In the next two weeks, there will be a new addition to our household -- a baby. (Not mine.) And since it's not mine, I would prefer not to hear it. There are lots of AskMes about earplugs, but many (like the ETY ones) use as a selling point that they don't muffle speech. I want to muffle
everything. Best ear protection for the job, <$30?
posted by fiercecupcake
on Jun 14, 2013 -
16 answers
My 14 month old son cries and screams every waking moment he's with me. This has gone on for months, and it's killing me. Please help me understand what's going on and how I can make it stop.
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posted by arcticwoman
on Jun 7, 2013 -
49 answers
I used to be a happy drunk, and now I have become a person who cries for no reason when I drink. Why did this change, and can I change it back?
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posted by picapica
on Apr 9, 2013 -
19 answers
I have to have a relationship talk tonight with a new person in my life. It's going to be stressful but I think it's going to be okay. How do I not cry? I have a tendency to get choked up and cry during certain types of discussions where I feel vulnerable. (It even happens at work, but that's another AskMe.) What do I do? Should I just issue a warning before we talk?
posted by summer sock
on Feb 22, 2013 -
10 answers
Long shot: would taking hormonal birth control (HBC) for several weeks continue to affect my premenstrual moods for several months?
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posted by fiercecupcake
on Apr 10, 2012 -
3 answers
I'm looking for some websites for the beginner. I'm fine with the animation part. That is (relatively) easy. But I'm pretty much totally lost on the Action script part of it, and the Adobe tutorials are a little complicated for my idiot self. I'm just a little ol' designer and all this talk of code and scripts and computer lingo is freaking me out. I'll take anything. Any ideas. Any help. Anything. Thank you.
posted by freakazoid
on Mar 21, 2012 -
6 answers
Our greyhound Hoover lacks confidence, is unhappy, and seems to have other emotional problems. We're at a loss. Help us help our dog, please.
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posted by QuakerMel
on Feb 12, 2012 -
21 answers
After about one day visiting my family, I get very emotional and remain on the verge of tears for the rest of my visit. Once I've reached this point, talking about anything, even the most mundane, makes me cry. I have never experienced this except with my family. It can last for days. What causes this? What can I do to prevent it? What can I do to recover from it? Can you explain what is happening to me?
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posted by valeries
on Nov 8, 2011 -
18 answers
When I hear a baby crying I feel like I am getting sliced open with a scalpel. It is totally fight or flight. What the hell is going on with me? This is more than yuppie griping about having dinner ruined. It is not just annoying but harmful to brain chemistry. What is going on w me.
posted by moammargaret
on Aug 20, 2011 -
19 answers
James Thurber fans, gather 'round. I'm reading his
The Years with Ross and in the chapter titled "More Miracle Men" is a Thurber drawing of a star above a horse, and the horse is shedding a tear. I can scarcely believe I'm using a question for this, but I greatly wish to know: Why is the horse crying?
posted by bryon
on Aug 20, 2011 -
8 answers
Neighbor behavior filter: I hear my neighbor's baby (definitely a baby) crying. I hear the sound of a man yelling things like "shut up" or "stop crying". And then I hear the sound of a smack. This makes me feel horrified. But is it any of my business to try to help?
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posted by your mom's a sock puppet
on May 25, 2011 -
40 answers
My girlfriend has suggested that I might be overdue for a no-holds-barred sob destruction and I think I agree. But I'm having a hard time overcoming my disinclination towards that degree of vulnerability, so I've decided to mount an attack based on system overload. Do you have suggestions of specific pieces of media (video clips/songs/short poems/etc) that make you tear up every time?
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posted by ictow
on Mar 25, 2011 -
268 answers
Trying so hard to figure out how you get two toddlers to share a room and it's HARD!
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posted by Sweetmag
on Jan 20, 2011 -
13 answers
Help me be able to talk about relationship issues without unproductively bursting into tears.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 30, 2010 -
15 answers
I want to feel comfortable becoming emotional in my therapist’s office, which means being confident that I walk out of her office without any sign I was crying.
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 1, 2010 -
28 answers
I recently started a new full-time job. My 4-1/2-year-old hates daycare. What can I do to make this better?
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posted by libraryhead
on Jul 19, 2010 -
23 answers
I usually cry the first time I have sex with someone. Does anyone have explanations for/experience with this?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 11, 2010 -
17 answers
After 5 years of the same routine, my neurotic dog still has not adjusted. How do I teach her to be patient?
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posted by thejanna
on Jun 21, 2010 -
7 answers
Why do fictional things trigger my crying-reflex when I haven't cried in years? (So much snowflakery inside.)
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 16, 2010 -
15 answers
Baby is 15 days old. Due to bf-ing troubles, we have been feeding him pumped milk from a bottle. Friday night we switched to all breast. Now he doesn't drop off to sleep immediately after a feed like he did for the 1st two weeks.
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posted by pipti
on Apr 25, 2010 -
36 answers
What does it mean when a guy apologize and cries in front of you yet still behaves inappropriately?
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posted by wcmf
on Apr 14, 2010 -
66 answers
Inspired by
this old question about how guys react to girls crying... I want to know, how often do you cry? Is there an "average norm" for how often most people cry?
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posted by sherber
on Nov 9, 2009 -
29 answers
My 5 week old baby cries most of the time he is awake unless I keep moving him around or feeding him. I am at a loss...any suggestion for this weary mom?
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posted by murrey
on Sep 25, 2009 -
42 answers
My five-month-old son has suddenly started crying in the middle of the night every hour or two, just as he did as a newborn. What gives?
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posted by zardoz
on Sep 3, 2009 -
17 answers
My girlfriend and I have been seeing each other for a couple of years now. We love each other, and have a lot of fun doing things (even hard work) together. When it comes to sex, though, she seems to have inherited a lot of hangups from a previous, long-term relationship.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 18, 2009 -
39 answers
My fiance has two cats. I've never been a cat person, and am worried about what's going to happen in a few weeks when we move in and
the cats become
our cats.
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 3, 2009 -
24 answers
Over the last year, I've started to cry when I orgasm. While it was an occasional thing at first, it's turned into something that happens every time I come.
I really, really hate crying, and feel sick and miserable when I have. It's killing my sex drive--I no longer want to have sex, because I know that it's going to make me cry. How can I stop?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 31, 2009 -
16 answers
Can anyone recommend a technique, mental or physical, to keep myself from breaking out sobbing?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 19, 2009 -
28 answers
My girlfriend sometimes cries during orgasm. It's not pain crying. The first time it happened it totally freaked me out, but she assured me it was all good, that it was about going beyond a really good feeling to one of being "overwhelmed." It's not just tears, either--it can be full on bawling. It's since become the high water mark of our intimate relations, which are not particularly unusual in any way--meaning we're not doing something really freaky, for which tears might be appropriate. I do my best to take full credit for pushing her climax that far, but it must be admitted that it's most likely when she's the active one.
I'm widely experienced enough to think that this is, well, pretty unusual. Is it?
posted by anonymous
on Jan 19, 2009 -
41 answers
How can I keep from crying or otherwise over-emoting on Tuesday at my son's fourth grade Inauguration celebration open house pot-luck?
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posted by emhutchinson
on Jan 18, 2009 -
19 answers
Okay, so my friend cried in front of me. This isn’t usually a big deal for me, but for some reason this little episode has totally unnerved me. A huge plate of overthought beans await inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 8, 2009 -
53 answers
I installed a new hard drive in my G5, reinstalled all my software, and now I can't print to my HP color laserjet 3550. I've called HP, I've done everything I know how to do. HELLLLPPPPP!!!!!
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on Dec 11, 2008 -
13 answers
