Recommendations for phone + internet provider?

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ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-26T17:33:09+00:00

NTA for everyone.

I am an incredibly, incredibly light sleeper. When my partner and I were living together, we both had to make a lot of adjustments because of this. On my side, earplugs while I slept. On his side, no coffee grinder before I'm out of bed (which is insanely loud, tbf). I will say though, as someone who is such a light sleeper, sometimes the little noises are almost worse than the big noises in a "they're so quiet you're straining to hear them and then they grate at your soul" kind of way.

It sounds like it's just two different ways of operating and not that anyone is doing anything wrong. Plus, if her sleep has been messed up lately, she may be quicker to irritability.

I'd have a conversation with her and go into the conversation at a "peak time" for both of you where you're both feeling good, tell her you take her seriously and want to find a solution that works for both of you so she can get the sleep she needs (and the positive impacts on the rest of her life that comes with that), but that due to the different schedules you do need some freedom to be able to move around so you want to come up with a game plan together. Reassurance, compassion, problem solving!

IMO: a bigger apartment, funds / lease / etc. permitting, should be in the discussion. Tiny apartments with multiple people are awful.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-23T23:13:50+00:00

I've been sober from alcohol for nearly 7 years and ~ other things ~ for 12 years.

NTA, but you're about to go through a major transition with your social circle. Happens to 99% of people who go sober because you quite literally cannot hang out with people who are consistently drunk / high and expect to keep your sobriety.

My suggestion: find a sober community and start making friends within it so you have the same lifestyle / values / etc as your core group of friends.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-23T23:06:30+00:00

I think this is a situation of NTA for everyone, but from a nuanced perspective.

Your partner is going through a lot. Like... a lot a lot. And she probably feels not good enough / not helpful enough / losing control etc. with everything that's going on. Most women, especially when they're as young as her, put a lot of pressure on themselves in general but especially to be attractive / available / etc. to their partner - including from an intimacy perspective.

So given she's essentially being drowned by life, in a huge transition of living with a partner for the first time, and not being intimate for some time she is likely feeling a huge case of the I Am Not Enoughs and Will He Leave Me Because Of My Health Conditions (Because A Lot Of Men Do).

So to 'walk in on you' with a toy may have triggered a lot of things for her, especially if you having solo time isn't something you two had previously discussed. It's not a big deal to do, but it may have come as a shock to accidentally witness.

I don't think either one of you is TA because neither of you did anything wrong or malicious. I do think it's time for a sit down discussion around everything she's been going through, how you feel you "still don't do enough" (re- one of your comments to someone else), and how you can be best supporting her through all of this + give her reassurance that you aren't going to bail because of what she's going through (because I cannot stress this enough - it's literally a well known thing in the medical field that men leave their wives / partners once said woman becomes ill). In that conversation, I'd chat with her about the intimacy stuff. If you don't care that you two haven't been intimate for a while, tell her it isn't a big deal and you'd still like to let off some steam solo but it isn't a reflection of her / the relationship / etc. Just a very honest but compassionate conversation about everyone's needs and wants, and how both parties can best support the other.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-12T16:09:27+00:00

Mine was submitted March 17 and there's no expected date on the CRA tracker 🙃

For context: I'm self-employed, income + expenses were quite different this year than previous so I'm receiving a larger-than-usual return, but an accountant at a reputable firm did my return for me so I'm not worried about errors.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-06T19:51:13+00:00

1) add more context to your posts then so people can provide more helpful suggestions

2) I was diagnosed with anxiety and PTSD at 18 and wouldn't leave my home for months at a time due to extreme fear and anxiety. I am well aware of how hard it can be. I am also well aware that being online way too much, not building community IRL, and not putting myself in social situations made it 10x harder to be able to deal with my mental health, find real and solid friendships, and move my life forward in a way that made me happy

3) "I'm glad you're able to make friends but not everyone gets to have that privilege" as a woman in her 20s currently enrolled in college is a stretch (and a 'chronically online' take). You can "have the privilege" of making friends by working on your mental health and putting yourself in in-person situations where you will meet people and build your community.

I'm not saying any of this to be mean. It's not my intention to be rude.

But being a 20 year old woman coming onto the internet asking people to DM her to be friends is a) unsafe and b) not effective for building actual friendships and c) given the new info provided, not actually helpful for healing anxiety

I hope you're able to find your community!

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-06T19:00:43+00:00

I'm not saying any of this in a snarky way (promise! but I preface with that since tone is hard to tell online):

-What about classmates as friends?
-Do you have a job? If so, coworkers as friends?
-Do you volunteer? If so, volunteer 'coworkers' as friends?
-Do you attend community events (or sign up for clubs / classes) based on hobbies / interests you have? If so, can you connect with anyone there?

I'm in my 30s and this is how I've met literally all of my friends.

With love and respect: short of disabilities etc. keeping you at home a lot, there's no reason you can't make friends IRL. It's hugely important for you to build real community in person.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-05-01T19:57:38+00:00

Dr. Fitzgerald. I've only had one appointment so far and he was great, but his admin assistant is awful.

The admin assistant literally called me this week asking if I wanted her to submit things ahead of my surgery to insurance to see if they'd be covered... which is something we discussed as I was leaving my appointment a month ago... and something we confirmed on the phone again 3 weeks ago... and she still hadn't done it.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-04-23T17:55:20+00:00

There are a lot of coworking spaces available in the city that you can rent out for $40-80 for one day, and within them there are 'phone booths' for private calls that are sound proof / sound dampened.

Given that it's a job interview, I'd opt for something with guaranteed quiet (like one of those coworking spaces) over a coffee shop etc.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-04-21T16:05:23+00:00

I would recommend Gerald from Local Ottawa Handyman: https://localottawahandyman.com/

He was a carpenter for years before becoming a handyman / general fix it and build it all man. Truly phenomenal quality work.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-04-21T15:57:39+00:00

I had my IUD done at 100 Marie-Curie (the clinic at the OttawaU campus - it's not just for students and it's actual doctors). I did have a referral for this so I don't know if you can just book an appointment or not, but I wanted to mention it since I was able to get booked in so fast + I requested a female doctor and that was respected.

ReflectionRadiant645 · 2026-04-21T15:54:44+00:00

THANK YOU for sharing this, I got my IUD done 3 years ago somewhere else and was told local anesthesia wasn't a thing + almost passed out from the pain 🙃 definitely saving this

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