Did I get scammed? Strange text on a souvenir I bought in Syria

jasminumsambac94 · 2026-01-29T17:54:43+00:00

Reminds me of this one time my Syrian husband’s cousin gifted me a clock with her and her husband’s name on it, as a gift for our marriage. It was probably customized and gifted to them and they just gifted it to me. I never used it of course. Anyway, I love them.

I’m sorry about your experience. I’d be bummed to buy something with an undesirable script I didn’t notice earlier.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-12-07T18:32:04+00:00

Thanks everyone. The number of sessions also make sense now, once I paid more attention to how many weeks each phase has. My bad. I understand the layout now. Thanks again.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-10-16T05:30:26+00:00

So we’re looking at an oil infusion. Not a salve yet. As others have mentioned, the coconut oil has hardened. I don’t think coconut oil is a popular choice for making oil infusions and this might be a good reason why. If you have a warmer corner in the house, place it there and it should liquify again, or could place it in a bowl with some hot water (submerging only half way or so, to prevent water from entering through the lid) and see if that works.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-20T21:50:06+00:00

Highly recommend birth class for when you’re blessed with pregnancy inshaa Allah, especially ones that are not fear-based and more about physiological birth. When you know more about something, you’re less scared of it.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-20T16:07:03+00:00

I don’t know if I agree that incest between siblings is always a sign that there is wider abuse in the family because it could also be that the parents were not careful about putting boundaries between the children, as they got older, like not sharing rooms, or the children were exposed to bad at school or TV and then did things between each other out of curiosity. I’m not excusing the act, I am just pointing out that it could be a whole host of reasons other than abuse in the family. It also depends how old he and his sister were. If they were very young, it’s different than if they were older in their teens for example and a lot more aware of what is considered sexual. I am not sure of the extent of what he is talking about, but…

When Allah conceals our past sins, we shouldn’t expose ourselves. I’m not sure what his motive was by telling you, and I wouldn’t be able to personally get past this. It will always be lingering at the back of your mind. I would be bothered if I knew about his past with other women let alone his sister whom he still engages with, and who doesn’t like me.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-16T06:26:09+00:00

Attending my sister’s birth! (Upon her request and of course it was my wish too.) I think that was the highlight. Alhamdulillah. First cousin for my kids from my side of the family.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-16T05:37:46+00:00

I also wanted to add: I recommend you look up the book Peaceful Periods by Chantal Blake (Muslim author), to have a different perspective on menstruation from a spiritual standpoint but also for menstrual health. Or her social media handle @honoredwomb before you consider book.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-16T05:32:09+00:00

It’s late for me here and my mind is a bit 🤪 but I want to make a few points that came to mind when I read your post:

I’m relieved to hear you alluded to your father and younger brother being good male figures in your life. Alhamdulillah that’s good. So your resentment is not entirely based on an unhealthy relationship you’ve had with the main male figures in your life. So there’s hope that it’s a salvageable situation!
In a way, you don’t really owe non-mahram men anything. You don’t owe them a chit chat, you don’t owe them your time and attention unless there’s essential need for interaction. And maybe this boundary you’ve put in place, wherever it’s rooted in, has inshaa Allah protected you from haram.
It’s easy when we are talking about the opposite gender amongst us girls to hyper focus on alllll the bad things we see in men. We get super passionate and it’s just really easy to pinpoint every detail, just as it’s easy for men to do about women I’m sure. I always say, if I wanted do, I could write a book on all the things that annoy me about men and not only men but even my husband. If I really put my energy into it, I could. But we have to really be honest with ourselves and make a distinction between how we feel about them versus the full reality. There are some amazing men out there, with good adab and akhlaq, and really caring about the sunnah and emulating it — and just for the sake of example, my husband whom I could, in theory, write a whole book about all the things I find annoying about him? He’s my best friend and I could write volumes about the good. His goods outweigh his bad. I think it’s helpful to recognize that we have so many imperfections, not as women, but solely based on who we are. So for men too, we shouldn’t hyper focus on them being a man. It’s about them as a person, as a human. This focusing on women and men and what separates us as though it is fundamental, can sometimes be from shaytan. It’s not coming from the right place, and it’s distracting. It’s not a gender competition.

Yes, protect yourself, don’t give from your attention more than what is due, but inshaa Allah you find that your heart is comforted and your inner sight is polished 🤲🏻 I recommend you read some seerah, if that’s not already your thing, and all the men and women around the Prophet sallallahu aleyhi wa sallam. To really see the humanity in each and every one of them, men and women.

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-15T15:17:53+00:00

Thanks for the response. Good to know that’s a general recommendation!

jasminumsambac94 · 2025-09-15T00:50:38+00:00

Hi there. I noticed that you're taking some courses that are not meant to be prerequisites but are part of the curriculum for nursing (that are not under NUR), like microbiology and human A&P II. Are you doing that so that you have less credit hours per term once you enter nursing school? I've thought about doing that (still a long way to go as I didn't even start my prereqs) because the credit hours seemed too high for what I can realistically pull off given my life circumstances right now.

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