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I hired Dubin Law Group to represent me in a personal injury case, but my experience with them has been disappointing even beyond my wildest expectations. During negotiations, Josh Campbell, a professional bullsh*t artist, repeatedly told me that my case was worth more than the settlement amount, but he still strongly urged me to settle and accept the offer against my better judgment. It soon became evident that there was a lack of diligence, urgency, and care paid to my case. It seemed like he was only interested in settling the case quickly, rather than putting in additional research or effort to reach a satisfying result. Looking back, I felt forced to follow his counsel to accept the low-ball offer of $35,500 on nearly $19,000 in medical bills, barely enough to cover their 33.3% attorney fee and my own bills.
On April 6, 2022, I sustained extensive injuries, including a 2-inch diameter concussion and subsequent dent on my head, bruising, and injuries to my neck, arms, shoulder, both legs, and knees in a car accident in Seattle. I had difficulty walking for many months due to shooting pain in my knees, and I hired this firm to protect me during my recovery process. I finished all treatment in August 2022. I had to spend hours tracing down providers and insurance representatives during my workday, which was something I specifically hired this firm to do. Ali Waters told me during our last interaction over the phone that I did not have health insurance last year, which was not true as I had provided that information when I signed with the firm and they had it on record. Josh Campbell later said she misspoke, but it raised concerns about whether they cross-checked information for accuracy.
Furthermore, a majority of bills from this case have been sent to collections and I have been in the complete dark as to when they would resolve. My insurance company had no records of Radia or Green Lake Physical Therapy, and I had to personally bring all this to their attention and present relevant information to facilitate these claims. I never received detailed and itemized ledgers of claims, dates of service, or regular updates. It is their responsibility as my legal representation to ensure that all balances have been verified and confirmed as correct, but it is now clear that this was not the case.
I found additional errors with their balances at UW Medicine and learned more balances were in collections. When I brought this to their attention, I was met with more condescending and dismissive responses. It is very clear that this firm is incapable of taking responsibility for their actions and apologizing for their mistakes.
The lack of communication and negligence from this firm is deeply unacceptable and has caused me significant harm. I was then handed over to Rebecca LaLiberte the 'managing partner' to be handled and mitigated. It was clear immediately by her condescending tone that she did not take this case seriously and offered to 'set up weekly meetings over the next few months' as the case resolved and bills re-processed due to this firm's specific errors. I started to look deeper into the firm and ask questions around other firms as to their conduct and reputation. It is clear now that this is simply a high-volume firm and litigation adverse, meaning they try to settle cases as quickly as possible without consideration for the best outcome for their clients.
Even after I brought all this to their attention and they agreed to take 25% off the attorney fee, a slap in the face for the amount of time I have personally put in to get this case back on track. Rebecca LaLiberte, the managing partner, has now said to 'please move forward with filing a complaint with the Washington State Bar. We will cooperate fully with them and hold the remaining funds in trust.'
What can I do to hold these people accountable?

I want to purchase a Bolt EV soon and I want some input on whether my hypothetical charging setup would be safe enough to use while I'm awake after work and can keep a watch over it. Definitely feel free to tell me "no, this is stupid", please talk me out of it.
Anyway, I have a 14-30 dryer outlet that I want to use by plugging into it a switched splitter (https://www.homedepot.com/p/AC-WORKS-30-Amp-125-Volt-250-Volt-NEMA-14-30-4-Prong-Dryer-Plug-to-2-NEMA-14-30-4-Prong-Dryer-Connections-with-Switch-EVY1430SW-036/317434949) that forces only the dryer or the charger to be enabled (to completely eliminate the risk of running both at the same time), and then into that switch I'll be running a 50 foot extension cable (https://www.homedepot.com/p/AC-WORKS-50-ft-10-4-Gauge-30-Amp-125-Volt-250-Volt-NEMA-14-30-4-Prong-Dryer-Heavy-Duty-STW-Extension-Cord-1430PR-050D/320883317), and into that I'll be plugging an EVSE that's hard limited to 16 amps, UL listed, from a reputable brand (https://store.clippercreek.com/level2/level2-12-to-15/level-2-charging-station-16-amp-amazinge).
The outlet is installed in a mobile home just a few feet from the breaker, so the wire run in the wall is very short, and the extension cable is a heavy duty 4 prong 10 gauge cable rated for 30 amps at 240v.
The dryer I'm using has a sticker on it saying that it also requires a 30 amp cable, and it's been used safely on this outlet for years, so I'm assuming based on that, that the wiring and the outlet can handle 16 amp continuous just fine. Is that a bad assumption? I'm also hoping that the splitter, long extension cable, and the EVSE cable are okay over such a distance, but I'm thinking that limiting to a 16 amp charger (instead of going up to 24) would make it as safe as possible in this ridiculous scenario (that I can't change because it's a rental). Also the EVSE I'm looking at is UL certified, indoooutdoor capable, and from clipper creek, a reputable dealer afaik, if those things make any difference. All of the parts I'll be using are UL listed, actually.
Am I being careful enough? Is all of this enough precaution to safely charge a Chevy Bolt EV at 240v 16 amp, so I can replenish a 6 day 65 mile commute from just a mobile home's dryer outlet? If my calculations are correct I won't even need to leave it while I sleep, I should be able to get my entire commute back in my time after work at home, so I'll be right there monitoring it for extra safety.
Feel free to tell me it's a bad idea and just wait 'till I can buy a house to buy an EV. I was just thinking that level 1 just isn't feasible for 65 miles 6 days with efficiency losses in winter, and it would definitely be less safe to use because I know these 120v outlets in this place are loose and have been repeatedly plugged and unplugged for years and could definitely overheat and catch fire from 10+ hours of charging from a slightly loose level 1 charger, whereas the dryer plug has been unplugged maybe 6 times total in its' lifespan, and is rated for almost double what I'll be asking from it, albeit traveling through a very very long run of extension cable. Using the switch will prevent future replugging and loosening of the 14-30 outlet, though, so the plugs should all avoid any wear and tear.
What do you think? I didn't know this subreddit was here so I cross posted this in EV specific forums, but I'm assuming I'll get better responses here. Thanks in advance.

