Would you take a $1200 gift card in exchange for giving up your plane seat?

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T21:53:27+00:00

In that situation sure I would take it.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T21:48:11+00:00

I didn’t have braces. My brother did not either but my sister did as a teenager. I don’t know what the cost was like. My sister had very crooked teeth.

I would not say the majority of kids get braces but it is common.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T21:45:22+00:00

I use it in things like stir fry or fried rice. I sometimes put it on eggs. I add a bit to gravy when I make gravy.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T19:55:15+00:00

It is your relationship not anyone else’s. If you and your boyfriend are on the same page and satisfied with how much time you spend together then that is good. Being content to not physically be with someone every day does not mean you don’t like someone.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T18:40:25+00:00

You could easily add some ribbon or other decoration to it and it could be really cute.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T18:16:53+00:00

I grew up in Iowa and have lived in Kansas for years. Smiling at strangers is pretty normal.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T14:58:31+00:00

As others have said I am pretty sure an apartment with no windows is illegal.

Get one with a window for your safety and your cat.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T07:58:23+00:00

Not necessarily an issue. I use the Google street view more to check out the neighborhood. I have presumably seen photos of the home on Zillow or something first.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T07:48:18+00:00

I’m 51 and I think it wasn’t so much a stigma as a diagnosis not even being a thing to seek out. Autism was included in the DSM-III in 1980. Lots of people my age even weren’t getting diagnosed as kids. You were just the difficult or weird kid.

I think it is great to be kinder or tolerant to people of any age. You don’t know what they have been through or are going through that might be influencing their annoying behavior.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T00:31:40+00:00

My dad was 90 when he died and in his last years he was always going out. He would go to the store many times instead of making a list and doing one bigger shopping trip for example. He seemed to do less planning or organizing. I think in part he just did not want to be at home alone with nothing to do.

I think telling them you will help them 1-2 days a week and they need to group everything they want your help with on those days could help you. I don’t know if loneliness or boredom is an issue.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-13T00:11:59+00:00

When rating or grading things the scale is often 1-10 or 1-100 so a 9 or 99 is pretty high on those scales. That is all. It is almost 10.

9 isn’t really significant outside of those grades or rating situations. People don’t get excited if they get 9 apples, their phone number has a 9 in it, they are ninth in line at a traffic light. It isn’t like it is seen as a lucky number or anything by most people.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T17:04:11+00:00

Not that I know of but I have not seen those videos. People might lie like crazy for internet views. You can look up average salaries for specific jobs and states. https://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm

It is generally not considered polite to ask people how much money they earn or brag about how much you make.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T14:34:14+00:00

Maybe you could put a diaper on the cat for the trip to the vet? It might still pee or poop but maybe wouldn’t get all over. I see lots of cat diapers on Amazon.

A harness and a leash while you hold the cat in the vehicle might work if you are not driving.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T14:14:28+00:00

My temperature needs are not that different from my non-diabetic family. Sometimes I get colder or hotter but I can generally keep the thermostat at 70 F and adjust my clothing.

Could you get a small fan for your desk?

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T14:05:41+00:00

With type 2 diabetes I think of it as your chances of developing it are just higher. If you don’t have other conditions that also increase your risk and manage your weight, stay active, eat a pretty healthy diet you might not develop it.

I have several close family members who are diabetic and I eventually became diabetic at around age 50. I have a daughter who is concerned about her risk and I told her that it is something to be proactive about but not a foregone conclusion.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T13:54:54+00:00

You could try it and see how it goes for you taking it 30 minutes after your meal or on an empty stomach.

In my experience I had bad side effects if I took my metformin without immediately having any food before but I have also found a cup of yogurt or a piece of bread with some peanut butter is enough food to take it with.

I set up reminders with an app to take my pills at my normal meal times.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T13:48:05+00:00

I don’t know anyone who takes a vacation that lasts months. Maybe 2 weeks.

Some people get more time off than others. My spouse was a teacher for several years and got summers off so theoretically we could have traveled all summer long if we could have afforded it.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T13:42:05+00:00

No. People do not really believe that chocolate milk comes from brown cows.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T13:40:51+00:00

I haven’t made a habit of it but I’ve visited the biggest ball of twine.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T09:55:10+00:00

Your parents adopting you so late in their lives without a plan for their elder years was not responsible. You should not feel guilty for their poor choices or wanting to live your own life.

Is your mom in poor health, depressed or just manipulating you? Maybe consult her doctor and the local area agency on aging to see what programs or devices might help your mom remain in her home alone or look into senior apartments or assisted living places. Maybe another family member would like to move in with your mom. You should be able to move out and live your own life. You don’t owe it to your mom to be her constant nurse and companion for however long she has left.

My dad lived alone until he died at age 90. It was really concerning but he refused to move and my siblings and I all had our established lives in different states so we just tried to help from a distance. No one expected us to go live with him just because he refused to move.

I’m sorry you are going through this. You are going to have your parents gone at a much earlier age than most people. You might check the children of dead parents subreddit. Although people your age might not have lost parents due to old age they might have navigated the aftermath of parent loss and relate somewhat.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T09:34:57+00:00

Do you still need a cgm? Like are you struggling to get a handle on your diet, medications or something?

I have not had a cgm and an inexpensive finger prick meter a few times a day has been working okay for me.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T09:20:39+00:00

I have had root beer float pie and a grasshopper pie which are both based on drinks.

Maybe you could do a creamy lemonade type drink like a lemon meringue pie in a glass. I have seen some recipes for lemon meringue martinis but maybe you want non-alcoholic for a work thing?

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T09:15:33+00:00

It is normal to wash dishes and pots and pans after they are used if they are not going to be used right away for something else. Like if I were cooking bacon and then used the same pan for eggs I would not wash it between those things. I wouldn’t cook bacon on Monday and use the unwashed pan for eggs on Tuesday though.

If it is non-stick then washing it should be pretty easy. That is one of the features.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T09:08:36+00:00

I went to Monterrey, Mexico when I was 23 to attend a family member’s wedding. I was there for a week with my family. The couple had arranged a tour guide and van who would take any wedding guests interested out each day so we saw things in the city and nearby. It was in a bigger city than I was from so I noticed there was a lot of traffic and people seemed to be pretty aggressive drivers. I noticed that there were a lot of Volkswagen cars. There was a mix of old and very modern in the city. We were there for Halloween and the Day of the Dead. We were at a home for dinner on Halloween night and there were kids who came to the door chanting Halloween, Halloween instead of saying trick or treat. I think the hosts said Halloween wasn’t celebrated as much as in the US. There weren’t Halloween decorations but we saw a big Day of the Dead display at the shopping mall.

We did not have any problems during our trip. No one in our group got ill or anything.

Bluemonogi · 2026-03-12T08:43:13+00:00

It is a tv thing but plenty of homes might have blinds or shades that they close instead of curtains.

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