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Hello, I am studying in SD, and going to the east coast for Spring Break. I want to take something for friends/family there.
My budget is $25-$30 per gift (max). I went to Old Town, but didn't like the gifts there, and they were kinda overpriced.
Can you suggest what I can gift, where can I buy it from, if possible the price estimate?
Thanks!!
(Heard that pistachios/almonds/cashews in California are a specialty? please confirm)

Long story short...I had to go to the ER for a miscarriage in Jan. 2020 while living in Ohio. Since then we have moved three times for my husbands work. Fast forward to Feb. 2023, we now live in Texas but we are originally from Kansas. Our families all still live in Kansas. My Dad received a collection notice in the mail for me, at his place of residency where I have never lived or had anything tied to that address. He sent me a scan of the letter. I contacted the company that supposedly is the original creator of the account and provided the services. I am extremely frustrated with this entire situation. The original company was very difficult to get ahold of and once I did they provided me with the date of service and location. That is how I was able to place that this bill was from my miscarriage. I don't understand how they got my Dad's address for me? No one can give me an explanation, they only prompt me to give them a current address. The original company only tried to contact me one time in February 2020. I don't believe I ever received this letter as all other bills from this ER trip were paid in Feb. 2020. I understand that in Ohio a medical company has 6 years to act so I am sure I will have to pay for it. Fine, that part is what it is. But I am concerned with the address situation and who I should trust with my payment? Do I pay the collection agency that sent the letter? Do I try to contact the company again to take payment? I don't want to pay someone and it end up being a scam. The debt collection agency is labeled as MBA-Law, which has terrible ratings on Better Business Bureau. Which makes me leery of paying them. I have never, nor has any of our family, had an incident remotely close to this so I need advice on what to do next? TIA

Hello everyone,
I found out 2 years ago that one of my Grandfathers was "Rabbi Benjamin Papermaster". I was circumcised at birth to follow family tradition, but my mother got my father to turn to Catholicism by the time I was 5 or so.
Move forward to the past two years of doing extensive research, about scripture and ending up reading the Hebrew bible, visiting a shul and attending weekly. I want to be sure I am doing everything in a correct manner.
The issue at hand is, I started davening online (while attending reform services) with a small Conservative group, which has been great but I don't have a gadol or tefillin. Which has made it more idk how to say, makes me feel outside the group.
I have been wearing kosher tzitzit, reading information our sages have left us daily. After looking into buying a gadol/tefillin ; I just can't gather how a family of 3 can afford to buy tefillin or a gadol. I understand the need for them to be kosher, but is it okay to use "less than" kosher items until I can one day afford it ? Or do i simply not use anything until? There is only a local reform/conservative shul where I am located.
Lastly, not that it matters, but I hope to one day live in my home of Israel.
Shalom.

So I (26M) feel like I always go through this cycle where bisexual women want to be my best friend and do right by me each and every time, but then eventually we have a falling out or something happens where I don’t meet their expectations and I’m cut off. Is this a universal experience for other gay men? I don’t understand why bisexual women latch onto me so quickly & frequently but I would love to know if anyone can help me out with this cycle I constantly go through with them because it boggles my mind…..
I am also not trying to generalize the way bisexual women operate by any standards it’s more so a pattern in my life I’ve just noticed, and has only become more frequent as I’ve grown older. It’s always bisexual women who are only children in their family, and I don’t know why this keeps happening to me? So I’m wondering if there is something I am doing wrong or if I am doing something right?
Please help because i really don’t want to have to keep going through this cycle over and over for the rest of my life and am feeling a bit desperate for answers.

hi guys little context why I’m both confused and not very well educated I have been atheist for a very long time I just didn’t really believe in anything but I do find it weird how I have some intuitions that turn out to be true. Prior to being atheist I was muslim and encountered 3 instances of the ‘supernatural’ for lack of a better word
once when I was about 9/10 years old apparently I was possessed and both my parents and my sister who are of different faiths confirmed that I was behaving in my sleep as if I was possessed
second I saw a figure of a young boy outside of my relatives house that was rumoured to be bad vibes? Idk but it was just a silhouette of distortion and when he ran I followed and he was gone. I was also in my tweens so I don’t think I developed any delusional tendencies and never did substances at that time
third was at the same house and multiple of us girls experienced a weird encounter where someone sat on the bed and you could clearly tell on the bed sheet an indent as if an actual human sat, it disappeared when the bed came back to level, as if a person got up from the bed.
as I grew older I chalked these up to being instances of confirmation bias kinda? Like I believed this things were real and interpreted these events as if they fulfilled such beliefs. So when I left islam I didn’t carry these with me. But still as an atheist it’s more so the belief of what we don’t know, not a rejection of higher beings/energy .
anyways. im getting weird intuitions and feelings that something is wrong with me. I live a philosophy of life of do no harm, and do my best to live up to that. But many bad things have been happening to me and my family , especially when things were going good after hard work, and even though I’m tryna keep pushing through and do what I need to do I am feeling this sense of something is just wrong. Idk. I think maybe I’m a dark individual myself despite being empathetic and caring to both myself and others. If anyone has any pointers about this feeling and if it sounds familiar to you help is greatly appreciated.

