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…so it’s not a huge jump for me to look for my person on Reddit. I have a great life, and I’m looking for a partner to share that with (i.e., not trying to fill a void or distract from boredom). I want to hold hands, snort-laugh, take care of each other, have adventures (of the non-skydiving variety), push you to be the best version of yourself and have you do the same for me. I want all of the happy and mundane and silly and sad and frustrating parts of life to be just a bit better cause we’re in it together…that’s not asking for much, right? 😂
Me: 100% single and into monogamy; kind; 🇺🇸 living in 🇨🇦; career in social services; extroverted bookworm; non-smoker; loves learning and trying new things; Jewish; chaotic good; short and voluptuous, curly hair, 1.5 dimples, too expressive for my own good; always striving for allyship with those who are marginalized/oppressed; open to relocation
You: 100% single and into monogamy; kind; 32-46ish; non-smoker; aware of what’s going on in the world and trying to be on the right side of history; willing to take this offline; passionate about whatever your things are (bonus points for: pets you can send pictures of; in Eastern time zone; tolerance for a texting partner who overuses emojis 🙋🏻‍♀️)
Some of my hobbies include: walking dogs at the Humane Society, trying to solve crimes faster than the detectives in mystery novels, leveling up my cooking and baking (currently perfecting my lemon bars), compiling a never-ending list of nicknames for my cat, kicking butt at laser tag and Scattergories, exploring new places (with bonus side quests to find the best local ice cream), planning my next tattoo, sending my friends videos of babies dancing and cats being jerks, balancing my fear of heights with my love of roller coasters, and convincing everyone that manatees are superior to dolphins in every way
What you should do: if you think we might zing, send me a message with a little about yourself and what subject you would choose if you were forced to teach a class about only one thing

I've been bleeding for a few days now (little to no cramping) so I know the ball hasn't really dropped yet and the thought that it can happen at any minute of any day absolutely infuriates me. I can't run errands or visit my guy because I could start bleeding any minute and the pain could start and I'd be horrified. We went out to look at some plants yesterday, and I swear I really tried, I promise I did, to have a good time and enjoy being with him looking at the flowers but I could not stop hyper focusing on my body. Constantly thinking "I felt something drip into the pad" and "I think I'm getting crampy...maybe it's gas but maybe it's not". I can't do this.
Last night, I took a shower and immediately after sitting on my bed, felt something drip and it was more fresh blood. How fun. So I put on ANOTHER fucking pad. Have you all gotten to the point where you hate pads with a burning and undeniable flame? I resent them. I resent that they're even in my fucking bathroom when I shouldn't have to even think about them until January 2024.
The cramps started last night and it scared the shit out of me. Then I woke up this morning worhout cramps, so it's another day of rolling the dice. I want a D&C. I don't want to feel any of it. I want to be put to sleep and wake up with a normal period level scenario and move the fuck on. But no! I have to wait for my bloodwork to come back. Then I have to wait for my doctor to call. Then I have to wait for another appointment she'll set up and OH BY THE WAY, KIDDO: you can start this miscarriage at any moment before or during these calls and appointments and it's no longer up to you on whether you want a D&C or an ice cream cone or any shit. It's not up to me. I am not in control of my body in any way, shape or form and I'm so angry about that that I can't see straight. I have no say in this. Mother Nature is going to thrash me around when she so choses to and I'll have to thank her for not killing me if I come out of it without a trip to the ER.
I cannot and will not ever do this again. The thought of not having a child is very upsetting to me. Especially his child. He would be a great dad. One for the books. And I wouldn't be alone at the end of my life. I'd have a kid that cared about me in my old age and something to look forward to with the first steps, first car, weddings and grandbabies etc. It would've been nice. I would've given it my all. But if this is a risk I have to take during every pregnancy, it's not the life meant for me. I will never do this again.

