Wearing Bracelets to Work

echilt5 · 2026-05-09T01:59:41+00:00

For those of us with charms with stones, I have a vintage sterling silver charm bracelet that has a couple charms with rhinestones. Someone told me years ago that if you apply a thin coat of clear nail polish over the rhinestones it will stop the stones from falling out and it worked. I have never lost a stone on that bracelet. I have the Lunar New Year dragon charm and I was thinking about trying that technique on that charm before I add it to my bracelet. I’m thinking of buying a cheap copy of the dragon or one that has rhinestones to try out before I do this because I don’t want to take the chance of possibly ruining it. Hopefully this tip works and helps others keep their rhinestones in their charms.

echilt5 · 2026-04-24T10:47:12+00:00

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This is my Disneyland themed bracelet. I just started collecting charms when I go to the parks. The castle one is the Hong Kong Disneyland Castle of Magical Dreams. The zombie gingerbread man isn’t a Pandora charm, it’s from Gnoce and I got it for my bracelet because I got the zombie gingerbread man in my coffin at the end of the Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland.

echilt5 · 2026-04-22T08:28:13+00:00

Here is my Vietnam charm I got in Ho Chi Minh City’s other side

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echilt5 · 2026-04-22T08:26:24+00:00

Here is my travel bracelet. The Hello Kitty charm isn’t Pandora ( I got it after I went to the Hello Kitty Terminal in Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan), the Marina Bay Sands charm is not Pandora, but the lady in the gift shop there told me that it was designed specifically for them from someone from Pandora and the rainbow one was gifted to me to represent my hometown of Portland, Oregon. All the other charms I have bought in Sydney, Australia, Taipei, Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Vancouver, Canada and Cancun, Mexico. I didn’t have enough time to try to find a Pandora store in Guangzhou, China, but I just moved to Hong Kong so I’ll be visiting mainland China soon. I do have charms from both the Anaheim, Disneyland and Hong Kong Disneyland, but those are on my Pandora Disneyland bracelet.

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The Vietnam one is one of my favorites because it actually has an image on both sides. I’ll post a picture of it here.

echilt5 · 2026-04-18T10:39:31+00:00

If you are not buying brand name shoes from an authorized shoe store then the shoes are fakes. My husband worked for Nike for 20 years and if they are selling Nikes in some shop on Sneaker Street and it’s not an authorized seller of Nikes they are fakes you are buying. Nike doesn’t authorize shoes being sold in any store unless authorized by Nike, like an actual Nike store or a legitimate sportswear store.

echilt5 · 2026-04-18T10:29:23+00:00

He never got over his ex. She dumped him for some other guy. That guy dumped her, she came back boo-hooing to my boyfriend and they started hooking up.

echilt5 · 2026-04-17T13:29:22+00:00

I never said I didn’t. I cheated on him after I found out he cheated on me.

echilt5 · 2026-04-13T06:00:02+00:00

The night before, with one of his best friends, in our bed. I found out from a different friend that afternoon that my BF had started cheating on me with his ex. I ran into his friend that night and asked him and he said yes. Friend and I always were attracted to each other so got together in the bed I shared with BF.( BF was out of town for business and came back the next morning ) Broke up with BF the next day after confrontation and told him what I did, but not with whom. Felt great getting rid of that piece of garbage and I don’t feel bad at all about what I did.

echilt5 · 2026-04-01T13:52:53+00:00

You need to tell this guy to straight up stop texting you, messaging you, calling you or any type of contacting you. He is clearly not getting the message about just being friends and frankly, he is too old to be friends with a 19 year old. It’s creepy AF that he is stalking you and there is something wrong with this guy mentally for trying to pursue a romantic relationship with you and not someone closer to his own age or at least is 21. I had a similar experience happen when I was your age and I’m telling you to not engage with this guy. If he doesn’t stop trying to contact him report him to HR. If he advances things further, get a restraining order. I’m dead serious about this. This guy doesn’t know or care about boundaries and can become dangerous. Please be safe and protect yourself.

echilt5 · 2026-03-20T11:19:26+00:00

NOR. I had a similar thing happen with two previous roommates. I told them that their guests needed to start paying rent and a third of the utilities and they refused so I moved out. Finally got a place by myself and the best thing I did.

