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I thought about that, but, really, when are we prepared? But it’s so easy to fall in love with the first cute dog. Patience, however, makes the best match.

You can check. It’s not likely, but stranger things have happened. Before adopting a dog, I’d consider doing what my dad did and volunteer at a shelter or rescue to walk or visit with dogs for a while. This way you learn about the dogs and can help a lot of dogs get adopted on your way to finding yours or the right dog for you. My dad did it for about a year and he met some great people, had a lot of fun and by the time he found the perfect one for him, he had helped a lot of dogs, had a lot of fun, and was really comfortable with his ability to take care of the dog he chose. I would not rush out and adopt a dog if they don’t have your dog. Take time to get to know a lot of dogs before you get one. You’ll really appreciate it if you do

Then you really don’t want to watch someone fix a clogged J-tube with it

It really allows you to be very specific yet vague

Beautiful!

I love how pretty #2 is. The jacket doesn’t work as well”cocktail” with dress 3

I used ChatGPT and asked “Where can I find a cute diabetes supply go bag?” and it returned quite a few ideas such as https://sugarmedical.com/products/essential-diabetes-purse-black

And a lot of others, and I’m guessing you could go on A*****.com and search for diabetes purse or diabetes go bag and find some at all price points. Or even a general search engine. It doesn’t have to be plain (or flashy or flowery or scream medical or it can scream medical). I’m guessing you can even get one with a cooler pouch

Oh my goodness the first dress is gorgeous! Yes yes yes.

The second dress is a dress. It’s very similar to dresses I wear all the time. And that is ok, because if you want to be comfortable when you go out (I don’t know what sort of outing it is), it’s fine! It’s your wedding, you get to wear what you want! You could go flashier, but you don’t need to if you don’t want to. They are both beautiful

You can get structure with undergarments if you want a little more body in skirt 2

I mean, that’s not what they are, but if it’s a thought process that helps you emotionally accept it, sure.

It is money taken from the pockets of those who have it or produce it, by force (traditionally), or by vote, for use by the government… whether you agree with what they spend it on or not. If it is a reasonable expenditure for what you receive back in services or useful infrastructure, it’s a win. If not, it’s a loss.

It’s sounds like it is a win for you! Excellent.

If it becomes too unbalanced in any way, people can either take action by voting differently or, historically more dramatically. But a responsible government, or a government that wants to continue, to last, two “do better” or whatever you want to call it, will strive to be reasonable with the fairness in which it takes the taxes and the fairness with which distributes it.

Ideally, it is done in such a way that it can be exactly as you described it. But it is not inherently that way, or at least has not been throughout history, which is why we want to pay attention.

I would actually set a personal $25 budget per child just for the challenge this year and have fun making it a game to see what all you can get in some sort of $1 stocking for that amount. Have fun with it!

Spend what you want to spend, but if they are complaining, spend less.

You can go back to $50 next year after they learn their lesson. They have no say in how you spend your money. And it’s time they learn this. Just have fun with it.

When I was in hospital, I had beef with pharmacy rearranging our Pyxis and taking away normal emergency (particularly PPH) meds and even after meeting and fixing, they would go do the same thing a month later.

I also had a big issue with lab taking apart test kits and sending substitutions… but worse, when we called down to complain, reassuring us, complete with “checking to verify that it was ok”, that it was acceptable and then us getting in trouble to using what they provided. It was at that point that I left, because if I cannot trust the departments I work with to provide the correct tools, not lie to me, not lie to our manager, then can’t trust them at all and I will not put my neck or my patients on the line.

Also, major pharmacy chains like CVS and Walgreens who don’t give a crap about patients who need emergency meds in the middle of the night because “the meds we sell at night are not profitable enough” to have 1 pharmacy available in a 1600 square mile (4000 square km) county. Just one and we would be happy.

I don’t like the one with wings at all, sorry. But I am not a fashion girly. I love the fabric and really wish dress 2 could be in that fabric, but between the 2, dress 2 is so much more flattering (it could be that I’ve only seen the notice of dress 1 used on celebrities where the designer is trying to “hide” things, but even on them, it seems to merely highlight it… I just don’t like the style… but I like it better than the lingerie boning styles, so there is that).

