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- Toddler I am sorry, I am all for saving the planet. But I am not going to save some 9 year olds smelly sea soaked sneakers for that reason.
- Toddler I just had a weirdly contentious phone call with another woman. It was awful.
- Toddler Did Lara Trump really make fun of Biden stuttering ugh
- So did Hillary Clinton
- Drink
- She sure did- they’re all very fine people
- So did Hillary Clinton
- Toddler Can you imagine how bad brett kavanaugh is in bed?
- Why would you think of that ... weird
- He likes vagina more than he likes beer
- Toddler Someone mentioned an area she lived in and i said, oh maybe i should have looked there....she said well it's infinitely more expensive the closer you get to where i live...(more)
- Somene asked about my town and I recommended a cheaper one.
- does that take away from what she said though?
- Toddler This cheer team isn't going to lead to a career. Shouldn't these junior college kids be focused on academics and building towards something?
- (toward)
- I know several women on TV because of the opportunities from their cheer teams
- and 85% of all pharma reps
- it wasnt like if they didnt do cheer they would be at a state university.
- It can build to enough of a reputation to coach and buy into a big gym
- Toddler Need a link for those furry high socks/slippers everybody is wearing
- Toddler I’m trying to help dc research something for school and I can’t believe how hard it is to get an answer online - is it legal or illegal to sleep on the streets in NYC?
- look up loitering laws
- Loitering laws have been relaxed so yes. Or maybe they just aren’t enforced now that I think about it. Post back, now I’m curious
- Toddler I need a dessert for a group of about 12 or so. Any suggestions?
- Ice cream bar
- A big cake😊
- Well sure but which big cake?
- What’s the occasion
- Cream puffs, vanilla ice cream, hot fudge
- Toddler Looking for dinner inspiration. We have quesadillas last night. TIA
- Toddler Man, it sure would have been nice to have parents who paid for college and helped with a down payment on a first apartment.
- itta!!!
- maybe you can do it for your kids
- op: that's definitely the goal
- This post has been disliked 6 times. Or maybe dc should support themselves
- having help paying for college means you are not supporting yourself?
- I agree. Most other countries this happens.
- Untrue. Most other countries don't have so many ridiculously expensive colleges. I know very few people whose parents paid for their first apartments, and I live in a well-off...(more)
- Me too, so I will do it for my kids
- I want to do this for dcs.
- Why do kids need to buy an apartment
- offspring often buy houses or condos.
- my FIL gave us 10k. which sounds puny but we were buying a 150k price.
- because eventually kids become adults. And have families of their own, kids of their own. Etc.
- OP said it would be nice. I must agree.
- offspring often buy houses or condos.
- mine paid for college and that was definitely a huge help and I feel like enough and it is what I endeavor to do for my dc
- Things can be ever be fair with this but of course I will do this for my kids since I can.
- never^
- My parents took money in my name and used it
- sorry, why?
- To pay their bills and keep their house
- wow
- Yes so it was super fun being me as a young adult. I went to college senior year of HS and got my associates in 1.5 years then transferred. Worked 70 hours a week all summer and...(more)
- sorry
- Yes so it was super fun being me as a young adult. I went to college senior year of HS and got my associates in 1.5 years then transferred. Worked 70 hours a week all summer and...(more)
- Maybe they needed it? Would you rather they have moved the family elsewhere? Was it a lot?
- np stealing from your kids is really disgusting.
- wow
- To pay their bills and keep their house
- sorry, why?
- It was nice for sure.
- Yes, I consider myself very lucky.
- Starting married life debt free made all the difference in the world
- I would love to be able to pay my DCs'entire college tuition. I think they should be on their own for housing.
- housing is ridiculous these days all up and down the west coast. I see no young people buying in my area anymore - when we bought we were the first younger couple on the block
- ^now the only young people in their 20s are living with their parents.
- housing is ridiculous these days all up and down the west coast. I see no young people buying in my area anymore - when we bought we were the first younger couple on the block
- Toddler Nancy pelosis dd filmed a documentary with trump for HBO. strange contents in this article...(more)
- Could they make the lighting a little more orange? lol.
