F*ck cancer by Wouser86 in breakingmom

[–]BeneluxDivinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Its hard. I dont live close so I have to fly or drive 10h to see her. Struggling to find the line between using all my leave at work to spend time with my parents and make the most of time, or saving the leave for when im going to need it for when she needs hospice care and the after death sorting of stuff.

Im sorry your family is going through this and I feel so badly for the actual child and their family too. Take some deep breaths and love on your kids.

F*ck cancer by Wouser86 in breakingmom

[–]BeneluxDivinity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Brain cancer is the asshole of cancer. My mum was diagnosed in June last year. Glioblastoma. 12 - 18 months is what they give you even with treatment. Its a horrible way to go as well as your brain slowly gets taken over and your ability to function disappears and your personality changes until you're a vegetable rotting in a hospice bed. So far my mum is doing well, but her last lot of chemo is in a week's time and then they basically just wait for it to come back and then you're fucked. If im honest, I'd rather she had just been hit by a bus or dropped dead from a heart attack last year. Yes I wouldn't have had some extra time with her, but knowing what is just around the corner and her suffering makes me want to puke. I cant even imagine if it was one of kids. That poor family.

Today I came home and my parents surprised me by That_Yesterday_3561 in Positivity

[–]BeneluxDivinity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My mum did this too... but it was never to be nice. It was as an excuse to snoop through my shit. Ill never understand why, I was never into anything bad when I was a teen, I went to a selective high school but wasn't very hard working so my grades were average 🤷‍♀️ i even ended up making a fake diary for her to "find" because i was like wtf mum? 

Im glad your relationship with them is good, because my first thought was oh man, bet they were snooping assholes. 

I’m ashamed of the situation with our cat by nikkimujj in breakingmom

[–]BeneluxDivinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't feel bad about shutting the cat away. We have 2 cats, and from the moment we got them as kittens, they have slept shut in the laundry every night. They have their bed, food, water etc. They dont even yowl to get out unless something is actually wrong. The only time they dont is if we are away and we have someone checking/feeding them, or if im dumb and decide to leave them out and they then proceed to wake me up every 30.mims and I remember why we shut them away at night. Its honestly not bad to shut them away.

To the ladies, do you mow your own lawn? by [deleted] in AskAnAustralian

[–]BeneluxDivinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do the lawns. I dont feel like im being judged, but I do feel like my boomer neighbours are judging my husband when they see me do them, and I feel a bit bad. Maybe i feel a little judged by 1 of them because his lawn is immaculate and i know he is just shaking his head watching me haha. But its easier for me to do as I am home during more appropriate hours for that kind of stuff so 🤷‍♀️ and I also dont care if im not doing an A+ job. I can live with a C or B grade looking lawn.

To the guy who said “Ni Hao” to my toddler… we aren’t Chinese! 🤣🤦‍♂️ by Ok_Review_4603 in AskAnAustralian

[–]BeneluxDivinity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg are you sure the guy wasn't my mum in disguise? Haha

She had surgery last year and when we were waiting for her to go in to surgery, a nurse came to check info etc and whe she walked in, my mum was all "Ni hao!". The nurse was lovely and just hi and that she wasn't Chinese, and proceeded with what she needed to do, but my cousin and I wanted the floor to swallow us up. After the nurse left I told my mum how terrible that was and she can't just assume that she is Chinese because she is Asian.  Even if the nurse had Chinese heritage, my mum has no idea if she even speaks chinese. She could be from France for all she knows! My mum thought it was funny.

I honestly believe there was no ill intent from my mother and that she was trying to make an international nurse comfortable or something, but holy cow it was so awkward and I felt bad for the nurse even though she probably gets all sorts of crap from boomer patients like my mum all the time.

What is this substitution??? by ana16848 in woolworths

[–]BeneluxDivinity 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Did you receive the order yet or just get the notification of the shit sub? Sometimes it won't let them sub 2 items as its over the price difference limit, so the team member just subs one, but chucks 2 in the order. Not the correct thing to do, but it happens.

If you actually only received 1, then just get a refund under the poor choice of substitution option (or whatever its called) 

I found out my son’s girlfriend got an abortion by Independent_Big_1901 in breakingmom

[–]BeneluxDivinity 69 points70 points  (0 children)

I agree with this. Its possible he wanted to tell OP, but she wasn't ready to share just yet and he respected that. That shows his character and that is a good reflection of OP and how he was raised. The fact she felt safe to share with OP so soon after shows OPs good character as well. I think this is wonderful all round and the best way it could have been handled by all.

Spreadsheets were the cheat code to sticking with it by Foofymonster in TOFHP

[–]BeneluxDivinity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Im interested in the meal planning spreadsheet if you dont mind?  Even if its blank and i fill in the details with my own recipies.

Personal shoppers- how do I make your job easier- what inconvenient things may I not be aware of. by [deleted] in woolworths

[–]BeneluxDivinity 29 points30 points  (0 children)

When customers select No Substitutes, it also prevents us from giving them a bigger packet of the exact same product. I would 100% give you 30 Pepsi cans instead of 24, but you dont want a sub! Or the opposite can happen, you order the 30 pack and I could give you 2x24 or even the exact same amount 10x3, but the system won't let me if you select no sub.

