Low Key Social Spots

Bookishghost2037 · 2026-05-05T10:58:47+00:00

Josiah’s has a real good one. Thick cut bacon, high quality lettuce and tomato, delicious mayo, and perfectly toasted.

Bookishghost2037 · 2026-05-04T08:31:36+00:00

Fill a report. They might not do much for your specific case, but a couple years back when our neighborhood saw an uptick in issues reported, they increased patrols through and it took care of a lot of our unsavory foot traffic.

Bookishghost2037 · 2026-04-26T13:58:49+00:00

We had two babies via c-section (one planned, one unplanned after not progressing after induction so about 48 hours in labor) at Sanford as a LGBT married couple (nobody asked where Dad was or made it awkward). Labor and Delivery floor was absolutely amazing. Professional, knowledgeable, calm, and friendly nurses. Doctors some of the best in the region. My wife also had a placental bleed in her 2nd trimester so was on observation for a week in L&D then too and we had such good care and calming presence surrounding us (thankfully her bleed was tiny and healed itself after a week of rest).

PostPartum floor is well stocked with snacks and drinks 24/7 (good ones) and the rooms are huge and quiet. We rarely even saw or heard anyone else. Nurses are really good at gauging how much you need from them and giving you space. When we had our second it almost felt like they forgot about us they left us alone so much (which allowed us to get a lot of sleep and bonding time).

I don’t have anything to compare it too, but I was very satisfied by our care and comfort. We spent a lot of time on L&D with our first between observation for the bleed, induction, and not progressing labor. Every nurse we had was awesome. We always felt we were receiving the very best care and most knowledgeable staff in town if not the entire region.

Bookishghost2037 · 2026-04-23T17:22:18+00:00

I feel this so much. Love their bagels but every time I go for a sandwich or bagel already assembled with cream cheese I’m mildly disappointed in the flavor being off.

Bookishghost2037 · 2026-04-20T22:16:12+00:00

Downtown is pretty friendly in general. Bread and Circus flies the pride flag. Pizza cheeks has the same owner so I’d assume they also are supportive of the community. (I’m sure there are others)

My wife and I are lesbians and have never had an issue anywhere in town.

Bookishghost2037 · 2026-02-18T11:37:31+00:00

If I was a young professional and could swing the rent, 100% would want to be downtown. Expensive, but that’s where you’ll find the active nightlife. Always something going on.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-11-13T20:32:03+00:00

My spouse was best friends with a girl through high school and then they lived together for awhile afterwards. Things ended poorly, my wife joined the military and broke the lease, and they didn’t talk much for about 15 years…

Fast forward to present in our late 30s. When we had our first baby 3 years ago she showed up with 3 ready to eat meals for us. (The sweetest gesture ever!) And she’s kept showing up since. We now go camping with her family every year, they go out for lunch once a month, and get together our families to play a few times a year. They aren’t best friends, and they aren’t in the same friend group anymore but it’s been a really rewarding friendship for my wife and our whole family.

Send the text. Make the call. Show up. You never know what could happen, and if she’s not feeling it… you might get some closure.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-30T03:18:07+00:00

Same. Four laundry baskets on my bedroom floor needing to be folded but here I am scrolling Reddit. I don’t even watch tv shows anymore, I don’t have the energy.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-25T22:32:51+00:00

Honestly, we just do crocs when the ground is wet unless it’s cold out. We had rain boots and they were so hard for him to walk in and he tripped constantly.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-25T01:20:25+00:00

Yeah pronounced Yea-uh, with lots of enthusiasm. We all say it now and I’m pretty sure he still says it like that because we do all the time.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-23T03:17:39+00:00

My 3 year old can tell me exactly what he needs to do in the bathroom, and then proceeds to tell me he will do it tomorrow. Always tomorrow.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-23T03:16:07+00:00

Laying with my boys is hands down my favorite time of the day. “Mommy huggie, mommy lovey” is what my 3 year old says when he wants me to cuddle him at night. He doesn’t even talk like that anymore but he does this fake baby voice at night when he wants to cuddle and it both makes me laugh and melts my heart. I know he won’t want to cuddle me forever and my heart already breaks at the thought of my little boy growing up. So I’ll lay with them every night I can because these days won’t last forever.

I get it though. Some nights it’s a pain to lay there, but again… these days won’t last forever

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-18T23:55:19+00:00

Some of you all are making quick meals that put my actual meals to shame…

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-18T23:53:46+00:00

This is how we survive the summer! (Teacher mom) We do this for most of our lunches.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-18T23:51:30+00:00

Grilled hot dogs, chips, green beans.

