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2023.05.28 05:07 YourLittlePetWolf Help on getting birth certificate and SSC from bio father.
As the title states I am trying to retrieve a birth certificate from my biological father. It is not for me. It’s for my half sister who is 18. He kicked her out back in 2022 and finally found my insta to contact me.
My current plan is to have her send him a single message stating “As I am no longer living under your roof I need you to hand over my BC and SSC please. If you refuse you will force me to involve law enforcement. We can meet at public place at x time.” If this a good idea or should I go a different route? He is known for being very abusive and manipulative. Which is why I want it in a public place and I will be recording every interaction as well (hence why a message rather than call)
She just recently graduated from high school and since being 18 she can no longer cash her checks because she has no form of I.D. at all. No permits, drivers license, state I.D. Nothing.
I can say thankfully she had a very loving friend and family of hers who took her in during the time she was kicked out till she found me to watch after her but even they can only do so much.
I’m not looking to go after him or anything like that I just want the easiest way possible to get these so we can get her moving on with her life and forgetting all about him and not having to worry. Right now Reddit is my only place to turn to, I don’t wanna stress my mother with this as she’s dealing with other things and I know she can’t do much as she is not related to her at all.
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My current plan is to have her send him a single message stating “As I am no longer living under your roof I need you to hand over my BC and SSC please. If you refuse you will force me to involve law enforcement. We can meet at public place at x time.” If this a good idea or should I go a different route? He is known for being very abusive and manipulative. Which is why I want it in a public place and I will be recording every interaction as well (hence why a message rather than call)
She just recently graduated from high school and since being 18 she can no longer cash her checks because she has no form of I.D. at all. No permits, drivers license, state I.D. Nothing.
I can say thankfully she had a very loving friend and family of hers who took her in during the time she was kicked out till she found me to watch after her but even they can only do so much.
I’m not looking to go after him or anything like that I just want the easiest way possible to get these so we can get her moving on with her life and forgetting all about him and not having to worry. Right now Reddit is my only place to turn to, I don’t wanna stress my mother with this as she’s dealing with other things and I know she can’t do much as she is not related to her at all.
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2023.05.28 04:48 berdistehwerd Range Day: Competition Shooting (2/5), IPSC
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Memory transcription subject: “Mick”, Venlil, Former mechanical engineer, Gunsmith apprentice
Date [Standardized Human Time]: November 17, 2136
We lined up outside of the facility where our first competition would be held. The official rules would have to be explained to us before we started, as is standard for these events. Finn had already given me most of the knowledge I needed, but I still had to listen to the instructor’s words, unless I wanted to do something wrong and be disqualified.
“Alright, is everyone here?” The instructor shouted. “Nobody unaccounted for? Perfect! I see some new faces here today, so I’m going to have to go over the rules again.”
“First up, the basic safety rules must be followed at all times, no exceptions, ever! Understood?”
The line of about 20 competitors all barked out an affirmative in unison, I followed shortly after.
“Good! Good. Second rule, prioritize safety above all else. If you see someone doing something wrong, or dangerous, or outright stupid, point it out to me or one of the other safety guys around. Understood?”
“Yes sir!” The whole line responded.
The instructor’s presence was quite hard to ignore, it seems this man has a history of yelling at people to get points across to their head.
“Good! Alright, third rule. Have fun, don't die.”
“Yes sir!” we all said again.
“If nobody has any questions, we shall begin! Whoever’s first, go to the line, hands on the door, then wait for instructions. I shall follow suit shortly. When you’re done with the course, make your way up to the catwalk, the view’s great from up there, trust me. For now, sit and wait for your turn.”
Finn turned to me and added onto the instructor’s advice. “Hey Mick, don’t expect to be able to sprint through the whole thing like last time, pace yourself, depending on how they set this up, this course could take anywhere from a minute to 10, we won’t know until we’re both done. They don’t want people to cheat, taking it blind is part of the fun with this style of comp.”
Finn looked a little tense, as if the anticipation was getting to him. I knew it was getting to me too, so no wonder it was getting to him. A while ago, I figured out that I didn’t feel things quite the same as most everyone else did. Things that made others incredibly disgusted only made me a little uncomfortable. I didn’t feel loneliness even after days worth of isolation. All of the time I spent was either working or sleeping, I didn’t feel the need for free time, and I liked having a lot of surplus money, so I worked. That was, at least until I found the exchange program. It paid a decent amount of money, so I was compelled to join up. These humans couldn’t be so bad, plus I needed something new to do. Fortunately, I had previously passed empathy tests, albeit barely. It registered enough of an empathetic response for me to pass undetected. I was legally free of predator disease.
Apparently, a few of the earliest exchange partners had a bug where they could share images, and we had that bug, so I got to see the humans' appearance way earlier than most. Bipedal, tall, forward facing eyes, mostly hairless, wearing textiles to replace their lack of hair. That didn’t bother me too much, unsurprising considering my overall lack of intense emotional response that had prompted the earlier PD screenings.
It had been about [30 minutes], about half the competitors had already gone through the course before us. My turn was up next, and Finn was right after me, we were just waiting for the competitor currently in the course to finish.
A bell chimed, signifying that the last guy had made it through, finishing his run. Finn gave me a pat on the back, a sign that I should get ready to get in there.
“Remember to pace yourself, you know, you can’t run through this behemoth in 20 seconds. Slow and steady will win you the race.” Finn advised.
“Alrighty, next competitor!” The instructor bellowed, almost interrupting Finn’s advice. “Minek the Venlil? You ready?”
“As ready as I'll ever be, I guess.” I said, anticipation and nerves high.
I don’t necessarily like talking to people, particularly the ones I don’t know. Another aspect of why I felt like my home was better set on earth, rather than that sunside town where everyone just had to stop and get to know you. I’m not going back, even under the threat of annihilation, like what nearly happened to all of earth’s inhabitants.
“Make ready, put your hands on the door, your run starts once the timer beeps. If the lights turn red, stop your run immediately, make clear, holster your weapon. Understood?”
“Understood.” I replied.
I seated a new magazine into my pistol, racked the slide, holstered it, and placed my hands on the door. Here was my time to shine, I guess.
“Shooter ready? Standby…”
The moment of silence between the announcer’s callout and the timer’s beep felt like a small eternity.
BEEP!
I popped the door open as quickly as I could, took a high-ready stance, and began steadily advancing through the entrance hallway. There was a door on the left, as I entered it, I see a target standing both behind a target and a hostage. I'm forced to take my time lining up the headshot, KRAK, the target fragments into digital fragments. Another target to the right of it, slam a round through its torso. Move on, 2 targets behind a barricade, one no shoot. Take out both targets swiftly, then take a peek around the next corner. At the last moment, I spot a somewhat hidden cranny in the course right after the hallway, on my left. I backpedal, swing the pistol around the corner, and plant a round square through the chest of a target that was hiding within.
Now actually going down the hallway, there’s another hallway on the right, and a T-junction at the very end. The hallway on the right has 2 targets right next to each other, shoot and no-shoot. I take this quickly, they aren’t overlapped or anything special, just next to each other. I nearly missed because I was still moving when I shot, I needed to take more time lining up, no way I could keep getting this lucky. Left side of the junction has a shoot target, the right side has another hallway to the left of it. The rest of the floor was mostly the same, sending rounds through targets and reloading once, much like the rest of the course, right up until the end of the floor.
I rounded a corner partially blocked by a non-target, to see a small shooting gallery within the killhouse, and a door on the opposite side of the entrance. I have to clear the targets before the door will open, as instructed by the label on it. Two small, circular holograms appear before my eyes, roughly in the middle of the room. Two pops later, my magazine has run out. I haven’t even gotten through my (slightly) practiced reload, when another set of targets appear on the left side of the room. The surprise of more targets caused me to fumble slightly, tapping the magazine against the bottom of the grip. I slap the magazine back into its rightful place within my pistol, tap for good measure, drop the slide, pop the targets. The door remains still, so there are more targets to hit, I reckon. They happened to appear right I thought of them, one close and to the left, the other far and to the right. This forces me to swing my aim across the room, and I nearly missed a target again, barely clipping the right edge of the far target.
Too close, me. Too close. I somehow haven’t missed a target yet, and I intend to keep it that way.
The door finally opened, so I made my way through, and made my way up the stairs that followed the door. At the top of the stairs stood a target peeking over. Almost reflexively, I was steadily advancing past the target, without stopping I put the barrel to the target’s face, then fired. 2 rounds remaining in the magazine. The left side had a familiar set of targets similar to the little practice house. A set of closet like rooms, filled with a couple of shoot and no shoot targets. Bang, round the next corner, bang and a clack. Empty, reload, don’t fumble it this time, another target around the corner, bang.
The next few hallways were similar to the rest, a no shoot around a corner, a shoot target sitting opposite that, then I saw something I hadn't seen earlier. A direction marking on the floor, telling me to walk past the door, to a piece of half-height cover leading into an incredibly long (for this type of scenario) hallway. At the end was a hostage type target, held in such a way that you had to either hit the slightly poking out head, or the very exposed leg sitting out to the right of the target.
I take a bracing pose against the left side of the wall, on the corner. It took me a moment to line it up properly, but I sent a round flying through my target’s lower thigh, causing it to stumble out of line with the hostage, the hostage remaining exactly in its position. That’s interesting, I didn’t know the targets were dynamic like that. I had been “killing” them with direct chest or headshots for every shot that I had hit, so I had never gotten a chance to see these targets actually do their dynamic animations before. I’ll have to ask how that works later. I finished the target off with a nice shot to the chest, after it had fallen to the floor, crippled due to its leg injury. The target fragmented as the holographic display was pierced by my round, double confirming that these targets were still projections.
