As a kid growing up, my mom constantly beat me up over the that strangers were dangerous and I watched a lot of true crime, making me cautious and anxious AF as an adult.
Anyway, I am 26 years old and a virgin and haven't dated much because my mom constantly told me sleeping with people was gross and scary and that I'll get diseases, STDs, get knocked up, etc. and she didn't believe I was bright enough to use BC right because I'm kind of an airhead and forgetful.
I've been using dating apps a lot but the guys there are mostly disgusting or lazy and just message hey. But I came across a handsome guy (27M) who actually took the time to do a videocall with me, was super kind, polite, thoughtful, and asked me out for dinner.
He smiled the whole time, offered to pick me up (I didn't accept), checked in with me to see if I needed to use the restroom, got me steak and cocktails, and was just so sweet and handsome. I had major social anxiety during the d8 because I just didn't believe this was real and the guy noticed and I think it made him turned off.
Anyway, at the end of the d8, he invited me back to his place. I panicked because I thought if I went he would try to sleep with me, so I made up an excuse about my dad picking me up and ran into the convenience store. Surprisingly, the man smiled and was very understanding and gave me a hug and left. WTF as soon as he left I realized I made a huge mistake.
When I got home I texted him that I don't go back to the guy's place for safety reasons and because it was my parent's rule, he said that me saying this made him feel like I had doubts about him or didn't find him attractive. He also said we could just cuddle, watch a movie, and spend time together, that his invite wasn't necessarily to sleep together. I told him I thought he was attractive and wanted to see him again, he seemingly understood but never asked me out and unmatched me a few days later informing me he had taken things further with another person. He also blocked my friend request on FB and I can't find him anywhere else online nor with any other women online.
TLDR: This was over a month ago and I keep having dreams about him, like for example I had a dream I went to a high-end spa and fitness club and ran into him and we slept together. I rarely find men hot nor do anything fun and I feel like this was the only decent chance I'll ever get as I'm pushing 30 and now he's removed me. I wish I got drunk and went back to his but again my MOM said he would have just seen me as an idiot if I did this, but I say it's better to be a fun goofball than to be boring like I was. Thoughts?

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As a kid growing up, my mom constantly beat me up over the that strangers were dangerous and I watched a lot of true crime, making me cautious and anxious AF as an adult.
Anyway, I am 26 years old and a virgin and haven't dated much because my mom constantly told me sleeping with people was gross and scary and that I'll get diseases, STDs, get knocked up, etc. and she didn't believe I was bright enough to use BC right because I'm kind of an airhead and forgetful.
I've been using dating apps a lot but the guys there are mostly disgusting or lazy and just message hey. But I came across a handsome guy (27M) who actually took the time to do a videocall with me, was super kind, polite, thoughtful, and asked me out for dinner.
He smiled the whole time, offered to pick me up (I didn't accept), checked in with me to see if I needed to use the restroom, got me steak and cocktails, and was just so sweet and handsome. I had major social anxiety during the d8 because I just didn't believe this was real and the guy noticed and I think it made him turned off.
Anyway, at the end of the d8, he invited me back to his place. I panicked because I thought if I went he would try to sleep with me, so I made up an excuse about my dad picking me up and ran into the convenience store. Surprisingly, the man smiled and was very understanding and gave me a hug and left. WTF as soon as he left I realized I made a huge mistake.
When I got home I texted him that I don't go back to the guy's place for safety reasons and because it was my parent's rule, he said that me saying this made him feel like I had doubts about him or didn't find him attractive. He also said we could just cuddle, watch a movie, and spend time together, that his invite wasn't necessarily to sleep together. I told him I thought he was attractive and wanted to see him again, he seemingly understood but never asked me out and unmatched me a few days later informing me he had taken things further with another person. He also blocked my friend request on FB and I can't find him anywhere else online nor with any other women online.
TLDR: This was over a month ago and I keep having dreams about him, like for example I had a dream I went to a high-end spa and fitness club and ran into him and we slept together. I rarely find men hot nor do anything fun and I feel like this was the only decent chance I'll ever get as I'm pushing 30 and now he's removed me. I wish I got drunk and went back to his but again my MOM said he would have just seen me as an idiot if I did this, but I say it's better to be a fun goofball than to be boring like I was. Thoughts?

