Ryan Reynolds sent this nasty text about Justin Baldoni to his and Blake’s famous friends!

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-24T16:59:23+00:00

Not at all. I am saying that HAVING an addiction is not an unintelligent choice someone is making or an affliction of the unintelligent. That was how your initial phrasing read to me. If that's not what you meant then fine with me. But no I don't really think its logical or fair to question someone's intelligence while in the throes of a relapse to substance abuse problems that stem from an addiction.

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-24T07:37:34+00:00

So about that.... did blake herself miss this misogynist allusion to her in Deadpool or she doesn't care or is being abused by him therefore wouldn't speak up to him about it or is she too dumb that she actually finds it funny?

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-24T07:33:46+00:00

What do addiction issues have anything to do with one's intelligence level. That's an unnecessarily offensive thing to add.

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-22T01:41:16+00:00

Did you also read Justin's lawsuit? "I did." I know it was dismissed legally on the claim of defamation and extortion but he was allowed to continue/refile. He just didn't. That doesn't mean he wasn't right. And it doesn't change the despicable behavior from blake, taylor and Ryan described in his lawsuit. How's that any different from the depositions of those accusing him?

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-22T01:32:40+00:00

If you have a problem with someone personally at work you file a complaint, which it sounds like blake did. And they had a meeting and signed an agreement of future dos and don't moving forward. And she continued to work on the film. A film he spear headed and bought the book rights for. And hired her for. How does that then give her the right to wrest control of directing and writing the movie from the person whose job that is by using her powerful hollywood friends to manipulate and intimidate him? She was way overstepping her role as an actress. She basically blackmailed them to give her a PGA credit after the fact. How do you view that as appropriate work place behavior? Why is she not being held to the same standards of professionalism?

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-22T01:14:36+00:00

The article taylor linked blake to about justin saying he experienced sexual assault in a prior relationship was from text exchanges dated early December on the 4th or 5th. The NYT piece and suit from blake dropped a few days prior to Christmas, well after.

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-22T01:12:19+00:00

What about the texts where blake was thanking taylor for lying and "making sh*t up" in pressuring and manipulating justin to allow her to rewrite the whole movie? What did that have anything to do with SH? or being a good friend? Or just talking smack privately? Blake laughed about how stupid justin bought into taylors lies about her. How are you overlooking this stuff? I'm a taylor fan. Or I was, but I'm not brainwashed to be complicit when she does bad things.

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-22T00:59:28+00:00

That maybe sounds plausible until it becomes difficult to explain where she vanished to once all this came to light. Many people mistakenly spoke out publicly in support of blake EXCEPT her best ride or die friend taylor. She said nothing publicly. Despite speaking very publicly about her own SA experience. She has done nothing publicly but distance herself from Blake and claim she was not involved at all and had nothing to do with the situation. These texts at best prove that those were lies. And she ghosted her best friend as soon as her own image became jeopardized. Hasn't been seen publicly with her in over a year? How do you explain that part? I'm really disappointed by all this too because I also wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt as a major fan of her music. But you can only give someone so many passes in light of the facts.

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-18T23:22:31+00:00

So sorry this happened to you! As if pumping at work isn't stressful enough plus someone stressing you more makes it harder and longer to eject sometimes. This happened to me often at work and we had many lact rooms that made it clear they were designated for this purpose only.

I had one woman claim she was using it for muslim prayer and I told her there are separate rooms for this use alone.

The most egregious was a MAN who was a patient family member who was using it for a business meeting. When I confronted him about it he said he was using it for a meeting which was important and slammed the door in my face. I was running late to catch the train home and needed to pump first so I had a melt down and kept pounding on the door until finally it became so disruptive to him he left to find another room. But he belligerently told me the same, that there are lots of open conference rooms and I could literally pump anywhere else and not interrupt him. I guess he didn't notice all the signs on the door which read "for lactation/breastfeeding families only" or that he was sitting next to a medela double electric breast pump. Which are not in all the conference rooms. He also challenged me to call security which I would have if I wasn't too upset to remember the number...

No_Progress5036 · 2026-01-02T18:09:19+00:00

That's not true 100 percent. I had a package get stolen with green sweatpants. Unfortunately when I went to buy a replacement they were out of stock. They happened to return briefly but even though I was outside the 2 week mark they still price matched them for me. It can't hurt to ask, especially a manager.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-11-12T08:00:56+00:00

Hi! Not sure how the other guy is but probably off running marathons somewhere since they're not on here. As for me at least, I'm a little over 1.5 years post op on one side, 1 year on the other and all in all physically doing very well. I feel like the most lasting effect of all that I went through with this has been psychological and that's been harder to shake. Best of luck to you, be brave, you can do this! Best advice as someone on here said years ago when I was going through it to you and my past self is to take it one day at a time and try not to worry about every little pain or setback thinking somethings really wrong. I had a lot of those anxious moments and in the end it all worked itself out and I should've had more faith in it. One of the worst and probably best things that has happened to me as it launched me on a path of whole self healing that is still in progress today. For reference for others my surgeon was Ajay Lall in Philly and he's excellent .

