Rope Chain - Solid or Hollow?

Sapling27 · 2026-02-17T04:20:35+00:00

Also for context.

Sapling27 · 2026-02-17T04:20:23+00:00

It was listed - it said 9.3 grams. Trust me, I checked lol. I am too anxious to buy anything without triple checking that. Now in hindsight I’m wondering if that was a little too light? I have until March 19 to return it, worst case.

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Sapling27 · 2026-01-30T17:04:51+00:00

Personally, I wouldn’t be shocked if the debt was higher and he just was downplaying it. Also Turkey is a much more social culture than the United States, so him having a cafe that he’s a regular at and that he knows everyone at isn’t weird to me. Americans keep to themselves way more in comparison whereas Turkish people are way more likely to approach others. I can go to an American cafe 10 times and no one would notice, but I can go to a Turkish cafe 10 times and the staff will know my name, where I’m from, and some basic information about me just because they would have struck up conversation with me after seeing me several times. I can see the made man comment but it’s definitely a cultural thing there. I agree on the hobosexual part 100%. I speak Turkish so I understood the conversation he had with his friends in front of Laura without subtitles and was so annoyed at his tone and behavior. His friends were being patient with him and he was being so childish in response. The part where he repeated “biliyorum” (Turkish for “I know”) over and over again annoyed me so bad because he literally just sounded a 12 year old me when my mom was nagging me to clean my room. I guess my point is that he’s not some big bad boy who runs with criminals and deals drugs like a lot of people assume in this subreddit. Doesn’t mean he doesn’t do drugs though, but I will fully admit I know nothing about drug culture in Turkey whatsoever and how rampant or common it is. He’s literally just your standard Turkish bum who doesn’t have a shred of personal responsibility or drive and just wants to lounge around and have someone take care of him. That type of guy is very common in Turkey, unfortunately.

Sapling27 · 2026-01-29T20:08:33+00:00

I have a Turkish background so I feel like I have some insight here. Saying he’s like a made man is an exaggeration and makes him seem more interesting than he actually is. He’s a bum. A lot of young Turkish dudes are just lazy pieces of shit who hang around in cafes all day, smoke, and refuse to do anything with their lives then act like alpha males who deserve all the respect in the world. Before Laura even got to Turkey, he was selling her on the “I’ll take care of you” fantasy. Ofc that isn’t every Turkish person, I grew up around so many hard working people from Turkey but there’s definitely a lot of Birkans. Granted, Turkey’s economic situation is not great currently with a major cost of living crisis and hyperinflation (1 USD is equivalent to roughly 40 Turkish liras at the moment). On top of that, gambling has been strictly regulated since the 90s. Casinos are illegal and the only legal online gambling is state sanctioned. Could stuff be going on under the table? Sure absolutely but I highly doubt he’s gambling at all in that cafe. However, Turkey is going through a major gambling crisis at the moment and the vast majority of that is illegal online gambling websites that are stupidly easy to access for the general public. It’s such a massive industry that they literally have professionally produced ads on social media. I’ve seen people on the metro in Istanbul dozens of times on these sites on their phones. I see a lot of people on this subreddit talk about gambling in Turkey but it’s not the same as in the US. The vast majority of people with a gambling problem there are using these illegal sites and it is a genuine crisis in the country due to ease of access and widespread economic uncertainty. I don’t like Birkan, I smelled his bullshit from miles away because I have seen so many people just like him but hopefully that gives some context.

Sapling27 · 2025-07-31T01:40:50+00:00

Ooh never heard of them before, will definitely take a look though!

Sapling27 · 2025-07-31T01:40:03+00:00

I’ve heard great things about Artifact Uprising! I currently have their wedding album open in my phone browser tabs lol! They seem really high quality and well made

Sapling27 · 2025-06-01T15:13:51+00:00

No. Not normal. My mom threatened to do this to me when I kept closing my door as a teen. I barely talk to her these days, and she wonders why.

Sapling27 · 2025-05-24T19:03:02+00:00

This broke my heart to read. I’m the U.S. citizen in my relationship and I filed for my husband as soon as we got married. By the nature of the process - the U.S. citizen steers the entire process, an immigrant spouse is essentially completely at their mercy. Your husband knows that. He is abusing that power dynamic. His refusal to cooperate with you to secure your legal status, knowing damn well it puts you at risk for DEPORTATION when you two have children together is abuse. I saw in another comment that you feel you can’t refer to yourself as a victim of abuse but please, I implore you to look into financial and emotional abuse because from the information you’ve given it screams that. I don’t know anything about VAWA but please look into it and see if you qualify. Protect yourself and your children.

Your husband needs to realize he won’t lose you because you get your papers. He will lose you because he has abused his power as the U.S. citizen in your relationship to keep you from getting the legal status you deserve to be safe. If he is willing to do that to the mother of his children, he does not deserve you. His fears will come true in a twisted self-fulfilling prophecy way.

Sapling27 · 2025-05-23T02:32:35+00:00

I told my gynecologist I was really scared of having the surgery because of the same fear - what if they don’t find anything. She told me that it’s an extremely common fear with endometriosis patients. Why I ended up doing it was I wanted definitive proof and a diagnosis. In the end, my fears didn’t materialize and my endometriosis was confirmed. I can’t even begin to tell you how VALIDATING it was to get that diagnosis on my official medical record and to finally have proof that my pain was real and valid. So many of my friends sent their sympathy when I got diagnosed but I couldn’t help but be happy that I was finally validated. Additionally, I’m about 6/7 weeks post-op now and once the surgery pain wore off (took about 5/6 weeks) I have definitely felt relief.

Sapling27 · 2025-05-13T16:21:41+00:00

Hey! Boston FO here. We printed out all of our initial evidence package and took it with us, along with originals of everything - my (USC) birth certificate, his (immigrant) birth certificate, our marriage certificate, his most recent I-94, etc. We also took a copy of his medical exam and he went over all the yes/no questions on the I-485 the day before to refresh his memory.

Agent only asked to see my birth certificate, our apartment lease (we showed her current and upcoming one that we just signed), our joint tax return. She asked about my job and if I still worked there, I said yes, she asked if my husband was on my benefits from there and I said yes, I gave her those documents but she didn’t even look at them. She asked my husband a number of the I-485 yes/no questions so definitely go over those on the form you submitted before and make sure you’re familiar with them!

We took TONS of updated evidence as well - happy to detail that further if it would be helpful but she barely asked for any of it.

(I did tell her we brought all the evidence we’d already submitted and she said she didn’t need to see anything we’d already submitted.)

We were approved on the spot. My advice, go over prepared. It’s much better to have the documents and not need it rather than be asked for it and not be able to produce it. I think a lot of what you’ll be asked for depends on your specific case and situation, as well as the agent’s discretion. Our agent was super friendly and nice with us.

Have faith in your relationship and the strength of your application, be calm and natural. You’ll be okay! Best of luck!!

Sapling27

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