You hope that men will recognize that this is a space not meant for them (which is often explicitly stated in the post body) and respectfully not comment. And those men that do comment but are respectful get politely asked not to comment again. And those men that comment and are rude or disrespectful get banned.
And some men do fly under the radar but a surprising number feel the need to start their comment with "As a man...".
That's a little harsh. Smoking projects the exhaled smoke from the body and into the air around them. But perfume is sprayed on the wearer, not into a public environment. There are definitely people who wear too much perfume, which I agree is really rude, but if you're wearing perfume properly the scent shouldn't project past your personal space.
Yup! I love fragrance and I switch it up every day. I don't just wear the same scent over and over because I'm afraid of going nose-blind to it and becoming one of those people who uses way too much without realizing it. And also because I like variety! I look forward to choosing the day's fragrance based on my mood and plans.
I lean toward fruity, gourmand, and spicy scents with a little sweetness, but not too sweet - I don't want to smell like dessert - and I prefer complex fragrances over more straightforward ones.
I will say, I'm mostly not nuts about body sprays. Some are fine but a lot of them smell kind of sharp/acrid to me, probably due to a higher alcohol content in the formula. I like a more mellow fragrance.
Racing thoughts may be experienced as background, _or may take over a person's consciousness. _Thoughts, music, and voices might be zooming through one's mind as they jump tangentially from one to the next.
actually does describe what it's like inside my head. I think of it like background chatter. There are usually two to three tracks of thought that my mind hops between with a song playing in the background (currently it's I Second That Emotion by The Miracles). It's there when I wake up in the morning and it's there all day long. If I wake up in the middle of the night, it's there. That can be annoying because it makes it hard to fall back asleep. During the day I can quiet it down by concentrating on something else - e.g., listening to a podcast - but if I'm doing something that doesn't require much thought, my background chatter comes to the forefront again.
It is what it is. ¯(ツ)_/¯ It hasn't kept me from being successful and it doesn't really bother me except when it makes it harder to fall asleep. I'm guessing it's just an overactive imagination? I've described it to my husband and he can't relate - he says his mind is blank unless he's actively thinking about something (and I can't relate to that lol).
I think this is just what's normal for me. If it caused distress or confusion, I think it might indicate some pathology, but that's not the case.
Yay it's Sandy! How you feeling, OP?