Hello all, this is my first post. I just moved back to my home town two months ago, it’s been extremely hard to get back on my feet. I’ve yet to be able to find employment and have run out of funds to survive. I’ve been struggling with my mental health following the deaths of some very close life long friends one of which being my best friend and my dog within the last six months. Because of falling into a funk I’m at a complete loss with my hair… it’s extremely matted and at this point needs to be professionally looked at if not just shaved completely. I was wondering if anyone knows of a hairstylist who is willing to help fix my hair that won’t cost me an arm and a leg so I can hopefully get a job and start getting my life back on track. But if anyone also knows of anywhere hiring I’ll gladly shoot you my resume. Or if anyone knows of food banks or grief services that I can look into as well. Thank you 🙏🏻

Introduction:
As the world of cryptocurrencies continues to gain momentum, the security aspect of this new financial landscape is becoming more and more essential. The concept of decentralization and the anonymity of transactions inherent in cryptocurrencies make them an attractive target for hackers. However, crypto enthusiasts have responded to these challenges by developing innovative solutions, such as hardware wallets. Hardware wallets represent one of the most secure approaches to store and manage cryptocurrencies. In this article, we will explore the advantages of using hardware wallets and provide tips to choose the best one for your needs.
Presentation:
The Need for Crypto Security
Cryptocurrencies have brought about a new era of decentralized finance, but they have also opened the door for cybercriminals to gain unauthorized access to users' funds. The decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology means that there is no central authority to protect user funds, making it a prime target for hackers. Due to this, it is essential to have a secure wallet that can protect your digital assets.
Types of Crypto Wallets
Crypto wallets come in different types and forms but can be broadly categorized into three: software, paper, and hardware wallets. Software wallets are the most common and are often free to use. They store your private keys on your device, making them vulnerable to hacking attacks. Paper wallets are a more secure option, but they are not as convenient as software wallets. Hardware wallets are the most secure option, offering a balance between security and convenience.
Advantages of Hardware Wallets
Hardware wallets store your private keys offline, making them less susceptible to hacking attacks. They are immune to malware and viruses that could compromise your digital assets. Additionally, they are portable, allowing you to carry your assets with you wherever you go. Hardware wallets are also user-friendly, making them an excellent choice for beginners.
Tips for Choosing the Best Hardware Wallet

1. Security Features: The most crucial feature when selecting a hardware wallet is security. Look for wallets with multiple layers of security, including PIN codes and two-factor authentication.
   
2. Compatibility: Ensure that the hardware wallet is compatible with the cryptocurrencies you wish to store.
   
3. User Interface: The wallet's user interface should be easy to navigate and understand, even for beginners.
   
4. Reputation: Look for wallets from reputable manufacturers with a track record of producing high-quality products.
   
5. Customer Support: Choose a wallet with excellent customer support to help you troubleshoot any issues that may arise.
   

Conclusion:
Hardware wallets are an essential part of securing your digital assets. It is crucial to find a hardware wallet that fits your needs and offers the right balance between security and convenience. Ledger hardware wallets are a reputable option, and their website is a great place to start when choosing a wallet. By following the tips above, you can ensure that your digital assets are secure and that you are always in control of your finances.

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I just found out that I’m pregnant (child #3). While I’m over the moon excited, my husband is going to be so upset.
We’ve been “preventing” around fertile days, but I ovulated extremely early and there was no way I could’ve known. I did my best to track but it came out of left field and we had already slept together the days before when I assured him I wasn’t due to ovuate for another week.
We’d recently had talks about how I would like another baby, but that he really didn’t. He’s going to accuse me of planning this. His reaction to this beautiful news is going to be shock, anger, disappointment….
Please help me think of ways to break the news to him in a positive interaction

