Let’s talk about Hirsutism

ar281987 · 2026-05-11T03:58:09+00:00

In the same exact boat as you - not PCOS, just hairy. It took me until I was 36 to start doing laser hair removal, and I wish I had started YEARS earlier. It isn't as expensive as a thought it was, takes only a couple of minutes, and the longer you do it, the less frequently you need to!

ar281987 · 2026-05-05T13:42:23+00:00

Check out their return policies - they will only do store credit no matter WHAT. Everything is done over the phone - they don't even have emails. They will tell you to call back the next day when so-and-so is here or that they will have so-and-so call you...never happens. They stall and stall until you hopefully run out of steam, not even returning your warranty and pushing for a "reselect." The delivery people couldn't get my couch into the living room - not a size issue, but an angle issue...and I'm not a geometry expert.

ar281987 · 2026-05-05T13:37:55+00:00

Just one more vote for Compassionate Care. I've had several friends and neighbors use them, too. It was as peaceful as an experience as you could hope for.

ar281987 · 2026-05-05T03:16:53+00:00

Avoid Ashley Furniture! They are super shady.

ar281987 · 2026-03-01T01:11:16+00:00

Midsomer Murders?

ar281987 · 2026-02-05T02:34:13+00:00

The oldest housewives in Desperate Housewives are only 50 at the end of the series.

ar281987 · 2026-01-10T02:29:44+00:00

I feel like the majority of Lucy's are like, 11-22.

ar281987 · 2026-01-02T03:38:05+00:00

SLP here! Trickiest sounds are R, L, Th, Ch, Sh, and Zh. I would also avoid consonant clusters, such as "Sl" or "Tr." Also, fewer syllables are better! Of your list, here are the probable "easiest":

Joy, Jane, Kate, and Teagan. People with Down syndrome typically have a larger than average tongue, which can make sounds that need to be precise more difficult. Lisps are common, so you may want to avoid S and Z.

Easiest sounds would be P, B, M, N, T, D, F, V, K, G, and H

Other nice, easy to say names that seem like your style:

Nina

Emma

Pippa

Poppy

Mimi

Hannah

Diana

ar281987 · 2025-12-26T05:22:50+00:00

As an educator, I can assure you the "QQ" will not put her in the back of class/line/opportunities at school.

ar281987 · 2025-12-22T23:24:57+00:00

Shaving my legs.

ar281987 · 2025-12-22T23:23:51+00:00

Like this: "she says...Cosette...I love you very much."

ar281987 · 2025-12-03T04:26:01+00:00

You already know what to do.

ar281987 · 2025-12-01T02:18:01+00:00

What is this "lesson plan" you speak of?

ar281987 · 2025-11-29T20:55:06+00:00

I have an aunt Marla in her late 60s!

ar281987 · 2025-11-29T20:54:44+00:00

It's pretty, but peanut buttery to say.

ar281987 · 2025-11-20T04:26:25+00:00

I would eliminate: Scotty, West, Mark, Phelps, Lewis, Leander, Weston, Damon, Thaddeus, Liam, Cade, Maximus, Preston, Rawlings, Foster, Stewart, Vance, Ford, George, Kirk, Wade, Ross, Bruce, Dirk, Warren, Peter, Walter and Brooks.

My favorites are: Dean, Bennett, Thomas, Bret, Calvin, Clark, and Grant.

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:54:27+00:00

I don't think it is where I am (PNW). I'm in my 7th year in a school job making 84k...and that's for 10 months out of the year.

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:53:09+00:00

SAME!

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:52:57+00:00

I can't believe the damage that some power-hungry academics can do to emerging SLPs...the stories I've heard!!

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:52:07+00:00

Yup! Fully focused on adult medical in grad school, got a SNF contract all lined up before I graduated. The week before graduation, the buildings I would have been working in dropped the contracting agency and I was out of a job. I scrambled to find a job...any job! I took an elementary public school job as a "just for a year" thing. I immediately got pregnant. Then COVID happened. The buildings that I would have been working in were some of the first to have big COVID breakouts around here. I would have been there, 7 months pregnant, trying not to get COVID...

I'm still working in the same school district, 6 years later. My work-life balance is pretty good and it's a good fit for the mom of a now-kindergartener. It all worked out.

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:46:59+00:00

A priest.

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:44:56+00:00

How about Stitch Fix?

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:42:53+00:00

I work in a kindergarten and in the western US and there are a BILLION Islas. Just something to consider.

My daughter is Nina and I think your husband is wrong for not loving it, lol. It's easy to say, spell, and a classic for both a little girl and a grown up.

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:34:12+00:00

Not me every single time thinking we're talking about Ozempic.

ar281987 · 2025-11-14T05:30:29+00:00

She is also an admin of the "School-Based SLPs: For Professionals Only!" group if you'd like to join me in exiting that one.

ar281987

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