lilshadowdweller

I'm so sorry to hear it. Everything you are feeling is normal. In humans, bad things are always more paramount than the good. It's natural. Obviously it's great to hear that one issue is resolved with your Aunt. But awful to hear about your Grandma. You have my deepest sympathies.

I have a now-good friend at my work who doesn't believe smoking or seconde hand smoke is anything bad. She's a homeopath (ironic, eh?) which means she doesn't take or do any modern medications, but SOMEHOW considers cigarettes an exception. She's from Bulgaria and claims that "everyone" smokes there and tthat nobody dies from cancer or the smoke. I find there might be other things to consider (like a harsher life and shorter life spans.)

My Grandmother is a long-term smoker but we aren't close. She almost had a cancer scare which turned out to be pneumonia. Now she's right back to smoking and risking it again.

My parents hadn't smoked during my time living with them (20 years) , but they smoke now. I'm not happy about it but I don't say anything to them about it. My sisters are very cruel and sarcastic regarding it. I don't like their methods of shaming despite agreeing with their opinions. None of us smoke. I smoke NOTHING. I don't think putting any crap in your lungs is a good thing, regardless of what people try and convince me!

Ontario is now placing EVEN harsher laws on people. Just a few days ago, a law was passed that said that if you're on an outside deck at a bar and standing many feet away from employees and other people, if you hold a drink, you could be fined for having a cigarette in hand. I'm fine with it, even if people are crying about it! I hope smoking becomes extinct in the near future.

It's expensive. It's not good for you. And there's social pressure to smoke, too. Like at work where smokers get breaks where no smokers do not unless requesting to use the washroom!

You paint a fine message today about the realities of smoking and how it hurts everyone!

The worst thing I've heard of was my S/O other's Mother. She lives in Russia, and she has these big, gorgerous lips! Anyway, she told me a story of how she got BEATEN because her school was convinced that she had put on lip stick. (She couldn't take it, obviously.) That stuff is messed.

Our society has this belief that it's all up to the ladies. My opinion is that a woman should be able to wear whatever she likes without harassment. Nobody "deserves" it. I get that people sort of harass for things which aren't "normal" in general. (It's not just gender. Little people get it. People with visible impairments also.)

Religion also does play a role. Women are still expected to maintain their virginity while men are not. There's this gap where women have to be pure and clean and men simply do not.

I don't have many experiences of real harassment. Actually, anything that occurred in high school was by my friends. They would jokingly lift my kilt up (which I now realize should not have happened), and made me uncomfortable. I don't pay attention to if men are staring at me or not though. I do recall going to a Night Club and having a Spanish guy dance with me but I had felt like it was my own fault for being too friendly and sending him signals.

Ouch. Oh well. You wouldn't have been able to get free training due to your pet's level. It stinks, I know! I wish they'd do something about it.

It'll be up and running soon enough!

I've never had a problem with people whose NP income mostly came from Habitarium, but let's be honest, once you reach level 50, it is easy money. There's nowhere else on the site where you earn the most profit by simply letting your computer run for hours. Frankly, before they announced that Habitarium couldn't be included in the transition, I never saw anyone claim Habitarium wasn't a fair way to earn money. I think people are only mentioning that it's a really passive way to earn NP now because their attitude (and mine) is that it's probably for the best that JumpStart won't be able to support it.

Regardless, I think the main reason is simply as stated: too much work to transfer.

I was so surprised! It had seemed like they were investing a lot of time into it, and it really wasn't even old! But I suppose Jumpstart may not have found it appealing. It's a shame, because those things added more variety to the universe. I'm glad I came on to read about it, I almost hadn't. (I haven't been on Neo a lot lately). Also, to all of those who claim Habitarium affected Neopets' economy ... I always feel like for restockers or people who like that stuff, they always want others who invest their time in their way of playing the games then complain if there's an "easy" or I believe, different way to obtain NP. Then they complain. It actually really urks me. Inflation happens. Everyone gets their NP in different ways. Habitarium was an income which is now sliced and it probably isn't fair. If this had been some other part of the site which those who didn't use Habitarium gained their profits, I'm certain they would be equally upset! I found it quite fair.

Yeap! Those are the BEST days! When I got accepted into the Times (first and so far only time) I also got MSPP lent to me! It was amazing!

A few years ago, shortly after I had moved out of my parent's home, it became apparent that my Father, the one man I adored and looked highly of, was cheating.

The way he went about it was dumb, too. He'd leave for hours at a time on his days off, and return telling us that he had went shopping - despite having not purchased anything. He'd leave a sleeping bag in his car. When big fights happened between him and my Mom, he'd leave again for hours, claiming to be at a friend's house.

One time, I was dropped off at my parent's house and my Dad didn't know I was home. He was arguing with the other lady. I heard bits and pieces, like; "For heaven's sake, I'm married, and you're doing this to me?" He eventually seen me and offered to get me McDonald's, perhaps unknown of how much of his conversation I had heard.

During this whole time, my youngest sister defended him to the death, until he openly said it in front of her. This situation was the worst. It was offensive to us that he thought his poor excuses would cover it up, as if we were dumb. It was hurtful to my Mom. But they are still together. She forgave him because she can't forget the man he was when they had married over 24 years ago. She's not alone. My Dad's older brother also cheated on his wife, and they are still together, too.

Cheating to me is forgivable, however, I feel it's the skeeziest way out of any relationship. Get the guts to break it up. You are being selfish if you're not being honest and leaving your signficant other in unbearable pain.