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I’m a single father in my early 20s, currently living in Oregon. I share a 1 year old son with a woman also in her early 20s. We currently don’t have any custody agreement in writing, but we split 50/50 custody.
About a year or so ago, she cheated on me with a man over double her age that she had only known for a couple weeks. I immediately ended the relationship, the very next day she enters a relationship with this guy and moves in with him. Me and everyone else in the baby’s family could tell he was a huge creep, but baby mama was too naive to see it and even wanted to bring the baby around him. I kept the baby away from her for 1.5-2 weeks, but eventually ended up agreeing to a 50/50 arrangement outside of court or mediation. Immediately afterwards, she got a restraining order filed against me. She’s a payhological liar, and the entire restraining order was filled with lies. I appealed it, and the judge ruled in my favor in less than 5 minutes and I have 100% proof that she committed perjury at the hearing.
Fast forward ~6-8 months, she leaves the old man for another man about the same age. This guy is a convicted felon on numerous occasions. She moved in with him immediately after leaving the first guy, and when her mother found out she went to his house and took the baby from them and gave him to me. I kept the baby away from her for about 3 weeks, but eventually agree to go back to 50/50 on the conditions that she pass a drug test, let me check out the house, and sign a notarized document going over some basic conditions, such as 50/50 parenting time, no child support on either side, and not abusing or neglecting the baby. She met all the criteria the next day and I reluctantly let her take him.
Fast forward a few months, and we have mediation coming up next week. The baby’s not in nearly as good of a mood as he used to be in ever since she got with this new guy, even when it’s my week with him (we each keep him 7 days at a time). He’s always really happy to see me, as well as both his grandmas and other relatives, but whenever he sees his mom he immediately starts crying and runs to me. Whenever I pick him up from her house, he always smells like cigarettes. I’m thinking I should just get full custody and not give her any more chances, but I’m not sure that at this point I’d be able to get it.
So that’s my first question, do the lawyers of Reddit think I’d be able to get full custody? My second question is, I’m from the east coast and I’m only staying out here because of the baby. I would really like to move back home and if I get full custody, would it be easy for me to move back with the baby?
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I have been struggling with all mixture of emotions surrounding the birth of my child and his future. I am also a mess because I feel selfish for wanting another child while struggling with this depression. I recently came across this article that brought some tears to my usually dry eyes.
"I would be condemning an innocent child to a life of misery — watching its mother fall in and out of depression and having to raise itself because its mother was too wrapped up in her own problems to be a real parent. On top of that, I worried that I would be passing on a genetic predisposition for mental illness, and effectively handing my child a life sentence of pain, rejection, and struggle. What kind of monster would do that?"
The passage above really sums up how I have been talking to myself internally HOWEVER, the author continues and really speaks to me. I hope her words in the next few paragraphs hit home for you too.
"I am more than my illness. I might be someone who has a history of depression, but I am also someone who has overcome depression. Overcoming depression is not just a matter of "cheering up" — it takes unbelievable strength, patience, and commitment. And what better qualities are there for a new parent to have? Moreover, people who have experienced mental health issues tend to have a greater capacity for empathy and understanding — both virtues in a parent caring for a developing child.
One of the cruelest things that depression does is make you doubt yourself and your abilities. I forced myself to remember who I was beyond my illness: I was a strong, capable person who had proven time and time again that she could overcome whatever life threw at her. Most importantly, though, I was someone who would love her child more than anything in the universe, and do everything in her power to ensure that child's happiness."
Here's a link to the article for those who are interested: https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/copingwithdepression/2020/9/is-it-selfish-to-try-for-a-baby-if-you-have-had-depression

So, like. Ok. I don't think this is ever going to actually become A Thing™, obviously. But that hasn't stopped me before, and it isn't going to now.
I've listened to a little Tally Hall for a while, but recently I've gotten more into them by way of Miracle Musical. Every now and then, when I get really into an artist or band, I'll start creating stories to connect their songs together (especially if some of those connections and stories are already in the music), and sometimes that takes the form of drafting out a jukebox musical. Which is what I'm gonna share in this post.
The working title is Marvin's Marvelous Miracle Musical. Definitely wouldn't be the actual title, but it does kinda accurately reflect the structure of the musical: Act I is an assortment of songs from MMMM and Good & Evil, while Act II is the entirety of Hawaii: Pt II in album order. Also, it's a funny name.
In this post, I'll give y'all what I've got so far: The cast list, a list of songs in each act (with who's singing what in parentheses), and a short bit of plot summary next to each song (which will also cover some of the in-between-songs material). As things currently stand, each song is sung in its entirety with no lines changed (though there are a few where small word changes would also work, and like it would be kinda helpful to have an English version of 宇宙ステーションのレベル7 lol). There are ideas for symbolic arcs and staging/acting choices and interpretations of specific lyrics that I won't be going into here but are, like, in my brain because reasons, so feel more than free to ask questions ^^
Heads up: This is going to be a long post.