Universal Tranquility is a TRULY EPIC server where everybody is chill and relaxed! The server will be RESET to a new world today!
Hello wanderer! Welcome to Universal Tranquility! In this server, we strive to make you feel at home and have a great time! We focus on having a chill, and peaceful community. If you are looking for players to chill with and have a good time, look no further than Universal Tranquility! Our server is based on Hermitcraft, LegacySMP, and a touch of DreamSMP! We are currently a new server but are constantly growing and improving! For limiting bad apples from joining the server, we limit the server age to 16+. Whether you like to work together with others or to work alone, you are accepted in this community! Message me on Discord if you want to apply! iiLazeNBlazeii#7896
Attributes
You may be asking, why should I join this SMP? What makes you different from everybody else? To answer those questions, we have many plugins that may pique your interest that other SMPs may not have! Such as a plugin that adds over 900+ advancements so you will always have something to do! Another plugin we have that may pique your interest is some minor plugins such as one that allows you to smelt rotten flesh into leather so it makes an item more useful! Another which allows you to loop music discs and many more! All of our current plugins are listed below so be sure to check all of them out!
⮞ Skoice/Proximity Chat: Allows you to talk to players when you get close to them, but will mute you when you are far away. This will only work if you are in a proximity voice channel.
⮞ SlimeIndicator: You are able to type /isslime and determine whether you are in a slime chunk or not.
⮞ Custom Nether Portals: Let's say you make a nether portal the shape of a heart, you can light it and it will activate!
⮞ Double Shulker Shells: Every Shulker you kill will grant you two shulker shells.
⮞ AFK Display: This shows you if somebody is AFK on the TAB list.
⮞ Anti Creeper Grief: Prevents Creepers from ruining your builds. They can still damage you so be careful!
⮞ Anti Ghast Grief: Prevents Ghasts from damaging blocks, but they can damage you!
⮞ Armor Statues: Allows you to edit armor stands and create amazing things. Such as scenes from movies!
⮞ Cauldron Concrete: Throw powdered concrete into a cauldron with water to harden the concrete.
⮞ Coordinates HUD: Allows you to see your coordinates without having to open the f3 screen.
⮞ Durability Ping: Warns you if you are about to break an item such as a maxed netherite pickaxe.
⮞ Fast Leaf Decay: When chopping down a tree, you do not have to wait hours or manually get rid of the leaves.
⮞ More Mob Heads: There is a chance when killing a mob, you can get its head.
⮞ Player Head Drops: When killing a player, you are guaranteed to obtain their head.
⮞ Multiplayer Sleep: You do not need to wait for others to sleep in sync to skip the night.
⮞ SinglePlayerSleep: Allows you to cancel somebody's sleeping in case you need the night.
⮞ Silence Mobs: When naming a mob silent, they will not make noise.
⮞ Rotten Flesh To Leather: Makes rotten flesh more useful by being able to cook rotten flesh into leather.
⮞ Uncraftable Ice: Allows you to uncraft blue ice into packed ice and etc.
⮞ Uncraftable Nether Wart Block: Allows you to uncraft a nether wart block into nether wart.
⮞ Wool To String: Allows you to uncraft wool into string.
⮞ Trapdoors: Allows you to craft 12 trapdoors instead of 2.
⮞ Track Statistics: This allows you to see your statistics easier.
⮞ BlazeandCaves Advancements: Adds loads of new advancements.
⮞ Wandering Trades: Buy mini blocks from wandering traders that may be useful when building.
⮞ Coreprotect: Allows you to see who has interacted, placed, broken, or interacted with a block. Maybe be useful for shop/minigame owners!
⮞ JukeLooper: Allows you to loop music discs like Bedrock Edition.
⮞ Dynmap: Allows you to see the world like google maps.
⮞ NoChatReports: Disables the ability to report a player through chat.
⮞ DiscordSRV: Allows players playing Minecraft to chat with other players on the Discord server and players on Discord to chat with players playing Minecraft.
⮞ GSit: Allows you to do things such as piggyback riding each other, sitting on blocks, and more!
Rules
1: Be respectful to others. Treat others how you would like to be treated.
2: Do not cause unnecessary drama. If you feel things are getting heated, leave the conversation to cool it down.
3: In the Discord server, use channels for their intended purpose. Such as do not advertise your shop in a screenshot channel.
4: No hacking/something that may give you an advantage over others. (Performance clients and such are ok).
5: No griefing/duping. This is not an anarchy server, you will be banned if caught. (Rail, TNT, & Carpet Only)!
6: No unconsented PVP with other members unless both parties agree to PVP.
7: Use common sense/no loopholes. If you know something is not the right thing to do, do not do it.
8: No spamming/annoying text. No spamming and no text such as ₮Ⱨł₴.
9: English is the only language that should be spoken.
10: No political/controversial topics/discussions. Try to avoid them at all costs to avoid drama.
11: Racism, discrimination and such is not allowed.
12: Cursing is allowed, but please keep it to a minimum. :)
13: Alt accounts are allowed for things such as farms, but bypassing a ban with an alt is not allowed.
14: Have fun! Taking breaks is suggested to avoid burnout.
Want to apply?
Message me on Discord if you want to apply! iiLazeNBlazeii#7896

Hi folks!
I'm running into a problem that's impacting negatively my weight loss that is eating out on the weekends. I'm maintaining my diet clean on the weekdays, training good, but when it comes to the weekend, to give myself a treat from the work of the week, I usually keep eating more than necessary and hindering my progress made from the past days, always coming from eating out things like burguers, pizza, ice cream. Are there any tips to help NOT binging or eating way above my calories on the weekends ? Thanks!!

