Timestamp: https://imgur.com/a/WePBfd1
Hey y’all, I gotta move this joint tonight or tomorrow. My dad died unexpectedly last weekend and the funeral is Wednesday and my wife and I are electing to drive to get there as flights are insane for Memorial Day. Gas and hotel ain’t cheap for a 16-hour trip in a full-size truck.
Parts list:
•Geissele Mk8 9.3” handguard
•Aero Precision upper receiver
•Magpul enhanced dust cover
•Toolcraft NiB BCG
•Ballistic Advantage 10.3” Hanson Profile barrel, stainless carbine length tube, Aero low pro gas block
•Radian Raptor LT
•Griffin Armament Hammer Comp, dedicated host for their M4SD cans
•Holosun 403C-GR perfect glass no salt
•UTG el cheapo aluminum BUIS
•Streamlight Pro-Tac HLX 1000 lumens w/ pressure switch
•BCM foregrip and MCMR rail covers
$600 for upper with optic and light, $450 just the upper with CH and BCG, $300 just upper. Open to offers, I need this thing to move, I do not want to miss my dads funeral. Will send out before I leave town for the funeral. I hate PayPal and some of this subs’ rules, so given the circumstances and situation I can hope mods would allow me to use cash app or Venmo so the necessary funds don’t get hung up in limbo. I can send photos of my photo ID and CCW to any potential buyer as well as my employer information as collateral that I’m not trying to fuck anyone over. Thank you, god bless, hug your dads. This shit fuckin sucks

My chromecast was working perfectly fine for over a year, then the internet to my town went down due to a wrong wire being cut, which was fixed same day. Since then it won't connect to the wifi/ it will only connect for a few minutes and disconnect. The wifi works as it still connects to my phone/ laptop
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• I've tried turning it on/ off via the button and disconnecting it from the wall
• I've rebooted my wifi which didn't work.
• Tried calling my internet provider to see if any settings may have been changed
• Tried turning automatic timezone off
• Updating google home
• My wifi was already split into 2.4GHz and 5Ghz, the 2.4GHz won't connect at all but the 5GHz which I normally use sometimes connects

Only thing left to do is a factory reset, which I'm not super keen on as I've definitely forgotten the passwords to some of my apps.
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Any tips?

Hey All,
I would like to improve few performance aspects on my Triban RC520 bought in 2020.
Some basic information about me: Height 6ft, weight: 88kg. 80-90% road cycling, but generally on less used, older roads that aren't too smooth. I go on a bike maybe 4-5 times a month (if the weather is alright) so definitely not interested in the competitive cycling.
Below is the list of aspects I would like to get some improvement on:

1. Comfort - the bike is okay for shorter trips (50-60km) as it is, but using it for a whole day is unpleasant mostly due to the vibrations, which become a real problem when returning from 100km+ trips.
2. Stability - when descending at higher speeds the bike doesn't give me too much confidence. I understand a lot of it depends on the technique and being aware, but any patches of sands or loose chippings while speeding downhill requires to stay focused so much on avoiding any surface irregularities, it almost kills the fun of getting to such speeds.
3. Going off the road onto bridle paths or gravel doesn't feel great at all because of the above. Lack of grip and stability on the slopes. I don't go off the road often, but when I do it would be nice to just get through without bashing myself for not sticking to asphalt roads.

I guess all of the above can be tackled by upgrading tires for something wider, maybe closer to the gravel/touring, however I don't want to overdo it and completely lose the fun part of the bike, which is how easily it accelerates and how long it keeps the momentum when cycling over hilly roads. I also wonder how much of an improvement would I get by just sticking to higher quality road tires, that are a bit wider. I don't know how much of a diffence I can expect by doing so, hence any suggestions are welcome.
Some of the tires I'm considering at the moment:

1. GP5000 S TR 700x32 - not sure it'll be significantly better when going off the road..
2. Schwalbe Marathon Plus 700x32 (or 35?) - seems like an overkill considering my bike usage. Perhaps no need to trade so much speed for durability which isn't a key requirement for me?
3. Panaracer Gravelking Slick 700x32 (or 35?) - I feel like this might be the tire I need, at least based on the reviews...

