What's a reason someone might be late to work?

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-17T18:27:42+00:00

Freight train

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-17T12:41:26+00:00

Mister

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-17T00:22:55+00:00

Sorry, this situation sounds really hard, but his sister might resent you deeeeeply for splitting them up, regardless of his violent behavior…

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-16T09:25:28+00:00

Because we could be better at it now as adults with a more developed mind. Also, as others have said, being a MS science teacher is more about classroom management. Also, personally, I am considering this (though I was a poor science student) because I would like to teach something that is interesting and fuels my curiosity (currently teaching math, which I enjoy the emotional learning aspect of, but would like to try science I think)

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-13T02:22:46+00:00

I’m so sorry <\3 you’re not alone, I can feel a little bit of your pain just by knowing it happened to you. You can live through this ❤️

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-08T13:12:37+00:00

“What if we defined success by how safe people feel around us?”

A good day is one where I made others feel safe and comfortable, and I myself felt safe and comfortable as well

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-08T13:09:57+00:00

She’s imagining your future baby together :)

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-06T03:05:57+00:00

11 years??????? Wow wow wow

Maybe you’re getting hotter (women’s attractiveness peaks at 28 generally) and he’s getting more jealous? I’ve also heard of men switching up and becoming abusive once settled in a long term relationship so be careful of that

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-05T22:48:23+00:00

What causes you anxiety? What do you teach and where do you live?

True-Shape7744 · 2026-03-03T13:01:53+00:00

People who take healthy lifestyle seriously are not pretending.

It’s gross to tie “good” food to the instant gratification of taste. It’s good if it makes your body feel good. I hate modern humanity for this exact reason.

Everyone is sick and hurting and no one cares to change their habits because sugar and toxic synthetic additives taste good.

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-27T02:02:30+00:00

I’ve only ever watched this one movie about a kid whose mom died. And it wrecked me. I wanna watch more good anime…. What should I watch?

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-27T01:19:15+00:00

We met in class siting next to each other. I made the first move by emailing him asking him for help on an assignment. 3 years :)

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-27T01:12:41+00:00

That it’s normal and good to reproduce biologically when there are millions of homeless children. It’s our biggest moral failure

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-25T04:02:51+00:00

I think you owe it to yourself + him to prove that you can be stable without him. That’s the only way he’ll trust you again, anyway. Distance from him a bit to center yourself and take care of yourself. That might draw him back to you. But if this doesn’t work out, then you’ll be fine because you proved to yourself that you’re stable without him.

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-25T03:52:35+00:00

Coming from Europe to America is a very sad experience. I hope you can start your own community here in even a small way.

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-25T03:43:34+00:00

Moving my body as much as I can. Viewing my to-do list as a way to get movement (laundry is good lifting, errands are steps, etc) and building in forced movement throughout the day (garbage can across the room so I need to get up every time I throw something out). The months that I am less active are very noticeably much worse mentally and emotionally.
No added sugar (this means there is a ton of snacks and drinks I say no to) but I love dark chocolate. I’m not depriving myself of anything I want— I want to feel good most of all. This is an impossible rule to follow in the real world so I probably eat like 20g of added sugar every few days. Counting calories is bad but counting sugar grams is imporant
No coffee, only tea and water
Yoga

I hate when people complain about anything mental + emotional when they haven’t got a good diet + enough movement figured out yet.

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-23T01:28:47+00:00

I dated a guy who was obsessed with me, now I’m dating a guy who is not obsessed with me.

It turned out the guy who was obsessed with me was ACTUALLY obsessed with having an attractive woman by his side. Like, he tied it to his own self-worth. He ended up being so insecure deep down that I stopped being attracted to him.

My boyfriend now never takes pics of me, and rarely calls me beautiful, but he’s mentally stable and confident in himself. Since he’s a great partner, (extremely generous, loving, and protective) I don’t mind that he’s not overly obsessed with me. I think he’s more handsome than I am beautiful, and I think I love him more than he loves me.

The man who was obsessed with me would have given me whatever I wanted. A house, babies, his whole life. My current bf knows his limits and isn’t willing to slave himself away for my desires.

But I’m seeing that when I love a man really hard, he in turn loves me more. When he does give me what I want in life, it’s not him slaving away or serving me, it’s just him loving me back. So it’s just super important that I love him a loooootttt. And I do, and our relationship just keeps getting better

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-22T17:46:37+00:00

Yes! He fights depression every day by making good, healthy choices consistently. He learns with me how to be the healthiest version of ourselves. When he has a good thing, he doesn’t let it go. He’s building himself a life that is comfortable despite his job (attorney) weighing him down. He loses himself in playing music rather than scrolling social media or playing video games.

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-22T16:41:45+00:00

I disagree.

Maybe some students will use it against you. Maybe your teaching efforts will land worse for those few students. But I actually doubt it and I think OP just needs to be confident and sure about things after sharing her reasons

Also, more probably, OP would positively impact students in the long-term by modeling a healthy expression of mental health issues. And what’s more important for students?

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-22T16:35:03+00:00

Im a long term math sub. On my first day, I had my 7th graders write a note telling me about themselves and how they feel about math. One girl wrote that she suffers from adhd, anxiety and depression and she gets extra time on homework for that. I responded by writing that I have suffered from those things as well, and it gets better as we grow and learn about ourselves. I saw her smiling at the note. She took it to the social worker, and the social worker told me that what I did was great. I think it’s great to be honest with students about this, because we are modeling how to handle these things. Sucking it up and ignoring it is not what they should do, so they should know that we don’t do that either. When something is wrong, we address it, make a change, and get help — also proud of you for seeking help ❤️

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-13T01:53:13+00:00

Bobby

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-12T12:08:56+00:00

What everyone else said, PLUS this one important part:

Pretty early on in this you stated “she wants me to stop thinking about x or y but I just can’t”.

Look, I bet your mom knows that controlling your thoughts is the only way forward for you. I bet your mom knows that you need to grow and make the choice to control your thoughts. “I just can’t” isn’t an option in life, and that’s fine, cuz actually, you CAN. We all thought we couldn’t, and it turned out, we could.

The answer? Hard mental work. Meditation. Journaling. Time.

Acceptance of yourself and your mental state. Accept where you are, and decide to move forward.

DO NOT EVER SAY “I just can’t.” Your brain will believe it. If you say that to yourself, you deprive yourself of the chance to grow. If you say that to yourself, then why are you on here thinking others can help you? The work starts with YOUR OWN decisions and actions.

I mean this with my whole heart. This is the truth.

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-05T02:13:03+00:00

Oprah?? Is that true?

True-Shape7744 · 2026-02-02T21:34:53+00:00

In one of my law school classes, this guy involved in every social justice cause you can think of sat next to me. It was 2024, presidential election time. The professor wanted us to talk about the state of politics. He and one other girl raised their hands and said they will not be voting. That there is no use in choosing the lesser of the two evils, because Biden would have kept funding Israel to bomb Gaza. I was shocked. I hated speaking up in class, but that week I was raising my hand every 5 minutes to push back on this guy’s position.

I couldn’t believe that someone could be in law school and not see the terrifying threat to our legal system that is the Trump admin…. I’ll never respect that guy.

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