local ecosystem”. While still curious to see if I could get the answer out of him, I quickly left it at that as I had to get to work. I drove to work, got on with my day, and after my tiring 10 hour shift I immediately went home and crashed on my bed. I didn’t even bother to change out of my clothes, but instead just drifted off into a deep sleep. I was awoken about a hour later when I heard a familiar sound from the night before, the screaming from a cat. I tried to sleep through it, but then I heard a different sound from before. I shot up as I heard the barks from a dog, I heard growling, then the dog barked one last time till I fell completely silent. After that, I heard a few more cats than nothing more for the night. As I awoke the next morning, I was surprised to see my neighbor putting boxes into a moving van. “Leaving so soon?” I asked him. He turned to me, his face looking like all the blood drained from it. “I have no time to talk right now” he exclaimed as he walked to get more boxes. I followed him, grabbing a box myself. “Why move in for a couple of days just to move out after, was it because of the cats?” I said as I put a box into the van. “The cats are the least of this neighborhood’s problems,I suggest you get out as well.” He told me with a shakeup voice. He looked so pale like he was about to pass out, so I suggested to him to take a small break and sit down to recuperate, which he did. While sitting down, I asked him what got him all worked up. He then explained that he heard a dog last night, crying out in pain, and after hearing it started to pack. I laughed a bit, finding it ironic that the same guy that had no problem getting cat’s murdered drew the line when it came to a dog. The neighbor look at me furiously “Get off of my property , I will not sit here as you mock me.”. “You and this whole neighborhood don’t know what’s soon to come, and you’ll be sorry that you made a fool of me” exclaimed my neighbor as I walked back to my house. He then slammed the last box into the van, shut it closed, and sped off as fast as he could. I was confused by the whole encounter, and just decided to get dressed for work. After my 8 hour shift at the office, I went home to watch television and eat some hot pockets. I walked to my room, then I heard a crashing at my farthest window. I heard the noise of claws scraping on the floor and the low growl of a feral animal. I thought some sort of wolf broke into the house, so I went to my room, locked it, then climbed into my closet as I clutched a baseball bat I had in there. I heard something pounding it’s full body weight against my door as I heard it begin to crack. As the door finally gave in, I began to realize what had scared my neighbor so much. I clutched my bat as I began to realize it too, The dog that was killed isn’t what startled him, but instead what it made him realize. Whatever thing the neighbor released into the neighborhood. It was moving up the food chain.

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i’ve made multiple of unsent letters for you, it’s become quite therapeutic for me since we cannot talk.
today i decided to start writing our story. it’s something i’ve wanted to do for awhile and you know how i like writing. i could never finish anything though, i never knew how to write endings.
i’d hoped i wouldn’t need to write our story, that we’d be telling it to our friends and family at our wedding. unfortunately it seems that now i will have to write it. once i started, i started to gain a greater understanding of our love and our story, going back deep to find memories and looking through old journals from when i met you and reading all our old chats.
it made me realize that while i’ve been sad that we didn’t have enough time to do everything we planned, we did have time and a lot of it and honestly everything was really good before it became toxic and unhealthy from both our mental health issues not being dealt with properly.
i could say that we could’ve been great, my love. but if i’m being honest, we already were great, my love. then life happened and we can’t turn back the time and i know i hurt you and you hurt me and that our history and the toxicity is too much for you now. we both feel differently, i think it scares you and you cannot trust me or us anymore and i understand. for me, i see it as something that can be fixed and oh do i yearn to fix it, but i respect you too much to ask again even if i could.
do you remember our song? we danced to it for the first time in my room when we were 17, so much hope and love between us.
seeing all our history and chats has given me a sense of peace finally, i still have feelings and i still wish we could be together again, but i’m not fighting it anymore because there’s nothing to fight and if you can’t keep fighting then i can’t fight alone.
we were just kids when we fell in love, we didn’t know what life was going to bring in the future and i sometimes miss that youthful ignorance. i thought i knew pain before i went through our love. i sure as hell know pain now, but i also know unconditional 100% love so i have no regrets.
i wish you were here writing this with me, i can only write my point of view. having you here, behind my chair, watching me write would be so peaceful
i hope once i’m done, you’ll eventually read it, when you feel ready because healing hurts and i know you’re hurting so much right now baby and i’m so sorry that i’m part of why you hurt, i never wanted to be the reason you cry but we both ended up making each other cry. i cried a lot last night when i knew things were final, did you?
i’ve said it before but i’ll say it once more, i will always be right here if you ever need me. you know where i am.
and who knows, if you ever get the courage to try again, i will be right here waiting for you. you’ve had my heart since i was 15 and i’ve never gotten it back and i don’t want it back. it’s right where it belongs and i know even if you find someone else, you’ll still keep it safe.
you said you need to move on and our friend agrees so while i’ll never assume what you need, i hope you can move on because i want you to find peace and happiness even if that’s not with me.
after everything, you did leave me with an epic love story that i will try my best to do is justice with writing it out. i’d almost forgotten how long it is until i started at the very beginning.
i still 100% believe it was right person, wrong time. we just never got the time right, did we? you used to believe the same, i wonder what you think now.
at least now i have an ending to the story so it’ll be a great but sad love story. i like to think that endings can change, but i can’t hope on that anymore because it’ll destroy me. so, i will just leave it as is and whatever happens, happens.
i may become that old person who stays in their home writing like a crazy person because i will never love another soul like have loved you, it’s impossible.
everything i’ve ever felt for you is true so i hope you’re doing alright and taking care of yourself while you’re hurting because i still care. i will be here at my desk writing and i will love you, until my last breath.