- v depressing
- Toddler We should be terrified by what the restrictions on the press are for this trial are. It's very very troubling and very authoritarian
- we are terrified
- Toddler Do you own an Airbnb property? Did you set up an LLC before you started renting?
- Air bnb is pretty much illegal no matter where you are.
- Wrong!!
- Talk to your insurance company and get back to me
- how is it illegal and what does an insurance co have to do with it
- Do some research. Many insurance co will not touch Airbnb properties.
- ^State Farm being one of them. I think Allstate as well.
- Do some research. Many insurance co will not touch Airbnb properties.
- how is it illegal and what does an insurance co have to do with it
- Talk to your insurance company and get back to me
- Wrong!!
- Yes no
- No but that seems easy and a good idea.
- Can you? I don't think you can set up an LLC with Airbnb
- Of course you can. There are tons of true businesses renting daily on airbnb. It is just a different process with insurance and payments.
- i own a house that i am going to airbnb
- Where?
- WHy would one do that?
- Air bnb is pretty much illegal no matter where you are.
- Toddler If your dh does a job that is scorned by ybm, what is it?
- financial advisor
- What does he offer his clients besides selling securities
- I live our financial advisor.
- Why
- Handles all our shit.
- Why
- nope
- literature professor/poet
- HR is widely disdained
- That’s because other hiring process HR does little for me the manager or me the employee
- What other hiring process?
- Other than during hiring process
- He spends about 99% of his time on other than hiring. Planning, strategy, etc.
- Other than during hiring process
- What other hiring process?
- With good reason
- That’s because other hiring process HR does little for me the manager or me the employee
- yep, finance
- IB.
- ditto
- Runs Hedge Fund
- ^its small, he pays 6 guys out of his own pocket, gives them health insurance, doing everything he can to make a success of it.
- He’s in the army
- ^and he’s in hospital administration. Double scorn
- Hospital adminstrator
- Teacher
- financial advisor
- Toddler I am making pulled port. the joy of cooking doesn't say to add any liquid to the pot. does this seem right?
- ^^pork
- I can't believe people still eat pork
- ??
- I feel that way about plant based food. You want a burger ear a burger. Yiu want to be vegetarian, eat vegetables
- What did you already put in? I usually add a can of coke
- Barf
- omfg wtf
- np it's not unheard of. or root beer. or beer.
- ^^i just fund a recipe with dr pepper
- np it's not unheard of. or root beer. or beer.
- i have put the rub on and was just going to start the cooking and noticed this
- I would Google other recipes and see what is standard. It's possible it will give off enough liquid.
- they all seem to have some sort of liquid. i will throw in some chick stock.
- I would Google other recipes and see what is standard. It's possible it will give off enough liquid.
- How are you making it? Stovetop?
- in oven
- It depends on the cut of pork - if it has a decent amount of fat then should be fine. Can use Chicken broth if you need to moisten
- Yes, tons of fat will keto it moist
- When I make pulled pork, I roast it and don't cook it in liquid. That way you get the skin crackling too. Then, when done and rested and cooled, you remove the skin and pull the...(more)
- Toddler Here me out.... Bloomy sinks a billion into Biden's campaign (he already said he would do this no matter who gets the dem nom)..... maybe he runs for vice with him i dunno.... but...(more)
- Too much testosterone on that ticket
- For you and me... but we will vote blue no matter what
- Did Bloomberg pull out??
- No. But he said a week or so ago he would donate a billion to the nominiees campaign
- Could he do that? I though there were caps
- I dunno. I would think he would know- let me find the article
- Could he do that? I though there were caps
- No. But he said a week or so ago he would donate a billion to the nominiees campaign
- Too much testosterone on that ticket
- Toddler If i never hear another yoga teacher or masseuse or sahm use the word "toxins" again, it will be too soon.
- Why does that trigger you?
- op: pseudoscience is bad for public health in general
- Plus "toxins" is too general, making it meaningless.