Cast:

• Simon (name from The Mind Electric/Inside the Mind of Simon): Joint protagonist and childhood friend of Juno.
• Juno (name from Ruler of Everything): Joint protagonist and childhood friend of Simon.
• The Siren (name from Dream Sweet in Sea Major): Joint antagonist and Simon’s imaginary friend.
• The Erlking (name from Murders): Joint antagonist and Juno’s imaginary friend.
• Marvin (name from, like, the concept of MMMM): Juno’s father and town mayor.
• Violet (name for the fact that the Korean word for purple/violet is “bora”): Simon’s mother.
• Sally (name from T.H.I.S. skits “The Pretty One” and “What’s Wrong?”): A friend of Juno.
• Ryan (name from T.H.I.S. segment “Questioned Answers/Tally Mail”): A friend of Simon.
• Ensemble: Various other characters, including school friends and bullies, adult citizens of the town, and assorted spirits and illusory figures.

Act I:

Hidden in the Sand (Marvin, Ensemble): Marvin and Violet meet on the beach, having not seen each other since they broke up years ago. Both, now married to other people, briefly catch up on each other’s lives and watch their kids meet each other for the first time.
Turn the Lights Off (Juno, Simon, Ensemble): Simon and Juno grow up together and become fast friends. They’re misunderstood and often bullied by other kids, but find an escape in the form of imagination games, pretending to be wizards and ghost-hunters and the like. They each create an imaginary friend, and imagine their new companions defending them against the meaner classmates.
The Whole World and You (Ryan, Sally, Ensemble): Simon and Juno are in late middle school, and with how close they are as friends, many other students assume they’re dating. Their other friends give them the idea that maybe they really do like like each other, and they ultimately decide to give things a shot.
Out in the Twilight (Juno, Simon): Now about to graduate high school, Simon and Juno have been going strong; still, much of their relationship seems like more of the same adventures and escapades they went on as kids, just without the make-believe. They’re as of yet unjaded, and greatly looking forward to being more independent and making their own calls in life.
Ruler of Everything (Erlking, Siren, Simon, Juno, Ensemble): Simon and Juno are now married adults, and the faults in their relationship become clearer the more they try to hide who they truly are and fit the mold that’s expected of them, both in their interpersonal life and in the world at large. The Siren and Erlking, their old imaginary friends, resurface and watch from afar as the two live their lives, calling out the couple’s facades to no avail.
Just Apathy (Simon, Juno): Simon and Juno confront the problems in their relationship—in part, both realizing/owning that they aren’t straight, and have been trying to force a romantic attraction that isn’t there—and while ultimately they seem willing to commit to one another platonically, they don’t feel their relationship can continue the way it’s been going.
A Lady (Erlking, Siren, Ensemble): The Siren and the Erlking formulate a plan while Simon and Juno are sleep, out of fear that if the couple is no longer with each other, they’ll forget their old friends entirely, thus causing them to fade from existence. As the two are dreaming, their not-yet-fully-forgotten imaginary friends try to inspire them back into their old ways.
Misery Fell (Juno, Simon, Siren, Erlking, Ensemble): Having had strange dreams the night before, Simon and Juno grow disenchanted with the life they’ve been trying to lead, and find a sudden burst of motivation to seek out a better way of being (this being the Siren and Erlking’s doing). They run through the town, at first starry-eyed and eventually near-manic, and at the end of the song, an unspeakable idea seems to have struck them both.
Taken for a Ride (Marvin, Simon, Juno, Violet, Ensemble): Marvin is burnt out from mayoral duties but soldiering on with a more resentful and power-hungry attitude. Over the course of the song, he steadily breaks with reality, and it’s revealed that Simon and Juno are ostensibly behind this, with the two performing a ritual that mirrors the magic they played out as kids, only more potent. While their goal was only to bring more wonder and weirdness to the town, the damage is much more acute. Marvin is found alive but unwaking the next day, and when Violet tries to figure out what happened to him, she too gets too close to the gap between reality and dream and falls unconscious in much the same way, this time before Simon and Juno's eyes.
Fate of the Stars (Simon, Juno, Ensemble): As the sun sets, Simon and Juno attempt to figure out what’s happening, it dawning on them that they’ve done something seriously wrong. Reality slowly appears to turn into a stranger and stranger funhouse mirror reflection of itself, with the ensemble of their friends singing ominous warnings to them as if possessed, until the two suddenly find themselves decidedly “not in Kansas anymore.” They eventually make it solid ground, but are unable to wake up from whatever dream they’re in.
& (Erlking, Siren): The Siren and the Erlking, now appearing as adults, confront Simon and Juno to make their motives clear. Since the two were bound to leave each other one way or another, the imaginary friends sought out another means of securing their existence: pulling their creators into their reality so they could have them for themselves, with Marvin and Violet as mere unintended collateral. As twilight fades and night begins, the two pairs (Simon and the Siren, and Juno and the Erlking) find themselves torn from each other. While both imaginary friends seem eager to spend eternity in this dream with their humans, Simon and Juno push them away, eventually causing them to temporarily disappear with a promise that they'll eventually be back for more—if the couple doesn't seek them out or bring them back themselves.