I had an experience the other day that kinda spooked me. I'm going to say what happened first and then explain the conclusion I came to. The reason I am posting this here is because I am not sure where else to do so, and yall are already trying to escape the problems of using the internet. My experience made me think that people in general need to get off the internet yesterday. I want input in if I am just being paranoid or if you guys think this is a real thing.
The other day, I received a photo from my relative. It was a very out of character photo of me and him throwing up gang signs. I didn't remember doing that photo, and so I asked him if it was a product of the new AI algorithms. He told me no, and that it was a photo I had forgotten about. He said that it was a spur of the moment thing that he barely remembered himself.
This kinda spooked me. I've seen endless AI photos generated with trump being arrested or porn photos of female actors. After seeing obvious but realistic fakes over and over, it subconsciously made me think that any photo was at least possible to forge. I ended up doubting a real photo of myself that I had just forgotten about.
The thing is with this AI stuff is that it's not capable of telling you something actually intelligent, at least right now. It's not like I can go to chatgpt and it somehow comes up with a way I can get to the moon with a roll of duct tape and a fork. What it does do very well is convincingly hallucinate any reality you want it to. You can tell it to generate a convincing picture, text, sound, or something like that. I was even talking to my girlfriend about it, and she was telling me that scammers have been using it to make fake voices of loved ones saying that they have been kidnapped.
If it's strong enough right now to make me question real photos of myself, it's going to throw all parts of reality into question. That's right now. That's not in the future when this stuff gets more powerful. When I look at people right now using the internet, I see people captivated by fear porn or click bait. Even the news on TV right now is nothing but fear. What I worry about is that once this machine is able to hallucinate horror after horror, the common man will not be able to turn away because of their instinct. People seek out horror because they have an instinct to survive. It's a different instinct than other ones. I could have a infinite number of hot women who want to sleep with me, but at some point I will become satiated. When it comes to survival this does not happen.
I think that this stuff will get to the point where people aren't able to discern what state they live in or who even the president is. I really think it's going to get that bad. I think right now someone discerning can still somewhat tell if something is fake or not. Either its a fumble in the facts or the guy has seven fingers in the photo. That's not going to last for long.
I think that the only thing that people can do is disconnect and just pay attention to their immediate surroundings that they can physically see, and who they really know in real life. Everything outside of that is going to be a jumbled mess where no useful discernment is possible.
I myself quit watching the news ten years ago. Best thing I ever did. I came to the conclusion that the emotional rollercoaster was harming me way more then helping, and that if there was something important that someone would tell me about it. I think that things have gotten to the point that we need to disconnect now or get lost in the insanity of endless crap that the AI can generate. Like focus on what we can know with our own eyes and do something about v.s. get caught up in the complete sea of insanity.
Am I wrong in all this? Am I just being weird?

