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I have been thoroughly enjoying Chinese apple tea or beauty tea for a long time now with organic goji berries, apples, and ginger. However, I recently wanted to take it up a level so I got lotus seeds, jujubee and dried longon pulp from 99 ranch, an Asian health store near me. I did not purchase organic as it wasn’t available and for the item it was (goji) it was very expensive. How significant is the warning? Should I return or as long as I soak and wash the products it is okay this time?

I take my health very seriously and get organic apples and ginger but did not think to get organic for this. Thank you!

edit: Medieval or earlier ideal but not necessary

I’m planning a trip in September or October to Europe with my sister and have always wanted to see real castles with amazing history. We are both obsessed with Tudor history and Richard the III so while it would be cool to see the Tower of London, Neuschwanstein Castle also looks INCREDIBLE. I really just can’t decide between an England tour possibly combined with Scotland or Ireland, or Germany. I just want my jaw to be dropped wherever I go.

There’s also other areas in England i’d like to see like the Pride and Prejudice filming location but it’s not my top place ever to visit. We have both never traveled internationally, and can only take about 5-6 business days off, and for some reason Germany seems more intimidating to me!

I’m planning a trip in September or October to Europe with my sister and have always wanted to see real castles with amazing history. We are both obsessed with Tudor history and Richard the III so while it would be cool to see the Tower of London, Neuschwanstein Castle also looks INCREDIBLE. I really just can’t decide between an England tour possibly combined with Scotland or Ireland, or Germany. I just want my jaw to be dropped wherever I go.

There’s also other areas in England i’d like to see like the Pride and Prejudice filming location but it’s not my top place ever to visit. We have both never traveled internationally, and can only take about 5-6 business days off.

edit: I haven’t had fun in awhile. I think I need to travel.

Sorry in advanced for a somewhat depressing post. I am 28F and was looking at younger pics of myself, even from a few years ago but mostly college and early 20s. I look pretty much the same and at times I believe better, but I feel like my eyes look more sad and serious. In the past year and a half I lost two people close to me and moved cross country, and my relationship had been stressing me out but improving. I recently got back into meditation (only a few days ago) which helps a lot with controlling and letting go of negative thoughts, but I feel like my eyes lost their sparkle.

Tbh, i’m very upset with how my life ended up even though i’m healthy and have a stable job. I try to convince myself i’m fine. But I was raised by a career women tiger mom and was taught l fiercely focused on academics and never taught about relationships - which is now what matters to me most of all. I’m focusing on the now but is there anything else I can do? Trying to avoid anti depressants here. Just wondering if any of you who discovered RP late or have had bouts of depression ever got your old optimistic self back.

Since I started taking Krill oil in the morning with food (I have eggs and bone broth) I felt like I was at a level of content, like I could be happy with life. Then, it seems like now I have returned to my base line of depression - criticizing myself, comparing, feeling like I missed opportunities I can never recover from. I am a women and did recently get off birth control (was feeling better when I first got off though!) so that could be it. I also am feeling burnt out at work and was really not looking forward to returning this week. But i’m bummed, I thought I found my miracle drug.

I hope this isn’t tmi but i’m guessing nothing is here. I’m 28F and often have pain when wiping here and there but it’s mostly when constipated, feels like a burning cut but usually goes away, but today I felt in that burning area bump. i’ve been more backed up than usual (long history of on and off constipation, I have SIBO-C). the bump feels pretty small maybe a pinky nail size. can I expect it to go away or not likely?

also is it worth it to get a bidget? I obviously need to wipe still but IT HURTS

Google says man but he’s depicted more supernatural if that’s the right way to put it. He is extremely pale and almost ghostlike, is he really a man as in the same race as Aragon and making him super pale with dark hair was just a choice in the movie?

I have more of a mild no MIL. She let me into her home and stay there for one year when my parents kicked my sister and I out at 25 (I was working, but in school and as a nanny and couldn’t afford rent) so I always feel like I owe her something now, but she makes weird comments and also annoys me.

for one she visited recently and though we are engaged now we moved early this year and I told my then bf that I didn’t want to get engaged until we lived together for a few months. but months passed after I told bf I was ready and the ball was in his court, but she saw a wedding venue sign and pointed toward me and said ”now you have no excuse” she also pre engagement and moving told me I should push for a ring, then turned around and said she changed her mind and not to pressure him. even though this was awhile ago I hold resentment toward her.

she also always calls me a hippie. She said this multiple times I think just because I have long straight hair, but I always blow it out and I also don’t dress like a hippie at all. I dress pretty sleek.

