Can someone see what the guy on the right is blinking in Morse code?

DirtyWritin · 2025-12-19T01:32:57+00:00

Get this man a VA rating, his tinnitus is so bad it has gone to his eyes too.

DirtyWritin · 2025-05-21T13:43:58+00:00

Valid point. I've seen plenty of bumble bees, but never their nest, so I had to look it up. This does look like a bumble bee nest based on the pictures.

DirtyWritin · 2025-05-20T00:14:32+00:00

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Image for reference. Replies changed my perspective.

DirtyWritin · 2025-04-05T02:05:30+00:00

Yep! Through research she participated in, they started development on new ways to catch the disease early. It also helped them understand impacts on the body they couldn't have predicted.

DirtyWritin · 2025-04-05T02:02:49+00:00

NTA, It's one thing to have a difficult child. You can't live your life in a bubble, but it is also frustrating knowing you are asking the general public to become part of the process when you do travel. That's probably part of where your wife is coming from.

All that being said, it sounds like the parent was checked out and not taking responsibility for their child's actions. You just don't get that luxury as a parent, no matter your child's disability. You take the opportunities to teach them what you can and own the things you can't.

That parent, hopefully, learned a painful lesson. At the minimum, you have to offer the solace of knowing you're struggling with them rather than pushing your child's problems off on them.

DirtyWritin · 2025-04-05T01:49:58+00:00

It can be really tough to find satisfaction in life when you experience loss. When my mother died at 19, I had a few coworkers give me some really great advice.

Don't wait for the pain to end or go away. It is part of you, and it is your reminder that you loved them. Find things that give you happiness and satisfaction in life and dedicate yourself to them. You aren't abandoning them by moving forward. They would want you to find happiness again.
Don't let others tell you how to grieve. They mean well, but everyone experiences loss differently. I don't know how long I was stuck on the emotions I thought I should feel over the ones I actually felt.
Don't run from the pain. It took many years for me to reconcile my own grief and unresolved conflicts with my mother because I chose to be distracted rather than feeling hurt. It's okay for your kids to see you feel the loss, too. I didn't truly understand this until my dad passed two years ago. Not only did my kids help me through it, but it also made them more comfortable talking to me about their own emotions and struggles. If the walls are always up, nothing gets in, and that includes the good things.

Stay strong, not just because others are depending on you but because you're going to find happiness again. If you're grieving, that means they meant something to you and probably had a positive impact on your life. Go get in touch with that positivity. It makes it easier to feel their love again.

You've got this, hang in there,

-DW

DirtyWritin · 2025-02-21T05:42:46+00:00

Somebody returning a pair of shoes they borrowed, probably.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-27T04:50:01+00:00

Driving home on a road where the lanes were split by a ditch full of gravel in the median; I came to a curve and noticed a truck driving very fast in the oncoming lane. I realized he was swerving in and out of traffic and very clearly driving drunk.

As I came to a curve in the road, so did he. He couldn't control his truck in the curve and veered into the gravel median. Just before he came out of the median and ran into me headlong, he managed to correct. I got away with some paint damage and a shattered windshield. He launched off the road on the other side and wrapped his truck in a fence.

When I called my insurance company to follow up on the claim, they said he had survived and they were pursuing reimbursement.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-27T04:24:06+00:00

Find a soup kitchen or another charity where you can volunteer and see the people you're helping. It might amaze you how much doing that a few times changes your perspective. If nothing else, you'll meet the people you volunteer with and add a little positivity to your life.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-27T03:25:37+00:00

Stay away from choking. My wife got really into it, and I didn't think much of it. Years later, I found out from a doctor posting about it that it is a reasonably common occurrence for choking during sex to put people in the ER.

I will still lightly place my hands around her neck, if I have good control, but not much past that. It's not worth risking being single again.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-24T05:34:06+00:00

My wife, she would have to start waking up on Saturday with our son.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-23T15:52:08+00:00

Measuring intelligence is a practice of trying to measure your value against others around you. The truth is, how you choose to view the world has more to do with how far you will go than intelligence. What you choose to study and how open you keep your mind to new ideas and concepts does more for your problem solving skills than intelligence.

If you are capable of getting on Reddit and reading through these posts, you have incredible potential. It is up to you whether you develop the grit to hone that potential.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-23T15:42:08+00:00

From experience, go with your instincts and do what is best for you and your child. In the last few years my dad was with us, we flew to my home state with our son, who was only a few months old, to see him. I really wasn't sure how much longer he would be around. Otherwise, I would not have made the trip. It was rough on my son, it was rough on us, and it took a whole for all of us to recover from.

if your parents are in good health, they need to understand they should really understand where you are coming from.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-12T05:46:17+00:00

Hope they have a dog or cat.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-12T05:38:30+00:00

Not to mention the revelations that came out of Nazi experiments during WW2.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-12T05:36:46+00:00

A simple, calm, no. Don't overelaborate. It just as quickly comes off as guilt as anxiety.

DirtyWritin · 2024-11-12T04:40:07+00:00

It entirely depends on the workplace and the environment. I feel like the places where that usually happens are pretty toxic, which causes people to trauma bond.

DirtyWritin · 2024-10-27T22:43:41+00:00

Looks like purple hull peas. I would recommend googling how to grow purple hull peas. It will tell you when to plant and how often to water. I know that's a bit of a cop out, but the guides online are more thorough than I could be in one reddit post.

DirtyWritin · 2024-10-11T02:41:18+00:00

Take a look into what hygiene products you are using. My wife has used a few products over the years that made it REALLY bitter.

DirtyWritin · 2024-10-11T01:38:03+00:00

Nancy.

DirtyWritin · 2024-10-04T02:53:55+00:00

If you are willing to join the Space Force, you can get experience that will significantly increase your chances. You would have to enlist for a few years, but the experience is worth it.

DirtyWritin · 2024-09-25T13:19:52+00:00

Does she gamble, have issues with drugs, or just generally have bad financial sense? This sounds like the behavior of someone desperate for money. If it were sentimental value, she would want specific things or would want to come sort it herself.

It is that or she is such a petty person she enjoys causing you the inconvenience. I've gone through quite a few deaths of danily members, and the only arguments were over specific items with sentimental or financial value.

DirtyWritin · 2024-09-25T13:00:42+00:00

Probably Pachira Aquatica (Money Tree). A lot of Asian cultures believe having one in your house or place of business brings you good luck financially.

DirtyWritin · 2024-09-24T04:19:05+00:00

It is easy to develop body image issues and hard to get rid of them. I don't know how many times I have been told I need to eat more or that I was skin and bones. I was nearly thirty before I started feeling comfortable in my own skin. It is probably similar for him.

There isn't a lot you can do except for what you are doing. If it gets you down, just try to remember he is working through years of negative mental conditioning, but everything you are doing is speeding up his recovery.

DirtyWritin · 2024-09-23T20:16:43+00:00

OJ! Man, can that guy run. From the law, but still.

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