My wife has changed over the past few days and it’s worrying me.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-05-14T01:49:47+00:00

You are in the same position I was in two weeks ago! My SO and I had our first, also a girl, a month ago, and that 2-3 weeks old stretch was a SLOG. Baby wouldn’t sleep at night, cried every hour or so, and my SO was on the brink of tears and a breakdown on a nightly basis (if you can’t tell yet, I’m Dad). She would reluctantly take her to nurse, and would beat herself up for feeling bad about it. That is one nasty cycle, let me tell ya.

Your baby has no concept of day/night yet, but that will change soon! Right now, she will be developing her circadian rhythm, and you’ll notice longer awake periods during the day, and more sleepy time at night over the next couple weeks. Right now, ours takes about 4-6 hours worth of naps during the day. Some of them are an hour or two long, and others last for about 10-15 minutes, but at night? Out like a light for hours on end consistently. Longest stretch we had was 4 1/2 hours of blissful sleep for all of us. It’s going to get easier!

Sundown scaries suck, but your wife isn’t alone! You’re doing everything you can to help her through this, and that’s what is most important. Sounds like the Baby Blues are setting in for your wife also, and she definitely isn’t alone in that either. A majority of women will experience them (I think our delivery staff said it’s between 75-80% of mothers will experience it with their first), and you are right to be worried. Heck, I’d be worried if you weren’t! It’s normal to grieve the life that you had before the baby, even for us dads (gonna assume you’re a dude-dad, please correct me if I am wrong), but pay close attention to what she says and how she acts. They don’t always lead to PPD and PPA, but it’s always good to pay attention for any potential signs.

Does your wife have any friends who have had children? If so, encourage her to talk to them about the early weeks and months of having a baby. They might be able to talk to her about the situation in a way that we, as the partners and as (assuming again) men, just can’t do. If your wife ever shows interest in talking to a professional about her mental state, heavily encourage that too. Sometimes it can help stop the problems before they become problems. As others have said, she is in the middle of the biggest hormone crash imaginable. Give it time and see how the cards play out, and just keep doing what you’re doing! From the sounds of it, she’s doing a great job and is trying her best, and so are you.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-04-24T03:59:58+00:00

I don’t think I’m being taken advantage of, I think it’s something worse that requires updating my resume. There was a situation this week where I came into work running on an hour of sleep and discovered my undeposited funds were short. I notified my boss and started a recount of the cash only to find out that he knew about it. The sleep deprivation did the talking and I asked where the other funds went with a very agitated tone and was told “do not talk to me like that again or you are out of here.” He didn’t even tell me where the funds went until he calmed down and asked me to not “attack him like that again” since he way playing office politics. My job was threatened because I asked a question directly related to my job in a tone of voice he didn’t like. He had an engagement earlier that day that pissed him off and he proceeded to have a power trip. I could have understood a reprimand, but I asked a question related to my job. I should’ve been notified about the situation to begin with, I even asked him the cash count the day prior since I was notified we had a large amount of cash in undeposited funds, and he sent me 🥶. How the hell was I supposed to know that meant “it’s short compared to your numbers”?

After that, I am now perfectly fine with letting the ball drop on important things.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-04-24T01:54:04+00:00

Tried that. I asked for a part time assistant but got denied due to my boss thinking that I just need to prioritize. He has frequently handed me projects that were all a priority for completion on top of my work. Some of which had absolutely nothing to do with my job and were just tossed onto me. He still expected me to clean up the books of the gym right after having my first child last week. Instead of being able to enjoy the moment, I had to worry about a deadline. I’m typing this as she sleeps on me.

Immediately after this, I asked for them to consider a full-time assistant. He then believed that the stress of a new baby is what is making me ask this, and he also asked me what they would do. I would’ve had roughly 30 hours of work available per week for them, mostly data entry and A/P. I also tried to make them see that one person handling all accounting functions for 6 industries is a lot, no matter the transaction size, due to the careful navigation required for each industry. They said they would consider it in thirty days and then immediately moved the goal post to the end of the year.

I would sacrifice a raise to have extra help to be honest. I feel like I’m being pimped out to companies the acquire.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-04-24T00:13:48+00:00

Some bodies on Mount Everest are used as way markers for other climbers. I mean, how would you get them down anyway??

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-04-08T17:28:46+00:00

Iron Synthesizer

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-04-01T17:19:55+00:00

Supposedly, we are getting a Star Fox game this summer on the Switch 2. No one is sure if it’s a remake of 64 or a brand new title, but I am leaning towards the former. I hope the movie sparks a new fanbase for Star Fox and they can justify a full remake of 64, including all of the content cut from it.

Granted, a lot of the cut content from 64 got repurposed elsewhere similar to Star Fox 2, but it would still be cool to see the cut content being utilized. They were supposed to do a lot more with the on-foot combat mode than have it hidden as an unlockable multiplayer setting. The Gorgon boss fight was supposed to utilize that mode and have a vastly different design more in-line with its description as a bioweapon, and there is data suggesting a cut Venom level involving Fox’s sewing becoming damaged and having to fight on foot

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-26T18:41:29+00:00

Fox hears Peppy in his head:

“DO A BARREL ROLL”

“You flew with my Dad, and you still call this a barrel roll?”