Dress 2 just looks so good on you!

This seems like I step back 10 feet bit of yarn. The nice thing is that you can still make the project and if you don’t like it, someone else will… unless you just want to return it and you can use the one you opened on a smaller project

My biggest issue is other animals, diseases, and knowing a couple people who have had pets injured or sick after boarding. But man, I hat how expensive it is for the short period of time someone actually spends at the house (I have cameras).

Last time I just had birds (we took the dog) and it was STILL $30/day

Right, but OP had mentioned that her skin is medium, so it may (?) work better. But I just love the red, myself

Makes sense! Thanks for the information… I love learning these things and more formal ways to learn are not necessarily good at picking up on subtle cultural things

I’m going to assume that the nurse’s information was good. Because you don’t want to throw off electrolytes either, and the nurse and you are there and I’m not. And digestive systems can be tricky

I would love having them explain and then being happy for them that they have done well enough in life that people tend to know them (or if it’s a kid of someone, how wonderful it must be that they can learn from someone who is successful), and then go back to the regularly scheduled program. Done right super politely and friendly, they are slightly confused and a little embarrassed (not my fault - I’m happy to celebrate them, but my job requires me to give everyone consideration, and still adhere to policies, laws, etc)

Describe it exactly as you are describing it to us. Is your loved one able to eat rice? Try to stay away from Imodium if you can, because constipation is so much worse than diarrhea in hospice. You could ask about probiotics, but a lot of time we start with the BRAT (terrible name right?) diet of bananas, rice, applesauce (not apple juice or straight apples) and toast.

Is the red considered outdated now? I ask, because I love that exact color you’ve chose. But on beauty, all three feel equally beautiful. My choice in order (again, not being culturally in tune) are red, champagne (as long as your skin does not looked washed out - champagne can do that to some skin tones) and pink (but that could be because the model doesn’t have the right skin tone for that color so she doesn’t stand out)

I would have to say that I don’t know your underlying skin tone. I also don’t know where your wedding is occurring or your age. Obviously, they are all equally beautiful, so you can’t go wrong there. What sort of image are you looking to project. Do the colors have cultural significance (not only do they change within a specific culture, they change within specific regions and social classes - even in the US - are you marrying into a western culture where the cream might blend two cultures (though I usually find these marriages lean heavy into each with a wedding dress from one culture and a reception dress from the other)

If it were me and it were just looking at the visuals having absolutely no knowledge of all of the undertones and implications of my choice, I like the look of the red one

Do you have somewhere you can privately practice smiling and talking at home? Preferably somewhere with a mirror?

I think solving this problem at work will also help your personal relationships, because voice control is such a helpful tool!

Use the keywords “creating a customer service voice” in YouTube and you will find a lot of great videos. I picked this one from a similar search.

Just like actors knowing their lines but still having to create the emotion they want to convey. It’s a skill.

The last thing (and it doesn’t sound like this is the issue as you seem to want to do your job well): Do you think of your customers as individual people who live interesting lives outside of having to make this phone call to you?

Sometimes being curious (even if you can’t and shouldn’t ask the questions) helps you turn on the voice.

Oops, I fibbed: one last thing, the more you k is about your job and the more you actually can help customers, the easier it will be to find your voice, because confidence brings it out naturally. So know your product and take advantage of any offered internal education. Pay attention to when your coworkers are discussing solutions they found (that meet company standards of course). I found that once I got really good at my job, my confidence came out.

Of course, you might have one of those phone jobs where customer service really is not the priority… I’m thinking of you call center for Walmart… But the skills you practice there can help you in any future position and if you get really good at it and can deal with it there you should be able to find yourself another role almost anywhere

Didn’t think of that. I forget that some people generate a lot of expenses for their wedding party.

I don’t know that they are… I just lost touch a long time ago and didn’t want to make assumptions