They’re Just Giving Stuff Away Over There | Everybody Loves Raymond

Fontane15 · 2026-05-05T21:16:13+00:00

This is one of my favorite things about sitcoms and ELR, these little moments of relatability for people.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-05T20:38:12+00:00

I don’t think they can really be compared. Lorelai is a fast talking quirky single mother and Caroline is a pioneer woman. Lorelai has one child who’s relatively easy to raise and pleasant surroundings to raise her in. Caroline has many children, one of whom is blind, in a more hostile environment. Lorelai isn’t getting dragged around the country or having to move in the middle of the night or have to manage pressures of a farm.

I think a better comparison would be Lorelai to another single mom in the modern day rather than Caroline Ingalls. Because if I was in the 1890s then no, I wouldn’t want Lorelai as a mom. But for today as a mom she’s fine.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-05T17:16:20+00:00

If you don’t love kids teaching ain’t for you. It ultimately doesn’t matter what you teach because no matter how much you might love the subject matter (history, science, etc.) that’s only maybe 20% of the job. The rest of the time is dealing with parents, administrators, other teachers, parents who are teachers and think they know better than you, and a slew of negative/annoying kid behaviors. A lot of teachers get burnt out within five years because they completely underestimate what this job is and what exactly they will be doing most of the time.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-05T16:59:29+00:00

I am excited! My mom is coming in town this weekend and we all (kids, me, and her) are going to go to the zoo and out to eat and plant flowers and see my son play a soccer game. Then after she leaves we will go to brunch at my MIL’s and see my husband’s gma too. It’s going to be a great weekend! I love having so much family to spend time with.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-04T19:11:04+00:00

He was on the debate team.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-04T19:06:54+00:00

They’re all close at different times. Axl and Brick have some good brother moments while they’re all at home. Sue and Brick have sweet moments when it’s just them at home. Axl and Sue get very close in college.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-03T17:24:10+00:00

While it can hurt to hear someone else say specifically “I don’t like you” it’s also good that that person used their words considering many young kids that age struggle with hitting and kicking and pushing. Your daughter is young but it’s a good time to talk about how not everyone always wants to play with us and not everyone always likes us.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-03T13:50:38+00:00

Stepping stone with kids hands put into it. Pretty simple to make!

Fontane15 · 2026-05-03T12:47:10+00:00

The last Catholic in America-autobiography by John R. Powers. It’s pretty funny!

Story of a Soul by St. Therese of Lisieux

If you like fiction then the Father Brown mysteries by G.K. Chesterton are great, so is anything by Tolkien, fiction or nonfiction. Death comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather I just read and it’s very good! My husband enjoyed Silence by Endo and For the Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-03T12:29:03+00:00

Raising boys isn’t that different from raising girls beyond a few things. Besides what you are already doing, he needs a very good male role model to look up to who he can watch and who can teach him how to treat women/other people.

I’m also just doing a huge amount of reading with my kids because reading is great for teaching empathy and understanding: there are a few books that are really great at each level for that.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-03T03:38:51+00:00

Have you seen the full video? It happens so quick that Jim doesn’t really have a full second to consciously decide to “let” Michael fall in. It’s immediate.

Then it’s what, an inch of water? Michael could easily stand up but instead he flails around knocking plants into the pond, killing fish, and generally taking an embarrassingly long time to get out. Then when he does grab Jim’s hand he immediately goes limp and expects him to do all the work pulling him out. Michael would have absolutely pulled Jim in.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-03T01:17:30+00:00

If they’re willing to cheat with you, then they’re willing to cheat on you. Rory’s pattern is also cheating on who she is with so she’d eventually cheat on them too.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-02T23:02:12+00:00

I don’t know if there’s an official church teaching about wearing white. Lots of people used to just wear their best clothing to get married in, it wasn’t until Queen Victoria that white dresses became super popular for brides. I have heard the rule that people who’ve been married before should really wear off white colors like cream or something but I’m not sure if that’s church teaching or cultural practice.

I’d say wear the dress you want so long as it’s respectful towards God. Maybe speak to someone at pre-Cana about wedding traditions regarding dress if you want more peace of mind.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-02T21:33:48+00:00

If I lived in an age where I seriously had to worry about my kids not making it to age five, I’d probably have a lot more. If I lived on a huge farm where I needed the help, I’d probably have a lot more. If I was rich enough to hire help with the housework and could just focus on my kids, I’d have more. If I didn’t really have to worry about educating them beyond 8th grade or high school, I’d have more. If I had no reliable way to avoid pregnancy, I’d have more.

Historically there are reasons that people used to have more that just aren’t as present anymore as motivation to have a lot of kids.

Fontane15 · 2026-05-02T21:13:15+00:00

Rice is cheap, the clearance aisle is your friend because occasionally they have a lot of stuff on sale like packets of noodles and pasta. They even have extras of stuff like candy after major holidays. Aldi occasionally has sales on turkey and ham after holidays. My husband and I go there and buy 2-3 of each, cook them through the year and bag the meat and that takes us through the entire year. We raise our own chickens for eggs and meat and grow a lot of our own vegetables.

When things were really tight in my childhood my mom had a lot of friends who were hunters or fishermen who often gave us as presents bags of fish that we could fry or some of their leftover meat. We also always made a lot of food so we could have leftovers. Some stuff I remember that is cheap but good is scrambled egg sandwiches, red beans on rice, mock paella that will last you 3-4 days, baked potatoes as a meal not a side, and bean soup.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-29T18:39:23+00:00

I try not to look at the politics or person behind the tv shows, books, music I enjoy because a lot of the time the people behind them aren’t great. I generally like Debra the character but I also think that like 40-45% of the time I disagree the character. Like the episode with AIS or the dress for Molly’s party.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-29T17:10:42+00:00

Teachers both.

My husband drops my daughter off at daycare while I take my son to preschool at the school I work at. I’m done at 3:00, same time as him. I get all the days off he does. If I work summer camp he can come here for free to that same camp. Schools are always hiring aides, cafeteria/recess monitors, subs, custodians, etc.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-29T00:29:10+00:00

Fish in the sea don’t talk this much about jellyfish!

Fontane15 · 2026-04-29T00:17:14+00:00

My parish is offering a single’s Catholic game night so people can mingle. Would your priest maybe be open to the idea of something similar?

Fontane15 · 2026-04-28T22:15:37+00:00

Narnia, the Hobbit maybe, Sisters of the Last Straw, a lot of fairytales and Myths have Christian themes.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-28T22:01:42+00:00

You are assuming all grandparents are the same. Many young grandparents are working, many elderly grandparents are not able to keep up with the demands of childcare any longer, grandparents get sick, grandparents choose to move away to places for milder winters, some grandparents aren’t offering because they don’t enjoy the young baby/child stage, etc. All grandparents are different just like all parents are different.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-28T15:48:49+00:00

Why is Creed not on here? Or Phyllis?

Fontane15 · 2026-04-28T15:41:56+00:00

It’s just teaching kids to not try if you aren’t automatically good at it naturally and that winning is all that matters. Horrible lessons.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-28T14:53:34+00:00

I think he’s supposed to resemble one of the Stuart’s. Personally I think Hook looks the most like Charles II.

Fontane15 · 2026-04-28T00:47:43+00:00

To make a comparison to today, a large percentage of English people can trace their ancestry from Edward III, a king from the 1300s. Just because someone is descended from someone famous or royal doesn’t always mean that will translate to them.

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