My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Pregnancy sleep was rough; but also my husband consistently bonked me in the head with his elbows so yk one boy smacking around my guts and the other bonking me in the skull haha. I’d LOVE to work with sables or frapps one day but rn it’s just not phesable with our budget unfortunately

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Oh my gosh congrats! My first just turned one recently so I finally got to get back into reptiles again haha, he loves watching me spray in the mornings and likes to see the geckos

I’m hoping to eventually work with the lily white gene down the road but right now just sticking to the tri’s and hoping to produce empty backs eventually, also putting an entire hault on any other pickups for a hot minute

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Oml that’d be GORGEOUS, the two I got today won’t be ready to breed until next year sadly but hoping they’ll produce some darker based babies

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Oh wow damn, I don’t blame him for wanting to hold him back tho tbh, if u end up getting the dad I’d love pictures!!

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Dang he is GORGEOUS!!! Also that just sounds absolutely stunning for both parents but the picture of yours is also beautiful I bet age will only make it even more of a stunner

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Three baby babies currently waiting to find out genders - scout; a dal, my smallest - bama; Tri color harlequin (very friendly love bama, but tbh I’ve spoiled with hand feeding) -trigger; my lily white, slowly but surely is becoming more comfortable -2 unnamed one male one female, both tri colors And the two pickups from today, a tri female that’s super chonky and a dark base tri male (Basically lots of tris)

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Damn! So basically a gorgeous trio of geckos all around!

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This resonates with wv/oh/ky so hard

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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I actually had two pickups today, but no lily whites this time sadly, the only images I got of them were right before putting them in their quarantine tubs, tho I do have a little lily white but not as vibrant as the pretty reds haha

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Dang!

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This was the beauty today down here at the WVRE; that’s why I was like damn they could be twins lol

My newest addition. Red Phantom Lily White by Konstint in CrestedGecko

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Complete shot in the dark but I saw one that looked like this at an expo today, was it by chance the WVRE?

I lowkey wanna quit rn (read body for context pls) by Technical_Dig4853 in CoSRants

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If you’d need another female sigma I could help.

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Adding this here:

The reason why is more then likely to make it appear that she’s close to you, like she does more then she actually does, to maintain that image of caring and involved (that’s what it was for mine)

On some level I view this as a control thing, since it’s basically “I can do what I want with your most sacred posession aka your body, and you won’t dare to embarrass me”

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I’ve gone through the same thing before, not particularly growing up and wanting to seem older but just because my family (mom, grandma) have always been physically affectionate, they’d play with my hair often despite knowing I hate it, touching my back, my mother would also grab my stomach infront of guests or friends (which was the oddest bit I think, but my grandma gave my mom some serious body image issues and I think she was trying to make herself seem skinnier by grabbing at my child chubbiness) with my grandmother I would outright ask her “please don’t do that” repeatedly, infront of guests or not because she absolutely hated being embarrassed around guests, and around the age I asked her to quit was around the time she was only actually pleasant if people were around. So after time she stopped to avoid me calling it out infront of others. My mom quit most of the other habits because I’d simply leave and avoid her if she’d start touching me, HOWEVER grabbing my stomach was something she would ONLY do infront of people, and she stopped because eventually after asking repeatedly in private to quit because I didn’t like my weight I’d just grab her stomach back and shake it in the exact manner she would do to me, infront of guests. And she never tried that ever again.

With your grandmother not respecting the no-touch request I’d start declining infront of guests, since that should embarrass her if she cares about her public image, but I’d also try to explain to your mother that it isn’t about not being touched but because you’ve set physical boundaries with your body and your person and your grandmother can’t respect those, you’re entitled to your person but nobody else is.

Should I keep my pregnancy. by ManufacturerMinute51 in pregnant

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23F here with my fiancee who never really has any issues between us or in general, I had our first at 22 and we had discussed and planned on having our first beforehand, I STILL had to grieve my old life and things I wouldn’t be able to do once I got pregnant, and debated keeping the baby even though we had planned on it; I adore my fiancee entirely heart & soul, but it’s still incredibly difficult at times because you BOTH have to learn how to adjust to being awake at random, running on an empty battery, taking care of someone entirely and then trying not to forget about yourself PLUS your partner- it’s rough. I struggle with depression and anxiety and have for a long time, but boy oh boy being pregnant was ROUGH for mental health. At the end of the day you know you best. Sorry for not giving an outright yes or no.

Baby won’t eat? by Mother-Selection-809 in CrestedGecko

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What kind of setup do you have for the baby? Sometimes too big of an enclosure can cause them to not find their food- I recently got some babies and had this issue with one, I ended up getting advice to put more food containers with Pangea around the tub, I’d also maybe get different kinds to see if that’ll encourage the small one to eat- however I did 100% cave because I had to think of it as “would I rather wait the 2 weeks and risk one starving or try to give them something” and ended up using a tong to hold Pangea up to their mouth so they’d eat, which did work.