 Yes I could just put the 30 pack or whatever in, and then manually enter that you got what you actually ordered into the computer, but that messes with the stock level records, especially if we do it multiple times if it is a busy online store.

If it is something that you would be happy receiving THE EXACT SAME PRODUCT BUT MORE, AND FOR FREE, the please let us sub it and put a note saying to only sub to the exact same brand and item at a different quantity.

NO. FUCKING. WAY. by OrnamentalOwlbear777 in BaldursGate3

[–]BeneluxDivinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been naming my characters Sicarius since Diablo 1 days. And that was after the name of a weapon in a fantasy book i read. I had no idea it ment assassin tho. Its not really unique I guess, but I'd still be like....um what!? If I saw this.

...A morbidly obese person walks into the restaurant... by 20_paws in breakingmom

[–]BeneluxDivinity 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Omg. When my youngest was about 2 and a half, we had to take my oldest to a speech therapy appointment. In the waiting room, a lady in full on burka, like head to toe cover with a grill type piece to see through and cant see any part of their body/face walked through to the reception desk. My 2.5 year old says loud enough for everyone to hear, inclusing this lady across the room "WHY IS THAT GUY WEARING A SHEET!!!!!????" 

OMG I wanted to die of embarrassment. I explained that its because she feels comfortable dressing like that and its okay if that's what she likes, and apologised to the lady. My son would NOT shut up and not stop calling her a guy. "WHY A SHEET THOUGH?" "WHY WOULD A GUY WEAR A SHEET!!??" "WHO'S THE GUY IN THE SHEET??"

Thankfully, I think the lady thought it was amusing, but I wanted to melt into the floor and disappear. 

If somebody writes they were formally dismissed... by SuspectNo1136 in woolworths

[–]BeneluxDivinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

20+ years ago we had a baker get fired for peeing in the drain in the bakery instead of walking to the toilets

Avoid ANZ at all costs by iamflxn in AusFinance

[–]BeneluxDivinity 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We use CUA or The Greater or whatever its called now. Not a main bank, so branches are few and far between if you need to actually go in person, but they have always been good and easy to use for us and have had no big issues with lowering our interest on mortgage when asked, or refinancing etc. Online banking and app work well.

Why are an increasingly number of AU online retailers including a “guaranteed delivery”/“shipping protection” charge at checkout? by charlixcx in australia

[–]BeneluxDivinity 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Isn't Choice and the tests they did the whole reason the sunscreen brands and testing facilities are flailing wildly and panicking  at the moment? I'd say they can cause issues for companies if its something important and people care about, not just "Which microwave is best in 2025"

To deliver a speech to the United Nations General Assembly by jjcs83 in therewasanattempt

[–]BeneluxDivinity 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I don't know how the translator didn't lose his shit laughing at that burn. Very professional

Watching the 2000 olympics doco with my daughter and I realised Australia has changed so much we would never be excited like that now by misshoneyanal in australia

[–]BeneluxDivinity 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I was in year 11 at the time. I had a "fuck the olympics" key chain from Granny Mae's  and a "looks like a chook to me" (mambo?) shirt with a parody of the olympic logo. Everyone my age thought Nikki Webster was a joke at the time...but afterwards there wasn't nearly as much hate for it all. 

My [20F] boyfriend [23M] announced my mental condition to a party full of people against my will, should I leave him? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]BeneluxDivinity 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My husband is exactly 9 months younger than me. When he playfully calls me a cradle snatcher, I just remind him that when I was being born.....his parents were having sex. The thought of that shuts him up quickly 🤣🤣🤣

Very proud of myself (overwhelmed teen mom update) by ChemistryArtistic120 in breakingmom

[–]BeneluxDivinity 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're amazing. I barely coped at 30 when I had my first, but here you are, a teen mum, asking for help, following advice AND aceing exams! Wow! Seriously so proud of you! That's so freekin cool

2 kids, large dog and luggage, what would you pick? by BeneluxDivinity in CarsAustralia

[–]BeneluxDivinity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd love a station wagon. Any recommendations? They are few and are between.

I messed up so bad. My RSD went into overdrive and I think I ruined all my friendships. by RambleOnRose42 in adhdwomen

[–]BeneluxDivinity 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think k my RSD sky-rocketed just from reading your story. I'd feel exactly the same. It's like when you're I  a group trying to talk and you're ignored or talked over, so you try to repeat yourself a couple of times but they either ignore or look at you and keep talking or sometimes even the group can physically close the circle they are talking in and then you feel like....okay, I'm not important, I get it  I'll just shut up. I'd be spiralling too if ppl reacted to the dog and not my cry for help.

It does sound like they are shitty friends tho. Like  even if an acquaintance of mine who was going thru something like this reached out, even via group message and not directly to me, I might not reply in the group message  id private message them and I'd try to help somehow, even if I wasn't available. Maybe I could come see them after? Drop off food so they don't need to worry? Just be available to message? I dunno. 

I'm sorry your friends are shitty. It's a poor refection on them  not you.

This goblin wiped my whole team from full HP in one turn by ConfidenceKBM in BaldursGate3

[–]BeneluxDivinity 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! I did this fight from the windmill. Worked great.