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I am having a bit of a new nurse moral crisis

I went in for a long overdue exam with a doctor who does not know I’m a recent grad and isn’t associated with the hospital I’ll be working at. I was reading over my assessment notes and saw some excerpts that troubled me.Abdomen - Soft, non tender, non distended without rebound or guarding. Positive bowel sounds.

Musculoskeletal - Walks without limp.

GU - Adnexa.: No pain, masses.

ENT- No lymphadenopathy and negative thyroid exam. Normal pharynx.

They didn’t see me walk or stand, they did not palpate/auscultate my abdomen, they went right for the speculum for the pap smear and did not check my ovaries (GP, not a gynecologist – I’ve found

I'm polyamorous and have been getting to know somebody I've known for awhile (M) better recently. They said they were D/s and low protocol, and I think they are DD/LG but on Fet their main partner describes the relationship as Master/slave with the requirement to go through him if they want to message her.

I am WAY more experienced with D/s than I am with M/s so I realize I may have long standing incorrect assumptions. I didn't think "Ask my Master/Owner/Daddy would be be defined as "low protocol" in a 24/7 relationship. I've always considered that gate keeping power exchange to be a higher protocol

I know there is not "one true way" for anything but I just wanted to ask for a bit

I've been carrying this mother in law's tongue with me for about 25 years, through two marriages, 8 moves. It's never been in dirt and thrived pretty well in low light conditions. It's been in the current glass vase with the same 6" of rocks for the last few years. It's generally submerged 2" past where the root area stops. I regularly take everything out and clean it, probably the last time was about two months ago.

Today I noticed at the water line level there was a film of mold on the vase and the leaves. I've gently washed off the plant as best as I can, and I'm bleaching the vase and rocks and will wash and rinse those a few times before putting it back together. I'm going to move

CN... direct talk about genitals, sex

I'm in my 40s, and have been seeing somebody infrequently over the last 8 months. Twice in this time I've had what I think were Bartholin's gland cysts that showed up 2-3 few days after we had sex, then went away with Epson salt baths and hot compresses. (Never had that happen before, understand them developing in ones forties can be not good.).

In general I feel like my body has had a negative reaction to sex with him. The sex is good, we always use the non latex condoms and same lubricant I've been using for the last 5+ years. We've both been tested for all the STI's one can ask to be tested for twice in this time period, and shared result

I'm in my 40s, and this the third time I'm in college. My current degree is taking some prereqs from classes 15 years ago, but I don't know if I'm supposed to put a GPA for just classes I'm taking this go round, or all the ones that will be applying to my degree.

It seems like it'd be incorrect to be including GPAs for classes like "Office Machines" from 1997, and I'm missing a transcript from a university where I did some distance 300 level courses 15 years ago (and have been unable to figure out what the college actually was since I didn't save any paperwork from it)

I'm guessing I might have to check with each scholarship individually, but that just sounds so tiring I'm putting it o

I'm at TCC and would like to do the nursing program but I realized I haven't spoken to a single person who is in it or has graduated from it!
I'd be glad to hear first hand experience, or second hand opinions if somebody has said something to you that stuck in your mind you think would be worth passing on.

All my friends in King county are posting their fancy ballot tracking things that show where the ballot is in the process of sent to the voter, been received back, had the signature verified, or been counted. This is my first time voting in Pierce county - I dropped my ballot in a box early Friday morning and https://weiapplets.sos.wa.gov/myvote/ still only says "your ballot has been issued"

I'm concerned it isn't updated at all, as they must be emptying the ballot boxes regularly. I know people who have had their ballots stolen from mailboxes this election and King county is reporting a lot of that so I figured I'd check with other people fr

update - since OSHA was closed for the weekend, I reported it to the emergency line for the gas company and they've sent somebody out, found high CO and a broken CO detector, shut of gas lines. OSHA was also notified later.

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My sister recently started working in a hotel laundry, and she's been getting bad headaches and throwing up. I know residences need to vent outside. She was told they had a remodel and you can see the vents start to go outside but everything doesn't make it there. Apparently a maintenance person had said they smell gas and it's ma

This is pretty vague, of the "I don't know where to post exactly, and its poly related enough I'll post it here for feedback" variety.

Several times over the last couple years I've had first dates with people who I have a number of FB acquaintances or actual friends with me. Most of them have gone out with a meta/ex-meta, so there's social nuance. These are dates that probably would've been good if they'd expressed even 20% of the time asking about me/letting me talk.

I have spent 3-4 hours with several first dates where I learned what feels like EVERYTHING about the other person, they haven't asked much about me. Even if they said "wow I'm monopolizing the conversation" and direct

I'm in my mid 40s, and met my first husband when I was 20. Because of poly, I was never single through divorces or breakups, and never even lived alone until several months ago. While I have made plans for solo trips a number of times, it was generally informing and updating and coordinating with a couple of people at least, before and during the process - and I always felt like I was trying to schedule around other people's dates and schedules, and like I was going to disappoint somebody, or have to make up dates if I cancelled something to travel.

Now I have a couple of partners, one who I do talk to every day - but I just made plans to go go to another country in a few weeks, and I didn

A friend found an old home movie in a store and put up part one. I thought there might be at least a person or two who would love a glimpse of the city as it was then. https://vimeo.com/257652687

Goals - knitting, comfy chairs, chatting, and drinking coffee in a place that doesn't want you to gtfo.

Hates - Starbucks and ..yeah, Starbucks.

I recall there being a tea shop outside of Tacoma, but I'm wondering if there are any in the city.

I'm not drinking caffeine this month and if there are options around that are better than being handed a teabag and a cup of hot water, I could really use them!

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I'd ask in the OKC group but I figure poly people would be more likely to have dinked with this and have a quick answer.

In the who are you looking for section to the right you get to choose sexual identities, ages, distance and friends/dating/hookup stuff.

In the blurb it summarizes me as looking for single people, and I can't find out how to get rid of that single part, so it just says I'm looking for..people. I'm pretty sure a couple of months ago that word single wasn't present so I must have changed something somewhere.

I'm marked as non-monogamous and being in an open relationship and all the things y

edit: Thanks for the responses. They helped me sort out that my partner refusing to answer what I thought was a straightforward question led me to fear something sneaky or bad was going on, and my reactions were based on that. My ex husband was a compulsive liar and I have when people don't seem forthcoming my subconscious goes to worse case scenario. No idea how things will shake out, but I'm grateful I understand my part of it better.

Seeking random hugs and reminders that things will get better.

My serious partner of 4ish years and I broke up tonight, unexpectedly.

We went to an event, and on the way out my partner and I spoke with my ex-hu