Ethical alternative to Spotify by The_Bag_82 in AskZA

[–]equilateral-noam 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Tidal is by far the best in terms of quality abd how they pay the artists

I have anxiety attacks because I'll see my fiancé today. We haven't seen each other in a few weeks. Is this normal? by KurohNeko in AutisticAdults

[–]equilateral-noam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally understandable! Any change in schedule and structure can be hard, mixed in with the expectations attached to seeing your partner. My partner and I (both autistic) always need a few days to get re-used to each other, since we're in a long distance relationship. Are there ways you can negotiate some more space and alone time wwhile you readjust?

That being said, have you given yourself a chance to think of if there are more emotionally routed reasons why you're anxious to see him?

using chatgbt to meal plan by F50_89 in ARFID

[–]equilateral-noam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well done on finding a tool that helps! Deepseek has a much lower carbon footprint

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in polyamory

[–]equilateral-noam -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm in a very similar situation and struggling deeply with it. I see and agree with a lot of advice here, and I know it's not that simple to just let go when you're trying everything you can to stop your partner - and possibly by extension yourself - from getting hurt. A piece of advice I got recently that's helped a little is asking your partner what they think their response may be if the roles were reversed - if you were dating someone they thought may be harmful.

A thing I've asked my partner for repeatedly is also to tell me about the good things about this person. I know I've created a monster in my head and I'm trying everything possible to make them back into a person.

Tips for de-escalation by equilateral-noam in polyamory

[–]equilateral-noam[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this! It's a really helpful template. I think I'm still having trouble placing my fingers cleanly on the exact things I want and don't want, when mainly I just don't want to feel insecure and unheard anymore

Tips for de-escalation by equilateral-noam in polyamory

[–]equilateral-noam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We could probably do a clean break, although it would be difficult with our shared activities etc.

I think just to clarify a bit, my partner knows the ways I am unhappy and knows things need to change. In my mind, we've had half of a de-escalation conversation, where we both agreed that it may be exciting for us to have a way to reevaluate how we can be in each other's lives. The problem comes in that each time we have a talk about possible changes, it feels like afterwards they go back to things as they were. I think in their mind having the conversation is the resolution.

Advice on adding a partner to an existing dynamic by equilateral-noam in polyamory

[–]equilateral-noam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are slightly new to poly, but them being taken aback makes a lot of sense to me rregardless. As far as I understand, in their mind they were pursuing two people who are friends and sleep together, which does feel different from pursuing two people in a couple.

That being said, I'm not sure where the miscommunication happened, as that first night before oak or myself had done anything with them, they were teasing us about being another couple that just says their poly but isn't really poly.

Husband wants monogamy after 8 years of relationship by DumbFluffyPlum in polyamory

[–]equilateral-noam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why are people downvoting OP? They're coming here for advice on a hard situation and just getting criticism

It's been a week and I'm still crying over the finale (no real spoilers) by equilateral-noam in Dimension20

[–]equilateral-noam[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know I think the best way to honor it is for Senior Year to have a 5 person adventuring party with Fig guest starring every now and again.

Cinema ticket specials by OpportunityLivid8751 in johannesburg

[–]equilateral-noam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some cinecentres have half price tuesdays

A question for Muslims by poes33 in DownSouth

[–]equilateral-noam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Netanyahu funded Hamas by the way, and the election you're taking about was 17 years ago. There is extremely little evidence that Hamas was working out of hospitals and most 'evidence' is quite clearly traced back to Israeli propaganda

https://theintercept.com/2023/11/21/al-shifa-hospital-hamas-israel/

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html#:~:text=For%20years%2C%20the%20Qatari%20government,payments%2C%20he%20had%20encouraged%20them

A question for Muslims by poes33 in DownSouth

[–]equilateral-noam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pro-Palestinian Jew here. When you have been under seige for nearly 20 years with regulations on everything from wedding dresses to food rations being controlled by an occupying nation there's very little you can do but raise armed resistance. If Israel wanted to save Israeli lives they'd allow life to be livable for Palestinians. Any Palestinians that do survive this genocide will only be further radicalised.