So I’m out doing my weekend warrior deliveries as usual. I live downtown in a city but I only deliver outside the city to the country towns that surround. The views and the actual paved roads without giant potholes are a delight! So delivery instructions were to leave inside basement door. Okie dokie. Well to my surprise were four adults 35+ inside said door toking on some loud chronic! Smacked me in the face real good 😁 Ohh Heyyyy awkwardly AF was my immediate response followed by I’m sorry I didn’t see y’all inside. I had to make 2 trips, they had a medium sized order. The stoniest of the stoners says damn how much did you order? Older veteran stoner shrugs shoulders and says I don’t know. I then say after knowing I’m now amongst friends she ordered all the good stuff for when those munchies kick in with a 😉 and a chuckle. Which it was an order of ice cream and cookies and all kinds of stoner treats. My guy laughs and says yea in about 10 minutes and I say I hear ya bro! 😂 followed by my catchphrase Enjoy Yo’self! (It’s a take on parks and recs Treat Yo’self.) So to all the sparkiest of sparkers out there whatever you do today whether it’s smoking some sweet sweet Chiba, taking in nature, fitness, shopping….SEX! I say Enjoy Yo’self ✌️😁 Also I got a crispy $10 bill for a tip from one of our lovely seniors. I will be Enjoying some grub with that later on!

Universal Tranquility is a TRULY EPIC server where everybody is chill and relaxed! The server will be RESET to a new world today!
Hello wanderer! Welcome to Universal Tranquility! In this server, we strive to make you feel at home and have a great time! We focus on having a chill, and peaceful community. If you are looking for players to chill with and have a good time, look no further than Universal Tranquility! Our server is based on Hermitcraft, LegacySMP, and a touch of DreamSMP! We are currently a new server but are constantly growing and improving! For limiting bad apples from joining the server, we limit the server age to 16+. Whether you like to work together with others or to work alone, you are accepted in this community! Join the Discord server to apply!
Attributes
You may be asking, why should I join this SMP? What makes you different from everybody else? To answer those questions, we have many plugins that may pique your interest that other SMPs may not have! Such as a plugin that adds over 900+ advancements so you will always have something to do! Another plugin we have that may pique your interest is some minor plugins such as one that allows you to smelt rotten flesh into leather so it makes an item more useful! Another which allows you to loop music discs and many more! All of our current plugins are listed below so be sure to check all of them out!
⮞ Skoice/Proximity Chat: Allows you to talk to players when you get close to them, but will mute you when you are far away. This will only work if you are in a proximity voice channel.
⮞ SlimeIndicator: You are able to type /isslime and determine whether you are in a slime chunk or not.
⮞ Custom Nether Portals: Let's say you make a nether portal the shape of a heart, you can light it and it will activate!
⮞ Double Shulker Shells: Every Shulker you kill will grant you two shulker shells.
⮞ AFK Display: This shows you if somebody is AFK on the TAB list.
⮞ Anti Creeper Grief: Prevents Creepers from ruining your builds. They can still damage you so be careful!
⮞ Anti Ghast Grief: Prevents Ghasts from damaging blocks, but they can damage you!
⮞ Armor Statues: Allows you to edit armor stands and create amazing things. Such as scenes from movies!
⮞ Cauldron Concrete: Throw powdered concrete into a cauldron with water to harden the concrete.
⮞ Coordinates HUD: Allows you to see your coordinates without having to open the f3 screen.
⮞ Durability Ping: Warns you if you are about to break an item such as a maxed netherite pickaxe.
⮞ Fast Leaf Decay: When chopping down a tree, you do not have to wait hours or manually get rid of the leaves.
⮞ More Mob Heads: There is a chance when killing a mob, you can get its head.
⮞ Player Head Drops: When killing a player, you are guaranteed to obtain their head.
⮞ Multiplayer Sleep: You do not need to wait for others to sleep in sync to skip the night.
⮞ SinglePlayerSleep: Allows you to cancel somebody's sleeping in case you need the night.
⮞ Silence Mobs: When naming a mob silent, they will not make noise.
⮞ Rotten Flesh To Leather: Makes rotten flesh more useful by being able to cook rotten flesh into leather.
⮞ Uncraftable Ice: Allows you to uncraft blue ice into packed ice and etc.
⮞ Uncraftable Nether Wart Block: Allows you to uncraft a nether wart block into nether wart.
⮞ Wool To String: Allows you to uncraft wool into string.
⮞ Trapdoors: Allows you to craft 12 trapdoors instead of 2.
⮞ Track Statistics: This allows you to see your statistics easier.
⮞ BlazeandCaves Advancements: Adds loads of new advancements.
⮞ Wandering Trades: Buy mini blocks from wandering traders that may be useful when building.
⮞ Coreprotect: Allows you to see who has interacted, placed, broken, or interacted with a block. Maybe be useful for shop/minigame owners!
⮞ JukeLooper: Allows you to loop music discs like Bedrock Edition.
⮞ Dynmap: Allows you to see the world like google maps.
⮞ NoChatReports: Disables the ability to report a player through chat.
⮞ DiscordSRV: Allows players playing Minecraft to chat with other players on the Discord server and players on Discord to chat with players playing Minecraft.
⮞ GSit: Allows you to do things such as piggyback riding each other, sitting on blocks, and more!
Rules
1: Be respectful to others. Treat others how you would like to be treated.
2: Do not cause unnecessary drama. If you feel things are getting heated, leave the conversation to cool it down.
3: In the Discord server, use channels for their intended purpose. Such as do not advertise your shop in a screenshot channel.
4: No hacking/something that may give you an advantage over others. (Performance clients and such are ok).
5: No griefing/duping. This is not an anarchy server, you will be banned if caught. (Rail, TNT, & Carpet Only)!
6: No unconsented PVP with other members unless both parties agree to PVP.
7: Use common sense/no loopholes. If you know something is not the right thing to do, do not do it.
8: No spamming/annoying text. No spamming and no text such as ₮Ⱨł₴.
9: English is the only language that should be spoken.
10: No political/controversial topics/discussions. Try to avoid them at all costs to avoid drama.
11: Racism, discrimination and such is not allowed.
12: Cursing is allowed, but please keep it to a minimum. :)
13: Alt accounts are allowed for things such as farms, but bypassing a ban with an alt is not allowed.
14: Have fun! Taking breaks is suggested to avoid burnout.
Want to apply?
Join the Discord server! Applications are usually handled pretty quickly, but may vary depending on your time zone!

