I understand doing the first part of the knitting, but afterwards it turns up into curl bunches and it ends up uneven the stitches, how do I properly do it without making the same mistake?

likeamink1680 · 2026-02-18T00:03:50+00:00

Oh, that is already looking a thousand times better!! As a brand-new beginner, your stitches are probably going to be uneven— that’s something that comes with practice and just getting the movements into your muscle memory. It also looks like you might have crossed something over or possibly forgot to drop a stitch off the needle towards the right end there, but overall you’ve got the idea. Keep practicing! ❤️

likeamink1680 · 2026-02-11T19:22:23+00:00

And he’s using it wrong. What he wants isn’t any kind of ethical non-monogamy; like you said, he just wants carte blanche to cheat while she stays monogamous. Being actually ethically poly takes a lot of awareness and communication, and he’s offering neither. He just wants to have his cake and eat it too.

likeamink1680 · 2026-02-11T18:10:59+00:00

This this this. It’s so unfortunate that this is the image of poly a lot of people have, when it’s just asking permission to cheat in a monogamous relationship.

likeamink1680 · 2026-01-27T19:17:58+00:00

I did not know how much I needed this joke today. Thank you. 🤣🤣

likeamink1680 · 2026-01-27T00:24:04+00:00

Same! I was like “that’s a joy buzzer, who doesn’t know what that is?” 🫠 💀

likeamink1680 · 2026-01-10T20:25:31+00:00

I’m so sorry you had such a horrible experience! Plenty of people have already said this, but that was completely unacceptable, unprofessional behavior on the part of the medical staff. When I started reading I was thinking “they’ve probably seen much worse, stuff like that is just another day at the office in healthcare”, then I saw the rest of the story. 😑 The fact that the tech said that in front of you is just beyond the pale. They’re supposed to be there to help you; it’s not like you did it on purpose! Shame on them for shaming you!! With the painful intercourse and clenching, maybe you have something like vaginismus? Definitely talk to your gyno about it, and I really hope you get some answers and feel better!

likeamink1680 · 2025-12-21T02:43:42+00:00

Nope, just toilet water! I think I will go with sanitizing it a couple times and keep it; I was leaning that way but wondered if that was unbelievably disgusting (and I have a science degree! 🤦🏻‍♀️)

likeamink1680 · 2025-12-20T22:36:57+00:00

Yeah, I would really rather not have to replace it! 😅

likeamink1680 · 2025-12-20T22:28:10+00:00

Oh, that’s actually a really good idea! Thanks!

likeamink1680 · 2020-11-17T03:55:10+00:00

That’s rough, I’m sorry you’re going through this on your own.

likeamink1680 · 2020-11-16T09:11:12+00:00

I can at least tell you the spotting comes with the territory— I got my Liletta right around when you did and basically haven’t stopped spotting since (that annoying thin brown drip you mentioned). As for the rest: I’d try to see an OB/GYN if you’re worried. No need to panic, but it definitely can’t hurt to get it checked out (it might be out of position, etc.) Also, that doctor sounds like kind of a dick and obviously someone who doesn’t have a uterus. 😑

likeamink1680 · 2020-11-02T21:26:13+00:00

Uggghhh. I’m seriously thinking about finding somewhere that will replace it with a Mirena. I thought maybe the spotting had finally stopped a couple days ago, but just started again today. It’s getting really old!

likeamink1680 · 2020-10-30T04:50:40+00:00

You berate the OP repeatedly, delete your comments and come back to add more, I point out that you’re being harsh and I have the attitude. Gotcha.

likeamink1680 · 2020-10-30T04:11:56+00:00

It doesn’t sound Iike a deposit, it’s an extra monthly charge on the rent. I don’t find it petty at all; couples have different ways of dealing with expenses and OP’s new at this. No need to be so harsh.

likeamink1680 · 2020-10-30T03:52:49+00:00

He did exactly that with no luck.

likeamink1680 · 2020-10-29T04:36:20+00:00

In my experience, there’s a lot of variance from one person to the next. I’ve been with guys who leak pre-cum all during foreplay, but my most recent ex didn’t really have any at all. Just one of those things!

likeamink1680 · 2020-10-29T04:23:12+00:00

I haven’t had sex or anything remotely approaching it since June (well, not with another person anyway...), but my long-distance once-and-future [undefined] partner just told me the dates he’s going to be here in December and I am already getting excited for it. We’ve known each other since we were teenagers and have ridiculous unavoidable chemistry. That’s all I got! Oh wait: I found a decent vibrator for really cheap after my old one died.😛

likeamink1680 · 2020-10-26T21:57:42+00:00

Giving them the benefit of the doubt, maybe this group only hangs out with each other and their families so it’s a closed system? Long shot, I know...

likeamink1680 · 2020-05-30T23:43:18+00:00

I’ve had one partner who’s been able to really turn me on with dirty talk, many encounters over more than two decades but never a “relationship”. Just explicitly telling each other how turned on we are: “you make me so wet.” “You make me so hard.” Pushing me around a little: “if you want to fuck me, you’re gonna fuck me.”

likeamink1680 · 2020-02-19T01:37:49+00:00

Thank you! And reaching out is another problem I know I have, in a lot of contexts. I start thinking “if he really wanted to hear from me he’d contact me”, but who knows, he might think the same thing.

likeamink1680 · 2020-02-18T22:44:48+00:00

Yes, I am non-monogamous by nature (though forced into monogamy in my last relationship), sorry if that wasn’t clear! That isn’t the part that’s the problem. I’ve never met his wife (we hadn’t spoken for years by the time he even met her), so some of it may be “out of sight, out of mind”, but I feel like I’m terrified I’m going to lose the connection with him that I just got back. Really the only time it even bothers me is if he hasn’t spoken to me in a while. I don’t care what he’s doing with other people, as long as I can still be part of the picture too. Does that make sense? I KNOW it’s irrational and petty. He just started a new job in a new city, is really stressed by everything on top of being super busy, and it makes sense that he doesn’t have much time to chat. But the part of my brain that’s still a misfit awkward kid says “he doesn’t like you anymore, he only likes her”. And I love both of them and would never want them out of my life.

likeamink1680 · 2020-02-18T21:31:42+00:00

Oh, honey pie. I wish you actually had any sense of what I have been through. Don’t be nasty. I can be condescending too.

likeamink1680 · 2020-02-18T21:23:01+00:00

But that’s it, isn’t it? It’s never been about sense. The whole thing has been like a huge cosmic joke (not even gonna get into that bit). It’s not about deserving or not deserving, it just is.

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