Good morning saturday gif

Hi everybody,
I currently work for a place that is 30 miles each way from my house. In the mornings, that is around 40-45 minutes of driving. In the afternoons, it can also be about 45 minutes if I choose to work out after work near my office, or closer to an hour, sometimes up to 1:15 if I decide to head straight home (I have a gym membership in both parts of town).
Currently, I work from home one day per week, but we are migrating to 2 days per week work from home next week. I recently got a verbal offer from a similar place that is about 8 miles away from my house, rather than 30. However, there are no work from home days. The new place has given me a verbal offer, but I am waiting for the written offer.
Based on salary range, it could pay anywhere between 4-20k more than my current job. They mentioned when they offered me the job verbally that there will be room for negotiation most likely once I get an offer from HR. I do like where I currently work and I've had multiple jobs before with bad environments, so I am anxious about leaving a good situation. I do enjoy working from home when I get to do it, but I also hate the 30 mile major city commutes and more pay is always nice.
My mindset right now is if they offer me close to the top of the range, it's a no brainer and I do it. But, for a closer salary (which would still be an increase), I am not sure. My current employer also mentioned "possible" pay bumps in October in the order of 20% but said they wouldn't know until May if that's happening.
Both jobs are in government fyi so benefits/security is similar (current job is state, potential new job is local)
What would y'all do?

I've been doing the work consistently for a bit now, and when I'm doing the breath at the beginning of a BOTEC meditation that I like to do, when I'm doing it well, I move all of the energy to the top of my head and then lose my senses. (Maybe becoming no one, no thing, no where, no time?) and then I very slowly come to and my body is pulsating. Like there's an energy pulsing through my body.
The reason I'm posting is to ask if this is a good thing. It's quite an experience, but I don't see a white light, I don't "pop" (or at least I dont think I pop.) I'd like to think that I'm not fainting, as I'm pulsating when I come to, but that said it is very similar to fainting in that I'm out and then slowly come back. I usually remain sitting upright in my chair when this happens, but this morning when I came to my head was on the couch armrest as I had tipped onto my side. This is when I started wondering if I was just making myself faint.
I'd love any answers that anyone in this group can give. Thanks for your time!

Hi everyone,
Last saturday I quit weed so I'm on 2 days now. I was a heavy spliff smoker (I live in Europe) for 4-5 years and consumed about 3 grams of the strongest flower I could find. After a panic attack a few weeks ago which landed me on the ER because I thought I was gonna die, I started thinking maybe weed isn't that good for me. After that I still smoked for two weeks but the paranoia and anxiety kept growing and I had multiple panic attacks during that time. I also destroyed everything in my life in the last 4-5 years. I lost people I loved because all I would care about is scoring new weed, staying inside and smoking my brain out. I neglected my parents for all the time I was using and barely saw them (during my heavy smoking period my mom went through one of the hardest times of her life). I just went for an occasional dinner and then I raced home to get high again.
Now that I am two days sober I realize all the things weed took from me. I was always anxious and paranoid and barely trusted anyone. I also was stagnant in a job I truly hate, because the weed made me complacent. I almost never went out to do the things I loved to do before and when I did I felt alienated from everyone around me. All my "friends" were smokers as well and I never wanted to hang out with sober people because I thought they were boring.
Since I quit I feel euphoric and want to connect with my parents and friends again and do better for them. Also I'm eating better and maybe in the future start working out again. I'm still having some withdrawal symptoms like shitty sleep (no dreams of nightmares so far), stomach aches, nausea, headaches and some sweating. I just hope it doesn't get any worse, but I already read a lot of posts on here so I know it could be more challenging after day 3. I'm mentally prepared for that now.
I'm scared of losing my friend weed who helped me through al those rough years, but also excited to feel again. With all the ups and downs life has.
Still smoking cigs tho because I can't handle quitting two addictive substances at the same time. But after this is over and I'm free of weed I'll try and quit nicotine/tobacco as well. I want to be drug free before my 35th birthday (I'm 30 now).
Thanks for reading and for this supportive community. It really helps knowing I'm not the only one who went through this and you are all so supportive here. Gives me some hope for humanity.
Peace out everyone and stay strong!

I took what I thought was a pregnancy test Saturday and it had a super dark line. It was 8 dpo. I ovulated march 10th and confirmed that by testing before and after.
Yesterday morning I took another one. Very light line. Hours later it hit me. I realized I took ovulation tests and not pregnancy tests. So I took one, not pregnant.
So either I ovulated twice within about a week, or something else happened with these ovulation tests this weekend. I can’t believe I did this. Lesson learned, I need to keep these tests in separate parts of the bathroom.
Has anyone else made this mistake?

I’m a 21-year-old man, there something wrong in my life, I always thought my life was satisfactory. But now I think it’s just because I feel kind of empty in inside. I don’t feel good or bad, happy or sad. About a year ago I tried to get a job in the military, and part of the process was a psychological evaluation. The psychologist told me I had to work on my strategi for handling emotions. At first I thought it was silly, but I wanted to look at in case I wanted to try for the job again later. Before I contacted a mental health professional I began suspecting inattentive ADHD. My doctor dismissed this on account of a survey and that it wasn’t ruining my life (I’m from Denmark and the public health service doesn’t treat seemingly harmless problems).
I have no motivation for my studies and haven’t had so for many years, it’s amazing how well I have done considering how little I engage in my education. I completely stopped reading halfway through my first semester of university, but I still passed all my exams and got B, which is kind of my default grade.
Whenever I am out I have a façade of an outgoing and happy guy, but the truth is I don’t care about being social, I just do it because it seems necessary. I have little interest in other people and so it’s hard for me to converse with them. I’m even still a virgin, which doesn’t really bother me, except it’s not normal for a guy my age to not be interested in sex. It’s further complicated by the fact that I find women attractive, and I enjoy the company of women.
I have thought about depression, but I don’t want to kill myself and I don’t have long periods of “down time”. Right now my life feels like hell, and it feels like I’m all alone with my problems because it’s hard to explain what the actual problem is, even to my therapist. Whenever i think about what's wrong i feel like an imposter because i don't think i have anything to worry about. So I don’t really feel like anything is helping me. I dread getting up in the morning and I have to drag myself to everything, so I’m always late for social occasions because I drag it out at home for so long. I have trouble sleeping to the point where I sometimes don’t sleep or I fall asleep right before my alarm and sleep through it. I can’t do my house chores(my apartment gets messier until I can barely navigate it and then I clean up and I usually only do my laundry a couple of days after I run out of clothes).
I can’t stand the thought that this is my life for the next 4 years.

