Unless this marriage ended because I woke up one day and realized I’m gay or trans or something that caused me to rethink who I am and how I want to engage in relationships, I don’t think so. I married at 29 but only lived alone for less than a month before that. I wouldn’t be alone for at least a decade anyway because of the kids , perhaps longer. So loneliness wouldn’t be an issue at first, and after that it sounds more like a new adventure than a new relationship would.
I'm a petite with a short waist. The crops work for me with high waisted jeans but they don't expose skin because of my height.
I'm the opposite so every top is a crop top on me. lol. High waisted jeans never reach my belly button. The current trends would show 6+ inches of my midriff and no one needs that.
I don't go swimming at the beach around here, just wading (too cold) so I keep my keys in my pocket while also tied to a belt loop so they don't fall out if we get super active. I don't bring a wallet , $, cards, purse or anything like that down the the sand (occasionally the phone, but not always. There is nothing to buy at the beaches around here. I also don't sweat the things we do take to the sand. (towel, bucket, water bottle, flip flops, snacks, etc.)
Cancer is awful. It doesn’t matter if he did things that raised his risk for this or that. Everyone does. We walk outside. We drink alcohol. We eat processed foods. We inherit genes. We live long enough for something to mutate. We live places with pollution. We date the wrong person. Whatever. Life itself is ‘known to the state of California to cause cancer.’ That isn’t a reason to throw around blame.
FYI - Costco has burnt ends in their refrigerated prepared food section right now (near the Aidels sausages etc) ours also has boudin bread, but I’m guessing that’s regional.
Can you imagine how differently this would have gone if someone had posted something similar but not a step kid? (My 18 year old will be graduating high school this summer and we won’t be paying the $700/month we’ve been spending on this or that educational therapy or sport. What should we do with the windfall?)
Sure, someone might point out there are expenses past 18 and FAFSA will expect thd will contribute to any college fund. But not this pile on.
With my actual kids, our swim coach always recommends keeping positive and not about performance (he suggests saying ‘I love to watch you swim’) but I don’t know that applies here.
I second going all Travis Kielce with a big poster board sign with their names, body paint, and lots of very loud yelling. Fencing is all about the rowdy fans.
Also, IF they would take the case AND rule in Donnie's favor, Biden can say, okay I have absolute immunity as the current sitting President, so I'm going to take the conservatives off the SC and install my own picks. Right? They would shoot themselves in the foot if they would rule in his favor.
he could shoot them on 5th Avenue in broad daylight and then appoint replacements by. Trumps ligix.
Is the Onion terrible because people will believe it and report it as news? Because that's happened over and over.
I think people know onion is satire vs a random Twitter user we've never heard of
A decade ago we would have all clocked it as satire. But so many people have said things so much more absurd than that in the interim. We now can only spot satire because it’s less ludicrous than reality.
These people think Travis Kelce is more famous than Taylor Swift. 😂 They have no idea.
Jesus, what an idiot!
In Their minds, it’s the ultimate ‘you’ve got to spend money to make money’ scheme. How much is it costing her to get to that superbowl from Japan? $20k? Add in all the games she’s attended and this is reach MLM levels of profitability.
I was thinking the DUI happened on the way to pick up the kid (not that it’s that much better because your DH still would have been driving drunk with their kid in the car if they hadn’t been pulled over).
I think you have to have a very honest conversation with your child about it. Their dad is addicted to alcohol, it is illegal and dangerous to drink alcohol and drive, they were arrested for it and most importantly empower them to say no and refuse to blow into the breathalyzer for their dad if he ever asks them to.
I can confidently say he would never ask them to blow. It has a camera connected to it but also it’s actually kinda challenging to blow it. You need a certain rhythm.
I'd go ahead and ask your child if your H has ever asked them to blow (even if it didn’t actually happen because of the camera / breathing rhythm required). I'd also ask my kid to tell me if daddy ever asks in the future. It can be hard as a kid to say ‘no’ to dad. But they needs to know to tell you or if it happens. Today might be going fine but you know full well that doesn’t guarantee tomorrow.
If an AP class is accessible to a smart high school freshman or even a middle schooler, how is it really "college level"? I'd hope kids are learning something during those four years.
And as sent mentioned earlier, making something like Pre-Calculus an AP seems absurd ("precalculus" is high school math. Sure - it's offered at colleges, but that's to help kids who were underprepared catch up with their peers. What's next? AP GED?)
It looks like my kid's public high school doesn't offer any APs at the 9th grade level - unless you somehow are ready for AB Calculus at that age. The rest are limited by grade level.