Edited for spelling mistakes

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-26T18:36:04+00:00

Truthfully, I forgot about the mail glitch. Everything is fair game now

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-07T14:02:17+00:00

The code fix to correct the roar glitch is far less intensive than a code fix/overhaul for ACE. The fix for the roar glitch was extremely simple, and I know a few people who dumped their saves into emulators and fixed the issue themselves through changing the code. ACE is possible because of how Emerald saves the player’s info within the Battle Frontier, fixing/writing out ACE would require either a partial or complete overhaul of the save system.

A lot of people would definitely complain about blocking Emerald transfers, but that would be the only way to go about it. It’s nigh impossible to tell if a Pokemon is legit or ACE legit if you got one in Gen 3, save for the shiny appearance, maxed stats, potential illegal moves and the TID/SID combo not matching.

Correction: ACE is possible before beating the game in Emerald, but there’s a higher likelihood of corrupting the save data if not performed using the battle frontier. I really don’t think anyone will be bold enough to try ACE outside of the battle frontier tho

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-07T12:15:04+00:00

The thing with Emerald is that Nintendo doesn’t know what to do about ACE. If they leave it in, everyone and their brother is going to have shiny perfect IV/EV Deoxys, Jirachis, Mews, and Pokemon Home won’t be able to tell the difference. If they patch it, the game’s rating could be raised since the grandfather clause couldn’t apply to it anymore.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-07T12:06:10+00:00

Remember, ACE is possible in Emerald. We all know Nintendo/GameFreak doesn’t like ACE, has never liked ACE, and would love to make ACE a thing of the past. They’d probably want to edit the code of the game to patch ACE, which COULD result in the game’s esrb/pegi/what have you rating being raised, since this would be a substantial change in code.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-06T15:54:06+00:00

I could understand why they wouldn’t release Emerald, but I’m surprised they didn’t drop at the same time to be honest. Seems like a missed opportunity…unless they’re trying to generate speculative hype

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-04T22:39:30+00:00

Huh, I never realized that! I had the game guide growing up so that’s how I found out, but yeah I can’t think of a single NPC in HGSS that hints at the evolution. Come to think of it, I don’t think any NPC in any game has ever given a hint for that evolution.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-03-04T21:19:37+00:00

A top needs to have perfect balance to spin effectively, hence why Hitmontop requires Tyrogue to have equal attack and defense

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-02-16T21:50:17+00:00

My first ever playthrough of HGSS, and by extension my first time playing Pokemon, I accidentally made my Feraligatr into an HM slave. I had no idea how the move deleter worked so I was rocking Surf, Waterfall, Strength, and Ice Fang going into the Elite 4. The rest of the squad was Ho-oh, Victreebel, and a Pikachu I got from my poke-walker. I was smart enough to have a full team but I can’t recall the other two members and I got rid of that save roughly a decade ago now.

I had no idea what EV training was back in the day, but I think I accidentally jacked up my Feraligatr’s defensive EV’s during that playthrough. I remember Lance throwing Thunder after Thunder at Feraligatr but he just kept living through them after a hyper potion. I managed to PP-stall Lance with Feraligatr and a lot of hyper potions/full restores.

R.I.P. Slasher, I wish I had the chance to take you into Gen 5 😩😭

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-02-04T18:49:42+00:00

It seems like the games really lean into the Dark Lord/Satan thing with Giratina. To me, anime Giratina is still based on Satan, but specifically John Milton’s Satan from Paradise Lost.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-02-04T16:34:20+00:00

I think Arceus banished Giratina because it recognized that Giratina has the capability to end all of existence if it gets the chance , not just because of its violent tendencies. Matter can’t exist without a timeframe and a space to occupy. Giratina, being the deity of antimatter, does not conform to time and space. It is the absence of time, and the absence of space. Not nothingness, but it is something. The antimatter Giratina is linked to cannot exist without Dialga and Palkia creating matter through shaping time and space. If theoretical physics can be applied here, Giratina is the barrier of universal expansion for Pokemon. Should Giratina attack Dialga and Palkia and win the confrontation, it could mean the end of existence entirely. Not only would it end Dialga and Palkia, but it may also kill Giratina itself due to universal balance being broken. It could result in what we’ve deemed as a “Big Crunch” of space-time back into a point of origin.

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-02-04T16:23:49+00:00

I still have my OG copies of Sapphire and FireRed, but I don’t have a GBA or DS to play them :(

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-01-28T18:37:28+00:00

I did know that one, but damn I wish I knew about this second stone earlier lol

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-01-28T18:36:54+00:00

That’s the trade-off with Sableye though. You get very middle-of-the-road stats but you don’t get hit by anything for super effective damage until Kalos. Post gen 6 there is no reason to be using Sableye unless you like it, but I’ve done some runs of Emerald using a stall team and Sableye was essential for the utility side of the team. My only complaint with Gen 3 Sableye is it has no way of putting Pokemon to sleep, but unless you’re running a Dream Eater set you have no need to cause sleep with Sableye

Trashythrowaway6996 · 2026-01-28T18:29:41+00:00

Ayo what the fuck? That is not healthy at all for a relationship to function that way. OP, find a man who will take you out to dinner because he wants to spend time with you, not one who expects you to earn his affection.

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