To the extroverts: make sure to schedule time with friends & family daily, to keep mood positive and energy level high. Lack of socialization can be a downer. What are others doing to interact?

Salam everyone, wanted to ask if anyone here is in a relationship with someone close to their age and how they’re navigating it for ex a guy being 22 and the girl being 24. I’ve been advised to find someone 3-4 yrs younger than me because that would make things smoother and there would be less fighting. What are your thoughts? Also I’m Arab and will most likely be marrying an Arab girl if that changes anything.

Is a post-PhD gap year to travel and be reminded of what life is like a bad idea?

3 months post breakup… I seemed to be healing well and all the sudden this week I took a huge step back and feel heartbroken all over again. For context I was in a 4 year relationship including 1 year engaged and had to call my wedding off due to his infidelity. How can I shake this? 😔

Dating my boyfriend for over a year now. Found out that he wasn’t over his ex for the first couple months that we were dating (we were not exclusive). Now his lack of commitment at the time makes sense. Kinda feel weird that as I was falling for him he was just using me as a distraction.

I used to be a special Ed teacher and changed careers to an executive assistant at BMO after facing major burnout from teaching. Now that I’m a first time mom, i really want to work part time or even .75, but I do not want to go back to teaching right now. I am thinking of tutoring- any suggestions on private tutoring vs. tutoring companies?

How do you pay your parents back for everything they’ve done for you if you were fortunate enough that they could support you through life? School, mental break downs, etc. I’m just starting my career and don’t have much $$ saved yet but I feel like they are the ones who need support now. And how do you pay it forward?

What should i do if my parents fight EVERY day, EVERY moment of their lives. I feel bad by intervening but sometimes my mom needs help. Once its over, i feel terrible and curse myself for being born. My gf is probably talking to some other guy who looks good and probably has a better social status than me. I am usually scared and negative about things. What should i do

Anyone ever felt limited by their beliefs because of the household you feel up in? I grew up lower class and it’s like I’m struggling to grow even when I have more resources for myself now

How’s your work-life balance at the moment? Do you think research positions allow enough time for us to spend with friends and family?

I am showing signs of clinical depression, constantly have the need to self medicate with weed, and my marriage is at its last steps. Wife already moved out “temporarily”. Feeling really lost.

How do I get my fiancé excited about wedding planning? He thinks I am too bossy when it comes to planning but I just want to get things done and out of the way. I am a huge planner and do not like to procrastinate so I push to get things checked off to the lis.

Anyone experienced a sibling, who is a naturalized citizen, ‘weaponizing’ their status against you?

My SO and I are struggling to prioritize which social obligations to attend separately vs. together. With events back in full force (weddings, birthdays), we try to pick the ones that matter most for joint attendance — then do each other the favor of taking the rest separately. Recently, I’ve started to feel an imbalance in how often I’m showing up for him vs. him for me, and I’m starting to resent it. I’m even tempted to back out of things I’ve committed to attending with him. Any advice??

Ex who dumped me abruptly before I planned on proposing reached out and wants to meet up 6 months later to try to get back together. I feel mostly anger towards her. Bad idea to accept and meet up

How long do you cry after breakup? I cried for one night, and felt weird day after. Now I feel like I am way better, maybe it was because I know it had to happen (even if I was the one who got broken up with) and probably I see that more than hurt of relationship ending

The answer to 99% of relationship problems: they’re just not that into you. Once I understood this it was a game changer and never wasted my time on pointless dates or relationships again

How do you teach kids high-frequency words/fluency in addition to flashcards?

I've been avoiding breaking up with someone (I've been dating off and on for a year) for the past few weeks because I can't decide the best way to do it. We're not compatible long-term. He's not seeing anyone else and I've told him I'm seeing other people but he's starting to have relationship expectations for me since we reconnected a few months ago. Any tips for having the conversation? I'd prefer to do it via text but I know people say it's not appropriate and it should be over the phone.

How does one deal with a lifelong friend that’s always acting like they’re better than you? The dude’s a pilot in the navy and has an ego bigger than the world. Apparently accountants are cat piss

Hi All,

Wanted to know from married folks
What's your frequency of having saxx during initial stage of marriage.

Thanks

🌟What's happening Wednesday🌟
What's going on in Charlotte? Let's use this thread to share events, concerts, holiday festivities, and other fun things happening in the city this weekend!

Will Aspire Systems send me an offer letter, it's been two weeks and HR keeps stalling it?

How doth one find their startups that they want to recruit for? Having trouble distinguishing good indexes and bad (LinkedIn seems to be good, online generally seems bad)

Hi desi fam! How long did it take you to pay off your T-10 MBA loan with MBB/Tech gig?

Hi everyone looking for refferal in data science and analytics domain.

Yoe- 2

Tech stack - SQL, Python (Pandas, NumPy, scikit learn, Dash), NLP, AWS (Athena , S3 , Lambda) , Pyspark, ETLs, Elastic Search, Databricks, Excel, C, C++,HTML ,CSS

Looking for good learning opportunities to develop my skill set and grow financially.