So I recently updated my GPU, and decided to format the whole pc, I'm having this issue where I mute wallpaper engine, since I don't want to hear the music, and it works fine until I turn my pc off and turn it on again, then the volume resets back to 100. I tried also uninstalling some audio devices that I don't use, and they reactivate the second I turn my pc on again, I'm not sure if this is related to windows or one of my components. Thanks in advance

So some of you may know that I asked regarding the Anhalt a few days ago. Now I went against all my better judgment and proceeded to actually get the thing using my coupon since I'm clearly deranged (I play secondary IJN BBs in Asia of all servers so I'm pretty much a lost cause tbh).
I'm not that great of a player and my stats have largely been weighed down by my excessively poor internet standards from a couple years back (yes if you ever had that guy who disconnected halfway into the game in 2018-2020 I'm so sorry lmao - Brunei isn't exactly known for great internet).
Anyways, I went with the upmost lowest of standards - and Anhalt really isn't as bad as I thought it was. In around 30 games, I've gotten a decent amount of damage done with both the HE and AP - and despite the rediciously poor AP pen, the AP does have really decent damage potential - provided you use it sub 13-15km and aim for the deck armor and I expected the salvos to be a lot less accurate - which isn't actually the case with 1.7 sigma and honstly decent dispersion overall.
PROS(?) - Maybe?
The slow shells get some getting used to but if you've used any american BB you'll be right at home. I find myself using a bit of the IJN aiming style - largely aiming for the deck in mid ranges and waterline at closer than optimal and long ranges - plunging fire and what not. I have yet to actually throw the anhalt into an environment to test if it shares the plunging fire tendencies of the IJN BB but so far it 'feels' like it does.
Impressively despite the low horizontal AP pen of the anhalt guns, her vertical pen (as in plunging fire isn't that bad at all) and get this - compared to the Amagi she actually boasts 20-25m less vertical dispersion at 16km - her horizontal dispersion is atrocious but she has decent sigma at 1.7 and ... well 15 guns. It really does remind me of Viribius Unitis - it's not going to citadel BBs often (no idea how I citadelled a north cal at 18km in one of my games) but it's pretty damn consistent if I'm being honest.
Her HE shells are consistent as well - though very and I mean very lacking in the damage department - but 15 guns and 27% fire chance per shell is very reminescent of a mini Mecklenberg (which for people comparing against - one of them is TX and a steel ship).
I personally think the biggest overlook with the Anhalt is shared with the techtree british battleships which given the current CV/submarine plague is understandable... It's the concealment, concealment on BBs is pretty underrated and given that my most played ship is Kii and Fuso, is often underappreciated - the conceal lets you get to places that you wouldn't (hint: people who've played Roma in uptiered games will understand when you catch a yamato off guard and chunk 28k damage to it). And I will admit pulling successful flanks like this is very gratifying.
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CONS
Now the absolute negatives: Anhalt is not an easy ship to play - I would have much preffered a reduction in HP for a better turning radius and rudder change speed (more akin to Viribius). She decelerates absolutely terribly (is slow to begin with), can't turn well and you basically need to be aware of your ship's orientation at all times because anhalt actually eats citadels very easily on broadside - contrary to every other german BB.
Anhalt is also very particular on who you are shooting at - she shares the habits that every 380mm equipped BB would have - but cranks that up to 11 because instead of factoring the main belt on ships - you'll be factoring the deck and upper belt - at least in terms of AP. While this sounds a lot like a skill issue. tm - it's actually a pretty big negative because other Battleships don't need to do nearly as much work to get damage onto you (remember not only do you need to aim at particular places - you also need to factor that atrocious shell speed). I sincerely believe this is why Anhalt was given a 30 second reload instead of a nerfed reload thats to be expected with BBs that have more than 9 guns - her consistency comes from vomiting out shells as often as possible with decent accuracy - and yes that means your preffered engagement (at least with AP) is on someone's flank and your target having an equally atrocious turning radius. That is an absolute shit ton of conditionals to make her AP work. Thankfully her HE helps in areas where her AP would do nothing.
Conclusions
What does this remind you a lot of? Hmmm, perhaps a certain dockyard ship. Perhaps ... Marlborough. Yes I'm aware that the consensus with Marlborough is that she sucks too - but just like Anhalt, Marl has a lot of guns, good concealment, poor AP pen, and good HE salvos. It looks like a ship that's easy to play (and truth be told you can probably just spam HE and get good results) - but there's a lot more to these guns than meets the eye - in the view of a normal battleship's armament - they suck - they need so much conditionals to do work, but WG has actually given you ways to actually reach that conditional: concealment. However compared to every other ship that plays with AP in this style (Vanguard, Monarch, Roma , Viribius) - she handles like a turd - and traded that almost mandatory mobility for armor and a good health pool. But she's not as bad as people make her out to be - just needing more thought in the aim department and actually needing decent ship knowledge on who to shoot at. A surprisingly high skill ceiling ship with the fallback of HE.
My build: Focusing on anhalts decent **ANGLED** armor, survivabilty and AP.