Intermission

Act II:

Introduction to the Snow (Simon): Considerable time has passed within the dreamscape between acts. Both Simon and Juno are trying to find ways to reunite with each other for longer than a single twilight, and to escape the dream. Turning to the sort of magic that brought him here, Simon gains a prophetic glimpse into the way his story will ultimately end: in a snowy place, without Juno, and with him joining the Siren, who promises that he will "live forever tonight."
Isle Unto Thyself (Juno, Simon, Ensemble): Juno, with the methods she's been working at over time, is briefly able to hear Simon, from which she gains the impression that he’s decided to leave her and stay with the Siren (when in fact, he’s only seeking out the Siren in order to eventually escape with Juno). Juno sings about her feelings of heartbreak, while Simon prepares to call forth the Siren within the confines of a summoning circle, for negotiations.
Black Rainbows (Siren, Ensemble): Simon successfully summons the Siren, who explains how she plans to make things right, by reworking the dream and allowing it to continue indefinitely in a state of created perfection. Juno will finally live a happy life in a world that accepts her, and with a partner who can “fully love her”, and Simon will do the same; the implication that the two will have to be apart for things to be perfect is strong, though unspoken directly. The Siren regales Simon with a wild display of rainbow lights as she speaks, in an attempt to impress and distract him.
White Ball (Simon, Siren): While Simon is distracted, the Siren escapes the summoning circle, and steadily works a spell over Simon to make him fall in (some form or another of) love with her, ultimately so he’ll forget his quest for Juno and go along unquestioningly with her own plans instead. The two dance together as the magic slowly grows stronger and stronger.
Murders (Juno, Erlking): Having caught another brief glimpse of Simon, Juno becomes enraged and begrudgingly seeks out the Erlking’s assistance. They meet at the Fountain of Infinite Mirror, and the Erlking pushes Juno to murder Simon within the dream, dipping a dagger into the fountain’s psychically poisonous waters to give to her as a weapon. Dawn arrives, and Simon and Juno are able to see and hear each other at last. Juno goes in for the “kill,” only to find that as Simon desperately explains what he was trying to do for the both of them, she is momentarily unable to control her actions and stabs Simon in the head, before the Erlking withdraws the magic he’s been working over her.
Space Station Level 7 (Violet, Simon, Ensemble): Violet emerges from the recesses of the dreamscape as the song begins, searching for something or someone she recognizes, and telling herself that she’ll be alright in the end. She finds Simon, still alive in some sense, but clearly deeply confused and in anguish. She stays by his side and sings to him in his distress, reassuring them both that they’ll make it back home—that as many painful memories as life there holds for both of them, those are ultimately what make the good moments truly valuable. As the sky grows darker and the dreamscape grows more chaotic, Violet runs and attempts to take Simon with her, but he stays behind.
The Mind Electric (Erlking, Simon, Juno, Ensemble): Juno attempts to find her way through the fracturing dreamscape, while the Erlking tells her his plans for what to do with the dream. The longer they stay, the closer the dream gets to total undone chaos, but he promises to make something new, something better (than the current state of things and than the Siren's proposed ending), from the wreckage of the old—so long as Juno doesn’t leave or forget about him. It's strongly implied that the attempted murder of Simon was a ploy to make Juno more likely to go along with this plan. Juno remains skeptical. As the song switches direction, she finds Simon in a nightmare of his own mind’s unwilling creation, and sticks it out with him while both the Siren and Erlking attempt to regain control over their former friends, and ultimately over the eventual state of the entire dream. Simon and Juno fight back, shaking off the magic cast over them only to gain a much clearer picture of the danger they’re truly in—that if the dream does go to ruin, they'll go with it.
Labyrinth (Siren, Juno, Simon): Simon and Juno find themselves trapped in a labyrinth of their imaginary friends’ joint creation, their last desperate bid to get what—and who—they want. It seems as though there are only two ways out: towards the Siren’s ending, or towards the Erlking’s. The couple try to make their way through, facing various fears within the labyrinth along the way, while repeatedly dodging the fear that one of those two paths is ultimately inevitable if they want the pandemonium to end. They eventually reason that, even if it's only pushing the end down the line, there is a third way out for now: the twilight is soon to be over, and the two will be pulled away from this place. Over the end of the song, the two manage to find some amount of peace within the labyrinth as they await their escape, mixed with the grief of leaving each other again and the fear of what will come next.
Time Machine (Marvin, Juno): Day breaks, separating Simon and Juno. The dream continues to destabilize further and further. Juno finds Marvin, who’s been desperately scrambling to go back in time to before his sense of reality broke—and, as Juno finds, to before he and Violet left each other, so he can get a second chance at their relationship. Juno stops him (if Marvin and Violet never break up, then Juno and Simon both cease to exist), but realizes she can make use of the strange contraption he’s pulled together. She considers the places she could go—far back in time to live a life she didn’t get the chance to live... maybe even far forward, to when everything sorted out as per the Erlking’s plans, if it really must come to that. Before making her leave, though, she stops at the next twilight to say her goodbyes to Simon.
Stranded Lullaby (Simon, Juno): Juno finds Simon in the middle of the ocean, reluctantly drifting towards the Siren's shores out of the same sense of defeat she felt in the time machine. In that moment, she finds herself unwilling to leave him behind. While afloat in the nearly-broken dream, the two sing to one another about reuniting, about the ways they failed each other in the past, and about their inability to control where they’re headed anymore. In the last moments before it seems their fate is to be decided, they resolve to do as right by each other as they can: to try to better understand each other without needing to fix anything.
Dream Sweet in Sea Major (Simon, Juno, Siren, Erlking, Ensemble): Simon and Juno wash up on the shore of the snowy place that Simon had foreseen; the Siren waits for him, and the end she planned seems near. Simon, however, chooses Juno instead, with the two abandoning either plan presented to them and electing to find their own way through the chaos together. Initially unsure of what to do, the two become lucid to what happened to them while asleep back in Act I, and how they might be able to pull the same tricks as their imaginary friends did then. They find their real-world sleeping selves through the cracks in reality, wake them up (along with Marvin and Violet), and gently guide their real selves away from their old habits and external pressures and towards the things they wish they'd done sooner, before easing off the reins and watching themselves live the lives they actually wanted to. Real-life Simon and Juno ultimately start relationships with Ryan and Sally respectively, while remaining faster friends with each other than ever before. The Siren and Erlking accept that they are going to die, and try to make their last night together as romantic as they can as the world vibrantly falls apart. At the end of the song, the parts of Simon and Juno that remain in the dream—perhaps the selves they used to be, or that they tried so hard to pretend to be—realize they’re going to die as well, as the true Simon and Juno live on.