The door to my left had opened with a clunk a moment after I had shot the target for the second time. I preformed more of the same clearing maneuvers and shooting of targets. A pair of these targets happened to line up, almost perfectly for a collateral shot. I took aim against the target further to the rear, my round propelling itself toward the target with its aim true. It took a path where I thought it would destroy both the near and far target with the same shot, however, the bullet only grazed the first hologram, causing it to stumble backward with its dynamic system. Despite not killing the first target, it still smacked against the rear target with a standard killing shot, fragmenting into its hundreds of red shards that I had become accustomed to.
Advancing further into the labyrinth, I swiftly finished off the wounded target that had stumbled backward into a corner. Just to the right of the target, a sign on the wall pointed me downward, telling me to crawl through a claustrophobic, vent-like passage, about [2 feet] tall. I read the sign, dropped to the floor, and slid down through the little hole in the wall. Out the left of the hole, a target stood waiting for whatever round I planned on giving him, out in the open.
I wonder…
I approached the target, pistol held like a little baton. With as much force as I could for good measure, I slapped the target with the pistol.
Whiff
Seems I was wrong. I place my aim onto the target that I had unsuccessfully slapped, fired, then went to move on. Another target was in a little closet behind it, so I spun around to shoot that one too. This killhouse seemed to span for an eternity, and I thought I must be nearing the end of it soon.
Round the corner, no-shoot target, keep going around the U shaped hallway, another no-shoot target in the middle of the hallway. Pass it by, another bend in the wall, with a shoot target just beyond it. I go to fire my weapon, and…
Click.
The slide is open.
That isn’t supposed to happen, I had 3 rounds left in the magazine!
I take a quick inspection of my gun, a casing got stuck in the chamber, and now was blocking up the entire gun’s mechanism. I had been taught what to do in this situation, the malfunction being called a “double feed,” which could occur more frequently if your gun ran older ammunition, which mine did.
I followed the standard jam-clearing procedure for a double feed, which was to first lock the slide to the rear, remove the magazine, drop the slide and rack again to remove the stuck casing, reinsert the magazine, then rack the slide again to seat a new round. With my jam now cleared, I shot the target in front of me in the face, destroying it instantly. Around the corner sat another set of targets, 2 of them I had to shoot.
I get my aim steady on the first, fire, target destroyed. The slide locked back, alerting me to my state of being out of ammo. I reach for another fresh magazine, and come back empty handed.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
I was completely out of ammo, and making good time up until now.
Melee won’t work, I had just figured that out, I'm out of magazines so I can’t reload even if I needed to, which I certainly did.
AHA!
I had accidentally let the stuck round fall out with the magazine while I was removing it from the gun, so now it was sitting on the floor. I dive over to it, grab the lonesome round off the floor, and carefully insert the round into the chamber of my pistol. This was a technique that you weren’t exactly supposed to do often, as it wears out the extractor much faster, leading to more frequent issues if it’s done too often. I drop the slide, letting the final round I had to my name seat itself within the chamber, ready to fire.
BANG.
The target shattered, the door on my left clunking open to reveal the light of day, and a catwalk to a platform above the range. I walk out, and hear another voice call out.
“Show clear, then holster your weapon. Your time is…187.87 seconds, nice work in there. If you want, go watch from above from that catwalk, the next run’s boutta to start.”
I walked up the stairs, legs quite a bit more fatigued than I expected them to be, although I had just been speed-walking for 3 minutes straight, and my heart was beating faster than I expected, probably due to that moment of panic after having my gun just jam up on me, compounded by the fact that I totally ran out of ammo. I reached the top, took a seat in a nice spot near the edge of the small congregation of other competitors, waiting for Finn to come waltzing through the course. There was a display on the top of the roof, showing us an overlay of the first floor, which would also show us the second floor once the competitor got to the staircase.
A few minutes passed, and I wasn't paying attention to Finn's run, since a few people had asked for me to take pictures with them, which I reluctantly agreed to. I could barely hear it, but the end timer from earlier had spoke up again; “show clear, holster your weapon. Your time is… 178.92, fastest time yet, good stuff.”
I broke away from the group who were trying to ask me questions to meet my friend at the top of the stairs, who acknowledged my completion with a firm ‘high five’, a human gesture I had been taught over my time with him.
“Phew, nice little course, huh Mick?” Finn offered.
“Yea… It was fun, albeit tiring.” I responded, with a tail wag
“I’d bet, worse stamina especially. Anyway, how’d ya do?”
“Slightly worse than you, 187 seconds.”
Wow! Nice, uhm, that’s actually really impressive for someone who’s never done this kinda thing before, how’d ya manage that?”
“Might be because I only ever had to hit the targets once, except for that really long range one, with the hostage?”
“Yea I know the one, tricky bastard to hit without clipping the hostage.”
“Did you know those targets are reactive? Actually yea, you probably do because you volunteer here, right?”
“Yep, I'm guessing that’s how you figured out they are? Shot em’ in the leg so he’d stumble? That’s the easiest way to do it, i reckon, but just moving to the right edge to line up an easier headshot is the more advantageous way to do it.”
“Yea that’s what I figured out. Oh, after that there was one kinda standing out in a hallway that I tried to hit with my pistol, didn’t do anything but since that one actually fell over earlier I was wondering if I could save the ammo, why didn’t hitting it work?”
“If you were actually in a situation where you were running around a big ol’ building trying to murder combatants inside to rescue hostages, do you think you would have the ability to whack someone in the face hard enough to outright kill them instantly? No, no you probably wouldn’t. The target impact system only tracks bullets anyway, punches or strikes don’t move fast enough to register on the system.”
“Oh, interesting. Say, how do the holograms work?”
“No clue, all I know is it has something to do with laser projectors and some weird illusions, then it has motion detectors tuned to a specific zone in space for tracking hits, quite interesting stuff if I do say so myself, even if I don't know how it works.”
“Yea, it is,” I said, not exactly registering what was said, “anyway, I think we should go figure out what the next event is, I don’t want to go into it blind like I would have if you hadn’t made me try the little version first.”
“Alright, follow me then.” Finn said, then began walking down the catwalk, leading me to our next event of the day, which I had been informed was a “long range vintage” event.
We made our way back over to the range we were at before, now situated with targets much further out than the aim trainer I had been using earlier. There were large signs, telling me distance next to little plates with concentric rings around a point in the middle. Finn walked back over to his car, pulled out a rifle box, and came back over to me.
"Ah, the wonders of long range shooting! You ready to learn about physics?" Finn exclaimed, clearly excited.
"No, not really, why do you ask?"
"Long range shooting, and especially extreme range shooting need a lot of little physics calculations for you to actually be able to hit the target from so far away. Bullets are little more than projectiles thrown at high velocity, but there's still things like gravity, wind, and sometimes even the fuckin' Coriolis effect to worry about while your round is flying!"
"Wait, you have to worry about the rotation of the planet while shooting long range? That's insane!"
"I know, right? that's why I love this stuff!"
The next [20 or 30 minutes] were taken up by a lengthy explanation of how a bullet flies, how a spotter and shooter system functions, how a spotter scope works, how to interpret what the spotter says, the list goes on. This had continued until the whistle blasted again, alerting us of another announcement.
"Everyone come over to the podium, we're having an awards ceremony! Be here in 5 minutes or we start without you, if you aren't already over here!" the voice of the instructor from earlier rang out. Finn and I went over to the podium, where a few boxes labeled 1, 2, and 3 resided.
The ceremony went well, apparently I had gotten third place, Finn got second, and someone who had ran after both of us got first.
After the ceremony, we were each handed a box of differing sizes, the winner got a certificate for a free rifle, Finn got a new 'plate carrier', a thing that was made to hold armor and magazines, and I got a pair of cargo pants.
I walked over to the little station they had set up nearby, got a few measurements taken, then was handed an (admittedly very fancy) pair of pants, clearly set up for humans instead of venlil.
Thankfully, I didn't have to modify them so I could wear them, there was already a little bit of a notch in the top of the beltline that let it comfortably sit just below my tail.
Another announcement came on soon after I got my new pants; "Next event starts in one hour, get some practice in before that, you might need it."
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Author's note: This one took a lot longer than the other ones, although it's released in a shorter time frame, how ironic, i guess? I'm considering making a prologue to the story, probably during the exchange program, if I do, it will also help give some more context to Mick that I tried to expand on with this one.
I hope you enjoyed it, expect the next one... eventually.
Oh, and sorry about any walls of text, that was me trying to fill in to hit my self imposed 3000 word count, and also me not knowing how to effectively write "move, shoot, move again" about 20 times in a row.
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Mick reference
Random drawing of Finn
Memory transcription subject: “Mick”, Venlil, Former mechanical engineer, Gunsmith apprentice
Date [Standardized Human Time]: November 17, 2136
We lined up outside of the facility where our first competition would be held. The official rules would have to be explained to us before we started, as is standard for these events. Finn had already given me most of the knowledge I needed, but I still had to listen to the instructor’s words, unless I wanted to do something wrong and be disqualified.
“Alright, is everyone here?” The instructor shouted. “Nobody unaccounted for? Perfect! I see some new faces here today, so I’m going to have to go over the rules again.”
“First up, the basic safety rules must be followed at all times, no exceptions, ever! Understood?”
The line of about 20 competitors all barked out an affirmative in unison, I followed shortly after.
“Good! Good. Second rule, prioritize safety above all else. If you see someone doing something wrong, or dangerous, or outright stupid, point it out to me or one of the other safety guys around. Understood?”
“Yes sir!” The whole line responded.
The instructor’s presence was quite hard to ignore, it seems this man has a history of yelling at people to get points across to their head.
“Good! Alright, third rule. Have fun, don't die.”
“Yes sir!” we all said again.