Honestly I can’t even pinpoint what happened for me to just get back to square one again. Or at least be in the process of entering back into square one. I’m so tired I don’t even want to think about it, I want to just magically feel stable again so I don’t have to go another few months having huge ups and downs and having to be such a burden on all of my friends. I don’t even know who I am anymore I swear I had just picked up a sense of who I wanted to be what I was planning for my supposed life. Or I mean I think I did, I don’t know anymore its hard to explain it just feels like the concept of Me isn’t really real. Sure I’m here, I’m a person, I exist I live I eat I breathe I play I laugh I cry I learn. But that’s it, that’s all I am. Inside there is nothing there. This sounds so horribly edgy but I don’t know how else to describe it. I hate my FP, but I want him to love me I don’t know where my mind stands with my boyfriend besides that I shouldn’t act on brash thoughts I have about him, I don’t even know what I’m talking about anymore. My train of thought is once again all over the place.
My usage of the word ‘I’ is excessive and gross, apologies.
One day I hope it turns out most of everything was just hormones, fluctuating hormones that calm down eventually. Maybe it’ll turn out that it was never BPD, just hormones and genetics or something. But for now I’m here because at least I’m able to use the advice meant for BPD symptoms for myself— even if at the end of the day it isn’t BPD.
I don’t know, I have to wait and see until I can professionally get diagnosed. I feel awful sometimes that I may be invading a space like this if I might not even end up getting diagnosed with it one day. But my posts get buried usually and I like it like that, I like that I can vent out knowing someone sees at least, but I don’t exactly need responses.
Does any of this even make sense anymore? I don’t remember the main point I was making at the start. I’m blabbering, just spit balling my constant rushing thoughts that never seem to hold still. I’m not writing this for anyone else’s sake, although I can’t tell if I’m writing this for myself anymore.
Sometimes I wonder if maybe my FP had tracked down this account and reads what I type. I mean he probably has but I don’t care anymore. I’m tired, I’m sorry this turned into a completely off topic rambling venting post.
I don’t need advice or anything right now. Words of comfort are always appreciated but for now I just wanted to speak my mind.
I’m tired.

I turned 23 yesterday and the over the past 8months the people i met here, and some of them who i considered to be close to, neither of them wished me lmao.
I did not expect anyone to remember mine, but when someone put a story on insta that i put on my story, the people i felt close to, they saw it but still did not wish me. But on the other hand, other people i know but was not close to threw me a little party which was good.
But makes me wonder about all those people whose parties i spent time money and effort in over those months just did not care lol.
All in all, i am not really disappointed cause i had no expectations from anyone really but now i know not to waste my time and money for those peoples' parties.

