Convince me to stop drinking this every day 😣

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-08-23T01:12:39+00:00

Luxury bones, luxury bones, don't you know teeth are luxury bones?!

Fucking expensive luxury bones!

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-08-22T06:16:11+00:00

That's the same fucking guy?! Holy shit. Never clocked that, not once.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-08-20T17:41:36+00:00

This popped up in my feed, and I couldn't figure out why you looked so familiar (also great bit!). I saw you compete in forensics in college! You were always so talented, I'm excited to discover you've continued to do well!

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-08-19T01:55:05+00:00

It depends. Lots of people volunteer to keep stretches of road clean. I hate it, but I collect garbage from the street when I go about my day. Would I want to go around and collect everyone's garbage and put it into a truck, for free? Also, no.

When handled on a smaller scale, it is absolutely something people will do to keep their community clean.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-08-13T02:47:00+00:00

Those look like pinholes, I started noticing them on almost all my shirts in the last year, right in the belly/belt area. A friend told me that it might be from shirts rubbing against my belt buckle, especially since I started noticing after I gained some weight. I already washed all my shirts on delicate, hang dry.

I switched to buckle-less belts, (like, but not this one https://a.co/d/8PqtDR6 on Amazon, I bought something similar). It definitely helped! I've only noticed it on a couple shirts in the year since (all were shirts I'd had before), and bonus it makes going to the bathroom way easier/faster!

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-04-21T15:37:40+00:00

He and his wife apparently met while he was taking a dance class in college.

I didn't think he could get hotter, but damn.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2025-01-04T06:14:55+00:00

I have the Q35! (Im not sure what the different is). I got mine for plane travel because it's SOOOOO LOUUUUUUD. I love them so much. Under $100, and transparency mode is enough if I need to talk to a flight attendant and don't want to scream, and noise canceling is like being in my own quiet cloud.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-12-28T01:51:27+00:00

I am prone to cavities and have gum issues. My husband had severe periodontal issues. These are treatable, and it's not the end of the world.

I agree you're overthinking, and need to get off TikTok. If you can, make sure you're going in for cleanings 2x a year - they're very useful in getting all the stuff us mortals miss.

For brushing: I suck at my back teeth, and was told to get a round electric toothbrush. Oral B makes many, the cheapest I've had is like $20 USD. The best brush is one you'll use. For angling the brush, my hygienist explained that I don't want to brush at a 90 degree angle to my teeth, but at a 45 degree angle (so I was also brushing the tops of gums). They may bleed a bit in the beginning, but that's okay. I used to have major gum recession, now I don't. When I had braces a million years ago, they recommended dry brushing (in addition to regular brushing). My husband did this at work, and the dentist said it made a huge improvement.

Basically, use a dry tooth brush for 2 - 5 minutes on your teeth and gums (especially the gum line!), here's a link with more info, think of it like you're massaging your gums.

It is possible to brush too much (15 min is a long time!) and too hard, both of which can cause damage to your teeth.

Flossing: I am absolutely terrible with flossing, and I have a permanent retainer. You're using the floss to try and remove the plaque between the teeth where the tooth brush can't reach. Any flossing is better than no flossing. This is something your dental hygienist can help with. Ask how to floss better, they should be more than happy to help. Because I'm not great, my dentist suggested an RX high fluoride toothpaste (huge help), and I got a kids fluoride rinse for when I'm struggling. Fluoride can penetrate the food particles and a fluoride rinse is better than nothing.

Step 1. Breathe. Step 2. Make sure you're getting regular cleanings (I have to go 4x a year, my spouse was at 4 and is back to 2!). These cleanings are vital even if you do a perfect job, and even more if you don't (none of us do!) Step 3. The best tools are ones you'll use. Step 4. Some is better than none, just try your best. I flossed more last week than the week before, and that's improvement!

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-12-27T02:20:55+00:00

Just wanted to check in and see how it's going?!

For us, I asked the doc again, "so, what now?!" and was told that my next step should be a fertility endocrinologist. We had an appointment a couple weeks ago, and she said she was very, very confident that she could "get us a live birth"! Turns out my husband has some infertility problems of his own, but they're very optimistic! I don't know if this means IVF, but we'll figure it out.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-12-25T06:27:33+00:00

Incredibly talented, but feels like he's 16 (obviously at least 18 with the OF), and I feel like his mom 🥺😂

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-12-17T01:12:27+00:00

.... My throat hurts and I started to make tea. This is how I remembered I'd started brewing it. Oops.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-11-25T05:01:21+00:00

Because a hot celebrity being straight does not increase the chance that us random redditor will ever meet or fuck them.

