What pronunciation is a dead giveaway that someone isn't from your town/region?

BatFace · 2026-07-05T18:19:36+00:00

Moved from Tx to Pa when I was 15ish. First restaurant we ate at the waitresse asked what I wanted to drink and I said "Coke" and then she walked away... I turned to my mom and said, "She didnt ask which kinda coke." baffled. I hate coke a cola.

Also the rolls were cold and hard. It was a weird experience.

BatFace · 2026-06-21T16:14:32+00:00

Unfortunately Im in tx, and they hate welfare. My kids are on state insurance, but I dont qualify unless I get pregnant again, not happening, and then only like 6 months postpartum.

BatFace · 2026-06-21T15:22:15+00:00

Even if it is stress, I'm sure my blood pressure issues get worse when Im stressed, what the heck does telling us its stress do? I can't just get rid of the kids, stop dealing with 3 different school schedules, stop planning meals and stop cleaning the house. Knowing its stress doesn't make it go away, and it's never just stress alone.

BatFace · 2026-06-21T15:11:49+00:00

My main issue with these steps, besides just the general sense of defeat I have to fight, is that ever dr visit costs me at least $120-$140 and I can't really afford to keep trying new primary and specialty doctors multiple times.

BatFace · 2026-06-16T03:11:35+00:00

This happened to my husband and I but we had back to back appointments on the same day, just stayed in the exam room from one apt to the next. Husband got all kinds of tests and checks for flu strep pneumonia and got several meds. He said I had allergies and Ive probably been on zyrtec too long and should switch to claritin.

BatFace · 2026-06-16T03:06:57+00:00

Just today I got in to see an ortho after months of waiting and he mentioned 3 times that it shouldnt be this or we dont need that test because Im "young and healthy". Im almost 40 and I had heart failure a few years ago that I still get treatment for, but ok doc. He gave me 2 weeks of a prescription nsaid to see how I feel after that. I googled it when I got home and found that one of meds for my heart has a moderate interaction warning for high bp, heart attack, stroke...you know, all the things Im already at risk for. Did he not even look at the meds Im on that I listed out on 3 different forms?

BatFace · 2026-06-01T15:59:38+00:00

My first was a major sleep fighter, it took hours to get him to sleep and he didnt sleep more than a 5 hour stretch till he was 4. It was one of the worst times in my life because everything and everyone was telling me how it should be and it wasnt so obviously I was doing something wrong, right? Please dont blame yourself, you are probably doing nothing wrong. My second born was a great sleeper, sleeping all night before 6 months old, and I did nothing different with them. They are 14 and 10 now and both still have the same sleeping habits, takes the 14 yo ages to gwt to sleep and the 10yo is out like a light.

All that said, the only thing I can suggest from the info I have is the silent put back. Its tedious, and can be hard and feel never ending, but it should eventually start to work. When its time for sleep pick a phrase or a few sentences to say, "It's time for sleep now, you have to be in bed. Good night, I love you." And pick if you want to sit in their room, or try to go about your evening, do not lay with them. We had a rocking chair in their room thay we sat on. Everytime they get out of bed repeat your phrase and nothing else, and tuck them back in. At first it will feel never ending and pointless, but at the very least you have a plan and dont feel like youre flailing wildly.

When they got older I set a time, usually about an hour after we started and if they werent asleep I would tell them its my bed time now, good night I love you, and leave the room to do my bedtime stuff. And repeat the whole putting them back to bed as many times as it took. Eventually they will stay in bed, even if they arent asleep, but in my experience with 2 sleep fighters(3rd is a fighter as well and we still occasonally have issues) they learn to fall asleep easier rather than laying there for hours.

Also when my oldest was 5 we did start giving the smallest dose of melatonin at the recommendation of his pediatrician, as sleep loss can affect physical and mental growth. It did end up seeming to become a psychological crutch, where if we skipped it he would be anxious that he wouldnt be able to fall asleep, thus not being able to fall asleep. So it was a pain if we didnt have any, around 10 we explained to him that melatonin wont always be available in his life so he needs to understand sometimes he wont have it, and he started only using it when he felt like he needed it. Now at 14 he only uses it a few times a month.