After the Show:

The Bidding (All): The cast members and portions of the ensemble come on stage one by one for bows, with the ensemble (led by Sally and Ryan) singing the choruses and post-chorus and the main cast singing sections of the verses and bridge in this order: Violet, Marvin, Erlking, Siren, Juno, Simon.
(Welcome to Tally Hall or Good Day (All): Optionally, the cast and crew all sing this on stage after bows.)
"Score" Playlist

Hi everyone, We’re Ryan and Claire from Huxley & Hiro Books down on Market Street in Wilmington. As you may have heard, we are in the process of opening an independent bookstore later this year (Oct/Nov). However, we will be at our store with a small preview sale and fundraiser this Friday June 2nd as part of the Ladybug Music Festival and to honor our mission of giving back to the community. Where? 419 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE When? Friday June 2nd from 4pm until 8pm What? Preview sale and charity fundraiser with books, enamel pins, bags, and stickers. $1 from the proceeds of each Huxley or Hiro sticker will go to a nearby animal charity. Shibes vs Maine Coons, who will win? We hope you will come say hi and check out the Ladybug Festival. The headliners Adia Victoria (gothic blues) and our very own Nitro Nitra are fantastic, and there will be a DJ, multiple stages, food carts, and market stalls. Best of all? The festival is free! We look forward to seeing you there! Cheers, Claire and Ryan PS: We would be most grateful for your follow on Instagram or Facebook, and for sharing our presence with your friends!

Mourning dove couple started building a nest on May 5. Mom and dad were dedicated parents and I’d always make sure they were ok every day. This past Monday I was gutted to find out that the apartment management dismantled entire nest, leaving one of the two fledglings alone on the floor, the other nowhere to be found. Neighbor came home and said “oh look he came back?” In Spanish, Looking at the poor baby bird alone on the floor. Asinine comment considering the baby was displaced directly by her ordering maintenance to remove the nest in the first place. I asked her in Spanish “did you take down the nest?” She said “yeah because I didn’t like the poop on her light fixture”. I stayed silent, quietly judging her and asked my husband for a box to rescue the helpless fledgling. I went back out again fuming, baby bird was nowhere to be found, dove mom was in front of my apartment looking at me confused and lost. Felt terrible. Seemed like fledgling got spooked and fell somewhere from our third floor to first floor. Thankfully a little boy downstairs found the bird and kept it safe.
After a lot of patience trying to reunite the entire family, I finally did and relocated them to a bush in the garden below. 2 fledglings, mom and dad. We had a heavy storm last night so I was hoping to see them in the morning safe and sound. Thankfully I did. They must have seeked shelter in the dense bush I put them in. Later in the afternoon I noticed the neighbors cleaning their wall with pure bleach and dumping all of it down below where I relocated the fledglings. You could still see them near a tree stump but I felt them dumping all the Clorox was too close for comfort. I was annoyed and asked them politely if they can be mindful where they’re dumping the bleach due to the baby birds being in the garden below. They got all mad and called the apartment management saying I was harassing them. Management lady came, gave me an earful and finally I said to them plain and simple that these birds are protected by the migratory bird act and tampering with an active nest is illegal. I told them as well that I was appalled in the manner the baby birds were dumped on the side and that they could have at least made an effort to relocate them in the garden below like I did. They didn’t seem too care which is not surprising. So anyway my husband is mad at me for bringing attention to our apartment and now thinks they will raise our rent in retaliation which is illegal as well but who knows in the city of Miami, where no one seems to care about anything.

