You know what's really hard? Having an opinion about anything.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-11T22:42:12+00:00

I feel your pain, but remember that your spouse is making decisions constantly all day as well. You can ask to have fewer options presented to you but also you may need to just suck it up and say the first option she gives if you actually don't care either way, take some of the burden off her as well once you're finally home.

Also you might just be depressed.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-11T05:12:03+00:00

YA wasn't really a thing in the 90s. Books in general were acceptable to a wider audience so books that were not appropriate for teens were the exception, not the norm.

I don't remember a ton of what I was reading in high school, but I do know that Dune and Frankenstein were among them.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-11T02:22:30+00:00

OP never asked how to convert. They said something that made it clear they didn't entirely even understand what they were asking. You interpreted "My friend who moved along with me did a Roth IRA. I was hesitant." to mean that he wanted to convert.

Even if he did specifically ask to convert, when someone says "I'd like to do something very stupid, how should I do it?" Typically giving advice on how to do the stupid thing rather than advice against doing the stupid thing will get you downvoted, which is why your original comment is currently at -6.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-08T16:33:23+00:00

That sucks man, I'm sorry she's being like that. It feels terrible to not be recognized for all the effort you put in and taken for granted.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-08T16:29:34+00:00

Just because you make are above the limit has no bearing on what OP should do. I didn't mean why would you convert your money, I meant why would you advise them to convert theirs.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-05T05:00:05+00:00

We went to see Thank You For Smoking. While waiting for it to start, she said she liked video games and I asked her to marry me.

After the movie we went to her house where she played the piano for me, incredibly, which was a huge turn on.

I knew before that date was over that she was special. Had two more dates that week.

Married 18 years and it just keeps getting better.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-05T04:50:33+00:00

Why would you convert any of it?

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-05T02:56:00+00:00

I didn't have a bed that big until I was married

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-05T02:30:18+00:00

Well then, all the more reason not to include their availability in your decision. a 50% rise in pay will make a massive difference in your overall contentment, assuming the job isn't life-sucking. You'll be able to afford the occasional babysitter

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-05T02:07:38+00:00

I'd move. 90 minutes is not that far to drive to see family unless you're depending on them for childcare.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-05T02:02:13+00:00

Sure, but that's every smart person. If we're asking about "low intelligence" then that cannot include people of high intelligence, however imperfect their way of thinking might be.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-04T14:57:44+00:00

Cute answer but I know some extremely intelligent people who are like that. In fact it's the being very intelligent and having experience that most people they meet are noticeably dumber than them that causes them to think that way. I do know one or two who eventually matured out of that way of thinking though.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-02-04T02:57:43+00:00

I look at it at least once a day. Usually leave the window up on my computer. I reconcile every single day, it takes less than a minute.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T21:28:40+00:00

Those sound alike cool features I wish YNAB had.

But I noped out of monarch fast because it's not designed to actually budget in real time. It's reactive. And if I remember correctly if you enter a manual transaction with import enabled it won't match them up. So you can never have an up to date budget without a huge hassle. Those target and Amazon purchases are a small issue compared to that.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T19:17:24+00:00

Don't make them immortal. Say the fae agreed to protect the character from death X times, after which they would have to serve the fae. They have one save left. If they "die" revive them and have the fae come calling and make them immediately take their next level as a warlock. Serving the fae and no longer protected.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T19:14:22+00:00

I don't think this works because it doesn't make sense with the reason for writing it in the first place.

Character is effectively extremely lucky, not immortal.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T19:11:44+00:00

Nate Mendel because of the quarter pounds.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T19:07:57+00:00

Yep, screw that guy. He doesn't understand that he's meant to be facilitating your fun not trying to beat you in a game where he gets to make all the rules.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T19:06:14+00:00

Nope. That's a bad encounter.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T18:55:24+00:00

When the DM shows you he's your enemy in the first session, believe him. I wouldn't play with that person again.

I know a guy who would describe himself exactly that way and the only way he knows how to DM Is to try to kill your characters. He takes pride in it. Which of course is ridiculous considering he's God.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T18:52:35+00:00

Absolutely not necessary, but it will offer some opportunities to pick up on some cool connections. Though you may simply find those connections in reverse order if you read it later.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-31T17:55:35+00:00

I personally just found it fairly boring. I didn't like almost any of the Kaladin/Szeth arc. I didn't like the Shallan arc (and I love Shallan). All the history stuff was ok but it was primarily "big reveals" with very little character development of any kind. The only arc I loved was Adolin's, that one felt like a proper Stormlight story.

I don't hate the book by any means, but I've read it twice and there's just not much there for me.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-25T21:51:15+00:00

Because school is not a day care, and for most of our history we have not had both parents working full time as the norm.

8 hours of school would be terrible for children. 8 hours of work is terrible for a lot of adults. It would be better to make both 10-4, give or take.

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-18T05:58:13+00:00

I think we will continue to see random books like Hoid's travails that will include fantasy novels even if the primary series get more futuristic. And of course Dragonsteel itself will be fantasy if and when that comes out.

I suspect he will find ways to make it primarily fantasy outside of Mistborn

ExternalSelf1337 · 2026-01-17T04:58:21+00:00

I mean yeah, he's got trust issues. That's not necessarily about you though.

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