Hi guys,
I have been experiencing an issue that has popped up ever since the March 21 update (OS version 10.25320.1003).
My consoles (series X) power button will start flashing rapidly for about 10 times followed by an immediate shutdown (reminiscent of BSOD, including audio crash and frame freeze) at random occurrences. (Happened twice in game, once in the download queue overview, once in settings and once in Xbox store)
This only started today, which makes me think that this weeks update is most likely to blame for this. I have never had any temperature issues or any other crashes of the sort ever. The console is well ventilated and hasn't moved since last weekend where it was running fine.
Am i the only one encountering this so far in Alpha Skip Ahead? And can this harm the hardware if it happens a few times in a short period?
Thanks in advance

For quite some time, my significant other and I would go out to dinner after work on Taco Tuesday. Most of the time we would go to a little restaurant down the hill from our work, then later we started going to the Casino near our home. Well, one night during our dinner date his mother called and asked if she could come by the house for a drink, he explained we were not home and out to dinner at the casino. A little while later, she showed up! We finished our meal and drinks and went home. He knew I wasn't very happy about his mother crashing our date night, and to be honest, she does these kinds of things ALOT. A few weeks later she showed up again (knowing that we go out to this spot on Tuesdays) Next thing I know, my significant other decides to start inviting work colleagues to join us for Taco Tuesday, since his mother was a regular guest at this point. Fast forward a couple of weeks later, I told him why and how hurt I was by this and there really wasn't a response that made any sense. And I stopped going. For quite a while it was just him and his mom. The couple of times I did go, they just talked to each other about work and other things that I really can't contribute to the conversation. Making me the 3rd wheel. So, I decided to no longer go. This continued for a couple of months and eventually a few other work friends started to show up pretty regularly. Sometimes he would invite me to go, but I would say no. I have explained to him how upset it makes me that his mom hijacked our date night, and how upset I was that he started inviting coworkers to it as well. I have also explained to his mom how hurtful it was that she did that, and how I don't get much one on one time with him because of our kids busy schedules and our work life. She pretty much told me to get over it, they have been doing this for a while now and my pouting about it that isn't going to change anything. Fast forward to a couple of years later and this is still going on. It still hurts, but I just accept it now. Our anniversary was last Tuesday, he went to Taco Tuesday instead of coming home and celebrating our 14th Anniversary. I am absolutely crushed and haven't talked to him since Tuesday. I sent him a text saying how hurtful that was. He didn't respond and hasn't attempted to really talk to me about it either. What do I do? I am so heartbroken right now. I need advice.

Here is what you need to know for next week:
After a week with the focus on central banks, economic data will be back at the center, surrounded by the ongoing banking crisis. The DXY finished the week lower, but looking stronger, resurfacing even as US yields tumbled, helped by a deterioration in market sentiment.
A new market season started on March 8 with the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. In the most recent episode, more central banks decided to raise rates showing determination to bring inflation down despite banking jitters. Developments in the banking sector will continue to be critical for sentiment and monetary policy expectations. It has tightened bank credit standards, doing part of the central bank's job. Next week, central bankers will probably stay close to the recent guidance next week.
On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised rates by 25 bps as expected, signaling a dovish pace of future hikes. Initially, markets reacted by selling the US Dollar, and Wall Street cheered timidly. That day, markets heard from Fed officials for the first time since the banking system crisis.
Wall Street finished the week with modest gains, and the VIX dropped sharply. Still, regional bank stocks remain under pressure and with the potential to damage confidence significantly. During the weekend, market participants will stay alert on potential banking news. Also, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen could be preparing some surprises.
Potential movers for next week:
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• Regional bank stocks
• US Treasury Secretary Yellen
• Eurozone inflation numbers
• US Core PCE

The DXY settled above 103.00 after testing levels under 102.00. The Greenback rebounded despite lower yields, helped by the renewed concerns. Economic data showed activity, at least before the SVC collapse, was not near a recession. US employment data still presents a tight market. Next week's data includes the Core PCE on Friday, a closely watched inflation indicator.
EUUSD finished the week higher, pointing lower, and momentum fading quickly. The pair dropped 200 pips from the 1.0930 area to close around 1.0750, still above the 20-week Simple Moving Average. The preliminary PMIs on Friday showed overall positive figures. The preliminary March inflation numbers next week will be critical. European Central Bank officials continued to speak about the need to do more. Expectations about more rate hikes supported the Euro, which was among the top performers.
GBP/USD ended the week virtually flat around 1.2220, after being unable to hold above 1.2300. The Bank of England (BoE) raised the key rate as expected to 4.25% (7-2 vote). The bank could rise further if inflation does not surprise to the downside in March. Next Friday, Q4 GDP data is due.
The Japanese Yen benefited from the decline in US yields, outperforming most of its G10 rivals. USD/JPY dropped for the fourth consecutive week, ending above 130.00, an area that seems poised to be tested again over the following sessions.
USD/CAD reached monthly highs above 1.3800 and pulled back. Next Tuesday, the Canadian government will present the budget. January GDP will be out on Friday.
AUD/USD's run from monthly lows ended at the daily 200-SMA near 0.6760, and now it is up to the Dollar to decide how low it goes. Australia will report Retail Sales on Tuesday and critical inflation numbers on Wednesday. Those figures could cement the decision of the Reserve Bank of Australia that will have its meeting on April 4.
The Mexican peso was the biggest gainer among the most traded currencies, making a solid comeback after plunging during the previous two weeks. USD/MXN lost more than 2%, falling below 18.50. The Bank of Mexico will announce its decision next week. It is seen raising rates further but at a smaller pace than in February, when it hiked by 50 bps. Core inflation is finally coming down in Mexico, with the half-month print at 8.15%, down from 8.21%.
Note to traders: Daylight saving time in Europe. On the morning of Sunday, Europe will turn the clock forward by one hour.