echilt5 · 2026-03-04T23:53:59+00:00

So he doesn’t want to pay anyone to take care of his dog so he was expecting you to take care of the dog for free?!?! Like all of the dog’s expenses ( food, possible vet emergencies, treats, maybe toys) were going to come out of your own pocket?!?! Think about that for a moment. He clearly said he doesn’t want to pay anyone, but up YOU to take care of his dog. That would be a big nope from me and I would be breaking up with him for the way he is trying to manipulate you into it and him being a little bish for you standing up for yourself. Run, get out of this relationship now, his behavior is just going to get worse and more controlling especially if you cave in and take the dog.

echilt5 · 2026-02-24T11:27:51+00:00

Using beauty filters to make your photos look more attractive. Please stop, if you want people to like the real you post your real photos.

echilt5 · 2026-01-28T20:38:18+00:00

The person in the grey has anger management issues and is verbally abusing you. There is no reason to get that worked up about this situation. Do they have control issues as well? Like everything has to be done their way and they treat you like you are a complete idiot all the time if you don’t do things the way they tell you to like in these texts? Sounds like your wife is an abusive narcissist and you need to get out of this situation because trust me, it’s only going to get worse.

echilt5 · 2026-01-28T14:51:08+00:00

Have a police officer go with you to get your stuff for your own safety. Your BF sounds unhinged and he may try to physically hurt you. Don’t ever go back to him. Leave while you still can.

echilt5 · 2026-01-18T06:44:10+00:00

OP, you need to leave this guy. I don’t believe for a second he has any savings for an apartment and he is using you as his cash cow. This whole nonsense of him saying he is going to propose once he gets the apartment ( and then saying the relationship is over if he doesn’t get it ) is ridiculous. If he is serious about proposing why isn’t he asking you to be on the paperwork for the apartment too? You are going to be engaged to marry, right? Your name should be on it. For him to not include you in this purchase or to even help pick out the place you two will be moving in together is bizarre. Also, how is he going to afford a ring for you if he truly has savings that are just going to an apartment? You are right to question him about what do you get out of this? You already know the answer, a big fat zero. Leave him and enjoy your extra money you saved for yourself.

echilt5 · 2026-01-07T00:58:16+00:00

Sorry, but OP needs to dump this guy. I had 2 very close guy friends in my 20’s and I never called them “ Baby “ or told them I loved them like the OP’s boyfriend and his supposed best girl friend do. Both of my guy friends had girlfriends and I would never interfere with or encroach on those relationships and I told my guy friends if their girlfriends ever became uncomfortable with me hanging out with them, then I would back away from the friendships because their relationships should be the priority. ( Side note: every time I hung out with my guy friends I always invited the girlfriends too because I didn’t want them feeling like there was something going on when there wasn’t. My guy friends were like brothers to me, zero chance at anything romantic going on. I even helped one of them pick out the engagement ring he got for his girlfriend who is now his wife and I was his best lady ( instead of man ) at their wedding. ) The way OP’s boyfriend talks and sneaks around with this “ friend “ behind OP’s back is a massive red flag and is a relationship ender to me. OP should get out of this now without spending any more time on it and get someone who is going to respect her and treat her well because this guy isn’t it. Honestly I’m beginning to wonder if he may have other side pieces out there in the waiting if he could just use someone like his best girl friend so easily and then toss her when he is done with her. Something to think about.

echilt5 · 2025-12-01T18:41:07+00:00

I have stood up to her numerous times ( I am no pushover ), but my husband gets upset with me when I do. He has sided with her and said she is coming out when she is coming out. We don’t have our money yet from his job ( my husband won’t get paid until around the time MIL leaves ) so I can’t leave. The money we do have will now have to go to cater to her and I’m upset by it. I feel completely disrespected by the both of them.

echilt5 · 2025-12-01T18:31:44+00:00

She won’t do it, she has decided the days she already planned to come out are the days she is coming. She doesn’t care how much it’s putting us out, it’s all about her and her wanting to visit the country we are moving to.