Its been a tough season. I started dataing someone new, and a reaction to her cat, and the dander which was on most of her belongings sent me into a spiral of itchiness worse than I ever imagined. I tried a lot, but I want to share the regiment that got me to where I am today, which is practically eczema free. Its funny to reach a point where I feel like I can have a "normal" itch that is not associated with a Rash. Everyone will find different solutions, but I want to share what worked for me.
Useful concepts- "The Itch that Rashes" - I found this phrase on a dermatology site discussing eczema. It really drove the concept home that if I can somehow stop scratching, the rash will go away. Easier said than done, but even replacing scratching with gently rubbing or pressure reduces the amount of damage i do with my nails when scratching. Also keeping nails very short and fingers very clean helps a lot. It is everything to break the cycle.
Washing - morning and bed time. cool water baths and short cool showers. If the water is warm enough to feel good, it was too hot to prevent skin damage Honestly, I stopped using soap on my body unless I was actually dirty. just rinsing off the sweat and shampooing my hair has been good enough and I've had not complaints of smell. If I do something gross I'll use a little mild soap and be very gentle. . When getting out, only pat dry, not rub. rubbing is too similar to scratching and feeds the cycle.
food- I cut out red meat and dairy entirely. I've been lactose intolerant for years, but thought lactase enzyme supplementation would make dairy okay. after having some upset stomach after using lactase to eat a quesadilla and having worse itchiness, I committed to cutting it out entirely and it has helped a lot.
Lotions- IMMEDIATELY after patting dry from a wash. I use triamcinolone on problem spots, then a layer of Cetaphil cream everywhere, then a layer of Bag Balm Everywhere. Bag balm is a game changer. Vanicream under cerave ointment is a pretty good combo too.
Steroids- used oral prednisone for 3-5 days twice. it really is worth using during intense flare. calms shit down fast, but has serious side effects so it is best avoided when possible. Used a shit ton of triamcinalone cream- see if your doc can order you a literal tub of whatever steroid cream you are using.
Other Drugs- was taking zyrtec and allegra everyday, sometimes twice.
Supplements- N-Acetyl Cysteine and vitamin C twice per day. I started using the NAC because I read about its use in psychiatric skin-picking diseases and thought it might provide some cross over relief. I think it helped. Also I take a multivitamin most days, and sometimes a little extra magnesium or zinc.
Spiritual- I did some deep spiritual work on a meditation retreat and was able to conquer some demons and clear some deep karma. I think this helped a lot.
Lifestyle- Girlfriend agreed to re-home her cat. She did a ton of deep cleaning at her apartment and car. We mostly hang out at my house where I have multiple airfilters and humidifier. I spent a couple days at a spa with lots of healing baths and saunas, which really helped as well. I use Dr. Bronner's brand Sal's Suds as my laundry detergent and use no dryer sheets. clean house frequently and deeply.
docs- went to an allergist and started taking allergy desensitization shots. The dermatologist I saw was pretty rude.
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Happy to help any questions I can. I hope this post doesn't jinx the progress Ive made!

8th day in a row. Last slept friday-saturday night lol. Now nose totally blocked, can't even swallow water without ear making random sounds.
Been eating fairly well, drinking a lot of water and some side coffees daily.
12.3. Sunday started around 22:00, 13.3. Monday few hours of chill and relaxation (06:00-12:00)and back to slopes, went eventually sleep around 22:00 14.3. Tuesday Started around 07:30 continued railing till ~14:30 maybe like 3 bumps spread on the evening - went to bed around 22:00 and slept till 15.3. Wednesday Basically Tuesday, but instead of few small bumps, I made sum skinny lines. 16.3. Thursday Basically 2 previous days, but with lol twist that instead of sum skinny lines, I took them and continued to do regular lines at around 22:00 to 17.3. Friday Around 04:30 I went to sleep. Tough to myself that "gg champ, all good things come to and end" Woke up aroun 6:20 and was so fucking confused. Decided to keep on skiing until I've got those last couple lines down. However around 11:00 had to hit up my buddy and told him that I'd like some more rocks, as a gift. Met him around 13:00 and took few big ones. Took couple of hours by just doing few small ones till the clock was 22:00 and time to sleep. 18.3. Saturday Woke up around 08:00, felt at least decend compared on what I was waiting for. Had ofc make some more lines and start skiing. Continued with small lines until the clock hit 22:00, then I hit the slopes again. Around 19.3. Sunday 04:30 in the morning I realized that I can't go to sleep without it effecting my weekend plans. Decided to keep skiing with some skinny ones. Around 21:00 I started to hit bigger ones as I had some stuff to do with my plug. Went to his place, drank one beer and chat for a while. Went for a taxi ride, with once again free coke. I came home around 20.2. Monday 01:30 when I arrived with the new stuff I had to ofc try them and make some nice, toned glitter rails. Long and behold. Clock was already 06:00 and I had to "wake up" lol, gotta brew some coffee, make couple of skinny ones and keep on skiing, phew. At the evening as seen before, I hit the big ones once again.
Then, this shit happened. I might need some sleep boys.

