tldr

• planning trip to Portugal for honeymoon
• Have 2 plans laid out
• Which do would you choose?

Bom Dia! My wife and I just got married and we are planning to go to Portugal for our honeymoon. We had a few questions though regarding how the trip should be planned. She has never been to europe, and I went as a kid, but I don't remember much.

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Important information

• August 7th to August 18: these 12 days to actually do stuff. We plan to arrive August 6th at midnight and then August 19th we have to fly out to the US.
• We are big into food, culture/museum/history/art, light/moderate hikes, and seeing the natural beauty of the environment (beaches, water, mountains, etc). Not too big on nightlife.
• I read driving in Portugal is kind of anxiety inducing. I only plan to drive from Porto to Lisbon and Lisbon to Salema. No driving in the actual Porto nor Lisbon.
• The following plans we have below are just high level cities we want to visit. We will do the necessary due diligence and figure out what to do, where to eat, and what to see in each of the cities (unless people are up for giving recommendations which we will gladly take!)
• read through the travel wiki and wrote down your advice! thank you!

Our proposed plans

Plan 1- Only Porto to Lisbon and cities in between

• Flying in: Porto Flying out: Lisbon Cost: $3.500-3,700
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• Tripsnek Itinerary 1 (Porto to Lisbon and cities in between)
• Transportation: Rent car when leaving Porto for Coimbra, drop off car at Sintra or when we reach Lisbon
• Would we need 2 nights in Coimbra? How would you adjust the nights around? Or where would you spend more time at? We plan to go to Douro Valley one of the days in Porto

Plan 2- Porto to Algarves (The Whole Shebang)

• Flying in: Porto Flying out: Faro to Lisbon to US Cost: $2,700-3,000
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• Tripsnek Itinerary 2 (Porto to Algarves- Salema then leaving from Faro)
• Would you spend more nights in any particular city or is this good?
• Transportation: rent car when leaving Porto. drop car off at Faro. Should I get a car in Porto and once I reach Lisbon, drop it off? And When leaving just get a new car? Or should I just get a car for the duration of this Plan 2 trip? The plan is to just park it in a parking spot that I book ahead of time in garage until I leave Lisbon for Salema.

Between Plan 1 and Plan 2, which is better in your opinion?

Should I just go with Rick Steves's suggestion here?

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Portugal Itinerary: Where to Go in Portugal by Rick Steves

Thank you in advance. We honestly appreciate any advice and assistance. I tried to be as detailed as possible and to format it so it was easier anyone interested in reading or providing advice.

Hi friends,
This is a fraught situation, so I'll try to stay to the facts:

• My ex-wife and I separated in December of 2021
  
• She moved to Oklahoma to be with another guy in January 2022.
  
• I signed a new rental lease in early January with my ex on the lease, as she had expressed a desire to go back to school and I offered the lease as an opportunity to receive in-state tuition. (This will be important later).
  
• I had started dating in February 2022. Tinder dates to see who was out there. Nothing came of it.
  
• Her Oklahoma relationship ended in May 2022. She returned to her parents home in a different state.
  
• In August 2022, she communicated that she was "coming home" because she was on the lease. She called the rental office and lied to them to confirm she was still on the lease. I protested as returning to the apartment would complicate a divorce and the definition of separation. She returned as "it was just as much her apartment". She had not paid rent since October 2021. I checked with the office, there was nothing I could do.
  
• She returned to the apartment in late August 2022. I stated I would not interact with her and expected her to pay rent and utilities. I communicated that I was dating and I would not consider her anything other than a roommate.
  
• in late September she left with another guy after I spent my birthday with another girl. She left in the night and took our dog while I was at the gym.
  
• She started messaging me for a divorce in February 2023. I told her we'd have to wait to March for the 6 month separation requirement.
  
• I sent her a settlement agreement (which made no claim to property or assets, only visitation for our dog) on March 1st 2023 to the address of the new guy she left with.
  
• I sent her a follow-up text on March 12th. She said she received it but hadn't had time to sign it.
  
• I sent her a second follow up email on March 27th, 2023. She confirmed she'd signed it.
  
• On April 11th, 2023 I sent her a follow-up text stating that if she didn't return the Settlement Agreement we couldn't proceed with the divorce with a lawyer. She informed me that she'd had to return to her parents house in another state temporarily as her grandfather has terminal cancer.
  