- Only those people aren't allowed to say it? So a wohm who works in auto parts: Ok. a dh in finance? no problem? As long as you aren't on that list?
- op: pseudoscience is bad for public health in general
- Why does that trigger you?
- Toddler "The [Trump team legal] brief does not deny that President Trump pressured Ukraine to open investigations into Democrats."
- Toddler I am limping through the spelling bee today. so weird. i usually do them so quickly but today i just dont see it.
- What are your strategies? I feel like I'm doing it wrong!
- NP: I find letter clusters. For this one, -- ble endings will result in several words. That kind of thing.
- I do that too, but I'm always stuck on 4-letter words like lice and been, etc.
- NP: I find letter clusters. For this one, -- ble endings will result in several words. That kind of thing.
- I’m stuck.
- Need hints?
- I’m 5 points away from Genius. Now that I see that there is another pangram, imgoingtotry a bit more. I may be back, thanks!
- Need hints?
- Pangram features prominently in a...(more)
- ^ and is...(more)
- op: still stumped. its like my brain isnt working.
- The pg...(more)
- i got it. at least the first one. dont know why i couldnt see that. ugh. annoyed with myself.
- The pg...(more)
- op: still stumped. its like my brain isnt working.
- perfect! Thank you!
- ^ and is...(more)
- What are your strategies? I feel like I'm doing it wrong!
- Toddler Trump would kill Biden in a debate.
- laugh out loud no
- Performance wise, he totally would. I am not talking about policy but that doesn't matter anymore.
- =no
- Performance wise, he totally would. I am not talking about policy but that doesn't matter anymore.
- the man who can't string one sentence together? i think not
- Have you heard Biden lately? He is sounding older and more out of it by the day. November is a long way away.
- still no
- biden has always had a stutter.
- I don't mean that
- sadly
- I don't mean that
- Bide is goofy and trump speaks in word salad language
- correct - op
- Have you heard Biden lately? He is sounding older and more out of it by the day. November is a long way away.
- i dont think so
- mark my words: trump is going to refuse to debate because he's an incoherent pussy.
- that is what I am hoping - op
- so Team Incoherent Pussy, huh? How honorable.
- that is what I am hoping - op
- he doesnt need to tell the truth or be cogent or logical or thoughtful and his base will lap it up. his base is truly alarming.
- exactly.
- Perhaps if the topics were limited to golf, self-tanner application, and Adderall.
- laugh out loud no
- Toddler What would it take for you to change jobs and become an elementary school teacher?
- nothing could make me do that
- Severe head injury
- Nothing. But I did change jobs and become a high school teacher.
- i'm too close to elderly, but i would've been a wonderful teacher, esp the younger grades. i love kids, i work with them now & get such joy from them.
- Am I gonna make tons of money. Then yes. I want more money and the vacation schedule.
- Are you familiar with teaching?
- i *am* an elementary school teacher. i love it, although i certainly wouldn't mind being paid more.
- Other teacher above you. I salute you. I couldn't teach elementary. I couldn't be that smiley all day.
- I am changing careers to become a school librarian (yes, there are actual jobs for them where I live). I love it. It's fantastic. I work in a school library now. I wish I had gone...(more)
- Money and a bionic immune system
- if I got the salary I get now, I would totally do that
- Toddler Are most big NYC companies closed today?
- Sure it’s a federal holiday
- Financials/banks are closed but many others are not. I'm at work.
- Toddler Be honest: how would you feel if your son became a permanent stay-at-home dad? even after the kids were in school?
- Is he happy? Can they afford it? None of my business.
- If he had the means I’d be super jealous.
- bad and I sah.
- That is pathetic. Sorry. But unless you feel bad about being a SAHM or would feel bad for your daughters doing that, your double standard is sad.
- This post has been disliked 3 times. I do believe in traditional gender roles to an extent.
- are you religious or just somewhat uneducated?
- wow
- no one i know who has a good education would think such a double standard was ok.
- I have a masters degree.
- in something other than education?
- Who said it was in education?
- It was a question.
- in psychology
- modern orthodox, right?
