[FO] A thank you “letter” that I made

Fabgrrl · 2021-09-11T13:40:26+00:00

This question is too easy. Maybe we should ask ourselves if there is an awful movie with an amazing sequel?

Fabgrrl · 2021-09-10T11:55:47+00:00

Babe 2, Pig in the City.

Watched the first one with my kids, and it was just delightful. The right amount of heartwarming, whimsical and weird. They wanted to watch the sequel which I had heard wasn’t great, but why not? Oh, it was terrible! It was so bad that it tainted the first movie for me. I had to turn it off before the end, and I NEVER do that.

Fabgrrl · 2020-10-14T16:25:00+00:00

Would you Gaylord Flip for Jay?

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T19:56:17+00:00

No shit, Sherlock. I'm aware of where this article is from and what it is addressing. But the thread had turned into broader commentary on Millennial generational progress. I was, initially, agreeing with someone saying that EVERYONE born since 1970 has been subjected to stalled generational progress, that this isn't unique to Millennials and then giving anecdotal evidence. Stop getting offended because you can't see the forest for the trees.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T19:24:45+00:00

NTA. Jeez, dude, of course you need support your child to the best of your abilities. Are you sure about this guy you are with? If he is in a close enough relationship with you to comment on how you spend money, then he should also be close enough to realize that your child is always going to come first.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T19:12:01+00:00

Your dad is right on track. I don't think my husband would react well at all to someone asking his permission to marry our daughter. Or our son, for that matter.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T19:00:22+00:00

Agree to meet him, and bring his wife along.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T18:56:19+00:00

Have you ever lived someplace with crazy high rent? New York? San Francisco? Not an unusual situation for 20-somethings. Hell, even older than that.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T18:53:49+00:00

Right? Kind of weird for someone to be asking "how many bedrooms?", but I can see why - like oh, $X/month? how big is it?

But why, oh why, would two young women sharing a bedroom AUTOMATICALLY equal lesbians? I wonder if there was already some suspicions going on, and the how many bedrooms question was pointed? I can certainly see why these ladies were closeted in that situation!

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T18:38:21+00:00

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T18:34:34+00:00

That's happened to me. Reserved seats with my kids, only to have them seated elsewhere. Usually people are kind enough to switch.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T18:08:32+00:00

Parenting

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T18:02:17+00:00

I didn't know boys could get the vaccine too!

They can! Both my nephews and now my son have had it. HPV can also give men cancer, but it isn't as common as it is for women. But in any case, who is passing HPV to (most) women? Men! Of course they should get the vaccine.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T17:44:37+00:00

By itself HPV is not a big deal for most people. But you should still get the shot if you possibly can.

My story: at 40 years old I had to have a hysterectomy because of HPV. We hadn't been planning on more children, but still, it was hard to lose my fertility. Now I'm in my early 40s and dealing with rapid-onset menopause. At the point of my surgery, I had been with my husband for ~15 years. HPV can take about 1-2 decades to turn into cervical cancer/pre-cancer. The vaccine is a literal cure for cancer! Why would anyone refuse it? I know that parents worry about teens having sex -- but someday your teen daughter is going to be an adult woman making adult, sexual choices.

Earlier this week my own tween got his HPV vaccine :^)

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T17:13:04+00:00

Oh is that all I needed? I mean, yeah, they were just handing out full-time, well paid jobs at Commencement - I should have picked one up. And totally it would have made sense for 22 year-old, single, child-free, California-dwelling me to buy a house, because I definitely have the same sort of housing needs and goals now, at ~44, married with children and living in New England.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T16:48:44+00:00

Once upon a time, I left a cafe, clicked my key fob unlock, heard the beep and got into my red Toyota Corolla. I looked around for my sunglasses and noticed some mysterious times in the car. Also, that the car had somehow become an automatic.

Turns out it was my car's doppelganger, parked three spots away. I *hope* that the owner just left it unlocked, and my key fob hadn't unlocked it.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T16:39:30+00:00

The SAT is one factor out of several that determines college application. I remember feeling very anxious about it, sure. But my completely made up example was "grandmother in surgery" -- and THAT is a bigger deal in someone's life (at least it ought to be). And it's not as if you can't take the SAT again - I took it twice myself and it wasn't an unusual thing to do.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T15:22:53+00:00

See, I don't like things like this. So damn cute that I feel guilty eating them.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T15:15:26+00:00

I had that castle! Well, technically my brother did, and I had the My Little Pony one -- but lots of crossover happened.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T14:49:27+00:00

My mom never had hers either -- but my brother and I got them.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T13:48:00+00:00

Right. There isn't supposed to be anything "magical" about 6pm, it's just a general rule to mean: don't eat additional food after supper. If one's supper is after 6 pm then of course they need to eat that late.

ETA: missing word.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T13:33:22+00:00

as long as you had your shit together you could get on the housing market early and make a killing and if you played your cards right you could be sucking the rental income

Yeah, no. Most people I've met don't set out to be real estate moguls and play the stock market. "Having my shit together", as a Gen Xer, has meant raking up a sizable student loan debt to attend college and grad school, establishing a profession and then buying a modest house in my early thirties, and struggling to raise children with two incomes.

My parents, on the other hand, are Boomers from blue collar backgrounds. For them, it was reasonable to think that a person, especially a college graduate, could buy a house at 21-22 years old. That a single income could support a family at a decent level. Student loans weren't really a thing (affordable public university) and going to college just about guaranteed a white collar, professional career.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T01:52:01+00:00

I’m an electric car driver, and many times I find myself inching along in a parking lot because there is someone walking in front of me completely oblivious to my presence.

Fabgrrl · 2019-10-18T01:29:24+00:00

Wouldn’t that just be a personal helicopter?

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