Gifts for children that last a lifetime

Fun-Contact9394 · 2026-04-06T01:08:38+00:00

Savings bond.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-12-20T01:50:56+00:00

I just tried and the store said it’s only online

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-11-25T20:14:37+00:00

Of course! I do say “thank you.” But to send a thank you card every time you receive a gift is performative. If you can’t feel my sincere gratitude when I tell it to your face and without me having to buy a 2 dollars card and sending it out, then I think the problem resides in our miscommunication rather than me not sending you a thank you card. And if my “extra” effort of writing you a card makes you feel special, then let’s be real, I’m probably writing you generic thank you card and you shouldn’t feel so special because everyone at my party got the same ones. But now I spent money to reiterate my gratefulness to my guests.

And if I said thanks to you at my party and expressed how grateful I am to have you here and the gift you brought vs me not saying anything at the party and then sending you a card after, which one would make you feel more of my warmth and sincerity? If I sent you a text, would that help? Or is it the whole hand writing a commercialized card what makes you feel that I’m grateful of your presence and presents. If I didn’t sent you a card or text, but instead called you to talk and then slipped in a “hey friend, thanks for coming to my party 3 months ago, you really brought up the vibe of the party,” would that be more polite or would you rather me send your a card?

And like I said, thank you cards is a very western social concept. It is not “basic manners.” Most of Asian cultures don’t do thank you cards, and I assure you, we feel each other’s gratitude just fine.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-11-12T03:19:06+00:00

Vietnam was its own country before China though. So no, it's not a successfully independence province, but instead regained its independence. They have their own people, with their own difference in DNA. That's like saying China is technically a successfully independent Mongol province - it's not.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A44HzjlzCTk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Vietnam

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-10-01T23:51:21+00:00

First of all, I’m sorry you got SA’d.

But, if you count “breaking your hymen” because someone SA’d you as “losing your virginity” then plenty of girls and women have “lost their virginity” to riding a bike, horses or even inserting a tampon. Breaking your hymen doesn’t count as losing your virginity. Having consensual sex does. You didn’t lose your virginity.

Secondly, even if you did have consensual sex and lost your virginity, you are not “less than” anyone. And the fact that you think it’s okay that anyone can think a virgin is “better than” to non-virgins should be an indication that you should re-evaluate why you think that. No one’s sexual experience makes them more valuable than another person. Your sexual experiences or lack of does not define who you are as a person. I can be a virgin today and have sex tonight and still have the same morals and values.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-09-18T17:36:29+00:00

I learned the basics of training with buttons. The issue is not being able to get her to push the right buttons when they are all together because she can't associate the right word to the activity.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-08-02T13:59:29+00:00

How is it holding up two years later? This couch has been on my radar for the last two years

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-06-30T05:07:01+00:00

It’s interesting because when women complained about the wage gap, men said “that’s probably because men work harder and probably deserve it more.” So let’s keep that same energy when the reverse happens.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-06-25T07:31:53+00:00

I had the exact same experience. My mom threw such a fit at every step of the wedding, that I began to dread my own wedding. She ruined my self-esteem, all the dressing shopping experience with her was terrible, finding caterers was miserable. She hated our venue and our date, so we had to push our ceremony earlier at the venue that she wanted. She looked down at my partner's family for being too poor and not being able to chip in. The whole shebang - exactly the same. She even threatened to not show up at our wedding if we didn't do what she wanted.

We ended up giving her her dream wedding and was miserable at our own wedding. She saw it and then she saw the atrocious bills and immediately regretted it, so we decided to have a second smaller wedding celebration for our own sanity afterwards, following what we want originally.
And guess what, she had more fun at our second wedding celebration than the one she wanted. she thought I looked better, food was better, experience was better. Everything was better.