My(28/F) mom(62/F) is absolutely obsessed with my life,it is unbearable for me. Background, my mom and dad has an extremely turbulent marriage, with my dad being physically, mentally and financially abusive towards my mother. I've been my mom's comfort person since my childhood, she vents, seeks advice, cries, overshare everything with me. She developed panic attack/anxiety disorder when I was 7, I used to take care of her during her episodes without knowing what's going on. I used to think my mom is going to die every time she had an episode. It was too much for a child to go through that. I feel like I used academics as a coping mechanism. I am somewhat successful on that regard, I'm a doctor and financially stable. She's very proud of how I turned out career wise .
But here comes the issue, I've been in a relationship for 8 years with someone from different culture. My parents and his parents were against it initially. My mom came around after few years and we got married. His parents are still not accepting of me. We are married for two years but our marriage is falling apart. He had an affair and is generally disrespectful towards me. I tried to forgive him, but I don't think I can. I feel like it's best for me to divorce. My mom wants to know everything about our relationship, she's always asking personal details, she thinks it's sweet how strong our love is since we got married against all odds. She's idealizing our marriage without knowing details. My husband is a very calm person on the outside(as opposed to my very loud/violent dad), she thinks it's a blessing he's that way towards me. I came to know that she bragged about it to neighbours and relatives as well. Now I feel like everyone is invested in our marriage. As a very private person, I'm burdened with this lack of privacy. I know she'll throw a tantrum if I tell her I wish to opt for divorce. I feel like I'm worsening her anxiety issues. She keeps saying that she feels so relieved that my life is 'settled'. It's like my life has to be perfect for her to lead a happy, healthy life. Tbh, I made peace with the mistake I made by choosing to marry him, I've learned my lesson, decided to move on. But I don't know how I'll handle my mom. Cutting her off is not a solution. I'll be worried 24x7 about her. We'll both be miserable. I hate this life.

This post isn't meant to discredit the accomplishments of the Miami Heat, Erik Spoelstra, or any of the players (Drafted or undrafted.)
What I am trying to say is look at any of those multitude of games this season where the Boston Celtics should have won comfortably and failed to dominate and in some cases failed to win at all.
Boston was a resounding home favorite to a depleted Suns team. They were ten point home favorites and lost badly.
The Celtics were big favorites on the road against Houston and not only did they lose, but it wasnt pretty at all.
There was a game against the Jazz towards the late part of the regular season where the Jazz were scoring at will.
This wasnt a couple games. This was night in and night out that the Boston Celtics were not playing to the level that they should be.
This series highlighted that and it was evident in not one, but in two of those blowouts where Miami looked like they were the 2 seed and Boston a play-in team.
Sure, Tatum jumped up and rolled his ankle and that pretty much sealed their fate, but lets be honest...this should have never gone to a 7 game series.
Am I asking the team to go 82-0? No, but there are games this roster, with this talent, should be winning COMFORTABLY regardless of coaching and they just simply weren't.
Maybe these guys on the roster we thought were the next big thing...just aren't.

Rowling uses animal comparisons quite frequently in the series to describe what characters look and sometimes act like. Sometimes this is also their patronus but not always. What characters do you associate with certain animals?
For me there are the easy ones:

• Sirius: Dog - animagus, compared to dogs many times and has doglike behavior
• Harry: Stag - patronus, relation to his father
• Hermione: Otter - patronus, big front teeth
• James: Stag - animagus
• Lily: Doe - patronus
• Lupin: Werewolf - self explanatory
• Pettigrew: Rat - Animagus, described as ratlike and has typical rat behavior, turning against friends
• Snape: Bat or Doe - Bat because he is described as batlike and swoops like a bat, turns into a bat and flies away. Doe for his inner personality and patronus.
• Dudley: Pig - sprouts a pig tail, fat, greedy, described as a pig.
• Petunia: Bird - spies on neighbors, looks like a bird.
• McGonnagal: Cat - Animagus, patronus
• Umbridge: Toad or Cat - looks like a toad, compared to toad many times. But cat patronus
• Hagrid: Bear - acts bearlike and looks like a bear standing on two legs.
• Voldemort: Snake - looks like a snake, acts like a snake, probably is a snake
• Albus: Phoenix - owns a phoenix, patronus?
• Aberforth: Goat - odd fixation with goats, patronus
• Trelawney: Insect - looks like an insect
• Rita Skeeter: Beetle - animagus

harder ones:

• Vernon: pig - not mentioned specifically as looking like a pig but is just a bigger version of Dudley really.
• the Weasleys: Weasels - lots of them in a family, good natured. But hard to do it for each member of the family
• Draco Malfoy: white rat? - Fake Moody transformed him into one, acts a bit ratlike and has white blonde hair.
• Neville: ?
• Ron: ?
• Luna: ?
• Ginny: ?

Members of the Order or Death Eaters?
What others can you think of?