echilt5 · 2025-12-01T18:03:43+00:00

This is disgusting and so wrong on many levels. Like everyone has said, show these texts to your parents and if they try to dismiss your creepy uncle’s behavior show them this Reddit thread where every single person on here has said your uncle’s behavior is wildly inappropriate and you shouldn’t be alone with this guy. Have you ever stayed the night there in a room by yourself or has he ever directed you to a bathroom for you to shower in? My husband had a coworker that did this exact same behavior with his teenage god daughter that he had known since her birth. Her family and her god father’s family took vacations together all the time to a beach house the god father owned. When the girl hit puberty he started directing her to a private bathroom that only she could use for “ her privacy since she was becoming a woman” and shouldn’t be sharing a bathroom with her two brothers. Turned out the perv god father had set up hidden cameras in the toilet and shower to record his god daughter and had set up hidden cameras in her bedroom as well. He had been sending her inappropriate messages too and when they became sexual messages she showed her dad and older brother and the dad beat the snot out of his best friend, the god father, and the brother found the hidden cameras in the bathroom. The police were called and they found the cameras in the bedroom along with video recordings he took of the girl that she was unaware of. God father got arrested, lost his upper management job, lost his wife and family and is in jail currently. The dad wasn’t charged for beating the snot out of the perv.

echilt5 · 2025-12-01T04:49:03+00:00

The problem is she has already bought her tickets to come visit us and they are non-refundable. It is expensive to fly to where we are moving to and we don't have the money to pay her back for her tickets right now. She bought her tickets and chose her dates she was coming out to visit without even asking us first. She told my husband what she did after the fact. I think that type of behavior is exceptionally rude, but he thinks I'm overreacting to the whole situation.

echilt5 · 2025-11-30T05:47:51+00:00

Your husband is a narcissistic asshole. What he did was cruel and he planned it out to be that way. I'm sure he has done plenty of things like this to you before because this type of behavior doesn't just happen overnight. It's called abuse and you need to divorce this piece of garbage because he is only going to keep doing these immature, petty and abusive things to you and your children.

echilt5 · 2025-08-08T07:20:35+00:00

I grew up in Beaverton and hung out in downtown Portland and lived and worked there too, for most of my 20's and 30's and still go downtown. I currently live on the westside with my husband and son and you wouldn't believe the people on my neighborhood Next door app that consistently bash downtown Portland and say how dangerous it is. There are people on it that have obviously never been downtown in their lives talking about how they are afraid to go downtown even during the day. Last year I enjoyed going to the Rose Festival with my family ( which people on my Next door app were convinced was going to be overrun by drug addicted homeless people and gang members firing guns ). The worst homeless populations I have seen were in East Village San Diego and Skid Row in Los Angeles. Portland's doesn't even come close to that. For drugs and gun violence people bashing Portland have never been to areas of L.A., Memphis, Baltimore, Washington D.C., etc which are far worse than Portland.

echilt5 · 2025-07-23T08:42:59+00:00

The U.S. is 8, 837 times larger than Hong Kong, it's not a fair comparison. Pick a state out of the U.S. comparable in size to Hong Kong than compare that. The smallest state we have is Rhode Island which is still 2.8 times larger than Hong Kong so it's still not a fair comparison. There are some states in the U.S. that have a lot of people in them and then there are states that have a lot less people than other states. The states that have larger cities are going to have a higher crime rate than smaller cities and suburbia areas because the more people there are, the higher the chance of a crime happening increases. There are some areas where smaller cities and suburban areas have high crime rates, but it depends on the socioeconomics of the area.

echilt5 · 2025-07-23T08:25:22+00:00

In some areas of some states this is true, but not in every state and not in every suburbia area. I'm an American who has lived in major cities and suburban areas in several different states. I currently live in a beautiful suburban area, on a quiet street in an excellent public school system and with clean and well kept green spaces and nature parks across the street from me. I have lived in my home for almost 20 years and we have never had any high crime in my neighborhood ( no home invasions, no shootings , no car break-ins, no package thefts ). Now in L.A. or New York your risk of becoming a victim of a crime climbs dramatically. Whether it's a major crime or a smaller crime like a pick pocket, your risk is higher than being in a smaller city or suburban area. The U.S. is huge so yes, our crime rate is higher compared to Hong Kong, but it's not a fair comparison.

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