- no
- I think you're lying.
- So bye.
- I think you're lying.
- no
- modern orthodox, right?
- in psychology
- It was a question.
- Who said it was in education?
- do you put it to any use at all? you seem like a dinosaur.
- I am doing post grad work right now.
- She is modern orthodox. I'd bet money on it.
- No
- She is modern orthodox. I'd bet money on it.
- I am doing post grad work right now.
- in something other than education?
- I have a masters degree.
- no one i know who has a good education would think such a double standard was ok.
- wow
- sad
- why?
- That works best for me. Everyone does not have to think what I think but I do want ds to work.
- i feel sorry for you daughters
- are you religious or just somewhat uneducated?
- This post has been disliked 3 times. I do believe in traditional gender roles to an extent.
- That is pathetic. Sorry. But unless you feel bad about being a SAHM or would feel bad for your daughters doing that, your double standard is sad.
- Are he and his spouse happy? Kids good? I don’t care
- Whatever works for their family. I wouldnt judge my kids.
- Fine. I think one parent at home and one at work is ideal if affordable and happy choice for both
- Not great, because he's really bright and has a great future. But if his wife earned a lot of money and it worked for them, I'd be happy for the family.
- How about a bright daughter with a "great future"? so many SAHMS seem to think marrying rich and doing nothing is a great future for a woman.
- np she can decide to do something at any time.
- something. But not most things.
- yeah she can design jewelry, get yoga certified, or start a scented candle company!
- NP and I would never agree with that.
- np she can decide to do something at any time.
- How about a bright daughter with a "great future"? so many SAHMS seem to think marrying rich and doing nothing is a great future for a woman.
- I don't think a one-income family is ideal, and that is true whether it's the mom or the dad. Flame away.
- awesome. i'd have absolutely no issue with it, i know either of my sons would be very happy in that situation, just as i was.
- not good. but i'm old school. Men are hunters.
- this board is so conservative. it's interesting.
- Sad is what it is.
- is it? you really don't know how serious people are here. it's so bogus, this board.
- np: I'd encourage you to think about what you mean by conservative v. liberal in this context. The science is pretty clear that in general women are better and happier nurturers...(more)
- You're full of it.
- Exhibit 1/2...(more)
- I have no time to click on things you want to twist into backing your nonsense. I can find plenty of "science" to say you are full of horseshoe but I gotta go, have fun doing...(more)
- "I have no time to (read) things you want to twist into backing your nonsense" is what climate deniers say, but suit yourself.
- I have no time to click on things you want to twist into backing your nonsense. I can find plenty of "science" to say you are full of horseshoe but I gotta go, have fun doing...(more)
- Exhibit 1/2...(more)
- This is exactly it.
- keep talking to yourself. there is ZERO legitimate science concluding this. go back to the kitchen, ladies, you don't have opinions worth sharing.
- "the science is pretty clear"??? lolol lady you are reading some fake science
- i see ybm as a group, not as individuals, as conservative, conventional, concerned with maintaining status quo. not conservative as opposed to liberal politically, but in terms of...(more)
- You're full of it.
- Sad is what it is.
- oh, eyeroll.
- marriages i've known where man makes much less than woman, have blown apart
- I've known many that have survived. Do you know Ted Koppel was stray at home dad for first years if his children's lives, because his wife made more?
- this board is so conservative. it's interesting.
- Toddler Now seems it was really Harry who wanted out, initially Meghan was blamed
- Well I always saw it as him but everyone wanted to blame her. He had no life as a royal. Must have sucked
- lolol "no life"
- Happiest time was serving in the military.
- what did he mean when he said, we had no choice
- He hates that the press killed his mom. He wants to protect his kid.
- Yes, once Archie was born the situation became more urgent
- yes, growing up he and William were treated quite equally. now the focus has definitely shifted toward William and George, he's becoming the third wheel. or the sixth wheel.
- what?
- He always knew there would be just William as prince of Wales then king.
- Well I always saw it as him but everyone wanted to blame her. He had no life as a royal. Must have sucked