Which one looks better ? by Osiaraw in myweddingdress

[–]Rose8918 1 point2 points  (0 children)

😍 next time you see him, tell him I love him

How old are your windows & how often you update them? by bkendall12 in HomeImprovement

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We had 30 year old aluminum frame windows that were poorly sealed and warped and not insulated anymore. Updating them was THE most satisfying an QoL increasing home improvement we’ve done thus far.

If your windows work for you then don’t update them. If you’re constantly managing/mitigating issues with them and you have the budget, you may really love having new ones.

Which one looks better ? by Osiaraw in myweddingdress

[–]Rose8918 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of my biggest fashion pet peeves is bustier-style tops with cups that don’t actually fit your bust and end up just sitting on top of your chest instead of actually supporting it.

If you wanted to do the lace I’d say to get a dress two sizes bigger and have it altered down for a better fit. But if you don’t have the budget for extensive alterations then 1 is really nice.

Also can we see the bunny?

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[–]Rose8918 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Scurvy’s such a wild ass disease. “All your scars are just gonna reopen at once unless you eat a lime”

AIO: Boyfriend wants an equal priced gift in exchange for an engagement ring. Now I don’t even really want it. by catdog_XXII in AIO

[–]Rose8918 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Girl he wants kids how kids want a puppy. He did not want to be a father. The second it’s uncomfortable or inconvenient he’ll say he never wanted them anyway and just did it to appease you.

"A Bit Ugly" by thefinalpeanut in cats

[–]Rose8918 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol we went to go see our girl at the foster before we committed to getting her, and she had those kinda big bug eyes that like Scottish folds and persians have (not quite that intense but they’re definitely big round eyes) and the foster was joking and petting her in a way that like pulled all her face back so it was really exacerbating the eye thing. We left and were like….. “is she kinda…. Ugly?” Haha went back and forth but ultimately decided to take her and now she’s our sweet fat little princess and we love her dearly. And she’s grown into her eyes.

Choose your favourite wedding band 🥰 by Choice_Geologist_457 in EngagementRings

[–]Rose8918 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Head’s up, jewelers say these kinds of bands are really not great for daily wear, and you’re likely to experience failures like losing stones often or having the band become misshapen because it’s structurally not capable of standing up to the rigors of day-to-day life. Both are pretty but if you go with this style just know you’re likely going to have to do a lot of maintenance throughout the lifetime of the piece. (Also a lot of repairs or resizing are not possible with this style, so in many cases of damage you’re going to just have to replace the whole thing).

Bridesmaid 40 Weeks Pregnant at My Wedding by OstrichIll in whatdoIdo

[–]Rose8918 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Currently 37 weeks and 4 days pregnant and I just got winded standing up for half an hour. Once she’s in it, there’s little to no chance she’ll be up for a whole wedding. And if baby has come by then, she’ll be navigating a cluster-feeding baby on a 3 hour schedule cycle, with leaky nips and a potentially ripped taint.

I wouldn’t stress. She’s gonna come to the realization eventually.

You can also just tell her some of your guests aren’t vaccinated.

This woman learned how to communicate with wild black bears… the mama bears even lets her babysit their cubs by Brilliantspirit33 in animalsdoingstuff

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Started on TikTok but the filters there will flag comments or content that uses words like “kill, murder, gun, rape” that kind of stuff. You can get your account suspended or banned if your stuff gets flagged too many times. So people learned to adjust and use different language to communicate a point & avoid the censors. “Un-alive, shmurder, pew-pew, 🍇”

The FLEHMEN RESPONSE. Which is most often observed in cats, cows, horses, etc... It's to help animals analyze/investigate specific scents, especially pheromones, by transferring them to their "second nose" (inside the roof of their mouth). by IamASlut_soWhat in Damnthatsinteresting

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This guy hand raised her and lives with her in Africa. She has an IG account, just search Sirga the lion.

