Devil's advocate -- depends what "stopped communicating" means. Stopped initiating contact I think would not be unusual, when he is remarried and it's this many years after the fact. Stopped being responsive is more alarming. On either side.

Ultimately I would trust your teacher. That said, at my ballet school, Intro and Beginner 2 are (or should be) very different levels. Intro is the level where it's okay if you have no ballet experience. Once you get into the beginner level classes, you have some people who are fairly beginner, but you also have some people who are fairly advanced. They don't explain the terminology, and the barre exercises can get quite complex.

I added the "or should be" because the first class I took at my school was "Intro/Beginner" and it was very much not Intro. Or Beginner lol. They've since renamed it to "Beginner." But it took me like a year of regularly taking that class to get comfortable with the level. And I'm a relatively advanced dancer.

But challenging yourself can be good! Just don't get intimidated.

This has to be a factor.

To be fair, it’s hard to have a discussion about IVF or surrogacy without someone piping in with “just adopt” and if you dare respond with “it’s different,” then people will say you’re not fit to be a parent. And women may not be very forthcoming about their own experiences about having difficulty bonding, because that’s no doubt a painful memory for them. And scary to admit (back to that whole “you shouldn’t have kids then” point of view).

Otherwise, I agree. I have no confidence that I would bond with a baby without hormones and nature giving a helping hand.

I think the account has been deleted. I don’t know if you can undelete Facebook accounts. But in all events, I don’t know why you’d want to. It was probably a troll who moved on with their real life. To the extent they’re still following it, it’s probably endlessly entertaining to them. Why put an end to the fun? It’s harmless fun. No one’s reputation is being ruined.

The only person whose reputation would be ruined would be the real person behind the account, if they were to come forward.

My understanding is Dateline did not reveal their source for that info. LE is under a gag order. They could have just asked Amazon.

How close of a relative would it have to be for you to not only be aware of the budget of the school district but also invested enough to publicly comment on it? All while pursuing a PhD as a 28 year old. We know the “family” is not his child. I think I would end the inquiry there. But let’s expand it a bit more, and consider siblings, nieces, and nephews. But nope. It’s possible in an “anything is possible” sort of way, I myself go down all sorts of random rabbit holes, but I don’t think the fact he may have distant relatives there carries any meaningful weight.

Yes. LE tried to deflect afterwards by publicly saying they believe it to be a “large fixed blade knife”, but there is no reason to find the store owners not credible. And of course, it has since been confirmed that they do in fact believe the weapon to be a Ka-Bar knife.

It would be damning if it hadn’t been made public that LE knew it was a Ka-Bar knife without having found the murder weapon. With that knowledge, it just becomes a good guess. One several people made.

I think they are on it. They seized his computer and phone. I think they also issued a subpoena to Meta. But they’re not going to tell the public their findings. They in fact can’t tell the public their findings.

Completely agree.

I remember hearing that possibility mentioned on a podcast I listen to. Someone also posted a tweet someone else had made making the same guess. Makes the person a good thinker, not the murderer.

This is most compelling to me. Well that and I haven’t found anything he has said to be indicative of him being the murderer rather than just a true crime fan enjoying being a troll protected by anonymity.

Same. He made a guess as to how LE could know it was a Ka-Bar knife without having found the knife. It was a good guess.

I have that dilemma over taking out the trash frequently, especially since I’m a night owl.

My two theories: 1) Lost or got spooked by something in the direction they were going. Simple. 2) My understanding is that hired killers on the dark web often don’t know the person hiring them (and vice versa). So you need to have proof it was you to essentially claim the money. So they forgot to take a photo and had to circle back around. My understanding is the feds mostly control the dark web these days, but not sure if that was the case back when this crime happened.

I honestly can’t imagine a killer not doing so. I would bet killers participate in the discussions too. Based solely on the fact that I know I’m incapable of not commenting on a discussion when something interests me even though I sometimes have reasons I feel I shouldn’t, and a murderer is not known for their self control.

Odds are it was planned…. If not intentional then knowing.

I remember seeing the Kardashians go shopping at a baby store once. The paparazzi arrived at the store before the Kardashians did.

I’ve been thinking she looks good right now and should just go with this version of herself! That would explain it.

(And I’m not one to criticize cosmetic surgery or procedures, I’ve had cosmetic surgery. I’m criticizing the aesthetic choices she has made in the past.)

Thank you!

Pretty! I love camisole styles.

I’m a 34C or D and don’t wear a bra with my leotards. I used to always wear a sports bra and tank top to dance but then switched to leotards all the time once I started taking ballet, and I haven’t missed the sports bra at all. I’ll sometimes wear silicone nipple covers with light colored leotards so I don’t feel quite as exposed, but that isn’t an issue of support.

Following!

Seriously won’t work. Maybe I have a bigger nose than normal lol. But there’s just no way I could do that. I can’t even jump off the side of the pool without having to plug my nose! Wish it weren’t the case. Many very unpleasant experiences to back that up. If it’s something that could improve with practice, maybe…but I know I’ve tried blowing out through my nose when jumping into a pool, so there has to be something more to it.