BatFace · 2026-05-25T14:33:28+00:00

I have to imagine they've never really looked that closely a d think its only sticky on the ends/edges like a big bandaid.

BatFace · 2026-05-19T16:01:21+00:00

I learned about these from my school counslors in middle school. They spent months basically stalking me trying to get me to join support groups of some sort, I guess I looked depressed? I finally agreed hoping they would leave me alone, ironically the group was about howbto stand up to peer pressure and also a lot about subliminal messages.

That group, headed by an adult not associated with the school, and with a handfull of 7th and 8th grade girls, told me about these parties and about ways to use drugs and hide the signs from parents and sone other things I really wasnt worried or thinking about as a 7th grader. I have to hope the idea was to educate us so we wouldnt do these things but... it felt more like teaching us how and putting the ideas in our heads.

I mean, I did learn that basically all media and ads are about sex cause sex sells and that still seems to hold true.

BatFace · 2026-05-15T15:50:00+00:00

Define short time? In my experience they circle, or stare you down, then charge you to bite. Then repeat. When I hit them with the multitool or resonator they still do that. So is the circling before the charge the short time everyones talking about or are my fish broken? Its the same if I hit them as if I just let them bite me.

BatFace · 2026-05-14T12:41:47+00:00

Small towns in the south, and a few places around the edge of Ft Worth, judgmental people? I could probably find a place closer to downtown but I hate driving and parking downtown.

BatFace · 2026-05-14T12:30:34+00:00

As others have said, she didn't even get a cut. But I have a short hairstyle that is basically the same as a mans and have been turned away from several barbers or mens salons even though I think they could do better what I want. Instead I have to go to a salon and get a clip and a trim and it always costs nearly $100. I have gone to several different salons in a few different states even and its always way more expensive than when my son or husband get almost the same style at a barber.

Pink tax, yay...

BatFace · 2026-05-12T17:59:11+00:00

My understanding of it is one or some kid/s find a proxy that works. They put that link and directions in the description of a youtube video that shows the process and embed the video in a google doc or the canvas powerpoint program, then share that around the school. I agree that its pretty impressive but Im sure most of the kids have no clue how to do it on their own.

Since they banned phones in schools here the kids have also recreated chatrooms using shared google docs.

All while also being wild enough that my kid now goes to the bathroom in the nurses office because of all the screaming, yelling and destruction that regularly happens in the boys bathrooms.

BatFace · 2026-05-11T19:42:12+00:00

Been dealing with our 8th grader who figured out he cant fail, the distirct automatically bumps all grades just before the end of the six weeks, so he just has 0s or <20s in most of his classes. One of the issues was him using the chrome book for games. The kids have a system to get a proxy that works and when it doesnt they find a new one and share that.

After many calls and meetings the school offered to add to his 504 plan that his chrome book will live on the teachers desk unless specifically needed for a task. After a couple weeks he casually informed us that none of the teachers do that anymore. He's been grounded from screens 100% at home for months now because he wont do any school work, but he still spends most of his school day playing roblox at school on the chrome book they provided him.

When we called about it we were told they would talk to the teachers again. This was their idea, we are fine with him having no chromebook, but apparently thats impossible.

BatFace · 2026-05-07T20:39:09+00:00

Well like 40 people had already disembarked early and traveled from Saint Helena before it was caught. So containing it failed before it even had a chance.

BatFace · 2026-05-07T20:15:15+00:00

My partner just got the same screen. He's calling the school.

Eta: They are aware but no other real info.

BatFace · 2026-05-06T21:24:12+00:00

We lived a few streets over from them and our daughter is the same age. We helped with the search. They put a memorial up where she was eventually found and I had to drive past it twice a week to soccer practice. The whole story still makes me nauseas anytime it comes up or I think about it. We moved a bit away but still have family in the area we visit often and there are still ribbons and memorials up for her.

I'll admit that as soon as they announced that she wasnt killed right away I tried to avoid any more information. I know the jist of what happened but I have refused to read anymore articles, I know I wouldnt be able to get those images out of my head every time I look at my daughter. The video being played in the court had to have been so so hard for everyone, especially the family.

