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She has many jobs that she juggles between stealing my hair ties and spilling her kibble in addition to serving as the Mayor of Fluffingsville, she runs a network of freelancers as Editor in Chief of Catmodo. Since both of us are busy most of the day at our respective places of work, we forget to check in on each other. Thankfully, Petcubes newest gadget, Petcube Bites, lets humans check in on their furry companions when theyre apart. It also lets us fling treats at them on command which is both heartwarming and mildly horrifying. Pet. Cube Bites. What is it A super smart pet camera that doubles as a treat dispenser. No Like. It traumatized my cat. The Petcube Bites looks like a shrunken down, shinier version of the monolith from 2. Wrong Way Romance Sweet Dreams Ebook' title='Wrong Way Romance Sweet Dreams Ebook' />FREE Today In this high school sweethearts romance, a small town girl has always believed her second chance rancher was the only man for her. But life intervened. I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my soul. A Space Odyssey, the main difference being that the aforementioned totem did not hold up to two pounds of treats. Youll have to load up the device with your pets favorite snacks in order for the magic to happenPetcube recommends treats about an inch big. Since Artemis is but a wee kitty, her treats were a little smaller than the recommended size, which proved to be mostly okay. There was also an unusual aspect to the setup, wherein the Petcube mysteriously didnt work for three days. One day it randomly started workingbut I attribute that to my shitty Wi Fi more than to the Petcube. If you too have crummy Wi Fi maybe invest in a new router before investing in a treat dispensing pet camera. After downloading the Petcube app, you can link your phone up to the monolith, accessing the devices camera. The Petcube senses motion in front of it, which lets you see what your animals up to but also takes weird videos of your feet if you step in front of it. Seeing your cat or doggos adoring face through the app is definitely heartwarming, but fair warning watch your goddamn feet so weird photos dont end up on some dark corner of the internet. Not that Petcube is going to sell pictures of your feet or anything the images are in the app on your phone, but you can never be too careful these days. While the app saves your videos automatically, the quality isnt great. Dont expect Nat Geo worthy screenshots. In truth, Petcubes app isnt bad, but its also not great. There are some issues with scrolling, making it difficult to see the most recent video of your floof. But the app does let you select the distance at which you can fling the treats, which extends up to six feet in range. After loading the treats into the Petcube, my boyfriend and I selected a short range toss for the treats, which makes sense because I live in a small apartment in New York City. Just load the treats, they said. Itll be fun, they said. But oh, dear reader, how wrong I was. The Petcube shot out Artemis treats precariously and with abandon, like a frat boy throwing his drink at a guy who wore the same Vineyard Vines zip up as him. The whole thing was like a cannon of delicious nightmaresneedless to say, my cat was horrified. Make no mistake, she still ate the treatsbut after the incident, she pretty much veered away from the machine. I was able to catch it all on video but filmed it vertically like a jabroni. Im sorry. Overall, Petcube Bites is fine. Despite bad camera quality and an okay app it does what its supposed to do and its kind of cute. Im not sure Id pay 2. Sunday. Artemis couldnt be reached for comment on the ordeal. READMEPetcube Bites is good if you live in a place bigger than mine, which is approximately the size of a hermit crabs shell. Your pet may or may not appreciate it as much as you do. Your pet may never forgive you for this indignation. The Source and The Way Out visualizationworks. Torrent Lia Model there. Commitment phobia is a very painful experience both for the one who engages in the pattern and for those who are involved with that person. Usually the art of pushing and pulling and seduction are the domain of the commitment phobe. The answer dwells deeply in the family of origin survival patterns. Commitment phobia is something I see in my office often and happens to both women and men. The key piece is fear. Fear of intimacy and deep emotional connection. People who are commitment phobic feel they need to cut off their feelings after a certain point of knowing someone as a means of feeling in control and feeling emotionally protected. This is often not conscious and going on at the deepest level of the sub consciousness. You can spot a commitment phobe a mile away only if you know what you are looking for. But if not, it is not at all obvious because one can be deeply taken in by the art of seduction that is prevalent at the hands of a commitment phobic person. They are deeply involved in the thrill of the hunt as a key part of the experience. Once they get the person, it becomes less interesting for them. They begin the process of keeping score. They are consumed with picking out the negative traits in the other person in a meticulous fashion. I am not saying people should ignore negative traits or stay in relationships theyre not happy with, but with the commitment phobic person, this endeavour of seeking out negative traits in the other person is particularly acute and almost an obsessive process. Basically, they are looking for perfection which is what they erroneously feel would make them happy, in control and ultimately emotionally