“If nobody has any questions, we shall begin! Whoever’s first, go to the line, hands on the door, then wait for instructions. I shall follow suit shortly. When you’re done with the course, make your way up to the catwalk, the view’s great from up there, trust me. For now, sit and wait for your turn.”
Finn turned to me and added onto the instructor’s advice. “Hey Mick, don’t expect to be able to sprint through the whole thing like last time, pace yourself, depending on how they set this up, this course could take anywhere from a minute to 10, we won’t know until we’re both done. They don’t want people to cheat, taking it blind is part of the fun with this style of comp.”
Finn looked a little tense, as if the anticipation was getting to him. I knew it was getting to me too, so no wonder it was getting to him. A while ago, I figured out that I didn’t feel things quite the same as most everyone else did. Things that made others incredibly disgusted only made me a little uncomfortable. I didn’t feel loneliness even after days worth of isolation. All of the time I spent was either working or sleeping, I didn’t feel the need for free time, and I liked having a lot of surplus money, so I worked. That was, at least until I found the exchange program. It paid a decent amount of money, so I was compelled to join up. These humans couldn’t be so bad, plus I needed something new to do. Fortunately, I had previously passed empathy tests, albeit barely. It registered enough of an empathetic response for me to pass undetected. I was legally free of predator disease.
Apparently, a few of the earliest exchange partners had a bug where they could share images, and we had that bug, so I got to see the humans' appearance way earlier than most. Bipedal, tall, forward facing eyes, mostly hairless, wearing textiles to replace their lack of hair. That didn’t bother me too much, unsurprising considering my overall lack of intense emotional response that had prompted the earlier PD screenings.
It had been about [30 minutes], about half the competitors had already gone through the course before us. My turn was up next, and Finn was right after me, we were just waiting for the competitor currently in the course to finish.
A bell chimed, signifying that the last guy had made it through, finishing his run. Finn gave me a pat on the back, a sign that I should get ready to get in there.
“Remember to pace yourself, you know, you can’t run through this behemoth in 20 seconds. Slow and steady will win you the race.” Finn advised.
“Alrighty, next competitor!” The instructor bellowed, almost interrupting Finn’s advice. “Minek the Venlil? You ready?”
“As ready as I'll ever be, I guess.” I said, anticipation and nerves high.
I don’t necessarily like talking to people, particularly the ones I don’t know. Another aspect of why I felt like my home was better set on earth, rather than that sunside town where everyone just had to stop and get to know you. I’m not going back, even under the threat of annihilation, like what nearly happened to all of earth’s inhabitants.
“Make ready, put your hands on the door, your run starts once the timer beeps. If the lights turn red, stop your run immediately, make clear, holster your weapon. Understood?”
“Understood.” I replied.
I seated a new magazine into my pistol, racked the slide, holstered it, and placed my hands on the door. Here was my time to shine, I guess.
“Shooter ready? Standby…”
The moment of silence between the announcer’s callout and the timer’s beep felt like a small eternity.
BEEP!
I popped the door open as quickly as I could, took a high-ready stance, and began steadily advancing through the entrance hallway. There was a door on the left, as I entered it, I see a target standing both behind a target and a hostage. I'm forced to take my time lining up the headshot, KRAK, the target fragments into digital fragments. Another target to the right of it, slam a round through its torso. Move on, 2 targets behind a barricade, one no shoot. Take out both targets swiftly, then take a peek around the next corner. At the last moment, I spot a somewhat hidden cranny in the course right after the hallway, on my left. I backpedal, swing the pistol around the corner, and plant a round square through the chest of a target that was hiding within.
Now actually going down the hallway, there’s another hallway on the right, and a T-junction at the very end. The hallway on the right has 2 targets right next to each other, shoot and no-shoot. I take this quickly, they aren’t overlapped or anything special, just next to each other. I nearly missed because I was still moving when I shot, I needed to take more time lining up, no way I could keep getting this lucky. Left side of the junction has a shoot target, the right side has another hallway to the left of it. The rest of the floor was mostly the same, sending rounds through targets and reloading once, much like the rest of the course, right up until the end of the floor.
I rounded a corner partially blocked by a non-target, to see a small shooting gallery within the killhouse, and a door on the opposite side of the entrance. I have to clear the targets before the door will open, as instructed by the label on it. Two small, circular holograms appear before my eyes, roughly in the middle of the room. Two pops later, my magazine has run out. I haven’t even gotten through my (slightly) practiced reload, when another set of targets appear on the left side of the room. The surprise of more targets caused me to fumble slightly, tapping the magazine against the bottom of the grip. I slap the magazine back into its rightful place within my pistol, tap for good measure, drop the slide, pop the targets. The door remains still, so there are more targets to hit, I reckon. They happened to appear right I thought of them, one close and to the left, the other far and to the right. This forces me to swing my aim across the room, and I nearly missed a target again, barely clipping the right edge of the far target.
Too close, me. Too close. I somehow haven’t missed a target yet, and I intend to keep it that way.
The door finally opened, so I made my way through, and made my way up the stairs that followed the door. At the top of the stairs stood a target peeking over. Almost reflexively, I was steadily advancing past the target, without stopping I put the barrel to the target’s face, then fired. 2 rounds remaining in the magazine. The left side had a familiar set of targets similar to the little practice house. A set of closet like rooms, filled with a couple of shoot and no shoot targets. Bang, round the next corner, bang and a clack. Empty, reload, don’t fumble it this time, another target around the corner, bang.
The next few hallways were similar to the rest, a no shoot around a corner, a shoot target sitting opposite that, then I saw something I hadn't seen earlier. A direction marking on the floor, telling me to walk past the door, to a piece of half-height cover leading into an incredibly long (for this type of scenario) hallway. At the end was a hostage type target, held in such a way that you had to either hit the slightly poking out head, or the very exposed leg sitting out to the right of the target.
I take a bracing pose against the left side of the wall, on the corner. It took me a moment to line it up properly, but I sent a round flying through my target’s lower thigh, causing it to stumble out of line with the hostage, the hostage remaining exactly in its position. That’s interesting, I didn’t know the targets were dynamic like that. I had been “killing” them with direct chest or headshots for every shot that I had hit, so I had never gotten a chance to see these targets actually do their dynamic animations before. I’ll have to ask how that works later. I finished the target off with a nice shot to the chest, after it had fallen to the floor, crippled due to its leg injury. The target fragmented as the holographic display was pierced by my round, double confirming that these targets were still projections.
The door to my left had opened with a clunk a moment after I had shot the target for the second time. I preformed more of the same clearing maneuvers and shooting of targets. A pair of these targets happened to line up, almost perfectly for a collateral shot. I took aim against the target further to the rear, my round propelling itself toward the target with its aim true. It took a path where I thought it would destroy both the near and far target with the same shot, however, the bullet only grazed the first hologram, causing it to stumble backward with its dynamic system. Despite not killing the first target, it still smacked against the rear target with a standard killing shot, fragmenting into its hundreds of red shards that I had become accustomed to.
Advancing further into the labyrinth, I swiftly finished off the wounded target that had stumbled backward into a corner. Just to the right of the target, a sign on the wall pointed me downward, telling me to crawl through a claustrophobic, vent-like passage, about [2 feet] tall. I read the sign, dropped to the floor, and slid down through the little hole in the wall. Out the left of the hole, a target stood waiting for whatever round I planned on giving him, out in the open.
I wonder…
I approached the target, pistol held like a little baton. With as much force as I could for good measure, I slapped the target with the pistol.
Whiff
Seems I was wrong. I place my aim onto the target that I had unsuccessfully slapped, fired, then went to move on. Another target was in a little closet behind it, so I spun around to shoot that one too. This killhouse seemed to span for an eternity, and I thought I must be nearing the end of it soon.
Round the corner, no-shoot target, keep going around the U shaped hallway, another no-shoot target in the middle of the hallway. Pass it by, another bend in the wall, with a shoot target just beyond it. I go to fire my weapon, and…
Click.
The slide is open.
That isn’t supposed to happen, I had 3 rounds left in the magazine!
I take a quick inspection of my gun, a casing got stuck in the chamber, and now was blocking up the entire gun’s mechanism. I had been taught what to do in this situation, the malfunction being called a “double feed,” which could occur more frequently if your gun ran older ammunition, which mine did.
I followed the standard jam-clearing procedure for a double feed, which was to first lock the slide to the rear, remove the magazine, drop the slide and rack again to remove the stuck casing, reinsert the magazine, then rack the slide again to seat a new round. With my jam now cleared, I shot the target in front of me in the face, destroying it instantly. Around the corner sat another set of targets, 2 of them I had to shoot.
I get my aim steady on the first, fire, target destroyed. The slide locked back, alerting me to my state of being out of ammo. I reach for another fresh magazine, and come back empty handed.
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
I was completely out of ammo, and making good time up until now.
Melee won’t work, I had just figured that out, I'm out of magazines so I can’t reload even if I needed to, which I certainly did.
AHA!
I had accidentally let the stuck round fall out with the magazine while I was removing it from the gun, so now it was sitting on the floor. I dive over to it, grab the lonesome round off the floor, and carefully insert the round into the chamber of my pistol. This was a technique that you weren’t exactly supposed to do often, as it wears out the extractor much faster, leading to more frequent issues if it’s done too often. I drop the slide, letting the final round I had to my name seat itself within the chamber, ready to fire.
BANG.
The target shattered, the door on my left clunking open to reveal the light of day, and a catwalk to a platform above the range. I walk out, and hear another voice call out.
“Show clear, then holster your weapon. Your time is…187.87 seconds, nice work in there. If you want, go watch from above from that catwalk, the next run’s boutta to start.”
