[Mentalist]

UEFA results- same thing probably making Maccy happy.

Though I think I'm bemused more than angry. When I play for whatever rec team, I can get really worked up if I play like shit, or if I feel my team under-performed.

When I'm watching professional games, esp the national teams, it's always with hope (and often dissapointment), but those are more detached emotions, somehow. I rarely let them get to me.

[amphibian]

 Andorion, on 16 June 2016 - 05:58 PM, said:

And the bad news just keeps on coming. Apparently a British MP has been killed in her constituency.

This is a BBC link

Wow. Today stinks.

[Tiste Simeon]

Yeah, really upset by the murder (assassination?) of Jo Cox. Truly awful thing. Currently they believe it might be politically motivated and possibly EU/Brexit related...

[Maark Abbott]

 Tiste Simeon, on 16 June 2016 - 09:32 PM, said:

Yeah, really upset by the murder (assassination?) of Jo Cox. Truly awful thing. Currently they believe it might be politically motivated and possibly EU/Brexit related...

Wouldn't surprise me - she was a prominent Remainer from what I've seen, and most of those in the Brexit camp are right/far right.

[QuickTidal]

In our city (when it's free in the suburbs) it costs upwards of $200 to do a prenatal (antenatal for you Brits) course. So my wife found out from the city that there is a free online course that you can do instead. You just have to do it yourself. So this is what we aimed at...but went to do it last night and it's not only SUPER dated (like talking about Lamaze and hoo-hoo-hee breathing stuff...but contained youtube links for video that no longer work and stuff like that) but it's also technically just a teaching resource that's been posted online. Going through it was an absolute chore and my wife and I gave up halfway through when we realized how horrifically dated it was and how it was not helpful at all. So now we are scrambling to find a course int eh city that's not booked up...and will end up paying $200 for. It's ludicrous...just like everything else in my city. Anyways, we are just annoyed in general, as if we'd known we were going to have to pay for one, we'd have done it weeks ago.

[Macros]

Pick pocket got my phone last.night
Fuckers

[QuickTidal]

Was it an iPhone, and if so do you have FindMyiPhone installed?

At least then you can send the cops after them.

[Abyss]

 Macros, on 17 June 2016 - 12:24 PM, said:

Pick pocket got my phone last.night
Fuckers

 QuickTidal, on 17 June 2016 - 12:53 PM, said:

Was it an iPhone, and if so do you have FindMyiPhone installed?

At least then you can send the cops after them.

RemoteDetonateMyiPhone is more fun tho`.

[Nicodimas]

I regret last nights decisions, I never drink hard liquor . Maybe once a year now.. If not longer.

And my head is melting...alcohol you win this round. And to deal with people today...cause work.

[Una]

 QuickTidal, on 17 June 2016 - 11:57 AM, said:

In our city (when it's free in the suburbs) it costs upwards of $200 to do a prenatal (antenatal for you Brits) course. So my wife found out from the city that there is a free online course that you can do instead. You just have to do it yourself. So this is what we aimed at...but went to do it last night and it's not only SUPER dated (like talking about Lamaze and hoo-hoo-hee breathing stuff...but contained youtube links for video that no longer work and stuff like that) but it's also technically just a teaching resource that's been posted online. Going through it was an absolute chore and my wife and I gave up halfway through when we realized how horrifically dated it was and how it was not helpful at all. So now we are scrambling to find a course int eh city that's not booked up...and will end up paying $200 for. It's ludicrous...just like everything else in my city. Anyways, we are just annoyed in general, as if we'd known we were going to have to pay for one, we'd have done it weeks ago.

You mean prenatal classes? Don't you sign up when you register your info at the hospital? Here, they just include some orientation and advice during the hospital tour. I think... I kind of skipped mine. My OB group sort of ran their own thing, which was a once a month evening session where they explained the hospital process.

I think prenatal classes are overrated anyways. You're going to head to the hospital when the pain gets too much or your water breaks, and the nice people at the hospital will take good care of you and tell you what to do. All that preparation and planning tends to go out the window when the stress piles up. My one word of advice is that if they offer an epidural, TAKE IT! I have a theory that at this BS about how it is more virtuous to go through "natural" birth without painkillers comes out of this Judeo-Christian tradition where the pain of childbirth is a punishment for our sin of being a woman. Screw that!

I always assumed you were out East somewhere, but read this: https://www.vch.ca/m...ybestchance.pdf, if they didn't give you whatever the equivalent is in your province. It's pretty much all in there.
I like it because it's Canadian, so it's geared towards us. It's vetted by all these BC professional organizations, so it's very sensible and reasonably current. I think they've done a good job of making it informative without being overwhelmingly detailed. The public health nurse gave this me a hard copy when she did the home visit after the birth, but 2/3rds of it is prenatal stuff. I was like, "I could have used this during the pregnancy! Why wait until after to give it to me?"

[Abyss]

 Coonass, on 18 June 2016 - 01:48 AM, said:

I've got a baby possum that has taken my corvette up as a home while its waiting to have some work done on it. I've set up a trap 2 nights with cat food. Tonight I'm bringing out the big guns and setting it with Cheez Its. He better be smart enuff to get trapped tonight or it's going to die if it forces me to start it up and drive and run it over.

Wasnt this an episode of THE DUKES OF HAZZARD?