Got a 2023 Honda CRV Sport Touring in Black about 10 days back at MSRP. We got this after selling a Toyota RAV4 2020 XLE Premium. (Only reason : Market was really good and I made profit on a car that ran 30K compared to the original price, something I have never got in a decade).
Took the CRV on a long drive from Bay Area to Bend, Oregon visiting Crater Lake and staying for a couple of days at Klamath Falls, OR.

1. I was a bit skeptic about the Hybrid System in the mountains around Mt. Shasta as could hear the grilling sound of the gas engine working hard over I-5. But, it did not drop speed and maintained the car is a pretty stable manner.
2. The Lane Assist + Adaptive Cruise Control works really well. The car is very stable on the lane and does not drift. Just requires a very light hold on the steering wheel. This feature alone is really worth the money. I have had this feature on my older 2020 RAV4 where the car literally used to wobble in the lane and never detected cars cutting into the lane.
3. Mileage started off disappointing at 29.2 MPG but on the way back changed from ECON to NORMAL and the MPG went upto 33-34 average.
4. The car is very roomy for a family of 4
5. The only big issue I had was the wireless charger, but the Type-C charger for the phone is really good.
6. Sat Nav is good but not as good as apple car play but it helped a lot near to Crater Lake where this is no cell reception
7. The only addition I did before the trip was a dashcam(rear cam included)
8. Bugs, Bugs, Bugs - poor bugs, the windshield and front part of the car was hammered with them. I am yet to fully clean them up, did not go with a wash at home, need to use Rain-X or something over the weekend

Before buying this car, I test drove - Subaru Forrester, Outback (top trims), Mazda CX-50 top trim, Hyundai Tucson Hybrid. Tesla Model Y. Subaru was not good from a sporty feel but certainly has more space, Mazda - lack of touch screen was disappointing and the mileage was disappointing on the sticker itself. Hyundai Tucson - every thing looks great but after reading the nightmares on the part availability on reddit, I gave up. Interestingly I cancelled a Model-Y one day before taking delivery and jumping to Honda CRV. Reason : I could not come to mental peace with myself driving an electric on unplanned long drives. Even on this long drive with the CRV, we decided to visit Bend Oregon in the last minute with no planning and started driving from Crater Lake. FYI : I do own another electric car - Polestar 2 (I have written about that on the other forum).

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Mourning dove couple started building a nest on May 5. Mom and dad were dedicated parents and I’d always make sure they were ok every day. This past Monday I was gutted to find out that the apartment management dismantled entire nest, leaving one of the two fledglings alone on the floor, the other nowhere to be found. Neighbor came home and said “oh look he came back?” Looking at the poor baby bird alone on the floor. Asinine comment considering the baby was displaced directly by her ordering maintenance to remove the nest in the first place. I asked her “did you take down the nest?” She said “yeah because I didn’t like the poop on her light fixture”. I stayed silent, quietly judging her and asked my husband for a box to rescue the helpless fledgling. I went back out again fuming, baby bird was nowhere to be found, dove mom was in front of my apartment looking at me confused and lost. Felt terrible. Seemed like fledgling got spooked and fell somewhere from our third floor to first floor. Thankfully a little boy downstairs found the bird and kept it safe.
After a lot of patience trying to reunite the entire family, I finally did and relocated them to a bush in the garden below. 2 fledglings, mom and dad. We had a heavy storm last night so I was hoping to see them in the morning safe and sound. Thankfully I did. They must have seeked shelter in the dense bush I put them in. Later in the afternoon I noticed the neighbors cleaning their wall with pure bleach and dumping all of it down below where I relocated the fledglings. You could still see them near a tree stump but I felt them dumping all the Clorox was too close for comfort. I was annoyed and asked them politely if they can be mindful where they’re dumping the bleach due to the baby birds being in the garden below. They got all mad and called the apartment management saying I was harassing them. Management lady came, gave me an earful and finally I said to them plain and simple that these birds are protected by the migratory bird act and tampering with an active nest is illegal. I told them as well that I was appalled in the manner the baby birds were dumped on the side and that they could have at least made an effort to relocate them in the garden below like I did. They didn’t seem too care which is not surprising. So anyway my husband is mad at me for bringing attention to our apartment and now thinks they will raise our rent in retaliation which is illegal as well but who knows in the city of Miami, where no one seems to care about anything.