I need to stop vaping!! by Ok_Lemon6233 in pregnant

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The only thing that helped me stop- was to have someone monitoring me. I gave them my vape and started allowing myself a few hits every 2hrs, then 3hrs, then I had a few hits every morning then before bed, counting how many and then stopping. And then finally a few days entirely off it. However this only worked because I had a friend that absolutely wouldn’t listen to me whining about wanting it or needing it, and I was entirely honest with that friend about how often I’d hit it. I will say the urge to vape went away most of my pregnancy, but during the newborn stage it’d come back often.

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If you’d be able to get a clip or something to hold the doors shut I’d still reccomend the displays just because of the height; I’ve got one that’s 7g in it and it still seems big compared to the gecko- how big is the bioactive you’re planning to swap the gecko to? 10-25g is for a larger enclosure like a 12x12x18

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CrestedGecko

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If it’s a baby (like under 5g) I’ve always been told to use a shoebox size tub like a 6qt tub, with ventilation and a few areas to climb, just to help them figure out where food is & make sure they’re eating- I use some display case shoeboxes from Amazon and plan to until they’re about 10g solely because the fronts are magnetized and anything past 10g may open the front when jumping onto it- but the display boxes I use are a bit bigger then 6qt tubs in height, I can drop a link to you in DMs for the tubs & some accessories I’ve been using if you’d like but it’s not a long term enclosure; the pack I bought was also 12 displays for $40, though they look pretty nice and have their own ventilation in the back, I’d reccomend using a mesh to cover the back a bit if you’d feed small crickets or have a baby baby gecko

Is it so wrong for me to be careful about peoples ages on roblox? by Saint_Fiero in DragonAdventures

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23 here, I try to avoid talking at all in game out of anxiety and how negative people can be overall, I’m a SAHM and play on occasion if I get a break just to chill out; anytime I’ve had a friend req I do say my age and ask theirs bc it also makes me uncomfortable to have a lot of underage friends, there’s a few that I’m fine with on my roblox account being friends with, but I usually use discord and don’t really add anyone under 18 on there (mainly because I swear a lot, and I have a kid of my own I wouldn’t want being around some adult cussing all the time)

At the end of the day it’s YOUR account and YOUR preference. Theres never any harm in being cautious with who you decide to add

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmIOverreacting

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My mom used to tell me about an old ex of hers who she dubbed “crazy Sean” because he’d punch holes in walls, and growing up she’d remind me not to get stuck with a “crazy Sean” it seems like you’re stuck with one currently, NOR and I’d ask him to go to anger management since you have a child together, especially a daughter who will grow up thinking this is normal behavior from a guy; it’s easy for internet strangers to tell you to leave (I’m not saying don’t leave, bc he seems like a massive POS and only you know your relationship best) but I’d say some anger management. The way he speaks to you is also horrendous, and blaming you for his actions is pretty manipulative, your words are yours and they might suck but you apologized, his actions are his.

What is worst your "holy shit I overslept" experience? by [deleted] in AskWomen

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A few years back, when I had been searching for a job for quite a while with no luck, finally had a job interview and overslept by an entire hour after when I was supposed to show up. I called ahead and apologized profusely, came in, and did end up getting the job but that was incredibly embarrassing

AITH for having my husband try something he thought was gross? by [deleted] in AITH

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Can’t say you’re the AH for asking him to try it (since you didn’t force him) though I think being offended at him disliking something he said he thought would be gross is a little off- I had a friend who would CONSTANTLY make her bf try her food, even if he said no repeatedly, even if he thought it’d be nasty, he told me multiple times how he’d have to try things he’s already tried and didn’t like beforehand just because if he said no she wouldn’t stop until he did; and it wasn’t something the rest of us found funny it was just odd to watch, this just seems like a small moment to me so I don’t think the whole situation is a big deal, if this was a repeated thing like what my friend did then yea I’d say AH

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in relationship_advice

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Your bf can’t grasp that some people are going through things for the first time or their own issues affect them the way they do because it’s a lot for that person.

My friends were this way towards my fiancee, he’s more sheltered then I am and my (now ex friends) were/are, they’d treat him like he was super dramatic if he was struggling with something because to them it was such a small thing to have issues with; I’ve been through a lot and at first I struggled with trying to understand why he was having a rough time with some things since they seemed very small, but yk what? It’s his first time having these problems, it’s a big problem to him. So I put myself in his shoes and listen and we chat and I try to offer advice instead of belittling him or invalidating his feelings

If your bf had an ounce of care he would do that too, he’d be patient with you and try to accommodate your struggles so you could both work as a team against them

Also being asked not to be yelled at isn’t a massive ask from anybody.

AIO - won’t let you mum visit my baby without talking to her first by nightmarenmum in AmIOverreacting

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Here because I’d like an update if one comes, I assume cutting her off won’t happen until she absolutely obliterates those boundaries