“My husband may miss birth of our baby for a one-time career opportunity”
My husband and I are expecting our first baby later this year after trying for a long time. He’s finishing a career training program and was offered a rare instructor course that could seriously help his future career. It’s considered the best and fastest path, but the training happens during the exact week our baby is due and would require him to travel out of state for a full week.
He told me he’d let me decide, but also admitted he’d probably feel resentment if he missed the opportunity.
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“I met an amazing woman and then she told me she has bipolar”
I met this girl a couple of weeks ago and we really hit it off. She’s charismatic, smart, pretty, and has a great career. After a couple of dates she told me she has bipolar disorder and asked if I wanted to cancel the next date. I said no, but now I keep hearing horror stories about relationships with people who have bipolar disorder, and honestly I’m scared to move forward.
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Why the Diamond Industry Is Suddenly in Trouble
There’s a pretty significant shake-up happening in the diamond industry right now, especially in natural diamonds. “Reckoning” honestly isn’t an exaggeration.
The biggest issue is that the old diamond business model depended on three things staying true:
- Diamonds are rare
- Diamonds hold value
- Consumers emotionally care whether a diamond came from the earth
All three are getting challenged at the same time.
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How to Navigate the Dating World as a Short Guy
Let’s just get the obvious thing out of the way:
Yes, being a short guy in dating can absolutely make things harder sometimes.
There are women who care about height. Some care a little. Some care a lot. Some treat “under 6 feet” like it’s a felony conviction. Dating apps have turned height into this weird RPG stat where people filter human beings like they’re shopping for refrigerators.
That sucks.
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Linkage
The top photos of the week by AP photojournalists – AP News
22 People Who Blew Up Their Entire Career With One Dumb Decision – Ned Hardy
If you want a body groomer that’s safe, comfortable, and way less stressful to use in sensitive areas, this is honestly one of the best options for trimming “down there” without constant nicks or irritation. – Amazon
‘There needed to be a fight here’: How Box Elder County residents plan to stop a massive data center – Sltrib
Shakira acquitted of tax fraud, court orders Spain to hand back $70 million – Reuters
‘It’s felt like homework’: Why Star Wars went so wrong – BBC News
What to know about the Ebola outbreak that has grown into a global health emergency – Pbs
22 Funny Memes To Ease You Into Another Week – Ned Hardy
You only get one set of eyes, and it takes just one tiny rock, stick, or piece of debris kicked up by the mower to turn a normal Saturday into an ER visit. – Amazon
When times are hard, we eat more beans. And it’s happening again now – NPR
Blue Dot Fever: When Tours Can’t Sell, They Bail – Consequence
Tourist Threw Rock at Hawaiian Monk Seal to Protect Turtles: Attorney – Newsweek
Researchers Wanted Preschool Teachers to Wear Cameras to Train AI – Archive.ph
The mid-1990s mood shift: How ‘Clueless’ and ska-core clubbed grunge to death – Faroutmagazine
The Dumping Grounds
Why Do Teenagers Feel The Need To Act “Cool” Around Their Parents?
There’s a moment that happens in a lot of families that feels weirdly universal.
A teenager who used to happily wave at you in public suddenly pretends not to know you at the mall. You pick them up from school and they ask you to park “like… way over there.” You crack a joke in front of their friends and they look at you like you just detonated a bomb in the middle of their social life.
And if you’re a parent, it can feel personal.
You think: What happened to my sweet kid?
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My Wife and My Ex-Wife Became Best Friends, and It’s the Strangest Gift I’ve Ever Been Given
I never thought I’d be the guy writing about this, but here we are. I’m 33, my wife is 28, and my ex-wife is 29. Over the past year, the two of them have become genuine, certified best friends. Not “we tolerate each other for his sake” friends. Not “we’re polite at events” friends. Actual, pickleball-league-playing, hiking-on-weekends, calling-each-other-at-1AM best friends. And I’m still trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.
Let me back up.
“My girlfriend got upset over my family’s joke cake”
I’m 25 and my girlfriend is 23. She has a noticeable facial scar, and my family has always made jokes about it because they have a dark sense of humor. I kept telling her that’s just how they are and that they didn’t actually mean anything by it, but she’s never liked being around them because of it.
A few months ago, my parents hosted a big birthday dinner for my dad and I really wanted my girlfriend to come. She was hesitant because she was worried my family would say something rude again. I reassured her that everything would be fine and told her it mattered to me that she be there. She finally agreed, but she warned me that if my family crossed the line again, I better not defend it or minimize it.
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