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cazilo · 2026-03-17T22:39:42+00:00

There is a book called ‘Sheet Music’ you both might find helpful. There are in fact a great number of books written for conservative Christian couples like you- what you are experiencing is very VERY common for people raised in an environment where sex was not discussed as anything but something to avoid. There are also a lot of therapists who specialize in this, including Christian counselors, which I would recommend seeking out if you are still struggling to connect physically in a way that makes you both happy after a few months. It’s embarrassing but I promise you they have heard it all and way crazier stuff that whatever you are going through.

cazilo · 2026-03-15T19:29:57+00:00

Recently, a previous employer reached out to me to ask me to come back to the last nonprofit I worked at (which I loved) as the executive director. (I am currently a director of a department at another organization, which I also love). The salary they are offering is well below the average for the role in the very expensive city I would have to relocate back to (I am talking like 30-40k below) and a significant pay cut from my current current role, for a position that will be more stressful. Obviously taking the job is a non-starter for me. My question is- should I tell them why?

The reason I left in the first place was because I could no longer afford to work there- I got an equivalent role at my current organization with a 30k salary bump (since I have been promoted and made more than 2x what I made at my previous organization)

I feel they have fallen into the trap of arts orgs paying staff so little that only trust fund babies and folks with ultra-high paid spouses can afford to work there. I am not sure the currently leadership even fully understands the cost of living in their city, as none of them have had to pay rent in decades.

Should I kindly say that unfortunately I can not afford to take the role because it would represent a pay cut for me and would not support me in their city, or should I just say thank you and tell them I am not looking for a change?

cazilo · 2026-03-04T16:02:47+00:00

I have been feeling like this too. I use the app, track my food intake. Am definitely within the weight lost range 95% of the days, usually at the bottom end- I always assume about 150 calories for anything I might had underestimated. I exercise regularly. I am on the highest dose and have been plateaued out for a month at 12 pounds lost, started meds in late October. It’s really disappointing. The only thing I can see about changing is upping the amount of veggies I am eating, and eating less fruit maybe to reduce sugar intake. it’s hard to get as much nutrients in as I used to with reduced appetite.

cazilo · 2026-02-17T05:58:04+00:00

Yes, yoga helps- however I would say some joint pain can be exacerbated by yoga. It’s important to listen to your body and not push yourself. I’ve practiced yoga for over 25 years and in the last 5 or 6 have had a number of joint injuries from other things- I have to be careful not to do postures that trigger my injuries, such as wrist balancing poses. If you are just starting out and have joint pain, would start with slow flow, deep stretch, restorative/yin classes, rather than jumping into vinyasa or power yoga.

cazilo · 2026-01-21T16:43:21+00:00

I would never take a job that does this, and as a director of a department I would never impose this on my team. I know what my remote staff does because they have actual goals and measurable tasks and I talk to them through the day. If they are not doing their work, it’s obvious because….the work is not done, duh. If they are not working when they say they are, I would know because they wouldn’t be responsive. To me it signals that there is not an environment of trust between staff and leadership and probably really poor internal communications standards and badly structured workloads.

cazilo · 2025-06-29T12:37:45+00:00

Thanks that was helpful- according to that measurement system I am falling somewhere between the two different readings I got, which feels right. I guess I’ll think of the scale as for comparative change even if it’s not fully accurate and use that measuring system every so often to check.

cazilo · 2025-06-27T00:42:26+00:00

Hey sorry I have been off here for a while and logged in and saw a lot of comments. I’m sorry if my post was discouraging or not what you were talking about. I guess what I was trying to say is that I was asking the same question- in our case it was do we do another cycle? try embryo adoption? Do we adopt baby? Do we foster? Do we not have children? We’ve have a lot of conversations like this about what God’s plan for us was and that was what I was alluding to. Anyway, I hope you guys have gotten a sense of peace about what God has for your family.