We went to a little festival today in my town and we were just walking around, checking out the booths and enjoying the cool, overcast day. We had my cousin with, who brought her dog with us and I had my 3 year old. As we were walking, a girl walks by and she has this stupid pitbull that starts viciously barking and lunging at my cousin’s dog. The owner was haphazardly trying to get the dumb thing to stop and goes “she’s usually not like this.” I had to keep my 3 year old behind me and my husband, and my poor cousin was scared out of her mind thinking her dog was about to be ripped to shreds. My toddler was trying to run away because this thing kept trying to lunge. This dog was snarling like it was demented. Thankfully we were able to walk away without anything happening, but Jesus. My cousin and her dog were shaken up and I had to explain to my toddler that those kinds of dogs are not dogs you want to be around, because she kept saying she wanted to walk it. Pitbulls ruin EVERYTHING. The amount of pitbulls at this festival were ridiculous. All of them either acted anxious, stupid, aggressive, or a combination of the three.

So I'm M/23 and still live at home because I can't find an apartment. And my mother is driving me crazy. I literally can't do anything past 10 in the evening without her getting upset. I can't game, can't watch YouTube(with headphones on) and can't even turn around in my own bed without her complaining that it keeps her awake.
Today she literally shut of the WiFi because I was gaming late, quietly.......
Days like this just make me feel so frustrated because I just can't have fun in this house without my mom trying to ruin it.
I know she means well by making Shure that I don't go to bed to late, but I have the day off tomorrow, she as well. And even then fun is not aloud.
These situations will only end up with me being miserable because I still live at home and there is nothing I can do to change that.

Currently 27. I'm not in the tech/gaming space at all beyond being a player. I currently work as a civil engineering designer.
Its a fun job but ive been considering a career change into something else. Today, I came across game development jobs that require autodesk Maya and that immediatly piqued my interest cause I felt could pick that up very quickly as my current job is as a designer I use a shit ton of autodesk products along with using math, physics and economics to essentially build a small mining town. Except with gaming I think its one of the few jobs i could actually enjoy the work I do.
I have no clue how the gaming industry is. What the hours, pay and day to day work is like. What softwares you use and what you learn.
So my questions are:

1. What is your average day like?
   
2. What are some things I can generally speaking expect to be true across the gaming industry? (I.e. for the trades it's generally true you should expect to work in inclement weather with a higher injury risk then an office worker)
   

Memorial Day here in the United States. The official start of summer, which also used to be my favorite season. Now I can’t even enjoy it cause I’m sick AF. Last summer a now former friend ruined 4th of July for me. This year I’ve decided to take 4th of July off since I live right next to an urban park. Maybe I’ll drive deep into the suburbs and sit in my car till all the hoopla dies down.
Anyway sorry for the rant. I just used to love summer holidays so much. Today I listened to people outside as they picnicked and did whatever and I’m laying on my bathroom floor with my forehead against the cold tiles, not able to hold anything down.
Nausea and vomiting isn’t normal for me. Maybe I overestimated things when I went on a short mountain hike last week when I was out of town.
Most people on this sub don’t get to go “out of town,” so I realize how lucky I am. But today I told my parents I probably won’t be traveling to their place (which is several states away) for my little nephew’s birthday in a couple weeks. I said I’m just too sick and this illness is too unpredictable.
Anyone who knew me before MECFS, or when I was in full remission (which has sadly become a relic of my past), would not have recognized the girl on the bathroom floor, writhing and trying to keep from vomiting during this beautiful spring day.

So I’m super confused rn.
Basically I’ve been told I need a breathalyzer in a car for a year. But I spoke to someone at the dmv (wi, USA) and I was told that since I don’t have a car, I can just get my license reinstated as long as I have sr 22 insurance and the the “timer” for when I need a breathalyzer will start the day I get my license reinstated.
So hypothetically if I get my license reinstated on 7/6/23, I would only need a breathalyzer if I’m driving during 7/6/23-7/6/24. If I do not drive during that year, I was told I will not need a breathalyzer whatsoever.
My lawyer said he thought that no matter what/when I drive, I need to have a breathalyzer for 1 year. But the dmv lady said because I don’t have a car registered in my name, they can’t like force me to get a car.
I’m just super confused. Has anyone heard of this? Waiting out the timer and being able to get out of needing a breathalyzer?
I haven’t seen anything about this in this sub.