So, this session lasted ~10 hours, and 2 of my players were gone that day, we were a small group so I created my own DMPC, a 200 year old Human Wizard, who constantly complained. The other was a 2 INCH tall dwarf (he wrote inches instead of meters on his paper, and we thought it s funny.)
We started in the town of North Manchester, immediately, we saw something of our interest, a car so weird it looked like it was made by Dr Seuss, and we decided to steal it, Dwarf swings his battle axe and kills the driver, Dr Seuss. We go to the mortuary and give him a burial, we decide we need some kind of improvement, so we go to the local thrift shop and attempt to buy a giant spike to put on it, he won’t sell so we beat him up and he alerts the guards.
As we are driving down the Main Street we get stopped by the guards, we try to ram them, but we roll a Nat 1, so the car is damaged. We fight the guards and win, but dwarf is injured badly and needs medical attention, we send him to the clinic and they fix him up (My character is very rich so we can buy the stuff needed) and we get the car fixed, but in a bad condition.
In the fray the shop owner escapes, we want to find him, so we head north and try to catch up to him. On the way we get caught in a horrible storm, we hide in an Amish house, they won’t let us in so we barge in, they hide while we look for them. As we get in the barn, a tornado hits and dwarf gets sucked up. He gets slammed into the barn and loses consciousness, the storm passes and the car is not looking good, I roll a perception check to see if there is anything to repair it with, I find an old tool box to repair the car with, I roll to fix it and I do well.
We head back to North Manchester (sidenote, this was modeled after my home town) and send him to the hospital, but on the way there the car breaks down inside of town, and I can get him out nor can I tow the car. so I move it to the curb and go get the medical stuff. Luckily I got healed quickly, I go to the local pharmacy right next to the car, but I look out the window and see he is not there, he had been kidnapped by the shop owner we beat up. This is when my friend walks in.
She likes D&D and asks for a character, I give her the person at the front desk, who we will call Ronda, she is a normal worker, but high in persuasion and always has a flintlock. We get the car fixed and peel westward, we catch them at a bridge, at that moment the dwarf busts down the door separating the van (which looks like the mystery machine) and the drivers seat, we start attacking our the shop owner as we are driving, I cast magic, Ronda shoots her gun and destroys his leg, dwarf comes behind and shoves his battle axe 20 X the size of him, directly into the man’s skull. We give Ronda the armor, take the money, and set out for the city of Scishshire.
on the way we find a small, semi-abandoned town with a lot of homeless people, we thought it would be funny if we took some with us, so Ronda convinces 2 to join us, bob and jerry, the cat walks in and sits on a chair, so we thought it would be funny if we gave the cat a character, jerry, and indeed, it was hilarious. On the way there we stopped by a mountain and got someone to take a painting of us, after we accidentally set fire to a forest near the mountain, and fled.
We arrive in the city and dwarf starts a problem, while drunk, he attacks the checkpoint guards and is put into 1 health, we ask for forgiveness and are let through. Dwarf enters into a hospital and is put on a ventilator, the rest of us go to a bar, where we all succeed in rolls and don’t get drunk. we all check in at an inn and rest.
the next morning dwarf is stabilized, I cast some magic and get him healed enough to walk, but we leave him there. We got another idea, we go to the slums and try to recruit another homeless person, named Ben, we succeed. We quickly realized that we have Ben, and we have jerry, so we give them money and they start a traveling ice cream shop. And All the sudden we get a letter to come to a specific location, we arrive there and see a man.
when we see him, he is in purple rags, he is the homeless king. We meet him and he asks what we are doing, what us foreigners are doing. We can feel the bad vibes emanating from him, we say nothing, but then, he whispers to a man to his right, we know something is about to go down, so we decide to kill him, I cast chains, then Ronda pulls out her flintlock and shoots him square in the head, chaos befalls the city as we hide.
The next morning, we get as many hobos to join us as possible, more than 100, with that we declare us as the new homeless kings, and the rest join us, as we march off to another town. We arrive and gather all the homeless and the entire town gaurd to join us, we go back to the city and raid the armor, taking enough for every man to have at least some armor, and weapons. Now with our new force, we rally knights, guards, and mages to join us, we get many to come with us, and set up camp in a forest.
We march to a large town, get more forces, rinse and repeat for a few more, by the end of recruiting, we have over 1000 men at our command. The nearby cities have United to cast us away, so we go on the offensive, we have former lumberjacks, carpenters, blacksmiths, and really any profession you can think of, we target the walled town of graspich, we build up catapults and rams to break the walls, we set out to attack.
We crack open the gate and take minimal losses, dwarfs cohort attacks the main palace and kills the king, we take the town and declare a new kingdom, Ronda makes a new religion and we end the session.

