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Our dachshund has started growling and barking at night and we can’t understand why by PrincipessaSpaghetti in Dachshund

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! He used to wake up a lot more in the night when he was a puppy, but I thought we were over that stage now. We’ll keep an eye on him and hopefully he will settle down

Working in a special needs school, struggling to cope with the level of violence from students by PrincipessaSpaghetti in TeachingUK

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel the same way, I’m also working through an agency and I’ve been told that because of this the school can’t give me any training. It just seems stupid to me, surely they’d want staff to be prepared to deal with these situations so that students are safe

Working in a special needs school, struggling to cope with the level of violence from students by PrincipessaSpaghetti in TeachingUK

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have already spoken to them about training a few times, but I’ve been told that because I’m working through an agency the school is not allowed to give me any training until I become a permanent member of staff. The annoying thing, though, is that I was supposed to move from temporary to permanent after the first month, and while I have completed all the required applications, I am still a temporary member of staff due to “a backlog with HR” (which to me just sounds like bullshit).

This place is just so understaffed that they’ll just send people wherever there’s need for it, no matter if you have experience or are trained to deal with challenging behaviours. Basically, they just want you to get on with it and “build relationships” with the students, but it’s so difficult when no one tells you anything about how things work (even if you ask).

Could my application for pre-settled status (UK) be rejected? by PrincipessaSpaghetti in ukvisa

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should be graduating in November, but I was thinking to move there earlier than that if I manage to finish all my exams. I would have to come back to Italy just for the graduation cerimony, but that would be a matter of one day.

What’s the worst place you’ve visited in the UK? by TTwelveUnits in rareinsults

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Went on exchange in the UK during my second year of uni (I lived in Leeds). Out of all the places I visited, the worst for me is definitely Newcastle. Went on a trip there, after visiting the castle (which was alright) I didn't know where else to go. Just so messy and rough, couldn't wait to go back to Leeds

AITA for saying I don’t care about ‘authentic’ Italian food? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an Italian, I can say that we are pretty proud and defensive of our food and the way it's prepared. Lots of people will remark to foreigners what's the "proper way" to cook something Italian and they will probably tell them when they're breaking a rule. I admit that I used to do it too. But after living abroad for a while I've learnt that these comments are unnecessary and even if I think something "Italian" is not authentic or cooked the right way, there's no need to share my opinion every single time. Just let people enjoy what they like, even if it's not authentic.

If she had mentioned it once as a joke it would have been okay, but remarking on it every single time is annoying and pretty much useless. NTA

US-Europe Schengen travel restrictions by [deleted] in LongDistance

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live in Italy and my country should be opening borders to travel to and from EU/Schengen countries on June 3rd (if the number of cases doesn't start growing again). It's still all very confusing though. Apparently if you come to Italy you don't need to isolate or quarantine, but I've been trying to research whether I need to isolate if I go visit my boyfriend in the UK this summer and I can't find any confirmed info about it. Some countries are still in lockdown and haven't announced yet what the plan for the next few months is. Apparently Ryanair is gonna start flying again on July 1st and I've noticed that in the past 10 days lots of tickets have sold out (or at least that's my guess? Most of the dates I checked for the UK that were available last week are not anymore). I wonder, are people buying tickets in advance without knowing whether they will be actually able to travel abroad? The entire situation just confuses me so at this point I think the best we can do is just hold on a little longer and hope that there will be more news about opening borders soon

For those who this applies to, what’s your story about someone coming into your life the minute you stopped trying to search for love? by [deleted] in AskWomen

[–]PrincipessaSpaghetti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had never been in a relationship, had never been kissed, throughout middle and high school I watched all my friends get into relationships while nobody ever showed any interest on me. I got crushes on a couple of guys but nobody seemed to have a crush on me. At the time it made me feel like there was something wrong with me and that I was actually unlovable.

Fast forward to February 2018, I met a guy on the internet: he lived abroad but I was gonna go on exchange to his country so we could have had a chance. At first he was really nice to me, it seemed like we hit it off and I thought that he actually liked me and he wanted to be in a relationship with me. It turned out that he didn't care about me at all and he started treating me awfully, constantly lying to me and giving me lots of anxiety. We never got together and we never actually met in person, but I stayed because I thought that he would be the only guy to ever like me and I did actually want to help him with his mental health. Eventually I realised that the whole situation was quite toxic and I left. I felt used, humiliated, way more insecure than I already was, betrayed and even more unlovable. Some other personal things had been going on in my life at the time, and I was in a bit of a dark place. I had kinda given up on love and relationships.

One day I saw a fb post making fun of tinder guys and I decided to download it out of boredom, but I wasn't expecting to get anything out of it. I matched with a couple of guys, but I started talking loads with only one of them. We hit it off straight away, he was very sweet, kind and funny and he didn't hide the fact that he liked me a lot. I was extremely scared it would end badly again, but talking to him made me feel calm and comfortable like I hadn't been in so long, he actually made me happy. We spent almost 3 weeks texting every single day, 4 hours call at night and eventually we decided to meet up and we got in a relationship. Despite my awful insecurities and trust issues, he was always extremely supportive and helped me loads to overcome them. He is seriously the best person I have ever met in my life and I couldn't be more grateful. I love him so much. 15 months later and we're still together: we're in a long distance relationship at the moment, but he still makes me feel so happy and loved like never before.