I (a fab genderqueer 17) have a gf(17f). We have been together for a few months. I do love her, and I can see each other grow old together. However, whenever I see a male-female relationship, I get jealous or discussed by it. Lately, I have been labeling the feeling of jealousy. I am also not out as having relation with another girl in my family. The question I have is that am I jealous of the public affection or the female-male relationships itself.

Hello, I am studying in SD, and going to the east coast for Spring Break. I want to take something for friends/family there.
My budget is $25-$30 per gift (max). I went to Old Town, but didn't like the gifts there, and they were kinda overpriced.
Can you suggest what I can gift, where can I buy it from, if possible the price estimate?
Thanks!!
(Heard that pistachios/almonds/cashews in California are a specialty? please confirm)

I have two sons, aged 9 and 5. Three years ago, their mother left me for another man, making false claims of abuse to allow her to take the boys without any consequence. I did not see them, other than via video call, for 18 months.
As of last year, I now have them, as agreed in the court order, for every other weekend and for half of school holidays. This has usually been fine, however the 5 year old has on a number of occasions not wanted to come. His reasons are always 'I'll miss Mummy' or similar.
Last week, I got a WhatsApp message from my ex, saying that the 9 year old was wanting to stay at mine because he'd been told off. I went to go and see him and tried to talk him out of it, I didn't really want to allow him to basically throw a tantrum and get what he wanted. This ended with a new agreement in writing that I would take BOTH boys every Tuesday night, and then drop them off at school the next morning. My ex was being unusually co-operative about this.
This morning, I got another WhatsApp saying that the boys didn't want to come to mine. I still went to the school, and when I spoke to the 9 year old he said he didn't want to come, and when asked why, just said 'I just don't want to'. The 5 year old walked with a friend to my ex's house, so I couldn't get a chance to talk to him.
When we got to my ex's house, the 9 year old went inside. My ex was there, along with her husband, and another friend. I do not know the husband or the friend very well at all. The conversation remained civil, and we even drifted off the topic of the boys on a couple of occasions. However, it was clear to me that they were not going to entertain the idea of me having the boys, despite the previous week's agreement. I was told that I should just accept the kids being kids.
I am 99.9% sure that my ex has said something to the boys, which she will have done when there we no other adults present. She has a history of manipulative behaviour, especially towards me - for example she blackmailed me into agreeing to move away from my family. However, the 9 year old has of late been saying things to both of us in an attempt to stir trouble.
I am not very happy that the boys haven't come to mine. I spent a long time away from them, all thanks to deliberate and calculated behaviour by their mother, who even tried to change their names despite a court order in place forbidding her from doing so. I do not believe that she cares about their best interests, only her own.
On speaking to some friends, I was told that I was being too soft and I should have demanded that the boys come to mine. However this would have likely resulted in a lot of tears, plus I don't think it would have ended well if I was making demands in front of 3 other adults.
The court order is now out of date, and among other things require us to do the handovers in a place that is over 100 miles away (I was living in Ipswich when it was written, but I've now moved and I am much closer to the boys).
I personally do not trust my ex one bit to resolve this situation except totally in her favour. Her husband and the friend seem more reasonable, but also say I can't force the boys to do something. I also do not want to do this, but if they keep being reluctant and have no good reason, I don't know what else I can do.
Help.
If it matters, I live in England.

