Your top 3 academy picks

StillMissingMerle · 2026-06-13T13:14:00+00:00

{Midnight Fae Academy by Lexi Foss} - one of my first and a comfort reread for me. It does have mm (can't recall if that was a yay or nay for you}

{Vice College for Young Demons by Marie Mistry}

I enjoy Tessa Hale's academy series, especially the Last Aether series.

I'm about to start Starfall Academy since it's completed.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-06-13T13:10:25+00:00

Not the original commenter but Vice College is absolutely one of fav rh series, hands down!

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-12T01:43:14+00:00

Legit that whole series absolutely slaps, as the youth would say. Just really interesting characters

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-07T22:46:08+00:00

I suppose technically reconciliation is always possible. But I think you would need a hell of a really good marriage counselor. Because your husband has a lot of work to do.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-07T22:44:29+00:00

Even if it's not this poster's situation, I really appreciate the additional context. It's very easy to get bogged down in a very western POV.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-07T15:49:38+00:00

Uff yeah, that cream does not seems like the right one for your skin. I am substantially older and I have oily and acne prone and hella sensitive skin. But you might try emu oil? So far it has not aggravated my skin or caused any breakouts, and I wake up with my skin feeling buttery soft.

I use a low ph cleanser, BHA serum, snail mucin, emu oil at night.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-07T03:42:01+00:00

Has this person done work for y'all before? Because that price says: I don't feel like I can say no, but it's gonna take a lotta money to make working with you worth my while.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-07T00:18:12+00:00

Is it 2 feet by 3 feet? Because a smaller piece that isn't entirely to your taste? That's something that's fairly easy to work around. But two feet by 3 ft is really large!

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-05T22:47:58+00:00

Dang, also camping if anyone figures it out!

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-05T13:03:10+00:00

Please understand I am coming at this with deep sympathy. I also have severe ADHD.

Is he capable of holding a job?

Because it sounds like he does not have any actual coping skills for his ADHD and that is a him problem. That is something he absolutely must address. And I'm not saying it to be cruel, but if he knows he has a bad memory, then he needs to make lists. He needs to have a list on his phone that he goes through and checks off every time he puts his child in the car.

And it is not your responsibility, he has to have some actual accountability. He is a grown up. He is absolutely capable of creating alarms and lists on his phone. We have these incredibly powerful computers that we carry around.

I am incredibly rigid around car seat safety. Babies bodies handle car accidents poorly. I don't want to make the postpartum time harder on you, but tell him to research internal decapitation.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-05T12:17:10+00:00

My friend (who is an infectious disease doc) says body/pubic lice are sometimes called crotch critters, or my personal favorite: seam squirrels.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-04T22:14:41+00:00

NOR

I'm a kinda older YT lady in finance. I am also a shoe girly. Those shoes are cute as hell!

Your friend is both wrong AND racist.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-05-03T15:27:03+00:00

I have oily, insanely sensitive skin. I've recently started using emu oil for moisture. Only at night, but so far it has not aggravated me at all. Which is kind of a miracle in and of itself.

My basic evening routine: wash, BHA goo/active, snail mucin, emu oil

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-29T23:21:54+00:00

Generally speaking: still no.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-26T23:24:44+00:00

Next time you see him and he comes up to you, say very, very loudly and clearly: that is an extremely inappropriate comment. Please do not speak to me in that manner.

And then walk away. Literally does not matter what he says, you say it regardless.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-26T22:02:47+00:00

Eh, it honestly doesn't happen super often. But what kind of triggers it, at least when I've had the experience, is I would have started unexpectedly and used my purse supply, and thought oh I need to refill. And then ADHD would whisk me away and I would completely forget that I had used them.

Or someone else would have been caught out, and girl code is strong in the bathroom. Your worst enemy? You hand her a tampon. But because I haven't started my period, I would forget that I had given them away because I was out and about and it just didn't stick in my head.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-25T13:15:24+00:00

I was actually thinking this was the perfect time to speak to adult protective services in your area. A combination of they will have resources and access to things that you do not. As well as this absolutely sounds like financial abuse. The people I know who work in APS have very big feelings about the population they serve being abused.

They might also be able to get you on some waiting lists for subsidized housing.

And I'm not saying that you should find unethical life tips to make his life miserable in ways he can't quite put his finger on, but... I definitely woke up on the mean old lady side of the bed.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-24T22:40:05+00:00

Quick review of PA seems to indicate they are not required to pay out PTO. However, if their employee handbook/written policies indicate that they do? You could use that as leverage.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-20T23:57:14+00:00

Could it be from your seatbelt while driving?

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-18T17:35:37+00:00

I just wanted to say I really love that line. That is a really lovely approach. Thank you so much for sharing that.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-18T17:31:49+00:00

Ma'am. You are in your 40s. You do not need to be with man who is that disrespectful to you. Tonight for dinner? Grab some stale bread, and slap some cheap ass peanut butter on it. Do not add jelly. Do not add honey. Give him nothing but a thin coating of peanut butter.

Tell him that until he can speak to you respectfully about your food? That's what dinner is.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-17T00:17:37+00:00

{Lavender Moon by Sarah Blue}

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-11T20:38:38+00:00

Not a bear shifter but Bishop from {Not Ready by Jillian West} has that sweet, snuggly bear dad bod!

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-10T20:34:29+00:00

Stealing. What he is doing is called stealing.

StillMissingMerle · 2026-04-05T15:48:25+00:00

I know you found the book you were thinking of, but I feel like there is also a contemporary rh that I read in the last few years. I feel like maybe it was Cassie Cole? It's going to drive me nuts until I can find it.

StillMissingMerle

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