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DANE COUNTY, WI. I currently work at a swim school that has a Covenant Not To Compete stating "During the term of my employment, and for a period of six months following the termination of my employment, I shall not hold any position as a swimming lesson instructor, swimming lesson coordinator, swimming lesson programmer, swimming lesson manager, swimming lesson deck supervisor, or any similar positions in a swimming lesson program, or any marketing position relating to a swim lesson program where the Confidential Information would be reasonably considered useful in competing with the Company, or becoming a competitor of the Company." A family is looking to pay me to teach their kids in their private backyard pool in a city several miles away from where I work. I'd teach them using general knowledge of swimming strokes, not lesson plans from my work. The family currently has a child enrolled in swimming lessons at the swim school that I work at but they want their kids taught at home during the summer. Is it considered competing if they already go to the company and will continue to use their services? Am I considered an instructor if I am not performing the services under a business or company?

I am 18. He is 19.

He drinks. I don't.

He parties. I don't.

He doesn't go to church. I do.

He doesn't have sexual boundaries. I do.

He calls me babe and baby. I don't.

He likes superheroes and anime. I don't.

He is messy. I'm not.

He's romantic. I'm not.

He's dated before. I haven't.

I'm sarcastic and humerous. He's not.

I'm studious. He's not.

He goes on errands with me.

He pays for our meals and my movie tickets.

He opens doors for me and carries my bags.

He remembers important things I say.

He respects my boundaries.

He always compliments me.

He wants me to meet his family often.

He talks about our future.

He's responsible when drinking.

He's open and honest.

He's caring when someone is sick.

He's thoughtful.

He gets along with my family.

We are both Christian.

We both somewhat enjoy video games.

We both go to the same school and have similar majors.

We have similar turn-ons.

We both like the outdoors.

We both like cop movies.

We met online about a month ago. A week after we started talking we got dinner and a movie. A week later we went to an arcade. Then a few days later we went swimming and cuddled. The next night we got dinner and became official. That was a Friday. We hung out and cuddled that Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for a few hours each time. He met my parents the night we became official. I met his a few nights later. I met his grandma a week after we became official.

Are we compatible? Are we gonna last? Are we moving too fast?

I can fit a finger and a super tampon into my vagina (but the super sizes hurt like hell taking out) but I can't get my Diva Cup to go in. I can make it past the opening of the vagina but when I try to shove it the rest of the way in it hurts too bad. I've tried different folds, using something to lubricate the cup, and changing positions. Any other advice???

I have extremely irregular periods, had one in August and one again in September that made me bleed through a super tampon in 20 minutes, but haven't had one since. Before that my periods were extremely light and sometimes skipped months at a time (I started menstruating at 15.5 and am now 17.5).

Mom wants to put me on birth control to regulate my periods. MY PROBLEM(S): I have a history of depression and anxiety (emetophobia), so nothing causing depression or nausea/vomiting will work for me. I work as a swim instructor so anything causing heavy bleeding won't work and the patch won't stick. ARE THERE ANY METHODS OUT THERE THAT COULD WORK FOR ME???

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I haven't seen anyone else having a problem with it? By definition, sexism is "prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex." This article stereotypes guys based on what they have in their car, but if it was reversed and focused on women, it would be seen as sexist.

It labels guys as cheaters because of their choice of air freshener, but changing the argument to female:

"MANLY SCENTED AIR FRESHENER: CHEATER (ASPIRING OR OTHERWISE)" -->

"GIRLY SCENTED AIR FRESHENER: SLUT (ASPIRING OR OTHERWISE)"

The second one is sexist, right? But not the first one?

It judges them on their taste of music, car decorations, organization levels, and it even assumes that

"Even if he didn’t, you are fair to assume the worst.... HE HAS TOTALLY JIZZED IN THIS VEHICLE."

Even if he didn't, you are fair to assume? What makes it fair for women to generalize and stereotype?

This article is on a woman-targeted magazine website so nobody is going to object to sexism against men.

Thoughts?? Why aren't feminists outraged by this? They HATE discrimination, stereotyping, generalizations? They want equality, but this isn't equal! Why can it be done to men??

