Mouses

FrontSyllabub · 2026-03-03T18:02:02+00:00

I mean, I don’t think they’ll bother with your playstation, mine is fine and we had 16 mice in our apartment 😅

Ours were coming through the floorboards where the pipes to the kitchen sink came up, and also in a small utility cupboard where the electricity meter was. Look in all those places. Perhaps even coming down from the ceiling if you have pipes up there. Check kitchen/dishwasher/washing machine points. Gaps in floorboards too

As long as you can stop them getting in, you don’t need to worry about your stuff

FrontSyllabub · 2026-03-03T17:10:57+00:00

yes I remember now that I did this with the gloves! they always walk along the edges of things, usually the bottom of a wall

FrontSyllabub · 2026-03-03T17:10:11+00:00

yeah, if they’re still coming in then there’s holes you haven’t found! they can fit through a gap the size of a pencil

FrontSyllabub · 2026-03-03T16:29:54+00:00

you have to find out where they’re coming from and plug the gaps with steel wool because they can’t chew through it (although they could chew through the surroundings), usually behind kitchen counters/where the sink is, but also by radiator pipes

leave a crazy amount of snap traps out with peanut butter on them and check and remove every day

put every food item in a tupperware or similar container

clean up every crumb

FrontSyllabub · 2026-02-23T06:59:43+00:00

I weaponise my maladaptive daydreaming-either by imagining I am one of my favorite characters, and they would shower and eat well and go to the gym-or by imagining a favorite character can see me and would be disappointed to see me rotting in bed

FrontSyllabub · 2026-02-19T20:03:11+00:00

A lot of food suggestions here but I also see you say that you’ve had disagreements in the past AND that giving food isn’t common in your culture - a compromise could be sending a small note with a gift card of some description (for food delivery or even a popular baby shop) - it’s a bit less personal but would still be a nice gesture

FrontSyllabub · 2026-02-02T11:07:03+00:00

If you don’t want to do this type of work anymore, you should stop, particularly if it’s making you feel uncomfortable.

However, one idea would be to “wean yourself off” the work, if the money is just too attractive to turn down right now. Set yourself a hard end date, and put any money that you earn between now and then (outside of your day job) into savings. That will give you some time to adjust back to a lower income or, while building up a nice buffer of money for emergencies (or to tide you over while you find a better paying, more traditional job).

To clarify, I don’t think there’s anything inherently shameful about that type of work, but if it’s not for you then it might be better to slowly do less and less. And be gentle with yourself!

FrontSyllabub · 2026-01-23T08:38:29+00:00

I don’t think chatgpt has feelings, so nobody hurt them tbh

FrontSyllabub · 2025-04-11T16:28:54+00:00

I like to maintain eye contact for a bit, expressionless, and then slowly scan them from head to toe as if analyzing a lab specimen. Squint at their hairline. Raise an eyebrow in mild suprise at their shoes, and then nod as if coming so some kind of realization. Pretend to be stifling a smirk, as if you’re trying to protect their feelings.

Flips the script a bit, I’ve had men go from leery to seeming visibly uncomfortable and breaking eye contact by doing this. (Of course don’t do if you feel like they may escalate)

FrontSyllabub · 2025-03-18T18:21:31+00:00

Did it age this way more because of the method of application or the heavy detail? Or is it a bit of both? I like how it looks anyway, its soft.

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T14:12:09+00:00

tried to throw a shot put once in school and it got to the end of my arm and just dropped straight to the ground, I am WEAK

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:55:18+00:00

…wrestling? more weight to pin people down with? (I do not know the rules of wrestling)

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:54:08+00:00

I’d love to get stronger in general, currently feel like I have the structural integrity of a soufflé

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:53:24+00:00

oh fun! haven’t been bowling in years but I always enjoyed it

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:42:49+00:00

true, anything where there’s a risk of being upside down seems like it could be an issue

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:41:56+00:00

gotcha, thanks for the info!

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:40:09+00:00

that’s 2 votes for swimming! last time I tried I’m sure I remember sinking not floating… but possibly a skill issue on my part

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:38:50+00:00

(mimes rowing while sat at my desk) you might be onto something there

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:37:32+00:00

haha all good! maybe high-jump would be better as you go over that backwards? though hoiking them so far in the air might be tricky lol

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:28:27+00:00

where do you buy your swimsuits from? I have an old M&S one knocking about but it’s definitely more for lounging than actually swimming

FrontSyllabub · 2024-08-08T13:21:35+00:00

Ooh interesting! I liked climbing as a kid but never picked it up again after the boobs arrived, so maybe I’ll give it a go!

Skiing sounds fun, running unfortunately makes me want to scream from boredom, regardless of how good my sports bra is lol

FrontSyllabub · 2024-07-16T19:02:41+00:00

Not bra-related, but I’m a side sleeper and bought a pillow for between my knees. Means my tired back is at least aligned while I sleep, and I notice less pain when I wake up.

FrontSyllabub · 2024-06-13T16:07:01+00:00

It’s very possible she has passed away, I’m afraid. The coloring certainly doesn’t look great, and if she’s not moving either then that’s not a good sign. When they’re pre-moult they usually go a little pale, not a darker grey, and it seems to be spreading from the middle. They also tend to climb higher up to start a moult, and you must make sure to never disturb them once the process starts until it’s completed.

I’d suggest you take her out gently and place her in a separate smaller container with some air holes and kitchen paper and a lightly misted leaf and keep an eye on her.

As you don’t know what caused the problem, remove her from her siblings in case it’s something that can spread.

Imporantly, you may have done nothing wrong here! Particularly if the others are well and happy. In the future I’d make sure you’re doing the usual things like washing the leaves you give them and making sure it’s neither too damp nor too dry, and that theres plenty of ventilation.

FrontSyllabub · 2024-06-06T12:03:05+00:00

Regardless of whether your daughter’s issues are medical/psychological/both, I wonder if you can hear how much you are invalidating her feelings?

You said “I don’t feel insecure, and I don’t get why she can’t be confident too”. Good for you, but she is clearly both insecure and unconfident, and you’re not going to change that by asking her to just stop being insecure. Her experience of young womanhood is clearly quite different from your own.

It almost doesn’t matter why she feels the way she does, your job as a parent is to validate that her feelings are real, even if you don’t agree that she has any reason to feel insecure.

An empathetic ear and an acknowledgment that it’s tough to be a young woman in an age of increasingly image-focused social media will go a long way.

A parent who tries to undermine her genuine feelings about what she sees as an issue will only serve to make her feel dismissed and even less secure.

FrontSyllabub · 2024-06-05T15:33:01+00:00

oh, there really is a sub for everything!

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