[Slow Ben]

 Una, on 18 June 2016 - 02:12 AM, said:

 QuickTidal, on 17 June 2016 - 11:57 AM, said:

In our city (when it's free in the suburbs) it costs upwards of $200 to do a prenatal (antenatal for you Brits) course. So my wife found out from the city that there is a free online course that you can do instead. You just have to do it yourself. So this is what we aimed at...but went to do it last night and it's not only SUPER dated (like talking about Lamaze and hoo-hoo-hee breathing stuff...but contained youtube links for video that no longer work and stuff like that) but it's also technically just a teaching resource that's been posted online. Going through it was an absolute chore and my wife and I gave up halfway through when we realized how horrifically dated it was and how it was not helpful at all. So now we are scrambling to find a course int eh city that's not booked up...and will end up paying $200 for. It's ludicrous...just like everything else in my city. Anyways, we are just annoyed in general, as if we'd known we were going to have to pay for one, we'd have done it weeks ago.

I think prenatal classes are overrated anyways.

My one word of advice is that if they offer an epidural, TAKE IT! I

Seconded on both accounts.

[JPK]

Welp, today was the wife's due date. I know it's normal for first time mom's to go over by up to 10 days or so, but I'm still anxious as hell. It doesn't help that she has hated the last month of her pregnancy either. She's usually a very got and active person and is hating what this has done to her body.

QT, I agree about the prenatal class being a waste of time for the most part, but if you can find a group situation that meets regularly it helps. Knowing that you're not alone and have several others that you talk to regularly undergoing the same thing has been really really good for Mrs Kitsu and me.

And beyond all else, even if you think it's a stupid decision and you'd take the drugs or skip the class... Supporting her in the decisions she is making is the most important thing you can do.

[worry]

The Oakland PD's weird murder/suicide/child trafficking/rape/prostitution scandal is absolutely horrifyingly bonkers.
https://twitter.com/...016698731290624

[Traveller]

 Una, on 18 June 2016 - 02:12 AM, said:

All that preparation and planning tends to go out the window when the stress piles up. My one word of advice is that if they offer an epidural, TAKE IT!

Good advice. I can't imagine that any pre/antenatal class is necessary unless you're one of those people who don't even realise how they got pregnant in the first place.

Epidurals are good. But often 'patchy', they don't always get all the right nerves for a complete pain free birth but better than not!

Birth 'plans' seem to disappear the second painful contractions start, then you wing it.

My groove was severely messed with today by getting the obstetrics bleep and having two emergency sections. Midwives and operating theatres do NOT mix. I might have to report one after what she did today, so the others might take note. Seriously, I wish they'd ban them from theatres and let the paediatricians deal with the babies.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 18 June 2016 - 09:01 PM

[Maark Abbott]

Must have tracked a fragment of broken bottle glassin off of my sandal because I sliced the side of my foot open last night and bled like a stuck pig. Ow.

[amphibian]

Lady I was sure about eventually marrying ended our relationship today because she's in transition in a lot of different ways and felt like things were getting too intense for her.

This one hurts more than all the rest put together. This one really hurts.

[Gust Hubb]

 amphibian, on 19 June 2016 - 07:27 AM, said:

Lady I was sure about eventually marrying ended our relationship today because she's in transition in a lot of different ways and felt like things were getting too intense for her.

This one hurts more than all the rest put together. This one really hurts.

Sorry man. Is it truly fully over or is there a chance of hiatus?

[amphibian]

 Gust Hubb, on 19 June 2016 - 01:43 PM, said:

 amphibian, on 19 June 2016 - 07:27 AM, said:

Lady I was sure about eventually marrying ended our relationship today because she's in transition in a lot of different ways and felt like things were getting too intense for her.

This one hurts more than all the rest put together. This one really hurts.

Sorry man. Is it truly fully over or is there a chance of hiatus?

She's going to move across the country for a three month stretch and then come back. The general sense of what she is saying is that this + breaking up with her previous significant other back in January, yet they are still trying to be friends has her in a strange place where she's not ready to jump in full bore yet.

So yeah, she wants to put this on hiatus. But how many hiatuses do you know relationships coming back from?

[Andorion]

 amphibian, on 19 June 2016 - 04:21 PM, said:

 Gust Hubb, on 19 June 2016 - 01:43 PM, said:

 amphibian, on 19 June 2016 - 07:27 AM, said:

Lady I was sure about eventually marrying ended our relationship today because she's in transition in a lot of different ways and felt like things were getting too intense for her.

This one hurts more than all the rest put together. This one really hurts.

Sorry man. Is it truly fully over or is there a chance of hiatus?

She's going to move across the country for a three month stretch and then come back. The general sense of what she is saying is that this + breaking up with her previous significant other back in January, yet they are still trying to be friends has her in a strange place where she's not ready to jump in full bore yet.

So yeah, she wants to put this on hiatus. But how many hiatuses do you know relationships coming back from?

I feel really bad for you especially knowing how excited you were about this relationship. But it seems she has a few things she has to work through and requires space. In a way, it may actually be a good thing that she realizes she is not ready to commit yet, because if you were going strong in a longer relationship with somebody who was internally conflicted, I imagine the subsequent consequences would have been even more unpleasant.

Stay strong, we are here for you. And keep an open mind on this.

Also its going to hurt. But don't blame yourself. and don't keep it bottled up. Letting it out can be cathartic.