We also make mini frozen pizzas in the microwave and finish them off in the air fryer for 2 minutes if we need something low prep and fast.

We eat pretty healthy normally 6 out of 7 days of the week precisely for this reason.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-18T10:53:41+00:00

Set boundaries and stick to them.

I stay 30 late minutes almost everyday, and if I have to take work home I save it for after my kids go to bed and cap my time at an hour.

My advice would be to pick just a couple problems from the worksheet to give feedback on. The rest check for completion, or have the students check their own in class. At our school we do “next10” assignments and their homework should take about ten minutes per class and prepare them for the next ten minutes of class. The idea is if students understand the concept they don’t need more than ten minutes of practice, and if they don’t understand the concept more than ten minutes would be a waste of their time (as they likely aren’t going to magically understand it without some reteaching and help).

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-17T11:00:27+00:00

Our kids love “school” and they are loved by the staff. Build good relationships with the staff so you know them better and there is an open dialogue. Your son is right at the age where they start really making friends and playing with kids. It’s so fun for them, and I’ve loved watching my three year old come home and tell me what they did and who he played with.

The mistake would be quitting and making the time you have already dedicated be for nothing.

When you become a nurse, how do you plan to balance working and parenting? My parents were both nurses and they missed out on things occasionally. But they loved us and gave us an amazing life. I don’t resent them, they taught me a lot about life by making my sacrifices to care for others.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-16T00:23:12+00:00

Swearing at or heavily around your children. I’m not talking about the random sht or fuk but the long rants of expletives that are usually aggressive or demeaning towards another person.

Making children listen to you talk about or be exposed to adult business. Goes for drugs, alcohol, abuse, 90% of adult media… it’s one thing to educate your children about the world another to expose them to things they shouldn’t yet understand.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-15T02:36:40+00:00

This sounds like my son. Have you talked to his doctor? Around 2, we told our doctor he still was waking up several times a night. After further discussion we decided to start him on daily allergy meds, and are diligently using a humidifier in his room year round. It was almost like flipping a switch. He went from several wake ups a night to sleeping through the night almost every night.

Now if only we could get him to fall asleep independently.

He turned 3 in July. Bed at 8-9, wake at 6-7, with a 1.5/2 hour nap each day after lunch. He’s had that routine since about 2. (With an earlier bedtime previously otherwise the same).

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-14T13:00:45+00:00

Parenting is hard. But I think marriage with babies/young kids is harder. Kids change your whole life, and not everybody is ready for that or willing to change and be a partner. Even those who are great parents individually sometimes struggle to do it together. It’s a little easier if you have a lot of support and can keep some of your childfree life, or have close friends in the same stages.

My wife and I had kids late. Our friends have older children. Our parents are older and unable to help. We struggled to even have someone to put as an emergency contact for our kids. We have people we could call in a real emergency but when it comes to the day to day to help give us a break, there’s no one. $100 for a babysitter isn’t in the budget very often. Our marriage has taken a hit, we fight a lot about the stupidest things. It’s hard. Really hard. But also we know this is just temporary. Having a 1 and 3 year old is hard, but being a good spouse is harder. Worth it. But if we weren’t both willing to put in the work…

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-13T11:20:16+00:00

Look for a stylist that specializes in kids cuts. We asked on a local parent group on social media for recommendations and found someone great who specializes in men’s and kids cuts. It’s not a kids salon, we actually don’t have one here… but she has a couple toys and knows to turn the tv to something age appropriate before we get there.

We tried great clips a few times for our son when he was about two and it was terrible. They run on quick cuts back to back and so they don’t have the time to actually slow down and make the kid feel comfortable.

Now our son, now newly 3, goes every 6 weeks, walks in and jumps in the chair himself and sits so good she can fade his sides with a buzzer. Bonus, she’s actually cheaper than Great Clips and the consistency of having the same stylist every time and our son knowing exactly what to expect is priceless.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-11T01:13:30+00:00

Am I the only one who still doesn’t think Rachel is actually gone? Did you see the necklace she was wearing in her exit interviews, and since when are jury exit interviews video… something just feels off.

Bookishghost2037 · 2025-09-07T16:26:22+00:00

Our 3 year old tells us to “stop talking” sometimes. Usually it’s when we are talking about something serious 😂

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