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Hello,

I am a woman who joined your group many years ago to learn more about men’s rights activism to balance what I had learned about feminism. I have learned so much from you and I wanted to share some of the more tangible ways I have grown:

- If the draft were for some reason reinstated, I will enlist, and if I am too old, I will protest to abolish it or expand it to women.

- I have sought out and financially supported family and domestic violence services that also serve men.

- I extend more benefit of the doubt to strangers who are men. I understand that people often extend me this courtesy because I am a woman.

- If I am ever on a jury, I will consider how the “benefit of

Our dog is 3, we have had him for 2 years, and he had recently developed a lot of anxiety with reflections. He has always been interested in MOVING reflections and we would just adjust our devices so reflections didn’t move, and he wouldn’t mind. Now anytime he’s inside he stares at the ceiling crying, even if there aren’t any reflections. He can be distracted with toys but only temporizes.

Once he gets anxious, he is hard to calm down. If we take him for a walk, he has started doing this panicked barking at other dogs, lunging at cars, problems that he has never had in the 2 years we have had him.

We could buy shades and keep them closed during the day, but he really enjoys looking out

My dog is often walked by Wag walkers when I’m working over the weekend. I was doing some reading and have some questions:

• Do you get the whole tip?
• If you only get the whole tip when you are a “preferred” walker, can I make someone preferred right before walking for the first time so they get the whole tip?
• Can you see a breakdown of what I paid vs what you were paid? I can’t!

And two more unrelated questions:

• My dog usually walks with a pinch collar. Are y’all comfortable using those?
• Where do you usually put the poop from the walk? I.e. where should I look for it when I get home?

Would you prefer a stay-at-home mom as a partner? Or daycare/nannying?

Isn't that what the levonorgestrel is supposed to do?

I was thinking that maybe the progestogen just acts locally to thicken cervical mucus and thin the endometrium, but then it wouldn't have the systemic effects like acne, weight gain, etc.

Just finished Mistborn and loved it. Looking for things that are exciting but don't require too too much brainpower. Also enjoyed sappy stuff like Anita Blake.

Especially when I'm running or on my feet all day. I've thought about making a little cotton toe divider between the two so that the pinky toe won't get all squished and in tons of pain.

I am one of those "HOLY SHIT It is 4 PM and I haven't started my day yet?!" people.

(They are, without a doubt, biologically yours.)

The most effective (and totally unintentional) technique I've ever used was just telling stories from my own healthy relationship. My friend mentioned that she thought about it every time her SO treated her poorly in the same situations, and it changed her opinion of the relationship because she knew there was a much better alternative.

Any similar stories? Any stories where a friend helped you to realize your relationship was unhealthy?

Question provoked by this thread in which a woman expresses discomfort about people complimenting her weight loss, since doing so implies that she is now somehow "improved" from her heavier weight.

I know that it is super hard for some people to lose weight, and I have seen some visibly brighten when complimented about it. Does that imply that they felt less valuable at their heavier weights?

**I feel like it is okay to compliment/support someone's weight loss if they bring it up themselves and feel positively about it. Is that right? Any other situations? Maybe if they talk about how thei

Just a thought experiment!

[edit] Shit tests are described in the PUA/seduction world as requests or questions that women use to determine if a guy is "date-able" or not. They are usually "trick questions" in that the answer that seems nicest is not the "right" answer. I don't know if I am describing them well. Someone will probably correct me.

[editx2] It seems like they're also described as tests to see how much the woman can get away with before the guy says no or becomes uninterested.

For the sake of the question, imagine that all eras have an equal likelihood of disease/early death because it's no fun to answer if you take those things into consideration.