Generally, I’d say it’s never a good idea to hit on or ask someone out while they are working (retail, restaurant, etc.), but there’s this girl that works at my local ice cream shop that’s incredibly nice & cute. I’d love to ask her out or just chat a little more, but I feel like it’s weird or inappropriate to ask someone out while they’re working. I don’t know, what do y’all think about this? Has this happened to you? How would/did you respond to a customer at your restaurant, store, etc. flirting with you & asking you out?

Snacks. Lots of snacks. Dried fruit and nuts recommended, crisps and chocolate celebrated...
Melatonin. Sleeping is really, really hard.
Ice cream. A very good short term craving-killer.
Games on phone. Word games are a great distraction for me.
I'm doing this alone so every little helps....
What's in your bag? What should I add to the mix??
Good luck to everyone today. You got this.
IWNDWYT

First of all allow me to briefly explain how our relationship went and why she is my ex, then I will go over the date plans.
(Context)
Our love story is a tapestry of highs and lows, laughter and tears. We faced challenges, and I haveunfortunatly made mistakes, I let a web of lies get in between us believing protecting her from the truth would spare us from unnecessary strife. Little did I know that the consequences of my deception would prove far more destructive than any imagined conflict. But I never stopped believing in the power of our connection and the love i have for her is like nothing else, it's been months now since our break up and we stayed in contact through all that time and now she decided to give me a chance to rebuild our relationship and and take her out on a date, i can still sense her being in her shell not wanting to get hurt or deal with any bullshit I used to do back when we were together, but she is using this date I presume to see if i have changed and became a better person for her and that if I am good enough for her (And i have changed immensly for the best in the past months).
(Date plans)
I'm planning a romantic and memorable date in Agadir, Morocco(We're both born and raised here). We'll start by riding a cable car that offers a breathtaking view of Agadir and its beautiful beaches. The cable car will take us to the Agadir Oufella ruins and Kasbah, where we can explore and soak in the historical charm.Afterward, we'll head to a gourmet restaurant with reserved seats that overlook the stunning sunset. We'll indulge in a delicious dinner while enjoying the captivating colors of the sky.Following dinner, we'll take a leisurely stroll along the Agadir beach, appreciating the soothing sounds of the waves. Our walk will lead us to the marina, where we'll visit her favorite ice cream shop. We'll savor our ice creams and continue our walk, creating cherished memories along the way, I hope.
Let me know what you guys and gals think. Thanks :)
(Also i'm new to this whole reddit thing, so I am sorry for anything I may have done wrong I went over some posts here to see how things are and I tried my best)

Tl;dr: Hold your self back from selling at all times, show empathy & understanding
Agree a lot, try hard to avoid disagreements!
Everything can be formed into a question
Let the client find the answers himself instead of telling
Focus on the pain he has without your product
Remember the last time you told a client something in a very clear way, and made sure they understood it?
Then later they cancel because they worry about the exact problem you made clear they understood your product will solve...
It's frustrating right?
But what if I told you it's your fault? "But I did everything perfect, and it worked so many times!"
Basically the customer lost focus of the pain his situation will produce and locked his focus on the pain your product will produce.
First of all, if you are frustrated you most likely lost the student perspective.
With most "no's" and cancelations I beg you to think of what you could've done better.
I am working purely on cancelations. People who we lost in the sales process and who don't want to come back. They discussed it and don't want another sales meeting, in fact they'd be bothered. But I manage to get them back by doing this:
Try to think of everything you could tell a customer as a question.
Let's do one of the hardest objections: "It's way overpriced!"