I walked up the stairs, legs quite a bit more fatigued than I expected them to be, although I had just been speed-walking for 3 minutes straight, and my heart was beating faster than I expected, probably due to that moment of panic after having my gun just jam up on me, compounded by the fact that I totally ran out of ammo. I reached the top, took a seat in a nice spot near the edge of the small congregation of other competitors, waiting for Finn to come waltzing through the course. There was a display on the top of the roof, showing us an overlay of the first floor, which would also show us the second floor once the competitor got to the staircase.
A few minutes passed, and I wasn't paying attention to Finn's run, since a few people had asked for me to take pictures with them, which I reluctantly agreed to. I could barely hear it, but the end timer from earlier had spoke up again; “show clear, holster your weapon. Your time is… 178.92, fastest time yet, good stuff.”
I broke away from the group who were trying to ask me questions to meet my friend at the top of the stairs, who acknowledged my completion with a firm ‘high five’, a human gesture I had been taught over my time with him.
“Phew, nice little course, huh Mick?” Finn offered.
“Yea… It was fun, albeit tiring.” I responded, with a tail wag
“I’d bet, worse stamina especially. Anyway, how’d ya do?”
“Slightly worse than you, 187 seconds.”
Wow! Nice, uhm, that’s actually really impressive for someone who’s never done this kinda thing before, how’d ya manage that?”
“Might be because I only ever had to hit the targets once, except for that really long range one, with the hostage?”
“Yea I know the one, tricky bastard to hit without clipping the hostage.”
“Did you know those targets are reactive? Actually yea, you probably do because you volunteer here, right?”
“Yep, I'm guessing that’s how you figured out they are? Shot em’ in the leg so he’d stumble? That’s the easiest way to do it, i reckon, but just moving to the right edge to line up an easier headshot is the more advantageous way to do it.”
“Yea that’s what I figured out. Oh, after that there was one kinda standing out in a hallway that I tried to hit with my pistol, didn’t do anything but since that one actually fell over earlier I was wondering if I could save the ammo, why didn’t hitting it work?”
“If you were actually in a situation where you were running around a big ol’ building trying to murder combatants inside to rescue hostages, do you think you would have the ability to whack someone in the face hard enough to outright kill them instantly? No, no you probably wouldn’t. The target impact system only tracks bullets anyway, punches or strikes don’t move fast enough to register on the system.”
“Oh, interesting. Say, how do the holograms work?”
“No clue, all I know is it has something to do with laser projectors and some weird illusions, then it has motion detectors tuned to a specific zone in space for tracking hits, quite interesting stuff if I do say so myself, even if I don't know how it works.”
“Yea, it is,” I said, not exactly registering what was said, “anyway, I think we should go figure out what the next event is, I don’t want to go into it blind like I would have if you hadn’t made me try the little version first.”
“Alright, follow me then.” Finn said, then began walking down the catwalk, leading me to our next event of the day, which I had been informed was a “long range vintage” event.
We made our way back over to the range we were at before, now situated with targets much further out than the aim trainer I had been using earlier. There were large signs, telling me distance next to little plates with concentric rings around a point in the middle. Finn walked back over to his car, pulled out a rifle box, and came back over to me.
"Ah, the wonders of long range shooting! You ready to learn about physics?" Finn exclaimed, clearly excited.
"No, not really, why do you ask?"
"Long range shooting, and especially extreme range shooting need a lot of little physics calculations for you to actually be able to hit the target from so far away. Bullets are little more than projectiles thrown at high velocity, but there's still things like gravity, wind, and sometimes even the fuckin' Coriolis effect to worry about while your round is flying!"
"Wait, you have to worry about the rotation of the planet while shooting long range? That's insane!"
"I know, right? that's why I love this stuff!"
The next [20 or 30 minutes] were taken up by a lengthy explanation of how a bullet flies, how a spotter and shooter system functions, how a spotter scope works, how to interpret what the spotter says, the list goes on. This had continued until the whistle blasted again, alerting us of another announcement.
"Everyone come over to the podium, we're having an awards ceremony! Be here in 5 minutes or we start without you, if you aren't already over here!" the voice of the instructor from earlier rang out. Finn and I went over to the podium, where a few boxes labeled 1, 2, and 3 resided.
The ceremony went well, apparently I had gotten third place, Finn got second, and someone who had ran after both of us got first.
After the ceremony, we were each handed a box of differing sizes, the winner got a certificate for a free rifle, Finn got a new 'plate carrier', a thing that was made to hold armor and magazines, and I got a pair of cargo pants.
I walked over to the little station they had set up nearby, got a few measurements taken, then was handed an (admittedly very fancy) pair of pants, clearly set up for humans instead of venlil.
Thankfully, I didn't have to modify them so I could wear them, there was already a little bit of a notch in the top of the beltline that let it comfortably sit just below my tail.
Another announcement came on soon after I got my new pants; "Next event starts in one hour, get some practice in before that, you might need it."
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Author's note: This one took a lot longer than the other ones, although it's released in a shorter time frame, how ironic, i guess? I'm considering making a prologue to the story, probably during the exchange program, if I do, it will also help give some more context to Mick that I tried to expand on with this one.
I hope you enjoyed it, expect the next one... eventually.
Oh, and sorry about any walls of text, that was me trying to fill in to hit my self imposed 3000 word count, and also me not knowing how to effectively write "move, shoot, move again" about 20 times in a row.
2023.05.28 04:41 Willing-Courage4755 I (20F) ended things with a boy I really love (23M) a month and a half ago and I am falling apart
in November of 2022, I broke up with my ex-boyfriend because he was toxic/controlling and just not very good for me. we did have a lot of good times together, but honestly, the entire relationship was a mistake in my eyes (caused by me) and breaking up with him was one of the hardest things I ever had to do because he kept begging for me back and just made me feel super guilty. I finally broke up with him around thanksgiving (I had ended it with him around three times total) and I was in a really emotionally vulnerable spot, I was having a hard time moving on and I didn’t know what to do with myself. I had started talking to a coworker who I ended up developing a crush on (after my breakup), who ALSO had gone through a breakup around October of 2022, and we started talking around end of DecembeJanuary. he was really going through it, and it felt good for me to be able to be there for someone and take care of someone (which made me feel better about myself). one of my love languages is acts of service, so I practically stuck by him while he was going through depressive episodes/really hard times for a few months.
I am the type to show people unconditional love regardless of how they treat me due to some unresolved trauma and issues with my parents (specifically with my father). during the time we were talking in DecembeJanuary, my feelings with him were escalating and we had agreed to stop talking around 3 or so times because we knew that it probably wasn’t a good idea since we had both gotten out of relationships. all three times we ended things, obviously we ended up continuing to talk. I grew very quickly attached to him since I wasn't in a good spot, and I had someone who actually liked talking to me and showed interest in me that way. I caught feelings pretty quickly and brought up the idea of a relationship early on. he just wanted a friends with benefits, and I made it clear that I did not want that. our relationship ended up turning sexual anyway. he was still hung up over his ex, and made this clear to me when we talked because he felt comfortable enough to rant to me about her (even though I liked him a LOT and hearing this any time he spoke hurt me really badly, I never said anything because I wanted him to have an outlet to talk about his feelings). fast forward to February, we had our first kiss , and eventually he did ask me on a date. the day he was going to ask me to be his girlfriend, he ended up NOT asking me because he felt very disconnected from me and just unsure (we talked about it after our date since I could tell he was disconnected). basically, from around the beginning of February all up until April 13th, he was very back and forth with his feelings with me. he had cut me off once because of religious differences (he is Muslim, I am not) and feared his family wouldn’t accept me so we decided to stop talking. This absolutely broke my heart because when we decided to end things in the car, I told him I loved him and he said it back. I had reached out to him a week or so later trying to start things again. We 'fixed' things, but then he cut me off AGAIN because I expressed some feelings I had about what I’d want in a relationship and he said he felt a lot of pressure from me and ended things with me. I was fine with this, I kind of knew it was coming, and this was over text so I wasn’t as broken as when it first happened. Two weeks later, he reached out and apologized, saying he made a giant mistake and basically insinuated that if I was open to it, he wanted to try again. I knew I shouldn’t have responded to his message, but I did and I gave him another chance. He seemed like a changed man – the way he spoke to me, the way he acted with me. He seemed like he really thought about what he did and knew that he wanted to be better. I could see it in his actions.
A few weeks later, sometime in April, we were having a casual date and we brought up a topic that honestly made me so uncomfortable. He is Southeast Asian, raised in a Muslim family, with some conservative values. I am a progressive feminist, traumatized by both my parents, basically liberal as hell. He said something I thought to be a bit sexist – he made a close-minded statement about how women are always like, then said that if he ever had kids, he’d want to physically discipline them. I know this isn’t a big deal for some people, but for someone like me who experienced physical discipline growing up and is very against sexism, this conversation made me uncomfortable and I felt so detached from him when we were talking. He dropped me home, I didn’t even kiss him, and I went to bed. A few weeks later (I am so bad with the timeline), he asked me to be his girlfriend and I got so nervous. I knew that wasn’t what I wanted – we were going on dates, having sex, basically in a friends with benefits but to the MAX because at this point, I knew I had been in love with this man for months, regardless of how he treated me or any of his views. I was so scared to be his girlfriend because every time I imagined our relationship, it had an expiration date. I don’t even know if I want kids, but if I do, I don’t want to physically discipline them. This reason stuck in my head for a long time, and even though I knew I would’ve had doubts about our potential relationship, I said yes. Our relationship lasted three days. I texted him on April 13th, expressing that I don’t think we are right for each other. I said that you can love someone but know they aren’t right for you, and that maybe we are better off not being together. The entire time we were having this conversation, I was crying my eyes out. He asked me if I was sure that this was what I wanted. I said no, because I had really strong feelings for him, but I didn’t want to enter something that I had so many doubts with.