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We’re Ryan and Claire from [Huxley & Hiro Books](https://www.huxleyandhiro.com/) down on Market Street in Wilmington. As you may have heard, we are in the process of opening an independent bookstore later this year (Oct/Nov). However, we will be at our store with a small preview sale and fundraiser this Friday June 2nd as part of the [Ladybug Music Festival]( https://www.theladybugfestival.com/) and to honor our mission of giving back to the community.
Where? 419 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
When? Friday June 2nd from 4pm until 8pm
What? Preview sale and charity fundraiser with books, enamel pins, bags, and stickers. $1 from the proceeds of each Huxley or Hiro sticker will go to a nearby animal charity. Shibes vs Maine Coons, who will win?
We hope you will come say hi and check out the Ladybug Festival. The headliners [Adia Victoria]( https://adiavictoria.fancollab.com/) (gothic blues) and our very own [Nitro Nitra]( https://nitronitra.com/home) are fantastic, and there will be a DJ, multiple stages, food carts, and market stalls. Best of all? The festival is free!
We look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers, Claire and Ryan
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I wish you were here..grief is an out of body experience different from sadness. Grief you feel In every ounce of your body down your soul.. it lingers there like a nightmare you have every day and night but what if that grief and soul crushing pain is being felt for someone who’s alive? Someone you know you can help or have you lead yourself down this false hope of salvation. If only right? If I had only fought harder.. If I had spoken up sooner and fought for your truth and mine would you still be here. If I stood up to our monster and said something to someone could you be with me right now? Sissy I did, I said something. Now he’s where he belongs in a cold cement room sleeping on the floor. Sissy he’s waiting to die from the poison he’s continued to put in his body. Can you come home to me now? You’re safe, I’m going to keep you safe I promise. If I had only been there when you needed me the most would you have chosen this path? I’m sorry I was in so much pain I didn’t pay attention to yours like I needed to. This time though it’s me and you through thick and thin. Sissy your not alone Sissy I believe you and forget every one who doesn’t. You’re beautiful You have the kind of heart that moves mountains You are so smart You are the most patient and gentle mother and you’re an amazing mother. You are strong enough, you can fight this. Please come back, we don’t have to protect her anymore..her disbelief in our nightmare we lived our entire childhood isn’t important to her. I tried.. I fought for her support but she can’t give it. It’s okay though, we have each other. Always. That poison only helps you forget, numb the pain but let’s heal together, you and me okay? I can help. Come back to me.. we all miss you more than the words I write.

I am currently in an abusive relationship with my bf. Hes controlling, hot and cold, almost broke my nose 3 weeks ago so I gave him one last chance. He didn’t deserve it but literally no one else has ever loved me like that or given me so much attention. Then last week he was being extremely extremelyyyy aggressive during sex. I hate when he is aggressive during sex because I have SA trauma from HS(i’m 21 now)and it completely triggers me. Even when I tell him to slow down or let up he just keeps going. I know that he is horrible for me and I have reached a point I can label his behavior as an abusive narcissist but only in my head. How did you find the courage to speak up? Or ask for help? I tried to bring it up in therapy and all I could manage was telling her that he’s much older than me and saying that he is sexually aggressive sometimes. I think she can read between the lines a little but I want to be able to talk about it. Right now every time I think of it I feel like puking my guts up. I am angry, ashamed, embarassed, disgusted with myself and him. I feel so alone and I feel like I want to hide for the rest of my life. I just wish I could talk to someone but I am so scared to even speak up. For context, I grew up in an abusive home so I was already in therapy for all that trauma and somehow my people pleasing and desperation for love has led me here. How do I be brave enough to tell someone? I’ve been able to speak up about my SA in high school, trauma with my addict parents but for some reason I just couldn’t spit this out.

