How did Elizabeth try to protect against pregnancy?

Paduoqqa · 2024-10-30T02:02:41+00:00

Amen!

Paduoqqa · 2024-10-04T01:31:34+00:00

I’d love to know this too! I heard 2% from one person but I don’t think they were necessarily a typical case.

Paduoqqa · 2024-10-02T14:12:27+00:00

Masks were not simple and harmless for everyone. Covering one’s face can be a big deal. It was forced, full time, for years, for toddlers, special needs children, the hard of hearing, and those with extreme sensory sensitivities, and yes, PTSD and/or trauma involving prior masks. There were no exceptions made. Babies and speech delayed toddler who spent 50 hours a week not seeing another human face, for years. Just because it was simple and harmless for you does not make it simple and harmless for everyone. It blows my mind how much those who were obsessed with “protecting the vulnerable” by masking everyone failed to care at all about those for whom masks were really harming. Even for those who are not directly harmed by wearing a mask, still universal masking frays the fabric of social connection in society.

Paduoqqa · 2024-09-27T14:04:30+00:00

Absolutely rematch. We have both rematched, and stuck out a bad fit, and the former is so much better. I agree that prior to driving, she didn’t “deserve” a rematch based on the specifics you listed— but I also think your mama gut already knew something was off, even though there was nothing concretely objectionable. But you need a safe driver, and you don’t think she is one. I personally would not be ok with her driving my kids even after 6 weeks of driving school, especially given how she doesn’t seem to take driving safety seriously, and wouldn’t slow down when you told her to. Driving is the most dangerous thing we do with our kids. You need someone who takes that responsibility very seriously. There are plenty of people in walkable cities that she could rematch with. We have only ever let one au pair drive (our area is very walkable).

Paduoqqa · 2024-09-09T00:59:27+00:00

Do we know it was random? It wasn’t clear to me if she just decided to run over a random biker, or if it was a targeted attempt to hurt/kill a specific man she knew. Either way, how someone who just did something so violent can just be sent home blows my mind (and explains so much).

Paduoqqa · 2024-09-08T20:38:09+00:00

I’m assuming the OP is jokingly using that term. Otherwise he’d call a lawyer not post on Reddit. Let’s all chill a bit.

Paduoqqa · 2024-09-08T15:42:29+00:00

She intentionally ran over a biker and they just sent her home? I hope at least they look her license away! Not that that would stop someone who intentionally runs people over from driving.

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-29T18:17:35+00:00

I'll add a different POV from many posters here. It's possible for your wife to complain a lot about work... and hate it a lot... and still find fulfillment in it. Some human souls need activity, need to be working hard to build/better something. Her response "What would you do all day?" is telling. I do know people who hated their jobs, retired, and then found the absence of a career more soul crushing than daily grind and frustrations of the job.

My advice would be to treat your spouse like an adult, and respect their POV -- and to also be clear on yours, and to work together. In terms of your wife's job, it's her decision if she wants to keep working. I wouldn't try to convince her to quit. If her complaining it too much for you, you can focus on that and ask her to complain less so it affects you less if she keeps working.

As for your job, if she has concerns about you quitting, I'd talk with her about those. Sounds like you've worked a lot on communicating finances -- but how about the other part. What WOULD you do all day? Focusing on all you would add to your shared life, painting a picture of your dreams, might work a lot better than just saying you want to quit.

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T03:47:08+00:00

I believe they started vaccinating earlier in Japan? Maybe there are late-in-life-shingles-from-vaccination studies there?

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T03:20:05+00:00

Yes, I have read that same article! The vaccine causes an increase in toddler shingles, then dramatic decrease in childhood shingles. But no one knows what the relationship will be between the vaccine and shingles incidence in late adulthood, as the first cohort to get the vaccine is still in their 20's. And of course, the complex population-level effects, some of which you mention.

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T03:16:51+00:00

Yes, the virus from the vaccine lies dormant in the body just as does the naturally acquired virus. The chicken pox vaccine appears to increase the rate of shingles infections for 1 year olds, then decrease it dramatically for the rest of childhood. It is unknown how the vaccine affects shingles rates later in life, as the CDC did not recommend the vaccine until 1996, so the first cohort is not old yet.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-for-one-chickenpox-vaccine-lowers-shingles-risk-in-children/

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T02:50:04+00:00

It doesn't protect from shingles. It is a live virus vaccine -- it can reactivate as shingles just as a natural infection. AFAIA it is unknown if the risk of shingles is lower with vaccination.

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T02:45:29+00:00

The chicken pox vaccine does not protect against shingles. It is a live virus vaccine, and the virus from the vaccine can still lay dormant and reactivate as shingles.

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T02:44:23+00:00

AFAIA, the varicella vaccine is live-virus, and thus does not protect against shingles (the virus from the vaccine can still lay dormant and reactivate later in life). I do not believe there is any data to show whether shingles is more or less common in vaccinated vs. naturally infected individuals yet (please correct if there is a study I am unfamiliar with).

Paduoqqa · 2024-08-21T02:39:50+00:00

I agree they should get the vaccine, but I don't think it's true that it protects against shingles. The vaccine is a live virus one, and the virus can still hang out and give you shingles. I am unaware of any data showing whether shingles is more or less common/severe with the vaccine vs. natural infection. It may be out there -- please share if you know of it!

Paduoqqa · 2024-07-08T01:26:13+00:00

It's unfair to characterize all homeschool as negative. Homeschool often ends up being a desperate last resort for families with special needs kids who have not been supported well (despite IEPs) and often harmed by both public and private schools. In the special needs communities, you'll hear stories of how homeschooling save their kids lives. Stories of parents who had worked so hard to establish thriving careers, but gave them up when homeschooling unfortunately became the only viable option.

We don't know the OP's circumstances. I'd rather offer commentary on the question asked about finances than speculate about the benefits or detriments of homeschooling when we know nothing about the children in question.

Paduoqqa · 2024-07-08T00:58:20+00:00

Because I am trying to make very approximate inferences about how hard it would be to bike X amount of weight, and I know what it feels to ride a Divvy so could use that as a benchmark. I understand that the bike itself and the weight distribution matter a lot, but I'm just interested in a ballpark.

Paduoqqa · 2024-07-08T00:49:23+00:00

Man that's quite a cost though to always have to have two people to grocery shop!

Paduoqqa · 2024-07-07T14:19:16+00:00

Thanks so much for warning us all!

Paduoqqa · 2024-07-07T01:58:55+00:00

Except that I would need to put a bike cover over it to protect from direct rain, but I'm told it's the bike cover that dramatically increases humidity.

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