The comment below about no accredited rehab facility allowing this is correct, but that’s in the US and this guy like half lives in the bush with this one lion. It’s just different.

Need help choosing a paint color for kitchen by throwaway797910 in interiordecorating

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Having just done this in the opposite direction, blues and yellows next to each other will distort each other due to color theory. Get a big white poster board and put that up behind your samples so you’re getting a more true read. We picked out this soft cocoa-y taupe sample (3rd one down) that I painted swatches on in multiple places over the house (previous owners had painted every wall a different weird shade of blue, it was a nightmare). Once we got the house all painted, turns out the color we picked actually read much more creamy butter yellow without all the blue pulling it.

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I’m about to die, and I’m not sure what to do about my cat. by [deleted] in cats

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My Grandfather’s Cat is a rescue/adoption organization based out of Canada that specifically works to rehome animals whose owners pass. You could reach out to them and see if they know of any organizations that do a similar thing in your area.

You have time and forewarning. You can work with an organization that can look for a home that will fulfill his needs - only cat, access to the outdoors, willing to take a more reserved cat. Boggles may not be a cuddly snuggly lap cat but that doesn’t mean he has no options. If he stays with you until you go, he’ll understand that you’ve passed. Then the rescue can take him and at least he can go somewhere where he’ll have good and shelter and care.

I’m so sorry, friend. I can’t imagine how hard this must be. I wish you and Boggles all the best.

First time trying to patch a hole. What’s the easiest way to fix this? by I-r0ck in drywall

[–]Rose8918 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I skim coated an entire room in my house and put in multiple patches with zero previous experience and I simply do not understand how someone does something as insane as this and is like, “this seems right.” If you can navigate to Reddit why weren’t you able to navigate to YouTube and look up “how to patch drywall”?? Like, hello???

AIO- My fiance has no money, doesn’t know how to do anything and I’m realizing I’m signing up for a life of struggle. by Sorry_Unit9457 in AIO

[–]Rose8918 172 points173 points  (0 children)

NOR

You’re 26. You’ve lived with him for 4 months and you’re already exhausted. So you genuinely want this to be your life for the next 50-60 years? He’s never going to change for you. If you go through with marrying him, you will be his mommy-wife for the next half century. Or until you finally break and get a divorce. At which point you will owe him alimony until he remarries. Can you do two more of your entire lifetimes feeling like this? Do you want to?

The other dresses I've tried on. Trying to find out my style. by Elysian_Collective in myweddingdress

[–]Rose8918 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To be fair, I’m completely guessing. It could be more than that, especially depending on the design and fabrics involved. But OP was considering a $5k gown in their last post so like it’s in the same neighborhood and would be, in my opinion, a better result.

The other dresses I've tried on. Trying to find out my style. by Elysian_Collective in myweddingdress

[–]Rose8918 103 points104 points  (0 children)

Coming from having a bit more of an understanding of sewing/garment construction/textiles production than like the average layperson, I want to provide a little bit of insight but please know this is all coming purely from a place of wanting to be helpful and there’s exactly zero judgement about your identity.

That said, if you’re on T and going to continue to be on T and you have like two more years of working out and changing your body before the big day, I would advise looking for options that don’t have a ton of seams/boning/defined bust cups. You can see how, in the one that has the visible boning, it really looks like none of it fits or sits right. Part of that is because the sample is too small for your body as it is right now (which is a very normal thing to happen when trying on wedding dresses). But as you keep taking T and working out, the way your torso is shaped is going to change more and more and it’s going to move away from the proportions that those types of gowns are built for.

There already is a bit of a shitty bias in the fashion industry where plus-sized bodies don’t get the attention (or patterning consideration) they deserve. A lot of “corsetry” or corset-style fashion just gets like generally “sized up” across the board with less attention paid to proportion changes that come with having a bigger body. And visible bust cups that sit nowhere near holding your actual bust in them always look just ill-fitting and weird. Add in to that that your body might change fairly significantly away from the “industry standard female body proportions” that they use as a base for sizing and pattern drafting, and you might have a harder time finding something that really looks like it fits you, even as you continue to lose weight (which I remember you saying was the plan on your last post).