• On April 27th, 2023 she sent me a text to state she'd signed the Settlement Agreement and she would send it on the following Monday.
  
• On May 6th, 2023 I texted her to see if she'd sent it as I hadn't received it back yet. I didn't receive a response.
  
• On May 15th, 2023 I texted her again to ask her to send the paperwork. I got no response.
  
• On May 22nd, 2023 I texted her stating that because I hadn't received the Settlement Agreement I would have her served for the actual divorce in early June - three months after I sent her the Settlement Agreement originally.
  
• That same day I got a flood of abuse afterwards about how terrible I am for proceeding while she's under so much stress.
  

So, if you've made it this far, Am I the Asshole?

Please note that five people (families) who've been interested in taking Niko and that have even filled out an application have all backed out at the last minute even before meeting Niko hence my frustration at this point. I had to create a new post because I wasn't able to edit his previous post. Please share and comment with any helpful information. I passed on the information already to Niko's owner from the original now deleted post. Thank you everyone for commenting. ❤️
Update: Niko is still available!!! Please if you are going to consider adopting Niko please ensure that all steps have been taken prior to filling out an application and setting up a meeting such as discuss having an additional pet with your significant other. Backing out at the last minute is completely unacceptable and unfair to Niko not to mention the time, energy and effort that people such as myself are putting into finding him a forever home! Thank you!!
Please keep in mind that re-homing a pet is a process that takes time and Niko is significantly running out of time! Dogs have emotions and need time to adjust and adapt to changes. Please consider this fact if interested in Niko. Please apply through his adopt a pet profile. It's simple, quick and easy. Thank you.
Original post: Owner of Niko has exhausted her efforts to try to re-home Niko.I have tried everything that I can to help find Niko a new home but life has gotten the best of me and I have a lot of things on my plate at this time.
Niko needs to be re-homed ASAP! He might be good with cats. This is unknown. He probably would be good with other dogs his own size or larger. Preferably not any smaller than medium size dogs. It is unknown how he would interact with children therefore households with children under 8 are not being recommended. The only way to know for sure is by scheduling a meet up.
Niko has a very short time to find a home. This shy boy needs a home ASAP. His owner is moving in a week or so possibly two weeks tops. Basically, as soon as she situates her house is situated.
Here is his adopt a pet profile 👇👇👇
https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/37930925-copperas-cove-texas-shepherd-unknown-type-mix
Niko is a Thai Ridgeback/Belgian Shepherd Dog mix per the shelter that she adopted Niko from. To know for certain he'll need a DNA test. It's URGENT that Niko finds a new home, a foster or a no kill shelter. He will be taken to the nearest city animal control location if a home is not found for him however his owner is looking for alternatives to a local shelter as well. As we all are aware majority of them are kill shelters and the no kill shelters are maxed out!! His rehoming is of no fault of his own. It's a circumstantial re-homing. His adopt a pet profile is ☝️☝️☝️.
*Please Note: I am not the owner of Niko. I am not the responsible party who has ownership of Niko! I am volunteering my time and services to find him a loving home! The facts are that most shelters locally (within a 80 mile radius are kill shelters) and the facts are that many rescues are at full capacity and there is a shortage of Fosters. None of which are my fault by any means! So please refrain from rude comments that are off topic. The topic is helping find Niko a forever home and he sure could use all the help that he can get at this point. Thank you!!! *
Meet Niko!!! Meet Niko!!!
With full permission from my neighbor (his owner)...she's asking me to post Niko on Nextdoor & Facebook in hopes that he can be re-homed into a loving forever home. He's a shy playful boy that has some social anxiety. There is a possibly that when he was a smaller puppy he might have been neglected or abused. She rescued him from a shelter about a year and half ago. The shelter is at full capacity again and cannot take him back. He was roughly 6 months old when she rescued him. He's about 2 years old now.
Niko is neutered and is potty (house) trained. He is friendly but shy as well as shows signs of anxiety therefore it is recommended that he is the only dog or one dog amongst a small pack of other dogs' about medium/large size within the household. She recommends that he is re-homed with a family that has a decent sized yard and kids over 8 years old or no kids. Retirees would be preferred or a family with kids in middle school, highschool or college.
Niko is complete and up to date on all of his shots and vaccines. She has all the the adoption paperwork, veterinarian paperwork, microchip paperwork and he is microchipped. He prefers to be outdoors most of the time but he is an indoor dog too. He loves night time cuddles. He does bark sometimes when there is a reason to bark but aside from that he's a really chill dog that loves his toys. He loves playing with his toys and interaction. He's just shy, curious and displays signs of anxiety.
Niko comes with his toys, food, treats and anything else. All she is asking is that he has a good loving home with a yard. She is currently in the process of dealing with a domestic violent situation with her soon to be ex-husband and she needs to move ASAP to her Mother's house in Austin. She cannot take Niko with her which she is devastated about. She wants him re-homed as soon as feasibly possible. The rehoming fee is $20.00 but negotiable which is more than fair. Please private message me so I can pass her information on to you or yours on to her.
Location: Copperas Cove, Texas/Austin, Texas.

