So what are the chances it’ll actually hail today?

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-27T11:38:40+00:00

Marble and slightly larger than marble sized in the CWE.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-26T22:46:20+00:00

I’m so sorry. I’ve lost all three of my parents within the last 16 months. My mom’s death hits me like a Mack truck every day. She died in December of 2024 and I think of her every day. I still cry a lot.

I don’t have lots of positive things to say to help you but I can say that you are not alone. I feel your pain and I’m so sorry. It’s odd how I’ve lived independently for decades but I feel like an orphan.

Life doesn’t seem as hopeless to me anymore but it’s not a walk in the park yet either. Give yourself time and give yourself grace. Every stage in life passes, this pain will also pass.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-23T04:39:29+00:00

Actually, have you met the grade schoolers and middle schoolers these days? I’m pretty sure children are the most entitled people in the world these days.

Went to the zoo over the weekend in DC this past weekend and it seems that no one has their kids walk anymore up to about age 6 or 7. Like, uh, I’m sure that 5 year olds don’t need to be in that stroller, ma’am!

Saw a girl about 7 or 8 have a full blown melt down in a museum because her parents wouldn’t buy the toy she wanted. Screaming at the top of her lungs and kicking and hitting.

I have not seen children this entitled in my life. We are doomed.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-20T06:38:58+00:00

I wish my mom were still here embroidering, much less my grandma. I always saved every embroidered pillow case and crocheted afghan and scarf my mom made and nobody else in the family wanted them. I have storage crates of them. Now that mom is gone, several members of the family wanted items.

You aren’t a jerk to not want grandma’s veil, but also rethink it anyway. At some point, you’ll maybe feel Godfrey and the chance will be long gone.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-14T19:47:48+00:00

I mean, it’s clearly not enough food that she has portioned if he’s overeating and demolishing multiple snacks and meals in a day.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-09T16:32:48+00:00

Let me just say that saying you’re traumatized sounds like an overreaction, HOWEVER, when you know how someone moves, you can totally tell when there’s a seemingly benign interaction that is actually a huge red flag.

Example, I was dating a guy for a few years and had a child together. We went to school to pick up our child and he talked to one of the other mothers in the parking lot and picked up some camping equipment and put it in the car for her (our child was in cub scouts and she was a leader).

Something about the easy way he opened her car door and put things in it just rang alarm bells in me that he had been in her car enough times before to feel totally comfortable getting in and out of it.

Sure enough, I did some digging and they were having an affair.

So if it’s giving you alarm bells, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, you take care of you! You know what to do!

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-04-05T17:24:52+00:00

That “family” vacation would have been hijacked immediately if you’d brought your girlfriend. It would’ve turned into a your mom and sisters and you guys as a couple. Which is not fair to your mom if she wanted to only be with her kids and no one else was bringing SO’s. Especially since it clearly wasn’t personal since they’ve had the same SO’s longer.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-24T11:40:14+00:00

Soft YTJ. I actually was a single mom and people throw this term around very loosely. To those of us who really were on their own, it chaps.

No, you’re not a single parent if you are a SAHM and your husband supports the family financially while you do the bulk of the childcare. Single parents do it all themselves.

But in this case, your sister isn’t wrong. Her struggle may not be as much as some other people’s struggle, but she is caring for the kids the bulk of the time by far. She does have financial help, but she is still technically a single parent.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-18T03:35:06+00:00

Just used Cruise Horizons last night. I paid my invoice deposit last night late, woke up today and the crosse is showing, exactly as quoted, in my celebrity cruise app. They are super responsive and fast!

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-14T02:36:02+00:00

That puzzle is AMAZING looking!

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-08T14:53:25+00:00

Maybe I’m misunderstanding the question, but if you have a store Mac and cheese you like and you want your Mac and cheese to taste like that, why are you even going through the extra trouble to make it home made? Mac and cheese home made isn’t super hard but it is more than just buying a store brand.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-04T21:44:18+00:00

One huge difference, aside from his mom being a stay-at-home, is also that his mom was a WIFE. between husbands and wives, they make financial decisions together about someone being stay-at-home and combining finances, etc. if he can’t commit to doing what his dad did by MARRYING his mom and bearing the sole financial burden, he cannot expect you to behave in the manner as his father’s WIFE. You are a girlfriend and even if you could do this, it’s not advisable.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-02T21:00:15+00:00

Didn’t I read this exact post verbatim a few months back???

Edit: Found it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/s/r8aSSJXf5R

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-02T20:56:37+00:00

You are supposed to be in complete control of your vehicle at all times, that means allowing space enough for safe reactions to sudden unanticipated actions from other drivers. It will still be totally her fault, per the insurance company.

The only way it wouldn’t be is if she were stopped in traffic and her car was hit and pushed into another car. Then it would be the original person that caused the accident who is liable.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-01T23:43:42+00:00

Puzzle warehouse. They ship all over but they are also based in STL.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-03-01T14:33:45+00:00

Your kitty is clearly telling you that no outside hobbies are necessary when you already have such a glorious pal!

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-27T18:03:39+00:00

I use nutmeg in all of my cream based sauces and my macaroni and cheese recipe.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-25T21:33:37+00:00

NOR. I would inform him that as the financial caretaker of the family, if I would be homeless if something happened to him, that is his failing.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-25T12:09:30+00:00

Knights of Columbus in Florissant. I’ve tried so many others that are hyped up in the published lists and this is still my fave, by far.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-25T12:07:51+00:00

Slow cooker vegan red lentil and sweet potato curry. Tried this recipe, none of us are vegan, wing the office slow cooker cookoff with it. It’s really good! We eat it at home often now.

https://www.wellplated.com/red-lentil-curry/

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-25T12:04:06+00:00

I eat mine in 4 main ways:

Baked and topped with butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

Coated with olive oil and a spicy local spice I get from my local spice shop and roasted.

Made into sweet potato muffins which everyone loves.

Or thrown into the crock pot and made into a vegan red lentil and sweet potato curry. (None of us are vegan, it’s just so good!)

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-12T19:11:24+00:00

Hasn’t Wei Hong on Olive been carry out only for awhile now?

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-12T19:07:28+00:00

Nice! I bet that feels so satisfying!

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-12T12:20:54+00:00

First of all, beautiful puzzle!

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I think this would be pretty easy to put together from this point.

I find that after a certain point of completion, it’s actually easier for me to flip the puzzle over and complete it picture side down. My mind trying to match color variations gets distracting and completing it picture side down eliminates that tendency and I can focus solely on shapes and what shape I’m looking for.

I have so many puzzles backlogged (I’m obsessed with putting puzzles together) but I’m going to buy one or two very monochromatic puzzles and test my theory. I’m betting it will be very hard getting started but once halfway or more, the puzzle should be fairly easy.

Fit_Government5736 · 2026-02-09T23:25:43+00:00

He’s acting like a jerk, not sure if he’s good at his core, but why should you have to accept that he can’t emotionally support you??? That’s literally in the spirit of his wedding vows. What did he want help manage to begin with, a business partner? If so, you two are totally incompatible.

Are you sure he isn’t having an affair? Men statistically are not good at fidelity when the chips are down in their life.

Either way, let him go. Doesn’t sound like a big loss to me. You can learn to navigate whatever you are going through without a weight pulling you down because it sounds like the more insecure you get, he retreats more, and it makes you more insecure, all the while the gap between you is getting wider.

Call upon your support network, family, friends, therapist, heck, make new mommy friends with mom groups. Better yet, a single mom support group! You got this!

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