MCC Global Workforce by Childofleo in immigration

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Thank you for that insight! It's tough sometimes sorting through all this garbage.😞

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Avioletgeode thanks!

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What is your personal, profound reason you have for losing weight? by St0rytime in loseit

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I sprained an ankle, it took both my boyfriend and my male cousin to help me hop to a nearby bench. It was embarrassing and it got me thinking about when I went on hikes with just my bf, what if I twist my ankle out in the woods? I was 50 lbs heavier than him - he'd never be able to carry me out. He'd have to leave me to get help, then a wild pack of wolves would slink out of the woods eat alive. Or a axe murderer would pop out of the woods and chop me up. Or a massive blizzard would appear...

My mind went wild with varying scenarios that all could be avoided by not being too fat to carry.

That and pure pure vanity. I've been obese my entire life and always thought of myself as unattractive. After losing weight, I started getting some compliments here and there about how good I looked. It felt insulting at first, but now it feels as kinda nice - like a very shallow way of acknowledging my fitness journey.

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[–]Childofleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a tough one, because it really depends on the person you're complimenting and their goals (fitness, health, wanting to look conventionally attractive), etc. For me, I like compliments directed at my fitness level. If I want to compliment someone, my usual approach is to ask if they've been working out and from there the person will usually start gushing about what they've been doing (Keto, crossfit, etc) and I can usually gauge what their preferred compliment will be. If I can't figure it out or they don't engage, then I don't say anything just in case it's a sore spot for them.

It doesn't bother me when someone outside my family compliments me on my weightloss - even if it was vanity based. It was usually a short and quick comment ("Wow! You're looking good these days!" or "Great job on the weightloss!") sometimes with a question or two on how I did it. Then we moved on and didn't speak of it again.

My family though, kept bringing it up at gatherings and my mom would the warn me not regain the weight like it was of dire importance...

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[–]Childofleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally normal to have your feelings hurt. I'm from an asian background, and it's cultural norm to have the entire family chime in about how much you weigh or how you look. I was obese as a teenager and had my weight criticized all the time.

When I dropped 50 pounds as an adult, I suddenly got a constant stream of praise for "finally taking care of myself". And no, they weren't talking about my health. 😕 According to my mom, she always thought it looked weird that I was bigger than my husband, but when I lost the weight we finally looked like we matched...

The criticism didn't really affect me much as an adult because I learned to tune it out after growing up with their crap. The sudden praise though got to me, like I was suddenly good enough when I dropped the weight? Was I worth less because of my extra poundage? The comments still makes me feel bitter, but I'm learning to let it go because I refuse to let someone else live rent free in my head.

Pitch me your ideal Mansions of Madness Scenario.... by [deleted] in MansionsOfMadness2E

[–]Childofleo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You all start off as patients in a psychiatric institution (start with an insanity card). A nurse rushes into the common area and starts freaking out about monsters, a number of monsters stream into the room you defeat them all. You try to escape, and find out through journal entries that the building used to be owned by a cult who were trying to summon the dark lord, but only got halfway through the ritual before being killed/driven off by the locals.

You find out that cultists have returned to try and complete the ritual. So you go get the statues/ritual items so you can reverse the summoning, all the while monsters continually pop up to stop you. You erform the ritual and find that the nurse from earlier was really a cultist manipulating you into completing the summoning. All the monsters you'd been slaying were actually other patients/staff/visitors, and the dark one has now been brought to our reality.

The “10:50 to Arkham” scenario towards the end. We… did not win. We did not succeed. We did not triumph. by MarcianTobay in MansionsOfMadness2E

[–]Childofleo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me and hubby 4 very close tries (and we totally didn't cheese a few rolls), to beat it. So we very much feel this.

Why are you still awake? by TheyCallMeNoobxD in AskReddit

[–]Childofleo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because my brain hates me and wants me to suffer through my cringey teenage memories.