Virginia COVID Report for March 21, 2023
NEW COVID CASES STATEWIDE FOR MARCH 21, 2023 Case numbers are from the previous day unless indicated otherwise
Total new cases reported today: 410 (was 910 over the weekend) 7-day average of new cases: 391.143 (was 384.286 yesterday, +1.78%) Cases per 100,000 Population: 4.55 (VDH reported)
CURRENT POSITIVITY RATE REPORT State 7-Day Positivity Rate (PCR tests only): 6.1% (no change reported) Update is sporadic at times
State 7-Day Positivity Rate still stays at 6.1%, which is low.
VIRGINIA HOSPITAL REPORT AS OF MARCH 17, 2023
Confirmed COVID Hospitalizations: 295 patients (was 288 yesterday, +2.43%) ICU Hospitalizations: 43 patients (was 35 yesterday, +22.86%) Currently on Ventilator Support: 18 patients (was 18 yesterday, no change) Note: Current Vent numbers are no longer supposed to be reported if it is below 11 patients
Seven day patient moving average in Virginia: 296.43 (was 299.71 yesterday, -1.09%)
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients discharged: 70 patients (was 73 yesterday)
INTERPRETATION: Cases The dataset was updated again today, but a bit oddly (delayed). Cases are still low (just over 400) but the 7-day average shows the case curve went up 1.78% today (as number fall of the 7-day calculation it causes shifts, and today we lost a figure (323 from last Tuesday) which was lower than today. Thus the average jumps a bit.)
The case curve is about where it was last Friday, so I'm not worried about it. Last week we ran cases from 323-511, with most in the mid-400's. A better breakdown report will come with the VDH 7-day breakdown. They were late (again), this time by two hours with their 7-day figures.
Nothing unusual in today's case report.
Hospitals Hospitals had another mixed bag. We got down to 277 patients on Saturday, but numbers have been slowly rising since then (see posted graph). As it was over the weekend, I'm not worried yet, but the total curve through the beginning of next week bears watching.
The 7-day hospital case curve fell only about a percent and has caught up with the current patient count.
70 patients were discharged with 77 new patients were admitted.
Number of ICUs jumped up eight, but vents held.
ICU bed patient utilization rose from 12.15% to 14.58%, and vent utilization dropped from 6.25% to 6.10% due to a few more patients in the hospital, not an actual drop in the number of vents in use.
Still no signs of a surge patients, but we have to watch to see if the numbers keep increasing past the beginning of next week.
Side Notes The daily dataset seemed to be manually updated (an hour late), so it makes we wonder if they are going to try and stop it again today. We will find out tomorrow. If so, it's back to 7-day reporting.
EXPLANATION OF FIGURES ABOVE
Total new cases reported today: New COVID cases reported by VDH today.
7-day average of new cases: movement of case curve over the last 7-days
Cases per 100,000 population 7-day average (if known): within 100,000 people, how many were positive for COVID on a rolling 7-day cycle.
State 7-Day Positivity Rate (PCR tests only): The last state average percentage of PCR coronavirus tests performed that are positive. The lower the better.
Confirmed Covid Hospitalizations: The total number of confirmed COVID-19 people in hospital who have positive results.
ICU Hospitalizations: Patients in a COVID-19 ICU bed.
Currently on Ventilator Support: Confirmed COVID-19 patients currently on ventilator support. These would be the most severe COVID cases in hospital.
Seven day patient moving average in Virginia: movement of patients in hospital curve over last 7-days
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients discharged: number of patients released since last report
NOTE: All hospital figures are as of 9 am on the date listed. Posting time can vary.
Data from VDH, VHHA, NYT

My family has enough to donate to multiple buildings, and the schools I'm applying to probably know. We refuse to make serious commitments to them prior to getting in because I still want to get in mostly on merit. I am not opposed to my background being an indirect boost, though.
My college GPA is 4.0, 34 ACT. No serious extracurriculars or awards, no research. My school doesn't have many extracurricular opportunities for what I'm interested in, which is why I'm trying to transfer in the first place.
Will colleges be willing to overlook the lack of ECs given my background, and that my stats are acceptable?

I have been with my boyfriend for a year now and he recently told me while he was on a family vacation back in November that he had tinder. I knew he had an account in the past as that’s how we met, but I never would have imagined he would go on it if we were together. He told me drunkenly and said “I just wanted to see the people out there” and he tried to assure me he wasn’t talking to anyone but there is a small part of me that doesn’t believe him. I am planning on having a talk with him about this but I but I want to get my head straight about where I am at and what questions I have before so I don’t freeze up or anything. Right now I am pretty upset and overall anxious about this entire situation.