Any interior architects or designers here?

Is severance negotiable or is there some type of policy that dictates how much a company can pay out (eg maxes out at two months salary). A friend was just a casualty of a RIF.

Help please !!!During recession or economic crisis, which is safe service based or product company? Any explanation would be great

I’m going to start commuting to Boston (suburbs) pretty regularly (aka weekly) next year for personal reasons (not funded by work).

What’s the best / cheapest way of I’m in midtown east? I think it’s delta shuttle but wanted to check if there was a better option. Amtrack doesn’t seem cheaper than flights but wanted to check . ..

Is it a fail of character leaving biglaw? I want to leave, but despite the constant stress and suffering, I can’t avoid feeling like it’s my fault or that maybe I’m over exaggerating how I feel. All my colleagues feel ridiculously happy, I’m the grinch one that’s never enjoying the grind (but the grind is hard and competitive, very competitive) :( any thoughts? Is there future after quitting biglaw so young?

Who works as an SENIOR RLEASE TRAIN ENGINEER (RTE) and can offer what is the target for total compensation (remote)? (I currently work in digital marketing (www/native) with a lot of identity access management and supply chain background)

Was the original compilation of salaries ever posted...?

FDD Director salary range in MCOL (Atlanta, Dallas, Houston)?

My partner (also an attorney) is getting top surgery next month, and it will be an inpatient procedure. Any thoughts on how to explain to my firm that I will be out of touch for a day or two without getting too far into the weeds? Should I just say surgery? That seems dramatic.

Does any one know the salary range for Executive Business administrator at Microsoft?

Do you ever catch yourself overthinking a customer interaction for 15 minutes after a call?

When being hired for a freelance agency production when does the day rate start / end ? Re: if it’s a four week timeline, I assume you are not getting 4wk of day rates?

24 y/o male moving into a new apartment with two other friends. What are some overrated and underrated apartment purchases? For example, I'm looking to buy a bar cart

My husband has only every worked as a sound engineer at music venues. He’s in his 30s and doesn’t want to take on more school debt. Classic story of “do what you love” turned “resentment towards things that brought you joy.” He’s done with the industry and wants a 9-5 type career. What are some industries where you can start without a specialized degree but work your way up and make some pretty good money? Any advice for him?

Was going to move out of my parents house this summer but not sure about signing a lease with potential layoffs coming. What would you do?

Going all out for Mother’s Day—pro of being corona home-bound :)

Is anybody watching “the battle for Uber”? Did they write it deliberately so that we’d hate the the founder? Sheesh.

Where do I get a car for the road test with the DMV? I’m in Illinois. I have a DL from a different country.

things just got strange at work and I’m not sire what to do… the Founder/Executive Director of the org I work at decided to have this summer retreat at her beach house in the Hamptons. She wants us to get to her house at 9am and specifically said we cannot leave until 5:30pm so we have time to have fun after team building activities. All of us will have 5-hour commute in total in one day won’t get home till at least 9pm. /1

I can’t believe I’m asking this…
Do you feel like your employer lets you have time off for lunch?

Things I hope COVID does for the American workplace...

Curious of who tested positive for covid, did you have stomach issues? I don’t have any other symptoms but can’t seem to trace back why my stomach is acting up and getting paranoid. On the other end, literally everything is listed as a symptom now so it’s so up in the air until I am tested.

Invited 3 of DD's friends to sleepover; 2 said no bc "parents were out for the night& staying w a sitter." 3rd said yes, but sleepover shifted to their house w/o explanation. Diff mom just invited all kids to sleep over, incl DD. First 2 said yes; mom of kid 3 texted to ask if I was OK w our kids going to other sleepover; and mom also caught on voicenote telling her kid sleepovers OK, just didn't always have to be w my kid. Autistic so not good at reading motivation, but this is shitty right?

I have no idea where I want my career to lead to. I have been in audit for 5 years and feel like I want out of accounting in general. I love numbers andbusiness but I am also a creative person. Getting stressed with the next steps I should take to find the right path for me and am honestly all over the place. I could see my self going into operations, sales, or become an artist! So lost on where to start in searching for a new job when / career change. Any advice would be much appreciated!!

I bought a used car for $3k a year and a half ago and have put about $2k into repairs over the past 6ish months. Having trouble again and the mechanic (whom I trust) says it needs another $2k of repairs...do I do it? Do I buy a new car? Help!

Would anyone have any advice on getting into the financial advising field? I am looking to change careers, and I am passionate about finance and helping those take control of their finances and financial literacy. Just not sure where to start, should I look into a Financial Solutions Advisor at BofA? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Is the iPhone 12 worth upgrading from the iPhone 11?

Does anyone have a varidesk (electric standing desk) - would you recommend? Trying to decide between this and autonomous ai.