This is going to be quite a long post and I would appreciate any help that I can get from people on here. iCloud support has been quite unhelpful, but I purposely created an ACC for Reddit to see if anyone has ever encountered this.
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Basically, a few days ago I changed my passcode on my iPhone from NUMBERS to LETTERS. This is important. FROM NUMBERS TO LETTERS. However, as I went to check my password (if it works, knowing I still have touch ID, lol that was a mistake) I realized my keyboard did not change. So, I had a password full in letters, yet to enter my phone I had to put in a set of numbers -- KEEP IN MIND, my passcode was full letters and I just changed it. IMPORTANT: My keyboard DID NOT change. It didn't fucking changed form pinpad numbers to letters (regular keyboard). \Also, under the pinpad numbers there are letters so if anyone know how to type letters through pinpad please let me know. Thank you.*
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Thinking I still have my touch ID, I just used my fingerprint. It did not go through which if you ever had an iPhone you know if your touch ID doesn't work a couple of tries after, it will require a passcode. And well, how do I enter a passcode full of letters if I only have a pinpad. Well, I tried entering my passcode before the change - maybe it was a bug. Nope, nothing. After trying multiple variations and options, I got locked. One minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, and so on. Up until, I got a white screen - which we know what means.
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I got a white screen saying press home to recover. At that point, my body filled with fear since that phone wasn't backed up since December bc I downgraded storage since I couldn't afford paying 10 bucks a month anymore and all the notes & pictures weren't synced. I had about 20,000+ new memories, some of the best times of my life fucking ever, some of the most valuable notes ever written on that damn phone -- and I am not ready to loose it. I swear. They are not backed up on iCloud at all, only up to December. I don't give a shit about contacts, sm or any of that. Notes & Photos are my 1 priority.
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So, pressing the home button was a nightmare. I pressed it, thinking my phone will be wiped clean. And, nope. So essentially what it did was is I got a white screen saying phone couldn't be backed up from backup which I assume what it wanted to do was to recover the phone from a backup. I attached a picture if anyone wants to see it.
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From there, I just left the phone with no use. I was so frightened to even do shit bc of how much valuable memories I have on there. I contacted a friend who specializes in iCloud stuff and they said to contact the iCloud support. He mentioned they could somehow unlock the phone distantly (?). Left me confused there, but since I am not pro in this I trusted his words.
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There it goes - I contacted the support, explained my situation. The person said to download iTunes, use a USB cable to connect the phone - press volume keys and home - and my phone should show up on the iTunes app and I am supposed to click update and the screen should clear up and get the passcode screen or whatever. Of course, my ass panicked, bought a brand new (not apple tho) cable to ensure the USB is not a problem. Downloaded the app, did everything - nothing happened. So, I just decided to click the volume keys n home which had even a better effect - keep in mind I am still on the white screen.
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Well, the phone turned off, and then I turned it on with my background, my mobile provider, battery, my reminders and everything as it was left when I got blocked. I have now a screen saying Enter Passcode, Touch ID requires a passcode yada yada - as a norm if your face id or touch id didn't go through. I tried entering multiple passcodes, variations, and every single time I would get sent to the white screen saying press home to recover which later on - every single time required a passcode TWICE. So i pressed home, then I had to put in a passcode and then verify it. The thing is it literally did not give a shit if there were the same sets or no. Like the verification doesn't matter bc which ever passcode you put it still goes through. I was like what is this security lol.
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Thinking this is somewhat good news, that I can at least see my background now and my phone is only unavailable for 15 minutes everytime for some weird reason. I messaged the support again. Umm, unfortunately, no help whatsoever. The lady said she can't help with this and sent me to a senior manager - whatever that is through a phone call.
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I am on the phone with some guy - explained my situation all over again and said this is the first time someone every came with such an issue. I was quite frankly flabbergasted. How come over the decade of the company's nobody ever had such an issue. He said; most likely recovery is the only option. Losing everything since the Decemeber which is the last backup. Or I was also advised into some recovery programs. (If anyone knows some suggestions please go ahead and write them - free or no doesn't matter)
So that was quite unhelpful as they never encountered such a problem. Atp, I am very desperate if you couldn't tell.
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I know technically it is my fault, and it is not my fault that the Apple support couldn't do shit but I mean...
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I tried looking up how to unlock a phone on YT with no passcode hacks lol maybe some magic will help, uh.
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There it is, if anyone knows how to get this fixed or this is the end. Thank you for reading is long ass post, I appreciate it.

