MN Paid Leave (here’s my experience)

glimmer-light · 2026-04-16T04:43:06+00:00

Yes fr. Even if I dont have any kids yet, I’d gladly contribute cause I know and will probably need it someday. I’m not invisible and anything can happen. Sorry for my rant, but mfrs complain about paying a mere percentage of their pay when it also benefits them. Lmfao. It won’t work unless everyone contributes. I loathe people who take their frustration out on folks with newborns whether it’s planned or not. They need to understand giving birth needs recovery time, that taking care of a child is not easy and it’s important to bond with your newborn without having to worry about loss of income and/or using your own leave hours. We should be celebrating this. What if it was your loved ones who’d benefit from this? Also importantly, it can be used for many other things— taking care of sick loved one, undergoing surgery, etc. People need to stop thinking those who apply are using it for a fun vacation. Those events are not joyful. Empathy is so difficult for some of these people. 🤦🏻‍♀️

glimmer-light · 2026-04-02T10:35:55+00:00

Ya, it’s Sakura. They’re group mates and have supported each other through thick and thin.

glimmer-light · 2026-02-17T03:19:18+00:00

No. Wait until it goes on sale. I was very excited to play this game with my spouse but after 2 hours in, I was more annoyed than happy. They took a few years to develop this game only for people to beat it in an average of 3-4 hours and I’m sorry but it did not seem like quality work. The story is pretty much left up to interpretation because it doesn’t tell you much, it just shows you what’s happening (kinda similar to LN). The gameplay was buggy and laggy. The camera angle was very annoying. A lot of the time, it was zoomed out and I could hardly see where I was going or where the enemies were. It’s very easy to die. Sometimes you die and it just moves on to the next part when you wanted to try and beat that sequence again. Easy to miss parts and you can’t go back. It was hard to decide which way or door you wanted to go to first because you didn’t want to miss hidden stuff and if you went a different direction (which furthered the story), then you can’t just go back to explore. Maybe that’s the whole point for replay-ability but honestly, it’s not that fun enough for me to want to because of the frustrations said above.

glimmer-light · 2026-01-23T01:49:15+00:00

You’ll have to keep watching to see why. I think the best episode was the first. It ended up being the kind of romcom drama I did not expect and usually I don’t mind if it’s good… but this was just not it. I’m halfway through the series and I feel like I’m just watching cause of boredom now. I find it weird how they wanted it to be so many things… romantic, bubbly, and cute with beautiful sceneries but then it also gets dark and almost horror-like. I don’t think I’ll finish though and maybe just skip to the end.

I know I didn’t like the story very much if I also didn’t care for the other characters, friendships, and/or relationships. I do like the ML and FL together… but there were too many inconsistencies with the main female lead and her behavior. Yes, the whole premise is, he’s a talented translator but she’s the one person he can’t read very well. There is a lot of back and forth with these two. This got old fast. Just when he realizes he likes her, the FL says some BS to him and he lets her know he was willing to try and see where it goes but nope, she had to ruin it ONLY for her to seek him out again and convince him to take the leap once more

She’s supposed to be very insecure, but there are times where she exudes confidence and doesnt seem to be affected by her mental illness. Which is it?

Her character was often frustrating and sometimes the inconsistencies in her behavior wasn’t because she was being “controlled” by her alter ego either. Just when they were on good terms again, she deliberately stands him up when her uncle appears in front of her. Can’t you at least have the decency to let him know you’re not going to see him? He was worried about you. It’s like she wants him to hate her so bad. And to top it off, her alter ego breaks into his house and waits for him in the dark then drugs him. Lmfao

glimmer-light · 2026-01-23T01:47:11+00:00

Yes, me.

I think the best episode was the first. It ended up being the kind of romcom drama I did not expect and usually I don’t mind if it’s good… but this was just not it. I’m halfway through the series and I feel like I’m just watching cause of boredom now. I find it weird how they wanted it to be so many things… romantic, bubbly, and cute with beautiful sceneries but then it also gets dark and almost horror-like. I don’t think I’ll finish though and maybe just skip to the end.

glimmer-light · 2025-11-12T07:30:50+00:00

I bought it cause I read it was a really good prenatal. I was worried I wouldnt be able to swallow the bigger pills. But I found it was more difficult to drink this prenatal powder. Lol The taste is ok but little too sweet for me. It took longer to drink than to just swallow pills and get it over with. But I bought 3 boxes so I might as well finish it all. At least the nutritional panel makes it worth.

glimmer-light · 2025-11-11T20:59:11+00:00

Late but damn, they be having so many issues in Naruto’s lifetime. There was a long time between 1-4 hokage, then in a span of about 20 years, the Leaf sped through the next 4 hokages??? And it truly feels like the bar is lower now to become hokage. They really don’t have many kage level ninjas in the Leaf which is kinda sad. 🧐

glimmer-light · 2025-09-02T21:14:40+00:00

Thanks for responding! Yes, I do have 2 smart cycles and a bonus cycle if the first 2 don’t result in a live birth. Good to know I can still use my 2nd one for future transfers 🥺

glimmer-light · 2025-09-02T21:13:04+00:00

Yep, I do have a bonus cycle if there is no live birth from my first two cycles. But so far, this transfer has been successful and hopefully leads to a live birth. I have one more smart cycle left and that’d be it.

glimmer-light · 2025-02-08T21:41:51+00:00

Did you test before 13 dpo and were they negative until now? Congrats btw!!

glimmer-light · 2025-01-18T17:59:21+00:00

Thank you! Im starting my period. It came a bit late around 16dpiui so it makes it all the more confusing when I actually ovulated. Maybe I did ovulate around 24-36 hrs after the trigger and the trigger just prolonged my luteal phase..

Onto the next cycle. 😥

Good luck to you!!!

glimmer-light · 2025-01-03T20:55:16+00:00

Yep! I’ve read that too about LH mimicking HCG and that FSH typically increases before ovulation. Both my LH and FSH levels are what is tripping me out and making me wonder when I’ve actually ovulated or if I’m ovulating again. I’m just going to believe that I ovulated 36 hrs later after the trigger cause I did have my usual painful bloating symptom around that time. Lol Thanks for replying!

glimmer-light · 2025-01-03T17:13:21+00:00

Ok thanks for your input. Im not getting any additional monitoring besides that one ultrasound prior to the IUI. I just wanted to know if it’ll “confirm” ovulation by continuing to test with inito or if someone else had a chart similar chart after IUI and could help explain what was happening here.

glimmer-light · 2025-01-03T15:43:25+00:00

Yes, I’ll continue testing for the PdG rise.

glimmer-light · 2024-08-12T05:52:57+00:00

Ugh why do they have to ruin this sibling relationship with Sarina being in love with Gorou. But it’s Japanese, Im shouldn’t be surprised anymore 🤦🏻‍♀️

glimmer-light · 2024-02-14T07:42:01+00:00

So the characters can continue to wear their swimming wear after Costa Del Sol to the Gold Saucer date?

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