A month and a half later brings us to today. I am falling apart. I miss him so much, his birthday passed a few days ago and I reached out to wish him happy birthday (even though around 9 people told me not to) and I ended up crying during lunch while I was on vacation because I missed him. I had a mental breakdown sometime in April, it was so bad that I scheduled an appointment with a therapist because I couldn’t take what I was feeling. I had been talking about going to therapy for a while, but never came around to it. I have my first appointment next week. I miss him a lot and it's like my feelings for him get stronger as I'm more away from him, and I also miss being with someone. I haven’t reached out because he’s stubborn, I’m stubborn, and neither of us are going to change for each other. I am really struggling with being alone, but I recognize that I need to learn how to be happy on my own before I jump into a relationship with a person who can’t give me what I need. I really, really love him though, and being alone has forced me to reflect on all the mistakes I’ve ever made in my life, along with trauma from my parents that I’m forced to look at. In other words, I’ve been completely miserable ever since I ended it with him, and I don't have a safe space at home to distract myself or be okay anymore (my parents are renovating the house so it's loud all the time and they also are the cause of a lot of my issues). The idea of him being with someone else makes me want to rip my hair out. I know it’s only been a month and a half and I will feel better with time, but the way I feel with him, I haven’t felt with any other. Not even with my ex-boyfriend. Ending it over the whole physical discipline thing when I don’t even know if I want kids myself is really what has me hung up over this. He also has some mental health problems that he refuses to recognize (he doesn’t think therapy is an option for him). I honestly think he has some type of depression, and he also has a morbid view on life that makes me super uncomfortable. Is reaching out to someone who treated me like this out of the question?
TLDR: I ended things with a boy I am in love with over something important to me, but now I need to know whether it's worth reaching out again
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I am the type to show people unconditional love regardless of how they treat me due to some unresolved trauma and issues with my parents (specifically with my father). during the time we were talking in DecembeJanuary, my feelings with him were escalating and we had agreed to stop talking around 3 or so times because we knew that it probably wasn’t a good idea since we had both gotten out of relationships. all three times we ended things, obviously we ended up continuing to talk. I grew very quickly attached to him since I wasn't in a good spot, and I had someone who actually liked talking to me and showed interest in me that way. I caught feelings pretty quickly and brought up the idea of a relationship early on. he just wanted a friends with benefits, and I made it clear that I did not want that. our relationship ended up turning sexual anyway. he was still hung up over his ex, and made this clear to me when we talked because he felt comfortable enough to rant to me about her (even though I liked him a LOT and hearing this any time he spoke hurt me really badly, I never said anything because I wanted him to have an outlet to talk about his feelings). fast forward to February, we had our first kiss , and eventually he did ask me on a date. the day he was going to ask me to be his girlfriend, he ended up NOT asking me because he felt very disconnected from me and just unsure (we talked about it after our date since I could tell he was disconnected). basically, from around the beginning of February all up until April 13th, he was very back and forth with his feelings with me. he had cut me off once because of religious differences (he is Muslim, I am not) and feared his family wouldn’t accept me so we decided to stop talking. This absolutely broke my heart because when we decided to end things in the car, I told him I loved him and he said it back. I had reached out to him a week or so later trying to start things again. We 'fixed' things, but then he cut me off AGAIN because I expressed some feelings I had about what I’d want in a relationship and he said he felt a lot of pressure from me and ended things with me. I was fine with this, I kind of knew it was coming, and this was over text so I wasn’t as broken as when it first happened. Two weeks later, he reached out and apologized, saying he made a giant mistake and basically insinuated that if I was open to it, he wanted to try again. I knew I shouldn’t have responded to his message, but I did and I gave him another chance. He seemed like a changed man – the way he spoke to me, the way he acted with me. He seemed like he really thought about what he did and knew that he wanted to be better. I could see it in his actions.
A few weeks later, sometime in April, we were having a casual date and we brought up a topic that honestly made me so uncomfortable. He is Southeast Asian, raised in a Muslim family, with some conservative values. I am a progressive feminist, traumatized by both my parents, basically liberal as hell. He said something I thought to be a bit sexist – he made a close-minded statement about how women are always like, then said that if he ever had kids, he’d want to physically discipline them. I know this isn’t a big deal for some people, but for someone like me who experienced physical discipline growing up and is very against sexism, this conversation made me uncomfortable and I felt so detached from him when we were talking. He dropped me home, I didn’t even kiss him, and I went to bed. A few weeks later (I am so bad with the timeline), he asked me to be his girlfriend and I got so nervous. I knew that wasn’t what I wanted – we were going on dates, having sex, basically in a friends with benefits but to the MAX because at this point, I knew I had been in love with this man for months, regardless of how he treated me or any of his views. I was so scared to be his girlfriend because every time I imagined our relationship, it had an expiration date. I don’t even know if I want kids, but if I do, I don’t want to physically discipline them. This reason stuck in my head for a long time, and even though I knew I would’ve had doubts about our potential relationship, I said yes. Our relationship lasted three days. I texted him on April 13th, expressing that I don’t think we are right for each other. I said that you can love someone but know they aren’t right for you, and that maybe we are better off not being together. The entire time we were having this conversation, I was crying my eyes out. He asked me if I was sure that this was what I wanted. I said no, because I had really strong feelings for him, but I didn’t want to enter something that I had so many doubts with.
A month and a half later brings us to today. I am falling apart. I miss him so much, his birthday passed a few days ago and I reached out to wish him happy birthday (even though around 9 people told me not to) and I ended up crying during lunch while I was on vacation because I missed him. I had a mental breakdown sometime in April, it was so bad that I scheduled an appointment with a therapist because I couldn’t take what I was feeling. I had been talking about going to therapy for a while, but never came around to it. I have my first appointment next week. I miss him a lot and it's like my feelings for him get stronger as I'm more away from him, and I also miss being with someone. I haven’t reached out because he’s stubborn, I’m stubborn, and neither of us are going to change for each other. I am really struggling with being alone, but I recognize that I need to learn how to be happy on my own before I jump into a relationship with a person who can’t give me what I need. I really, really love him though, and being alone has forced me to reflect on all the mistakes I’ve ever made in my life, along with trauma from my parents that I’m forced to look at. In other words, I’ve been completely miserable ever since I ended it with him, and I don't have a safe space at home to distract myself or be okay anymore (my parents are renovating the house so it's loud all the time and they also are the cause of a lot of my issues). The idea of him being with someone else makes me want to rip my hair out. I know it’s only been a month and a half and I will feel better with time, but the way I feel with him, I haven’t felt with any other. Not even with my ex-boyfriend. Ending it over the whole physical discipline thing when I don’t even know if I want kids myself is really what has me hung up over this. He also has some mental health problems that he refuses to recognize (he doesn’t think therapy is an option for him). I honestly think he has some type of depression, and he also has a morbid view on life that makes me super uncomfortable. Is reaching out to someone who treated me like this out of the question?
TLDR: I ended things with a boy I am in love with over something important to me, but now I need to know whether it's worth reaching out again
2023.05.28 04:39 No_Cap_90210 The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta
 | By the time Meta initially filed its lawsuit in December 2022, Freenom was the source of well more than half of all new phishing domains coming from country-code top-level domains. Meta initially asked a court to seal its case against Freenom, but that request was denied. Meta withdrew its December 2022 lawsuit and re-filed it in March 2023. submitted by No_Cap_90210 to cybernewsroom [link] [comments] “We’ve observed a significant decline in phishing domains reported in the Freenom commercialized ccTLDs in months surrounding the lawsuit,” Piscitello wrote on Mastodon. “Responsible for over 60% of phishing domains reported in November 2022, Freenom’s percentage has dropped to under 15%.” https://preview.redd.it/7v21zleqih2b1.png?width=768&format=png&auto=webp&s=1566db1daea8f46051ed63178ff07d48d93877b5 |
2023.05.28 04:34 IntelligentCold5555 First card show was fun
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2023.05.28 04:33 lmntlstarreads Daily Horoscope for Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces - May 28th!
Here is today's reading for the Water Signs. The Water Signs are Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces!
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Daily Horoscope for Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces - May 28th
Each reading entails insights into your personal life, love life, travel, money, career, and health matters. Take in what resonates with you and follow the wisdom of the stars. All things rise and fall, the pendulum swing manifests in Everything.
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2023.05.28 04:33 lmntlstarreads Daily Horoscope for Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius - May 28th!
Here is today's reading for the Air Signs. The Air Signs are Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius!
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Daily Horoscope for Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius - May 28th
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Daily Horoscope for Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius - May 28th
Each reading entails insights into your personal life, love life, travel, money, career, and health matters. Take in what resonates with you and follow the wisdom of the stars. All things rise and fall, the pendulum swing manifests in Everything.
You can find these daily readings on the two channels pinned at the top of this subreddit every morning! Thank you and let me know of anything that you would like to see! The support that you all have provided means the world to me! I hope to grow and make this into something even bigger!
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2023.05.28 04:30 Kooky_Community3695 Why is there so many reddit post slamming charlie??
 | Basically I always search up any random question that comes to my brain. So I decided to search up " I love moistcr1tikal" expecting to see people showing him love and stuff but I was WAY OFF. Look at this yeo. I feel like no real fans have seen this yet. Thoughts? submitted by Kooky_Community3695 to moistcr1tikal [link] [comments] |
2023.05.28 04:29 Sad-Ad-7906 2022 WRX base model automatic. Love this little beast.
 | My 2016 forester sucked. This car 85% made in Japan, is totally friggin amazing. submitted by Sad-Ad-7906 to WRX [link] [comments] |
2023.05.28 04:25 Dull_Scallion7875 Anyone ever feel this?
Age 19
Sex female
Height 5’2
Weight 94
Race white/ Latina
Duration of complaint 2 months
Location right side of head.
Any existing relevant medical issues. Nothing yet. Beside and x ray for my neck pains showed neck spasms. I have been recommended and have referal. To se neurologist. Convince parent is hard though.