Not sure if people have discussed these or not, but they just struck my mind recently and I thought they were interesting.
There are several places in the game, mostly around Liurnia, Limgrave, and Caelid, where you find sets of stone coffins, almost always with all of them open, and importantly, empty. These stone coffin lids would of course be far too heavy to lift from within, so obviously they must have been opened from the outside.
Now, it's clear from the lore that something strange is happening vis-à-vis life and death in the Lands Between, and I've heard theories that this is why the coffins are open - because whoever had been buried had come back to life, and they were thus exhumed to be allowed to un-live their un-lives in peace(?).
But I just found something that makes me think this isn't what happened. I'm on a NG+ and just went to Jarburg, and instead of just pillaging the useful materials, high-fiving all my jar bros, and going on my way, I explored a bit south of Jarburg, where I found one of these groups of coffins. Then I started to think about Alexander and what we see him doing in the wasteland after beating Radahn.
What if all these coffins are open - and again, all completely empty - because Alexander and/or other Warrior Jars are pillaging the bodies in the hopes of making themselves stronger? With how big the larger Jars are, it's clear they'd have no issue moving the stone lids to get at the bodies inside.
As far as Irina's killer, when I was doing the quest to get Rya her necklace back from Prawn Guy, I asked him about her and he said "Lucky she ain't died on the bloody roadside, I reckon." Now, this would usually be something I'd just write off as a turn of phrase, but this is a FromSoft game, and we all know that there's no such thing as a coincidence in a FromSoft game, especially in the dialogue. We know precisely one character, a female character even, who we find dead on the side of the road: Irina. We know that Boggart is a Blackguard, a criminal accused of heinous acts. Acts like, perhaps, murdering innocent women travelling alone? What if Boggart had attempted to swindle Irina like he did Rya, but she was too clever, and so he just offed her instead?
It would make sense, to me, to have her killer be a character we actually meet, and to me it seems like Boggart is the best fit. Shabriri/Yura would make a certain amount of sense, if you didn't meet him for the first time much later in the game.
Thoughts?

I (19M) have been doing a lot of research on this peptide. On the surface it seems like the "safest" way to tan, especially if you have trouble tanning. I have type 2 skin (very pale rn, been inside a lot because of accutane plus winter). I have generally been very pale my whole life due to genetics, but can tan some (barely) since my forearms and neck have been a half a shade darker than the rest of my body at times. I want to use MT2 to get a nice light tan not turn brown but I don't know how to ensure I can prevent that. Not too worried about moles but any advice on how to avoid them would help.
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My main concerns currently are:
I am 4 ish months into accutane, my spf use has been RELIGIOUS, but I'm wondering if I can even do this while on accutane. I have no intent to do any sun exposure for tanning longer than like 5-10 minutes because of this and I will wear spf. The obvious answer for this would be to wait until ive been done with accutane for a month maybe even 3-6 but I mean it's summer right now and I'd really like to not blind people in the sun so if anyone has experience doing that or thinks it could turn out fine that would help. Of course I will be consulting my derm before anything however any dermatologist would likely say to stay away from MT2 regardless of the situation.
I have a decent bit of hyperpigmentation and post inflammatory erythema from the acne on my back, some erythema on my face, accutane cleared up the bumps but left some marks behind. Will these get a lot worse on MT2? if my skin tone gets more tan theyll be less noticeable than they are now undoubtedly but I'm worried about them. Though my skin produces no melanin (obviously thats why I'm here) and most of the marks are red or purple so maybe its all just PIE. I have no idea what kind of effect this peptide or a little sun tanning would have on this stuff. I could just take it and not tan since I read somewhere that does work however it would look different and also given my skin type now it would likely take a very long time. Allegedly accutane helps prevent future PIE and hyperpigmentation so that could be another reason to just finish my course before I try this (really sucks I wanna do it now but can't solve one problem by creating another. I do feel a very low dose could negate this issue as well a avoid direct sun exposure on my back.
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I have a scar on my forehead, hair usually covers it but I head this can make scars more prominent. Honestly theres a chance that this scar becoming more prominent will look badass but still I could use some info on that.
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If u made it this far thanks for reading and any advice/recommendations would be much appreciated.

Hey guys, I’ve had my Ender 5 Pro for about a year and a half now; and today it started doing this weird thing where when its turned on, the screen lights up like usual, but all it does is turn of and on again every 5 seconds or so. Its not like a full power down, but it kinda acts like its booting up, then starts over again and theres no way to do anything with it.
Any advice helps! Thanks in advance!