((Credit goes to the one and only u/SpacePaladin15 for his Nature of Predators story upon which this is based! Still getting used to the formatting, but I think I am getting the hang of it!)) FIRST // PREVIOUS // NEXT
Memory transcription subject: Arxur exchange subject Syle
Date [standardized human time]: October 20, 2136
I don’t know which was a bigger pain in my tail. Jack, the shots, or these gnashing seats! There is nowhere for my tail to go and this cheap helicopter keeps bouncing all over the place! Sure, we had to use a civilian model to hide something was up, but could they at least have brought in a fancy one!
Ah well. The view is fantastic though. Gorgeous mountains as far as the eye could see. The valley was full of little towns and cities here and there, but it was mostly forest! One human called it a “park,” but my translator didn’t really have much to say about it. All I knew is that I had rarely seen so much green in my life!
Soon we went towards one of the taller mountains deeper in the wooded areas. Jack said something about being in his family a very long time, about how the park grew around it, and more but I couldn’t give a venlil shit about it yet. I was just busy… looking.
All my missions had been in cities since my small size let me hunt better there. Sure there were some hunts and collections that took place in more sparsely populated areas like this, but I never got to see them. Didn’t help I hatched on a ship and spent pretty much my whole life spacebound.
Soon we settled into a long, but pretty thin grassy area by a house. There was a long road made of loose rocks going down the mountains nearby and at the other end of the grass was a bunch of metal, wood, and more with a large pile of dirt and wood behind them. The house itself was HUGE! At least by my standards. It had two super large bay doors on one side, a wooden covered platform to stand guard, two floors with one huge window, and a orange-red stone pipe on the side pointing up, probably so one could have a fire inside. The sides were clearly made of trees stacked on their sides. A “log cabin” the pilot said.
Well, it's my home now. I wonder who else lives here? Its a barracks big enough for quite a few families.
As we climbed out of the helicopter I kept expecting someone to come out, but nobody did. “Hey Jack! Who else lives here?” I screamed out as the helicopter slowly lifted away. Gnashing thing was as loud as a krakotl! “Just me!” He called back as the helicopter floated away.
“Venlil shit. Who else?” I turned to him and crossed my arms. No way this complex was for one man!
“You now.” He said with a shrug as he walked to the door. He had changed into those blue pants and the small top that humans called a “t-shirt.” His other clothes and gear had been put in his car. “No really! I know its big, but hey, inheritance.” He bared his teeth in that “smile” andmade an odd noise. Laughing? “Welcome home. Besides, not like the gov would want anyone else knowing you are here. The basement is full of junk and guns and shit. Don’t worry about that. Upstairs is just my study and office.”
The first room was rather large. It had a TV, a place for a fire, a large and long chair made of animal skin, and a bunch of devices by the TV. In the next room was a kitchen that was far larger than I was used to. I read that humans prefer to “cook” food, but didn’t expect there to be so many tools to do it with.
“Rooms are down the hall.” He explained as he sat down on the long chair with a grunt. “Ohhh fuck yes. Here. Take a seat.” He patted the skin chair by himself and I sat down on the far side of it.
Oh. OH. Oh betterment this is heaven! The chair is cold, yes, but I thought it was just bloated! It was like sitting on what I thought a bed made of venlil fur felt like! I hissed and let my eyes close as I sunk into its embrace. As I relaxed for… probably the first time in my life really I listened and heard nothing.
No screaming sentients being butchered or eaten.
No tiny brained hunters arguing.
No engine or mechanical noises.
Silence besides some animals and the wind.
I could feel the long chair move a bit as the human clearly wanted to talk to me, but he didn’t. He let me just relax for awhile before getting up and leaving me in this bliss. I could feel my tail curling before I started to feel the cold air tickle my scales. Before I could complain though I heard doors opening and shutting followed by a smell.
FOOD.
My eyes shot open in time to see the human walking in with a bowl of red meat. Fresh. Red. Meat. I paused and looked up at him. This was a whole day’s rations. No! TWO days rations! In one bowl! I didn’t even know what it was from!
“It's just some cuts of venison I was planning on making a stew out of later. Nothing too fancy. OH! That is deer by the way. Non sentient.” He explained before putting the whole bowl in my lap. “It's not cooked or seasoned, but figured you would want something simple to start with.” He explained before sitting back down.
Mine? MINE!
Chunk after chunk of meat met my mouth. My teeth tearing into the soft, cold flesh. It was the best meat I had ever tasted in my LIFE! No taste of the fear, no shame of knowing something that thought suffered for this, and the taste alone! I had no words! I hissed as my tail went nuts. I ate and ate until the bowl was empty.
But by the prophet I was full. No. The prophet, betterment, hunters, it could all ROT for all I care! I closed my eyes again and relaxed. The human could slit my throat right now and I would be okay. My belly was full for the first time in my life. Not only that, but it was full of meat I didn’t feel horrible about. The chair I was in was the best thing I had ever sat on and nobody was screaming near me or looking for a reason to call me defective.
Did one of those shots kill me? This was too good to be life!
He let me lay there for a bit, my tail happily thumping as he started to set up a fire. Soon the room was warm with wonderful smells as well. This. This was almost too much.
Two of what humans called hours passed and I woke back up with a happy hiss. The night was starting to fall and the human was relaxed by me in looser fitting clothing that looked soft. I was covered in a blanket that felt like it was woven out of venlil fur and somehow the chair had tilted back and raised up the bottom to hold my feet and legs up.