I’ve been sober from heroin for 3 years and I’ve been off subs for 3 months now. Ever since I came off of the suboxone, I’ve had horrible anxiety. Especially when talking to people I don’t talk to everyday, like friends or family over the phone.
I just get really bad anxiety anytime a family member calls, like just about what to talk about or what to say or what they could be calling for. I know, it seems stupid but that’s what it feels like. Problem is my older brother who lives in another state, is now mad at me because I haven’t talked to him in months. What makes this even more complicated is that I think he’s on heroin and or methamphetamine. I don’t know for sure but I’m pretty positive. Just has always held a job and worked really hard and he’s not been working for awhile and has asked me to send him cash for some bullshit story about owing a weed dealer. Ever since then I haven’t answered his calls. Plus a past with alcohol and cocaine use, and has tried heroin and meth before. We lost our mother 2 years ago too.
I just don’t know what to do. If it’s true, it’s painful and I’m scared of losing him. Do I confront him? Do I just start talking to him and hope he reaches out to me? Plus if the conversation ever comes up, I’m a guy and I’m afraid I’m going to get emotional and start crying and he doesn’t like that shit so I don’t even know where to start or how to go about this. Does anyone have any advice with anxiety following stopping opiates and/or tips to deal with a family member using?

Hello friends, I was recently accepted into a Psychology Bachelors program and am extremely grateful for the opportunity. After years of dwelling on the idea of the “ideal” career for me that works with my strengths, applys my interests and is a great value to society, I landed on the counseling career. While I would be leaning more to towards school counseling, particularly for high school, early college. That said I am open and interested at all aspects, including career, substance abuse, marital, family, and even going more into theory with clinical and forensic psychology. With all that said I still cant help but be a bit wary of a few things. One of which being the career prospects, are there opportunities for employment in these positions? I am steered towards more applicable trades like accounting and engineering due to the amount of jobs, and there application in society. Secondly, is the pay, dont get it twisted, im not expecting six figures, or atleast anything above 120k, but man I think a couple years after a masters I would atleast like to be at the 75-85 range, is this a possible number or am I wishful? Lastly and I appreciate any form of insight from any practitioners, I am worried about burnout and stress. You see I have Crohns disease, while I do my best to follow a healthy lifestyle, eating healthy, working out, sleep ect. I do suffer from chronic stress, I grind my teeth all day because of it lol. I am working to manage it and deal with the stresses of my current job. That said with my condition it plays a major role into my gut health and can cause feedback loop which can result in hospitalization. (I had to have an emergency bowel resection lol), is burnout as major of an issue as claimed or is it something that can be managed effectively. If not should someone of my condition avoid it? Thank you all if you read this all, I understand it may be disorganized as I am typing this all on my phone(very impromptu of me haha)

Hi, sorry if this post is redundant but my college boyfriend and I just got engaged. He worked in the private sector but in the last year or so decided to act on a lifelong dream of his and joined the military to become an officer. He already went through OCS but he's been home for three months waiting to go to his school. I'm driving there with him this week and flying back to my city thousands of miles away after we unpack and say our goodbyes. Obviously I get that long distance is its own battle, but does anyone know what kind of leave he will be able to plan for as a student? Since I am not from a military family I still want to plan our wedding long term and have it in the area so my friends and relatives can come, but I'm nervous to book things in advance if we aren't even sure how his PTO works. Does anyone have experience with this? Or planning for a wedding when your spouse is in the military in general? Thanks in advance!

I have a brother with autism who doesn't speak and needs 24/7 guidance and care. I live in a 3rd world country with poor infrastructure for disabled people so I am looking to emigrate. So - there's the small business of choosing a country where my brother can live with dignity. The reason I'm asking the question in this subreddit is that I'd like to hear from people on the ground, so to speak, about how well do they feel their family members are being cared for. From googleing I can see that every bigger muncipality has the jurisdiction/responsibility for bofelleskap of their own so I presume that people from different places may have different opinions.
To be clear - I am studying to be a software developer so I'm not expecting to just waltz into Norway and say "I'd like to enjoy Norwegian wellfare for free". If it turns out that there's a chance for my brother to live a decent life in Norway, the way it'll probably go is that I'll use my savings to buy/build/rent a place for him and then I'll make a deal with the state, something like what's desribed here.
Also - if that someone you know would like to help inform me but doesn't speak English too well - that won't be an issue. I've been learning Norwegian for a while now, so I can understand a fair amount and appreciate f.eks. the pure poetry of Nei sa tjukk du har blitt by Ole Ivars.

