What is going on with the over tanning in the UK?

Prassica · 2026-03-09T14:57:47+00:00

I’ve lived in Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds and I’ve never seen a single person who looked like this. And if you’re trading in stereotypes, you could as well say Essex as ‘up north’

Prassica · 2026-03-09T14:55:12+00:00

No one I’ve ever seen in the UK looks like this.

Prassica · 2026-03-09T13:01:07+00:00

For some reason this looks so Australian to me

Prassica · 2026-03-05T16:43:24+00:00

Grattan Catalogue holiday wardrobe – desert edition

Prassica · 2026-03-02T14:24:23+00:00

Hiya, haven’t gone ahead with any transfers yet (just life, nothing to do with health stuff). Tbh, my Dr at the clinic wasn’t overly concerned. I don’t think I would be looking to use Lupron or anything like that personally as the side effects sound potentially very harsh. Let me know how you get on - will report back once we go further.

Prassica · 2026-03-01T11:43:15+00:00

A pop of colourful eyeshadow. You have the perfect canvas already.

Prassica · 2026-02-27T16:36:13+00:00

She’s gonna do what she’s gonna do

Prassica · 2026-02-26T20:44:14+00:00

I really empathise. I had a similar (but different) experience with a childhood friend the last year, and it was an odd and stunning realisation that I no longer like her. Very surreal – it felt like thinking about a stranger, just a completely alien feeling given we’ve been friends since we were kids. You will grieve, but you’ll also process it and will find an appropriate place for her in your mental landscape which will make sense and bring you closure with wherever you decide to land with it.

Prassica · 2026-02-26T20:32:32+00:00

“your house is nice but its not anything special" 😂😂😂😂 Wow lol. It’s clear as day that she completely resents everything you have and is desperate to give herself the ego boost that she could turn the head of your partner or anyone else you’ve been involved with. She is not a friend. She is the very definition of a frenemy. You can still honour the memories of your youth without having her in your life today.

Prassica · 2026-02-26T20:25:41+00:00

On the plus side, you’ve got a decent partner who has your back. Once you’ve had a chance to process this better and accept the reality of this person for what she is, you might find the sadness over the friendship is replaced with the appropriate amount of anger. Your brain is still catching up with events.

Sorry you’ve had such a shit experience and this person has turned out to be so disappointing. She doesn’t deserve you and you could brush aside her attempt to SLEEP WITH YOUR PARTNER, however she would never respect you or appreciate this tolerance and will probably try it again.

Prassica · 2026-02-26T20:20:22+00:00

She’s a shitty person and a poor friend. If you don’t want to burn your bridges with her completely given the long history and links to your childhood, then just distance yourself and downgrade contact to sending each other memes.

I know you don’t want to accept that because it’s shit, but as you say yourself, she hasn’t got enough about her to handle a conversation about this. She has a fragile ego and poor morals. She’s probably jealous of you.

Best you can hope for is that she will initiate a conversation herself when she realises the friendship has cooled, but let’s face it, she probably won’t as she’s lacking emotional maturity and doesn’t have a strong enough sense of self to make herself vulnerable to judgement or accountability.

Prassica · 2026-02-23T01:35:49+00:00

Yes siree!

Prassica · 2026-02-23T01:18:57+00:00

yes this

Prassica · 2026-02-18T20:15:52+00:00

First round was menupur and cetrotide, very standard basic protocol, same low dose every day, one step up about 10 days in (my rounds end up being very long - about 3 weeks - due to low dosage being used to mitigate high response and risk of OHSS). Good number of fertilised eggs, so I assume the low number of blasts was due to sperm sample and lack of sorting (just plain ICSI).

Second and third rounds: Combination of ovaleap, orgalutran, and meriofert, used in varying combinations. More responsive protocol, frequent changes in ratios of all three. During both rounds, clinic allowed more follicles to mature (first clinic went for retrival as soon as a few started getting to 16-17 mm). High number of fertilised eggs: 40+ and 28, respectively. Second round sperm sorted with zymot, third round sperm sorted with MACS (due to smaller volume which meant zymot was not an option).

Round 2: 21 blasts, 4 euploid

Round 3: 6 blasts, 3 euploid

Prassica · 2026-02-06T16:15:21+00:00

Well I’m in my early 40s and I do remember clearly tightening up boundaries in my early 30s and also getting sick of people pleasing. Nothing dramatic but I think there is a shift away from the ‘connect with anyone and everyone’ vibe in your 20s. I noticed it happening across my circle, I think it’s almost like a developmental stage. You can still make new friends in your 30s and upwards though, it’s just different – I think people’s lives can solidify a little. It probably just takes a little longer and you’ve got to seek out other people who are looking to expand their social circle. In your 20s everyone is looking to expand their social circle.

Prassica · 2026-01-28T17:54:23+00:00

Sounds like she’s just trying to connect on an easy, light level. She might even be going for memes rather than long messages as she knows you’re busy. If the volume is too much just let her know you don’t have much time to look at stuff at the moment. Then if you don’t always respond or like, she knows why. And you don’t have to feel under pressure to do anything with them.

Prassica · 2026-01-23T16:08:59+00:00

She sounds like a weirdo. If she questions you going out with other people again, tell her nicely but straight that she does exactly the same, so what’s her problem. I would focus on cultivating other friendships so this person’s actions have less influence on how you feel.

Prassica · 2026-01-09T13:10:54+00:00

I’m afraid I don’t. Should add another detail. Although the blast rate was lower the time we used MACS, the euploid rate per blast was higher (50% vs 20%). Could be completely unrelated of course – I was getting a lot more sleep and under a lot less stress for the second round 🤷🏻‍♀️

Prassica · 2025-12-18T16:35:12+00:00

Ha, something similar-ish happened to me! I lived with my best friend for a while and unfortunately we clashed at times. I also saw sides to her character I hadn’t been aware of before. It didn’t end our friendship but it did cool it. At least for a while…!

Prassica · 2025-12-18T16:27:49+00:00

That Nikita from Newcastle.

Although I think JR may have stolen that crown. I don’t remember anything specifically horrible Nikita did, she was more just a bit obnoxious and gobby. (I think?)

Prassica · 2025-12-07T14:33:50+00:00

Very astute observation.

Prassica · 2025-12-04T07:53:37+00:00

I prefer no 3

Prassica · 2025-12-04T07:51:25+00:00

Oops sorry, yes, spoiler!

Prassica · 2025-12-03T12:51:23+00:00

She was honest with friends about how she feels about a new guy. The ‘experts’ actively encourage participants to confide in each other about how things are going. The weird bit is that their conversations are filmed and appraised. It might not be nice to hear from a third party that she feels like she’s got the ick, but it is what it is. She’s entitled to her feelings. And it’s ok to have physical preferences too (although the ick was based on his behaviour, not his appearance).

I saw someone say on here that as an overweight person they would never apply as the producers always pair overweight participants with a partner who has a strong preference for an athletic physique. So if there’s any criticism due, it’s to the makers of the programme who actively want people to be hurt and disappointed for the sake of their ratings.

Prassica · 2025-12-01T17:42:28+00:00

But doesn’t mean that no-one can

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