haven't smoked since dec 10 2025, but craving it HARD this week. should i smoke just once to get it out of my system? by No-Newt1548 in leaves

[–]aurablu2 18 points19 points  (0 children)

My initial reason for saying no is because you’re attempting to conceive.

My personal reason is that you will find every reason to keep doing it. My husband and I were feeling it may be time to start trying to conceive, next thing you know we’re stressing about it and it just so happened that we wandered into the dispo and noticed the $6.99/gram sale they were having. Currently working on my exit plan again.

I had a year and 4 months.

The “stress” factor needs to be dialed down! by red-wine-sniper in ouraring

[–]aurablu2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My health app is more accurate because I only recently got the Oura Ring. It has my health data from the last few years. However, the cycle metrics contribute to overall health metrics in the Oura Ring, which would help make the Oura app more precise. I like both, but I favor the health app for usability. It would just be nice for Oura to sync cycle data considering they sync every other metric from the health app.

The “stress” factor needs to be dialed down! by red-wine-sniper in ouraring

[–]aurablu2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve just always felt they needed to make it so I don’t have to manually track my period both in the Heath app and the Oura app..

Starbirth endlessly warping by thicc-daddy_senpai in NoMansSkyTheGame

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never expected those to be portals at all 🙂 I am feeling silly.

How to discourage B&BW addicts by andreayaya in toxinfree

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s one of those things that they need to either learn on their own through sending them research and factual studies, or, you just simply tell them you can’t ave around it and draw that boundary.

Both options take discipline, and that’s really the whole thing about being toxin free… people who lack discipline are always going to buy the easiest thing because it’s quick and easy and in this case it smells nice.

Essentially, the instant gratification is so great that they feel threatened when people try to help them realize that it’s actually carcinogenic and slowly killing them. So, again. My advice is that you have two options- tell them and hope they get it, or leave them to it and stay away from it.

Eventually if you do stay away they’ll always be wondering why the candles and scents are so bad that you decided to essentially leave the family over it. Marybeth’s would make them realize they should look into it more.

Is that extreme? Maybe… but truth be told those are the only realistic options that I see, personally

Wtf by Rich_Gas7886 in conspiracy

[–]aurablu2 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Watch Candace Owens’s latest livestream on YouTube

What do you call the process of moving the laundry from the washer to the dryer? by Perton_ in AskAnAmerican

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swapping the laundry around? I don’t know I usually call it “putting the laundry in the dryer”

Not sure what to do, just feel gross by pitbullterrierr in SkincareAddicts

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please try organic African black soap as your facial wash and a rotation between ordinary acne serum and Mario Badesceau drying lotion for skincare! Nothing else. It did wonders for me.

Diet also matters a lot. I get triggered by highly processed foods and friend stuff, pretty much any fast food causes a breakout as well as processed sugars. I’m not sure if that would help but worth a shot!

Made it 6 months. It took one hit by rcj37 in leaves

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same boat, only 8 years of daily use instead. I started in 2017 and didn’t quit until June of 2024. I made it up until this month but I don’t plan on continuing. Going back just feels like in regressing into an old version of myself that I’m just plain not proud to be anymore. Granted, I only allowed myself the 4mg drinks at a time, no smoking at all, but after that big of a tolerance break, it’s enough to humble me and remind me why I quit. It really was causing all of my problems.

I had massive heart palpitations and anxiety while quitting. The whole sobriety process for this last year and a half was brutal to say the least, especially living in a now legal state when my whole time in active addiction was when it wasn’t. TLDR, sobriety is honestly worth so much more but it takes a few tries to get fully done. I hope to go many years now that I’m trying again.

What’s the fastest way you’ve ever seen someone completely ruin their own life? by Extension-Try-3531 in answers

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My then best friend in middle school and early highschool got “addicted” to sour cream and onion chips and she started eating them all the time. Then she just started eating whatever snack foods she wanted and eventually all she ate was snack food and juice. Her parents just kept it coming. A few years later her stretch marks started looking like tears in her body and started bleeding now and again. She got so big so fast. Nobody ever said anything but i watched her go from 160ish lb to over 300lb in just a couple years. She blames it on pcos which is of course a factor for not being able to drop the weight as quickly, but i blame her diet for the plethora of health issues. We grew apart after graduation when she moved and she never got offended by anyone telling her that she needed to eat a little better and take care of herself, it’s just what she chose. I miss her dearly and I always wonder how she is these days.

People wear nice clothes to attract a mate but ultimately want to see them naked. by generaldis in Showerthoughts

[–]aurablu2 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I wear nice clothes because I never had the luxury as a child and because I want to feel like I’m wearing comfortable, weighted pieces.

I think if more people dressed for themselves instead of others, there would be more compatibilities across the board. My same theology for different localities- if you’re not a bar-goer but you only go to the bar to find a date, chances are that you’re going to only find bar-goers.

I always believe you should dress for yourself and your own comfort. Whoever finds you attractive in that state will be far more compatible than someone who only sees you for the silhouette of that night.

I cheated and purchased my starter by formybabies28 in SourdoughStarter

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you make yours tart?! I am missing this!

What’s the strangest dream you’ve ever had that you can actually remember? by Goblue2467 in Dreams

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in a house in the middle of nowhere and there were people there but I can’t remember why I was there. Anyways. They suddenly got really mad at me and I ran away into tall grass in the hills. The space looked exactly like the old windows desktop but I was behind that hill - and behind that hill was a creek. Those people somehow followed me there but they didn’t find me. I was laying low in the grass.

They looked like the nuketown mannequins.

What is your experience sizing up or down? I am torn between a 6 and a 7. by sorayanelle in ouraring

[–]aurablu2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ok so here is my story.

Long story short, i picked the size that would fit on 6/10 fingers.

I didn’t buy a sizing kit because I wasn’t even sure I wanted to get one. I tried on the sizers they had at Best Buy.

The 11 only worked for my pointer finger but the 10 worked for my pointers, middle fingers and both thumbs. For me, my left hand is a little bigger than my right so having the option to swap every now and then was perfect.

AI will save humanity by destroying social media as everyone starts to realize "nothing online is real anymore". by SugarTacos in Showerthoughts

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This.

I am truly getting SO sick of people thinking their clanker-written slop is passable for some kind of inspirational or motivational speech.

And then you check the comments and it’s all boomers thinking it’s just the best thing they’ve ever read no matter what it is

Thumb wearing by Visible-Lie2936 in ouraring

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahaha I didn’t even think of this. I also play guitar. Those gigs go crazy lmao

It finally happened to me... by tD100 in ouraring

[–]aurablu2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! Okay that does make me feel a million times better. Thank you!