Much to the delight of fans of the Grand Theft Auto franchise, Rockstar Games earlier this month released Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition, a remastered collection of three of the most popular and iconic titles from the ongoing series. Unfortunately, it also debuted with a multitude of issues, prompting an apology by the developer. Good news though—the game's first update is now out and it purports to fixe dozens of bugs.
In case you missed it, the collection includes remastered versions of Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Rockstar Games prettied up all three games with high resolution textures, increased draw distances, GTA V style controls, and other modern updates the freshen up and revive these older titles.
However, graphical glitches and performance issues plagued what had been a much-anticipated release. Or as the developer put it in an apology note, the collection suffered "unexpected technical issues."
"Firstly, we want to sincerely apologize to everyone who has encountered issues playing these games. The Grand Theft Auto series—and the games that make up this iconic trilogy — are as special to us as we know they are to fans around the world. The updated versions of these classic games did not launch in a state that meets our own standards of quality, or the standards our fans have come to expect," Rockstar Games said.
GTA Trilogy
The developer says it has "ongoing plans to address the technical issues and to improve each game going forward." Rockstar Games did not get into specifics, but its first update for the collection brings with it a massive list of fixes spanning more than 60 issues, including ten that apply to each game. They include... Fixed multiple localization issues Fixed multiple instances of missing or misaligned collision Fixed multiple instances of holes in the map Fixed multiple instances of incorrect or misplaced textures Fixed multiple instances of the camera clipping through objects Fixed multiple instances of incorrect subtitles being displayed Fixed multiple instances of incorrect help text being displayed Fixed multiple instances of misplaced objects Fixed multiple instances of issues with character models in cutscenes Fixed multiple instances of audio lines being skipped, delayed, or repeated There are dozens of other issues this update aims to fix, the most of which apply to San Andreas. You can check out the patch notes for the full list.
On a related note, this update applies to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series XS, and Xbox One owners. What about the PC version? Funny thing—Rockstar Games pulled the title offline for PC shortly after launch in order to "remove files unintentionally included" in these versions." Speculation is that it's because the PC release contained unlicensed music files, which were discovered in a data-mining effort.
Rockstar Games said it will be adding the PC version of the collection to its store sometime soon. "Additionally, everyone who has purchased Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition for PC from the Rockstar Store through June 30, 2022, will receive these classic versions in their Rockstar Games Launcher library at no additional cost. We will update everyone as soon as these are back in the Rockstar Store," the developer added.

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I'm not great at writing these things, but here we are, right? I'm currently in a weird place with my poly identity - I ended a long term primary relationship last summer that I had put a lot of myself into, anyone I am dating is married and/or lives in another state - neither of whom are serious options, and most of the people who approach me these days are not looking for anything past FWB - For some this would be an ideal situation, for me not so much, and it feels weird to say I'm "dating with purpose" in this context, but I guess that's where I am. So I guess my point is, I feel like I'm much better at being an adult human when I have a primary partner, and miss having someone in my life who feels like home and who I can be that for as well.
Moving on, here's the about me: Big time comic book and general pop culture nerd. I'm 6'2", dad bod, sort of in my elder goth era, semi-heavily tattooed, beard, hispanic, home owner, fairly well employed, no kids/vasectomied, and pay my own bills, my only real vices are THC or a drink every now and then, but neither is a regular thing. I try to make time to go to concerts, check out restaurants and do Vegas-y things, I think I make a great piece of arm candy personally, definitely miss having a partner who wants to show me off and enjoys getting dolled up for a night on the town once in a while,, or doing silly fun things like coordinating outfits for an event. I enjoy travel like most people, I go to 2-3 comic cons per year, a good vacation is definitely great for mental health. Also love being a homebody, enjoy cooking when I have someone to cook for, have made my home into a cozy nest in general...in spring through early fall, any excuse to be in the pool or lay out near it is a good one. Some of the kindest things friends have said about me: "You're like, the only cis male in my life I don't wanna stab" "You're just like pure Daddy energy, dude" and "The brother I never wanted"
I was recently asked what my ideal relationship would be - and I thought I'd found it, but life happens! I know some frown on heirarchical poly relationships, but it's just what works best for me. Having my person, who wants to be with me and wants me to be with them and not having to have that feeling of insecurity or that need for constant reassurance, regardless of anyone else we may have in our lives. Something maybe not quite KTP, as that can feel forced at times, but definitely not a situation where we have to feel threatened by each others' relationships, and absolutely not a situation where we are always looking for greener grass elsewhere. And while I may not be vanilla, I'm not really super into any scene/lifestyle as far as that goes... I'm not against it, but prefer those types of things with a partner. I don't think I have a "type", really - but looking back, I do get along best with people who have a passion for some type of nerdy thing, I love being able to learn about those things and enhance those things for them as best I can. And one more thing - while I don't at all expect someone to be available to me 24/7, I need IRL connection, so I'd really prefer someone at least within a few hundred miles. So if the idea of long term anything, where we can talk regularly, and at least see each other a few times a month isn't something that can happen, I'm probably not your huckleberry, but I'm always happy to make new friends!
I've got plenty of photos for trade, and am cool with starting via PM here or telegram/kik if that's easier. I'm not everyone's cup of tea, I know - But I'm someone's, I also know that. Maybe they'll find me!
https://imgur.com/a/XUhspLW