Current medications
I don’t know what cause my head pain. But over the past two month I have been feeling this weirds squeezing pain on the right side of my head. Near temple area. It in’t really painful like the head pains I get. Feel weird. The closest I can describe it to is like a squeezing pain on your vein. On my other posts of mine I have described my head pains.
Here is a description from one of my older posts: I started a log to track the amount of migraine or whatever pain this is and the last day of logging will be tomorrow. I have had 19 days of migraines in January. Then past months have been averaging 14 to 15. These pains started in the summer of 2021 and got a lot worse by may 2022. My mom took me to see a physical therapist cause she was convinced it was just neck pain and posture and the x ray showed that I have neck spasms. I did 2 months of physical therapy and went back and extra two weeks In hopes it would get better but it hasn’t only worse. I have worked on my posture and made an effort the past month to consistently do excerise and take all my vitamins. I did physical therapy October and November and a little bit of December in 2022. In the summer of 2022 I made an appointment myself with a nurse at my campus and she did tests and after me following her recommendations and not improving she gave a referral to get a scan at a neurologist which ended up getting thrown away. The physical therapist said if the pain doesn’t improve I need to make follow up appointment and get mri. That never got made. I finally took it into my own hands and got an appointment at cleavland clinic with a neurologist in December and my mom decided to not take me. I have tried different over the counter medicines which don’t work. I switch between advil liquid gels and excedrin. My family recently got sick with Covid and I am sick also but I haven’t done a test yet so that doesn’t help me either. I had a call with my physician and she told me to try migrelief and it gave me bad side effects and only made it worse. I tried this cefaly and it also made it worse. This pain is around the base of my skull, neck, ear, also where the varix of the angular vein is. And I get random pain on other parts of my skull and face. I have been really trying to improve my self care of taking vitamins daily; having water, exercise, eat healthy enough, sleep in a bit more. I started chiro two weeks ago. First appointment went well second did not.
I really need advice on the squeezing pain but also the main head pain. Anyone experience this? I will try anything at this point. Any ideas?
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Sex female
Height 5’2
Weight 94
Race white/ Latina
Duration of complaint 2 months
Location right side of head.
Any existing relevant medical issues. Nothing yet. Beside and x ray for my neck pains showed neck spasms. I have been recommended and have referal. To se neurologist. Convince parent is hard though.
Current medications
I don’t know what cause my head pain. But over the past two month I have been feeling this weirds squeezing pain on the right side of my head. Near temple area. It in’t really painful like the head pains I get. Feel weird. The closest I can describe it to is like a squeezing pain on your vein. On my other posts of mine I have described my head pains.
Here is a description from one of my older posts: I started a log to track the amount of migraine or whatever pain this is and the last day of logging will be tomorrow. I have had 19 days of migraines in January. Then past months have been averaging 14 to 15. These pains started in the summer of 2021 and got a lot worse by may 2022. My mom took me to see a physical therapist cause she was convinced it was just neck pain and posture and the x ray showed that I have neck spasms. I did 2 months of physical therapy and went back and extra two weeks In hopes it would get better but it hasn’t only worse. I have worked on my posture and made an effort the past month to consistently do excerise and take all my vitamins. I did physical therapy October and November and a little bit of December in 2022. In the summer of 2022 I made an appointment myself with a nurse at my campus and she did tests and after me following her recommendations and not improving she gave a referral to get a scan at a neurologist which ended up getting thrown away. The physical therapist said if the pain doesn’t improve I need to make follow up appointment and get mri. That never got made. I finally took it into my own hands and got an appointment at cleavland clinic with a neurologist in December and my mom decided to not take me. I have tried different over the counter medicines which don’t work. I switch between advil liquid gels and excedrin. My family recently got sick with Covid and I am sick also but I haven’t done a test yet so that doesn’t help me either. I had a call with my physician and she told me to try migrelief and it gave me bad side effects and only made it worse. I tried this cefaly and it also made it worse. This pain is around the base of my skull, neck, ear, also where the varix of the angular vein is. And I get random pain on other parts of my skull and face. I have been really trying to improve my self care of taking vitamins daily; having water, exercise, eat healthy enough, sleep in a bit more. I started chiro two weeks ago. First appointment went well second did not.
I really need advice on the squeezing pain but also the main head pain. Anyone experience this? I will try anything at this point. Any ideas?
2023.05.28 04:25 lmntlstarreads Daily Horoscope for Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn - May 27th!
Here is today's reading for the Earth Signs. The Earth Signs are Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn!
Welcome to Elemental Star Reads, your enlightened source of astrological guidance by way of Daily Horoscopes. Follow us for your daily readings on all 12 signs and direction from the stars.
Daily Horoscope for Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn - May 28th
Each reading entails insights into your personal life, love life, travel, money, career, and health matters. Take in what resonates with you and follow the wisdom of the stars. All things rise and fall, the pendulum swing manifests in Everything.
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Take a look at dailyastro and my other posts to find your sign! Each element has its own flair so they can be found easily!
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Daily Horoscope for Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn - May 28th
Each reading entails insights into your personal life, love life, travel, money, career, and health matters. Take in what resonates with you and follow the wisdom of the stars. All things rise and fall, the pendulum swing manifests in Everything.
You can find these daily readings on the two channels pinned at the top of this subreddit every morning! Thank you and let me know of anything that you would like to see! The support that you all have provided means the world to me! I hope to grow and make this into something even bigger!
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2023.05.28 04:23 lmntlstarreads Daily Horoscope for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius - May 28th!
Here is today's reading for the Fire Signs. The Fire Signs are Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius!
Welcome to Elemental Star Reads, your enlightened source of astrological guidance by way of Daily Horoscopes. Follow us for your daily readings on all 12 signs and direction from the stars.
Daily Horoscope for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius - May 28th
Each reading entails insights into your personal life, love life, travel, money, career, and health matters. Take in what resonates with you and follow the wisdom of the stars. All things rise and fall, the pendulum swing manifests in Everything.
You can find these daily readings on the two channels pinned at the top of this subreddit every morning! Thank you and let me know of anything that you would like to see! The support that you all have provided means the world to me! I hope to grow and make this into something even bigger!
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Welcome to Elemental Star Reads, your enlightened source of astrological guidance by way of Daily Horoscopes. Follow us for your daily readings on all 12 signs and direction from the stars.
Daily Horoscope for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius - May 28th
Each reading entails insights into your personal life, love life, travel, money, career, and health matters. Take in what resonates with you and follow the wisdom of the stars. All things rise and fall, the pendulum swing manifests in Everything.
You can find these daily readings on the two channels pinned at the top of this subreddit every morning! Thank you and let me know of anything that you would like to see! The support that you all have provided means the world to me! I hope to grow and make this into something even bigger!
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2023.05.28 04:11 ArchDukeNemesis Every NWA, WCW & WWE world heavyweight championship run from 1904-2023 combined, if every champion held the belt once.
To celebrate the "Return" of the "Big Gold Belt" on Raw, I thought I'd make a history combining all title runs from the first world heavyweight championship, through it's time in the NWA, its two off shoots in WCW and its appropriation by WWE. All lineages combined, all vacancies ignored, all reigns recognized and all champions holding the belt once.
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2023.05.28 04:11 Halbsteinharris Spice up the exterior “she said”
So I had grea difficulty finding a car last year here in NC. My belived 2016 4Runner was infringing on our budget as it approached 70k. As a limited edition various suspension bits and pieces we never used started to leak and, for example one equalizing regulator balancing pressure in the hydraulic system was $1500. So between gas mileage and maintenance I decided to purchase another hybrid. My original plan was to wait for a used eV. All I could find was a six month waiting list for white, black, silver and gray Tucsons and same for the Rav 4s which I also like. Fortunately, “I think” a 2022 Blue edition in shimmering silver with 15000 miles became available at a dealer who had been trying to purchase my Toyota for $33K since advertised on Face Book. He didn’t know I was looking for a car at the time.
So the Blue was advertised for $34000, a healthy premium over its new sticker price that was $31,000 with the few accessories it had. That said, we swapped keys, I paid the tax and admin fees and drove my new car home with smile on my face for getting the car I wanted without a car payment attached. I loved. MY 4 Runner and it’s excellent resale value but felt like I got an ok deal.
So arriving home my dear wife - a tree hugging environmentalist who would prefer to be studying critters in Belize says; “Couldn’t you have gotten another color. This one is so plain. It needs something to spice it up”.
Well, there wasn’t a-lot I could do but I went ahead and purchased some nice seat covers and all weather floor liners thinking that would help. It did a little but she still feels like she got shorted.
I am wondering if anybody has had any success with auto exterior graphics packages? We don’t have a ton of money being sixty something baby boomers who worked in human services or I would just go trade the car. Wrapping is expensive isn’t it?
I will appreciate any feedback. I love my soul mate dearly. This sounds like she is spoiled but the poor woman has had a tough five years. She provided support and live in hospice care for her sister who had a protracted dual with dementia then her husband (me) was diagnosed with incurable bone marrow cancer “myelofibrosis” two years ago. I just want to brighten up her life a bit.
Thanks
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So the Blue was advertised for $34000, a healthy premium over its new sticker price that was $31,000 with the few accessories it had. That said, we swapped keys, I paid the tax and admin fees and drove my new car home with smile on my face for getting the car I wanted without a car payment attached. I loved. MY 4 Runner and it’s excellent resale value but felt like I got an ok deal.
So arriving home my dear wife - a tree hugging environmentalist who would prefer to be studying critters in Belize says; “Couldn’t you have gotten another color. This one is so plain. It needs something to spice it up”.
Well, there wasn’t a-lot I could do but I went ahead and purchased some nice seat covers and all weather floor liners thinking that would help. It did a little but she still feels like she got shorted.
