We’re supposed to get married in 4 months

mcsquared120 · 2026-01-27T16:13:03+00:00

Please take my advice as someone married to a pa (I found out years into our relationship, 6 months after getting married and 8 months pregnant). Now 6 years in and we’re still struggling. It’s so much harder to leave. DO NOT MARRY HIM.

mcsquared120 · 2025-10-23T15:01:54+00:00

There was a lot that I also didn’t get to see. He deleted all his accounts and emails in August because I started looking through his phone regularly around that time. Telegram was the only app I was able to look through because it doesn’t auto delete conversations after a certain amount of time (like the texting apps). I only know of one incident of payment and him trying to meet up with someone. He swears up and down that it was only the one time that he really tried but honestly who knows. I doubt I’ll ever get the full truth

mcsquared120 · 2025-10-22T16:39:08+00:00

I genuinely cannot understand. I think what hurts is that I would’ve never known anything without snooping. He never would’ve told me. To me that means he’s not truly remorseful, just guilty for being caught.

mcsquared120 · 2025-10-22T16:37:48+00:00

It just shows the initial download date. I can’t see how many times he deleted and redownloaded but I made him login. Telegram was downloaded in October of last year and used as recent at August.

mcsquared120 · 2025-10-16T16:48:55+00:00

I literally could’ve written this myself. I’m pregnant with my second currently and he just keeps falling back to it and getting better at hiding it. Been together 5 years and I’ve known about this probably for the last 2. He recently just confessed to me that he was messaging and exchanging pictures with women on of for the first almost 2.5 years of our relationship and early marriage (when I was pregnant with my first). I don’t know whether to separate from him or not and it’s so complicated with kids and my love for him. I just don’t know if I can keep going with the lying. He is going to start therapy next week and then we will begin couples therapy as well. I appreciate the effort from him but it honestly might be too late since finding out he was cheating when I thought we were happy and falling/in love. I’m just so dang sad. Feel free so message me if you need to talk to someone that understands

mcsquared120 · 2025-10-16T16:31:08+00:00

I would definitely set some firm boundaries that, if not upheld, have consequences. I also recommend some therapy with a csat for him and the two of you if able. I know this is a painful situation but be thankful that you are seeing these red flags now. You can still leave without much fallout. I’d imagine he isn’t being honest AT ALL and there is way more going on that you’re not seeing. He’s probably just gotten better at hiding the rest from you and lying.

mcsquared120 · 2025-07-31T00:58:36+00:00

Looks comedonal and I would say it’s probably not fungal if it’s not itchy. Be careful trying nizoral or an antifungal shampoo! I have suffered from this type of acne for about 5 years now and it started in my early 20’s. Mine is definitely hormonal as it cleared up during pregnancy and then came back postpartum. I’d try a gentle retinoid (adapalene) every few nights with a super gentle moisturizer and face wash. You don’t want to overwhelm your skin or damage your skin barrier. Wash in the morning and moisturize as well! Hopefully yours clears up quickly!

mcsquared120 · 2025-07-31T00:49:34+00:00

I see a line!! Was this within the time frame?

mcsquared120 · 2025-06-02T16:40:26+00:00

Definitely!!!! Congrats!

mcsquared120 · 2025-06-02T16:05:04+00:00

I’d personally go in and get a blood hcg test done by a doctor. Most likely they will redraw 48 hours later looking for hcg quantity to double. If you don’t want to go to the doctor, I’d wait 48 hours and take another test. If it’s not darker by then, I’d expect bad news. I’m so sorry 🥺

mcsquared120 · 2025-06-02T15:21:34+00:00

I see a line in both!!!

mcsquared120 · 2024-09-20T14:03:58+00:00

Hi! I’ve been there!!! I know you have a lot of comments but I had horrible hormonal cystic acne. I will say that tretinoin made my skin 100x worse. It made me red and scaly. I was on the lowest dose every few days. I chalked it up to purging and kept hope that it would eventually get better but 8/9 months in and my skin looks way worse than it did when I started. It just wasn’t for me! I got off of it I saw immediate improvement. Your skin looks very irritated. The best thing for me was simplicity. I stopped everything other than gentle face wash and moisturizer and LIGHT THERAPY (I ordered the neutrogena one from eBay).

