I was giving my kid the advice that the path you sometimes believe you are on is not necessarily where you will land, in a good way, and to stay open to those paths.

Help me make my point.

What did you THINK you were going to do when you started college, and what do you do today?

I am done trying to pretend everything is fine at work. The higher ups on the team kept asking if I’m doing anything fun for the weekend during video calls. I felt the pressure to make something up but I just can’t. I’ve been struggling with depression, loneliness, anxiety with immigration and the fact that I might be out of work soon cuz my visa is expiring. I’m thousands of miles away from my family and I just want everything to stop. But when my manager kept asking in front of everyone am I

TLDR: Getting over your ex of 2.5 years ghosting you after they said they wanted to reconnect.

I was dating someone for about 2.5 years and then we broke up because of COVID and the long distance was making it too difficult to continue. The break up must’ve been like a 4-5 minute FaceTime because I was very distraught. After we broke up, she started seeing someone else but I was heartbroken and it’s taken me over a year to really get over everything and process those feelings. (Cont.)

How do you guys make friends in a new town?

So… 3.5 year relationship came crashing in Jan due to covid depression, work burn out, lockdown etc. We have stayed in contact and recently he has come around to apologizing and considering getting back together. However he also revealed he started seeing someone casually 4 weeks ago and technically is cheating on her by meeting me for coffee and to discuss this. I’m upset that he’s dating others but shouldn’t be right? I mean, I did the same. Still hurts though. And I told him to sort that out

Planning to do dances before dinner (coordinator advised that for getting formalities done while we have everyone focused)- first dance, parent dance, and wedding party dance… would you do the wedding party dance or parent dance last? Knowing it will then shift to the meal not open dance floor

Any moms on here that absolutely love their company and feel 100% supported?

Anyone here want to be a friend can ping me..

I'm going from working at a non IT industry to an IT firm. As an introvert I've faced a lot of difficulty in my career... Now since I'm also shifting to another industry completely, I'm feeling very insecure about my life at work. Please give me tips on how to make friends and be in the good books of the managers.

My brother-in-law (age 30) told us recently that he is transgender. How can we support him? (‘Him’ as we haven’t discussed pronouns yet). It was a surprise to us!

My partner of 5 years ended our relationship last night. I’m shattered and feel absolutely sick, and I know the healing isn’t going to be easy. We were on the verge of an engagement and I was ready to spend the rest of my life with him.

I don’t know how to approach work during this time. I think I can get by, but I’m definitely not 100%. Should I talk to my boss about it? My team is close-knit and comfortable around each other, but I don’t know if it’s “appropriate.” What would you do?

At a tech company with less than 50 people and $6 M Revenue. Our current maternity and paternity leave policy is not good for attracting talent. 12 weeks for mom only 4 weeks paid and no time off for dads. Curious to know what policy other companies have, and can you let me know size and approx rev of company?

A long post: seeking some perspective. My husband of 2 years that I’ve been in a relationship with for more than 8 years just woke up one day and told me that he’s unhappy in our relationship. I’m devastated because he’s never expressed anything like this in the 8 years. He’s been super supportive and loving, even when we were in a long distance relationship. He supported my career and dreams and this just doesn’t make sense. We have gotten a counselor but things aren’t getting better. Comment>

I thought that the occasional visits from the recently divorced single mother that moved in down the hall was the best thing that ever happened to me. I was wrong, getting that mouse jiggler is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Just a question for the ladies since I'm dealing with something like this right now.
Would you want to live with the groom's parents, just after marriage.?
Why/why not

First year post my consulting exit and I’m dreading the inevitable dwindling of my points… is this what separation anxiety feels like

So much baggage brought into the relationship. 2 years in and just discovered a whole lot more. Its been mentally extremely difficult and it’s changed me as a person. Just venting but feel hopeless and I know my SO is suffering. Wish there was a solution but I’m losing hope

a close friend’s parent passed away. what is the norm here in the US? i’m not american so unsure what is the practice here.

Originally from Italy, I've been out to anyone at my former jobs in Europe without ever worrying about the reactions of my coworkers. Now I'm Asia and just started a new job, but one of my colleagues (also an expat) made a very weird statement about gay people having more chances of developing cancers (?!?!?), so I feel a bit skeptical about talking about my private life... The problem is that anybody else seems to be so welcoming and open-minded, except for this one guy. Any advices?

Stupid me thought Accenture is different. Like any other consulting firm, some MDs literally gave away their soul to the devil once you got promoted.

Does sap lab considers internship as work experience?

