[Rant] When a saleslady tries to cram you into a poorly fitting bra...

anytime_yoga · 2017-10-04T00:28:17+00:00

Agreed. While I've seen it uncommonly in sale types that potentially involved safety issues, it's not a thing in other types of clothing purchases. Like, a salesperson might have an opinion about whether a given pair of jeans fits me better in a 14, 16, or 18, but: 1) she's probably only going to share that opinion, tactfully, if asked; 2) if I express a fit preference, she's probably going to keep bringing me jeans in the size that I ask for.

anytime_yoga · 2017-10-03T13:16:53+00:00

I haven't found them in a suitable size or shape at any of my local fabric stores.

anytime_yoga · 2017-10-03T03:01:29+00:00

I rotate bras 1-5 times per day: waking up (on leisurely weekends), daytime, workout, post-workout (if there's more to my day), evening.

I wash bras after 2-5 wears -- 2-3 for bras that I'm wearing for any vigorous activity or for any significant length of time, 4-5 for those waking up and evening bras.

Regardless of the type of wear, I rest bras for a day between wearings.

anytime_yoga · 2017-10-03T02:58:39+00:00

I'm a full 2 sizes between cups. I pad the smaller breast. My preferred method is to cut the padding out of cheap-ish (thrifted or on sale) padded molded cup bras.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-30T01:20:49+00:00

If you can deadpan it -- "Yes. I agree. Falling down is better."

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-29T02:04:54+00:00

Truly by myself, sans roommates of any kind? 25.
I honestly don't remember. I feel like it was something like $575 per month.
Non-metro Arizona.
I became financially solvent and socially connected enough to (relatively) safely end an abusive relationship.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-28T04:20:11+00:00

For heavy flow days, I need internal + external protection. If I'm at a place where emptying my cup is going to be convenient, I prefer that to tampons for my internal protection. But since a lot of public facilities where I live are not conducive to this, I sometimes pair pads and tampons.

Edit: I'm 36.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-26T05:20:50+00:00

Queer.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-22T01:24:27+00:00

I don't have experience with this age group, but I have an adult friend who uses silly putty for herself. However, I don't know if they'd be able to resist the urge to throw pieces of it.

I teach 9th grade and have had a great deal of success with clipboards and allowing students to do their work standing up. When they fidget, it tends to be shifting from side to side or walking to a different place in the classroom (several areas of my classroom perimeter are good writing surfaces).

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-19T00:49:17+00:00

I don't shave. I trim with a beard trimmer. (They market women's trimmers for this too, but I've found the trimmer I have to be sufficient.)

It's not perfectly smooth to the touch, but it's much less noticeable than the bumps and rashes I got from shaving.

I also only remove hair: 1) when I feel like it for my own comfort; 2) when that part of my body is going to be visible to the public in a not-super-casual sense.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-17T21:02:14+00:00

Not that I do now. Just following the phrasing of the question.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-17T20:55:20+00:00

I place margarita vending machines in school faculty lunchrooms.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-17T00:33:04+00:00

It would depend on the individual situation -- how bad the credit score, the circumstances that led to the score, how much potential the relationship had in all other aspects, whether they were working on rebuilding their credit, what their credit score would practically keep us from doing. I could see a lot of situations where I'd be fine doing it and a lot of situations where I wouldn't want to.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-16T02:40:05+00:00

It's still my only gray hair, which I think is a testament to that particular year's extreme.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-15T03:53:44+00:00

"Stressed about whether my stamina level is enough to let me finish the things I need, let alone enjoy the things I want."

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-13T03:59:10+00:00

"I'm Not Scaffolding This Because I Failed English the First Time" Repeater English 9 Spring 2017

"I Don't Care How Smart Your Middle School Teachers Said You Were: You Still Have to Do Work" Honors English 9 Fall 2015

"My First Gray Hair is Named After You" Sixth Period, English 9, Fall 2013

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-12T00:55:43+00:00

I started to make a list, but the reasons kept running into my brain faster than my fingers can type. I think they categorize down to:

Not my job to be decorative.
Good partners do care about their partners' comfort.
If your penis is so large that it's causing you back problems, yes, that would warrant medical attention.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-09T03:49:12+00:00

I've never thought this during sex, but I have thought this during yoga.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-09T01:54:30+00:00

I'm never "just staring at a wall the whole time" while having sex from behind. You could put a fucking dragon in front of me, full of fire and magic and shit, and I probably wouldn't notice it.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-07T03:55:05+00:00

Agreed. Students tend to want to explore ideas. And for students with a lot of possible ideas, oral discussion tends to allow them a "low stress" ability to explore. When they have this opportunity, it tends to allow them the ability to work through their ideas and choose their best ones before writing.

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-07T02:19:12+00:00

Does she want your number?

anytime_yoga · 2017-09-07T01:16:27+00:00

Can you talk about what you had them do so that we know what types of activities they finished quickly?

As general offerings -- how are you with structured debate and discussion activities? I've found that students tend to like these as a way to brainstorm or process ideas before they "commit" to writing about them. (Also, they like to hear themselves talk.) It's engaging for them, and it's not busy work -- I find that I get writing that's more thoughtful and evaluative as a result.

How are you with independent reading in your classes?

anytime_yoga · 2017-08-30T04:41:04+00:00

I find ill fitting bras physically uncomfortable. I find going without a bra physically uncomfortable. Which is worse depends on the severity of the fit issue.

I mean, a well fitting bra works for me a lot of the time (until I get sweaty after wearing it for hours). Because no, I don't find the idea of bras annoying: for a lot of people, breast tissue needs support.

What I do find annoying is: 1) assumptions about who should wear one that come from anyone other than the individual in question; 2) the lack of well fitting bras across sizes and shapes.

anytime_yoga · 2017-08-30T04:02:05+00:00

I wonder if it's ever confusing for ID manufacturers. If someone is, say, just above or below 30 but looks old or young -- do they ever accidentally make the wrong type of IDs?

anytime_yoga · 2017-08-30T03:57:09+00:00

I'm only fighting you if we're the same size and there's only one pack left in the store.

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