In my Dad's case, I was empathetic. I know that my Mother has some issues; I love her, but darn, she has them. Still, he should have separated. I know he wanted the comforts of having his family and a wife, but he can't have both. If the other person is OK with it, sure, yes. How you manage your relationships is up to you in my opinion. But if that's not the case, it's ttoally wrong and gross.

I missed the avatar event, lol. But ... I don't disagree with it. Right now, the stamp ones are pretty impossible to obtain and people online can attempt charging REAL money (illegal), for those stamps/items. This helps bring the huge price down both on Neo and reality and is reasonable to me. I'm surprised by the hostility because avatar collectors could benefit from this, too! Just make it extremely rare. You'd still earn it technically. Past events you can no longer obtain but by having participated in them, you get them easier.

So is this a plot, or just a mini one? Right now, it's looking to be a mini. These puzzles remind me of the Halloween one. I can't wait until we can get past all of this stuff! Also, the coherent message is really cool, thanks for laying it out. =D I haven't done anything with my prizes yet, waiting to see if we have to do something with them. Although, I do doubt that. It's good they're helping us build a bond with JumpStart using this little plot. Really brings up my interest and mood!

I've never heard of this company! But I am Canadian, so perhaps that is why? Anyway, I'm not sure what to think. It's actually REALLY exciting, because there might be BIG changes! And they might be good! It can also go the other way. But, if they purchased Neopets for an older audience, then they should be good to cater to us! :DD So I'm excited and optimistic!

I guess I have to update this now. Literally the day after I had posted this, I received yet ANOTHER FFQ from the Fortune Cookie. I've still never just received one without technically paying for it. But oh well. I used to paint Purcey7 Stealth after transforming her into Draik. So now I'm at 2.

One. In my 12 years on Neopets, just one. Oh, and it only came after using Faerie Fortune Cookies for 4 complete weeks. It was also an unbuyable item. A rich user who had been browsing the boards noticed my plight and gifted me the rare unbuyable. I used it to paint Zamaery the Zafara into Water. She looks brilliant.

It's a GOOD thing that the other person's account was frozen. It was done for you and to help you! Right now, take some deep breathes, and keep checking on your tickets. I am very, very sorry to hear of this news. That person is terrible. I cannot believe they asked you and then decided to just take matters into their own hands! Urgh. Not fair.

I love this event. I have been buying the Faerie Fortune Cookies for weeks now (4) and still no Rainbow Fountain. I doubt I'll get it with this but at least it's a free event so it feels like a free Faerie Fortune Cookie to me. xD Good training, too.

If that's true, that's nonesense! If someone goes onto an account, it should NOT be removed. I'd put in a ticket and complain, because I don't know when the purges happen. All I know is, my sister hadn't accessed her account in years and just recently made it on. Just try and see if they can assist you if she can get the information correct reharding it.

Her account needs to be frozen before more damage is done. Hopefully TNT will freeze it and help her get it back. Good on you for noticing. Otherwise, she can try and take the account back by herself, maybe use her email address and send it, but it probably won't work.

The only benefit really is more pets. Oh, and if your account gets scammed you have another to fall back on. I seldom visit my sides, I really wish I could keep my pets in more than one place....

Be very careful, too! I've heard fake logins have been occurring. :x

Honestly, I'd stop playing permanently if that occurred.

I've invested far too many years into my account. I have tons of event trophies which I could never got back as well as some rare avvies. My pets are ancient and I'm proud of it.

But I've never been frozen...so I don't really know how I'd react. I'm very careful about safety issues and the like. I clear cookies frequently. I change my secret word if I suspect something may have occurred. I've been warned and I try my best to stay out of trouble as soon as I've been warned. Luckily, I've never been silenced, so I hope that's a good sign.

Hey guys, just warning those of you who don't know...Tinypics is apparently have image hosting issues. People are claiming that they (the image hosting sites) were hacked (I don't think that's the case, the images are so random). They are replacing pictures of Shields, banners, gifs, ect. They are big and are usually just random selfies (so TNT may think you're posting pictures of yourself), screen shots from other gamers (World of Warcraft), pictures of people and their familys and ect). I'm not sure if they had just used old links and now for some reason the original uploaded images have made a return, but certain pet pages are affected. I know a petpage called "KShields" is currently affected, so don't direct link images from there.

I hear people are getting silenced or warned, although I'm not sure if that's because they're pointing to the petpages with the graphics or other issues. Just check your look-up, your friend's, your guilds/petpages, ect. TNT should fix it soon (by removing the afflicated images). I'm sure they'll be fair. I do not know if any other image hosting sites have been affected. Doesn't seem like it.

I have to say ney, not because I disagree with you but because I'm in a similar situation regarding an item.

Recently, a NeoFriend of mine unfroze themselves (after over a year) and asked me for an item she had gifted me back. I hadn't ever asked for the item from her when she gifted it to me, she had given it to me randomly and freely. I hadn't sold it right away either. This item was worth A LOT. I had sold it well over a year ago. She admitted it had been a gift and that she was being greedy.

She then started to ask me for it's value in Neopoints and kept Neomailing me to give her something for it. I eventually had to block her. Even right now, she's shouting insults at me using her user look up and calling me mean. I *know* that I hadn't done anything wrong and that it's WRONG of her to ask me for a gift back, but still. It's an uncomfortable situation.

The problem is, as great as your intentions are, as soon as you gave her the Neopet, it was hers. Perhaps she will do something with it later on. She put in enough effort to grab your attention to begin with. It is the Holidays. Even so, there's nothing you can do. You did everything to make sure she was a good guardian, but apparently it was a lie. Or an honest mistake.

You did your best. <3

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