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  • Yes.

    I started doing that when I was walking back to my dorm in college. It was winter, night fell early, and I didn’t notice someone 10’ ahead of me heading the same way. They got freaked out by the guy following them.

    It turned out to be someone who also lived in my dorm, so I “followed” them most of the way home before I realized the issue and called out to them.

    We ended up talking for a bit, and I said I’m sorry for scaring them, but the biggest issue was I seemed to come out of nowhere, so when they freaked out they thought I was some creep like, waiting to jump someone.

    So yeah, I make noise, for others comfort. I don’t even think about it anymore, it’s just automatic.

    The person I followed wasn’t even a woman, he just thought I was gonna mug him, but if I can freak out a 6’2" guy I could freak out anyone by accident.


  • Well first off, if nothing works, she might just not be ready, so whatever you do, don’t push it too far, it won’t help.

    If she’s using a normal toilet with one of the adapters, consider getting one that can go in her room or wherever shes more comfortable. It kinda kicks the can down the road, because you’ll probably have similar troubles shifting to the actual toilet, but it means she’s actively reinforcing the potty training and not holding it in if it works.

    Pretending to use the toilet yourself could reassure her that it’s safe, too.

    Good luck!



  • If they’re still working, they don’t need your support. Focus on staying in touch with them, and let them know that if they do need you, you’re here.

    Like someone else said, instead putting money into savings, so that a future need can come out of that instead of your current funds, that’ll mitigate the future need.



  • Another vote for “well-written”. I have read both, and both are good if they’re done well. Besides, I don’t usually have the option when I find a book, the summaries rarely tell me and I’m not gonna dig through the middle of the book for the answer to this question.

    What I care about is being able to connect with the characters. If I can connect to someone in a realistic relationship, great. If I can connect to someone and they get that idealist treatment, great. If I can connect to someone and it seems like a romance but it’s abusive and the book becomes a realistic horror novel, that’s also great, I’ll feel the fear and desperation.

    I never have wanted to read a book to have a specific experience, is my point. If your experience was well-written, it would be good.



  • If the security camera has alerts like a decent baby monitor, then I see no need to change.

    If you already intend to have security cameras, being able to have one that works as a baby monitor but is completely integrated into a real security system just seems like the best of both worlds.

    If you currently use the camera to spot check your baby, with no real alert system for issues, then I’d jump straight to a security system that’s capable of that to reduce price over time.

    I had a security camera with a built in mic, a cheaper one, and besides getting some false positives, it worked perfectly until my kid didn’t need one anymore. I got an alert on their app when it detected sound and I opened the camera, it wasn’t straight audio, but all I needed was a notification to check it myself.