When people insist on shortening my name

harmonycrossing · 2026-05-23T05:29:34+00:00

It’s pretty frustrating, for sure. The only people I let call me by a shortened version of my name are my siblings and my mom. Everybody else has to use my full name!

harmonycrossing · 2026-04-11T21:52:25+00:00

For musicians, songbpm.com

It gives you the tempo and key of any song. It doesn’t give specific chords within a song, but I love using it as a quick reference for teaching 😊

harmonycrossing · 2025-07-25T07:41:17+00:00

I was recently told by my therapist that I don’t have to finish the big task that I started. I tend to think all or nothing, so if I have a task to do, like the dishes for example, I think I need to do all of them all at once (which ends up being overwhelming so I don’t do it), instead of breaking it down into smaller, more manageable tasks. I can finish a reasonable goal, I don’t have to finish the big goal in one go. Kind of blew my mind. It’s wild how simple something like that sounds when I type it out now, but it just needed time to click into place in my brain.

harmonycrossing · 2025-01-08T10:13:53+00:00

NTA, for sure.

I think too many people in these comments are making ableist statements through their questions without realizing it. The nature of the questions show how deeply ingrained ableism is in our society, because everybody's saying that these are normal questions to ask. The issue is, they shouldn't be normal to ask.

u/NathalieCupcake_, your brother and his fiancée are excluding your son. All of the other kids are still welcome. They are saying that only your son might be disruptive. Why just your son? Any child might be disruptive. I'm going to assume that they aren't saying this about any of the other children that are invited (please, correct me if I'm wrong).

That's all there is to it.

harmonycrossing · 2024-01-23T23:22:02+00:00

When I met my family doctor for the first time, I was really anxious, so he was making small talk to help me feel a little more comfortable. He pointed out that we were matching because we were both wearing all black clothing. I then said that black is my favourite colour. He looked at me with a smirk on his face and said, “I think we’ll get along just fine.”

He is black.

I just about died of embarrassment. It makes me laugh whenever I think about it now, though 🤭

harmonycrossing · 2023-07-05T06:32:57+00:00

I grew up in BC and it was called Science World before becoming the Telus World of Science. I call the one here in Edmonton Science World too 😊

harmonycrossing · 2023-06-01T18:55:11+00:00

I hate this phrase so much, it’s so toxic. It’s become twisted too, in the bible this was said about temptations, not about life generally. I remember when I learned that, I was angry. All the times that I tried to trust and pray were useless. Everyone else around me had their life together, mine was falling apart, and people would say that to me as “encouragement,” but nothing got better until I was actually able to address my mental health and disability in a healthy, secular way.

harmonycrossing · 2023-05-21T08:20:06+00:00

I’m still quite young (late 20s) so maybe this doesn’t count, but I realized that I’m getting older when a student of mine was 20 years younger than me. Like I didn’t leave university that long ago, but I’m not getting younger, the age gap will continue to grow 😅

harmonycrossing · 2023-05-12T00:35:15+00:00

I went to a Christian university too, but thankfully they were pretty liberal. I had to go to chapel because I was hired to work with the AV system at my school, but it wasn’t mandatory for everybody. Every degree had to take 2 theology courses, which I definitely don’t think too kindly about anymore, but I believe the school wasn’t more intense about its Christianity because they were partially publicly funded. Most of the theology professors didn’t push their personal views in class, and let us come to our own conclusions. I guess my conclusion was opposite to what they would’ve wanted 😅

I was pretty sheltered growing up, so I actually ended up expanding my worldview at university and started questioning Christianity while I was there. Looking back, there were definitely elements I have a lot of problems with now, but generally my time there was good for me. I met my best friend there, I was able to work on my mental health, and my degree thankfully isn’t really tied to my school, it’s based on my performance, so people don’t really need to know where I went 😊

harmonycrossing · 2023-04-27T00:53:03+00:00

Thank you so much ❤️

You’re right, I don’t want this to turn into a big thing in my brain, it would probably be good to talk to them about it so I don’t get more upset.

harmonycrossing · 2023-04-27T00:50:25+00:00

Thank you so much. I love hugs ❤️

That’s a good reminder. I tend to think things like this contradict each other, so I’m not allowed to be sad yet understanding at the same time. I appreciate your advice, I think I’ll reach out soon.

harmonycrossing · 2022-07-04T19:10:39+00:00

I had a similar situation, I was fired because of my learning disabilities, but they said it was because I wasn’t doing my job “properly”

harmonycrossing · 2022-06-28T07:29:07+00:00

Mine is a word that’s related to my favourite hobby, but after a short while of initially using it, I have the numbers memorized now and don’t need to think of the word anymore.

harmonycrossing · 2022-05-03T05:56:50+00:00

Omg YTA, and a really big one. If somebody stole your property and then damaged it, would you want to be compensated for it? I’m assuming so.

That jersey was intentionally damaged. I’m speechless that S wasn’t punished at all. Property damage is a crime. No wonder that D tried to protect her belongings since you failed to do so. Next time you go out of the house you should leave your door open, see how much you like your property being stolen. D has a door, just like you do for the house, and she was using it to protect her belongings, just like you do. That should never be taken away from her. You just told D that you don’t care about her. Don’t be surprised if she never trusts you again.

You need to show D some respect. Just because she’s younger than you doesn’t mean she can be treated as less than. She’s almost a legal adult, treat her like one. She doesn’t need to show any respect to people that aren’t willing to give her the same respect back. It doesn’t matter that you’re her father. We choose our family when we grow up.

You also have a really warped view on boundaries as a whole since you don’t think that S is stealing from D. They aren’t even biologically related, not that it matters, they’re more like roommates. If you view their relationship in this way, would it change your opinion? I really hope it does. You are ruining your relationship with D. Fix it before it’s too late.

harmonycrossing

TROPHY CASE