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Writer's note: Short sections with updates about all kinds of people. And Vickers faces his greatest threat ever.
Enjoy.
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"So the last round is a four person free for all?" James asked as he saw the tournament finale.
"Yes." Amina said. "Once you've been struck seven times you'll be locked out of the fight and you'll be immobilized and shielded until it's over. Here's what's going to happen."
"So we're really not going to talk about the centaur in the room?" James asked.
"James focus." Amina said, ignoring his quip. "You, myself, and this Raend fellow are going to team up against the Glag."
"Okay so it as A... Glag?" James asked. "Glag isn't its name."
"It's both." Amina said simply. "That's neither here nor there. We need to work together to defeat the Glag or else we'll all be defeated within the first minute of the fight."
James's eyebrows furrowed at that. He looked over at the spot where the Glag(?) was standing in the corner of the room. Once again it seemed to be staring straight ahead with its mouth agape and drooling out the slurry of stone and saliva.
"That thing?" He asked. "You sure?"
"Okay." Amina said with her hands in front of her face in a prayer position as she took a deep breath. "James, that thing is a sentient variation of an earth elemental. It's faster than it looks. It's.... well... it's not SMARTER than it looks. But it is much more clever than you're probably giving it credit for. Besides which, remember what the devices on out chests are designed to signal for?"
James looked down at the small brass and crystal device. "Yeah. Hits." He said.
She poked his forehead with a finger. "Hits that would be lethal in a real fight." She reminded him. "Which for you and me means basically anything anyone in this tournament can throw at us. Now. Tell me. What's lethal for an elemental made of stone?"
"Oh." He said once he thought of the question for a moment.
"Yeah." She said. Then she made a face and her hand moved to her stomach.
James quickly looked around to see if anyone was watching, and when he saw the one other humanoid fighter in the room, presumably Raend, was busy reading a book, he turned to Amina and moved to provide her a bit of cover.
"You okay?" He asked.
Amina took several deep breaths and steeled herself a bit. "Yes. Though morning sickness is an incredibly inaccurate term."
"Need some water or something?" He asked. Then he thought of the hit she'd taken at the end of her fight with Gorna. "Say, maybe this wasn't a good idea. Having you in this tournament."
"Not a chance." She said as she spit a bit of saliva out into the nearby spittoon. "Besides. There's no way you win against that thing with only two people."
"Seriously?" James asked. "We are talking about that guy right?" He reiterated with a thumb over his shoulder as the two of them approached Raend.
Glag continued staring passively at the rack of spears that was in front of him.
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Vickers had just finished talking to the owner of the building that the letter had specified, the same one he had been converted in, when he heard a familiar armored gait approaching. He folded the letter from the council and put it in his back pocket, and was walking around the wagon with the silver barbed mesh that would line the rooms for Five and Driscoll when he ran into the owner of the familiar stride pattern.
"Well. Looks like we get to-" His voice trailed off as he looked at the unexpected arrival. Then he looked up higher. "You're not Atrafar." He said with a cocked eyebrow. The hand that had just put the letter away slid up his back until it was resting on his pistol. He'd had to break off and then file down the trigger guard to be able to use it again.
"No. No I'm not." The massive, grey and white muzzled, werewolf in Outer Light armor said with a cocked eyebrow of its own.
"The council sent you?" Vickers asked. "You're overseeing the conversion?"
The wolf looked down at his armor for a moment. "Looks that way." He said. "I assume that you're Chief Anthony Vickers?"
"Yeah." The SEAL answered as the large wolf began to slowly look him up and down.
After a few moments of awkward silence the newcomer spoke up again. "Night brothers are rare. You're smaller than she makes you sound." He said as he approached the wagon and casually lifted one of the silver mesh bundles with his gauntleted hand.
Vickers donned a confused expression. "Than who makes me sound?"
"My daughter." The wolf said as it carefully walked into the building with the bundle, grabbing one of the tool bags from the side of the wagon with his empty hand. "Atrafar. I'm Outer Light Commander De'Lius Dauntless. Retired. Though I've been recalled for the next few days." He said as he disappeared into the door. "Let's get to work."
Vickers tried to bite his lip, forgetting that his new facial structure didn't exactly allow that particular expression. "Fuck." He said under his breath.
He reached over to one of the remaining bundles on the wagon and tried to lift it. It took a bit of effort, and he wasn't able to one hand it like the Commander had. But eventually he got it onto his shoulder and went inside as well.
"Fuck fuck fuuuuuuck." He said as he went inside.
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Werner slowly emerged from the third and final slumber to the sight of the healing ward's ceiling.
"There she is." Said the voice of Margaret Choi. "How are you Ambassador? Are you with us?"
Werner felt the back of the bed raising a bit, putting her into a slanted seated position.
"Yeah." She said before breaking into a yawn. "How did it go?"
"Well that really depends on you." Nurse Choi said. "As far as everything on our side is concerned the procedure went off without a hitch. How do you feel?"
She thought about it for a moment. "I fell okay I guess." Then a slightly more pressing issue presented itself. "I need to pee really badly."
"Well that's good." Nurse Choi replied. "I only removed your catheter about an hour ago. So that'll be a good chance to make sure that part went well. Though I'm sure it did. Come on and stand up."
Werner did as instructed and saw the Minotaur, Shrend, standing off to the side and looking at her charts. "Healer Farstorm." She greeted him.
"Welcome back Ambassador." Shrend said with a warm smile. "Things went well. Please follow Mrs. Choi and she'll get you where you need to go."
Ten minutes later, and much more relieved, she was back in the room and undergoing tests. They ran her through a familiar gamut of motor skill, walking stability, and various cognitive tests. Nurse Choi compared the results to the records that Earth had sent over for them.
By the time they were done it was nearly night again, and Werner was hovering on the border of breaking out into tears.
"Well Ambassador." Shrend said as he and Nurse Choi looked over the results and comparisons. "I don't want to count my drakes before they hatch. But if these results mean what Mrs. Choi says they do, then I think it's been a success. I really need to work on understanding English so I can read these more easily." He joked.
"I haven't scored that well since I was in my twenties." Werner said as she fought to keep her eyes dry.
"Well hopefully it stays that way for a long time." Nurse Choi said as she placed a hand on Werner's shoulder. The other hand grabbed a towel and handed it to her. "It's okay to be happy." She whispered softly.
Werner took the advice and let herself cry for a bit. The Nurse rubbed her back a little as she slowly got herself back under control and wiped her face.
"Thank you so much." She said between sobbing bouts.
"Oh. No need for that." Shrend said. "Healing and helping people is what we do. Now let's see about getting you back to your quarters and we'll have you back tomorrow for a bit more testing."
"Okay." She said as she let the nurse help her back to her feet.
She didn't stumble, or misstep at all in the ten or so minutes it took to get back. And by the time she got there she felt like she was floating.
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"You want to do what?" King Farrick asked.
"I've been ordered to restart testing on transmittal of living specimens to Earth from Petravus your majesty." Col. Muhammed said flatly. "We've set up a pressure chamber that can handle that particular issue and help them depressurize. Plus we have reason to believe that our world has become magically saturated enough that even a Petravian citizen should be able to survive the trip. Though, obviously we'll be starting with Earth citizens."
She pressed a button and a series of windows appeared on his screen, showing videos of people performing feats of strength and speed similar to what some of the Earth people in the castle were capable of now. Some of the videos showed people performing magical spells, though they were all simply, fire and wind attacks, moving earth, summoning light. Some of them showed people accidentally dealing with the carnage that some of that resulted in. There was a news segment, with Petravian subtitles put in place for him, talking about something called an "Influencer" dying after they attempted to fly over something called the Grand Canyon.
"I had assumed as much." He said after a few minutes of watching the curious footage. No matter how many times he saw them, videos amazed him. "I take it that you intend to have the Ambassador send over a few of the people we released."
"That's the long term goal." She admitted openly. "For now we intend to start with small wildlife. Rats or something equivalent. We're not looking to risk any human, or humanoid, life just yet."
"Hmm. Fair enough." He concurred. "You might be happy to know that my healers say that Ambassador Werner has emerged from her final rejuvenation session and all signs point toward a healthy recovery."
The Colonel smiled, and for the first time King Farrick thought it might have been a genuine one.
"That's excellent news." She said. "If the therapy proves fully successful, or hell even partially, that will revolutionize the medical field on our world. Did Nurse Choi take notes?"
"Extensive ones." The King said. "As did our chief healer."
"I look forward to reading them. Whenever you're willing to send them."
The King leaned forward a bit, knowing that he was at an advantage in this exchange
"Tell me." He said as he continued watching the footage that was rapidly changing on his screen. "What kind of magical trouble are the people over there causing?"

