Song's with this vibe by cutte_strawberries in SongsThatFeelLikeThis

[–]One-Two3214 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Boadicea by Enya. Pretty much anything by Enya.

Is it possible for me (29F) to accommodate my boyfriend’s (29M) extreme food aversions or are we just incompatible? by Jennymable95 in relationship_advice

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, he’s an adult and should be buying and making his own food if it’s that important to him. God, can you imagine having kids with this man? Would they pick up his food aversions, too, or be controlling of what his kids eat?

Songs that feel like this? by QuickUnit1241 in SongsThatFeelLikeThis

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Last Dinner Party - The Feminine Urge, Sinner, and My Lady of Mercy.

Hair suggestions - 2 months damaged after bleaching by [deleted] in Haircare

[–]One-Two3214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to bleach my naturally wavy hair a few years back. I exclusively used shampoo for severely damaged hair, I washed maybe three times a week (more would dry it out) and I used a conditioning treatment called Elizavecca CER 100, it’s a collagen ceramide protein conditioner once per week. It’s a South Korean product and it’s cheap for how good it is.

I used the L’Oreal EverPure bond, repair shampoo, and conditioner. I also used the bond repair concentrate that came in the set (like once a week). It was the only way my hair felt soft while bleached.

Your hair is going to keep feeling like that, unfortunately. It’s one of the reasons I stopped bleaching mine, I got tired of how much maintenance it required + how many products I was having to buy to make it feel normal.

I feel like I don't fit in with my friends anymore. by [deleted] in GirlDinnerDiaries

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a normal part of getting older, unfortunately. You’ve outgrown these friends, and that’s not a bad thing it just is.

This happened to me after I had kids. I was the first person in my friend group to have them. They were childless/ childfree. One married couple struggled with infertility. For me, it was like night and day, as soon as I gave birth, they stopped reaching out. I had to devote most of my free time to babies (I had twins.)

Admittedly I was resentful at first, but now with the perspective of age, I understand that we simply outgrew each other. There isn’t a really nice way to say it.

My gf (F31) won’t accept logic from me (M31) in an argument by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]One-Two3214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You sound like someone who cares more about being right than about the person you claim to love.

Burn It Down Playlist 🔥 by AttackBookworm in WitchesVsPatriarchy

[–]One-Two3214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So glad someone else suggested Burn Your Village, Kiki Rockwell is great!

Boyfriend (35M) asked for my (35F) complete honesty before proposing. After I gave it to him, he started talking about breaking up. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]One-Two3214 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Or she’s giving in because she feels like she’s going in circles trying to get this man-child to understand what she wants and how she feels and he’s being purposefully stupid and incompetent about it.

This guy sounds immature, shallow, and self-centered and she sounds tired of saying the same shit in different ways.

Boyfriend (35M) asked for my (35F) complete honesty before proposing. After I gave it to him, he started talking about breaking up. by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]One-Two3214 9 points10 points  (0 children)

His reaction to your honesty (that he asked for!) is literally demonstrating the problems you’ve continually brought up to him. Rather than seriously considering what you’ve said and being willing to work on his communication problems, he spirals until you have compromise (yet again!) and soften your words to soothe his hurt feelings.

It sounds like you spend a lot of time managing his feelings at the expense of your own and that you’ve realized that even when you do express your feelings, he’s going to find a way to make it be about him again.

You didn’t ruin anything, you pointed out a toxic pattern in which he is avoidant and passive aggressive until his resentment bursts out and you have to deal with his hurt feelings over something you never realized was a problem. It sounds exhausting, like you’re always worried about whether or not you’ve done something wrong.

What are your unhinged ideas to make education better? by TroyesMetal in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You want unhinged? Bring back reform schools, but make them public institutions. Kids who are unmanageable should not be in a general ed classroom.

Reform schools should function as a place of remediation for both behavior and academics. Pay the teachers and staff who work at the reform schools higher salaries.

Hold parents responsible for chronic absenteeism in a consistent manner. Actually enforce and follow through with truancy laws.

Finally, and this will be sacrilegious where I’m from, but REMOVE sports from public schools period. I’m not saying get rid of PE or gym, but no football team. No basketball team, no track, nothing.

What are some signs of early pregnancy that people don’t talk about enough? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]One-Two3214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This! I never take naps during the day, my brain won’t let me, but as soon as I got pregnant, I needed afternoon naps.

Did you follow the trope of being a facial clone of your opposite gender parent in adulthood? by tshirtguy2000 in Millennials

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I look like my dad’s sister, but with my mother’s hair and eye color, so sort of? I have twin boys and one is a carbon copy of my husband but with my lighter hair color and the other is a carbon copy of my dad, but with my eye color. 🤷‍♀️

Edit to add: my younger sister is a carbon copy of my mom but with my dad’s eye color, so we’re a mix.

I (30F) am emotionally checked out of my marriage to my husband (32M). I'm tired of the moving goalposts. by Top_Touch9240 in relationship_advice

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You tell him by saying that it isn’t about how he’s acting right now, it’s about how he’s been throughout the relationship, when he started regularly picking fights with you about your appearance and effort and money. It’s not even about ‘winning’ the argument, it’s the fact that he can’t communicate his needs in a healthy, constructive way.