safe. When they find someone that they feel would measure up the pushpull journeys begin. They are there and then they are not. You know what I am talking about The person is fully present and ensconced in compliments and sweet nothings, and then they dont call for four days. You know the disappearing act When the commitment phobic person is there, they are thinking at the back of their mind about their backdoor way out at all times. A very unhappy commitment phobic client said to me once about his latest conquest Im not here for a long time, but Im here for a good time, so Im going to be very seductive and very romantic with her. But, as soon as I get a whiff that she is starting to relax with me, be more human and real with me, Im outta here  We find out through the therapeutic process that this person has done this repeatedly and he suffers from loneliness yet he cannot move away from this pattern. He comes from a divorced family that had immense instability throughout the childhood. So he is constantly working to mitigate future pain. Staying in the moment and just enjoying the new love is out of the question when the pattern is active. He needs to feel one step ahead in his relationships always. He is deeply consumed with not being trapped by a woman who depends on him in any way. He perceives any form of intimacy as a trap,Another sad case that I became aware of, was a woman that dated and even became engaged to a covert commitment phobe. He promised her a rose garden for years and one month prior to the fully planned and rsvpd wedding, he bailed. The only reason they did not get to the actual wedding day only to have him leave her standing alone at the alter is because she finally woke up and started to piece together the commitment phobic symptomlogy he had been displaying. She decided to question him very deeply which did force him to admit he was not going to go through with the wedding. He had been seducing her and stringing her along, in a bid not to hurt her. Instead he felt that lying was a better option which included the act of a last minute wedding day bail out Look out for people you are dating that are constantly looking at other people while on a date with you. Also be mindful that the commitment phobic person is a born sales person in that they can spin a web and tell a story that is unparalleled. What is actually happening is that they are usually covering their lies with the stories. The truth is, when I work with a commitment phobic person I realize that they themselves are not at all in touch with their inner truths. I ask the question, So why do you think youre doing this And the answer invariably is, I dont know. Im not sure. They are very cut off from their own emotions as it is very scary for them. True, real grit, deep authentic truth and reality is tough for many people but for the person who is commitment phobic, it is nearly impossible to have them face this type of emotional delving and truth. This article is a cautionary tale alerting people to not to get involved with someone they suspect is commitment phobic because if a long term commitment is what you are after, this kind of person is sure to get you hurtIt is not going to be a pretty situation, unless you yourself are a commitment phobic person. We know that like attracts like, so that may also be a likely scenario. It actually may be a good match temporarily since both parties are not interested in longevity. However denial is not just a river in Egypt I have seen two commitment phobic people get married In Vegas within one week of knowing each other because they got caught up in the romance of it all. The intensity of the connection made them slip into a denial state that seduced them into a marriage decision. Of course it did not last and lots of pain ensued  But I also see the scenario of the commitment phobe in a relationship with the highly clingy person. Its a match made in hell seduced by romance and destroyed by codependency and low self worth on both sides. A lot of commitment phobic people tend to grow up in volatile addiction families or in families that the parents are in a loveless and silent relationship. In either scenario there is a palpable feeling of tension, unhappiness and dissatisfaction that everyone just wants out of. In the case of the loud and volatile family there is a lot of insecurity about what will be happening the next day or what the mood of the mother or father will be in at any given time. These people were brought up to constantly have one foot in and one foot out. Can you imagine a child being completely invested in a mother or father whom they cannot trust The child feels in a constant state of emotional panic. This volatile, unstable home creates a neural pathway belief system to be commitment phobic. Why am I going to commit when its only been unsafe to commit to people that I am supposed to trust and relax with  For those who grew up in a silent, loveless and inexpressive home the child has no role model for healthy committed adult attachments. They have no idea what it feels like have healthy emotional bonding. For those of you who are commitment phobic and want to get over this, you need to engage in deep therapy, to look at your family of origin stuff, because clearly if you had a choice, you probably wouldnt be doing this. Ive worked with many whose answer to the question, Why do you do this is a big I dont know. The consciousness level isnt there. Youve got to get conscious and commit to getting in touch with whats making you act in ways that clearly hurt other people and yourself. My opinion is that being in a relationship provides us with a forum to learn and to grow the most.