Previous / First
Writer's note: Short sections with updates about all kinds of people. And Vickers faces his greatest threat ever.
Enjoy.
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"So the last round is a four person free for all?" James asked as he saw the tournament finale.
"Yes." Amina said. "Once you've been struck seven times you'll be locked out of the fight and you'll be immobilized and shielded until it's over. Here's what's going to happen."
"So we're really not going to talk about the centaur in the room?" James asked.
"James focus." Amina said, ignoring his quip. "You, myself, and this Raend fellow are going to team up against the Glag."
"Okay so it as A... Glag?" James asked. "Glag isn't its name."
"It's both." Amina said simply. "That's neither here nor there. We need to work together to defeat the Glag or else we'll all be defeated within the first minute of the fight."
James's eyebrows furrowed at that. He looked over at the spot where the Glag(?) was standing in the corner of the room. Once again it seemed to be staring straight ahead with its mouth agape and drooling out the slurry of stone and saliva.
"That thing?" He asked. "You sure?"
"Okay." Amina said with her hands in front of her face in a prayer position as she took a deep breath. "James, that thing is a sentient variation of an earth elemental. It's faster than it looks. It's.... well... it's not SMARTER than it looks. But it is much more clever than you're probably giving it credit for. Besides which, remember what the devices on out chests are designed to signal for?"
James looked down at the small brass and crystal device. "Yeah. Hits." He said.
She poked his forehead with a finger. "Hits that would be lethal in a real fight." She reminded him. "Which for you and me means basically anything anyone in this tournament can throw at us. Now. Tell me. What's lethal for an elemental made of stone?"
"Oh." He said once he thought of the question for a moment.
"Yeah." She said. Then she made a face and her hand moved to her stomach.
James quickly looked around to see if anyone was watching, and when he saw the one other humanoid fighter in the room, presumably Raend, was busy reading a book, he turned to Amina and moved to provide her a bit of cover.
"You okay?" He asked.
Amina took several deep breaths and steeled herself a bit. "Yes. Though morning sickness is an incredibly inaccurate term."
"Need some water or something?" He asked. Then he thought of the hit she'd taken at the end of her fight with Gorna. "Say, maybe this wasn't a good idea. Having you in this tournament."
"Not a chance." She said as she spit a bit of saliva out into the nearby spittoon. "Besides. There's no way you win against that thing with only two people."
"Seriously?" James asked. "We are talking about that guy right?" He reiterated with a thumb over his shoulder as the two of them approached Raend.
Glag continued staring passively at the rack of spears that was in front of him.
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Vickers had just finished talking to the owner of the building that the letter had specified, the same one he had been converted in, when he heard a familiar armored gait approaching. He folded the letter from the council and put it in his back pocket, and was walking around the wagon with the silver barbed mesh that would line the rooms for Five and Driscoll when he ran into the owner of the familiar stride pattern.
"Well. Looks like we get to-" His voice trailed off as he looked at the unexpected arrival. Then he looked up higher. "You're not Atrafar." He said with a cocked eyebrow. The hand that had just put the letter away slid up his back until it was resting on his pistol. He'd had to break off and then file down the trigger guard to be able to use it again.
"No. No I'm not." The massive, grey and white muzzled, werewolf in Outer Light armor said with a cocked eyebrow of its own.
"The council sent you?" Vickers asked. "You're overseeing the conversion?"
The wolf looked down at his armor for a moment. "Looks that way." He said. "I assume that you're Chief Anthony Vickers?"
"Yeah." The SEAL answered as the large wolf began to slowly look him up and down.
After a few moments of awkward silence the newcomer spoke up again. "Night brothers are rare. You're smaller than she makes you sound." He said as he approached the wagon and casually lifted one of the silver mesh bundles with his gauntleted hand.
Vickers donned a confused expression. "Than who makes me sound?"
"My daughter." The wolf said as it carefully walked into the building with the bundle, grabbing one of the tool bags from the side of the wagon with his empty hand. "Atrafar. I'm Outer Light Commander De'Lius Dauntless. Retired. Though I've been recalled for the next few days." He said as he disappeared into the door. "Let's get to work."
Vickers tried to bite his lip, forgetting that his new facial structure didn't exactly allow that particular expression. "Fuck." He said under his breath.
He reached over to one of the remaining bundles on the wagon and tried to lift it. It took a bit of effort, and he wasn't able to one hand it like the Commander had. But eventually he got it onto his shoulder and went inside as well.
"Fuck fuck fuuuuuuck." He said as he went inside.
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Werner slowly emerged from the third and final slumber to the sight of the healing ward's ceiling.
"There she is." Said the voice of Margaret Choi. "How are you Ambassador? Are you with us?"
Werner felt the back of the bed raising a bit, putting her into a slanted seated position.
"Yeah." She said before breaking into a yawn. "How did it go?"
"Well that really depends on you." Nurse Choi said. "As far as everything on our side is concerned the procedure went off without a hitch. How do you feel?"
She thought about it for a moment. "I fell okay I guess." Then a slightly more pressing issue presented itself. "I need to pee really badly."
"Well that's good." Nurse Choi replied. "I only removed your catheter about an hour ago. So that'll be a good chance to make sure that part went well. Though I'm sure it did. Come on and stand up."
Werner did as instructed and saw the Minotaur, Shrend, standing off to the side and looking at her charts. "Healer Farstorm." She greeted him.
"Welcome back Ambassador." Shrend said with a warm smile. "Things went well. Please follow Mrs. Choi and she'll get you where you need to go."
Ten minutes later, and much more relieved, she was back in the room and undergoing tests. They ran her through a familiar gamut of motor skill, walking stability, and various cognitive tests. Nurse Choi compared the results to the records that Earth had sent over for them.
By the time they were done it was nearly night again, and Werner was hovering on the border of breaking out into tears.
"Well Ambassador." Shrend said as he and Nurse Choi looked over the results and comparisons. "I don't want to count my drakes before they hatch. But if these results mean what Mrs. Choi says they do, then I think it's been a success. I really need to work on understanding English so I can read these more easily." He joked.
"I haven't scored that well since I was in my twenties." Werner said as she fought to keep her eyes dry.
"Well hopefully it stays that way for a long time." Nurse Choi said as she placed a hand on Werner's shoulder. The other hand grabbed a towel and handed it to her. "It's okay to be happy." She whispered softly.
Werner took the advice and let herself cry for a bit. The Nurse rubbed her back a little as she slowly got herself back under control and wiped her face.
"Thank you so much." She said between sobbing bouts.
"Oh. No need for that." Shrend said. "Healing and helping people is what we do. Now let's see about getting you back to your quarters and we'll have you back tomorrow for a bit more testing."
"Okay." She said as she let the nurse help her back to her feet.
She didn't stumble, or misstep at all in the ten or so minutes it took to get back. And by the time she got there she felt like she was floating.
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"You want to do what?" King Farrick asked.
"I've been ordered to restart testing on transmittal of living specimens to Earth from Petravus your majesty." Col. Muhammed said flatly. "We've set up a pressure chamber that can handle that particular issue and help them depressurize. Plus we have reason to believe that our world has become magically saturated enough that even a Petravian citizen should be able to survive the trip. Though, obviously we'll be starting with Earth citizens."
She pressed a button and a series of windows appeared on his screen, showing videos of people performing feats of strength and speed similar to what some of the Earth people in the castle were capable of now. Some of the videos showed people performing magical spells, though they were all simply, fire and wind attacks, moving earth, summoning light. Some of them showed people accidentally dealing with the carnage that some of that resulted in. There was a news segment, with Petravian subtitles put in place for him, talking about something called an "Influencer" dying after they attempted to fly over something called the Grand Canyon.
"I had assumed as much." He said after a few minutes of watching the curious footage. No matter how many times he saw them, videos amazed him. "I take it that you intend to have the Ambassador send over a few of the people we released."
"That's the long term goal." She admitted openly. "For now we intend to start with small wildlife. Rats or something equivalent. We're not looking to risk any human, or humanoid, life just yet."
"Hmm. Fair enough." He concurred. "You might be happy to know that my healers say that Ambassador Werner has emerged from her final rejuvenation session and all signs point toward a healthy recovery."
The Colonel smiled, and for the first time King Farrick thought it might have been a genuine one.
"That's excellent news." She said. "If the therapy proves fully successful, or hell even partially, that will revolutionize the medical field on our world. Did Nurse Choi take notes?"
"Extensive ones." The King said. "As did our chief healer."
"I look forward to reading them. Whenever you're willing to send them."
The King leaned forward a bit, knowing that he was at an advantage in this exchange
"Tell me." He said as he continued watching the footage that was rapidly changing on his screen. "What kind of magical trouble are the people over there causing?"