After years of being unhappy together, my daughter's mother recently moved out.
We had been together 10 years, engaged for 5, but never married. When we met, she had a 4 year old daughter. After a year of dating, they both moved in with me. At the time, I was a bartender and she was a bank teller. Wanting to provide a stable family environment, I began looking for more traditional jobs.
After struggling to find a career as opposed to a job, I decided to go back to school and obtain a masters degree. At the same time, my fiancee went back to school as well (had dropped out after less than 1 semester the first time). I worked a full time day job, waited tables at night and on the weekends and helped her with her school work. She graduated four years ago. She is now waiting tables (only part time).
We had a child together in 2016. It was my hope that this would be her incentive to work harder to provide the nuclear family I wanted so badly for my child. Instead, I took on a ton of debt, provided probably 90% of the financial support for a child who is not mine biologically, and found myself constantly asking for more of a contribution either financially or from a day to day parenting perspective.
Problems really began to arise when my daughter (her 2nd) was born. The day she was born I overheard grandma telling fiancee's bio daughter that "he will never love you as much as he is going to love your sister." 1st daughter's bio dad was a bit of a deadbeat, so it wasn't so much of a red flag when she would talk crap on him openly, but using a different name (being young, I didn't recognize the attempts at parental alienation). She now does the same thing to me. My fiancee is so traumatized from being abused by this woman (fiancee's dad was never around), that she is, at the age of 37, unable to even confront her about abusing daughter 1 emotionally. It became my mission to protect daughter number 2 from the same abuse.
From the time we've been together, it's basically been what's mine is ours and what's hers is hers. She promised so many times to start being accountable. In an act of desperation, I enlisted her aunt's help to explain fiancee's behavioral issues. Privately, aunt told me I should leave her and take daughter 2 far away from the generational abuse.
Aunt's sons have been a part of my life for most of the 10 years we've been together. They are aspiring "rappers", both without a father figure in their life. It was not uncommon for them to come to my house after a dispute at home and stay for a few days until things calmed down. Both are adults who still live with mom. Recently, one came to the house again. When I asked what had happened, he responded that he and his brother had robbed someone for marijuana directly in front of their mothers house. Knowing that his "friends" had accompanied him to my house for family events on more than on occasion, I explained (in maybe a less than friendly manner) that he was not welcome to hide out at my house after committing crimes and that I did not want that type of behavior around my kids.
I had reached out to a therapist for couples counseling and fiancee and I were on the waiting list (the demand is sad). For years, I've been asking her to find work that would allow her to be available to the kids after school on a regular basis. For most of our relationship, I have spent at least 2-3 nights a week alone while she worked until 10 or 11 pm. She claimed that she was staying on top of things and for some reason I believed her. She was supposed to pay our rent for the first time in ten years on April 1 (I've avoided buying a home where we live because I didn't want my daughter to grow up here).
Last weekend, her car got repossessed (I had no idea payments weren't being made). I lost my shit (as I have often done out of frustration, desperation, etc.). She is now staying with her aunt in a house where drug crimes are being committed, one of the residents is fresh out of rehab on a fentanyl overdose, and there's an aggressive pitbull.
She's always been good at pretending to be a sweet, caring person to those who aren't close enough to see through it (something she learned from her mother). Daughter 1 doesn't want to be there and daughter 2 has expressed fear of the aunt and her dog. Fiancee is regularly hanging out with two women who cheat on their husbands (one with a cocaine dealer). When I ask if she thought she would like me to behave this way, she says "you obviously don't know who I am". I don't know if she is doing drugs but I have my suspicions.
I work 60 hour weeks, she works 20. I gave her daughter a better life than she could have, while she refused to improve her circumstances. Daughter 1's bio dad is dead, so I've been her primary caretakeprovider for ten years. She doesn't like me very much because of the conflicts I've had with mom and grandma, but she knows I am there for her.
This week I also found out that daughter 2 had been referred to family court for truancy issues. Wife wasn't reporting absences properly, took kids on 5 day vacation on a whim (when bills were presumably going unpaid), and is habitually late to everything. Daughter 2, who is now six says "I'm always the last one to school" and is late regularly. Fiancee did not inform me that school had even expressed concern.
I feel like I've been used and abused, but I'm not without fault. My frustration and concern for my daughters safety has led me to lash out verbally on many occasions. However, I think fiancee blaming this for her shortcomings is a cop out. It's just that no one sees or hears about her neglect towards her family.
Daughter 1 is 14 now. Her mom is more of a sister to her than a mother. I practically had to beg fiancee to get her into therapy. When she needs something, she knows she can't count on her mom. She regularly says things like "mom only cares about herself." I don't say negative things to her about her, but I also don't disagree with these things.
Daughter 2 begged me last week to beat mom to school pickup so she could be with me. She and I are more connected than she and mom.
I live in a state where 50/50 custody is assumed. CPS has been notified of my daughters fear of her aunt and her dog (she expressed it at school). I'm talking with a lawyer and it seems I'm going to spend a ton of money just trying to force mom to be accountable and on time.
What's really fucked up is that somewhere in my head, I still want it to work. I do love her, but she's not a good partner and she's not been a good mother to the girls. I think she has a victim mentality and is not able to be honest with herself about her behavior.
I feel fiancee is delusional (I'm told she's a victim of enmeshment, emotional incest, etc.) in regard to her view of herself. She talks of a future that isn't attainable given her current circumstances and behavior. She talks of travelling when she is older, but made 21K last year. There's almost zero chance she will ever even be able to retire. She's going to need someone to support her financially forever. When I point out that she's not behaving in a way that aligns with what she says she wants, she says "you're just negative".
I'm scared for both girls well being because I know mom doesn't pay much attention to them. She's either smoking weed, texting her friends, or playing with her hair.
I know that I'm supposed to try and be my best self and try to smile while eating the shit sandwich I've been served. But I've felt like I had three children for a number of years now.
I can't tell if I still want a future with her or if its even remotely plausible. I feel like she hangs around people who are worse off than she is to boost her ego and I've had to put a number of them in their place as it relates to their interactions with my kids. At this point, I've got quite a few middle aged waitresses who hate my guts. I watched one scam daughter 1 out of her birthday money with counterfeit goods (at the birthday party, minutes after she received her gifts, and mom did nothing). Grandma and aunt now hate my guts too. Fiancee no longer spends time with old friends who are actually thriving. I'm guessing this is, in part, due to shame over how she is behaving.
I feel like I just want my kids to be safe and be around people who are doing positive things with their time. Apparently, my not wanting my kids around drug activity and emotional abuse, makes me someone who "thinks he's better than everyone else". Depending on the situation, I'm either a negative person who doesn't believe in himself or I'm an arrogant jerk. Fiancee also says I have abandonment issues, though she's been told by others that she has abandoned me in our relationship (I feel she just never showed up).
For the better part of the last 3 years, I've been struggling to make ends meet while she tries to "find herself". She says she has to put herself first to be the best she can be for our girls. While I don't disagree with this, I don't think that it means what she thinks it means.
I feel like I'm the only one who has to see who fiancee really is.
My emotions desperately want things to be fixed, but I'm fantasizing about a person who has never existed.
I don't feel like I've done anything to deserve not being with my daughter every day. I may be a lot of things, but I've been a great dad to her. She loves me like crazy and we have a fantastic bond. I'm so scared to lose it.
I truly feel traumatized by this relationship. Does anyone have a similar experience? Any advice on either one last ditch attempt to save what is probably an irreparable relationship? Any idea how to expedite the grieving process and come out on the other side?
I feel like she is gaslighting me and I'm scared it's working.
I realize that I'm rambling and that this is reflecting on me poorly. CPS, truancy court, and the pitfalls of restaurant industry relationships are things that I just couldn't have fathomed being part of my life at this age.
I think my ultimate fantasy is that she would show up and say "Hey, I'm going to go do my thing. I'll leave both the kids with you and I won't be back."
I'm not even sure why I wrote this.

