Welcome to the Single (Never Married) Teachers bowl. I'm sure the struggle is real out here and sometimes it's good just to have someone who's in a similar situation to talk to about our experiences.

Brand new (like, just-had-a-kid new) mom here. Life seems manageable with the baby sleeping much of the time. It gets worse from here doesn’t it? I’m scared 😱😱😱

I just came home sobbing because I got too drunk at my female best friends house and her husbands male friend tried to take advantage of me when we were left alone in a hot tub. My boyfriend didn’t ask if I was okay but instead screamed at me, threw things and left the house. Dumping him is the only logical answer?? Am I crazy?

Trying to help my retired dad - When I google for what to do after retirement, only retirement planning related things shows up. My dad has been a workaholic and hasn’t developed many hobbies he could pursue. I was wondering how I could help him stay slightly occupied if not busy. Anyone here experienced this with your parents or yourself? How did you navigate this?

Trying to set family expectations and would love thoughts on 2 things. 1. How long after baby will I be ready for visitors beyond our parents? I’m thinking a few weeks. 2. Our 3 grandmothers are 1-3 hour flights away (3 diff places) and cannot travel. When will we be ready to take baby to see them? I’m thinking 4-6 months but that would also be flu/RSV season. Can’t predict the future but family is already talking about trips and I want to set expectations and do what is best for baby. TIA!!

How many couples here where the husband/male SO is younger than the wife/female SO? And what if the age difference.
To start..I'm 34 and wife is 36.

How have you combated your fear of rejection? I fixate on such small things as when my friends, for example, reject plans I have made. This definitely makes me more averse to putting myself out there and makes me ruminate on past perceived failures, which are clearly not good for personal growth

I hope he’s in as much pain as I am. The way he ended it was so cold and selfish and unlike how he was any other time with me. It was like a personality switch. I’ve never been so wrong about someone. I’m not sure how to process or recover from that part of it.

Any new dads out there just want a chill 9-5 job and spend more time with the kids? I’m 35 and the rat race is killing me and I’m valuing time with family more than money at this point.

How to deal with the cuffing season? How to deal with the days post family gathering while being alone?

Anyone ever have success with requesting AA to transfer a spouse’s separate reservation to your reservation so SO can reap elite status benefit (ie, early boarding/seat selection)?

How do people make friends here? I have the ones i grew up with and a couple I made in the last couple of years (neighbors/through mutual friends) but I generally find that people here just stick with their social circles

Just a heads up- Jewish New Years starts tomorrow night, Yom Kippur is next week followed by sukkot. This period of time can be very stressful for Jewish colleagues who are trying to balance work, family and religion. Please be conscience of their schedule. Their schedule might inconvenience your team but they are sacrificing a lot too…

After I joined the force I noticed some people I considered friends have slowly distanced themselves from me. Anyone else go through something similar?

Anyone here ever had to explain to their family that they want kids, but they’re not interested in marriage? Women especially?

Completely off topic
I don't have any friends.. sometimes i feel very lonely.. i don't have anyone to share my thoughts or feeling.. there is this void.. trying to pickup things to distract myself but it's not helping much... Seeking your inputs!! Sorry for this off topic question.

Well...I've finally made it in my marriage when we are reading each other's minds.

Mom of two here (21 month old and 5 month old) who is starting to consider having a third. I am in my late 30’s and my doctor just recommended I start trying at 6 months postpartum. I am thinking I want to start closer to 8-10 months postpartum but have no idea what to expect with a third. Is anyone in a similar situation? Moms or Dads of two, do you ever look back and wish you had tried for three? Moms or Dads of three, how was the transition from two to three and how much did life change?

I am wanting to start the adoption process. I reached out to pathways to parenthood for information first from my personal email. I got a response within 30 min asking me to email them back from my work email. I did so and it has now been 3 days with no response. Is there any other way of contacting them?

Any ideas on how to keep kids social distanced while walking in line? Teaching personal space in line is difficult in normal years, but I'm not sure how I'll teach them to stay 6ft. apart as they walk or wait in line...