I moved here in the past five years and, the one thing I can't wrapped my head around, is the price of homes in the Atherton / PA / MP area.
I mean, I get the super high prices in SF or Marin (or NYC, Boston, Miami, Paris, London, etc). There are things to do. The buildings have history. Outside of weather and nice schools, there is nothing to do in these expensive towns in South Bay. They aren't architectural interesting or on large lots. For what you get, these homes seem to be the most overpriced real estate in the world.
Now for 25% of the average price, I'd get it.

I need help and I’m am really bad at asking for it.
5 years ago my partner, of then 9 years, and I dropped everything and moved to a new state w essentially nothing. We had been living w my parents for 2 years after I graduated college and we were living rent-free. I got my first ever credit card while living w my parents and things were fine.
The first year in our new place is when my debt started growing. By then I had 4 cards, but really only used 2. Having a rent payment on top of getting everything we needed to settle in started my downfall. A few years later and a new apartment, I was starting to feel the pressure. We moved from my parents home in the countryside to a bustling city that begged us to go out and enjoy the town.
Cut to 4/17/23, my mother was hospitalized for complications w her relatively recent cholangiocarcinoma diagnosed. I drove back to stay w my parents and was there and out of work for 2 weeks. I spent so much on gas going back and forth to the hospital every day as well as feeding myself and looking after my dad. My mom passed away 4/27/23.
I struggle w clinical depression, ADHD, and generalized anxiety disorder. My mother’s death broke me. About 3 weeks later, my partner broke up with me—I was blindsided. We are on good terms and plan to live together since we have a 2 bedroom apartment and we’ve both been a huge part of each other’s lives for so long. It ended up being amicable.
I often relied on my mom for financial security, but I hated it. With everything that has happened in the past 6 weeks I feel alone and I NEED to get my life back on track.
I currently have ~$26k in credit card debt. I have never missed a monthly payment, but I fear that I am going to get to a point where I can’t scrape by. I already live paycheck to paycheck. I work full time and have been at my workplace for 5 years and absolutely love it. My rent portion is $900/month and I’m currently putting $860/month to cards. After car insurance, a small personal loan for school, and normal groceries, I am left with nothing—which I know is not the end of the world, but I also want to have at least a little bit of a life and to be able to put money into savings towards a goal. Any goal.
I spent 2 hours on the phone w a debt settlement service trying to explore my options, but it felt very predatory toward the end.
I’m sorry that this is not organized well, I’ve been a little scattered lately and my body has been in fight or flight mode for 6 weeks.
Any advice us greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for even looking at my post.

I bought two LG 60s off eBay, sold as new. Compared to my old V60, the old one had the IMEI etched into the cashback, the new ones only have a white sticker with the IMEI and "Made in China" The old one had a rubber gasket around the Sim tray, the new one is a different shape in that area with no place for a rubber gasket nor does it seem to be water tight. Now to the biggest issue, the old one had perfect flat, immaculate glass front, on the new one you can see various imperfections and undulations. Did they change the factory, are they using different grade parts? All three phones are the LG 60 US variant for T-Mobile.

