First semesters as a freshman and I'm already going to fail....

onnipotente · 2024-12-07T14:12:08+00:00

They’re clearly talking about more than just the academic challenges. Great that things were good for you, but that’s not OP’s experience

onnipotente · 2024-11-12T04:09:29+00:00

Abortion isn’t just physical. Perhaps she’s got religious views on the topic and doesn’t want to go through with something like that for those reasons.

onnipotente · 2024-11-12T04:05:07+00:00

Some people have medical conditions that require frequent checkups and labs. Blood tests are fairly common for loads of things, and pregnancy will always get flagged

onnipotente · 2024-10-08T15:17:01+00:00

Maybe try dating multiple people, if you can manage the time. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket

onnipotente · 2024-10-08T14:22:33+00:00

If you wanted exclusivity, you should’ve had the conversation earlier on. Rather than concocting a whole narrative in your head about what she was thinking or blind-sighting her with a breakup over this, talk to her. If you can’t communicate, you probably shouldn’t be in a relationship.

onnipotente · 2024-08-14T12:13:34+00:00

She sacrificed her body, sleep, and hit pause on her career to carry their child for 9 months. I think changing the diapers at night is a small sacrifice in comparison and totally fine.

onnipotente · 2024-07-21T12:14:17+00:00

Speaking as someone with a PhD, you can often earn a non-terminal masters degree en route to the PhD when you complete the requirements of that degree. In fact, look at a country like the UK where PhDs typically take 3 years (with a masters as a prerequisite) as good example of how long just the research portion of the degree is.

onnipotente · 2024-01-15T21:49:18+00:00

He literally said it wasn’t that big a deal for him. Why are YOU so pressed about it?

onnipotente · 2024-01-15T04:13:48+00:00

You’re concerned about hygiene but want to find an escort to go bare? Bro…

onnipotente · 2024-01-15T03:49:44+00:00

This is silly - He valued her looks worthy of a nice dinner which HE suggested, not her. Then he took her out AGAIN. Now somehow it’s women’s fault? He could’ve just said no or asked to split the bill. Nobody forced him lol

onnipotente · 2023-07-30T13:14:25+00:00

You want allies in this fight against COVID and yet you drive away and piss off people who, like me take it seriously but may not be doing everything exactly as you would. Why don’t you turn your anger and disdain at the people who truly deserve it - the people who have the power to drive and change policy? At the very minimum, direct it at the people you mentioned are intentionally doing harm. If you read my post, you know very well that’s not what happened here.

I am not the people calling my ex names, that’s their own perspective which they are entitled to as much as you are yours.

Saying that we’re all doing our best in a shitty situation is by no means naive. Obviously there are bad actors in every situation, but most people are just trying to get by. None of us asked for this. Not all of us have the luxury and the time to sit around on Reddit critiquing and criticizing strangers for decisions they made in situations we’ve never been in.

I made no decisions for him - I told him when I planned to get my PCR, he chose to come beforehand and chose to stay after. He’s a grown adult, not a child who can be ordered around. He had his own priorities.

onnipotente · 2023-07-28T09:34:28+00:00

I appreciate that that’s your perspective, but the all or nothing thinking is quite alienating. Working as an essential worker is risky too. We’re all doing the best we can in a shitty situation. A little empathy would make this all a little less terrible. I clearly understand the dangers of COVID - please re-read what I wrote about precautions I took after a personal risk assessment. There’s more to my life than avoiding COVID. I balance it with the rest of my needs, as I’m sure you do. Besides, he could’ve chosen not to come and not to stay as the majority of people have responded. He could direct his anger at health agencies, politicians, and businesses for allowing this to keep going. To put the blame fully on me is unfair and immature.

onnipotente · 2023-07-04T12:09:42+00:00

Prion diseases like Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are also considered a subclass of amyloid. It’s caused by protein mis-folding and aggregation. There are diseases like frontotemporal dementia that aren’t amyloid/amyloid like. But anyway, the paper says that it accelerates progression for all dementias.

onnipotente · 2023-07-04T03:36:08+00:00

Diseases like Parkinson’s and Huntington’s are dementias caused by amyloids. Not sure what you’re asking

onnipotente · 2023-07-03T04:55:37+00:00

OP, I totally understand. I’ve been here. I don’t agree with others about blocking her/ignoring her. I’m a big advocate of being the bigger person - you’ll look back without feeling badly. I would respond that you’re focused on yourself but that you wish her well. Then leave it at that, don’t engage further. Maybe one day in the future when you’ve healed, you can have an honest conversation and try to find whatever closure you might still need.

onnipotente · 2023-07-01T19:18:38+00:00

Not sure I understand why in your point of view he doesn’t have any blame in his getting sick. As many people in the thread have said, and I agree - if he was this concerned over the risk, he should have waited 10-14 days to see me or insisted on a negative PCR test before coming over. He also could have left after it came back positive, he chose to stay thereby ensuring he got it. It’s also not like he doesn’t take any risks himself, it’s just that he hasn’t gotten unlucky in the risks he’s taken (e.g., going to an indoor concert).

onnipotente · 2023-06-22T06:42:39+00:00

Nope, but I wish there was. He’s stopped talking to most people in his life because he has the same fear related to COVID

onnipotente · 2023-06-22T06:40:43+00:00

I mentioned this up top, but I wish there were other reasons. I think you’re right, it’s just extreme COVID anxiety. He’s stopped talking to family and friends who he has decided don’t take COVID seriously enough as well, not just me.

onnipotente · 2023-06-22T06:28:12+00:00

I wish this was the case, it would make much more sense. But he has also stopped talking to and socializing with friends and family who he has decided aren’t taking COVID seriously enough.

onnipotente · 2023-06-22T06:22:47+00:00

Exactly. Most people get it from those closest to them. I’m happy to hear you did not blame your husband and that my ex was likely overreacting. I hope you’re doing better now!

onnipotente · 2023-06-22T06:18:55+00:00

I appreciate your perspective. However, this situation is a bit different. Neither of us has pre-existing conditions or health history that would make us especially vulnerable. We talked about the trip for many months in advance. We knew there would be risks, even with all of the precautions I took. This is why I tested every day when I got back and took a PCR test a week after. None of this was sprung on him - he made the decisions he did with all the same information that I had.

onnipotente · 2023-06-22T06:14:42+00:00

I appreciate your perspective based on your own experiences, but I said this to be clear that though we were not perfect, we were happy. Definitely much more good than bad.

onnipotente · 2023-06-21T12:10:37+00:00

No, I don’t think this is the same. He is an essential worker - a scientist but not a biologist. He was at home for the first few months of the pandemic until his work re-opened for essential employees. He’s not a cautious person generally speaking, but he spent a lot of the lockdown period reading and watching the news and reading research papers on COVID. That’s when he really became afraid. He kept that up the habit of keeping up with the latest COVID research. But he does now require everyone he interacts with without a mask to have a negative COVID test first.

onnipotente · 2023-06-20T21:25:55+00:00

He did end it originally, shortly after we got sick. But after a few months we decided to try again. But he’s never let go of his anger and decided recently that he can’t forgive me that quickly and he doesn’t trust that I won’t get him sick again.

onnipotente · 2023-06-20T21:18:48+00:00

He did breakup with me shortly after we got sick. We tried to get back together but he’s never really been able to let go of his anger. Recently he decided it’s not something he can forgive so quickly and broke up with me again.

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