We’ve been together for over a year and have lived together for over 10 months. I moved in with him due to a freak situation and it’s been great.
Some relevant context:
Until recently, my bf refused to wash any kind of produce. I would separately rinse the produce I was going to eat. This continued until he got sick, had a routine colonoscopy, and his doctor noticed a GI infection. He told him to start washing his produce, and he finally agreed it was a good idea.
A few weeks later, my BF took our steak leftovers out of the fridge and onto the counter in a Tupperware. About 4-5 hours later he went to heat it up. I thought about his GI issue and said something, esp because I was also going to eat that meat. I said “hey, just so you know, that’s a potential food safety issue.” He was confused, and I explained that meat shouldn’t be left at room temperature for >2 hrs. Did I think it was going to kill us? No. I ended it with saying that it’s probably fine but in general it’s better to not leave meat at room temperature for more than 2 hrs. He mentioned that his cookbooks suggest letting meat get to room temperature before reheating them, but moved on.
After dinner, I did the dishes. The sink was fully of dirty dishes that had mayo/oil on them. I saw that he had put the clean InstaPot lid on top of the dirty dishes. IMO, that creates another thing for me to clean. I think it makes more sense just to put the InstaPot on a towel (bc it gets wet with steam) on the counter instead of in the dirty sink.
So, I asked “does the InstaPot lid need to be washed?” and he said no. I started to say “oh okay. If you don’t mind, in the future—“ and he cut me off by saying “oh great, here comes another dressing down.” I stopped talking & became upset because he always accuses me of dressing him down. I don’t mean to be motherly/domineering. I just wanted to ask him to not put it in the sink because then I have to wash it when mayonnaise gets all over it. We ended up having a massive argument about this and he said that the right thing to do in both situations was for me to say nothing at all. I don’t think I was demeaning in how I said it.
I feel that his solution is rude and unfair. If I live in the house too, why am I not allowed to have an opinion on something that affects both of us? Why can’t I suggest a different way of doing things if I believe it makes more sense? Even if we disagree, by asking I can find out his rationale for his method of doing things and then maybe I will agree and then the issue is solved. I don’t think it’s fair that I have to just shut up and do things in what I perceive to be an inferior way because the mere suggestion that his method could be improved upon constitutes a “dressing down.” I think the solution is that he should be less sensitive to perceived criticism. That argument was never resolved and we sort of agreed to disagree, which doesn’t solve the issue of our communication.
Cut to now: We were expecting a maintenance man but didn’t know when. I slept in yesterday as it was Sunday. I awoke to the sound of knocking at our door and ringing the doorbell. It was 9:30 AM and I was naked in bed so I called my bf (he was on balcony). I said “I just woke up to knocking on the door. Please don’t let them in because I’m naked.” He didn’t really respond but I heard him let in the worker. I like to be clothed/look presentable if we have other people in the apt, so I threw clothes on and began brushing my teeth/washing my face. I knew the worker would eventually be coming into the master bath to fix something in the shower, so I was hustling. Before I could finish washing my face, my bf asked if they could come look at the shower. I asked for a couple mins. Finally, I left the bathroom and had to awkwardly say hi to the guy while still looking a mess because I hadn’t had time to brush my hair. I ended up going into the one room where I knew the maintenance worker wouldn’t go, which was the other bathroom. I sat in the tub for like 20 mins until he left. When I left, my bf goes “oh no, you had to hide in the bathroom!” I was pretty annoyed but decided I didn’t want to have WWIII that early in the morning and let it go.
This recent issue is still unresolved and I want to address it. I would like to ask him to check with me before letting someone in our apartment. How do I say that without dressing him down?
Am I the problem here? How can I effectively communicate my concerns/preferences to him without coming across as dressing him down?
TLDR: My bf accuses me of dressing him down every time I ask him to do something differently. I want to ask him to ask me before letting people in our apartment in a way that he doesn’t perceive as being dressed down, but I don’t know how to do that.