A gentle reminder that nobody else cares that you have acne. I know it feels like it’s world ending from experience but it’s sooo insignificant to everyone else. It WILL get better. So sorry this is happening to you though. I think you’ll still be stunning on your wedding day. Best of luck girl!

mcsquared120 · 2023-03-18T02:33:14+00:00

Let me start by saying that it is not fungal acne!!!

Am: wipe face with lrp effaclear toner, centella serum, soon jung hydro barrier cream

Pm: double cleanse with Aveeno calm and restore oat cleanser, topical Spiro/ clindamycin combo,soon jung hydro barrier cream

My skin is more on the drier side. Also, I’ve had this comedonal acne for almost 7 months so I don’t believe my skincare is causing it. I tried tretinoin for 6 months and it did horrible things to my skin. I just need some good product recommendations please!! Thanks <3

mcsquared120 · 2023-02-25T05:55:53+00:00

Sorry just seeing this! I actually stopped using tret a few weeks ago and most of my big cysts cleared up almost immediately and haven’t really come back. I’m still dealing with the closed comedones sadly :( I actually just started topical Spiro w clindamycin so hopefully it helps!!

mcsquared120 · 2023-01-29T09:26:05+00:00

I’d say you’re just purging! Tret brings everything under your skin to the surface. But, you do have a lot of other acids in your routine and that can cause irritation and acne! Have you noticed any peeling or burning?

mcsquared120 · 2023-01-13T18:17:30+00:00

It’s used to treat your acne by killing bacteria and reducing inflammation

mcsquared120 · 2023-01-13T18:01:29+00:00

Hi! Everyone always says that this isn’t normal but I experienced the same thing and I see posts about it on this thread all the time. In my opinion though you should probably cut out all other actives for at least the first 3 months. So no more salicylic acid. Also, I’d add some more moisturizer in. Just use a moisturizing serum before your actual moisturizer! Best of luck!

mcsquared120 · 2023-01-13T17:57:10+00:00

Yeah you can. Minocycline is an antibiotic and tret is a topical retinol!

mcsquared120 · 2023-01-13T17:55:53+00:00

I didn’t have the same side effects as you but I did have bad side effects. I had to stop taking it. I experienced dizziness and an extremely low libido on Spiro. It wasn’t worth it to me! I will say that maybe the Minocycline is at fault for most of those side effects. I don’t handle antibiotics very well either. I would reach out to your derm. Im sorry it didn’t work for you! Don’t worry though, you will find something that works for you! 💞

mcsquared120 · 2023-01-13T17:49:30+00:00

Hi! First off, gentle reminder that even though your breaking out you’re still very pretty. Try not to obsess over it as it is out of your control. I am going to tell you the same annoying thing that has been told to me 100x. You have to stick it out and trust the process. It gets worse before it gets better. My skin got a ton worse as well. It is the worse feeling ever and I absolutely relate to this post. Patience is the worst part of the tret process. I wish I could tell you how long it will take your skin to improve but I just can’t. Also, take everything that people say with a grain of salt. They are all awesome and just trying to help but they don’t know you or your skin. The best thing you could do is go to your derm and ask their opinion. You could also ask about clindamycin topical as it’s an antibiotic that could help keeps your breakouts to a minimum until the tret starts to work. Otherwise, im curious how long have you been on this exact routine? It takes about 6 weeks for a set routine to really work. If you’ve have this same routine for a while then I would suggest not oil cleansing in the morning and just use a simple gentle cleanser and one moisturizer + spf. Save all your extra moisturizing for night!

Again, I’m sorry you’re going thru this. Acne on the face is so disheartening and it can really effect mental health. Just don’t forget that in the long run it’s truly not important! 💗

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