My windows update has been broken for quite a while after a hardware change (been reusing an MBR install but I have a UEFI mobo now). Diablo IV beta forces me to finally update my windows so I did some digging to see if I can fix this without a fresh install. I went through tons of old info to get it working again and thought I'd share this to maybe get some more modern info out there.
ON ERROR 0x80070003
Usually comes with: Failed to check whether host has UEFI disk layout.
Probably means you need to create an efi partition on your primary disk
This fix is already catalogued in this reddit thread, but was hard for me to find as a top google result, so I'm including it here. You might have to shrink a partition to make room for the efi partition.
Once you complete the fix, you're likely to get error 0x80070002
ON ERROR 0x80070002
This requires a BCD rebuild. The top google result is this lifewire page, but out of date for EFI systems.
Most importantly, take note of your detected windows installation drive.
The article is still good, but I would add these 2 points:

1. If you are booting through a recovery USB (much simpler), then you will start in the recovery USB drive (X for me). Once you first run bootrec and find your windows installation, change to the drive of your preferred installation (F for me)
2. The attrib command, after selecting the correct drive in the above step should instead be:

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attrib EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD -h -r -s 

After doing this and rebooting, update tools should either work or give you 0x80070490 when using the windows update tool.
ON ERROR 0x80070490
As far as I can tell, this relates to first time setup of the windows update ecosystem (just making shit up here, but it was fixed by triggering the first time setup of a new account)
From this microsoft answers thread, you need to do the following:
1: Use your current Admin account (mine was local) to create a new local account with Admin privileges.
2: Log out of your current Account and into the new account with Admin privileges. You will se Win10 setting up the account for the first time. As you get logged in, wait a minute or two, as this was the point where I got the message that some apps have gotten their settings reset.
3: After I got the message I went to the store using the new Account and downloaded a free software just to verify that it was Win Store that was reset, and indeed it was. I got no Issues.
4: Logged out and back into my old Admin account to see if it was solved and i was.
Hope this helps someone!

If I search for Pathfinder 2e challenge multiplier or similar searches, I only find results from 2009 or earlier which are therefore from the original Pathfinder (not 2e) that discuss "CR" which I though was only for D&D but I'm not familiar with earlier Pathfinder. For D&D 5e, the DMG has a chart for how the number of creatures multiplies against the XP-based difficulty. For example, 2 creatures is multiplied by 1.5, and 3-6 creatures is multiplied by 2 and it gets even higher after that. So, as is also painfully evident from multiple experiences (and mathematically provable as I'll mention), the chart is "correct" and that it is "incorrect" to say that four Level 1 creatures is anywhere near as easy as one Level 4 creature.
I wrote and playtested an entire 5e campaign and I'm converting it to Pathfinder 2e and need help. I may end up using the multipliers from the D&D DMG, but Pathfinder should really have something like this. Maybe this is why Adventure Paths tend to kill characters and even cause TPKs (Total Party Kill) according to multiple experienced GMs online. I do not want to have the same problem in my book and would like to bring this to the attention of Paizo for their books. I already checked the Game Mastery section of the Core Rulebook (4th printing) the Encounter Building section of the Gamemastery Guide. Under "Encounter Design" at Archives of Nethys, there is a helpful table for multi-enemy encounters called "Quick Adventure Groups," but it only is a template for certain specific numbers of creatures (or pairings of differing challenge) and I'm not sure if it is mathematically correct. I am sure this is a real issue because the multiplier in D&D 5e is based on Lanchester's Square Law according on one post (I probably can't post links, but found the result on EN World by searching Google for: challenge multiplier dmg). Can someone please direct this issue to Paizo or provide me with a resource to contact them (or did I miss something)?

It’s probably the most days in a row I’ve not binge in years! I saw a doctor about it, she said I should snack more and especially on filling things that are high in protein and fiber. It’s really been working. I get my breakfast around 8, eat a snack around 10. Then lunch at 12h30, snack around 3pm and dinner after work. I give myself a little healthy treat after meals like chocolate blueberries or just a piece of dark chocolate. I’ve been eating around 2000 calories which is the norm for an adult woman, im still in a deficit but not a huge one.
It’s honestly been the only thing that has ever worked for me. I’m sharing this hoping someone can benefit from this tip as well. The snacks I eat are usually protein bars or I love the KIND bars (they’re almonds and dark chocolate). I also love the midday bar, the cookie dough one tastes like actual cookie dough. Or I eat some cheese strings, a protein drink (which isn’t the best, its better to eat solid things) i just go around grocery stores and walmart and look at the amount of protein for the amount of calories. I try to shoot for less than 200 calories and more than 10g of protein. My goal is 90g of protein a day or more, which keeps me full and all the chocolate I eat usually satisfies enough that I don’t feel the urge to binge on sugar.
I hope this can help someone. I’ve been binging for over 10 years, if I can do it, anyone can!

So this is just me bored as hell going over each point of stats and feats, and why I believe who wins what. Note this is my thoughts but I'm open to debates, debunks, ECT. Both characters somehow have all perks, max stats, and the best weapons no matter the circumstances (all stats 20 V, special 10 Courier, ECT)
Strength: This one may need the most debate. Courier can fight the giant robot scorpion bare handed which can tank a mini nuke, where as V can fight Adam Smasher who can casually walk through a gravity field that crushes tanks. These two feats are so neck and neck, but I'm more willing to believe V is just barely weaker than Courier. Without gorilla arms. If V is given GA, he is given +6 to his body. That's a 30% Strength boost, and I think just barely covers the gap. So normally Courier>=V, but with gorilla arms V>Courier
Speed: This ones a much easier choice. While the courier does have Turbo to slow down time, it does not nearly compare to the sandevistan. With the best sandy, V stops time down to 10% and can casually dodge bullets. Turbo in comparison only makes it go down to 35% for only 3 seconds. V is then theoretically over 25% faster, and that's without mention of the dozens of speed perks you can give him. So V>Courier
Durability: This one is very tough. But a good part of me is going to give this to the Courier. Without any armor implants, he is capable of surviving mini nukes, giant surfboard sized swords, dozens of bullets, and massive robots. The courier can tank armor piercing rounds and such, but not to the same degree as the courier.
IQ: this is possibly a harder choice than strength. Both are amazing hackers at max intelligence, and each have different feats. Arasaka is like apple on steroids, and hacking them also runs the risk of them hacking you back. In the other hand, a terminal is the pinnacle of software protection and stops any and all hacking attempts unless you're the courier. I'm going to say this is a tie but if you disagree go ahead.
BIQ: Just as debatable as the last. Courier can be trained by the legion, NCR, brotherhood of steel, ECT. But V has upgrades that can instantly let you learn anything you want to learn. Not only that, but V is a champion boxer capable of fighting chromed up monsters who have been doing this for years. It's experience vs abilities in my eyes and I believe it's a tie.
Experience: Courier. Canonically older, has been living in the streets of the fallout world. Not close.
Abilities: I don't need to say V. Sandevistan, way way better enhancements, a second heart, bio monitors, the ability to instantly hack anything even smasher who has the peak of tech. This isn't close.
Durability; Courier takes this just as easily as V took the last one. Power armor and armor implants make him too tanky. It's a great defense to have.
Weaponry: This is again tough. V has dozens of guns, melee weaponry, ECT. But Courier has just better weaponry. Mini nukes and plasma blasts vs katanas and super revolvers. It's quality vs quantity. With all of V's points he may have the edge, but really it's a toss up. Possible tie.
Overall, I think V is just so fast and strong, he could beat courier. Yes he has a bunch of durability, but it's a 3 second slow time vs a 10 second near stop time with far higher strength with gorilla arms. It's a high difficulty fight, but V still wins