1. Hold yourself back 2. Imply you understand the client's feelings, and agree it's a big investment (reframed now) 3. Hold yourself back, the client is about to give you Intel why he feels that way. Otherwise ask how he compared the price and why he feels that way. 4. Hold yourself back, don't tell the customer why it's actually a good deal! Even if you think he is delusional, you will solve that at the end. 5. Find other issues: If you'd get your dream price, what else is holding you back? (often the client tells 1-3 reasons before he get's to the core issue, maybe he already bought somewhere else and you can end the call here, save time.) 6. Hold yourself back! Don't start to sell here, ask and find the actual motives. Finding the motive can be difficult, but you should know most motives. 7. Listen and validate the client's need in other words. Best would be words that solve the discrepancy between motive and decision to cancel. (So you want to save money and security?) 8. Show further understanding of the client's needs without giving the slightest idea of telling them you have a solution. • Example: "I understand how important security is in times like these, especially in a situation like yours with three kids and one on the way. I wouldn't know what to do either, I just have one kid and that wasn't easy to get my head around" ○ You are acknowledging the struggle of your client and ensure him that you are also not having all the answers. That way he listens better later when you give him advice later. He now feels like speaking to a person who also has interest in his situation and not just interest in commissions. ○ The deeper you go in here the more trust and openness to your ideas is build here! 9. The customer probably gives you more Intel why it's not easy to make such a decision. At this point you will address the pain of not making the decision for your product, but without mentioning it. What are the consequences he was afraid to have without your product? "It would be horror to sell the house/business because you can't afford it anymore..." • To go deeper and less pitchy: Compliment "It seems like a purposeful business, I wouldn't like to see that going down. It's a beautiful house and a tremendous task to manage a family, I wouldn't like that to happen" 10. Unsettle the client: Now we come closer to the sales part, still hold yourself back, ask don't tell! • Simple example, You are selling a house and the customer lives in rent "You told me you are afraid you can't afford university for your children in the future. So you are afraid of rising rents while house prices rise too and in ten years you don't have a choice anymore. From what you told me, I see you want to escape this situation to be able to afford a good life for your family. You have to have another idea in mind, what is it? " ○ Actually I don't and that's my struggle... • Now you have him! Now you can start selling and it can be in different roads here are some examples 11. Why are you not fixing this then with our solution? • From what I see we have a good solution for you but maybe what was presented to you doesn't fit. I checked the offer and wanted to ask if this is really what you need or want? Why did you ask for specifically that? • So price can't be it, tell me what your real worries are? • Now for example when you identified a false expectation e.g. by a wrong calculation it could go like this: 12. "Ok how did you come to these numbers" ○ Customer tells you and you see where he went wrong • "Okay, have you thought of this in your calculation?" ○ "No, oopsie" • "So can you tell me what you will invest in sum with our solution in comparison to your costs now?" • The point here is, let HIM come to the solution and don't just tell him. What we say we expect to be true. You can go fast or slow to this point but this is basically where you want to land. • He should want another meeting or presentation now without you telling him. At this point I often leave a big pause until I hear the customer say "Hey, I can we talk again sometime, I think you could help me with this." or he will ask for the close right there. Sometimes you will need to introduce the close, and the but best is if the customer is asking for the close himself. • Imagine it like having a date. Nobody is saying it, you say you have best ice cream at home and she will ask to try it. Even when you are at home, it's "Should we watch a movie?" Never "Do you want to hop on my D?" although both of you knew what will happen in the end of the date the entire time. • Other option: It can be that the client is not a good fit for your product and that he actually has no benefit. 

Free shipping conus only. Feel free to ask questions about obscure items. Prices are set. These are all the items I love the most. I held onto them for a reason, but now they're yours if you buy. I'm trying to get myself a motorcycle this summer, so I've been selling alot of stuff unrelated to shaving as well. Click on them pictures before jumping the gun plz. Lot #1: $80 -Declaration Grooming - sellout set -Seaforth- Sea ICE Lime set -Blackship Grooming- Calypso soap (my favorite rain smell of all time) -Chattillon Lux- Taum Sauk aftershave (My favorite Juniper scent of all time. Icey.) -Terror cooling spray -Derby shaving cream original scent -Astra Superior platinum blades -Cadillac Surrey milkglass mud with a bllades grimm smolder scent hard puck in it (the only good thing classic shaving sold, before doing away with the smolder hard pucks. Really good warm scent. The woman who made his scent also did through the Fire fine craft soaps) Lot #3: $90 -Declaration Grooming- Nightman set -Noble Otter- Firefighter puck -Chattillon Lux- Taum Sauk aftershave full bottle -Chatillon Lux- Colbeck aftershave -Spiek shaving cream -Goodfellas Smile- Inferno shaving soap -Goodfellas Smile- Abysso shaving soap Lot #5: $90 -Barrister and Mann- Passiflora set -Noble Otter- The Noir et Vanille set -Arko shaving cream (very masculine scent and great cooling effect as well. Great quallity and slickness to it as well.) -Barrister and Man- Cool aftershave balm in tub -Victory Shaving Co.- Flak Bait shaving soap (Best damn cherry scent EVER. I wish barrister or noble otter would take this scent up, with permission from the creators... Cherry and chocolate with a hint of gunsmoke. The soap is very hard and will last a long time. It's harder than even Fine Accoutrements hard pucks. Close to Williams, but much better performing.) -Victory Shaving Co.-Satan's Workshop -Mug Williams -Maggards Eucalyptus preshave oil -Maggards badger two band shaving brush 28mm Lot #6: $100 -Declaration Grooming- Hindsight two pucks and a splash -Chiseled Face- Midnight Stag set -Chattilon Lux- YRP aftershave -Fine Accoutrements- Fresh Vetiver hard puck new -Zingari Man- Brush Cleaner (cannot say enough good things about this. I used it to clean my DG brush b13 when I still had it. Made the knot feel like I just got it.) -Zingari Man- Sego aftershave balm unscented -AP Shave CO.- G5B knot -Maggards cherry sandalwood vanilla preshave oil Lot #7: $70 -London Razors- Coffee and Contemplation set -MA Space Soap- Mars (Clean grapefruit scent. On the softer side, like gravefruit II, but clean and enticing. amazing soap by a small company on etsy. Bummer they shuttered their doors.) -Declaration Grooming- Darkfall soap -Barrister and Mann- Cool aftershave balm in tub (sealed) -Chatillon Lux- Taum Sauk aftershave -Stirling- Black Cherry shaving soap -Fine Accoutrements- Fresh Vetiver shave soap -Fatip- Retro razor