I’ve been using my m18 oscillating multi tool recently and I just noticed (looking from above) that the blade didn’t seem to be pointing straight. It was ever so slightly angled. Almost like I loaded the blade at an angle but I didn’t.
To illustrate: Imagine the hands on a clock. The multi tool should look like 12:30. The minute hand pointing towards 6 and the blade should be the hour hand and pointing straight up towards 12. But my blade was more pointing towards 1.
I checked and it looked like the pegs that the blades slot onto were off center. So I, perhaps foolishly, just grabbed it and turned it to the right and it moved slightly into a straight position. I know this is not supposed to happen, and I assume it’s only a matter of time before the tool is rendered useless.
I’m just wondering if anyone has experienced this and is it fixable? I’ve had the tool for maybe a little over a year, but honestly not used it enough to where it should already be breaking down.

What Is an IT Consultant and How To Become One
IT consultants assist clients with technology-related issues. It involves such work as developing technology strategies (which, of course, should be done based on business unit strategy, which in turn should be based on corporate strategy). IT consultants also conduct technology assessments, where they evaluate a company’s current technology infrastructure and systems to find areas for improvement and development. They also design and implement technology solutions based on the specific needs of the client. Of course, clients may need ongoing technical support, which may also be provided by IT consultants. Because of their area of expertise, consultants need to stay on top of technology trends and have a good understanding of risks and how to maximize the benefits of technology investments clients may be considering or should be considering.

The work environment for IT consultants

IT consultants often work for large consulting and professional services firms like Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, E&Y, etc. As a result, their work environment is not that much different from that of other consultants. Although projects are often longer in duration and more time is spent on the client’s site. Of course, there are also boutique consulting firms that offer IT consulting services, and their work environment will be different from work environment of large international consulting firms and professional services firms.
Overall, consultants generally work in traditional office environments. It can be either their own firm or the client’s offices. Remote work is also common, given advancements in technology and especially after COVID lockdowns. Many consultants do most of the work remotely and communicate with clients and their teams through email, zoom, or other videoconferencing platforms, and other online collaboration systems.
Consultants usually work in a project-based format. They have short-term projects and long-term projects depending on the client and their needs.
Because of the nature of the work, consultants generally work closely with clients and other stakeholders to make sure IT solutions are implemented and well-integrated. Consulting, and IT consulting specifically, usually involves a fast-paced environment and is often challenging.
Consultants have a challenging job. However, it is also a rewarding job if someone likes technology and working on projects for variety of clients. And the biggest reward for many consultants is seeing the impact their work makes on their clients after IT solutions are implemented.

What education is needed to qualify for an IT consultant role

For large consulting firms, to become an IT consultant, you will generally need at least a bachelor’s degree in information technology, computer science, and a related field of study. Some consultants interested in specializing in technology related work also obtain an MBA or another master’s degree, often in a technology-related field.
Of course, the degree requirement will vary depending on the firm hiring the consultant and the specific technology area in which the consultant specializes. Some IT consultants also obtain industry certifications in a technology-related field. Certifications may indicate to managers or to recruiters that this particular consultant is very serious about upskilling and being the best they can be in their chosen line of work.
Of course, education is not enough. To be an effective IT consultant one also needs work experience related to technology, as well as a track record of successful delivery of technology consulting projects. So it is not uncommon to see IT consultants who came from technical roles and later in their career obtain an IT consultant role. After all, when clients hire consultants, they expect them to be well-trained. They are not paying large consulting fees for junior people without work experience to learn on the job.