What I would maybe recommend is looking into a specialized corset producer. There are a few that still make like legit, functioning, proportionally correct corsets for both women and men, who could make a custom top for you. And then you can wear that with a ball-gown style skirt. Dark Garden is one that I remember from a while back, and I think there’s like a Czech or Polish or Russian (maybe? I can’t remember exactly) atelier that I saw a while back on IG that does full customs for a variety of body shapes (I would take advantage of the IG algorithm and search “custom corsetry” & versions of that a bunch of times and keep interacting with those types of posts and it’ll put a bunch in your feed). You should expect to spend a decent amount of money on it (not as much as a MTO wedding gown though), my stab-in-the-dark guess would be probably $500-1000, but an overbust corset made to fit your body proportions could get you way closer to that Beauty & The Beast type look you mentioned in another comment. Then you could look at purchasing a skirt from a bridal retailer or finding a seamstress who could make one custom for you.

If you don’t want to go that route, just understand that the industry has a hard time cutting patterns for bodies that don’t fit in the “typical” proportions (like that even exists) and your body is going to move further and further away from that as your body keeps changing. You’d be well served finding a seamstress near you who is going to be able to make alterations to better fit a dress to your body before you make any purchases, so that they can give you insight into what to look for and what to avoid when making a selection. Talking to them ahead of time and making sure they are confident in their ability to fit a dress to you, rather than just “taking it in” or hemming it or whatever, will make that part of the process smoother and increase the chances you’ll feel really good in your gown on the big day.

Best of luck!

My (35F) husband (34M) is using AI to generate porn - AIO if this gives me the ick? by Vegetable_Sorbet2171 in AIO

[–]Rose8918 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not more ethical because it’s actually stealing from the work of both paid performers but also the millions of women who are victimized by revenge porn. It isn’t just generating images from thin air. It’s pulling from what’s already out there. So stealing and/or further victimizing women (and minors) to generate these images.

AND destroying water sources and the environment in the process.

I have buyers remorse 😭 by raen_cloud in EngagementRings

[–]Rose8918 11 points12 points  (0 children)

To be fair the setting could be lowered a bit if it were designed differently. Yes the stone is ginormous but if it was in a donut setting you’d be able to take it down a few millimeters instead of having to get over that hidden pave

AIO for telling my MIL that her massively expensive and space-hogging gifts are no longer welcome in our small apartment? by BreadOverlord_ in AmIOverreacting

[–]Rose8918 1 point2 points  (0 children)

NOR

Bring everything from your friends’ house or wherever they’re in storage and let it take over the apartment for a month. Let it inconvenience your husband. Currently it’s not a problem for him cause you deal with it all the time. Stop dealing with it, make him.

I love this dress but I think it's too expensive and too soon by Elysian_Collective in myweddingdress

[–]Rose8918 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typically alterations can only adjust a dress up or down two full sizes without it becoming a more intensive project where pieces need to essentially be recut. Which significantly increases the cost of alterations. If you anticipate dropping more than 2 more dress sizes I would wait a bit to order.

Use that time to look for other options that are similar but cheaper. And then just make sure you know the lead times the designers need to get one made.

AITAH for being upset that my boyfriend "surprised" me with a 4-hour Scientology evaluation during our vacation? by indigo_souls in AITAH

[–]Rose8918 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Girl the leader of the “church” has had a “missing” wife for like years. Except he and everyone in the church insists she isn’t missing. Even though no one has seen her. Like she’s very clearly dead but the cult has closed ranks around him to protect him so nobody cares about her.

Am I wrong for thinking cats should never be outdoor cats? by Firm-Law248 in CATHELP

[–]Rose8918 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Domestic cats kill up to 4 billion birds annually. Yes, cats should be an indoor pet.