this is my guess on what will get added en and the likely hood of it getting en
the things that WILL happen:
cake dragon
pan cake creature
brownie creature
the things that MIGHT happen:
cupcake lizard
french toast creature
waffle creature
muffin creature
pudding lizard
ice cream dragon
eclair lizard
Whoopi pie
cookie
the things that are unlikely but are still good to think about:
fairy bread lizard
some type of mousse
zebra cake
twinky
a crumble
and some other type of dessert thing???????
whats YOUR thoughts on et??????

So this is an update on how I accidentally killed a ghost. If you want to know how I accidentally killed a ghost, you can find the story here: [https://www.reddit.com/nosleep/comments/13zet02/help\_i\_accidently\_killed\_a\_ghost\_and\_i\_dont\_know/\].
Around 30 minutes after I made the original post, my coworker, Sunny, came down the basement stairs. Her mouth was agape as she saw the lifeless body of the ghost woman lying near the foot of the stairs. Her head had stopped bleeding the inky liquid, but her eyes were now a milky white color.
She stared at the horrific display before looking back up at me. I thought she would have been freaking out, seeing a dead woman on the floor, but her expression was more of dismay. She pinched the bridge of her nose and let out a sigh. "What happened?"
The coherent thoughts in my head that would have clarified everything came out as a jumbled mess from my mouth. "I-I was watching the tapes and sorting, and there were only two tapes left, so..." My rambly explanation was cut short by her accusatory shout, "So you watched the tape with the red strip!"
The conviction in her voice made my heart sink. I retorted as quickly as she had cut me off, "No! I said there were only two tapes. Of course, I would choose the one that I had to watch and not the one I wasn't supposed to!"
Sunny was taken aback by what I said. "So you're telling me the tape without the red strip caused this?"
"Yes! For crying out loud, she climbed out of the TV!" My voice cracked a bit after I finished my sentence.
Sunny breathed out a deep sigh and walked down the remaining steps, taking extra caution not to step into the black puddle of blood. She seemed to be investigating the scene, looking at the water that spilled out of the TV and ran down the TV cart.
"Where are her footprints?" the question caught me off guard.
"It dried up," I answered.
"In under 5 minutes?"
I stared at her, baffled. "What do you mean? I've been waiting for you for like an hour and a half."
"What? But I ran all the way here. 5 minutes," the sincerity in her voice was undeniable.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket and looked at the time displayed. "See, it's 7:30. I called you at 6:30. Where were you at that time?" I spoke while raising my phone up to her.
Sunny's eyes started to widen as she raised her arm, pulling back the sleeve to reveal a very fancy-looking wristwatch. "The time is six past six," her voice quivered. I walked over to also look at her watch, and she was right. The time on her watch was six past six, six minutes past six o'clock. We both looked at each other in utter shock.
Behind us, we heard the sound of a loud static eruption. Both of our heads turned in sync to look at the television set where we heard the loud bang. The sight was captivating. I don't know how to describe it accurately, but the screen of the TV was overflowing with blue static, like smoke pouring out and floating up to the ceiling.
I found myself walking over to the television set and decided to see if I could stick my hand in. I have no idea why I thought of this idea, but I did. Astoundingly, my hand went through the TV. It felt cold and wet, with the sensation of bubbles clinging to my arm, as if I had stuck my hand into a large bucket of club soda. I pulled my hand out, drenched in the bluish water. I looked back at Sunny and saw that we were both thinking the same thing.
Now, if you had told me that I would be dragging the body of a ghost woman across a basement to force through a TV that looked like a portal to a watery dimension, I would have laughed and slapped you across the face. But, with the help of Sunny, we successfully dragged the corpse all the way to the television. Now came the part of dumping her body into the TV portal. We managed to get her head into the TV and were busy trying to maneuver her shoulder in as well.
We took a break when half of her torso was in the TV portal, only showing her backside. Pushing a fully-grown woman into a box TV-sized portal proved really tiring. After the break, we went back to work. Only this time, the ghost woman's hand twitched. I yelped as I saw her index finger slightly curl, and Sunny let out a bunch of startled curses.
Our screams grew as we saw the ghost start to reanimate. Her hand curled into fists, violently swinging as her legs kicked. Her ear-piercing wails came back full force, as if her skull being cracked on a bunch of stairs had merely paused it.
Now, for the second and hopefully final time, I acted out of sheer panic. I ran up to the television, grabbed her legs, and shoved her deeper into the TV portal. She beat my chest with her kicks and made my ears ring with her blood-curdling screeches, but I refused to let up. I finally got her all the way through the TV as quickly as humanly possible. I yanked the cords linking the TV to the VHS player. Finally, her wails were cut short as the TV showed static.
For good measure, I also took the VHS out of the player and tossed it back into the box. I looked back at Sunny, who remained frozen, her hand covering her mouth as her eyes widened. For a long while, she imitated a statue. She finally spoke after a while, "Hey, um..."
"Yeah?" I said, perking my ears.
"We're not gonna say anything, right?"
"I wasn't planning on it."
She returned to her animated state, and we both walked out of the basement, climbing the stairs. "Are we gonna clean up the blood?" I asked from behind.
"I'll do it later tonight. But how did you kick a ghost?"
"I don't know. I either have a superpower, or it was just a really shitty ghost."
Sunny chuckled at the remark as we left the basement, now entering the warehouse. She stopped before turning around and flashing the light almost in my eyes. "Um... Are you gonna quit?" the question was a bit out of the blue but considering what happened, probably not totally unexpected.
"Maybe. I mean, other than what just happened today, this job is pretty sweet," my response seemed to ease her as she gave a light smirk. I then asked her, "You gonna quit?" She immediately retorted, "Oh god no. Where else would I go, retail?" I laughed at her response to my question, and we walked back to the front of the store. The manager saw me appear and walked down to greet me.
"Hello, new employee. How was your shift as an archivist?" The manager flashed his perfect row of teeth and smirked at me. "It went well," I responded, a bit nervous.
"Good, good. Did you watch all the VHS tapes as required?"
"Yes, sir, but there was one with a red strip that I didn't watch."
"Oh, yes, how fantastic. Now..." the manager pulled something out of his pocket, still maintaining eye contact. "Here is your bonus. Spend it on something good." He gave me a light slap on the shoulder before walking back to his office.
I looked down at the $20 bill in my hand. All that for $20. I can at least buy a couple of tubs of ice cream with this money. I grabbed my things and left the store, saying goodbye to Sunny as I walked out.
I am now typing this story in the comfort of my apartment, also with a half tub of ice cream on my lap. This might be my last post; I'm not really sure. I mean, some interesting things are bound to happen if I take the night shift, right?

