'My parents didn't want me because I was a girl', says trailblazing UFC fighter

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'My parents didn't want me because I was a girl'
Puja Tomar - the first Indian woman to fight in the UFC - says her parents did not want her initially because she was a girl.Yahoo Sports - 16h -
'Sometimes my stammer gets so bad, I don't want to talk at all'
Teenager Kitty says sometimes her stammer makes her feel it would be easier if she didn't speak.BBC News - Mar. 14 -
Mariah Carey didn't steal 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' from other writers, judge says
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from other songwriters.NBC News - 1d -
My wife is my best friend. How do I tell her I want an open marriage?
I want us to stay together, but our sex drives are very different and I need to feel desired without the guilt of a secret affair. I am a thirtysomething woman and have been with my partner ...The Guardian - 4d -
My adult daughter wants to turn herself back into a teenager
Distorted external referencing can keep her paralysed, because she’s trying to live up to an imagined ideal. The question My daughter is now 34 years old, but she wants to be a teenager again , ...The Guardian - 6d -
Baby pulled from the rubble in Gaza after an airstrike killed her parents
Rescuers have pulled a 25-day old baby girl alive from the rubble of her home in Gaza's Khan Younis after an airstrike killed her parents and brotherABC News - 2d -
‘This woman destroyed my heart and soul’: After my wife died, her mother turned on me — and presented me with a secret will
“She flipped a switch and instantly my wife’s entire family hated me.”MarketWatch - 2d -
My phone knows what I want before I do. That should be worrying – but it’s oddly comforting | Emma Beddington
On the downside, all my personal data is being harvested by faceless corporations. On the up, I’ve got a little parent in my pocket, anticipating my every need. I awoke recently to one of those ...The Guardian - Mar. 10 -
'I don't want to go to sleep because I feel like I'm dreaming'
Dan Burn says he does not want to go to sleep in case Newcastle's Carabao Cup win, which ended their long trophy drought, was a dream.Yahoo Sports - 6d
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