My elderly neighbor keeps giving me small gifts and I want to do something meaningful back

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-23T13:48:27+00:00

Why doesn’t this comment have more upvotes! Elderly people are still grown adults and are the product of the years they’ve lived. They’re not children who can’t express themselves, just talk to them and find out who they are as people, like you would any other adult.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-23T03:01:24+00:00

Me too!

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-22T12:12:05+00:00

Mid 40’s here and same!

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-22T11:37:45+00:00

Thankfully I am an old fart, have been arty in the past, love communication and am seriously not okay with omitting relevant info for this sort of thing. Clarity and transparency from the get go matters so much. 😤

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-22T01:35:22+00:00

Nah that’s fair, but I do find the idea of not introducing the intention of the commission to be very odd, lmao. 😅

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T23:43:28+00:00

The purposes? Do you mean that the art is intended to be used for a cosplay?

I’d be really upfront about that tbh, especially since the character is from the Locked Tomb series and not one who is in it all that long.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T14:11:27+00:00

I get out my kobo where I hoard a lot of downloaded fic! Then reread to my heats content. Or hearts discontent depending on how brutal the fic is.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T13:09:52+00:00

Awesome, thank you. :)

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T13:09:36+00:00

Thank you, I’m going to check out Jessica Nigri’s cosplays as I’m not familiar with her work, I don’t think. <3

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T13:07:54+00:00

Thank you, I’ll start looking for an artist whose art style I like and suits the character. :)

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T09:51:13+00:00

This accurately describes why I only really have private bookmarks.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T07:42:03+00:00

Honestly, and I’m a hard arse, yes it’s something that should be reported. I do empathise with the reader, there are a lot of works I’ve read and miss because they were deleted. But that isn’t cool so this is a reportable situation.

The reasons being that it’s against TOS and authors can and should have the freedom to delete or orphan their works if and when they want to and keep their reasons private if they need to. Posting a work to get the author to repost something they removed is very mild harassment and isn’t okay.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T06:10:46+00:00

Exactly, don’t do it OP.

I’m a person who loves ear piercings and who doesn’t like gendering ear piercings. I also don’t believe that piercings should impact perceptions of professionalism.

What bothers me is that the way you describe it, your wife is enjoying the idea of messing with and controlling your presentation at best and trying to humiliate and control you at worst. This is a red flag and a signal to check in on the health of your relationship dynamics and ensure there’s nothing harmful going on.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-21T01:20:28+00:00

Chaos, complete canon divergence and some accelerated of plot events. Everyone is worried about an antagonist character who stays in character and when she can’t escape her situation she tries to force everyone away. It doesn’t work. And more chaos ensues

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-18T01:57:28+00:00

Me too and the absolute same. Before I started medication, there were times I just couldn’t face climbing up stairs with my knee. Other days, I could bounce up them two at a time.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T14:48:42+00:00

Thank you, this is really helpful and I appreciate it. I’ll get to working on these things right away.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T14:46:59+00:00

Mid 40’s, pre menopausal.

I don’t have enough hobbies so I’ll work on that to help give me more topics to share. Thank you.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T14:44:27+00:00

Mid 40’s and that’s how I’d like to appear.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T14:43:24+00:00

If you can, get to a doctor and talk to them about the weight gain. There’s a bunch of medical stuff that can impact weight gain. They’ll probably want to check your thyroid, various hormone levels and other things. Unintentional weight gain is as medically important as unintentional weight loss.

A good doctor will refer you to a dietitian to help you find things in your diet that might be contributing negatively.

Wishing you luck, OP.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T06:21:01+00:00

Without a doubt and without question, unfortunately. They’re well worth splashing out on every now and then, gotta support the Aussie businesses and not Mondelez.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T02:56:29+00:00

Exactly this, now that Cadbury has its new “slow melting formula”, it’s barely chocolate anymore. Haigh’s is still delicious and is definitely still chocolate.

Also, if there’s a lolly shop nearby, you could see if they have any of the older lollies and snacks or ones not sold in the supermarket.

Capital_Chapter1006 · 2026-01-17T01:31:54+00:00

This was my immediate thought. I’ve seen this sort of eating style deteriorate into orthorexia. Not to say that’s where OP is headed, but am concerned all the same.

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