How is everybody doing with the lockdown? Dealing with the stress of an ongoing divorce and loneliness is driving me nuts

Just took this BCG Quant Reasoning test and I think I messed it up. Some of the units are so confusing. Is nearest 000s of pounds 23000 or 23? They don’t partial mark it and the whole test was filled with this sort of thing. Oh well

Hi music teachers! How are you surviving? I’ve been teaching band and choir for a long time, but distance learning and Zoom has me stumped. I’m lucky to have a job, I realize. What are some things you’re doing in your virtual classrooms that your music students enjoy?

What is the seniority level of grade 11 @cisco and how many senior grades do we have after grade 11 ?

Why do things escalate so quickly at the end of my shift? Ugh - I feel like this is the Murphy's law of medicine.

Hi friends ,

I got link im UST to order welcoming kit but when i login with work id as they mentioned it says invalid user id

Hi All,

I received a temporary employment contract from a very reputed company in Dubai based on my previous association with them.

I know only limited contract or an unlimited contract. What is this temporary employment contract? Can someone help me?

Is there any plan of opening new office in chennai? Considering current situation

I gave 5 rounds in Kyndryl. Received email to fill form for background check which includes current org offer letter and pay slips. There was no discussion for salary and compensation.
When called HR.. both HRs are not receiving calls, neither responding emails.
Fishes, suggestions please.

Any chance of score hitting 468, been waiting for an year now 😒😶

Is your H1B petition scanned all messy misaligned? Just want to check if that’s normal or if I should try to get the lawyers to fix. I’m paranoid it might hurt down the line

Tag for Papa John’s

Hi
I am having around 3.6 yoe in mainframe.
I am looking forward to move to aws cloud.
Can anyone please suggest the starting steps?
Thanks in advance for your help.

I am in SAP EP domain, can I change my offering from SAP to java , or can i get java projects?

I have interview scheduled for senior software engineer role(exp- ~8years) at cisco. What should I expect in the interview, dsa algo is also asked, how many rounds?
skill - java, aws, microservices

Does anyone here have any desire or know anyone at all interested in watching Planet of the Apps?

Best places for takeout in inner loop? I love Local Foods, Aladdin, etc.

Hello all. I’m Pamela. 6th grade science teacher

Hi Everyone just thought it be interesting to say hi to everyone. I understand that we are in this group for a reason lol and would be cool to connect or at least have some activity going on here. Would you be interested in a virtual party? 🥳Would you be interested in doing a google survey that ask questions such as sun shine club birthday, favorite color sport team? Idk 🤷‍♀️just thought it would be nice to connect or at least support each other and send shout out when we have birthdays? Open ear 🤗

Wow...this bowl has grown to 75 members....but I would've never known based on the lack of interaction on here. 😂 Maybe Valentine's Day I'll do another check-in to see who's on here. (Shoot, there might be some married folks on here just trying to be nosey!! LOL)

Happy Valentine's Day, Singles! ♥️

Is there anyone still on here? Every post on here is from a very long time ago.

No one really talks in this bowl....but I was curious of our male vs female makeup. Female here! 🙋🏾‍♀️ Single, not in a relationship. What about you?

So, Valentine's Day will be here before we know it. Big deal or nah? 😂

Hang in there, Singles, we got this! ❤️

Has anyone from this app ever slid in your DMs? 😂

How was your Thanksgiving? Anyone else stuck avoiding all of the relationship questions?

Sooo...how was everyone's Valentine's Day? ❤️

Which dating apps do you think are the best? I'm thinking Match and Bumble.

Deleted the dating apps again. Wonder how long I’ll last this time. 🤔

Is online dating the way to go during this time of social distancing?

So, how does a first timer go about getting involved in dating apps? How do I start and what’s a good one to use? Last time I dated, only Match existed!! 🙄 (long story, I’m not that old)

I teach freshmen who haven't met the only other single teacher in my department. Today, I asked one of them to take something to him and immediately kids started talking about how we were dating. Ugh.