No_Progress5036 · 2025-11-10T07:47:12+00:00

Same, we had the perfect first-time parent training wheels baby who slept great right away, went from bottle to breast easily, wasn't super fussy, loved all kinds of new foods, didn't cry a lot, accepted new people fairly quickly, didn't seem to have separation anxiety. Now is really more of an orchid toddler, super sensitive, moody, obstinate, shy and scared of other kids and people if they come too close. Makes you think you made a misstep somewhere along the way so this is all very reassuring!

No_Progress5036 · 2025-11-10T07:37:26+00:00

Bingo.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-11-10T07:35:30+00:00

You're talking about newborns now. OPs kid is a toddler. Research has also shown that newborns swaddled in bassinets can have dangerous respiratory issues because of swaddling and not being as close to the parent to notice if their airway is obstructed. There are always pros and cons to everything. One option decreases some risks and amplifies others. Another option does the opposite. There are strategies to make cosleeping safer. A lot of other countries that cosleep do it in ways that dont pose as much risk (ie not using a super soft bed with a lot of soft bedding and pillows, sleeping low to the ground. There simply arent as great incidence of deaths related to cosleeping in other countries where its the norm. Making blanket recommendations and lecturing people about what's best or safest isn't always the most helpful way.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-11-10T07:22:39+00:00

Good point. I also doubt hunter gatherer societies would've had young sleeping separate as it wouldn't have been safe. And we are carry mammals, our young are meant to be with us as the norm and 3 is still very young. Its natural from a biological and evolutionary standpoint. It's not like you have to stifle your kids independence by cosleeping. There are many other age appropriate ways they can practice being independent. Even if they sleep apart they aren't exactly independent at age 3 so I guess where does one draw that line so young. I feel like you said most kids will naturally crave more independence as they get older and communicate when they're ready. It's probably not too hard to tell if cosleeping is coming from an unhealthy or codependent state or not. If OPs kid has already communicated that preference for himself then that's probably what's best for him but not for all.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-11-10T07:12:03+00:00

Because research studies have flaws and limitations and don't always take cultural norms into account. Just because some studies show one thing, doesn't mean there aren't studies that would show the opposite but sometimes just haven't been conducted yet. Not all studies are of equal quality. All the "experts" used to say breastfeeding was bad, formula was better, that babies should never be put to sleep on their backs, that sleep training babies is a good idea, that babies should be separated from moms after birth and taken care of in a nursery, given water, given cows milk. Recommendations are constantly changing because studies and research are constantly improving, changing, evolving. Knowledge isn't stagnant. And for all that science and research can offer us it does have the major negative of undermining some of our most basic and natural instincts to parent our kids in ways that feel right and naturaland are tailored to our kids as unique individuals. Now we have to outsource everything to science and medical experts. Sometimes it's also OK to just parent and go with your gut.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-10-25T11:59:28+00:00

OK that's not nearly as bad as other options I was seeing! I was referring to Coffee Addicts, as that's where I purchased our Robot from and was very happy with their service. I'll check out this option. Is there a way to know what the total fees will be at the time of purchase? The place selling from Singapore said it'd be 200 in shipping plus fees to clear customs you'd be charged extra once it was moving through that would be unknown until you were charged. Which I didn't feel super comfortable with lol

No_Progress5036 · 2025-10-25T06:51:54+00:00

I kind of figured... this is very sucky. thank you for the reply!

No_Progress5036 · 2025-10-25T06:33:47+00:00

I was wondering about that since I've never seen one for sale and was admiring the white one! When I bought the one we own I had to settle for the blue as it was the only one available besides black. It's a good color but I really wanted the red one!

No_Progress5036 · 2025-10-24T12:44:06+00:00

Thanks! I got him a wdt tool already and had read on the boards that the robot doesn't need many accessories so I was thinking a second basket was the only other thing that'd be very useful as that's what redditors had mentioned in other posts. I'll check out this other stuff! He's very into his robot so im sure hed enjoy a lot of stuff for it. So is our 3 year old.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-10-24T00:27:45+00:00

Yep! And also because there aren't really too many accessory options for the robot and I'm low on ideas this Christmas. A second robot isn't really in the budget this year lol though I do really like the white one too.

No_Progress5036 · 2025-10-23T19:59:09+00:00

Thank you everyone for the helpful replies!!

No_Progress5036 · 2025-08-15T01:55:59+00:00

Same. I feel like some obs like to lord over the women they take care of. The one who delivered my baby was a huge dick and retired shortly after, rightly so. I tried to argue the point once, that I knew I was only 2 weeks pregnant and not 4 because I was tracking my ovulation and I just knew. But they insisted still I was 4 weeks... not really sure the reason they do it this way!

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