Hey everyone, I’m looking into getting a new truck and I’ve been able to find decent used Colorados in my area for reasonable prices. I come from a family of Ford owners so I know nothing about Chevrolet engines and was wondering how the 3.5 i5 is. What are the common issues with these engines? Anything I should look out for when shopping other than the usual used car stuff? I am a bit scarred from my last purchase of a 4.0 explorer, if anyone knows about those engines, and don’t want to buy another time bomb. Thanks for your input!

Someone on here posted about them knowing when Covid and 9/11 was gonna happen, and that they were little so know believed them. They said it’s like a gut feeling, and they said that a nuclear war is coming in about 8 months,and that they’re building a bunker. I’m terrified I have children I’m scared Did anyone come across this post? What did you think about it? Post is below.
Here’s the post:
Titled: Most people don’t believe me, but I am pretty sure I’m right.
Ever since I was a child, I have been able to predict events before they happen. It’s not like someone comes to me and is like “hey dude, this thing will happen” but more like a pit in my stomach followed by constant and recurring thoughts about something before it happens. Before 9/11 I told my mom that terrorists were coming. Before Covid was even mentioned, I KNEW a widespread airborne virus was coming in the months preceding it and told people, and they didn’t believe me. When I was a kid, I predicted a devastating tornado that occurred a week before it actually did. I’ve also predicted many minor things, but those are the major ones. The only people that believe me when I say things like this now are my parents and my husband. Look, I need to get this off my chest and I need people to listen to me. There WILL be nuclear war and it’s coming to the US. The fallout will be widespread and will be in the next 8 months. Please convert your basement into something suitable for surviving nuclear fallout. Insert an air filtration system. Develop a plan. Stock up. I always accept that I could be wrong, but if I’m not, not being prepared could kill so many people. My family is going to be building a bunker. Maybe I sound crazy, but maybe I’ll be ready, and you should too.

For some context, I (31F) was raised by my single mother. My sister, Angela (24F) was born addicted to substances, so she ended up living with her grandparents. We were raised more like cousins than sisters and have never really been close. My mom and I moved around a lot and I rarely saw Angela, but when I did, she was usually unpleasant to me. She got a lot of things I didn't (college fund, summer camp, new car, etc.), and she made that clear.I left home when I was sixteen and Angela was nine and we kept in contact for a few years but eventually fell out of touch. We only reconnected after our mom's death, approximately 3 years ago, and even now we only talk every couple months.
Angela ended up becoming a mom pretty young, and she has a three year old son named Peter. She has been on and off substances for years and is not able to support herself. Her grandparents have cut contact with her for the most part due to her lifestyle, and she has been moving from boyfriend to boyfriend since her son was born. A couple days ago, I got a call from Angela for the first time in almost eight months, saying that her boyfriend is in prison, and she is being kicked out of their apartment since she can't pay the rent.
She says her grandparents aren't answering her calls and begged me to let her and Peter move in until she can find another place. I absolutely don't want this. My wife and I currently have two children (5 and 2), and I can't have that lifestyle around them. On top of that, my wife struggles with health issues, and I am a caretaker for her as well as our children. I do not want to be a caretaker for Angela too. I told Angela this, but she said that she and Peter were going to have to live in a homeless shelter if I said no. Other than her grandparents, I am the only family they have.
I don't want Peter to suffer for something he didn't do, so I agreed that he could come live with me until Angela got on her feet. Angela became very upset when I suggested this and said that I was trying to separate her and her son. She has not spoken to me since then, even though I have called multiple times to make sure she is okay. I don't know where she is right now or what is happening. I love my sister, but her moving in would disrupt my whole life. AITA?

Hopefully the title isn’t too poorly worded — I’m looking for something like A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. I loved the parts of the book surrounding the reality show and how it portrayed/exaggerated events in the family home. I really enjoyed this small piece of the Netflix adaptation of The Haunting of Hill House (Steve Crain’s book and the talk about the media coverage of Hill House).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! I’m having trouble searching for this plot point/device, although I’m sure my difficulty thinking of a google-able descriptor is part of the problem.

Hi I’m a first time house owner and outdoor lover. It’s starting to warm up a little bit in the UK and I’d like to maximise how much time I spend in the garden. At my family’s house, the table my parents had wasn’t very durable/reliable and weatherproof and went green and horrible quickly and started to rot.
I’m looking for something that’ll continue to look great after many years. What do you recommend in terms of a table, chairs and maybe even a sun lounger?