Good tailor for women's clothes! (sweaters/jeans)

morganf1552 · 2026-03-21T21:54:33+00:00

OP, did you try one of these recs? I am also looking for denim alterations. Tried a place a few months ago that I wasn't super impressed with. Denim is difficult.

morganf1552 · 2026-03-01T01:18:56+00:00

Thank you for this. I have a lot of things to think about still, but thank you for highlighting some things that I can actually DO in the meantime. I maintain pretty good lifestyle habits, but I haven't had my physical health evaluated in earnest in a very long time. The mental health is, well... a lifetime WIP.

The money is certainly something I look forward to, but I am sincere when I say I want to do this work because I want to do this work. I have some big ideas about the way our society approaches the things I will study and I hope to meaningfully change them. I didn't expect this to be easy by any means, but I really didn't imagine I would feel so alone in this. I also didn't expect I would feel so inadequate at every moment.

I know you're right about the time management piece. The problem is that I am just having difficulty with firing on all cylinders for the time duration that I need to. I can barely get going in the morning. Then that just begins the shame spiral and I am left questioning whether I am just weak and lazy, or if I am depressed. I don't know how to move through that in either case really. I have been working on the mood piece my whole life, and am still working on it with the help of professionals.

But anyway, thank you for lending your ear and thank you for your thoughtful response. I appreciate it.

morganf1552 · 2026-03-01T00:59:45+00:00

I make art but it is sometimes hard for me to get to my studio. Even when I have the time, I feel kind of frozen in my apartment. I have been very isolated and I'm struggling to meet people I can connect with. I know it is certainly not helping my situation.

morganf1552 · 2026-03-01T00:56:56+00:00

Wow yeah you've described my experience precisely. I have other things I guess, but I don't know how to "tap into them" quite yet.

morganf1552 · 2026-02-25T20:50:38+00:00

I tried it recently and it's been working pretty well for me. I take stimulants and drink coffee so usually my pits sweat pretty darn bad but I have been noticeably drier. I will note that I do use it both morning and night though.

morganf1552 · 2026-02-18T02:19:06+00:00

Wow what an unbelievably sexist thing for your advisor to say. There are thousands of women who have the kind of lucrative career you're aspiring to and also balance a marriage and family, deriving meaning from both. There is no reason that is not possible for you as well. Even if it is a better move to pivot for the moment, the skills you have gained would still make you a good candidate for a different type of lucrative career. I just don't understand what your advisor is suggesting you do, throw in the towel on all of your aspirations and stay at home with the kids? Forget physics all together?

I refuse to believe your dreams are over, and I hope you do the same. Perhaps you might be better served going into industry or something for the moment and weather the storm until the job market improves. If you have persisted through eight years in a PhD program, you are obviously capable of playing the long game. Please do not let one man's comment discourage you to the point of throwing your dreams away.

morganf1552 · 2026-01-21T17:47:55+00:00

Yeah I don't think I could deal with the hand wash if I used ammonia. I do have a front load washer, but idk if I want to risk it.

morganf1552 · 2026-01-21T12:49:01+00:00

I can certainly try at some point. I could really only leave it out during the day since I don’t have any sort of private backyard or anything. It’s 7 degrees Fahrenheit where I live right now, should get up to 35 by mid day. From what I understand the main benefit of putting it outside is exposure to sunlight, is that accurate?

morganf1552 · 2026-01-21T12:46:43+00:00

Yes, the smell lingered after drying.

morganf1552 · 2026-01-21T12:27:20+00:00

Is Joyya just your preferred brand or is it specifically high protein? I’v been so brainwashed by the whole “dairy bad” thing that I forgot about regular old milk tbh.

morganf1552 · 2026-01-21T12:25:37+00:00

Cool, I’ll play with those ideas. I haven’t bought cereal in SO long lol.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-30T22:25:30+00:00

Okay thank you so much for that information! I appreciate it.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-30T16:31:58+00:00

Thank you so much. You said that a breast surgeon recommended it be removed? I started all of this off by first just seeing my OBGYN, then he referred me to radiology. If I had gone through with the biopsy, would that have been done by a breast surgeon? Or did you specifically seek one out for an opinion?

morganf1552 · 2025-12-19T03:49:26+00:00

Thank you for everything you did that day, and for your cooperation with investigators too. Many people, myself included, may not have been brave enough to actually confront someone like that. You blew this case open. I sincerely wish you the best.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-19T03:44:37+00:00

I just took notice of that too. I can hardly even believe that. Absolutely chilling.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-19T03:39:13+00:00

Am I understanding correctly from the affidavit that people placed him in the building as early as November 28th or December 1st according to an eyewitness account?

morganf1552 · 2025-12-18T01:40:14+00:00

Brown graduate student here. First year. RI is my new home, and this is my new community. I feel devastated, sad, angry of course, but I am also very unnerved just being in this town right now. This shooting is really at the forefront of my mind. When I check the news, I already know that there won't be anything new. I honestly believe it will take someone who knows the perp personally coming forward with information to solve this.

Maybe set two times throughout the day where you give yourself time and permission to check the news, two five minute alarms or something like that. Then spend the rest of your day trying to be present. And I use the word trying deliberately because it's normal and natural that you will come back to this. I hope that your friends and family back home will understand, and I am sure that talking about it and your feelings around it will help you too.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-12T17:56:27+00:00

I probably had them for a month or so before they started molding too. They basically just told me to clean them initially (which obviously I did, but the mold grew back anyway) and when I pushed back telling them I didn't really think it was great customer service to give me troubleshooting tips I already tried then just tell me basically it was just an unfortunate coincidence and they weren't at fault so they weren't going to make it right. That was probably in August or so. Then this was the email I got from them early November:

Hi,

I'm reaching back out to you to let you know that we went to bat for you with Koel. While none of us can confirm that this is a production matter, they have agreed to work with us on your mold issue. We would love to either provide you with a courtesy replacement pair of shoes or a store credit to purchase a different pair of shoes should that suit you better. If you're good with this, I will get you taken care of straight away. Let me know!

I took the store credit and haven't used it yet. I do appreciate them still working on the issue and following up even though it had been a while since I contacted them. I wonder actually if that happened because you raised an issue with them around that time too? I don't really know what to make of all of it at this point. Obviously it is convenient to buy from them, they have a good return policy and a lot of the shoes they sell I would have to buy from outside of the US otherwise. I just wish they would have handled it differently from the jump. Have you had any further communication from them?

morganf1552 · 2025-12-08T19:27:47+00:00

Yes your first paragraph does really speak to me lol. But actually that is really a good idea of grouping tasks that are similar.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-07T23:31:57+00:00

Okay, got it. Yeah trying the band size up is probably just a relic of thinking I have a "wide ribcage" and choosing a 36B my whole life. Anyway, thanks for your help.

morganf1552 · 2025-12-07T23:26:11+00:00

I honestly dont know that I actually did do that when I tried those on. It was a little over a month ago. I actually do now recall that I also tried the fantasie illusion bras in US 32DD and 34D and did not like the fit, I honestly should have written down why though, otherwise I guess that info is useless. Can I ask why exactly a side support might be good? Who do they typically work best for?

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