Just curious if anyone knows anything about CBPO Life at JFK….
I’m currently NYPD, and I’m lining things up on this job in case I stick around… but the amount of toxicity in this work environment is finally starting to get to me.. but I don’t feel I would be on patrol for much longer, then the quality of life gets slightly better….
Is working for CBP as toxic as some major city police departments ? I currently have 0 work life balance. Doing about 700-800 hours of OT a year. I’d say 80% is all forced OT, and I don’t even make any good money for it. I’m never home and I hate it. And don’t even get me started on dealing with each other and some supervisors…. But like I said, I have a ticket to get off patrol and get into the special teams right now if I decide to stay where the QOL is 10x better
CBP just sounds too good to be true, and there’s so many salty people online, and I really don’t know what the hell they complain about. I’m hearing you almost never get forced for OT on you RDO at jfk and I’m sitting here losing 1-2 RDO every week
So all in all….. Does CBPO suck ??

My wife (25f) and I (26m) are faced with two options to weigh and decide. Our answer will shape the rest of our lives. This has been racking our brains for the last week+ because we want to leave our house asap and sell it.
We can either move back home to family in NJ, get jobs and save up to buy an expensive house that still needs work (the market is terrible rn in jersey) or stay here in Texas and move to DFW and have a significantly greater quality of life.
We’re an hour south of Houston right now and we hate it. We have so many bad memories here, from cancer diagnoses, wage theft, lost the people we originally came out here for etc. we live in a beautiful home but we’re house broke because the work opportunities here aren’t fruitful if you’re not a blue collar worker. (We moved to a town where everyone asks why the hell we would move here of all places)
We can go back to NJ but we would be living in my childhood bedroom with our 2 cats, dog, and snake. We don’t even know when we’d be able to afford a place to own anytime soon there. The rent is astronomical as are the median home prices. Atleast 2.2x the avg cost of a home here in Texas (New constructions with marble countertops and slate showers for sub 300k, non existent in nj for under 450-500k).
We are fortunate to not have to pay any property taxes in NJ or TX so that’s not a con in either state for us. We have both been living together away from friends and family for 6 years now. We left because I was active duty stationed in NC and she was already in college, by the time my service was over we came out here for some family that has since cut us off knowing we have absolutely nobody out here.
We want to sell the house we’re currently in because we are miserable and depressed here, due to us not being able to afford to go on trips or the lack of nightlife/activities for non child rearing young adults and the fact that we came here for reasons that I’ve since ceased. Kids aren’t in our future so we’d like to make a positive out of no kids by loving our lives and doing the things people with kids can’t do anymore like taking the random getaways that we wouldn’t be able to afford with kids.
I did the math and if we purchase a home in the DFW area, we would have it paid off in 5-7 years (2yr flex for emergency funding) and that’s barely budgeting at all tbh, we’re just very fortunate to have those means. So we just don’t know if its worth it to give up this massive financial potential and stability of our future here to appease the people that miss us. Their take on it is “you didn’t listen to us when we said don’t go, y’all are miserable, and you’re just not gonna listen to us again and go somewhere else?” Meanwhile not a single person we know our age is able to live on their own in a decent house let alone a place without roommates at all and the people saying this either have to break their back with 2 jobs to afford ends meat or they’re getting tremendous support from family that we wouldn’t have. We love jersey and it’s culture, you won’t find it anywhere else, and we can go visit as much as we want if we live out here, but if we live there we’d struggle to even exist and take the time for ourselves. The reason I keep harping on trips and vacations is because my wife and I didn’t have a lot growing up and since we know kids aren’t happening, we’d like treat ourselves to a nice lifestyle. It’s not about the area for us, we foster animals and stay inside watching anime or playing video games most days. It’s really more or less will be able to use our money how we want to instead of dumping most of it into the interest of a home that we may feel regret over buying knowing what we could have else where.
It just feels like we’re bad people if we say we want to have a better quality home and more financial freedom for a ourselves since we’re not having kids. We don’t want to spend 30 years and all of our money to pay off a house and it’s interest when we can do it here in a fraction of the time while still saving money for other things like trips and date nights. Especially when we’re so young and fortunate enough to have this be our difficult decision. We also feel like we didn’t really give Texas a chance due to the year of us being here being so hectic and challenging and dealing with cancer and surgery and a bad ISD that committed wage theft. We’ve been told that we moved to the armpit of the armpit of Texas (Brazoria county Freeport area) and we think it’s be a night and day difference to DFW. We have a family friend in DFW who swears by it and can set my wife up with a teaching position at a local charter school. Oh we’d also have to make the 26hour+ drive to jersey with two cats a dog and a snake. The logistics involved with that alone scare us, godforbid one our cats got out of the car somewhere in the middle of the trip.
So essentially we don’t know what the “right” decision is and are afraid everyone back home will hate us for not coming back after venting to them about how much difficulties we’ve been faced with since coming here even though it really had nothing to do with Texas itself, we just got a lot of bad news since being here that made us really depressed. My wife’s Grandparents cut her off when they heard we moved to Texas because they couldn’t use our Nc house as a stopping point for their trips to florida and they took it as her running away from them even though we lived in a completely different state. she’s afraid she’ll be cut off again if she tells her we’re moving again in Texas and not closer to “home”. This really hurt my wife because she doesn’t have a relationship with her father and her mother passed away so her grandparents are all she has on her side.
TLDR: A couple is deciding whether to move back to their home state of NJ and live with family while struggling to afford a home, or stay in Texas but move to the DFW area for better job opportunities, quality of life, and financial stability. They have had a challenging time in Texas with bad memories and limited opportunities, but feel like they didn't give it a fair chance. They are hesitant to give up their financial potential for the sake of appeasing family, and aren't planning on having kids. They also worry about the logistics and stress of moving their pets such a long distance. If they choose Texas, how can they explain it to their family without sounding insensitive or selfish. They’re terrified of making the wrong decision since they’re so drastically different and have a lot of holdback when it comes to moving to jersey regarding finances and not being established in a career yet.