I think I have OCPD, it fits me to a T and I have had some of the behaviors since I was a kid. They are starting to take a bigger and bigger toll on my life, and I would like to at least see a doctor and be tested to see if I do have OCPD.

However if I do this, it will most likely be on my medical records as "diagnosed with OCPD" and I want to go into law enforcement, specifically federal law enforcement like the F.B.I. but I'm not sure if being formally diagnosed would hinder my chances of being employed in the future?

I also have been on anxiety and depression medication, and seen a therapist for both, and while I'm not sure if I am formally diagnosed with either (probably am because I was put on meds but IDK.) Would these hinder my chances with the F.B.I. as well?

I m a 17 year old female and was on a run and was almost home when I just couldn t hold it anymore. I started peeing myself but then cut through someone s side yard to get to one of those brown bricked utility buildings. I squatted behind one and didn t see anyone but from behind some pine trees I heard someone talking and saw their legs. I peed in the grass not on the building and then took off again to get home.

If they saw me is there any way I could be charged or arrested?

I got my period at 15.5 years old. It s always been very light, only lasting a few days, sometimes skipping up to 7 months, and I never get cramps, pains, or mood-swings. I'll wear the same light-flow pad the entire day and not need to change it. And my pads rarely get wet, it's always contained and I never feel anything. Sometimes a pantiliner is all I need.

Yesterday morning I woke up with bad cramps and had bled through my underwear. All throughout the day I bled through pads pretty quickly, and I bled through my shorts twice. I put in a tampon and wore a pad, and still bled onto my shorts in a span of about an hour since putting them in. I passed huge chunks and whenever I sat up or stood up or moved, it felt like I was peeing (blood).

When I sit on the toilet giant chunks come out and I'll continuously and heavily drip blood into the toilet. I put in a super tampon this morning and took a bath, and after about 25 minutes I started heavily leaking into the water. I kept passing chunks and dripping dark red blood into the shower and it was dripping down my legs like I had just cut myself. I'm now needing to change my super tampon every 30 minutes or so because it will fill up and leak onto my pad. Is this so abnormal to warrant medical attention?

I got my period at 15.5 years old. It s always been very light, only lasting a few days, sometimes skipping up to 7 months, and I never get cramps, pains, or mood-swings. I ll wear the same light-flow pad the entire day and not need to change it.

This morning I woke up with bad cramps and had bleed through my underwear. All throughout today I ve been bleeding through pads pretty quickly, and I bled through my shorts twice. I put in a tampon and wore a pad, and still bled onto my shorts in a span of about an hour since putting them in. I ve been passing huge chunks and whenever I sit up or stand up or move, it feels like I m peeing.

Should I be concerned or seek help? For some it might be normal but considering the fact that my periods are usually extremely light, could this be a sign of something more?

I have a trip up to my cabin with a friend planned on July 21-23. It's been planned out for about a month, but now she says she has an important meeting that night that she can't miss. We would have left at 4 but her meeting isn't over until 7. What would be the best way to schedule around this?

One option is to drive up after, but if her meeting runs late, we'll be driving in the dark, which my mother doesn't want to do.

She offered to drive herself up separately after her meeting, but my mother isn't comfortable with this. I'd be fine with it if her parents were.

We could go the next day and leave here at 8am and get up around 10am, but I ideally had wanted to be there for more than 24 hours (we have to leave by 10am the next day)

Or we could reschedule to another weekend, but there's no guarantees it's available, or that she can go, or that another conflict may arise.

What would be the best solution?

I cannot speak about any of the major issues in my life, such as my anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, self harm, to my family at all. I get extremely angry very quickly when the subject is brought up and start crying and get aggressive/violent. My mind instantly turns irrational and it scares me. Even though I am an extremely private person, I can still talk about these with a select few of friends and have no anger whatsoever. One instance of this was when my brother, who is going through much of what I went through, tried to come to me for support and when he kept persisting, I freaked out, started hysterically crying, and started screaming and yelling at him to go away with my ears covered. Additionally, the presence of my family angers me extremely. Yesterday I had to go to a festival with them and immediately got extremely angry, aggressive, rude, and my depression tanked into hating myself and everyone around me almost immediately. I started crying and felt extreme pressure in my chest and head. I do not open up to people with any private information or discuss my feelings. I find reasons to push people away and no longer want to be friends with them even after being close with them for two years. I crave attention and companionship, but when given the opportunity I choose to stay alone. I am an introvert and still struggle with depression which greatly affects how I interact with peers and my friends.