He was tapping away on his datapad before looking over at me with a grin. “Hey, how do you feel?” He asked before looking back to his pad. His voice was soft, gentle, and sure even I could pick up on his amusement, but like rot I was going to care.
“Mmmf. Amazing.” My noises were… not intimidating at all, but for some reason he stiffened just a little. Weird, but it is my human. “If all the species in the galaxy knew of life like this I bet humans would have lines volunteer for even slavery.” I chuckled a bit before closing my eyes.
“Hm… probably not the slavery bit, but I do live comfy out here.” He chuckled a bit. “Hey, I am talking to random aliens on this app and a krakotl has the username “Firebird.” She is an exterminator so she just combined her job with what her species is. Gunna tell her about the mythical beast the phoenix.” He was already acting so casually around me. Guess seeing me sleep for so long made him drop his guard.
Not going to ruin this for ANYTHING though. Want more.
Wait. “Wait? You said a Krakotl exterminator? They are willing to talk to you? YOU are willing to talk to THEM after what they did to your kind?” I sat up and the chair returned to its normal setup. My eyes locked on his, there was no way he would be chatting with something like that!
“Yup.” He raised and lowered his shoulders again before tapping the top of his pad. “She didn’t attack us, just some crazy asshole of the same species. She wants to learn more about predators actually.” He explained. “It would be like me blaming you for what happened with the cradle. I read your empathy tests by the way. I know you didn’t like it.” His voice was calm, slow, gentle. Casually explaining to me he was talking with someone who should be both our enemy! Then again, I should be his. But here I am, just waking up from a short sleep on his comfy long-chair after he fed me.
Gnash it. Not going to worry about it.
“So… human… What are your plans for me?” I finally asked. No way he was just going to take me in like this without some sort of hard labor planned for me.
“Well. tonight and tomorrow get you settled in and teach you about human living.” Here it comes. The labor. “Then I will start setting you up with hunting lessons so you can help me hunt while I show you more things humans like.”
That wasn’t labor, that was more relaxing!
“So wait.” I pointed a claw at him as I narrowed my eyes. This was too good. “You just want to relax with me, teach me about human things, and spend time with me?”
His head moved up and down. “Yup. This is an exchange program. Not the prisoner kind either. We are here to learn about each other’s species. That, and make sure you don’t die.” He made that soft laughing noise again.
I sat back in the long chair again and stared at the ceiling. “So you have an Arxur female just in her prime, and you want to just… relax with her? You could do anything you want, make me do anything you want, and you just want to live with her?” I could barely believe it.
“Yup.” He nodded. “We don’t believe in slavery as humans. Fought wars to end it even.” He then went quiet for a few moments as his eyes went wide.
“Wait. FEMALE!?” He yelled out in clear surprise.
He didn’t know I was a girl!?
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I’m wondering if edutoys are actually really helpful. I’ve an almost 6 month old and I don’t have any light up flashy toys. I have the kick and play piano that she likes to play with her hands now and lots of other toys to keep her engaged and to work on her motor skills. I’m wondering if she’s missing out. She is getting a little bored at home. But I don’t want to buy a noisy flashy toy for the sake of entertainment. She doesn’t get any screen time, unless she peeps at our phones when we’re using them briefly around her, not videos just sending a text or googling something quickly or taking a pic of the cutest baby in town 🤣. Ah but we facetime family at the weekend. She goes to nursery 3 days a week and nursery send pics each day of her playing with nearly every toy they have (ball pit, walker (the front part), playing with things on a bead maze, playing with different activity tables (the hard plastic ones that play music and make sounds etc), looking at the fish tank, looking at other decorations they have on the walls, and she sits in on older kids activities too sometimes). She’s the youngest baby in there so she gets special attention I suppose. I feel like she gets so much stimulation in there but then is lacking at home. But then sometimes she’s overstimulated at home (I think) and I just bring her to her cot so she can relax and calm down once or twice during the day when it’s not time to sleep for 10/15 minutes. I don’t know if they do that in nursery, they just tell me she was so tired from a busy day so she took a nap. I feel like they move her around so much but I can’t do that much at home. She absorbs everything, if I rearrange something (example I moved her books around to a new spot and she stared at them for ages because it was different, this was at about 4 months old) she’ll notice the next time she sees it and she’ll study it for a few minutes because it’s different. What a ramble! Anyway I think she needs a toy with lots of functions to keep her engaged for a while but I don’t know what to get. Yes, I read to her, yes I play with her, yes I talk to her, yes I sing to her, yes she watches me do chores and “helps” with folding the laundry (plays with the laundry basket), yes we go out for walks. Somedays I feel like I need to go out with her for every wake window but I’ve stuff to do at home so my max is usually twice 😫 she loves going out, new places, old places, in the car, in the stroller, loves seeing people (I do not 😅😅😅). I would babywear her at home when she was smaller but she’s too big and too interested in touching everything now to be contained in the carrier. What to do? I want to buy all the toys in the world but don’t have the money or space to do that. Before she was born I was really into montessori but that stuff is expensive so I have some montessori elements to my parenting and some toys but it’s mixed with being practical. Actual Montessori is too extreme for me.