Bear with me here, I'm not really sure how to ask this properly. But I'm gonna try.
I have credit cards with balances that I'm currently paying off. My spending habits have changed and I do not spend on credit cards anymore. It's just too easy for me to lose track of my spending. I am now trying to pay off all of this debt but it is challenging with my income, bills and rent. I am only able to make the minimum payment plus a small amount (maybe) with enough left over for groceries and other necessities. It sucks. I've been pulling from my savings account and it has given me so much anxiety to have so many cards to pay. I have been considering getting a personal loan to put a great majority of the debt onto to stop having to make the minimum payments across multiple cards and just have one payment to make.
I have two 0% APR cards that I have transferred the majority of my debt to, with balances of $3,700 and $600 respectively. I am currently making the minimum payment on these.
Across my 3 other cards, I carry a balance of $2500. The card balances are $1853.34, $335.29, $450. I know some of these are lower, however I still am really struggling to pay anything greater than $40 per pay period. It is just really eating at me... I hate the feeling of having debt. I don't know why. It's really not even that much.
I am pondering if I should get a $4,500 loan with a 12.99% APR to pay off these cards. I have an offer for a $151/mo payment for 36 months. It would take care of all of the debt on my 5 cards that have a variable APR and give me about $1500 left. I would use that to pay toward my largest debt, the $3,700 credit card which is currently at 0%. This would leave me with two debts, the two 0% cards at $2200 and $600. This feels much more manageable to me. I can see the finish line with that... to me, it's still a lot, but it's doable.
After taxes, I make a little over $2,400 a month. My rent is about $1,200 (I know this is ridiculous but housing is so expensive in my area). I have a medical bill for $2,000 I am trying to pay $100 monthly on. All of my other bills are a little less than $250. I am actively trying to find a job to have a better income but I am trying to do the best I can do with what I have. Any advice would be appreciated. I have never been that great with finances and right now my judgement is very clouded. I'm just trying to figure out how to relieve a bit of this anxiety of stress and anxiety from off my shoulders, though I know I still have a bit of a road ahead of me.

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Hello! I’m the DM!
Hey there! I'm Drake, but the things below the line in this post were written by Percy. It's explained below, but my campaign is the one mentioned in the title as "The Fire Called Life". I don't have a name for it, though based on what he's been through I will say that fits quite nicely.
As a DM, I focus more on descriptions rather than HP usage for damage since HP is used to describe the well being of a character in a fight to the death. I have a homebrew blood type system, though it works in tandem with 5e mechanics quite well.
I have a table for every "bloodline", aka a group of blood types that certain creatures can have. When a character is created, I make a note of their blood type and bloodline. The bloodline is determined by their race and creature type, and the blood type specifically is a roll from me that's kept secret and only affects their chances of getting certain diseases.
My campaign centers around a colonialistic concept, though I would describe it as a lore-fueled exploratory political thriller. There's three factions, in total, that conflict with each other. They're each decently fleshed out, and I'm happy to DM more about them if need be!
The main one is the Enlistment, the colonists. They were picked from their units in their respective nations on a continent far from this one and offered a handsome sum of 3k gold per family to work with in order to establish a connection and civilization on a ship. They traveled for three years aboard said ship to reach the continent where the campaign takes place, and the colony has run into problems in the 30 years since they washed up on a rocky, mountainous coastline dotted with ruins.
