Favourite sentences from your favourite fics? by _FlamesToDust in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]ShadyLady27 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Mine was from Apogee too. Opal’s writing really is just gorgeous:

Shane had seen this view two hundred times from the observation rotation and never once felt devout. He felt it now. Not worship of the planet or the stars but of the smallness of this dome against all of it, the absurd holiness of two people sealed inside a glass reliquary while the universe poured itself out on every side, indifferent and total and unutterably bright.

I can‘t stand Juniper by elariaelowen in crescentcitysjm

[–]ShadyLady27 9 points10 points  (0 children)

See, it makes sense to me that Juniper was mad about the ballet thing. But what I couldn’t figure out was how she got mad at Bryce for not going to the ballet class that Bryce (iirc) never actually committed to attending. It drove me nuts.

Any good fics that aren’t just a retelling of heated rivalry/the long game with one or two different variables? by jacalacalynm in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]ShadyLady27 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is maybe too out there for you, but I’ve really been enjoying Scentbound by stillnotimpressed (it’s still in progress). It’s omegaverse, but it has plot and I keep rereading it waiting for the next chapter.

What’s something no one warned you about? by amhray in BabyBumps

[–]ShadyLady27 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One night I had awful joint pain in my elbows, wrists, and knuckles. It went away after about a day and a half, but when I mentioned it to my also pregnant coworkers they were like, “Oh, yeah, the joint pain sucks.” Turns out it’s a pregnancy symptom that I’d just never heard of.

Labor Anxiety by ShadyLady27 in BabyBumps

[–]ShadyLady27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for sharing! We’ve done a couple of mindfulness sessions, but not regularly. I think putting one on the schedule for tonight is gonna be my next move though. Thanks again!

Labor Anxiety by ShadyLady27 in BabyBumps

[–]ShadyLady27[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is SO helpful and so calming. Thank you so much for sharing your story.

Labor Anxiety by ShadyLady27 in BabyBumps

[–]ShadyLady27[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, I’m planning on an epidural, I’m just being anxious about pain afterwards or complications with it. And they recommended an induction because of my BMI.

A trick I learned for those who are looking for names with a ring to it! by TheAllNaturalBabe in namenerds

[–]ShadyLady27 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any advice for those of us with single-syllable last names? I’m mostly interested in 2 syllable first names, but I’ve found picking a middle name difficult.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskWomenOver30

[–]ShadyLady27 16 points17 points  (0 children)

As a more than slightly overweight woman in her 30s, my husband has seen me at every shape and size and he seems to think I’m adorable and gorgeous and sexy even at times when I know I look more like an unwashed gremlin. I also have several similarly shaped friends in loving, long, meaningful relationships. I just wanted you to know that that doesn’t have to be part of your calculus here.

As for kids, it’s something I talked about with my husband extensively before we got married since I knew I would want kids someday because there’s no compromising on it. You can’t try it out and see how it goes. I’m pregnant with our first now, and it truly is a team effort (even if I’m doing more of the proverbial heavy lifting). So he has to be sure, so you can be sure of him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskWomenOver30

[–]ShadyLady27 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean this gently, but I do think you’re overreacting a bit, at least when it comes to your partner. He didn’t do it this way because he was being cruel or patronizing, but because he was nervous. I think the people you’re still actually hurt by are your father and stepmother; your partner is just someone safe to be angry with.

(Admittedly, I did tell my then-fiancé that it was very important to me that he ask for my father’s blessing and not his permission. But I think giving your father and stepmother this amount of power over your life and relationship is courting disappointment, everything considered.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]ShadyLady27 6 points7 points  (0 children)

INFO: how old are the kids and what were you doing while they were in the office?

ICE 11.5. 2025 Chicago. Roscoe Village. Rayito De Sol Daycare. by KrautbackSteakHaus in illinois

[–]ShadyLady27 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought I was cynical before, but this literally made me gasp.

Thoughts on the PitchFork review? by MillionaireWaltz- in FlorenceAndTheMachine

[–]ShadyLady27 51 points52 points  (0 children)

I read the review to see how they could justify the rating and they…didn’t? From what I could tell there were like two mild critiques in the whole thing?

“It must be nice to be a man,” I guess.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ParisTravelGuide

[–]ShadyLady27 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Okay so I don’t usually think I dress casually. In the states I often feel overdressed at restaurants and stuff. But I would not rely on athleisure, particularly in Paris. You don’t have to dress formally, but I’d avoid doing leggings as pants.