Hello, I'm considering buying a 2nd hand folding bike so i can take it for day trips on the train and to cycle to and from town.
I've read that smaller wheels make less efficient use of my power and was hoping for some experiences. Do they make potholes more dangerous? Parts of my journey to the station take me over some badly maintained roads.
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When I'm looking at photos on ebay, the folding bikes usually look really well maintained. Is this because they are usually stored inside and don't rust as much? Is there anything I should be looking out for and is there a general age limit to these bikes? Ads often are selling 10 year old bikes
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thanks!

I was doing some neural net stuff and I needed every single kanye song in an easily copy/pasteable format that I didnt need to do too much coding for a computer to read, and it took me like 25 minutes to type the entire thing out by hand, so I thought id post it here in case any other future devs need it <3
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The College Dropout
Intro
We Don’t Care
Graduation Day
All Falls Down
I’ll Fly Away
Spaceship
Jesus Walks
Never Let Me Down
Get Em High
Workout Plan
The New Workout Plan
Slow Jamz
Breathe In Breathe Out
School Spirit Skit 1
School Spirit
School Spirit Skit 2
Lil Jimmy Skit
Two Words
Through The Wire
Family Business
Last Call
Late Registration
Wake Up Mr. West
Heard ‘Em Say
Touch the Sky
Gold Digger
Skit No.1
Drive Slow
My Way Home
Crack Music
Roses
Bring Me Down
Addiction
Skit No.2
Diamonds From Sierra Leone (Remix)
We Major
Skit No.3
Hey Mama
Celebration
Skit No.4
Gone
Diamonds From Sierra Leone
Late
Graduation
Good Morning
Champion
Stronger
I Wonder
Good Life
Can’t Tell Me Nothing
Barry Bonds
Drunk and Hot Girls
Flashing Lights
Everything I Am
The Glory
Homecoming
Big Brother
Good Night
808s & Heartbreak
Say You Will
Welcome to Heartbreak
Heartless
Amazing
Love Lockdown
Paranoid
RoboCop
Street Lights
Bad News
See You In My Nightmares
Coldest Winter
Pinocchio Story
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Dark Fantasy
Gorgeous
POWER
All of the Lights (Interlude)
All of the Lights
Monster
So Appalled
Devil In A New Dress
Runaway
Hell Of A Life
Blame Game
Lost in the World
Who Will Survive in America
Watch the Throne
No Church in the Wild
Lift Off
Ni**as In Paris
Otis
Gotta Have It
New Day
That’s My Bitch
Welcome to the Jungle
Who Gon Stop Me
Murder To Excellence
Made In America
Why I Love You
Yeezus
On Sight
Black Skinhead
I Am a God
New Slaves
Hold My Liquor
I’m in It
Blood on the Leaves
Guilt Trip
Send It Up
Bound 2
The Life Of Pablo
Ultralight Beam
Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1
Pt. 2
Famous
Feedback
Low Lights
Highlights
Freestyle 4
I Love Kanye
Waves
FML
Real Friends
Wolves
Frank’s Track
Siiiiiiiiilver Surffffeeeeer Intermission
30 Hours
No More Parties In LA
Facts (Charlie Heat Version)
Fade
Saint Pablo
ye
I Thought About Killing You
Yikes
All Mine
Wouldn’t Leave
No Mistakes
Ghost Town
Violent Crimes
KIDS SEE GHOSTS
Feel The Love
Fire
4th Dimension
Freeee (Ghost Town Pt. 2)
Reborn
Kids See Ghosts
Cudi Montage
JESUS IS KING
Every Hour
Selah
Follow God
Closed On Sunday
On God
Everything We Need
Water
God Is
Hands On
Use This Gospel
Jesus Is Lord
Donda
Donda Chant
Jail
God Breathed
Off The Grid
Hurricane
Praise God
Jonah
Ok Ok
Junya
Believe What I Say
24
Remote Control
Moon
Heaven and Hell
Donda
Keep My Spirit Alive
Jesus Lord
New Again
Tell The Vision
Lord I Need You
Pure Souls
Come to Life
No Child Left Behind
Jail pt 2
Ok Ok pt 2
Junya pt 2
Jesus Lord pt 2