Through the journey they did form a community, but with any community comes cliques. The seafarers by trade were snobbish, and combined with the craftsmen they ruled the life on the ship. Children, towards the end of the journey, began throwing their siblings overboard when disease struck or food was low. Of course, those who had enlisted from the likes of militaristic or political organizations also formed up during this time to punish those found harming the chances of the colony. Bad children were said to be taken to the captain's quarters in the massive ship and were never heard from again.
That perilous journey is over, however, and the colony long-established. The establishment of such a civilization has not come without pushback and warning from the local wandering tribes of bugbear, kobolds, and dragonborn. For this reason, a defense force was set up at a halfway point, a no-man's-land where a few scouts from the tribes were present in the shadow of a cliff dotted with holes and cavernous spaces.
So far, not a soul on either side has heard from that camp and the tensions are higher than they ever were between the natives and the colonists. But there have been lives lived, dead buried, and children born unto this and this is all they know. The journey is far too perilous to be made with the current resources, and the civil unrest from within is spreading as many of the citizens of the colony feel cheated and lied to, paid to die.
That’s the briefing the players were given before they made characters.
Currently, though the two previous sessions should have VODs on Twitch, here’s a recap:
They started out in the Establishment where they went to the edge of the forest and encountered a dragonborn who decided to go with them. During the night they encountered another person, seemingly hunting a creature. The tracks led them to a cave, and a slaughtered camp laid at the mouth of it.
Like any sane adventurers, they rushed into the mouth of the cave and they encountered an old church of Lolth. Within the church lurked an abomination that nearly killed them. After they took it down, they heard steps from outside. Upon getting ready for another fight, they met a Drow named Srelia. She started walking with the two that weren’t the dragonborn, as he decided to go his own way, and led them to a hill overlooking her home city.
That's from a while ago. Drake again btw.
Right now they're in the lair of a sea hag, and something darker. They were sent on a mission to find a flower that can supposedly help cure a plague in a town where magic has no effect on it's residents.
They've found the flower, but are now trapped in an underwater city (it's got a very current-day modern feel to it, and the Warforged is trying to make friends with a sunken Mazda right now) They need to find a way out, and your character could be the key.
Now that you’re caught up, they’re level 6 and you will be too if you join, I have a favor to ask.
We’re friendly and relaxed. Easy-going and chill. But we do use Discord for voice chat, D&DBeyond for character sheets, and Tabletop Simulator for the game itself. We were a full party, but one of the players hasn’t shown up (after asking what time the session was earlier that day) at all. And then the one I brought in to replace the original one who had scheduling conflicts hasn’t shown their face either. It doesn’t matter what you play as long as you have fun.
We roll our stats on the Discord we play in. Homebrew needs to be approved by me, and there’s 9 different pantheons to choose from. The stat rolls are basic: one roll for everyone. There’s easy intro points right around the corner, but if you want to take more time and/or just sit in on a session, you definitely can!
We RP a LOT, but also some of the group has a little bit of a temper.
For more details, feel free to message/chat me here! Or on Discord!
SquirelFeed#1711 is my Discord! Be sure to send me your Reddit name too if you choose to only reach out through Discord.
Also! I'll try to run it next week and the week after but I'm not sure if I'll be able to due to the fact we use Tabletop Simulator and I'll be running things from my laptop.
Sometimes things aren't super smooth either, just as a warning, due to the fact I have DID and therefore have severe amnesia at times and my DMing style can change from alter to alter.
I think that's about it... And if this doesn't tickle your fancy but wanna know how the game goes, feel free to shoot me a message or comment or something and just say as much :) Who knows? If you're not joining, I might just lore dump to you if you want me to. If my game doesn't seem like what you're looking for, I wish you the best of luck.