TLDR: Is it "funny" to buy a big house while being a socialist or bad? I don't think it's really either. Hasan may have bad beliefs, but he's been the subject of some misplaced criticism. Socialism is a broad set of government economic policies. I'm not sure why you should be able to tell the difference between a capitalist and a socialist.
Hasan's sordid history from a simple DGGR trying to make his way in the universe to the socialist IKON and AOC Stan making it big on his own is a long road paved with debates, debacles, re-streamed reality TV shows, and a never dwindling clamor of "living your values discourse." He is featured in several noted DGG debates/discussions such as this one featuring my favorite orbiter Exskillsme and noted Poppy farmer Vowsh,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjszEJBKWRs&list=PL4uIWBpZZ6zci9mM3Gh18NJRXTDx9MGVi&index=6
and this gem referencing the infamous racial slur debate and a variety of complaints about this very subreddit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAsIoNJmlw.
But this is not a recap of the deeds great and small of Hasan, Titan of Twitch. This is specifically in regards to the classic "live your values debate," the most infamous of which features Vaush and Destiny battling it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gteClaD9GKc
In regards to Hasan, the live your values discourse hit its apex when he purchased an expensive house. Destiny's general perspective on the matter is summarized here,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYE76D7B0U with the most critical general perspective at
https://youtu.be/tYYE76D7B0U?t=196
wherein he explains what he considers to be an important spectrum between a slave and a sellout un der a capitalist system. A brief recap is as follows. Destiny states that there is a spectrum between the bottom tier of society barely making it by, someone doing pretty aright but not great, and the top of the pyramid i.e. Hasan. Different expectations to advocate for that persons values should fall in part based on where on that spectrum people reside in with people at the top end having more expectations placed upon them.
A less analytical but perhaps more telling version is at
https://youtu.be/tYYE76D7B0U?t=252
In this clip Destiny describes a paradigm that it is "hilarious" to criticize Jeff Bezos hyperbolically as bad while partnering with him to produce content. The terms "hilarious" and "funny" are used very often instead of words like "bad" or "hypocritical," which I think is a "humorous" observation.
This is one of several iterations of Destiny describing Hasan's house purchase as a wealthy socialist as "funny"
https://youtu.be/tYYE76D7B0U?t=452
and "funny" again here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ulBkFt3nI8
These are two examples, but they are generally reflective of the language Destiny usually uses. Intelligent DGGR's languishing in the low of solipsism this Friday night may wonder why the words "funny" and "hilarious" might be used instead of "bad." It seems that "badness" is being heavily inferred, but not directly stated. Even in the more analytical take above, it's somewhat unclear if there is some sense of "moral obligation," implied or why exactly it would be applied to socialists. One could infer that one has a moral obligation to do "x amount of something," to cause there ideal world to exist or some policy to "happen," and if a person has x level of wealth, power, or influence and they don't do something to produce their ideal world or policy prescriptions they are doing something unethical.
The back and forth on this discourse has been had innumerable number of times, but since it's resurfaced, I believe for the exoneration of Hasan at least in this small regard, it is worth going over again.
So let's get the obvious points out of the way. Being socialist and being rich isn't a hypacricy. To make this argument, I need to make a couple of assumptions and build a couple key arguments.
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1.) That Hasan would say he's a rule utilitarian (I think he's even said as much). Why do I make this assumption? Because everyone who isn't a cringe philosophy major whose been on this side of the internet is some sort of rule utilitarian. It's hard to be something else. Basically, that means you are concerned with the good outcomes of society but you understand rules need to exist in normal life because it's hard to see what the consequences of something might be and allowing too much discretion may be bad in aggregate. People need some basic rules. To see what happens when one is forced to guess too many consequences you can end up with a situation featured in the excellent television series The Good Place wherein characters are constantly performing evil actions inadvertently because they can't anticipate that driving the speed limit might have caused the person behind them to be late for a job interview which led to that person becoming impoverished, homeless, and die an early death of exposure.
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2.) That Hasan (if pressed) would agree that capitalism isn't """"""inherently unethical,"""" but rather just produces worse outcomes than socialism. In other words it's just a spectrum of bad to ok to better outcomes. For reference this is the Vaush position. If pressed on the "no unethical consumption" meme, the answer is that bad outcomes might necessarily happen under any system. The goal is just to mitigate them with socialist policies that produce "more good points" and "fewer bad points." The phrase "inherintly unethical" is a phrase that ends up doing a lot of legwork in debates, but doesn't really make a meaningful statement when applied in this context. To draw a comparison, I could believe that any prison system will involve treatment of prisoners that I believe is unethical. However, I consider it a net good compared to no prison system (thus my participation funding society it is justified). I can also believe we should have a better prison system or a very different one. It's not inconsistent.
If all of 2 is granted (a big if for maximum salience DGGR's), I don't think it's fair to criticize Hasan on the grounds of involving himself in capitalism to a high extent. The more apt argument might be the one Ahrelavant goes for with Vowsh here.
https://youtu.be/LUvqIX8w_QA?t=537
This is more similar to Destiny's argument i.e. an obligation to "walk" rather than just "talk" given you have certain values. I think Vaush responds correctly. Hasan's job is as a political pundit. The talk is the walk. Advocating for socialism makes people more progressive. People who are more progressive vote more left leaning. That's a positive change in society in line with Hasan's values. Destiny's response to something like this argument is that all of that benefits Hasan personally, but I fail to see how this is relevant.
If one is outcome focused primarily why is the personal reason someone is doing something that relevant to the effectiveness of what they are doing or in any other way? If pressed, I don't think Destiny would say even a tiny fraction of actions are really altruistic in nature. Hasan is an entertainer who does some socialism. I fail to see what the problem with that is. It's the basic blueprint for almost all political or commentary content. The primary job is entertainment but advocating/ arguing for what you believe in is still important. All of the same arguments could be levied at nearly every content creator who believes strongly in anything. One could make criticisms of Chud Logic for having strong beliefs (which he has argued for in the past between the drama) but not going out every weekend to volunteer and fix them. Socialism doesn't have unique issues in this regard. "It's funny" isn't a good argument. Neither is "it's hilarious."
But what about Destiny's key defeater argument? "What is the difference between a capitalist and a socialist?" How can you tell a difference? To this, I'm not sure I entirely follow. Technically savvy and economically minded DGGr's can correct me, but capitalism is a very broad term that describes a set of government policies that structure an economy in a certain way. Socialism is a different set of government policies that structure an economy in a different way. Neither of these are real technical terms, and the exact manifestations/ definitions of each are as many as there are capitalists and socialists. In general the idea of socialism is that "workers own the means of production," which could mean a lot of things like
1.) All or most industries are nationalized in some way.
2.) All of the businesses are worker co-ops
3.) Some weird giant social wealth fund thing
The best understanding in my view is that if an economy has more nationalization of its industries and state control over personal wealth, it's more socialist. When private entities have more control over different industries, and there is less state control over personal wealth (lower taxes), that's more capitalist. With that understanding you can have mixed economies. Online socialists don't seem to like this, but it's the only actual definition that makes any sense and was provided by Dr. Edward Stewart in one of those great courses audio lectures I got on audible.
https://www.audible.com/pd/Capitalism-vs-Socialism-Comparing-Economic-Systems-Audiobook/B07BHVY5YZ
I'm not sure why there would ever need to be a personal difference in behavior between a capitalist vs. Socialist when both things describe a set of beliefs about government policies? How does that make any sense at all? Capitalism isn't a personal set of actions and neither is socialism. If you want to define a capitalist the way Karl Marx did, just know that no one uses the term that way and when someone says they are a capitalist that's not what they mean. Presumably a socialist and a capitalist would vote for different candidates or argue for different policies.
To wrap this up, I think the criticisms levied at Hasan about his wealth or level of engagement with politics are unfair. I don't think political pundits have an obligation to do something extra. Being an entertaining political pundit is their job. I fail to see what's wrong with that or what is unique about Hasan that merits him having extra obligations from other similarly positioned pundits.
One parting thought is that people often give progressives a difficult time on a meta level i.e. "shouting or being radical might turn others off to your cause." Personally, I hate these sorts of arguments as they doge the facts of the matter in favor for a copy pasted lazy proxy of an argument. I hate progressives as much as the next person, but I don't think you can say they are ineffective. The fact is being loud, obnoxious, unlikeable, and working to de-platform every other point of view does kind of work. Society has gotten significantly more progressive on almost all fronts, and the GOP is in shambles. This might have horrible long term consequences for our democracy, but I'm not sure "effectiveness" is the right argument to make. You might just have a different direction you want society to go in based on different values. So one might wonder if Hasan is more "effective" than we like to admit and not hypocritical. He maybe just has bad beliefs, like other radical progressives.

