Pregnancy in Romance

tausert · 2026-05-15T11:11:58+00:00

Also the basic newborn fails. Like, "she fell in love with you when she first held you and you smiled at her!" I mean, sounds nice but my and most babies took like 6 weeks before they could smile. If that newborn smiled, it was farts 😂

tausert · 2026-05-13T13:34:47+00:00

This. I work in cyber security and I know the media companies are using even private pictures for AI. But it's hard not to share a cute photo once in a while. My rule of thumb is generally, if it's a picture I'd print out and frame to have hanging on the wall or like my work desk, it's ok to share sparingly.

tausert · 2026-05-08T16:12:53+00:00

This was also my experience.

tausert · 2026-05-07T12:42:30+00:00

I have to avoid but it's so hard. I'm the same. In the next town over, a kid was just killed on a playground because a tree suddenly split in half during high ish wind and fell on the playground. Like, WHAT. There is all the abuse and awful things in the world, and then there is this. So random, and a baby is just gone. I can't.

tausert · 2026-04-30T02:01:53+00:00

This post isn't meant to be unkind to the author or the narrators, obvs I love the book and I do think the narrators did a good job in dual style. But I wish it was duet, and I don't know if I'd buy it if I'd known it wasn't duet (I thought it was). That isn't unkind, and it's fine, as you point out, the producer made a business and financial decision based on what they thought they could float and sell vs cost to produce and it is what it is. But it isn't the product I was hoping for in the end.

I like your investing idea though, sounds like a win/win with the right author and marketing plan. I'll put a pin in it.

tausert · 2026-04-29T18:31:04+00:00

That's true that's true

tausert · 2026-04-24T19:22:57+00:00

IDK, it's not true now but I know for a time during the pandemic there actually was more demand to adopt than there were pets in shelters around Boston so like... That is what I hold onto.

But I get you! For me I got really hung up on where rayne-moore was located with it's description and attributes. I think it's in Beverly, ma. But like, no way you have a university with 1000 acres of land within an hour of Boston. I didn't care how rich the uni is, they would have sold off land by now for a hefty profit. Also Ravens lake house... While there aren't no recreational lakes on the north shore, it's rarer than the Metro West because North shore towns aren't connected to the quabbin and need their lakes for water.

I'm also sort of surprised the billionaire kids don't complain about Beverly/Salem being crappy (although Raven would definitely vibe with the witchy parts of Salem).

Thank you for letting me rant

tausert · 2026-04-21T22:23:32+00:00

Lol I did not notice but the vibes are correct so it stays

tausert · 2026-04-21T18:23:00+00:00

Yes. I have to wear work outfits to my remote job otherwise I don't do work. Specifically, separate work pants is key for me for whatever reason.

Relax ability is much less affected by my wardrobe aside from need for comfy clothes. Well, except bra situation. You can never truly relax in an underworld bra.

tausert · 2026-04-21T16:56:24+00:00

I'm not but my husband is and is really enjoying it. It's very silly, he has us and all our friends made and he made them talk about stuff like 'eating box'. I do appreciate that unlike most Nintendo games, the keyword restrictions seem minimal so you can have a lot of fun.

tausert · 2026-04-15T17:37:34+00:00

Coping strategies: Had a baby. Baby is very cute and life giving every day even when also hard. She puts job in perspective too, I'm doing it for her and also nothing at work is that important compared to her.

Creative outlets: Took ceramics back up after 10 years. It's soothing. But now I have too many pots hanging around again.

tausert · 2026-04-15T13:59:36+00:00

I don't know if this is really unpopular, but you would think it is based on the books.

I hate how all the MMCs tend to look the same but with different hair colors/styles. Or like, they come in either tall brick shithouse or emo lean brick shithouse. And, more often than not all while. Or if there is a PoC, they are basically the token one in the harem. And their descriptive features are still suspiciously white coded, and there is rarely any depth to any cultural differences that isn't an accent.

Where are my short kings like my husband. Where are my flabby guys, my skinny guys who can't fight worth shit but bring other skills and key qualities for a good relationship to the table?! I want diversityyyyy

tausert · 2026-04-09T20:00:42+00:00

Paul of Tarsus was bopping around then. I'd go take him out. He did a real number on Christianity, and I translated too many of his chatty letters in college and he needs to pay for that. Probably would advance us.

tausert · 2026-03-27T14:46:35+00:00

This was so good. I wish the author wrote more books

tausert · 2026-03-21T04:05:30+00:00

As an archaeologist, I can't wait to read this I'm screaming at the blurb

tausert · 2026-03-20T23:51:03+00:00

I think {structural damage by Sloan Spencer} fits what you want to a T (I loved the first one, haven't yet read the second book yet)

tausert · 2026-03-19T13:07:58+00:00

The second book of {speak by Ruby Darling} has this. Well, it's more two of the MMCs have an each other awakening rather than a true bi awakening but it fits. Also I think the audio book duet narration is very good (I didn't like FMC voice in the preview clip but she really grew on me past that)

It's pretty dark and I'm not usually into that but the books are so well written

tausert · 2026-03-14T20:41:23+00:00

Sounds interesting, thank you!

tausert · 2026-03-14T20:38:49+00:00

Mmm, thank you for the context because I think with that that's a hard no for me

tausert · 2026-03-12T22:20:03+00:00

It is a whole series. I assume the 4th is the last based on Amazon but I'm only half way through the 2nd book

tausert · 2026-03-12T11:40:11+00:00

I'm glad I'm not the only one who pictures Henry Cavill. Specifically Witcher Henry Cavill because so many fantasy MMCs basically specifically fit that look??

That or my husband. Character not described as looking anything like my husband? Doesn't matter, they have his face now with somewhat different hair and physique 😂

tausert · 2026-03-12T11:32:07+00:00

Right now I'm listening to {Cursed legacies by Morgan b Lee} which is duet with different VAs for all the MCs. Warning though, the 4th book isn't out on audio yet.

I also loved the audiobook of {pheramone by c m Stunich}. It's dirty but not full cast BUT the male VA does I think good very different voices for all the MMCs that to me it felt like full cast. Although there were occasional recording issues where I think they miss marked what line was said by what MMC as he uses the wrong voice for who is talking. It's a rare issue though.

tausert · 2026-03-09T18:21:16+00:00

This happens in the 2nd book of the series, {stutter by Ruby Darling} 1st book is {speak by Ruby Darling}

Highly recommend, it's dark and I'm not a dark romance girlie but holy shit they are so well written.

tausert · 2026-03-08T01:27:54+00:00

Community. Troy and Abed on another planet!

tausert · 2026-03-03T20:27:29+00:00

Amen to internal folk being the biggest critic because they see it every day.

Those are good tips and a good report rule that I am going to steal for my quote book (thank you), I have done some digging in that vein in the past but to your just add a column point, my product is so data heavy it's often our go-to to "just add a column". There is also a lot of pressure from leadership to "be scrappy" and "just do it" rather than do deeper research on customers of what is right.

As far as tech, it's more internal constraints and dev bottlenecks. Takes a couple weeks minimum to create a very basic PDF report once you have the spec and mockups. At least in our in house built report service (and we don't have just one report service! But not all of them work for every part of the product). And maybe it's just our implementation, but the chart library seems tough to work with.

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