I am wondering if anybody has had any success with auto exterior graphics packages? We don’t have a ton of money being sixty something baby boomers who worked in human services or I would just go trade the car. Wrapping is expensive isn’t it?
I will appreciate any feedback. I love my soul mate dearly. This sounds like she is spoiled but the poor woman has had a tough five years. She provided support and live in hospice care for her sister who had a protracted dual with dementia then her husband (me) was diagnosed with incurable bone marrow cancer “myelofibrosis” two years ago. I just want to brighten up her life a bit.
Thanks
2023.05.28 04:02 anon20021967 I kissed a guy before me and my boyfriend were official and I’m not sure if I should tell him.
I (20F) started seeing a guy (21M) last summer. We had our first date in June then long distance till our second date in July and then our third date in August. At this point we had our first kiss and then moved quite quickly and slept together about a week later. So from the end of August he stayed over all the time.
We have talked literally every since our first date and it was never said but it was pretty much assumed we were exclusive cause it’s just how both of us operate.
On the 17th September we went out on a date and some friends of mine invited me to a party. I invited him and he chose not to go. At the party this guy showed interest in me and I told him I wasn’t available but he kept pestering me. Eventually we did end up kissing.
We didn’t become official until mid November but it was a long time coming and we joke it was too long now.
I don’t know if telling him is just to ease my guilt and would hurt him or if I owe him the truth as well. I’ve seen conflicting advice on similar issues so just looking for a consensus.
I love him and want to build a life with him so I really don’t want to fuck it up either way.
There are also some details of a previous SA that happened to me by one of our old friends (he knows it happened) that I’m not sure whether to tell him cause I feel like it’s my fault. Same issue - not sure what I owe him vs should keep to myself
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We have talked literally every since our first date and it was never said but it was pretty much assumed we were exclusive cause it’s just how both of us operate.
On the 17th September we went out on a date and some friends of mine invited me to a party. I invited him and he chose not to go. At the party this guy showed interest in me and I told him I wasn’t available but he kept pestering me. Eventually we did end up kissing.
We didn’t become official until mid November but it was a long time coming and we joke it was too long now.
I don’t know if telling him is just to ease my guilt and would hurt him or if I owe him the truth as well. I’ve seen conflicting advice on similar issues so just looking for a consensus.
I love him and want to build a life with him so I really don’t want to fuck it up either way.
There are also some details of a previous SA that happened to me by one of our old friends (he knows it happened) that I’m not sure whether to tell him cause I feel like it’s my fault. Same issue - not sure what I owe him vs should keep to myself
2023.05.28 04:01 Normal-Escape8481 I love my 2022 MK8
 | I ordered a 2022 GLI in August 2022. After waiting 8 months and still not getting a solid ETA I decided to get this 2022 GTI. Best decisions I've ever made! submitted by Normal-Escape8481 to vwgolf [link] [comments] |
2023.05.28 03:52 Freefalling123 We weren’t wrong about her being high every night!!!!
 | Bonus: peep 🐷 begging to be sponsored 🤣🤣🤣 submitted by Freefalling123 to JessTheBrunetteExpose [link] [comments] |
2023.05.28 03:51 Then_Marionberry_259 MAY 02, 2023 PAAS.TO PAN AMERICAN SILVER REPORTS ADDITIONAL HIGH-GRADE DRILL RESULTS FROM THE LA COLORADA SKARN PROJECT
 | https://preview.redd.it/zkfh545eah2b1.png?width=3500&format=png&auto=webp&s=e87a9449f8847582815ac415877f82c2bea6c82a submitted by Then_Marionberry_259 to Treaty_Creek [link] [comments] Pan American Silver Corp. (NYSE: PAAS) (TSX: PAAS) ("Pan American" or the "Company") today released results for 15 new infill and exploration drill holes totaling 14,122 metres at the Company's 100% owned La Colorada Skarn project in Zacatecas, Mexico. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230502006278/en/ La Colorada Skarn drill holes May 2023 (Graphic: Business Wire) The most recent drill results include eight holes that were drilled to follow up on high-grade drill results reported in news releases dated July 21, 2022 and November 1, 2022. Hole D-96-10-22 returned two broad zones of mineralisation over 64 metres at 391 g/t Ag, 10.8% Pb and 8.5% Zn, including 23.25 metres at 914 g/t Ag, 25.19% Pb and 16.73% Zn, and a separate lower skarn zone over 135 metres at 37 g/t Ag, 1.13% Pb and 6.42% Zn. "These new drill hole results both extend the 902 zone and confirm that there are multiple zones of higher grade within the limestone and skarn, which align with surrounding porphyry intrusives and epithermal veins," said Christopher Emerson, Pan American's Vice President Exploration and Geology. "We have now drilled over 20 holes into this area, which remains open to the west and northwest. The 2023 infill and exploration program of 28,000 metres from surface and underground drilling stations is currently underway.” Drill highlights include:
Exploration drilling in the 903 East mineralised zone was reduced in the fourth quarter of 2022 with a new focus on the high-grade area to the west. Recent results from S-101-22, the most southeast drill hole in the 903 zone, intercepts skarn mineralisation approximately 250 metres south of previous drilling. Drill hole D-09-04-22 intercepted mineralisation to the southeast of the central zone. Plan view of the La Colorada Skarn drill holes referenced in this news release La Colorada Skarn - summary of drill results The following table provides the drill results for the La Colorada Skarn deposit included in this news release. Previous drill results not included in this table have been disclosed in Pan American’s news releases, which are available, together with cross sections, plans and images of the skarn mineralised core, on our website at: https://www.panamericansilver.com/operations/north-and-central-america/la-colorada-skarn/ https://preview.redd.it/5rie6tceah2b1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=8c45ada42dda8eb7e02bf1fdf593d04156e74dd2 La Colorada Skarn - drill hole collar information https://preview.redd.it/3m8fvceeah2b1.png?width=720&format=png&auto=webp&s=a4863cd728cbfd1f09d62fdf020b6b4c7a6432d2 General Notes with Respect to Technical Information Grades are shown as contained metal before mill recoveries are applied. All samples provided in this news release were assayed by ALS Global, Mexico using acid digestion with ICP finish for silver, lead, zinc, and copper. Samples sent to ALS Global were prepared in Zacatecas and Hermosillo, Mexico laboratories and sent to Vancouver B.C. Laboratory for assay. Pan American implements a quality assurance and quality control ("QAQC") program including the submission of certified standards, blanks, and duplicate samples to the laboratories. The results of the QAQC samples submitted to ALS Global demonstrate acceptable accuracy and precision. The Qualified Persons have verified the data disclosed in this news release and they are of the opinion that the sample preparation, analytical, and security procedures followed for the samples are sufficient and reliable for the purpose of any future mineral resource and mineral reserve estimates. Pan American is not aware of any drilling, sampling, recovery or other factors that could materially affect the accuracy or reliability of the data reported herein. ALS Global is independent from Pan American. See the Company's Annual Information Form dated February 22, 2023, available at www.sedar.com for further information concerning QAQC and data verification matters, and for a detailed description of known legal, political, environmental, and other risks that could materially affect the Company's business and the potential development of the Company's mineral reserves and mineral resources. Technical information contained in this news release with respect to Pan American has been reviewed and approved by Christopher Emerson, FAusIMM, Vice President Business Development and Geology, and Martin Wafforn, P.Eng., Senior Vice President Technical Services and Process Optimization, each of whom is a Qualified Person for the purposes of National Instrument 43-101 - Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”). Pan American Silver Corp. is authorized by The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia to engage in Reserved Practice under Permit to Practice number 1001470. About Pan American Silver Pan American is a leading producer of precious metals, operating silver and gold mines in Canada, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile and Brazil. We also own the Escobal mine in Guatemala that is currently not operating, and hold interests in exploration and development projects throughout the Americas, including the MARA project in Argentina. We have been operating in the Americas for nearly three decades, earning an industry-leading reputation for sustainability performance, operational excellence and prudent financial management. We are headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. and our shares trade on New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "PAAS". Learn more at panamericansilver.com Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Information Certain of the statements and information in this news release constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian provincial securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements or information in this news release relate to, among other things: the extent of, and success related to any future exploration or development programs, including with respect to the Skarn exploration program at La Colorada; and expectations regarding testing from surface and underground drilling stations. These forward-looking statements and information reflect Pan American’s current views with respect to future events and are necessarily based upon a number of assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Pan American, are inherently subject to significant operational, business, economic and regulatory uncertainties and contingencies. These assumptions include: the world-wide economic and social impact of COVID-19 and the extent of any impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic; tonnage of ore to be mined and processed; ore grades and recoveries; prices for silver, gold and base metals remaining as estimated; currency exchange rates remaining as estimated; capital, decommissioning and reclamation estimates; our mineral reserve and resource estimates and the assumptions upon which they are based; prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services (including transportation); no labour-related disruptions at any of our operations; no unplanned delays or interruptions in scheduled production; all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals for our operations are received in a timely manner; our ability to secure and maintain title and ownership to properties and the surface rights necessary for our operations; and our ability to comply with environmental, health and safety laws. The foregoing list of assumptions is not exhaustive. Pan American cautions the reader that forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release and Pan American has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: the duration and effects of COVID-19, and any other pandemics on our operations and workforce, and the effects on global economies and society; fluctuations in silver, gold and base metal prices; fluctuations in prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services (including transportation); fluctuations in currency markets (such as the PEN, MXN, ARS, BOB, GTQ, CAD, CLP, and BRL versus the USD); operational risks and hazards inherent with the business of mining (including environmental accidents and hazards, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, cave-ins, flooding and severe weather); risks relating to the credit worthiness or financial condition of suppliers, refiners and other parties with whom Pan American does business; inadequate insurance, or inability to obtain insurance, to cover these risks and hazards; employee relations; relationships with, and claims by, local communities and indigenous populations; our ability to obtain all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals in a timely manner; changes in laws, regulations and government practices in the jurisdictions where we operate, including environmental, export and import laws and regulations; changes in national and local government, legislation, taxation, controls or regulations and political, legal or economic developments in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil or other countries where Pan American may carry on business, including legal restrictions relating to mining, including in Chubut, Argentina, risks relating to expropriation, and risks relating to the constitutional court-mandated ILO 169 consultation process in Guatemala; diminishing quantities or grades of mineral reserves as properties are mined; increased competition in the mining industry for equipment and qualified personnel; and those factors identified under the caption "Risks Related to Pan American's Business" in Pan American's most recent form 40-F and Annual Information Form filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities, respectively. Although Pan American has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, described or intended. Investors are cautioned against undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. Forward-looking statements and information are designed to help readers understand management's current views of our near and longer term prospects and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Pan American does not intend, nor does it assume any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, changes in assumptions, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by applicable law. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230502006278/en/ Siren Fisekci VP, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications 604-806-3191 [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) https://preview.redd.it/u6q3bxfeah2b1.png?width=4000&format=png&auto=webp&s=833425ebcba95a4a98ee53c9036646ae2faa09f7
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2023.05.28 03:48 EdHuRus After three years of not getting it, it finally got me. I came back positive. :(
I used to frequent this subreddit from 2020 until last year but I have returned briefly because it finally happened. Just as I am getting ready to move into my first home purchase, I had to come down with the virus.