I was home sick today, partially because I'm under the weather just a tad, but mostly because I'm too depressed to do anything. I have track practice, hard workouts, for two hours after school, and this week has lots of work and tests to make up. Tomorrow, I have to go to school and make up work, take tests, go to track for a two hour workout, and then go to a concert until nine. I've been feeling depressed a lot lately, I've struggled with depression in the past and used to be on medication and in therapy to treat it but I got off that because I improved. It's been a few years since it was this bad.

All I did was lie on the couch today, I feel like a weight is on my chest. I've got a C- in a class that I should be studying for but can't bring myself to it. I don't understand it. I just want to stay home tomorrow, one more day, and then I only have three days left before spring break. I'm just not sure if I should or not.

My friend who is a German exchange student is going back to Germany soon and I speak German (I'm still learning) and I wanted to write her a short note on the card for her. I wanted to say:

I'll miss you. You're an amazing friend. Take care! All the best! Until next summer, when I see you again!

The German translation I managed to get was this:

Ich werde dich vermissen. Du bist eine erstaunlich Freundin. Machts gut! Alles Gute! Bis zum nächsten Sommer, wenn ich dich wiedersehe!

Is this the correct translation? Am I making any grammatical errors? Please help! Thank you. :)

I grew apart from almost all of my friends when I entered high school and found myself without many friends. I sort of joined a group of kids in my grade but I don't feel included in that group at all, really. Then I met a group of girls in the grade above me and I became friends with them and it's awesome! I feel included and I can honestly say "I have friends!" for the first time in almost a year :D The only thing I am worried about is that every single one of them will be graduating a year before I do, which means they'll be going off to college and I'll be still a senior at high school. I'm worried that I'll lose all my friends and I won't have any friends anymore. Is anyone else in this situation or have any comforting words or advice? :)

This is a few years away, they graduate after the next school year, but I'm scared about getting super close with them and then losing them all :/

I am writing a novel and I have bombs being dropped by airplanes that are fairly close to the ground but the bombs explode and damage maybe a 50-100 square foot area? Are there any bombs that can do this that are not nuclear?

If a teenage boy attempted to rape/sexually assault a teenage girl and she reacted in self defense but continued to hit/beat/punch/kick him after he was no longer a threat to her, could she go to juvenile prison? Let's say he had pretty bad injuries, like skull fractures and broken ribs and permanent muscular damage to his right arm. Several people would also be witness to the incident so they would verify that this is what happened. Would she go to juvie?

A little over 7 months ago, I noticed a small amount of blood/dark colorer discharge in my undies. I put in a pantie liner and got a little discharge/blood but after a few hours nothing else appeared. Nothing else happened until 5 days ago when I noticed the same thing. Both times, I was using the restroom and would wipe and see pink on the toilet paper, like very light (wet) blood. Then tonight I wiped and saw light pink blood again, although my undies had nothing. I have not yet had my period ever. What could this be? Should I tell a parent or my doctor?

Saturday night I was just doing my normal business and all of a syudden my head starts pounding really bad like it was hit with a hammer. The next day I started coughing and couldnt sit up or walk much because my head would poudnd so bad I couldn't move. That night I woke up drenched in sweat and was so hot! Today my head feels slightly better, but not much, and my cough has gotten worse. I feel like I'm going to cough so hard I'll spit up. I also got chilles where 3 blankets, a bathrobe, and lying by the fire didn't warm me up. But I also got flashes of heat where I feel like I am sweating and burning up. I have school tomorrow and its the review day before finals and I need some help from the teachers. I CANT miss school but I feel so terrible I think I would pass out if I had to be as active as I am in school. I don't know what to do!! Help!!!!!

Is it possible that a disease that your grandmother had could create antibodies that she could pass down to her daughter and granddaughter? Like, if the granddaughter got the disease, she wouldn't get very sick because her grandmother's antibodies were passed down to her by genetics?