I don't want my kid to get overloaded during the school year. What is the value of doing a summer program at a college v. APs? Our flagship state school is commuter distance from us. I'm assuming we'll look into their summer programs for high school students down the line.
For the ‘9ers: Wine. Good cheese (cow girl creamery, point Reyes blue, etc) sourdough bread, rustic bakery crackers, dungeoness crab, oysters, ciopinno, Humphrey slocombe ice cream, tcho chocolate, it’s its ice cream, green goddess salad dressing/ veggie dip, some pot from NorCal, dim sum, Irish coffee, crab Louie, modern fortune cookies, farm-to-table, Takara sake is out of Berkeley.
I had fantastic bbq in Kansas City but there is no way I’m eating cinnamon roll chili when almost anything out of the Bay Area is going to taste better than that.
It sounds like ‘at fault ’ is being conflated here with ‘being responsible for’
Yes, if you are the one who initiates and follows through on the divorce, on some level you are responsible for it - but in this case it sounds like both meanings of the word apply. taking the steps towards a healthier future will make you responsible for the divorce, but is also the responsible nexr step for you and your kids.
Thank you for explaining how MLM's are limited, or not allowed at church, craft etc. fairs. I'm overly curious about that. I get, and support why you'd do that, but curious how you can say no to a "business" like a MLM, but not a person who actually owns a real small business/does anyone make a stink that they should be allowed to "sell"? .
this seems pretty simple to me - there is no ‘craft’ involved and you aren’t making any of it yourself. It’s all resale. Craft markets around here never have anything like that.
Nope, in the terrible event you get raped, God will turn it into something positive. Like maybe you went through it so you could help others (I've heard that one a lot regarding various tragedies and struggles).
Right and I think sonrisa is saying so God won't make lemons into lemonade for an Atheist, i.e. that logic means God won't make an Atheist pregnant after rape.
yes - if a child is some sort of post rape ‘blessing’ god bestows on his faithful, an atheists should be able to escape that special ‘blessing’
I wasn't taught this but friends in college used that "logic' on me. It's a lesson to teach parents humility. Etc. and don't forget that kids with down syndrome are pure joy. Also, if a mom does, it will reach her surviving children... Something. Said to me, someone whose mom died when I was 6, and they knew that. They knew how actively I was suffering.
And I realize this is about rape and the something beautiful from something awful, but they apply in all situations to justify their nastiness
I'm sorry that was said to you. Yes, having grown up in that atmosphere, I have heard that logic all my life being used to explain horrific things. "God's will" and an oft-used verse that, paraphrased, they believe says God makes good things happen out of bad for those who love him. It's the classic "make lemonade out of lemons" attitude.
so by their twisted logic - in the terrible event you get raped, the best birth control is atheism?
I’m super pissed too, but I wish we saw this same energy every time Black women are snubbed year after year. (Not talking about anyone in this thread, just overall.) Also a lot of the memes left out America Ferrara and I feel some kind of way about that.
me too. Valuing the contributions of men over women might be the Barbie story, but completely erasing Latina women from the discussion is as deeply an American tale.
In just 16 months. Over 26 THOUSAND. Thats roughly 6K a day. The number only represents the number of pregnancies that resulted from rapes. The total number of rapes is something that is horrific to imagine.
Fuck Republicans, anyone who votes for that party, and the men responsible for those pregnancies.
it’s horrific, but 6k per day would be more than 2.6 million. 60ish per day is awful enough.
Texas has around 1k births per day total.https://healthdata.dshs.texas.gov/dashboard/births-and-deaths/live-births
I’d consider staying somewhere nearby and just doing a character dining experience. That and ride the monorail to and from lunch. You get to meet characters which was what my kids loved most at that age. We’ve never made Disney parks a multi day extravaganza (because while one day tickets are crazy, it just goes up from there. We will do a character meal one day and a park visit another, with local stay in between or framing the park day (we go rope drop to fireworks. For that price I’m not returning to the hotel. Little one would nap in the stroller).
What is the natural light in the house like? Use your paint to maximize that (people don’t buy a house for a paint color but they do notice how light or dark it feels). Flat paint absorbs more light than eggshell and any grey/greige/beige will also bring the perceived light level down a tad.
Deep thought- The complete confusion and denial around who will be on the ballot in November - people who think Biden might step away, others who think Trump will likely be taken down before then - feels a lot like how many people approach global warming. A ‘Something will come along to fix this because this just shouldn’t/can’t happen’ mentality.