https://imgur.com/a/w1iolxJ
So I’m sure you have probably seen my post sometime in the last few months. I have been searching for my person and have been posting here hoping I might get lucky and find them. So far that hasn’t happened but I’m going to keep on searching. What I’ve learned is the majority of people that respond to my post don’t actually read the post so I’m going to move some things around to hopefully cut down on the amount of messages coming in.
I don’t really have a type. What’s important to me is the connection. I do have a few deal breakers though, so I’m putting them at the top so hopefully more people read them before sending me a message. I’m not interested in women with kids regardless of their age. It’s nothing personal, just a preference. I have nothing against children, I just don’t want the drama that’s involved with exs. I’m also not interested in a long distance relationship. Anything further than 3 hours from Chicago is not realistic for me. Lastly, please don’t message me if you’re just looking for someone to talk to. I’m here looking for my person. I’m not here to make penpals.
If you’re still with me after that, I really am looking for my person. Someone who will be there for me, who will support me, who encourages growth and grows with me. My best friend, someone that I share everything with and who can excite me with a single morning text. Someone kind, sincere, empathic and genuine. My person. I think deep down we’re all looking for that so let me tell you a little about myself.
Some of my interests include trails, movies (Horror and Marvel mostly), cooking, volunteering, road trips and camping, though I’m total beginner at camping haha. Would really love to get into it more. Really love any activity outdoors to be honest. Though I’m down for days inside too, great to have a balance. Would love to find someone to cook meals fowith. Also, I’m always open to try new things! I would much rather do an activity then do typical drinks/dinner.
I have a career, own my own home, own a car of course and would consider myself responsible. I have everything I need in life except for a partner to share it with. Hoping this post helps me find her!
I don’t really have a type. Like I said, I’m looking to date with intent. Looking for that real connection and someone that wants to grow and build a life together. Not here for thrills or short term dating. I only do long term monogamous relationships. In the current age of online dating I’ve noticed people are quick to just move onto the next person but I’m looking for someone who will put effort in. Someone who will make plans, who will communicate, and someone who is kind. If you feel like this might be you don’t hesitate shoot me a message.
Some of the pros that come with being my person include but are not limited to….
1- I will absolutely support you, encourage you, help you grow and all the things I ask of in a partner + I give good hugs 😊
2- I generate a lot of body heat naturally so if you run cold I’m a great cuddler
3- I give good massages
4- I’ll make sure to tell you how I feel about you daily 😊
5- I make really good BBQ pork tacos
6- I say what I mean and mean what I say. I don’t play games
If you shoot me a message I’ll make sure to respond! Hope to hear from you 😊 Bonus points if you’re GGG

My (26M) Wife (25F) is a stay at home mom. We have no shortage of money. Our apartment could basically be an Amazon fulfillment center. Everything she asks for is given to her. She and our baby (4 months old) sleep in the bed and I have moved to the couch because I move in my sleep and want my wife and baby to get good uninterrupted sleep. Every morning at 5:30 she wakes me up to take baby for 2-3 hours so she can get a little more sleep.
We’ve split responsibilities up to where I am responsible for paying the bills, taking baby in the mornings, I do most of the grocery shopping, cooking (which has been like 2 days), and taking out the trash. And if she needs additional help with something like vacuuming I would be more than happy to help, albeit I’m not very good help. On top of that I fit in work and going to the gym 5-6 days a week.
She is responsible for taking care of baby, Breast feeding, laundry, and keeping the house clean. I have specifically said I refuse to help with laundry, and I have been known to make a mess.
I never ask her to take on any of my responsibilities and I take baby so she can have an opportunity to clean without having a baby on her hip. Today she demanded, that if she does the laundry I have to hang it , which wasn’t agreed upon, but I would gladly help when I was in the mood to.
She said “I have to do it now, because I am on limited time and you never do anything around the house.”
When I brought up that i do plenty around the house, most important of which is providing and paying for everything, I was met with a very sarcastic, “spending money must be so exhausting”. I told her she is unappreciative and she responded with “what am I supposed to be appreciative for?”
So can someone, preferably a SAHM, explain if this is normal or am I missing something, or is my wife just a raging hormonal psycho?
TL;DR: My stay at home wife expects me to help with all her chores and If I don’t she tells me I don’t do anything for the house.