My story began when I, “J” met this girl “A”, at work. I am married for 12 years and we have a son who is 2 years old. My wife and I were both each others rebound when we met and we figured we liked each other enough to give long term relationship a try. After 10 years of together, we still argue about every little things, more like she is always inpatient with me or belittling me. I usually hold it in until I cant, and an all out fight started between us last days, until we are tired and sick of each other and back to normal and few days or a week later the cycle repeats. We thought having a child will help us work through our problems together, but it done the opposite, the pressure of rising a kid and dealing with both our personal issues was too much. We argue even more then before.
This girl at work “A”, who had been working there for at least 3 years, I came back to the company over a year ago, we know of each other but never talk besides the hi in the morning as courtesy to a co worker from one to another. One day in August of 2022, we say hi and just started talking. We hit it off right away, we starting saying good morning to buying each other coffees to light flirting within days. Yes, she know I am married. We had many shared interested from show to music. We started to get close, we started to share our intermit thoughts and stories. Light filtering become more serious but she was reluctant to move forward with a date, because she doesn’t want to be a side piece. This is where I started lying to her, yes, I want her, I felt more connected with her then with my wife. I had never cheated on my wife in all the years we are together, but when I get to know this girl, every logical thoughts just went out of the windows, all I know is I like her more then I had ever feel for my wife. So I told the girl we are getting separated she knows how bad the wife treated me, not just from what I had told her, her and other co-workers had heard and seen the wife in yelling at me at public places for nothing. After I insist she will not be a side piece and will not affect my relationship with my son, she finally agree to go out on official date with me. She told me not to get attached as she is still recover from last relationship which wasn’t great, also we are 10 years apart in age. I am older and she is not looking to be a step mom anytime soon. I chose to ignore all the red flags she has, I am in love with this girl so bad that I can not say no to her. All I want is be there for her and say yes to whatever she needs. I have to be completed honest, I didn’t know I will fall for her hard, during the time we are going out, I was laying to my wife as why I come back late after work I had to go on trips over the weekend etc. I was torn apart and feel guilty but as soon as I saw the girl, I don’t care anymore. While I am going out with “A” my wife would call to check in etc, so during the affire I wasn’t 100% focus on the girl or 100% as a father to my son. I was split, but I was happy and got careless, I though this is great I can do both, but little did I know, the girl started to find our situation dull, things feels like had cool down. One day she told me, there’s another guy who had been trying to get her out on a date for over a moths, I pleaded with her and she said I told you I will keep looking for someone who can give me the butterfly feeling, and we never set a label between us. I should have just end it there, but I didn’t. They went out one date, and her and I are back together again, but she is still in touch with the guy.
During Christmas time she went home for 3 weeks, and during this 3 weeks I had feel like I lost her, she started becoming a bit distant. When the new year come around, my nightmare had come true, she told me to move on, as she is going out with the guy even though they had not seen each other since that one date. The worst part is her and I are actually went to a 3 weeks business trip together, we stay at the same house, different room, this was one of the worst time of my life. I had never felt this depress and sad in my entire life. During the trip she said we can still be friends, again I should have say no and just ignore her, but I didn’t. I acted like a friend, we end up hanging out with her family who was in town during the trip, which is ridiculous, we share food and drinks like we were together, she even done our laundries together, none of it is normal friendship. I should keep distant and say no, but I didn’t, I cant say no to her. After the trip and we came home, she started going cold on me even as a friend, I took this opportunity to stay away, but she kept saying I am her only safe space she trust me. Her and the guy didn’t last long, only about a month and she broke it off with him. During the time she would call me when she has PTSD or server depression. I am always there to comfort her. Its been 5 months since we ended, and yet I am the only person she went out with for her birthday. When she feels depress, I took her out to see flowers and dinners. Things were kind good between us for a bit, but the past 2 weeks, she had been dry and cold, specially during the weekend, not responding to my text we don’t really talk anymore, but she will send me reels and memes if I ignore her too long. Before I am sure she is not seeing anyone, but this weekend I feel like she is finally going out there, and even she just want me as a friend, I am the one who need to put in effort to keep the conversation going. I tried to ask her to hang out, but she kept saying no or will let me know and now just straight up no response, but 2 weeks ago she would say yes to something to what she wants. I know she is over me, but she still need me.
I cant stop thinking about her, I wish she would still send me snaps, she would tell me about her day, I keep waiting for her text even just a hello. I miss her and I want her bad. I had tried to go out with others but none of them feel right, I tried to work it out with my wife, and still long process, but I just cant shake her out of my head. I don’t know what else to do.