I'm going to be honest, even though I am vax with J and J boosted with Moderna and even boosted with the bivalent from last year back in October or November, I'm kind of scared. I'm not freaking out but I guess I'm a little afraid because I've never had covid before despite making it through 2020, 2021, and 2022 now three years in, it finally got me.
So far symptoms are runny nose, an occasional wet cough, sore throat and I think I've lost my taste and smell. No fever or headache though I am coughing up phlegm sometimes. No chest pain though.
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I'm going to be honest, even though I am vax with J and J boosted with Moderna and even boosted with the bivalent from last year back in October or November, I'm kind of scared. I'm not freaking out but I guess I'm a little afraid because I've never had covid before despite making it through 2020, 2021, and 2022 now three years in, it finally got me.
So far symptoms are runny nose, an occasional wet cough, sore throat and I think I've lost my taste and smell. No fever or headache though I am coughing up phlegm sometimes. No chest pain though.
2023.05.28 03:48 Internal_Scale3991 i’m sick of recovery
i started recovery in November of 2022 and i hate it. my body has changed so much and i HATE IT. My clothes don’t fit anymore. clothes that i’ve owned for years and have always been a bit too big don’t fit. i can’t wear my jeans anymore since they’re so tight. i cant wear my favorite clothes anymore. hell even clothes i got for xmas don’t fit anymore. i hate it. i hate my body. i hate myself. i wanna relapse
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2023.05.28 03:33 ThrowRA_whatisthis01 I (24F) got into a relationship with a friend (25M) who used to be in love me. Then he did a slow fade.
Looking for outside perspective to help me process this.
4 years ago, I met Carter. We were both coming out of relationships, and his breakup seemed like it was hitting him very hard. I had just gotten out of something with someone who was on the rebound and it was not good. So, it was easy for me to push Carter into the friend zone and keep him there. We still developed a close bond, but as friends. There must have been something there, though, because our mutual friends usually assumed we were together unless one of us, usually me, set them straight.
About a year in, one of those mutual friends made a move to pursue me. When Carter realized this, he didn't take it well and shut down. Although he didn't completely ignore me, he became distant. Weeks later, he admitted he'd put the distance between us to protect himself because he had developed feelings for me. He professed his love, but I reassured him my feelings were only platonic. After that, we tried to stay friends, but ended up going separate ways.
Skip ahead to 2022. Carter and I reconnect. Everything is still there between us, and this time we explore the physical element. Both single, we agree to take things in a non-platonic, but casual and non-exclusive, direction. It's exhilarating.
After months like this, I ask Carter if he feels everything is going as great as I think it is. He says yes, but that he has compartmentalized us and isn't wanting to get more serious or become exclusive right now. I am surprised, and it is a red flag, but given our history, it makes sense to me. He's been burned by his feelings for me before, so it seems fitting he wants to take things slow. He'd also previously mentioned he was shocked by what was happening with us. So, I just assume he needs time to adjust, and I am ok with this.
A few months pass and when we are together, it seems our bond is getting deeper and deeper. But I notice Carter isn't as engaged with texting as he once had been. We used to playfully text throughout the week. Now it's once a week, usually to confirm a time and place to get together.
At times, I send "hey how's it going?" style messages, which he promptly responds to. But he rarely asks how I am unless I ask him first.
His lack of engagement becomes more noticeable with time. Eventually, I ask if he's still interested in what we have. He says he is, and says sorry for distancing himself. He tells me he's been going through a lot and that it's "difficult to handle". (We both have been undergoing career changes, which we talk about when we are together.)
He initiates plans and we hang. We have our most "connected" experience yet and stay up all night, talking. Then, he distances himself again, for the longest time yet. 10 days go by. I send a text, checking in on him. He again apologizes for being distant. I ask if he's free, he says he's busy (which is true and confirmed by social media). A few days later, he initiates plans with me and we hang. Things are ok, but he seems very distracted.
At this point, I feel way more invested in this than Carter is. Two days later, I text him and tell him I noticed he was distracted the last time we were together. He replies with some jargon about his line of work. I respond "Wow, that does sound like a lot, good luck with everything you've got going on this week". He leaves me on read.
....And that's where the story ends. This was over 3 weeks ago. I haven't heard from Carter. I know he's alive because he posts on social media, and he views my posts too. And, he's not always working, because his posts show him at the bar and fishing with friends.
As you can imagine, this all feels really weird. I could follow up, but after doing the heavy lifting and experiencing his slow fade for months, my pride hasn't let me.
What could be the reason for his distance this time around? I am mostly treating it as a classic case of "he's just not that into you" but with our history, I don't know if it's that simple. Since years ago he distanced himself to protect himself, I've been thinking maybe that's what he's doing now. Or maybe he played me, even though I don't know him to be a player.
Tl;dr Reconnected with a guy I had friend zoned and things turned romantic. Then he did a slow fade. He has a history of distancing himself when he is scared of his feelings. I am just left wondering what happened.
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4 years ago, I met Carter. We were both coming out of relationships, and his breakup seemed like it was hitting him very hard. I had just gotten out of something with someone who was on the rebound and it was not good. So, it was easy for me to push Carter into the friend zone and keep him there. We still developed a close bond, but as friends. There must have been something there, though, because our mutual friends usually assumed we were together unless one of us, usually me, set them straight.
About a year in, one of those mutual friends made a move to pursue me. When Carter realized this, he didn't take it well and shut down. Although he didn't completely ignore me, he became distant. Weeks later, he admitted he'd put the distance between us to protect himself because he had developed feelings for me. He professed his love, but I reassured him my feelings were only platonic. After that, we tried to stay friends, but ended up going separate ways.
Skip ahead to 2022. Carter and I reconnect. Everything is still there between us, and this time we explore the physical element. Both single, we agree to take things in a non-platonic, but casual and non-exclusive, direction. It's exhilarating.
After months like this, I ask Carter if he feels everything is going as great as I think it is. He says yes, but that he has compartmentalized us and isn't wanting to get more serious or become exclusive right now. I am surprised, and it is a red flag, but given our history, it makes sense to me. He's been burned by his feelings for me before, so it seems fitting he wants to take things slow. He'd also previously mentioned he was shocked by what was happening with us. So, I just assume he needs time to adjust, and I am ok with this.
A few months pass and when we are together, it seems our bond is getting deeper and deeper. But I notice Carter isn't as engaged with texting as he once had been. We used to playfully text throughout the week. Now it's once a week, usually to confirm a time and place to get together.
At times, I send "hey how's it going?" style messages, which he promptly responds to. But he rarely asks how I am unless I ask him first.
His lack of engagement becomes more noticeable with time. Eventually, I ask if he's still interested in what we have. He says he is, and says sorry for distancing himself. He tells me he's been going through a lot and that it's "difficult to handle". (We both have been undergoing career changes, which we talk about when we are together.)
He initiates plans and we hang. We have our most "connected" experience yet and stay up all night, talking. Then, he distances himself again, for the longest time yet. 10 days go by. I send a text, checking in on him. He again apologizes for being distant. I ask if he's free, he says he's busy (which is true and confirmed by social media). A few days later, he initiates plans with me and we hang. Things are ok, but he seems very distracted.
At this point, I feel way more invested in this than Carter is. Two days later, I text him and tell him I noticed he was distracted the last time we were together. He replies with some jargon about his line of work. I respond "Wow, that does sound like a lot, good luck with everything you've got going on this week". He leaves me on read.
....And that's where the story ends. This was over 3 weeks ago. I haven't heard from Carter. I know he's alive because he posts on social media, and he views my posts too. And, he's not always working, because his posts show him at the bar and fishing with friends.
As you can imagine, this all feels really weird. I could follow up, but after doing the heavy lifting and experiencing his slow fade for months, my pride hasn't let me.
What could be the reason for his distance this time around? I am mostly treating it as a classic case of "he's just not that into you" but with our history, I don't know if it's that simple. Since years ago he distanced himself to protect himself, I've been thinking maybe that's what he's doing now. Or maybe he played me, even though I don't know him to be a player.
Tl;dr Reconnected with a guy I had friend zoned and things turned romantic. Then he did a slow fade. He has a history of distancing himself when he is scared of his feelings. I am just left wondering what happened.