Hey 👋🏼 40f, new to this whole stone thing as far as I was aware. Here’s my novel… I’m confused and a little nervous.
In early February I went to my PCP’s office for what I thought might be a UTI… they sent out a sample and sent me on my way with antibiotics. A day or two later the culture came back negative, I d/c the antibody and was sent for an abdominal CT scan which found several tiny (2-4mm)bilateral stones, one 5mm in my right UVJ and a 9mm non-obstructing in my right lower pole. Was then sent off to see the urologist who did a u/s in office and confirmed the two larger and sent me for a KUB x-ray (idk why).
I was scheduled for an ECSW Lithotripsy for 3 weeks out and put on flomax to help pass the ureteral stone. Was told if the 5mm didn’t pass first, it would be targeted(?) first and a second procedure would have to be scheduled for the 9mm. Doc said ‘not likely’ when i asked whether the flomax might move the 9mm into the ureter.
Was instructed to strain urine and passed a few smaller stones in the meantime, including what may have been the 5mm.
On lithotripsy day, the X-ray taken pre-procedure showed the 5mm gone and the 9mm in the ureter. Because of course it was. (Doctor asked with incredulity whether I hadn’t had pain and I said nothing out of the range of normal for my typical inflammatory arthritis in my lower back.🤷🏻‍♀️) 9mm stone was targeted and I was to continue straining urine. No stents placed. I had about 12 hours of light visible hematuria and some crampy pain and lots of generalized soreness. Minor bruising on right flank. Had one 2-3 hour period of pretty intense pain on day 2 that I used Tylenol and a heating pad to get through before finally passing a larger looking jagged shaped fragment.
Over the next two weeks I passed multiple smaller fragment and lots of tiny ones the sizes of grains of sand. All were dropped off at follow up visit for the lab. Stones are calcium oxide.
I then had a follow up KUB x-ray last Monday that indicated a ‘1.3cm oval calcification overlying the right ureter’ and mild hydronephrosis on that side. (What?!? Where did that come from?!) No pain of note aside from my typical generalized lower back pain, no fever. Urologist said to continue flomax and repeat KUB and CT in two weeks. 24hour urine collection ordered (kit didn’t arrive until Saturday)
That evening I forgot to take the flomax after dinner and remembered late that night after I had fallen asleep watching tv. Took it when I remembered and went to bed. The next morning I had severe dizzy spells while getting my kid ready for school, blacked out, fell and landed myself in the ER for forehead sutures.
Primary care doctor (whom I happened to be seeing Tuesday for other reasons) ordered me to immediately D/C the flomax and notified urologist. Sent me for other unrelated imaging. Friday’s U/S of my liver also noted ‘STAT’ finding of hydronephrosis and lack of right ‘jet’ in bladder ‘concerning for possible obstruction’ … report was forwarded to urologist who asked that I move the CT he had ordered to asap.
CT was done today. Report was posted within 30 minutes reading “Right hydronephrosis secondary to a 13 x 6 mm stone in the right proximal” I waited an hour for a call from urologist before calling to see what I should do now. Office apparently closes early on Mondays.
Not sure if headache this afternoon if from having sutures removed or stress or is headache a kidney thing? And is the dull ache in my right flank just psychosomatic or coincidentally surfaced today…?
My real question is what the heck? Was the 9mm stone missed entirely and then got larger?? Or is it possible an entirely different, previously undetected stone has shown up and lodged itself in the same place??
This is frustrating. Also my kid has stellar timing so we have repeat strep infection keeping her home from school today and tomorrow, meaning I can’t just show up at urologist first thing tomorrow. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Hi All,
What a journey, this morning i was nervous and i attended exam centre and the lady behind the counter said own no. I thought was wrong. What is your surname. I told the lady and she said, why do you have your company name. I said what.
Well, i had to ring ISC2, they were not up yet and i pleaded to the lady to allow me sit the examn and he reluntacntly accepted, saying i will reslove the name issue after the exam. Having shown her proof, i had registered the exam correlty.
Well when i got inside to sit the exam, i didn;t have time to settle, there was noise from the person next to me, becuase he had the headphone full blast. Didn't exams being sit.
Once he had left, then next door drilling was going off in the exam, while i was sitting the 4 hour exam. I was tired, meantly exhausted, but continued and PASSED. What a relief.
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Anway, below is my method for learning.
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I have been using this group and it really helped me on my journey. u/GwenBettwy videos and content was very useful. Would recommened.
I used Mike Chappie - Linked Learning Vides and Sysbex Book and Practice 3rd Edition and also 2nd Edition
I also used AIO 3rd Edition book and practice questions
I did approx 4000x questions - some multiple times, but over a 8 weeks. 1000x less than CISSP and that was a bigger exam
The wiley Sysbex website would crash, which was very stressful and i would need to start the paper again.
I am already a CISSP, CISM, AWS, Azure certfied, so that helped. But don't be fooled about the exam, even with the certfications i prepared alot, you really need to know your stuff. You are tested - literarily.
I had 10 minutes to spare for the last question, i constantly looked at the clock. You have 1.6 mins - 96 secs a question. My rule was do 25 questions in 40 minutes. That was my marker, if behind, then i knew i needed to spead up. But i was always ahead by 5 to 7 questions.
Don't want to say the same thing which previous post have said in regards to book and material, but i recommened the following also, which helped me in area i may clear on. I hope this helps
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https://cromwell-intl.com/cybersecurity/isc2-ccsp/
https://ccsp.alukos.com/
https://www.infosectrain.com/blog/ebook-cirrus-8000-ft-of-ccsp-course/
https://www.youtube.com/@InsideCloudAndSecurity
https://www.youtube.com/@GwenBettwyTSI
https://www.youtube.com/@PracticalNetworking
https://www.youtube.com/@LearnCantrill
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Good Luck

Basically me(18m) and my ex who i will be calling "A.N" (18f) were together for about 7 months and we broke up at the end of february, it was a mutual since we understood that it would not work out at that specific moment for a long list of reasons and we tried to be ok with it.
Some weeks later by talking to her best friend which i will call "I.S" i found out she "cheated on me", she didn't actually do it but i discovered that some days after our breakup she was already talking to her friend about other guy that she "liked" (they have been in a long distance relationship before, we live in the southernmost part of the country and this guy lives more than 4500 kilometers far from us, so my ex knows they will never be in an actual relationship and she explained to me that she just gets back with him as a way to cope with the fact that she will never have an actual relationship to work with anyone because of her stric family and her traumas, that they will never work out and both know it, it's almost like they use eachother as a distraction).
My ex found out about these texts because she and her best friend have each other's instagram accounts on their phones, so one day i was talking to her and she just told me that she knew what we were talking about and that i knew what she was doing, she then told me that she tried to use that as a way to cope with the breakup, and that she didn't told me the truth because she didn't want to hurt me and that she was so bad that she couldn't stop crying and even thought of killing herself when she discovered i knew all that because she couldn't deal with the guilt, i told her i forgave her because i didn't want to feel any resentment towards her because i kind of understood why she did that, but that my forgiveness didn't absent her from the fault she had, she agreed with me and said that the best she could do is distance herself from our friend group, then she proceeded to unfollow all of us in social media, leave all of our group chats and completely avoid us at school.
We are a 4 friends group, consisting of me, my ex, I.S and her boyfriend who is my best friend which i will call S.A, for the first days after what happened A.N just avoided us completely, which of course affected the friendship of the whole group, while i was still friends with both I.S and S.A, they were the ones who helped me go through all of the breakup giving me advice and stuff like that. Some weeks passed, and to summarize, A.N is friends with us again, we put her back on our group chats, we talk to her everyday at school and i followed her on insta again but she didn't follow back, but we have long friendly conversations from time to time.
Last friday we only had two classes at school so we left very earlier and had the entire morning and afternoon free, so came to my house, I.S and S.A left us alone in my room on purpose to see if something would happen between us and to be honest i thought it would be pretty awkward but it wasn't, we sit together in my bed and watched videos on her phone together, i wrapped my arm around her thinking she would try to avoid it but no, she accepted it and i laid my head on her shoulder for a long time until I.S and S.A were back and we all sat on the bed to watch a movie.
The point here is, in person it seems like everything is ok, A.N laughs at my jokes, smiles a lot to me, offers to buy me stuff, i caught her looking at me in class multiple times, the thing that happened in my bed is an example, we were basically cuddling and that's not a thing friends do without some intention behind, and this kinda confuses me, she doesn't seem interested in getting back together but neither does she refuses my advances. I ocasionally have conversations with S.A about it and i told him that i think we could get back together eventually but it would take some months of rebonding because it's been at least two weeks since everything happened and both of us are dealing with it in our way, but i do not discard the possibility, i also told him i could just be deceiving myself into believing all of that, he didn't deny both of the possibilities so i wanted a third opinion on this matter.
Should i keep being friends with her, give her time, and maybe in the future try to see if we can get back together, or should i cut some contact with her for both of us to move on? The second possibility is good for me but i'm not sure if it would work, we see eachother literally everyday and i'm afraid that cutting some contact would just make stuff awkward and leave us both in a bad situation since we are friendly again.
TL;DR: Me and ex mutually broke up but are friends again and see eachother everyday at school and our friends group also makes it impossible for us to be separate, breakup is recent so it's not best time to try anything again, should i wait some months before trying to reconciliate or should i just try to forget that and move on?