I'm embarrassed to admit it but I feel so fucking miserable when I'm around my baby. She's 9 months old and she's just so demanding. It's killing me. As far as we can tell, there's nothing wrong with her, and she's as happy as a clam as long as you're holding her and giving her attention. The trouble is she literally cannot STAND to be around me unless I'm holding her. She has been like this her entire life.
I was a SAHM for 2.5 years (I also have an older daughter who is almost 3). After having my second baby things just got worse and worse. There has been so much screaming, I had to start wearing earplugs and had to put my toddler in daycare bc every time I had to do anything for the toddler, the baby would scream. Not fuss but SCREAM.
When my toddler was a baby, I loved being home with her. I could put a kids show on and lounge around with her and we were happy. This baby, the TV has no effect. I can't take the screaming anymore. Whenever I need to prepare food or clean up after she eats (very quickly) - screaming. All day long screaming the loudest screams you've ever heard.
Finally I decided to get a job and put her in daycare. It's been 2 weeks now and working is bliss bc I don't have to hear any screams. But then the baby gets home (my husband usually picks her up), and it's back to screaming. She needs dinner, she screams in her high chair while she waits and then screams in between eating, screams while you clean her up. It's so intense.
I genuinely love this baby but I literally hate being around her. :(
She screams way more when I'm around bc she is so attached to me, if I'm not holding her then she can't stand it. She's apparently happy as a clam at daycare (we found a really nice, wonderful place).
Today I went with my husband to pick her up from school and that was a huge mistake. He says she is always fine in the car on the way home. Today bc I was there she screamed the whole way home and it was just a wretched, agonizing, tortured, LOUD SCREAM. i'm so triggered right now I ran away and am sitting in a target parking lot. :(
I don't feel like i'm depressed bc whenever she isn't around i feel fine. i just hate my life whenever she's around. i'm sorry to say it but it's true. what the fuck am i supposed to do?

Hello! If you've manage to stumble your way into this post, hopefully today will be our lucky day. I am 21 and looking for someone around my age, though I'm not too strict about it, at least on the older side, please be 18 at least. I'm looking to roleplay in a couple fandoms. Now, first off I must say I only roleplay canon characters. OCs have never quite to my liking as I find it so much more fun and interesting to play the characters that have made us fall in love with these franchises.
I roleplay through discord but am open to any other sites if you prefer them. I ask that you are literate. I like to be detailed, really paint a picture of a scene or delve deep into what our characters are thinking. I'm not asking for novella length posts (though I would LOVE if we could do that) but I do ask that you put passion into the writing, it is what makes this magical!
I give a great deal of importance to character development. I love to delve deep into what makes a character who they are, their motivation, their outlook on life, and the relationships they form with the people around them! There are a few exceptions, but most of the time romance always finds itself at the center or at least near the center of most of the stories I roleplay. I love slow burns, seeing the relationship between two characters evolve as they grow closer. Some of my other favorites tropes when writing is enemies to lovers and found family. I also love playing an ensemble cast! I love paying attention to side characters as much as main characters to the point where everyone feels like a rich character!
As for the story and plot itself, let's come up with something together! I am down to play any kind of storyline. Something original, AUs where our characters are together in a famous storyline of their own maybe? Anything goes!
Now, for OOC. I absolutely love chatting with my partners. This is a hobby! Let's enjoy it together! Talk about it, be friends! I love sharing any kind of art that inspires me or reminds me of our story, I'm a huge fan of music and will share songs that I think represent our characters. Let's not just be partners but friends as well!
Now, as for the actual fandoms here they are along with the characters I would like to play:
Star Wars: This one is perhaps the one I am craving the most. I would absolutely love to do a Han and Leia roleplay. Maybe an AU where they managed to all escape cloud city and are now being chased by the empire and Jabba, or right after return of the jedi as they rebuild the republic. I would love to focus on their early romance, their dynamic was always the best part of the movies and I wanna fully explore it. Now while this pairing is the main one I would like to do, there are a lot of other stories I'd like to explore! Hit me up and let me know what pairings you'd like to do and I'm sure we can work it out.
DC: This one has a lot of potential for really complex relationships I feel. I would love to do something like Batman and Catwoman or something more strange like Nightwing and Harley, I'm super open for any ideas you might have! Now I will say my knowledge of DC mostly extends to batman and a little of the teen titans, anything outside we can make work but it might be harder for me.
One Piece: While this is one of my favorite series of all time, I've always felt like the one thing it's been really missing since the early days is strong character development and relationships. I would love to explore any pairings that rise amongst the straw hats. My particular favorites are Usopp and Nami, Robin and Franky, Luffy and Nami, and one that I particularly would love to do is an AU where Vivi did end up going with them. I'd love to explore a romance with Luffy. Of course for a series like this we really have to humanize the characters more than they are originally, like Luffy would not be as unrealistically clueless as he is, or Nami wouldn't be as compulsively obsessed with money as she regularly is. Something a little more nuanced that allows us to develop our characters. But I think that would be a lot of fun!
If you are still here I thank you! And if you're interested send me a message! And please don't make it a simple "Hey wanna rp?" I most likely won't respond to messages like that. Let me know some of your ideas! What characters you'd like to play. Anything that's on your mind!