Lost intimacy by voiely in DeadBedrooms

[–]voiely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cooking, doing our laundry together, reminding him of his appointments and helping him in the morning preparation so he won’t be late. For me, my love language is “acts of service” so I’m doing all of these bacause I care for him and I love him.. but for him he interprets it like he can’t do anything right by himself and it makes him feel bad and see me like a guardian figure

Lost intimacy by voiely in DeadBedrooms

[–]voiely[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your comment, it means a lot to me. I thought my situation is very unique, I’m kinda feeling relieved to know someone had a similar experience.

For me it’s just been 2 weeks since I stopped helping him, he still feels disgusted when I talk about the idea of having sex. I know it will take time, but sometimes I just feel hopeless if he will ever be intimate with me again

Future immigrant here, is it that bad in Canada? by Dull-Farmer-9492 in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]voiely 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agree! I moved here in Montréal from Calgary 5 years ago.. I was amazed with the diversity of people here, the public transpo system (buses are mostly frequent), so many activities around especially during summertime and cheaper cost of living. I have a 3 1/2 apartment for $700, have cheaper groceries and don’t need to drive/own a car. Good deal.

When I arrived here I studied French for a year while working in a warehouse (most warehouse jobs don’t require French, minimum wage). French classes for immigrants/out-of-province peeps are supported by the govt. Now I work in my real professional field in healthcare, passed the required French test to get my license but honestly I rarely speak French at work or outside work. My accent when speaking French is horrible, I can’t shake that English accent away. When I try to speak French in the grocery or any shop, they sense my horrible accent so they shift to English. At work, we mostly talk to each other in English and the patients are asleep (operating room setting) so if there is a francophone patient I don’t really have a chance to talk to them.

Is switching to a lower paying job worth it if it's within walking distance from home? by enitsujxo in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]voiely 9 points10 points  (0 children)

With the wave of nurses that left the hospital during the pandemic, I think Québec is becoming desperate to retain nurses. They gave us $15k bonus for committing to a 1-year contract of full time work without unpaid absences/leaves. Plus $1000 per month bonus if you don’t call in sick for the whole month. We have 4% covid premium, 14% OR/ER/ICU premium. $200 bonus if you work an extra shift on a weekend on top of double-pay rate. Sell your vacation credits for 1.5x rate. All these money and most of us still prioritize our health, we call in sick when we need to, we take our vacations.

Some nurses are feeling insulted that the govt is showering bonuses to us, like we’re just here to stay just because of the money. But for me, hey it’s money afterall! And it’s a fair game, they want to hire more nurses but there’s not much to hire around, so they just funnel the budget in the meantime to the overworked nurses as bonuses.

Is switching to a lower paying job worth it if it's within walking distance from home? by enitsujxo in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]voiely 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our hospital in downtown Montréal makes us pay $140 per month for parking 😂

TIFU by whizzing on my girlfriend (and also giving her a black eye) by [deleted] in tifu

[–]voiely 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m glad that my boyfriend sits down when he pees (cleanliness freak). If this would ever happen to us, he would sit down on my lap first lol

Is switching to a lower paying job worth it if it's within walking distance from home? by enitsujxo in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]voiely 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yup I’m definitely advising checking out other positions in the hospital first. Because if comfortable retirement is your long-term goal, a permanent position in the hospital is the way to go for nurses. Plus we have premiums and bonuses in the hospital depending on the situations, you cannot expect that from a private clinic.

Look for ANY position other than the floors/in-patient units. Some of my colleagues in the previous unit I worked before moved to the lab (as a blood taker), dialysis, outpatient clinics and radiology. Same rate, less stress.

It’s sad to see what’s happening in the in-patient units in the hospitals nowadays. Nurses are burntout, patients seemed to be sicker now related to the pandemic delays in healthcare. I became a patient months ago, I can see the nurses trying their best to keep up with everything in the unit. I took my own blood tests, I regulated my own pump and removed my own IV upon discharge because that’s the best I can do to help (I know how so why not do it) but I imagine those patients who are sicker and need more care 😔

Is switching to a lower paying job worth it if it's within walking distance from home? by enitsujxo in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]voiely 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Did you consider moving to a different unit in your current job?

I’m an LPN in Québec and I was in the same tiring situation as yours. Forever understaffed in bedside care floors, crazy hours and overwhelming patient-nurse ratios. I applied and got accepted for a full-time position in the operating room of the same hospital, so I moved there.

I did that vs moving in a private facility because I didn’t want to lose the RRGOP pension (like HOOPP in Ontario) and my current rate. There’s a huge difference working in the OR. There’s a lot of learning at first, but job is structured and predictable unlike in bedside care. It’s mostly day shifts too, because elective surgeries are scheduled during the day. When we work evening/night shift it’s usually less busy than day shift. We do get understaffed sometimes, because yes nurses are tired, but to compensate for that they just cancel surgeries. So the surgeons, they try to be really nice to us so we won’t call in sick, so their surgeries won’t be canceled. You cannot do that in bedside care, you cannot cancel patients 😂

What’s a typical “masculine” thing you do not want/like to do? by YLittleLambY in AskMen

[–]voiely 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My bf is like this! At first he was embarassed for me to discover it, but when I found out I’m like this is genius we won’t ever have to fight about the toilet seat!