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For backstory, my roommates and I have been my friends for years. I've known person A since 2019 and his fiance by association since they got together. I let them move in with me back in September because they were homeless and didn't have anywhere to go. I only had a 1 bedroom apartment but i offered to split the livingroom in half for them to have privacy. We had agreed to split rent in 3 and I told them if it took a month or two to get on thier feet I'd be understanding. Additionally, until we were able to split the livingroom i offered to sleep there so they could have privacy in MY bedroom. That went on for about 3 months or so and all of a sudden they decided that half the livingroom wasn't enough they wanted to put up a door. I said no, because I wanted a mutual living space. I was out voted and told that I was being unrealistic bc the livingroom was too small. I came home from work one day to find they had put up a door and moved all of my shit into the bedroom WITHOUT MY CONSENT. This was in early decembelate November.
Then, they lost thier jobs back in about october shortly after thier car got repoed. I tried to be understanding, I even tried to help them find jobs i got person b a seasonal job with me temporarily and drove her to and from to try and help out. Person a went without a job until JANUARY, and person B's seasonal job ended after christmas. The only reason person A got his job was bc of our landlord helping him meanwhile neither of them have paid rent since October as they didn't have a job. They haven't helped with a SINGLE utility bill since they moved in. I've bent over backwards to help make sure they get to and from work, I let them use my car, I've lent them over 500 dollars(that they haven't paid back btw) just to try and help out because I knew they were struggling. At some point they decided that we were no longer splitting rent in 3 and instead in 2 because they are "a unit." You know, the rent they aren't paying for. Once person a got a new job he started paying back rent. Paid about 1k out of the 2.6k they owed. I got approved for rental assistance after about 3 months of waiting and now all of our back rent is paid and we're supposed to get refunded our back rent payments.
Neither person a nor b have a car still to this day. I drive person a to work every day for a whopping 10 dollars a week. (It's only a mile away but it's the opposite direction of my job and just in general annoying and not worth the 10 dollars when gas is over 3 dollars a gallon.) I let them use my car to go grocery shopping run errands literally anything they need i let them do it as long as I am not trying to do something else. I felt that was reasonable but i feel like they've just started to expect me to do everything for them. They get mad if I cant drive them somewhere and act like they have every right to use my car whenever they want.
Person b was supposed to start working at our seasonal job again today but we were scheduled for opposite shifts i was working til 330 and she was supposes to come in at 3 clearly i cant be in 2 places at once and i had somewhere to be at 4. There was no possible way I could drive her to work. When my manager told me last night she had to change the schedule and bring person b in for the evening shift i specifically said I can't take her then and that she had to uber. When she texted my roommate to let her know the schedule was changing and to confirm that was okay, I expected her to mention that I wouldn't be driving her, or for my roommate to ask me if she can get a ride. But she didnt ask me at all and then got pissed at me this morning when she texted asking me if I was working with her this afternoon and explained that i was working all morning and had somewhere to be. She then blew up on me and told me that I told her I can drive her friday- Sundays and that I should cancel my plans this afternoon to drive her to work which is bullshit bc she KNOWS how important these plans were to me. They are the only thing i do for myself and its not something im willing to sacrafice. Not for nothing these plans are reoccurring on a weekly basis at the same exact time so she knew I'd be busy.
Between both of my jobs I work 7 days a week. I'm exhausted and drained. And every time i try to help my roommates I feel like nothings ever good enough for them. Person b threw a shit fit this morning that im being "self centered" because I wasn't available to drive her. I told her that I might get off a little early and if I did I'd be able to come get her and take her in late, but that wasn't good enough for her. I recommended an Uber but she said she had no money left. Then I suggested that she asked our neighbor to drive her (to which I can't blame her for not wanting to do he's an asshole but imo it's better than nothing.) Then i said she can take my bike or walk the mile and a half she refused because it was raining and she didn't want to work in drenched clothes. When I moved into my apartment I had no car for like 2 months i saved every penny i was making to pay rent and buy a car. I rode my bike to and from work rain or shine because I needed the money and I didn't care. Was it fun? No. But as an adult it's my responsibility to get myself to work, not anyone else's.
Now I know I just ranted off a lot of bad things hut there's some good too. Generally they keep the house clean since they don't work (they complain that no one helps enough but they still do it), they dog sit if I need them too, and they can be nice people. I also typically enjoy their company when we aren't arguing. They help me if i need something from the store and vise versa as we all have food stamps. And overall they're still my friends despite all of this.
I do care about them but I'm at a point where I cant just let them walk all over me and take advantage of me either. I try really hard to avoid conflict and help them where I can but there comes a point where I have to put my foot down. This had been going on for months and I'm just tired of the poor treatment and the lack of respect. This was my home and they have me feeling like I can't even go there let alone live there. I feel uncomfortable in my own home and they only care when it affects them and tell me that I'm being selfish and I'm not "thinking of the group"
To top it all off our landlord sold our house and were stuck moving somewhere else, but everything wants us to make 3x the rent and I alone can't find an apartment that will allow my dog to come with me that will approve me based on my income. I'm stuck moving with them and finding a 2 bedroom house, because combined person a and I make enough to cover rent. I'm about to sign a 1 year lease with these people and I just need to know that I'm not being the asshole here. I'm just tired of them disrespecting me and my boundaries and for once I just want to stand up for myself.
TLDR my roommates are mad that I won't be thier taxi bc thier car got repoed and take advantage of my kindness and make me feel like an asshole for not being able to help them. I bend over backwards to help and nothings good enough.

