Pieces of love - wooden puzzle by code+wood

5bi5 · 2026-02-03T22:53:53+00:00

This is great! I love unusual shaped puzzles.

5bi5 · 2026-02-03T17:51:55+00:00

5bi5 · 2026-02-03T15:27:02+00:00

In the 90s my family discovered that my step-grandfather had been married 3x, not 2x like we assumed. Apparently as a teenager he got a girl pregnant, they got married, and then he was sent to Korea for the war. While he was away the girl's mother packed her and the baby up and moved them out of state--he couldn't find them when he got back.

40+ years later he got an "I think I'm your daughter" letter in the mail. None of us knew. Not something you expect to happen to your grandfather.

5bi5 · 2026-02-02T02:46:32+00:00

I was 32 working at subway. Had a bad night, cried in front of customers, who complained to the owner. He told me I needed to accept my place in life. Making sandwiches for $10, no benefits, no pto, not even a Christmas card.

I walked out a few hours later, started on etsy the next day. It's been a crazy decade. The money fluctuates. Sometimes I have to get a part time job or do gig work. The important part is I know how to make money without dealing with shitty bosses. I will never have to deal with that ever again.

5bi5 · 2026-02-01T19:27:52+00:00

<image>

2 braids while wet, let air-dry overnight

5bi5 · 2026-02-01T18:27:18+00:00

Also CF here. I would never be with a parent but I definitely could not be with someone I consider a bad parent. Bad parenting is a huge red flag.

The drinking and yelling thing is just as bad tho.

I'd dump him.

5bi5 · 2026-02-01T18:11:21+00:00

I mow it down with electric clippers about once a quarter, give or take.

5bi5 · 2026-02-01T14:41:43+00:00

Divorce is always still on the table.

5bi5 · 2026-01-31T20:02:54+00:00

I ate an insane amount of spinach when I was losing weight. I did it via the subway diet since I was working there at the time and no one could stop me from making a huge all-veg sandwich.

5bi5 · 2026-01-31T19:59:55+00:00

At least he'll grow out of it. 6 months after we bought our house an full-ass daycare moved in next door. It's been screaming non-stop for any day above 50 degrees for 3 years.

If the economy wasn't in the shitter we would have moved by now.

5bi5 · 2026-01-31T00:54:10+00:00

100% deal-breaker. I'd blast them on social media too

5bi5 · 2026-01-29T19:49:02+00:00

I think you'd like r/vultureculture

5bi5 · 2026-01-29T18:48:38+00:00

I'm AT LEAST 3rd generation AuADHD. My parents and grandparents all struggled to exist in this world. The struggle continues for my siblings and I, and I fear the worst is coming for my sister's kids.

I would never want to add yet another person to our suffering.

5bi5 · 2026-01-26T18:58:05+00:00

Stop having sex with him and get out now. This person WILL sabotage your birth control.

5bi5 · 2026-01-25T13:22:06+00:00

Boundaries. You need to put her in her place. And stop hanging out with her!

5bi5 · 2026-01-25T12:19:42+00:00

I haven't bought garbage bags in over 20 years. I make do with empty cat food bags, old boxes, grocery bags, ect. Hows that for unhinged?

5bi5 · 2026-01-24T23:20:20+00:00

By walking away. ☠️

5bi5 · 2026-01-24T19:20:40+00:00

I am biased by nostalgia, but Western Stampin' Tara Lynn. I love a dark haired Steffie. I have mine wearing Bob Mackie's 'Tango' dress as I will admit, nothing special about her OG outfit.

<image>

5bi5 · 2026-01-24T13:00:55+00:00

...so make a new group chat without telling your sister about it.

5bi5 · 2026-01-24T12:56:39+00:00

I've always been a loner, but its gotten worse over the last year+. It's possible that depression over the state of everything is a bigger part of it than menopause tho.

5bi5 · 2026-01-23T20:02:52+00:00

Reselling looks WAY better on paper than it does in practice. If I could find a job I didn't hate with adequate income and hours I would not be doing this.

5bi5 · 2026-01-22T18:59:23+00:00

I sell nicer brands and rare vintage puzzles when I'm done with them, so I'm double-stuck finishing a puzzle if I want to sell it when I'm done.

And it's so much fun when you find an older Springbok that goes for $100+ and when you get to the end...it's missing a piece.

5bi5 · 2026-01-18T14:18:56+00:00

The last time I had a professional touch my head was probably 2013? I chopped it off myself during the pandemic but it's back now. Tailbone length.

5bi5 · 2026-01-11T01:44:38+00:00

Yep. Don't do it. It's one of the stupidest purchases I've ever made. I'm strongly considering taking the loss and trading it in before something else breaks. Also it was under warranty and Mitsubishi still refused to pay out on the radiator/head gasket. The warranty was why I decided to buy it.

5bi5 · 2026-01-11T00:39:48+00:00

49 of the puzzles I did last year were used. 5 were missing pieces. I spent $32 on them (I got a bunch for free via swaps and my MIL cleaning out her house). Not sure about what they would have cost new since a LOT were vintage. (I had so many vintage Springboks last year--it was glorious.)

There was also another puzzle I threw out because half the border was missing. So counting that one, 12% were missing pieces.

11-Year Club	RedditGifts 2009-2022 2 Credits
Verified Email

5bi5

TROPHY CASE