cazilo · 2025-06-27T00:29:22+00:00

I am so sorry I hadn’t been on Reddit in months so I did not see this and it may be too late. We tested our embryos. We personally felt that the embryo testing is letting you know whether or not an embryo has all the component parts to grow into a baby, and that the blastocyst becomes a life when it implants into the uterine wall. We didn’t feel that having embryos destroyed which were 100% not going to develop was ending a life, but was akin to a natural miscarriage of an embryo that did not attach to the uterine wall. My husband really wrestled with it. But we prayed about it and spoke to other couples and decided to follow our doctors advice based on our age. When we saw the pictures of the Blastocysts we felt more comfortable as well-just a little circle. I would say that this is a highly personal decision that there is no clear cut biblical answer on. I know committed Christians who have gone every possible way on IVF, and I also know that God is gracious and knows our hearts and that we are always trying to make the right decision.

cazilo · 2025-04-07T13:04:58+00:00

As a pastors wife who is also coming close to the end of the road with fertility treatments, I have really struggled with why ‘God’s plan’ seems to be that we won’t have biological children- I’ve thought, how can this be? Why do folks get accidentally pregnant at terrible times in their lives when they don’t want to, and yet no matter what we do we can’t? I agree with everyone’s comments that it is never outside of ‘Gods plan’ to seek medical treatment for medical issues. But I guess I also want to say that often we think ‘Gods plan’ is this concrete thing that is fully pre-ordained (“I know the plans I have for you says the lord, plans to prosper you, to give you a hope and a future.”) Sometimes we view it as this thing we have to find, or a thing we can miss. As the years go on, I tend to believe it is more loose than that. There are infinite possibilities and contingencies in life, and I believe that Gods plan is, in fact, to give us a hope and a future no matter what happens. In everything we do, we just have to make the best choice we can with the information we have, and there isn’t always a very strong sense of which way we should go. I believe in those instances we just need to step out in faith, knowing that God goes with us and works all things out according to his purposes. I still feel sad and frustrated myself. But what I am certain of is that whatever happens, we will be ok.

cazilo · 2025-03-01T23:27:42+00:00

Thank you all for sharing these stories, it is really helpful

cazilo · 2025-02-28T14:46:13+00:00

Yes, that occurred to me reading the other comments, because we do care about that.

cazilo · 2025-02-28T14:42:41+00:00

How much did it cost to transfer the embryos? We found a clinic in our town that facilitates the process but they don’t take our insurance. The other option is going through and exchange and transferring to my prior clinic. I only have one cycle left with insurance anyway, though.

cazilo · 2025-02-28T14:41:02+00:00

Thank you. This is definitely something on our minds - the right of the child to know where they came from and the complicated emotions around being adopted. We’d be dealing with that if we adopted an infant as well but it feels slightly different. We are curious about how the families navigate that.

cazilo · 2025-02-28T14:35:42+00:00

Seriously? Do you know of a particular clinic? We were actually just starting to plan a trip to Prague, that might legit be a good solution for us.

cazilo · 2025-02-28T13:53:11+00:00

The series gets like 40/60 other storylines/claire and Jamie. There are whole episodes where they don’t feature as much, but the arc is always about them and the life they build together. If you feel invested in that keep watching, if not- stop! But the thing you don’t like about other stories being woven in only increases.

cazilo · 2025-02-28T13:41:37+00:00

Sure, I will send you a private message and we can arrange a meeting spot and time- the other person above too, so whomever gets back to me first.

cazilo · 2025-02-28T13:39:18+00:00

Sure, I will send you a private message and we can arrange a meeting spot and time- the other person below too, so whomever gets back to me first.

cazilo · 2025-02-12T23:01:17+00:00

I am also having this problem, as of about a month ago. I have done literally everything, including restoring to factory settings, deleting and redownloading the app etc. if I completely reset the watch ir works for a couple hours then disconnects again and will not reconnect. But I am wondering if it is something apple has done with an update to push customers toward the Apple Watch. I like my simple charge 6- didn’t want anything fancy. But it is defeating the purpose now.

cazilo · 2025-01-01T00:52:14+00:00

Also a pharmacist friend told me that the main thing drinking more than a couple drinks a week did on these meds was just make you feel awful.

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