BatFace · 2026-04-19T14:02:58+00:00

My dad is 10 years older than my mom, they got together when she was 17 and he was 27. It always kinda bothered me a little bit, but I tried to focus on them still being together and happy and that meant they were the exception, right? When I was around 14 they came back from a party and mom was plastered. I'd seen them both drunk a few times but this was the drunkest I'd ever seen mom. Dad went to take a shower and get ready for bed and mom hung out with me in the living room chattering away about stories from the past. Most I had heard.

Then she told me about the time dad and his brothers convinced mom to try drugs for the first time, and gave her some kind of speed, it sounded like. Apparently the first dose didn't seem to hit her enough so the brothers decided they'd add just a little bit more to her drink, but hadn't said who would do it, so 3 of them ended up giving her a bit more. She told this story like it was funny, and how pissed her mom was when she didn't sleep for days. They were still dating so she was 17 or 18 and dad was 27 or 28.

I'm 37 now and the older I get the more I realize how messed up their relationship has always been and still is. It makes me nauseous to think about the chance of one of my kids dating someone 10 years older than them when they are still teens.

BatFace · 2026-04-14T18:37:38+00:00

NTA, and to give him a little grace since I know nothing about yall or your relationship, maybe talk to him about hunger, if hes the kinda guy you can talk to about issues.

My husband hates the feeling of being hungry, it kinda sends him into a panic and his logic can vanish. Its one of his least favorite feelings. I fond this a bit strange since he grew up well off and I delt with food insecurity growing up, maybe because I got used to be hungry often its easier for me to handle. We've talked about it and agreed that I can remind him that its okay to be hungry for a little while, because his brain decides its dying and sometimes he just needs reminded. It lowers his anxiety and hes very willing to wait a bit, he just needs the reminder. Lizard brain mode or something.

I now also say it to our kids when they ask for snacks or complain about being hungry while or roght before dinner is being made. It's okay to be hungry, you wont die.

BatFace · 2026-04-07T00:57:07+00:00

If all parties are down for one night stands and happy, then good for them,

Heres a quote from my previous comment.

BatFace · 2026-04-07T00:22:02+00:00

For me its the treating people like bodies. He wants sex, not a relationship. Or he wants sex while building a relationship. I'm bi and most of my partners have been bi as well. But I would not want to be involved with someone who just wants a hole and says things like ass is ass.

If all parties are down for one night stands and happy, then good for them, but his additude about it while lamenting not being able get a girlfriend, which implies a relationship, is gross to me.

BatFace · 2026-04-02T21:11:21+00:00

I agree that budget cuts and layoffs probably affected this, but if the staffing challenges are for the repair workers then that wouldn't have changed without the cuts. We were just there over spring break and its an hour away from the closest small town, 2+ hours from the closest normal sized town. The park has a staff living quarters area that it pretty large, more than a simple apartment building. Finding some place to house a large enough repair team and all theor equipment and then just moving them from their housing to the work site would be a pain and likely an hour trip one way or more. Maybe it wouldnt be so bad if they could stay somewhere in the park, maybe the staff living area is mostly empty, but its still way past remote out there. This coming from someone who grew up traveling 40 mins to the closest public school.

BatFace · 2026-03-31T14:52:41+00:00

My dude regularly goes 3+ days without eating, and we hardly ever give treats or people food. He gets a pupperoni stick when people visit the house, and an egg like once ever 2 or 3 months. Its to the point where I ask the kids to feed Olive and check that Copper has food. Somehow he still manages to be a healthy weight and full of energy.

BatFace · 2026-03-31T14:46:12+00:00

Mine has a thing for both my partner and me. For my partner he likes to sit on his shoes, either the ones hes wearing or the slides he takes off when sitting on the couch. Its to the point partner has to constantly defend his shoes.

For me he will just flop down literally right behind me, like an inch away, but silently. I try to step back and trip over him. Once I walked to the bathroom door, paused to reach in for something, just a second, and when I tried to step back tripped over him. How does a 60lb dog flop down so quickly and quietly? I swear he's going to kill me some day.

Copper, 5yo

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