I'm not great at writing these things, but here we are, right? I'm currently in a weird place with my poly identity - I ended a long term primary relationship last summer that I had put a lot of myself into, anyone I am dating is married and/or lives in another state - neither of whom are serious options, and most of the people who approach me these days are not looking for anything past FWB - For some this would be an ideal situation, for me not so much, and it feels weird to say I'm "dating with purpose" in this context, but I guess that's where I am. So I guess my point is, I feel like I'm much better at being an adult human when I have a primary partner, and miss having someone in my life who feels like home and who I can be that for as well.
Moving on, here's the about me: Big time comic book and general pop culture nerd. I'm 6'2", dad bod, sort of in my elder goth era, semi-heavily tattooed, beard, hispanic, home owner, fairly well employed, no kids/vasectomied, and pay my own bills, my only real vices are THC or a drink every now and then, but neither is a regular thing. I try to make time to go to concerts, check out restaurants and do Vegas-y things, I think I make a great piece of arm candy personally, definitely miss having a partner who wants to show me off and enjoys getting dolled up for a night on the town once in a while,, or doing silly fun things like coordinating outfits for an event. I enjoy travel like most people, I go to 2-3 comic cons per year, a good vacation is definitely great for mental health. Also love being a homebody, enjoy cooking when I have someone to cook for, have made my home into a cozy nest in general...in spring through early fall, any excuse to be in the pool or lay out near it is a good one. Some of the kindest things friends have said about me: "You're like, the only cis male in my life I don't wanna stab" "You're just like pure Daddy energy, dude" and "The brother I never wanted"
I was recently asked what my ideal relationship would be - and I thought I'd found it, but life happens! I know some frown on heirarchical poly relationships, but it's just what works best for me. Having my person, who wants to be with me and wants me to be with them and not having to have that feeling of insecurity or that need for constant reassurance, regardless of anyone else we may have in our lives. Something maybe not quite KTP, as that can feel forced at times, but definitely not a situation where we have to feel threatened by each others' relationships, and absolutely not a situation where we are always looking for greener grass elsewhere. And while I may not be vanilla, I'm not really super into any scene/lifestyle as far as that goes... I'm not against it, but prefer those types of things with a partner. I don't think I have a "type", really - but looking back, I do get along best with people who have a passion for some type of nerdy thing, I love being able to learn about those things and enhance those things for them as best I can. And one more thing - while I don't at all expect someone to be available to me 24/7, I need IRL connection, so I'd really prefer someone at least within a few hundred miles. So if the idea of long term anything, where we can talk regularly, and at least see each other a few times a month isn't something that can happen, I'm probably not your huckleberry, but I'm always happy to make new friends!
I've got plenty of photos for trade, and am cool with starting via PM here or telegram/kik if that's easier. I'm not everyone's cup of tea, I know - But I'm someone's, I also know that. Maybe they'll find me!
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I was relieved, and they didn't talk for a bit after that or at least not that often, but they've gone back to talking again every once in a while. Tonight we talked on the phone and the plan was for him to take a shower and go to sleep right after that, since he has trouble sleeping. While we're nearing the end of our conversation he starts getting quieter. I say "Its starting to get late, you should probably shower now yeah?" and he responds "Yeah sorry, just texting with [friend]." I go quiet too, and for the next 10 minutes mutter a couple remarks about how late its getting to be talking to him. Then I tell him I'm leaving, and he says alright. I hang up without telling him I love him or good night like usual. I thought he might have gotten the hint but he didn't text me after that or try to stop me. He either didn't notice my feelings or just didn't care.
At this point even just the thought of it turns my stomach. I know what the guy wants and I just don't feel comfortable with this friendship. I want to just get out with it and say I do not want them speaking to each other anymore. But that's too jealous and controlling to say out loud. And also at the same time, its not like I can really control who my boyfriend talks to. For all I know I can say that, he agrees, but just continues talking to him without telling me. And honestly I'm afraid he'll just stop liking me if I start nagging him while the other guy seems like an easygoing breath of fresh air by comparison.
Is there anything I can do to drive them apart or speak my mind in a way that won't damage my relationship?