I’ve been wondering if I’d ever be able to desensitize Bean to human food and how strong nurture would be over nature in this sense.
He’s always been begging and sticking his nose in my food and stealing at any opportunity. Being a beagle, basically. Well, while I could live with it due to the nature of his breed, I had no intention to entertain it.
What I’ve learned having had dogs a good chunk of my life is that you can’t have it both ways. You cannot feed your dog human food without them expecting it, begging for it or stealing. So what I did was mostly nothing. I never fed him off the table, never gave in or even acknowledged his attempts. He never had access to human food on his terms: if he picked something off the floor while I cooked, I would immediately make him spit it out even if it’s otherwise safe for dogs. I would make sure that anyone who encountered Bean for an extended time knew that if they fall for his cute eyes once, I will have to deal with it for years.
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been somewhat successfully eating small, mostly handheld for better control, things on the couch: a bagel, mochi ice cream, etc. I used not to be able to do that at all.
Today was a real test. Leftover Thai food. And Bean was just okay. He looked at it, made a quiet little bark a couple of times, made a very passive “why do I even bother” attempt to stick his nose there, but this was it. After that he proceeded to mind his own business. Though in a rush, as if not to give it enough time to ruin the progress, I was able to finish a full plate of drunken noodles with chicken, and even leave the empty plate on the coffee table for 40 seconds before putting it away.
So we’re maturing! Yay!
P.S. Bean has a very diverse diet with veggies, fruits and some fresh home cooked food. But it never comes from the table or because he demanded it!

It's time to vote for your favorite Red Velvet song starting with I!
How it works: I'll post comments with every song for that particular letter. Upvote the song(s) you like the most. The song with the most upvotes wins!
Leaving a comment with the song will not count as a vote! Only upvotes to my original comments will count!
I've tried to include group, unit and solo songs (excluding featuring, OSTs and collabs). Let me know if I've missed anything!
Your options this time:

1. Ice Cream Cake
2. I Just
3. In & Out
4. In My Dreams
5. If Only (JOY)

Previous Winners A - Automatic B - Bad Boy C - Cool Hot Sweet Love D - Dumb Dumb E - Eyes Locked, Hands Locked* F - Feel My Rhythm G - Good, Bad, Ugly* H - Hello, Sunset
*automatic winner since there are no other songs with this letter
Edit for typo