Good afternoon PFC, currently in a bit of a finance pickle. To begin I'm a 20-year-old male living in the GTA on my own, however, I am returning to college in September and won't be able to work my current high-paying job.
I have no debt other than my car which is currently at 28285.03$ of principal remaining and its 5% interest for the next 6 years (I know a lot however I needed a car within one week last May for work my only option was new unless I wanted to overpay heavy on used).
My current COL is 647.58 (student housing), around 350 a month on groceries, roughly 130 a month on gym and supplements (not up for debate to change), gas is covered by my work mileage, a mind-numbing 420.19 on car payments, and an astronomical 548.16 a month on insurance. Coming to a grand total of 2095.93 a month to live here. No, I do not have any other hobbies than the gym and hiking and no alcohol or partying.
As far as current funds go I have 1855.90 in a chequing account and 5090.55 in a Wealthsimple TSFA invested in cash.to since I don't know where I should put the money. Take-home pay after taxes is rough 687.50 weekly at 37.5 hours a week some weeks I can get over 50 hours just depends on how busy we are and I get 242.50 a week in mileage (I only use about 60$ of it on gas and the GO train). For a grand total of 3720 a month. This means 1624.07 can go into savings or any extras I want.
I know I am not strapped for cash or in too terrible of a position but I can foresee the rough time I will have once I'm having to pay big boy rent and when I return to school and will have to work for minimum wage with fewer hours, so I have a few options.

1. Keep my exact same situation as is and return to school with around 13k in the bank and take OSAP which for me is around 8k and just ride out the year.
2. Keep living in the GTA but opt for a cheaper car, my sale value is around 25k for my car which means I will need to pay the 3 thousandish difference. However, my parent's neighbours are selling their old Civic for around 7.5k which I can insure for 280ish a month. This option will wipe my saving and make me have to borrow a bit from my parents but I will have 720 a month less I will have to spend on a car.
3. Move home to live with my parents and keeping my current car, this will increase my commute time by a bare minimum of 80 minutes a day however I will be saving around 1k a month since no housing cost and no cost of food
4. Moving home to live with my parents and buy the Civic, this would net me around an extra 1700 a month. This would be massive for my savings and is the option I'm most considering.

Pros and Cons time.
Pros of Civic, not having to spend an extra 700 plus a month on a car anymore. Cons of the Civic, I absolutely love my car and all the features inside of it which the Civic just doesn't have.
Pros of moving home, getting to see my parents and saving an extra 1k a month. Cons of moving home, seeing my parents every day and an extra 80 minutes to spend commuting in the car and the train commute stays the same at around 1 hour and 40 a day.
I just need someone to either tell me what is the best course of action because I am unsure right now.
I'm also sure you're wondering why my premium is so high, my insurance address is listed as my parent's house which is in the middle of the country and not the GTA. However, this price is reflecting my G2 driver's license and a tree that fell onto my car while driving which somehow is an at-fault accident since it was only me involved even though I had zero control over it. My premium will drop Monday since I got my G yesterday.
Tldr; Keep spending more money to save 80 minutes a day commuting and driving a nicer car while living alone or move home and buy a cheaper car increasing my commute time but lowering my COL to around 500 a month.

