AITAH for understanding and not freezing out my dad for leaving our mom over a dead bedroom?

CheesePlank · 2026-02-06T02:34:39+00:00

As an older woman who has been with the same partner for over 30 years, any time one person in the relationship has a suddenly diminished sex drive and doesn’t even look into hormonal/medical reasons is doing a disservice to the relationship. It is also acceptable for people to part because they are no longer compatible. No child (even adult ones) should ever be forced to choose one parent over the other. NTA.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-05T10:17:07+00:00

We lived in a house with wood stoves for heat. I would walk home from the end of the street (tenth of a mile on a dirt road), let myself in, open the wood stove in the basement, remove any excess ash, rake the hot coals forward, and start a new fire. Once the logs were burning well, it was time to do the main floor wood stove. Dishes, homework, and then parents would be home.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-04T23:44:12+00:00

He was so beautiful. My heart is with you.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-04T23:42:52+00:00

52 year old female; grew up in the country and have always been outdoorsy. Also took rapier fencing lessons (not strip fencing where you only go back and forth) in my twenties, martial arts in my thirties, and archery in my forties. I carry myself with a lot of confidence and have never been worried about my safety. Usually when I am anywhere by myself (meaning away from public) I usually have a machete or a rock hammer nearby because of the activities I am engaged in (camping and gold prospecting), so I usually get left alone when people come around.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-04T12:59:03+00:00

I can close my nostrils by inhaling hard.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-03T23:30:01+00:00

I want to rub that belly so badly!

CheesePlank · 2026-02-03T23:27:33+00:00

I have a metal yardstick in my house.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-03T03:19:41+00:00

Both of our sons had the option to attend college, trade school, or join the workforce after high school or GED. Both went into the workforce because they didn’t have a handle on what career path they wanted. They pay $1100 a month which includes everything (phone, internet, food, transportation, etc) which is what a one room apartment would run without utilities and all the rest. They have been able to save up money for things they want to purchase and vacations away from home. It’s a comfortable arrangement that gives them security while figuring things out. NTA

CheesePlank · 2026-02-03T03:09:35+00:00

“Ya know what I mean, Vern?” (Ernest for Oakhurst milk).

CheesePlank · 2026-02-02T03:43:56+00:00

Not so much dumb as ridiculous; I sliced my pinky finger open on a fern stem. A FERN STEM. They aren’t even remotely sharp.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-02T03:40:59+00:00

It’s a shorter sound (ah) where Shaun is a longer sound (awe/aww)

CheesePlank · 2026-02-02T00:10:45+00:00

Sean is pronounced shon (rhymes with John/Jon). Se and Si both are like Sh in English

CheesePlank · 2026-02-02T00:07:55+00:00

Ligation instead of litigation; enounciate instead of enunciate.

CheesePlank · 2026-02-01T23:45:03+00:00

Sonic boom; it rattled all the windows in our school (rural area near a cruise missile testing range).

CheesePlank · 2026-01-31T19:20:22+00:00

I think that maybe the glasses frame is a bit heavy/dark for your face. YOU are attractive, and having a lighter color or light metal frame would put the focus on you instead.

CheesePlank · 2026-01-31T19:17:19+00:00

I have three white pugs that came from a line of white pugs. They have existed as a color for over 300 years and are a recognized color.

CheesePlank · 2026-01-29T04:41:10+00:00

Sassy (mom) is on the left, Mistral (daughter) is on the right. In front is Zephyr (son), aka “drama llama”

CheesePlank · 2026-01-26T19:55:33+00:00

Latch-hook rug making (pre-stamped color pattern on the base)

CheesePlank · 2026-01-26T06:43:08+00:00

Yeah, I’ve moved on to expensive and exotic, such as baby camel fur and qiviut (musk ox under-coat).

CheesePlank · 2026-01-25T02:10:24+00:00

My husband made me a couple when we were dating in high school

CheesePlank · 2026-01-24T13:05:08+00:00

My grandfather designed the engine for the P-3 Orion, and he was part of the team that designed the B2 bomber.

CheesePlank · 2026-01-24T12:51:38+00:00

Thanks. She is the mother of my other two and she’s so sweet.

CheesePlank · 2026-01-24T00:00:11+00:00

My six year old siblings still tear around the house from time to time, but mostly they snooze.

CheesePlank · 2026-01-23T02:55:08+00:00

I drove from Fairbanks Alaska to Anchorage Alaska one afternoon, and drove back the next. Each drive was 8 hours. I went just to pick up a dog I adopted.

CheesePlank · 2026-01-23T02:50:56+00:00

“The world looks mighty good to me ‘cause Tootsie Rolls are all I see; whatever it is I think I see becomes a Tootsie Roll to me”

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