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They called it a Scryglass, the pun being very much intentional.
It was a mirror inscribed with magic runes that could be touched to match with a signature. We had effectively reinvented the telephone, but with the benefit of visuals to go with it. Even though it reflected the room behind me, I didn't show up, nobody showed up.
I tapped the runes indicated, and the Scryglass shifted to show a Human, who looked surprised.
"Holy shit, it actually worked." She remarked. She scrutinized me. "I was led to believe your Imperator would be speaking with us."
"I am Imperator Ruuk Stingtail." I stated. "My death was not exaggerated, the Gods simply had need of me. The short of it is that our High Priest was a saboteur for Tiamat, and had been using my brother, the acting Imperator, as a puppet. He is still at large, unfortunately, having escaped with Tiamat's intervention." I paused. "If you have a seat, please take it, I cannot guarantee this will be a quick call."
A chair was brought in, we both sat in our respective spots.
"Might I know your name, Human?" I asked.
"Staff Sergeant Catalina Rosaria Cortez." She replied. "We understand this Tiamat infiltrated our number under the alias of Tiana Martel."
"How much do you know of Tiamat's involvement in events?" I asked. "I ask mainly to ensure if you are missing any information, you can be apprised of the details."
"We don't know a whole lot." Sgt. Cortez stated. "We've been flying in the dark here for a year."
I nodded. I gave a rough overview of events as I remembered them, with Bahamut filling in the gaps that I had forgotten. A few of my Council looked uncomfortable when I mentioned we had once been Human, a fact I had already forgotten.
"For the purposes of interacting with us, approach any situation with the understanding that most- if not all of us- do not remember ever being Human. It's a detail even I find myself forgetting."
She nodded. "To be honest with you, we have had some trouble remembering that as well. I've gone over past reports, and it's clear that our memory is being affected as well, the blockades were enacted because we had come to the conclusion that you were invaders, rather than residents."
"That is alarming." I remarked. "Kashak! Alert the Circle that the Humans are experiencing the same loss in memory."
"The 'Circle'?" Sgt. Cortez asked.
"Our Circle of Mages, recently founded. They are a group of Sorcerers, Warlocks, Clerics... Anyone who has an interest in studying magic. It is their mission to find a way to properly contain the Divine Essence of Kurtulmak, and if possible, bring him back so the transformation of Humans into Kobolds can be controlled."
"Do you believe a God can be brought back to life?" She asked.
"I was." I replied. "Why not him?"
"Please tell her that, while I appreciate some of her men giving homage to me, it is unnecessary." Bahamut stated. "I am not the one containing the Divine Essence, it is the faithful who remain who keep it gathered."
"You can tell your men they don't need to pray to Bahamut." I said, she looked surprised, and a little confused. "While he appreciates it, he's not the one who's keeping the Divine Essence contained. Those of us who stubbornly continue to worship Kurtulmak are keeping it from spreading."
"I see..." She said.
"That being said, nothing is stopping them from continuing." I said. "As the new head of his Temple on Earth, I am... restructuring things."
"You took over the Temple." She said. "Making you the sole authority in your nation."
"If it makes you feel any better, I literally have Bahamut watching over my shoulder, there's nothing like a lawfully good Deity whose entire thing is Justice to provide some oversight."
She laughed, meaning my attempt at humor worked. "Sorry." She said. "That was rude of me."
"It was intentionally a joke." I said, easing her guilt. "The purpose of these Scryglasses- yes, I'm told it's a pun- is to ensure quick communication in the event things start going wrong."
She nodded. "So I was told." She said. "Is there anything you're expecting from us?"
"A rough overview of current events." I said. "Having an evil Dragon Goddess show up and lay waste to an entire town's worth of Kobolds certainly didn't go unnoticed, and that's not going into if she targeted the city over."
She nodded. "Things have been tense." She said. "Your actions led to what is effectively an unscheduled restructuring of our entire government."
'She means the citizens of her nation saw the open mistreatment of your people as the final straw, there was a violent uprising that led to the death and imprisonment of everyone in the higher echelons of government, and a provisional government is currently handling affairs while the situation is resolved.' Bahamut helpfully explained.
"So, you have your own issues on your end as well." I stated diplomatically.
"Tiamat attacking did not help matters." She said. "We still get some dumbshit activists trying to cause problems, thinking we're holding you hostage."
"Do you have any means of contacting them?" I asked.
"In theory, yes. They don't really listen, or pick up."
I nodded. "Contact them, simply tell them Imperator Ruuk is interested in speaking with them. After all, it is in both of our best interests to keep this situation contained."
The relief in her eyes was palpable, I had just lifted the weight of an entire world off her back. "I will do that, Imperator Ruuk." She said.
"Thank you." I tried to think of anything else that came to mind. "Keep me apprised of anything unusual happening on your end, I will have people stationed near this Scryglass to ensure you won't be waiting too long in the event you need my insight."
That was all that needed to be discussed, I ended the connection and sat back in my seat.
'It takes strength to speak with those you hate.' Bahamut stated. 'I am proud of you.'