I (22f) am unhappy. It’s really that simple. I’ve been with the same person for 4 years but I’ve been unhappy for 2ish years now. We have good days but it’s mostly bad days. I had a rough ish childhood nothing too crazy but I struggle with hurting peoples feelings and I put others above my own a lot. I mean how do I just give up after 4 years. And we are engaged. We moved across the US together and he bought a house.
I’m also just not in a position so leave but when ever is a good time to do it. I have a steady job but I’m in the middle of filing for bankruptcy so my credit is gonna be shit and I don’t think people will rent too people with bankruptcies. So what do I do? Move back home where I will still be miserable but I guess I’d have a place to live ?
I really just would rather deal with it and maybe he’ll get tired of me and end it so I don’t have too? Idk maybe it’s the depression talking. Maybe I’m crazy.

I was wondering what would you recommend in terms of subscriptions/ tickets for public transport in Rome? I’ll be there for a week so I would need to use the metro and buses inside the city and in between Rome and the airport
Question 2: is there maybe a mobile app?

My last post
I’ve been meaning to write this for a while and life got in the way. So it’s a little longer than I would like. To anyone who reads the whole thing, thank you.
For those who prefer a TL;DR: My progress has been so fucking good. I completed a 4.2-mile race I’ve wanted to do since I was in college. I spent a week in Disneyworld for the first time ever and did multiple open to closing days without feeling like I wanted to die. I am on track for my goal of being under 300 pounds before my 30th birthday and take my first discovery flight on that day to begin training to get my pilot’s license.
I feel so fucking good.
Now onto the full post.
I never thought I’d write something like this.
When I was in college, my mother passed away unexpectedly. It was, as one might expect, extremely difficult and something I was nowhere close to being prepared for.
My mom was a spectacular woman in many ways but what I always admired her most for was not putting up with any bullshit people tried to give her. It was likely her upbringing in Jersey City, in the shadow of the skyscrapers of Manhattan, that fostered that.
When she passed, my immediate feeling was numbness. After returning back to school following all the business that had to be done at home, the feeling remained for a long time.
I remember not long after she passed, I was given my first internship. Since completing an internship was required for graduation from my program, it was something I had been long stressing about and venting to my mom about. So even after hearing the news I couldn’t celebrate.
Why should I if I couldn’t call my mom to tell her?
Suffice to say, my mental health after she passed was not good. I spent a lot of time by myself and when I was with friends I was not a pleasant person to be around.
It was around this time I had the idea of running a race that is organized by a foundation affiliated with my alma mater. I could not tell you how overweight I was at the time exactly but it was definitely well over 400 pounds so I knew I would have to do serious preparation to do it.
But I don’t think it will come as a shock that I couldn’t do it. It was a goal that simply was far too great for my current mental state and I gave up on the idea not long after beginning a moderate gym routine which I also abandoned to return to my room where I’d spend my time in much less productive ways.
It’s been over 8 years now since my mom passed.
If anyone has ever experienced loss in that way you’ll know that it never really leaves you. It certainly gets easier to live with but the thought of your loved one not being there for you is always there in your mind no matter what.
I have done plenty of growing in that time. I’ve had a few jobs. I started my first real relationship with a woman who I know beyond a shadow of a doubt loves me for who I really am and who I love in return. I have, what I honestly believe and will argue to the end of time, is the best group of friends anyone could ever ask for.
But there was always still this feeling that I was missing something.
If you’ve read my other posts here you’ll know I began losing weight back in September but really began taking it seriously around February. It was around then I decided to commit to walking more and more every day and being more mindful of what I eat every single day. During one of those walks it hit me that the same race from college was coming up in a couple months and they always have local versions of the race organized by the alumni associations.
I decided then to sign up.
I wasn’t planning on even jogging it. I was planning on walking the entirety of the race just so I could say that I could. But when I was on the sign up page it included a training schedule for people who wanted to prepare for jogging. The race is slightly over a 5K so the training plan is a somewhat modified version of “Couch to 5K” programs.
I realized that if I started the program that week that it would line up perfectly with race day. To make this as short as possible I’ll just say I was shocked at my progress in the program. There was only one training session I wasn’t able to complete. I felt great.