What kind of skills are needed

An IT consultant needs a variety of skills to be successful. On top of the expected foundation of education and work experience, the following skills are crucial to being an effective IT consultant.
Communication skills – Any consultant needs to have strong communication skills. And the more senior a consultant becomes within a consulting firm, the more they need to have strong communication skills. Just having technical skills is not enough. Consultants work in teams and work with people from the client’s side. So without good communication skills, the days of a consultant in that consulting firm are usually numbered. Even in firms where the up-or-out policy is not used, consultants without communication skills are usually pushed to stay in junior roles and will lack opportunities for advancement and growth.
Project management skills – Since IT consultants work on projects, sometimes simultaneously on projects for various clients, the ability to manage projects effectively is crucial. Projects need to be delivered on time, on budget, and up to standards.
Business judgment: Another crucial skill for any consultant, including an IT consultant, is business judgment. Since technology is a tool that is used to achieve an organization’s goals, consultants need to understand their client’s goals and business circumstances so they can assess, design and implement technology solutions effectively.
Ability to write – Most consulting roles require an ability to write concisely and clearly. Even if consulting project is primarily about implementation, a lot of communication with a client and reporting to the client may occur in a written format. So writing skills are important for someone to be an effective IT consultant.
Networking and client relationship-building skills – For any consultant, including an IT consultant, the more senior they become, the more they are usually expected to bring home the bacon. They need to support all the junior consultants under them in terms of being able to bring in large enough and overall enough projects. This is where networking and client relationship-building skills become more and more important.
Foundational problem solving skills – Of course, any consultant also needs foundational problem solving skills. The video below provides some training on foundational problem solving skills consultants need.
Time management and ability to work effectively under pressure – To be an effective consultant time management skills and ability to work effectively under pressure is a requirement.

An average salary to expect

As an IT consultant in the United States, you can expect around $80,000 at junior levels and over $150,000 as you rise within the organization, often much more depending on how much business you bring in at a senior level.
The salary of an IT consultant differs depending on the firm they are working for, their level of experience and education, their economic situation, the location of the consulting firm, and many other factors.
In addition to a base salary, an IT consultant generally receives health insurance, an annual bonus, and health insurance. Sometimes, an consultant is even compensated with a percentage of a fee for the project.
Usually, consultants who work for larger firms earn more than consultants who work for smaller firms or who offer their consulting services as a freelancer. However, if a consultant is able to build a successful consulting business, which we teach how to do in Consulting Sales Rainmaker coaching program, in that situation, a much larger compensation is possible.

Growing and protecting your consulting business

Consulting is a very rewarding line of work that allows for accelerated personal and professional growth. If you want to work as an IT consultant, you can start taking steps to ensure you are qualified for such roles. It is often easier to start in a technical role or as a consultant for a small boutique consulting firm, or by starting your own firm. Of course, if you end up starting your own firm, you will also need to learn a lot of skills related to starting a running your own business, which we do cover as well as part of our training resources and coaching programs available.
Learn more here on how consulting firms compete:
Some thoughts to keep in mind if you decide to start your own IT consulting firm. You will need to register your business. You will need to develop and implement a marketing strategy. Marketing is usually the hardest part for business owners. Business owners are usually qualified to offer a product or service that they choose to offer, but they usually struggle with finding customers and clients. You will need to ensure the delivery of the projects you sell is high quality, and at the same time, you need to ensure you are selling new projects. Most businesses go out of business because they run out of cash. So it is very important to watch your finances very carefully and watch your cash flow. You will also need to stay on top of business and industry trends and continue to improve your business since your competitiors are not sleeping, and they want to take your customers.
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Not sure if anyone knows but it was a mobile game I know it was definitely on apple. It was the basic base building but you expanded your land to include more resources and had a barracks to build an army. When fighting each team had a grid area to move around and it was turn based and certain troops had ranges and damages. I think the name had border something in it

I work at target in bakery night shift. I’ve been working there for almost 6 months now. So today, a closing TL (not my TL from bakery) approached me and told me that start from today I have to report to the closing TL what I have done on my shift everyday. She said this is something that we just start doing. I don’t know if it’s true or not because it is hard to believe that every team members have to report to her of what they have been doing on their shift. You may not know me, but Ido my job, come on time and never call off so far. I am planning to ask around with other team members if they have been asked to do the same. But I doubt it. If it turns out she did not ask other team members to report what they have been doing on their shift, should I bring this up to my TL, ETL, or HR? Am I being discriminated? She is not even my TL, she does not know my performance in daily basis. If I bring this up too, either my TL, ETL, or HR will talk about this situation with her and I will see her everyday on my job, it creates uncomfortable situation. How should i handle this situation?

Helloooooooo everyone! So my barkleigh Saria is turning 2 on June 8th and I'm so worried about not doing anything for her. What would be some ideas or things I can do for her. Last year I took her to watch doctor strange. But any ideas from this community to help me. Thank you all in advance and I hope you all have a great day!