I nodded. "Compromise." I said. "If I can't do that much, then I show I won't even follow in my God's footsteps."
There was no time for sitting around, ruminating on things that didn't directly serve getting us back on track.
"Hail, Imperator!" A few of our recent additions called out to me, there was still fear in their eyes, but they most certainly respected me. We got the foundation for even having a reservoir built. We all elected not to have indoor plumbing, we'd gotten used to chamber pots and the Druids were efficient at turning our waste into fertilizer, their ability to cleanse of it disease meaning there was no point in doing anything otherwise.
Instead, we elected to have the water go into strategically placed wells, with water created to test them out and ensure we would get flooded if a little too much water came in.
Thanks to the efforts of the Artificers and Druids, we had a system that would accommodate a proper reservoir, with future plans to have one made and installed. As we were patting ourselves on the back and celebrating our efforts, someone came running up to me. "Imperator! We need your assistance! Elgo snapped, we don't know what to do!"
"Show me." I said.
The Circle of Mages were situated in what I called the Arcane District, and considering the sounds coming from within, I knew the situation was serious. I ran past confused and concerned mages and headed for the far door.
Beyond it, I saw Elgo running around, grabbing paper and scrawling on it, paying no mind to the things he was knocking over. He was talking to himself, muttering frantically under his breath in a mixtire of Yipyak and English, as well as a few other languages I didn't recognize.
His hand seized a pen and he began drawing circles and diagrams on each page.
'Leave him be, Ruuk.' Bahamut stated. 'Give him some space.'
I shut the door, not really questioning what Bahamut knew that I didn't- not yet, at least. I looked at the other Mages. "Give him space." I said. "If it persists longer than a few days, then we get involved."
We didn't even need to wait the full day, Elgo came out of the room carrying a bunch of pages loosely bound together with string, which he brought over, slammed on a table, and began pointing at things and jibbering madly.
"Elgo, Elgo." I said, reaching out to him and trying to calm him down.
"No, Imperator, you do no understand-" He slipped into another language, emphatically trying to communicate something. I looked at the others. Anyone know Comprehend Languages?"
This seemed to snap Elgo back into reality. He looked at me for several moments, then stepped away, taking the bound-together papers and a cup of water. "This will explain it." He said, thumbing through the pages until he landed on one. This time, he spoke slowly and deliberately, half of his words were understandable, while the rest were not. It took him a full minute.
He flung the water, which twisted and roiled in the air before splashing against the ground. I watched in awe as the water then began to rise up, taking a humanoid form.
"Wait, you awoke as a Sorcerer?" A Warlock asked.
"No, he's our first Wizard." Arix stated. "Those papers in his hands? That's his spellbook. That insane babbling we heard? It's not insane to him."
Elgo nodded, "Yeah." He said. "It's, ah, a water elemental, kuutravai rukata vos aquan capable of, well, anything that water is capable of, like kavata tuugra shalai with its mass derived directly from the elemental plane of water."
"You could have just said 'magic' over and over again and we would have gotten exactly the same information out of that." Arix said. "What even is that language you're speaking?"
"He is speaking the Primordial tongue, the language of Elementals, the First Words of Asgorath." Bahamut spoke through me.
"Oh, you're familiar with it?" Elgo asked.
"Bahamut is." I said. "Mind filling us in on what he said?"
"The concepts are far more ancient than any modern languages can adequately convey, yet simplified, they can put out fires and smash things." Bahamut replied.
Elgo winced. "That's not really a good explanation." He said.
"It is not incorrect. You will have to learn how to convey these concepts in simpler terms, especially as you will need to teach those who will come after you." Bahamut retracted, and I felt a little drained. "Elgo, congratulations on your Awakening, I'll get an Artificer to make you a proper spellbook so you don't have to worry about your pages falling out." I looked pointedly at the page that was flopping to the floor. He quickly snatched it up.
"For the record." Bahamut spoke again. "He is the equivalent of a 'level ten', in your terms."
I blinked, Arix asked, "How?"
"I think it's because I've been spending my every waking moment trying to figure out how magic works." Elgo said. "I've studied scrolls and magic items, asking about specific runes and arrays. Today, it all just... clicked." He paused. "In fact, I feel like I have a greater grasp of our situation, maybe. I'll need more paper, more time to observe things."
I nodded. "Get on it, and report to me directly when you've finished. Your knowledge will be needed on my Council."
He nodded. "Yeah, yeah, Council. Wait, Council?" He looked at me.
"Every time a new Class is awakened, they are given a spot on my Council." I stated.
He looked distressed. "But there's so much I need to focus on, I can't be bogged down with politics! There's the matter of how we're going to gather up the Divine Essence and contain it, because even if we aren't showing signs of anything wrong with us, there's no telling what long-term effects we'll begin to display. I mean, there's gradual yellowing of everyone's eyes, and I'm fairly certain that isn't jaundice, not to mention the rapidity of cognitive degradation compared to the normal rate- more specifically in the region of the brain that governs memory, on top of everything else that's going on and I don't have the capacity to really do that."
