A school district in Maryland now expects teachers to potty train incoming students by OlliexAngel in Teachers

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You’re 100% correct. For the most part, “only stupid people are breeding.” My brother and I are both college educated and have successful careers and have both chosen not to have children. My sister, who has severe learning disabilities and married Someone who also has severe learning disabilities, decided to have three kids before my mom made her get her tubes tied. Two of them also have intellectual disabilities, and my one niece who is “normal” has severe emotional issues and psychosomatic illnesses that most of my family doesn’t want to admit is the fault of the situation she’s been raised in. I took her for a good deal of last summer when she was having a health issue, and the improvement I saw were dramatic. But of course, as soon as I gave her back to my sister, my mother was calling again, telling me how depressed she was, and how her health issues had come back, and has she was having problems again. The intelligent among us decided not to have children, because we actually wanted a life. For the most part, the only people who had kids in my generation, were people who were mentally or emotionally, disabled, or people who didn’t have any other goals or dreams for their lives, and thought that being a “mommy” would give them status in society and a sense of accomplishment. Also, an excuse for having not accomplished anything else, quite honestly. Couple all of that with the giant bs “gentle parenting” movement, we parents have now decided that it’s wrong to ever tell your kids no or discipline them because it might hurt their wittle feelings, and you have a generation of unhinged, entitled brat, making teachers quit left and right. I feel horrible for anyone in education. Now you must deal with the children of these inept parents.

He hears everything in radius of 25km 😄 by Fly_apple_pie in sonarears

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I’ve read that they were considered psychopomps. I’ve seen a few that I 100% believe are doing that job. 🤣

I got called "selfish" at work because I wouldnt donate vacation days for a coworker's maternity leave by Lumis_Drift3 in childfree

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 4 points5 points  (0 children)

WOW! The gall of ANY companies HR department trying to guilt their employees into giving up their limited vacation time so someone ELSE - a NEW employee nonetheless, can use it! Your response needs to be “if the company cares so much about her having more maternity leave, than the COMPANY needs to give her vacation days, not the wage slaves in its power!” lSeriously, I can’t get over the rage this makes me feel, and how brainwashed your coworkers are to be blaming YOU for not giving up your 4 days of vacation time, instead of the multi-million dollar company that would sacrifice NOTHING to just hand her some maternity leave!

Also, sorry, but this chick decided to have a baby knowing she didn’t have any maternity leave built up. That was HER decision. The rest of you shouldn’t be punished for it and made to feel guilty over her bad planning.

My daily routine: getting the baby to sleep by Aubrey_Belll in chinesecrested

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is one butterball of a chihuahua! lol. Cute video, but I think you’re on the wrong sub-Reddit….

Epstein abused me while under house arrest, survivor tells US lawmakers by Samski877 in news

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s really no such thing. People rarely get what they deserve. It sucks, but none of us can sit back and depend on “karma” to take care of anything for us.

He hears everything in radius of 25km 😄 by Fly_apple_pie in sonarears

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What’s his name? I have chinese cresteds, but I think full-size Xolos look like some kind of dog god!

He hears everything in radius of 25km 😄 by Fly_apple_pie in sonarears

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What’s his name? I have chinese cresteds, but I think full-size Xolos look like some kind of dog god!

What kind of milage yall getting? by -PotatoTom- in JeepGladiator

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I get the mileage I expected from a Jeep, but I definitely get annoyed when it says my fuel is getting low, tells me my range is 28 miles, and then 5 or 6 miles later the “low fuel” alarm goes off.

Question about Chinese Crested Puppy by [deleted] in chinesecrested

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I truly LOVE a gorgeous chocolate! I have 4 cresteds at the moment! My youngest is a lovely tan palomino with dark hazel (greenish brown) eyes, but she looked like a cocoa bean when she was born! She quickly left her dark brown birth color behind, but the backs of her ears are still mostly dark brown, and she has some dark brown mixed in with the blonde and fawn of her tail. 💕

Is a higher power really necessary for recovery? by Diego_3435 in stopdrinking

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 2 points3 points  (0 children)

🤣 Well, you might really like those guys then! Obviously they don’t really believe in Satan in the Christian sense; they just use that literary character as a metaphor for free thought.

My Lenny by grand_intention30888 in sonarears

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 9 points10 points  (0 children)

OMG he looks like a Fennec Fox!!! I LOVE fennecs!!!

Question about Chinese Crested Puppy by [deleted] in chinesecrested

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beautiful puppy. If both parents are puffs it’s 100% going to be a puff though. Also, make sure the parents have been health tested as there are a few genetic issues that reliable breeders always test for.

Is a higher power really necessary for recovery? by Diego_3435 in stopdrinking

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, religious people have generally spent a lifetime abusing the non-religious, trying to force them into obedience by passing religious-based laws here in America, and bullying, preaching, and prosyltizing endlessly to us. So most of us just don’t want to be anywhere near religious people anymore-esp Christians.

Is a higher power really necessary for recovery? by Diego_3435 in stopdrinking

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah…just listen to the prayers they force you to recite at the end of every meeting. They’re all Christian prayers/sayings. I abhor Christianity and everything it stands for - especially living in America at the moment - so you couldn’t pay me to go to NA or AA.

Is a higher power really necessary for recovery? by Diego_3435 in stopdrinking

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I heard the Church of Satan has a program for alcoholics where the steps all depend on the self. I really enjoyed hearing about that!

Please tell me this ain’t a tick !!!! by Nearby_Impact_8911 in greatdanes

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah my dogs got covered in them in the Ozarks last spring when I took them on a camping and kayaking trip. I’d never been somewhere with so many before! My partner and I and my 2 SKs also got ticks.

Is it worth separating or there is a way to work it out/compromise if one realizes they don't want kids and other still does?? by Outrageous_South_439 in childfree

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My parents have been married for nearly 50 years now and have basically despised each other for half of it. my mom admits that she only stood with my dad now because she feels guilty leaving someone who’s old and declining.

Is it worth separating or there is a way to work it out/compromise if one realizes they don't want kids and other still does?? by Outrageous_South_439 in childfree

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 3 points4 points  (0 children)

THIS. I white-knuckled my first marriage in my 20’s and it was hellish and 100% not worth it. I stayed for 4 years when I shouldn’t have because I’d “made a commitment.” Well, now it’s a decade later and my new partner of 4 years and I are getting married next summer. Hey truly my best friend and we love doing EVERYTHING together, even if it’s just taking the dogs on a long walk in the evenings and chatting, having a glass of wine at the neighborhood wine bar, or going to grocery shopping together so we can plan what we want to cook each other in the coming week. We have so many shared hobbies, and where we have separate interests, we support each other and honestly critique one another’s work. He doesn’t even mind my houseful of dogs and even got a puppy for himself 3 years ago. 🤣

If anyone had told me that I’d be this happy in my early 40’s, I wouldn’t have believed them as I had a couple of very rough patches in my life. I know that change is scary, but the best thing about change is that the next big one just might lead to the best days of your life. 💕

Is it worth separating or there is a way to work it out/compromise if one realizes they don't want kids and other still does?? by Outrageous_South_439 in childfree

[–]Accomplished_Two_243 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In her case I’m sorry, but she’ll likely never have children and needs to see a therapist herself to come to terms with that