I can't even begin to express how hypocritical these couples are towards Ron and Lana. Ron was painted out to be the villain from day 1 because girls were interested in him and he got to know them through time and conversations. Apart from Shaq, Ron is the only guy in there to not explore other potential connections in a physical way. Despite all their hate for him out of "so-called love" for Lana, he has never cuddled, kissed, or shared a bed with anyone else (in Casa). Tom/Samie & Shaq/Tanya acting like comments that they've misconstrued about Ron are worse than needing to kiss, cuddle, and share a bed with another girl or guy to "realize" your feelings. These people have me feeling so crazy. It's like they are actively looking for ways to make themselves feel better about their own couple by nitpicking and finding faults with others, even when they don't come close to the shit within their own couples. That and/or they are jealous Ron received so much of the attention from the early bombshells or resentful he chose Lana over them or resentful Lana chose Ron over Casey. They all need to eat some humble pie and look in a damn mirror.
My heart broke for Ron in the beds the next morning after a full day of being attacked and shit talked by everyone. Shaq, Tom, Will, and Casey all looked ready to roll their eyes despite Ron acting super mature about the whole thing. Casey straight up lies that they don't sit around sharing their opinions on Ron and his relationship when that's all they did the whole day before. Then, Shaq hammering down how that Ron doesn't need to be friends with everyone in the villa because some people have worse opinions of him than others. LIKE WHAT?! How fucking rude. He's basically saying you and Kai can stick together because none of the rest of us like you..... for LITERALLY NO GOOD REASON AT ALL.
On top of that, I can't remember a single time Ron and Lana have shit talked about other couples behind their backs.

As I was pulling in my garage this morning, the USPS officer approached me and handed me my mail. Then he started a conversation about how long I had been living in my place, he used to be the “regular” mailman but didn’t take the route for a while… anyway it was a weird conversation. Then he asked me about mail that isn’t mine and I said I plan on sending that back and putting “return to sender” on the envelopes. Then he said I SHOULDN’T do that and couldn’t really understand his reason. Then he said, he can take care of it but I said it’ll take me a while to gather everything. Then he said “all good” and left.
Like I said, weird conversation. 🤷
So… do you write that or not? Always thought that was the accepted practice.

Basically me(18m) and my ex who i will be calling "A.N" (18f) were together for about 7 months and we broke up at the end of february, it was a mutual since we understood that it would not work out at that specific moment for a long list of reasons and we tried to be ok with it.
Some weeks later by talking to her best friend which i will call "I.S" i found out she "cheated on me", she didn't actually do it but i discovered that some days after our breakup she was already talking to her friend about other guy that she "liked" (they have been in a long distance relationship before, we live in the southernmost part of the country and this guy lives more than 4500 kilometers far from us, so my ex knows they will never be in an actual relationship and she explained to me that she just gets back with him as a way to cope with the fact that she will never have an actual relationship to work with anyone because of her stric family and her traumas, that they will never work out and both know it, it's almost like they use eachother as a distraction).
My ex found out about these texts because she and her best friend have each other's instagram accounts on their phones, so one day i was talking to her and she just told me that she knew what we were talking about and that i knew what she was doing, she then told me that she tried to use that as a way to cope with the breakup, and that she didn't told me the truth because she didn't want to hurt me and that she was so bad that she couldn't stop crying and even thought of killing herself when she discovered i knew all that because she couldn't deal with the guilt, i told her i forgave her because i didn't want to feel any resentment towards her because i kind of understood why she did that, but that my forgiveness didn't absent her from the fault she had, she agreed with me and said that the best she could do is distance herself from our friend group, then she proceeded to unfollow all of us in social media, leave all of our group chats and completely avoid us at school.
We are a 4 friends group, consisting of me, my ex, I.S and her boyfriend who is my best friend which i will call S.A, for the first days after what happened A.N just avoided us completely, which of course affected the friendship of the whole group, while i was still friends with both I.S and S.A, they were the ones who helped me go through all of the breakup giving me advice and stuff like that. Some weeks passed, and to summarize, A.N is friends with us again, we put her back on our group chats, we talk to her everyday at school and i followed her on insta again but she didn't follow back, but we have long friendly conversations from time to time.
Last friday we only had two classes at school so we left very earlier and had the entire morning and afternoon free, so came to my house, I.S and S.A left us alone in my room on purpose to see if something would happen between us and to be honest i thought it would be pretty awkward but it wasn't, we sit together in my bed and watched videos on her phone together, i wrapped my arm around her thinking she would try to avoid it but no, she accepted it and i laid my head on her shoulder for a long time until I.S and S.A were back and we all sat on the bed to watch a movie.
The point here is, in person it seems like everything is ok, A.N laughs at my jokes, smiles a lot to me, offers to buy me stuff, i caught her looking at me in class multiple times, the thing that happened in my bed is an example, we were basically cuddling and that's not a thing friends do without some intention behind, and this kinda confuses me, she doesn't seem interested in getting back together but neither does she refuses my advances. I ocasionally have conversations with S.A about it and i told him that i think we could get back together eventually but it would take some months of rebonding because it's been at least two weeks since everything happened and both of us are dealing with it in our way, but i do not discard the possibility, i also told him i could just be deceiving myself into believing all of that, he didn't deny both of the possibilities so i wanted a third opinion on this matter.
Should i keep being friends with her, give her time, and maybe in the future try to see if we can get back together, or should i cut some contact with her for both of us to move on? The second possibility is good for me but i'm not sure if it would work, we see eachother literally everyday and i'm afraid that cutting some contact would just make stuff awkward and leave us both in a bad situation since we are friendly again.