The other thing is she kind of treats me like a child for example, my fiancé now is gone for two days and she just called me today to check in on me and also see if he got to his destination safely and honestly, I’m still emotionally exhausted from her visit. even though she wasn’t the worst with just such a crazy high energy person. she’s very toxic positive but also subtly rude. I was actually napping when she called and I was thinking of texting her tomorrow and saying hey I was napping but honestly, I’m debating either a not answering at all or be texting her tomorrow and then not calling back. like if she calls me again i’ll answer but her comments are not okay with me lol.

Hi everyone. I’m super disappointed because I like Yasmin, but I’ve come to think it’s actually negatively impacting my mental health.

I’ve been on it twice now. The first time, after about two months, I started to realize that the suicidal ideation and thoughts I was having were likely caused by the pill; my thoughts seemed much darker and I felt a lot more despair than my usual self. I took a month off because I was having issues with my insurance, then I recently started it again. Within two weeks, I noticed my thoughts becoming much darker again especially when alone. very “my life is over, I want to die” thoughts. my usually is “I’m not totally happy with my life but i’m content.” I decided to stop taking it, and boom, a week later, I felt a lot better.

I’m curious if any of you stayed on Yasmin and found that these feelings improved after the three-month mark. I am considering trying to push through until three months, even though the experience is tough, but I am also considering trying a different pill. I do not want an IUD or an implant. If Yasmin impacted your mental health, did switching to another pill help, or should I just wait it out?

I like a glowing and look, but I’m going to be outside taking pictures for a bit and I do primer to help control the oil on my face a bit really also just smooth my pores. I was looking at the YSL one and I’ve and I heard hourglass one is really good, but I don’t want anything too matte. what are your thoughts on this one? dewy look still possible with it? I was thinking I could always use something like this and then add highlighter on my cheeks anyways.

IMO Lotr is a perfect story. I’ve pondered on why so much but i’d love to hear your thoughts that you haven’t seen mentioned much elsewhere. For me, vaguely it’s because it has a very simple goal with complex world. the whole idea of one ring and needing to destroy it but also years of history makes it seem so real. and possibly how real Frodo and his wants feel.

I can’t believe i’m even letting this live rent free in my head but here it goes. nothing against people who dress a little more bohemian or “hippie”, but my style is in general a little more sleek, and I don’t personally find it to be hippie. however, every time I see her, she tells me that I look like a hippie and then she’ll stroke my hair.

it’s funny because on top of having long hair I pretty much always make sure it’s blown out - I guess because it’s relatively straight and very long it might give a hippie essence, but it almost feels like a slur coming out of her mouth lol.

just curious if anyone has heard this before. I recently read from a style blog on Instagram that some women will make negative or strange comments about people with long hair because long hair seen as a fertility marker and unfortunately, as we know, some women are competitive I strangely get jealousy vibes from her. aside from her, I’ve been told to cut my perfectly styled and healthy hair many times from strangers to women in my family or my partner’s family...

I feel very stressed when people visit and on group vacations, even if people do not stay at our house, I’m already on edge. However I am extra on edge with our in laws here. I can typically filter what comes out of my mouth or regulate on a daily basis, rude remarks or crazy comments not even always pointed at me can slide right off me, but not with my in laws and mainly MIL.

Two, my MIL who already is a toxic positive, all day is worried about something. Her son and I were on a walk without my SIL (sister in law) because she was sleeping and the whole time this woman is like “where is she? is she coming? did she call you?” like lady can you just enjoy yourself or focus on your son right next to you who lives across the country? She’s also OBSESSED with other‘s lives. She has 0 hobbies - seriously buying gifts for her is impossible she doesn’t have a favorite anything or do anything but watch TV. You ask her favorite food and she says she doesn’t have one. So almost every dinner so far she talks about who of her friends‘ kids is getting married or having babies. She tells us long winded stories filled with details of her coworkers’s lives, like I know the venue and floral details for her coworker’s daughter. I get that’s the focus at her age but I wish she would ask more about us. She hasn’t even asked what i’ve been doing here or how i’ve been.

On top of that, she had a comeback for everything. If we say we think something, something as small as “this salmon is dry” she’s like “well maybe you like it undercooked“ like ?? I get being positive but it’s annoying if you can’t let people voice their opinions AT ALL. And its not directed at me it’s with everyone and everybody. Yet the one time I admitted his mom annoys me because of this he said he didn’t understand why.

And idk why but this really irks me, so I just end up being fatigued and not like my cheery self. I come off as a b**ch for no reason when really I seem to be the only one who sees how crazy and annoying she gets.

I absolutely love the style of clothes on easy clothes like the floaty tops however I’ve read about them here and everyone says that they’re poor quality especially for the you found any other reliable shops that are at a similar price point maybe $50 or lower for a top and have similar clothes?