I blinked, speechless for a moment. "As Councilor, you will have the authority to delegate." I stated firmly. "And having my ear on any problem you find or any solution you come up with will ensure they are handled immediately."
"R-right, I didn't think about that."
"That being said, I am going to require you to accompany me tonight, if you are as well-studied as you think you are, you'll be able to help us."
He nodded.
I put things in motion to get him a proper spellbook made, then continued about my day. By the time of the ritual, he'd already copied everything into a nice, leatherbound book, and he looked significantly less scatterbrained.
We prepared the ritual, which he observed quietly.
"Several issues." He said, after we finished. "First and foremost, the people who can't use magic are superfluous, they can just sit over here and pray and it would probably be just as effective."
A few of my fellow faithful started yelling at him.
"Quiet." I stated, they all went silent. "Elgo is here specifically to address anything he sees as not working or being counterproductive. Go on, Elgo."
"Right. Second, you're just throwing herbs in there, you need a proper incense, considering you're trying to worship a dead God back to life, frankincense, myrrh, and dragon's blood resin would be more effective, and these things can be purchased from any spiritual shop- I'm sure there's plenty in the next town over, we'll just have to contact the soldiers and get them to agree to get the materials."
"I have a means of communication, go on."
"Oh? I'll have to see it." He remarked. "Third, that's just a basic brazier full of wood you got from the ground. I understand you're desperately trying your best, but you're not getting anywhere if you're half-assing it. You're going to need- at the very least- something that actually matches what Kurtulmak likes. Not to mention getting wood that has the properties you need."
He looked thoughtful. "Fourth, you have his spear, you have armor that he made, yes? Use them. You have the best possible implements for- at the very least- gathering the Divine Essence into something that can hold it."
"Is that everything?" I asked.
"Everything that makes sense at least." He remarked. "Anything else, we're going to have to adjust."
I nodded. "Then let's make this a priority, if we're just wasting time now, we'd better use it so we aren't." We came together and- pooling our understanding- we came to a plan that could work.
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Cuts and gashes, the dead fighting the dead, culling the weak so the strong remained. The souls we slew would remain dead, irretrievable.
In the distance, a voice calls out to me.
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Throwaway because some of my family uses Reddit.
I (22f) and my mom (47f) haven't always had the best relationship and it only started to get better once I became an adult. She's dead set in her ways and always thinks she's right, no matter the feelings of anyone else. I was always her quote "worst child" because I was "crazy" (I was the only one in the house with mental illnesses) and both of my sisters could do no wrong in her eyes. We have our days but overall it's a decent relationship.
In October of last year, I got married to the love of my life (m27). Since before the wedding, my mom asked if I was gonna get my body in shape for the wedding (I'm a plus sized woman) and I told her no. I've always been self conscious about my weight but said that If my husband liked my body the way it is enough to propose to me, he should still love my body the way it is to marry me. I told her this. She let it go.
Fast forward to March of this year, I was diagnosed with lymphoma. I started treatment and I have had a noticeable amount of weight loss over the past couple of weeks. I haven't told anyone except for my husband and we agreed that it would be a private matter unless something happened.
My family came over to visit and have dinner with us for the first time in a while yesterday. As soon as my mom came in she noted my weight loss and asked if I was getting ready for my "summer body". I said no and left it at that. My husband quickly changed the subject. At the table midway into dinner, my older sister asked how im doing being a housewife (I quit my job in January) and if I'm bored yet. My mom blurted out "well with her losing this weight I bet Devin can't keep his hands off her, can't be bored with a husband that keeps you busy, if you know what I mean." I was offended, but I said nothing. Devin said "I don't care what she weighs, she's still as beautiful as ever to me," and grabbed my hand. My mom didn't let up, "well you must want a partner that takes care of themselves, she's on the right track so far" I'd had enough, I stood up and told everyone to get out. She looked appalled and put up a fight arguing with my husband that I shouldn't be so sensitive and it's not like she's calling me fat. I told her to never come back and that I'm done with her.
My husband thinks that we should sit down and talk to her about what she said and come to some sort of resolution but I don't want to because I know the conversation isn't gonna go anywhere. I've been getting texts from my family saying "that's just how she is" and "at least talk to her" and "you only get one mother" and ones from my mom saying "you're being petty" and "is not that serious" but I'm completely over it. I'm the only one she's like that with. I may be being too sensitive over this, but I want to stand up for myself. I shouldn't have to tell her why I'm losing weight in order to justify anything. I don't know what to do.

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