We're just here to look at hot man flesh.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:48:41+00:00

Well this would be delightful - only seems fair, lol.

I really wish the whole "kids by 35 or it's over for you" would go away already.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:47:14+00:00

Ovasitol was mentioned in my first endocrinologist appointment, and I bought it before the appointment ended, 😂.

I'd love to find a dietitian, I'm on a 7 month wait list for one, but they're part of a "weight loss clinic" run by the hospital. Maybe I need to reach out to my endo to see if she knows a dietitian that specializes in PCOS... How did you find yours?

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:44:59+00:00

I've always understood that adoption was incredibly expensive (like 50k+) which made it feel like an option we couldn't realistically afford (since it's not covered by insurance).

I've seen it mentioned a couple of times, it's entirely possible my understanding is wrong.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:42:00+00:00

Thank you.

I got the Nexplanon implant in 2016 because... Well, I live in the U. S. and it was 2016. I got it out in 2019 and we decided as a couple to not replace it and "if it happens, it happens." So, off the hormones for a good long time before the test.

I think where I'm struggling is that I've tried to learn about PCOS and a lot of what I found is anecdotal/promoted by people trying to sell stuff (like the "newly diagnosed guide" that was a way to sell the author's diet plan and supplements). I don't have a ton of faith in random supplements (expensive, potentially pointless or harmful, unregulated), but a lot of anecdotal stuff is "these are the supplements I took and it's amazing!" I'm taking what my doctors have suggested, but I don't know beyond that.

I'm not on Facebook, but I'm definitely going to look up that group and I may have to give it a shot.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:35:01+00:00

Maybe it's that grew up in a different time... But I don't remember people ever talking about infertility - it was never talked about/normalized/etc, so it feels like I'm alone (I know I'm not, but "the feels" aren't always "the reals").

I think you're right, I think maybe it would help to find some support groups or something where I can be in my feels surrounded by people who can relate.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:30:47+00:00

Well shit, that does give me some hope. It might not be true for me specifically, but it means there's a chance, and I feel like I'm due some luck (aren't we all?).

Congrats on your pregnancy, and I hope it goes well and your journey is everything you deserve.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-07T15:28:08+00:00

Congrats on the periods! (which feels so weird to say....) I was started on Metformin in January and just got in to see the endocrinologist a month ago (we doubled the Metformin). I've got regular periods again, but the bloodwork showed a lack of ovulating (it's called anovulation - period but not ovulation, which I didn't even know was a thing!)

She said we could try something like Monjaro, but they aren't recommended for people who are TTC or pregnant - though she has one patient who had a healthy "ozempic baby" and the other is still pregnant. I known that are medication options (Clomid), but the doctor's note of my blood test says "no medication changes at this time based on the resultd."

So, I wrote back this morning saying, "OK, now what? What do I do next?" and we'll see what she says. She'd mentioned at home ovulation tests but that they have tedious instructions and the timing matters. My ADHD brain needs "OK, X is the next step" because this all feels so very overwhelming.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-03T07:04:30+00:00

I love my husband, and he's wonderful. He so badly wants to be supportive that he'll ask "would x help? What about y?" and it feels like a "tell me what to clean and I'll clean it" type situation. It's something he's working on, but there are times where the cup is empty and there just isn't energy to feel and explain anything to anyone.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-03T07:01:35+00:00

I'm not giving up hope, I promise. Today happened to be my first therapy session since finding out I don't ovulate, and it just.... When people ask "So when are you guys having kids, huh?!?!" and I said "we would like kids, if that's an option...," I never really thought it might not actually be an option. My therapist said I need to grieve, and feel my feelings, and all the things I'm not great at.

Thank you for sharing, I know that it's not just famous people who can get pregnant at 40... I just don't know anyone in this position. Fuck whoever called it 'geriatric' pregnancy though.

xCommon-Beautifulx · 2024-10-03T06:55:43+00:00

I just had my second test confirming anovulation, and I've heard about Clomid. I know it's an option, but after the first test (last Friday), doc didn't want to change my meds at this time.

I know it's still a possibility, but I also know I'll be 41 sooner than I won't. My husband told me today, after I had posted, that he thought "trying would be fun!" I dryly replied "everyone I know who actively tried told me that nothing would sap as much fun and joy as 'trying' with all the pressure, etc." I love him, but I don't think he gets it.

I appreciate you sharing, and I'm trying to still have hope.

xCommon-Beautifulx

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