Mind you I was not jogging very fast, and still don’t go very fast on my jogs. Before the start of the race I had the goal of finishing in an hour and 15 minutes.
The run was not easy. Even with all the training I’m still carrying so much extra body weight that it is still very difficult. But I had so many of my fellow runners giving me signs of encouragement along the course I felt truly phenomenal.
I crossed the finish line in under an hour and hugged my girlfriend and cried. Her and my friends had come down from Los Angeles and made signs and all made t-shirts spelling out my name. Typing it now is making me cry again.
Race day was April 15, 2023 and I weighed in at 353.8 pounds.
Today is May 27, 2023 and this morning I weighed in at 332.3 pounds.
As of posting I am officially down 90.6 pounds since last September.
In the time between I got the chance to spend a week in Orlando visiting Disneyworld and one day at Universal Studios. It was the only week since I began training that I did no jogging but, in my humble opinion, I think I made up for it with the amount of walking.
Even on the “off” day I took from the parks I spent most of it walking all around Disney Springs and the resorts exploring. On the first night we stayed past close to ride Space Mountain and I felt incredible.
I love theme parks but for context, in the past I rarely if ever stayed to close because my body simply wouldn’t let me do it. We stayed to close multiple nights during the trip and I never really felt that bad.
I came back from the trip essentially at the same weight I left it despite having some poor options for food in the parks (literally the first thing I ate in the Magic Kingdom was a hot dog with electric green relish). The amount of movement during the trip was able to offset it thank goodness.
Upon return, I’ve tried to keep the jogging going although there have been one or two nights where I skipped it but even on those nights I went for my long walk. I’ve continued being mindful of what I’m eating while not feeling like I am missing out on anything at all.
Did you know you can get a power bowl from Taco Bell that tastes like all their other items but you can make it so it’s only like 450 calories for like a good amount of food? I just got that last night for dinner and while it’s not something I get regularly it feels like cheating.
Going to Orlando was a good reminder of one of the goals I have. For those like me who are big and also love theme parks, you’ll know that Universal is not a very accessible park. I can go on my soapbox but I’ll just say I think a lot of times it’s just out of sheer lack of consideration.
Despite my progress there were still several rides I couldn’t do. And even though I didn’t need a seat belt extender for an airplane I did need one for the Jimmy Fallon ride, but whatever.
But one of my goals from the beginning has been being able to go on thrill rides like those without worrying about fitting in the seats. I fully believe that goal will be achieved.
The other two goals I’ve had also are well within my reach. Firstly, I wanted to be under 300 pounds by my 30th birthday in November. At my current rate, I should be well under it by then.
I also have a goal of taking a discovery flight on my birthday as the first step to getting my pilot’s license. I’ll need to start calling flight schools to see if they have specified weight limits but I feel good about the possibility of it happening.
I still have a long way to go but there have been so many little victories as well. I recently have finally started seeing a difference in progress photos I take. There is a shirt I’ve had in the bottom of a drawer I wore maybe twice because it was too snug and I put it on recently and it was actually loose.
I feel really, really good. I feel like the things I’m doing continue to be sustainable. And I feel like I can do anything.
And I also feel like anyone reading this can do this too. Be consistent, don’t let one day define the story. It’s a long road but it can be filled with wonderful moments worthy of celebration.

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Hey! Just wanted some advice don’t know who to go to, or what to do at this point. I moved down from Dublin to Waterford almost 2 years ago for work, with a plan in mind but unfortunately it didn’t go to plan, so I mm trying to move back home to Dublin where I grew up my whole life, but now I’m stuck down here because of the rent prices.
I’m 20 currently on a 25K salary and I’ve done the maths over and over I genuinely don’t think I’d be able to move back home, then I was thinking hap, I’m not sure how long that takes to be approved considering the social housing list was a 10 year wait last time I checked.
And I know that if I apply for hap what’s the chances of me finding a place landlords aren’t allowed to say they don’t accept it but still they can just do the viewing just to keep me quiet.
Obviously in Dublin the rent is really expensive but the salary is slightly more then what it is here, the 1 bedroom apartments are the same price as a bedroom, so idk I’m really lost, I’m just getting home sick at this point.
Feel like fighting a battle I can’t win

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