Been at the same company for years and, while seeing several promotions, only average 10k increase/year. Worth staying the course or jumping ship? Thanks in advance

I am an IT professional having 9+ years of experience in ITIS, currently working as Infrastructure Tech Lead at CognizantIndia, Bangalore. Experience in managing a team of 100+ associates to align to the delivery SLA needs and training them to the process adherence and also to ensure Incident Management and Escalation Management are on par to the expectations

Let me know if there is a Opening matching my Skills

Is it a good decision to move to Japan for 50k usd, my current package is 20 LPA. need inputs on this like what all the things that we need to consider while making this decision.

Does IBM providing mac books to new hires this year or is this domain specific? Lenovo ka thinkpad chhod k dell Hp b chalega.. macbook ki chah ni hai. Plz batao kya process rehta h.

Generally speaking, what kind of exit ops would I be looking at with ~5 years of cloud PMO experience? And how much would those exit ops vary based on how technically proficient I am (beyond the absolutely necessary baseline)?

Best places to eat in the Path?

I know this is kind of low budge for some of the bags that have been posted lately, but I’m about to pull the trigger on the Saint Laurent Quilted Vintage Leather Camera bag in cream. Just a small everyday crossbody. Any thoughts?? Would love to hear feedback. Would love something bigger than this to throw more stuff in, but am really attracted to the design.

Opinions on BagYork(dot)com? It shows great deals on most branded items and is a verified merchant on Pinterest but I’m worried if it’s legit

Does anyone have a recommendation for a stylist in NYC. I would like to group my clothes into outfits for specific seasons so I only have one season in my closet at a time. Assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Hello Team,

Please need 11 likes to chat directly with users. Please do the needful.

Thinking of making a move out of EY GDS, looking for referrals into Presales or Advisory role in Analytics

Now that the rents are going higher and housing is not affordable. With wfh option is it good idea to love to ranch with house?

Anyone here invested or opted as primary living place outside of cities?

Cheers

I’m confused by the CFP education requirement. Do I need to complete other designations before I can sit for the CFP exam? Such as CLU and ChFC?

There is a team at Deloitte audit whose SM bought them herbal anti stress pills to help them cope with the stress of the job. It’s a big tin of pills and they all take them together. What a toxic environment. Jesus.

How do you guys make friends in a new town?

I'm not hearing enough about Miya Marcano from the media

Just watched Humankind on Netflix. Its about editing genes, CRISPR CAS9 and so on. The thought was posed "imaging having the body of a 25 year old with the experience of a 130 year old." This thought is so seductive to me that I would be a test subject.

I’m seriously considering eating dinner at 5:30pm. Does that mean I’m officially old??

How was you memorial day weekend?

Is it common to get more and more conservative after highschool? Throughout high school I considered myself a leftist even at one point liking Bernie. But now over time I see myself getting more conservative. ( Not the anti mask/ anti vax kind) I seem to align myself more and more with individuals like Romney. Is this common?

Has anyone tried trial by declaration? Got a speeding ticket for the first time in my life and thinking if I should contest it.

So this dude asked me late last night if I wanted to call him and said he needed someone to talk to while working late..told me to let him know if I had a guy over then he’ll talk to someone else. I didn’t have a guy over and not that kind of person so why assume that? It pisses me off.

@ PE folks, do you think it’s weird if a new member of your Big Law team of lawyers sends you a LinkedIn request as soon as she starts working with you? Is it less weird if I wait?

(The confession is that I eventually want to go in-house at this PE firm, so I want them to like me 😅)

I thought that the occasional visits from the recently divorced single mother that moved in down the hall was the best thing that ever happened to me. I was wrong, getting that mouse jiggler is the best thing that ever happened to me.

Question: do guys like glasses on women?

Y’all are extra judgy in this bowl.

Big nerd alert - If you tell me your 1. Gender 2. Current city 3. City of birth 4. Religion 5. Race, I can guess if you are a Democrat or Republican to a 98% accuracy level.

In an attempt to be healthier, I built a permanent standing desk. Now, once every couple hours my Apple Watch reminds me “it’s time to stand up” and I feel superior to all those chair sitters out there.

I have desk whiskey in my home office that I use for most days that end in “y”.

Book recommendations, fishies? Looking for something light, but intellectually engaging—a satire, maybe? Or anything really engrossing! Please help ya chiefy, thank youuuu🤗😘

Stress really does trickle down .. my manager is getting annoying 🙄 and now I’m getting stressed 🙄

Played hooky for 4 days (caregiving), came back today and haven't done anything other than listening in 3 meetings, but still getting paid for all 40hrs this week 🙏🙏

So thankful right now for WFH and joining a company with paid time off for the first time