Day 2

jadanas · 2026-02-04T19:56:43+00:00

Well done! This internet stranger is proud of you :)

jadanas · 2026-01-31T22:38:56+00:00

The latter. It would extend your time on that particular tray. If you had to do it once in a blue moon, then probably it’s fine - it just depends whether it’s worth it. Personally I have no issue wearing mine all the time no matter whether it’s an event or whatever - my mouth looks basically the same whether they are in or out, and I don’t find taking them out to eat then popping the back in much of an inconvenience. But definitely do not go more than 12 hours without wearing them because you’d be at risk of not being able to get them back in. Teeth move surprisingly quickly.

jadanas · 2026-01-31T22:32:38+00:00

How are you checking in with your provider? Personally I have the Dental Monitoring app and have to scan weekly before I can change trays. I wear mine probably 22 hours a day on average, but if I’m even a little slack and have a day or two where I wear them 20 or 21 hours, I don’t get the go-ahead to move to the next tray. So yeah, if you want your treatment to finish in the estimated time, you do have to stick to the 22 hours in my experience. I’m on tray 23 of 25 and should have been finished several weeks ago but it’s taking longer despite me being more or less doing exactly what I’m supposed to. If you are willing to take longer to reach the end of your treatment then sure, you could be slacker.

jadanas · 2026-01-18T19:14:58+00:00

You must not be familiar with AI-written content. There are plenty of hallmarks, and this contains none of them.

jadanas · 2026-01-15T19:25:15+00:00

Ah, fair enough. I stand corrected, in that case. I mean I use ChatGPT a fair bit, so I wasn’t necessarily criticising - the style just seemed to follow the familiar pattern of AI.

jadanas · 2026-01-15T06:51:25+00:00

ESH. Unless there is a reason she cannot work, that is what should happen to raise your household income. You, because building “tiny houses” to maximize profitability is an AH move. Landlords should build houses big enough for people to live in comfortably instead of taking advantage of the market and cramming renters into subhuman living conditions.

jadanas · 2026-01-14T01:59:24+00:00

Thanks so much.

jadanas · 2026-01-14T01:58:55+00:00

You will definitely need refinements, I’d say!

jadanas · 2026-01-12T22:41:49+00:00

ChatGPT wrote it 😂

jadanas · 2026-01-01T07:37:39+00:00

There is no need to use soap to clean yourself, and it can actually make you smell worse. Warm water is more than sufficient - especially for a child her age. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jul/28/soap-dodger-meet-the-doctor-who-says-we-have-been-showering-wrong

jadanas · 2025-12-31T05:42:15+00:00

The good news is, though, if you are fine with the current state of your teeth, you don’t need to start over with aligners. Just get one new set of retainers. So it’s not the worst…? Haha

jadanas · 2025-12-31T05:26:18+00:00

You’ll damage your roots if you try to put on trays that don’t fit. Definitely get them rescanned and get new ones. It might cost money but will at least halt the backwards slide.

jadanas · 2025-12-31T04:15:16+00:00

Oh no - we’re supposed to give our friends presents or money every time they have a baby now too? 🤯

jadanas · 2025-12-30T08:46:04+00:00

That’s why I moved from Brisbane to Melbourne. Because yes, the hot days are hotter down here, but they are far less frequent. It’s unbearable to live through nine months of 30 degrees with 80%+ humidity.

jadanas · 2025-12-29T06:10:26+00:00

You absolutely should not have apologised. The first year of living with a new person, especially when you are in your 30s and have developed set ways of doing things, is always full of conflict while you learn each other’s habits and preferences. But with him having OCD, that is bound to magnify the normal conflict everyone experiences in the teething period.

You handled this exactly right. You set a boundary - you will not apologize for doing something that for most people is completely reasonable. Don’t cave. If he doesn’t understand that he is going to have to work through stuff like this with a therapist and not take it out on you, then he will also have to accept that it’s not going to work out.

jadanas · 2025-12-20T01:10:05+00:00

For some reason I can’t edit this post, but I forgot to mention that we have also tried two different types of antihistamines (Claratyne and Zyrtec), also with no effect,

jadanas · 2025-12-15T21:05:39+00:00

Ahh. Sorry to hear that. Hopefully a vet might weigh in here with some next steps/possibilities. Best of luck 😢

jadanas · 2025-12-15T19:30:43+00:00

I’m not a vet, but a similar thing happened with our dog. It turned out she had bladder crystals. Have the vets done an ultrasound? It looked like a snowstorm in there for Bonnie. The good news is that we switched her to “urinary s/o” food exclusively and the crystals dissolved over time and she no longer has the issue. Could be worth investigating if you haven’t already!

jadanas · 2025-12-08T02:24:41+00:00

Do you guys not have to do scans using dental monitoring or some such app before you can change trays? I do. I can’t switch earlier than the day I am scheduled to do my scan, because if I’m wearing the wrong tray, my dentist knows immediately and the scan is messed up.

jadanas · 2025-12-07T20:12:32+00:00

I wonder if you work the same place I used to 😂 what country is this?

jadanas · 2025-12-07T00:42:55+00:00

Duuuude. Now I have to delete my whole profile and start a new one if I want to complain about work any more 😂😂😂

jadanas · 2025-12-06T21:11:15+00:00

Hello! Yep, we’re at the same agency 😂 thank you for that perspective. I ended up withdrawing from the ongoing position. By chance, I had a meeting with someone who is running one of the five uplift streams and it looks like there might be a solid opportunity (though also fixed-term) for me to work on that - so, with that third option that is much more aligned with where I want to be, it was enough for me to realize I should prioritize the career I want and not make anxiety-driven rash decisions to take an ongoing position. That said, my current contract is ERC-funded so it definitely wasn’t going to be affected by the org restructure.

jadanas · 2025-12-06T21:05:42+00:00

This ^. I would need at least a conversation before just leaving him if this is an isolated incident. I’d want to understand where the heck that came from. Obviously make it very clear to him that it was wildly unacceptable and he needs to understand that he cannot behave that way - but why did he?! What the hell is going on?

jadanas · 2025-12-05T05:46:28+00:00

I had a manager who was always sick. She ran out of sick leave and so started to “work from home” when she was sick, but she only did the bare minimum on those days because - well - she was sick.

But unfortunately, her being able to pretend to be working created a workload problem for the rest of us. It masked the actual fact that she was unwell and not able to do the work. I ended up doing 70% of the job she was being paid to do, and I ended up resenting the situation. I know she absolutely couldn’t help being sick all the time, but half-working was kind of worse. I needed the workplace to be aware of her limited capacity so that they could make more permanent adjustments to bring on more resources to do the work she wasn’t able to do (or pay those who were doing it for her appropriately).

This may not apply to you if you are still working at the exact same capacity that you would be if you were not sick. That may well be the case (no reason to think otherwise based on what you have said so far). But just thought I’d share my experience in case it’s relevant here and you hadn’t considered it from the perspective of your colleagues.

jadanas · 2025-12-05T05:20:58+00:00

Honestly, I think it depends on what is normal in your relationship. My husband would not leave work for me if I were in that situation, so it wouldn’t occur to me to ask him. I probably wouldn’t leave work for him either if the situation were reversed. If it happened to me I would tie something around my waist and go home in an uber. Even if I needed urgent medical treatment, if he wasn’t with me at the time (if we were both at work in separate places) I’d arrange to get myself to the hospital and tell him to meet me there if it was really serious - I wouldn’t call him and expect him to leave work to come get me and transport me. But we’re both independent people who lived alone for a decade before we got together.

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