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B.I: I'm 15 (f) and I was taken in by a close family friend bc my bio mom was an addict who we will call B. I have a 1 year old daughter who's father passed in July of last year.
(ik this is long but)
Last year on June 10th my mamaw had decided to help me watch my daughter while I cleaned and took at break. being a mom at 14 was really hard, late into the night my mamaw layed my daughter in her crib to sleep. she has woke up which wasn't unusual so I put her back to sleep but this cycle repeated 3 times until I decided to see if she was ok. I picked her up and she was completely zoned out. eyes swollen, wouldn't respond so I checked B's location and she was at most 5 min down the road. I waited for her to get there and the dialog went something like this.
me:I think there is something wrong with ******.
B: ok let me check her
me: is she ok?
B:get your shoes on her eyes are dilated we're going to the hospital.
To save you guys some time we ended up going to a nearby hospital for about 4 or 5 hours to which they told us my child got into a type of medicine which was prescribed to my mamaw and then got moved to a bigger hospital for observation which we stayed the night. while we were at the hospital they had done x-rays and found out that my daughter had a fractured arm. DCBS and investigators were brought and told us that I had to be removed from the home and I ended up getting placed with B's boyfriends mom. while there I got severely depressed and didn't care for my daughter and was always on my phone so my social worker took it until July 14th when I found out my ex passed away. Everything was going fine and i was opening up until August 10th a day before school started when my social worker said that "the family wasn't doing what I needed to help me" so she took my phone and I got put into foster care for a night then the next day went to court and I got to go back to B's I got my phone back but my social worker I formed my mom that there were n*des on my phone so I had to be monitored. well I was dating this dude who had been charged with manslaughter for accidently shooting his friend when he was 11. my mom found out about his tragic story and forbade me to talk to him. but being a teenager I went behind her back and did so. I ended up getting into an argument with her and she took my phone october 15th. she ended up not giving it back for months so around March my friend gave me a phone so that I could text people when I needed bc I was severely depressed and isolated note that also at this time i was going to school and taking care of my daughter by myself while B kept her from the time she went to sleep until 7 then she went to daycare until 5:30. so I took it, it helped me so much and I was finally able to do things like take my daughter to play,brush my teeth, go out to eat with my dad. April 8th my mom found out about the phone and made me give it back to the original owner. she then got really mad at me and called me a liar. when I explained to her that the reason I got it wasn't for what she thought it was because I was depressed she just kinda hugged me and told me she's just disappointed. which did not make me feel better. so for the next month, we began to move out of the county, and we officially did Friday (may 26th). she gave my phone back yesterday but I'm still severely depressed and still take care of my daighter full time but its different now shes no longer in daycare and with me 24/7 which is a big adjustment. I feel like such a bad kid for lying to her, but at the same time, it did help me.