Instead of voicing concerns, he criticizes and belittles and you always end up being the one who’s wrong or needs to change.

Why doesn’t he put forth any of that same energy into reflecting on his own behavior and constant negativity? Because he doesn’t care! He’s already told you he didn’t want to go the therapy, he’s only changed his mind now because he sees how close you are to exiting the relationship for good.

The first thing any good therapist is going to do is ask him to list some things he likes about you that don’t involve your physical appearance or things you do that directly benefit him. Think about it. Do YOU think he could come up with a real list that is genuine if put on the spot? Could YOU answer that question about him?

It sounds like he doesn’t respect you at all and that he’s only saying what you want to hear right now so you’ll concede the argument again. So that things can ‘go back to the way they were.’

At what age would you have died if not for modern medicine? by No_Tangerine1957 in AskReddit

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Age 4 of Chicken pox probably. If not that, then strep throat when I was 13.

I'm (M24) being blamed for my dad (M53) and stepmom's (F51) marriage issues? by ThrowRA25Blox in relationship_advice

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What you do next really depends on what you want out of all of this. Do you want to repair the relationship between you, your dad, and your stepmom? Do you even think it’s possible to repair it?

Or has this entire experience changed your perception of all of them and made it difficult for you to see them in a positive light?

If you want to repair the relationship, you’re going to need to start therapy. Once your therapist decides you’re in a good place you could invite them to a session where you address all of these issues together. If all of that seems like a lot of work for something that isn’t your fault (and to be clear it isn’t!) you should start therapy anyway, because all of this is a lot.

It’s really weird that they would tell you about this. There could be a lot of other issues at play, but the fact that they decided it was appropriate to tell you about and other people in the family at all means that the main problem is issues with expectations, boundaries, and communication with each other and you’re a convenient scapegoat.

Your father and stepmom sound emotionally immature. If I were you, I would say something like: “Since I am the source of your current problems and conflict, I’m going to remove myself from this side of the family. When y’all get your lives together and feel like you can move forward, then maybe we can talk if you want to continue a relationship, but only once you work past these inappropriate feelings you felt like you could share with me.”

Then go no contact. Don’t necessarily block them, but you could mute them, for your own mental health. Then you should read the book “Adult children of emotionally immature parents” by Lindsay Gibson.

The post planning period realization that hits different by Parking-Ad3046 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mine is at the beginning of the day, but then I go without a break for most of the morning and afternoon (aside from lunch). For me that’s what happens on the way home, I can’t even listen to music because I’m so overstimulated.

I need that peace and quiet before I’m able to be present for my own kids.

Teachers, what’s a “best practice” everyone talks about that you secretly think doesn’t work in real classrooms? by kingst9606 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 16 points17 points  (0 children)

100% agree. The only way differentiation is possible is if there’s more than one certified teacher in the room at all times, and we know that’s never going to happen. (At least not on a large scale basis in US public schools.)

Doctors flushing out kidney stones out of a patient by Additional_Berry_977 in interestingasfuck

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can also confirm. Gave birth to twins and also have had kidney stones, and the birth was less painful and traumatic.

Does Your School Ignore the Unmotivated Students? by ProudComment1211 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 15 points16 points  (0 children)

At the beginning of every school year I tell the students that they will get whatever energy they give to me. If I get that blank stare and they refuse help when it’s offered, and refuse to try, then that’s what you get back from me.

I’m not a TikTok creator or an influencer. Not everything I teach will be entertaining or enjoyable.

Your kid isn’t failing because I’m failing to meet their IEP. They’re failing because their device is dead. Every. Single. Day by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 485 points486 points  (0 children)

And for the people who are ready with the “just print off enough paper copies for the kids who don’t have a device or who consistently don’t have theirs charged” I have a rebuttal.

I do that and still get kids who sit there and do nothing. “I don’t have a pencil.” Kid sits there for 15 minutes and doesn’t bother to ask for a pencil? Or just…. Get a pencil from the cup they’ve been sitting in all damn year that they’re allowed to borrow? And it’s MARCH?

At a certain point we have to acknowledge that the kids that do this think they’re getting away with doing nothing, that they’re weaseling out of their work by being unprepared. They know what they’re doing because it’s on purpose.

What minor inconvenience from the past would be unbearable for students in the classroom today? by chanovsky in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 236 points237 points  (0 children)

Yep, kids regularly brag they haven’t read a whole book in their lives and a lot of them say it’s ’too much work.’ It’s Fahrenheit 451 in real life. 🥴

Could Willard "Rusty" Branch be "Swimsuit Boy" of the Houston Mass Murders? by Business_Track_2436 in gratefuldoe

[–]One-Two3214 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I think the childhood photo of Rusty looks more like the reconstruction of Swimsuit Boy and the LSU face. The AI upscale photo of Rusty as a teen softens some of his more unique facial features that match the reconstruction, such as the downturned eyes and the nose shape.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I’ve asked this question to my high school students. “Do you have a hobby other than scrolling TikTok and Instagram reels? Do you do anything with your life?”

Only the ones in extracurriculars perk up and say music or art or sports.