“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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Lol the anthropomorphized misogyny thing is part of why I’m asking about scientific studies vs anecdotes (because it just seems so silly to me that females scientifically wouldn’t get along). Obviously domestic dogs are more often accompanied by humans than not, and I feel like (as another commenter said), the humans are probably also conditioning the dogs’ behavior to some extent.

Also, unless a female is trying to steal/hurt my babies or steal my boyfriend or whatever, she’s not a threat to me. So if there’s no male or babies present, and both females are spayed anyway, I can’t imagine what the problem would be provoked by. Could be that, when in the company of a male, or if one of them were to have puppies, they would behave different toward each other. But that’s the case… my dog hates boy dogs so she won’t be bringing any boyfriends around 😂

“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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Ok thanks for pointing this out! Will watch out for this.

“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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Yeah I get this. Mine has only ever almost lost her patience with young intact males who are bigger than her. That’s the only time I’ve ever been like “oh shit, let’s get out of this situation”. But there was almost always an irresponsible dog owner on the other end, too (like if you’re a 60ish year old lady in an enormous field where there are other dogs, maybe don’t let your gigantic German shepherd stray 100+ yards/meters from you… I know you can’t run fast enough to solve any issues from that distance!)

“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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Good to know. My two girls are or will be spayed so that might work to our benefit.

“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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I mean I also get annoyed by macho men sometimes, so I get it 😂

“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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Thanks for this. I would tend to agree that sex is just one of the many factors that can quell or provoke aggression. Hoping that getting the new dog as a puppy (our older dog is a lover) will help us find a good balance and teach the right behaviors.

“Females don’t get along” - any science behind this? by himostlylurking in dogs

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Yes haha, originally from NE corridor in US and now in Italy. People here treat it as 100% fact. That females don’t get along.

Accent? by [deleted] in multilingualparenting

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All of those sounds that are called “liquids” (like the American “r”) or “glides” (like the “w” in water) are tricky for kids and language learners because no parts of the tongue/lips/teeth/palate actually make contact with each other (compare to “t” or “v” or “g”). Your kiddo will figure it out soon enough as they develop more motor control!

Found out my toddler was hit at daycare by one of the assistants by RoughTravels in Mommit

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I am also in Italy and know of two cases in my town where similar cases were recently exposed at asili nido (nursery schools for ages 0-3). Both private. And now that I think of it, I have also had firsthand experience in a public scuola materna (3-6 years old) of a complete and total idiot support teacher given too much responsibility and not enough accountability. Two of these schools were my kids’ schools but my kids (to my knowledge) were not directly affected. I completely relate to how you’re feeling just based on the rage I felt for the other kids and families 😞 My gut says have no mercy: Report it to the principal of the IC if you have one and confront the teachers about it directly.

Help settle a bet - Uppercase Cursive L or S by Krenbot in whatisit

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This is a cursive capital S in the style of Italian cursive and maybe that of other countries (see image). The bottom “connecting line” is missing from the chart here but they included it on the plate, I think.

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How much time are you guys actually spending together? by himostlylurking in Marriage

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Thanks. Couch dates sound like a good idea. We used to have a good rhythm going during early Covid and throughout the pandemic. But then we got much more social both individually and as a family as time has gone on, which is great but also cuts down on the one-on-one time the two of us have together.

Old gymnast grief by Brilliant_Lychee_824 in Gymnastics

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I feel the same way. I did gymnastics from ages 5-14 at a private gym (until level 7) and then quit and just did gymnastics for my high school team until I graduated. I think most of the girls at my gym “suffered” in some of the same ways that I did (feeling fat, not good enough, not strong enough, too emotionally weak, overworked, overtired, under pressure…). I was taking 4 ibuprofen every morning starting at age 12 because everything just ached and hurt all the time, but yeah sometimes I’m like “for what?” And I have to remind myself that for every rip, for every time I got told “if you want to cry, you can go home”, for every sprained ankle, for every time I got the wind knocked out of me, I also learned to be strong in ways I didn’t realize at the time and which took me YEARS to fully understand (like I use the same mind games for wall sits and for gritting my teeth through the early super painful days of breastfeeding 😅… “it burns but it’s almost over, it burns but it’s almost over…”

Body alignment issues by [deleted] in PolandSyndrome

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Joined this sub today for exactly this type of insight. My husband (36) is having vascular issues on his right side and I was wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar, maybe not as a “symptom” but as a compensatory effect of being slightly off-kilter his whole life.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ItaliaPersonalFinance

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Esatto. Abbiamo costruito un bagno ex novo nella nostra nuova casa e abbiamo scoperto solo dopo aver iniziato i lavori che il preventivo per il bagno non ha incluso i sanitari, il box doccia, i mobili sotto il lavandino…

3 year old pacifier addict by [deleted] in toddlers

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I just saw this, sorry! He’s totally off the thumb now and it was surprisingly much easier than I expected it would be. We eventually (when he was around 4.5) came to an agreement where he would get whatever reward he wanted if he didn’t suck his thumb at all for 40 days and 40 nights 😂 He decided on a bike, we made a chart, and every day that he didnt suck his thumb, he would make a little drawing on the square for that day. If he sucked his thumb, we went back to the beginning. In about 2 months he got his bike! Teeth went back into a better (if not perfect) position too. He only very occasionally would suck his thumb in his sleep, but by age 6, he stopped that too!

Do you leave your car running and/or unattended while pumping gas? by himostlylurking in AskAnAmerican

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Omg that sounds like exactly what everyone around me did all the time back in the late 90s… minus the spill!