My story began when I, “J” met this girl “A”, at work. I am married for 12 years and we have a son who is 2 years old. My wife and I were both each others rebound when we met and we figured we liked each other enough to give long term relationship a try. After 10 years of together, we still argue about every little things, more like she is always inpatient with me or belittling me. I usually hold it in until I cant, and an all out fight started between us last days, until we are tired and sick of each other and back to normal and few days or a week later the cycle repeats. We thought having a child will help us work through our problems together, but it done the opposite, the pressure of rising a kid and dealing with both our personal issues was too much. We argue even more then before.
This girl at work “A”, who had been working there for at least 3 years, I came back to the company over a year ago, we know of each other but never talk besides the hi in the morning as courtesy to a co worker from one to another. One day in August of 2022, we say hi and just started talking. We hit it off right away, we starting saying good morning to buying each other coffees to light flirting within days. Yes, she know I am married. We had many shared interested from show to music. We started to get close, we started to share our intermit thoughts and stories. Light filtering become more serious but she was reluctant to move forward with a date, because she doesn’t want to be a side piece. This is where I started lying to her, yes, I want her, I felt more connected with her then with my wife. I had never cheated on my wife in all the years we are together, but when I get to know this girl, every logical thoughts just went out of the windows, all I know is I like her more then I had ever feel for my wife. So I told the girl we are getting separated she knows how bad the wife treated me, not just from what I had told her, her and other co-workers had heard and seen the wife in yelling at me at public places for nothing. After I insist she will not be a side piece and will not affect my relationship with my son, she finally agree to go out on official date with me. She told me not to get attached as she is still recover from last relationship which wasn’t great, also we are 10 years apart in age. I am older and she is not looking to be a step mom anytime soon. I chose to ignore all the red flags she has, I am in love with this girl so bad that I can not say no to her. All I want is be there for her and say yes to whatever she needs. I have to be completed honest, I didn’t know I will fall for her hard, during the time we are going out, I was laying to my wife as why I come back late after work I had to go on trips over the weekend etc. I was torn apart and feel guilty but as soon as I saw the girl, I don’t care anymore. While I am going out with “A” my wife would call to check in etc, so during the affire I wasn’t 100% focus on the girl or 100% as a father to my son. I was split, but I was happy and got careless, I though this is great I can do both, but little did I know, the girl started to find our situation dull, things feels like had cool down. One day she told me, there’s another guy who had been trying to get her out on a date for over a moths, I pleaded with her and she said I told you I will keep looking for someone who can give me the butterfly feeling, and we never set a label between us. I should have just end it there, but I didn’t. They went out one date, and her and I are back together again, but she is still in touch with the guy.
During Christmas time she went home for 3 weeks, and during this 3 weeks I had feel like I lost her, she started becoming a bit distant. When the new year come around, my nightmare had come true, she told me to move on, as she is going out with the guy even though they had not seen each other since that one date. The worst part is her and I are actually went to a 3 weeks business trip together, we stay at the same house, different room, this was one of the worst time of my life. I had never felt this depress and sad in my entire life. During the trip she said we can still be friends, again I should have say no and just ignore her, but I didn’t. I acted like a friend, we end up hanging out with her family who was in town during the trip, which is ridiculous, we share food and drinks like we were together, she even done our laundries together, none of it is normal friendship. I should keep distant and say no, but I didn’t, I cant say no to her. After the trip and we came home, she started going cold on me even as a friend, I took this opportunity to stay away, but she kept saying I am her only safe space she trust me. Her and the guy didn’t last long, only about a month and she broke it off with him. During the time she would call me when she has PTSD or server depression. I am always there to comfort her. Its been 5 months since we ended, and yet I am the only person she went out with for her birthday. When she feels depress, I took her out to see flowers and dinners. Things were kind good between us for a bit, but the past 2 weeks, she had been dry and cold, specially during the weekend, not responding to my text we don’t really talk anymore, but she will send me reels and memes if I ignore her too long. Before I am sure she is not seeing anyone, but this weekend I feel like she is finally going out there, and even she just want me as a friend, I am the one who need to put in effort to keep the conversation going. I tried to ask her to hang out, but she kept saying no or will let me know and now just straight up no response, but 2 weeks ago she would say yes to something to what she wants. I know she is over me, but she still need me.
I cant stop thinking about her, I wish she would still send me snaps, she would tell me about her day, I keep waiting for her text even just a hello. I miss her and I want her bad. I had tried to go out with others but none of them feel right, I tried to work it out with my wife, and still long process, but I just cant shake her out of my head. I don’t know what else to do.