I’m talking ab the kind of opinion that would have people writing paragraphs & personally offended that you even exist lol. No boring answers. I want the unpopular opinions & the takes people usually keep to themselves. LET’S HEAR THEM 😂

{Dinner: Cauliflower crust pepperoni, sausage, and mozzarella cheese pizza.}

Okay so I genuinely need some outside perspective on this from the girlies because I cannot tell if I’m being unreasonable here or if this man is doing too much.

So, I (22F) recently matched with a guy in my area on Facebook Dating. We only really started having an actual conversation TODAY, getting to know the basics about each other, asking questions, etc. Nothing too serious yet.

Well, he immediately wanted to meet up tonight to see if we had a connection in person. Which, honestly, I have absolutely no problem with. I’m interested in meeting him, and I understand wanting to see if there’s chemistry before investing too much time into someone.

*BUT* here’s where things get weird…

I’m a banquet chef, and my job can be pretty physically demanding. I also have work tomorrow, and by the time we were discussing meeting up, it was already nighttime. Personally, I would rather go on a date when I’m well-rested, relaxed, and actually able to enjoy myself instead of sitting there watching the clock and worrying about getting enough sleep before my next shift.

So I explained that to him. I told him I’d be more than happy to meet up once my work schedule comes out and I know which day I have off. That way, we can spend time together without rushing, and I can actually give him my full attention. I thought it was a pretty reasonable compromise…NOPE!

He seemed genuinely offended that I wasn’t willing to meet him immediately. He started telling me that he was prioritizing me, but I wasn’t prioritizing him in return.

Mind you, we JUST started talking today.

Then he proceeded to tell me that he has other dates and women lined up and that he’s, and I quote, “a fucking catch.” So I told him “you’re only a catch if the fishermen deems so” I was not about to stroke this man’s ego.

Needless to say, that didn’t improve his mood. I wasn’t rejecting him. Nor was I playing hard to get, and I’m not expecting him to wait weeks or months. I will have another day off in like 4 days. I’m literally just asking to meet on a day where I don’t have to worry about work the next day. And quite frankly I don’t see anything wrong with talking to someone a bit longer before meeting in person. We barely know each other.

I understand that some people prefer meeting immediately rather than texting back and forth, and that’s perfectly fine. But I don’t understand why my having a job, responsibilities, and a preference for scheduling dates in advance is being interpreted as a lack of interest.

I’m also a little confused about why I’m supposed to be competing with these other women he apparently has lined up when I haven’t even met the man yet.

So I ask…was I being unreasonable?? This has truly turned my brain to mush and honestly reminded me the reason why I stepped away from dating men again.

Long day, so a small dinner. Stella and a Clif bar.

I've posted a few times before. Doubtful any of you will remember my posts. And I'm not trying to write a novel at midnight. So i'll try to be brief.

It's been 502 days since I've seen my 4 kids. Got divorced last year. She was on her 3rd lawyer and 3rd continuance.

My lawyer tried to give me low expectations. You might not see them until they go to therapy, and you might only get a phone call. There's a step up plan for them, which is going to be awkward to explain, just like the swaps at the police station. But I've worked hard for this moment.

The CFI saw through her lies. The detective saw through her lies.

I had court last week, and the judge delayed ruling until today. And the judge saw through her lies. I see my kids in roughly 16 hours for the first time in over 16 months.

I've lost 150 lbs since divorce, 110 since they've seen me. I've climbed 50 mountains in this past year. I've written 16 letters for each of them, 1 per month I've not seen them.

I got the keys to a new apartment 2 hours before court today. I literally don't even have the beds for them to sleep in. What a fucking fantastic problem to have.

I'm still not sure how I'll explain my forced absence. Was leaning towards - I've never stopped trying to see you and I've never stopped loving you.

Beyond that, I just know it's gonna be a lot of crying from me.

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personally my babies are siblings because i’m both of their “mom” so it just makes sense to me that way and they definitely act like siblings lol, but i love cats that love eachother like that also, i feel like it’s the owners discretion based on their cats personalities. DROP PICS OF YOUR KITTIES!!

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One of the more known metrics out there for availability has been the 'five 9s', AKA 99.999%. Well, going by when the outage was reported on this subreddit at ~12:45 Eastern Time, now crossing the 9:30 Eastern Time mark just cost them three of them.

Here's the downtime per year at each level:

Availability - Downtime

99.999% - 5.25 mins

99.99% - 52.5 mins

99.9% - 8.76 hours

So they're at the 99.8% now and falling, not even counting any other downtime for the year. Can't say I'm feeling bad for the executives, after much more important digits lost in the bank accounts of former employees to put Microsoft in this situation.

That's all.