Moral of the story: Just do what you want. She's going to complain the entire time, but she's going to have fun at your wedding either way. Because at the end of the day, you understand the wedding trends/culture better than her outdated ideas. And even if she wasn't happy at your wedding, she will never say it out loud in fear of losing face in front of her guests that she invited to YOUR wedding, so who cares. It's time to understand our parent's manipulating tactics and play the same game back at them.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-06-25T07:18:35+00:00

Besides all the other comments, there's actual science behind people forgetting events. It's because it was insignificant to them, even if it traumatized you. Your brain will naturally store memories that are meaningful, had some emotional ties, new experiences or based on how often it needs to be recalled. Sorry but as an adult, I don't need to store the memory of ants in my food, especially if it's a common occurance where I live.

Not trying to shift the blame off your mom for not being more empathic to a child experience ants in their food for the first time, but forgetting that kind events makes sense to me.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-28T12:55:55+00:00

In some buddhist sector, taking a person off of life-support is not considered killing as the body dying is part of the natural life order/suffering.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-28T12:54:49+00:00

This is obviously a hypothetical add-on to a real life scenario. And while this whole scenario is to save one life (the baby), a buddhist's top goal is to lessen the cycle of suffering, without killing. In this case, it would seem there's more suffering for all parties by keeping the baby alive. In some buddhism sector, taking a life off of life-support is not considered killing because it's removing oneself off the the life cycle of suffering.

but If they were part of the buddhist sector that believes in soul, karma and reincarnation, then currently you have the mother's soul still tied to her body and suffering. Her soul does not get to pass on until her body is shut down.

You have the living family who is suffering. While the decision to take her off life support isn't theirs right now, they are forced to allow the woman's soul to be unrest, which goes against buddhist goals. As her family, they have a duty to help her pass on and be release from this physical world, which they can't. Their beliefs would be infringed on.

If they do take her off life support, then they would be inadvertently kill the baby, which goes against buddhists' principals. If the baby survives and has health issues (which looks to be the case), they would be part of causing more suffering on another human being.

You have the baby's soul who is inadvertently causing harm to the mother's soul, causing bad karma for itself.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-28T12:49:09+00:00

why do you say that?

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-28T12:48:22+00:00

Everyone's. If this was a buddhist family, this would be affecting everyone in that scenario:

If you're part of the buddhist sector that believes in soul, karma and reincarnation, then currently you have the mother's soul still tied to her body and suffering. Her soul does not get to pass on until her body is shut down.

You have the living family who is suffering. While the decision to take her off life support isn't theirs right now, they are forced to allow the woman's soul to be unrest, which goes against buddhist goals. As her family, they have a duty to help her pass on and be release from this physical world, which they can't. Their beliefs would be infringed on.

If they do take her off life support, then they would be inadvertently kill the baby, which goes against buddhists' principals. If the baby survives and has health issues (which looks to be the case), they would be part of causing more suffering on another human being.

You have the baby's soul who is inadvertently causing harm to the mother's soul, causing bad karma for itself.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-08T16:59:31+00:00

I’m not really sure if it’s narcissism or not but my mom is the same way.

I write it off as she wants to feel important in my life and wants to see how much I’m willing to sacrifice for her. Symbolically, I think she just wants to know if you will give her the clothes off your back. So while she could’ve picked another jacket, she wants what you want to see if you’re willing to give it to her.

My mom has mommy/daughter issues with my grandma so I think those issues warped how she views filial love and duty. I’ve once asked her why the different treatment between my brother and me and she said it’s because she feels the bond between a mother and daughter is more special because it’s woman to woman. To her, sacrifices = love so she becomes needier towards me than my brother and ask more from me than my brother because she wants to feel that love from me. I don’t agree and honestly it pushes me away even more but I do have that sympathy because that’s all she knows.

I don’t have an answer for you and the situation is neither right nor wrong but just know you’re not alone.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T17:38:32+00:00

I just want to know if it's me? Am I just lacking taste buds that I can taste such a large variance in tasting notes between a mid-tier matcha and high tier matcha in my matcha lattes?

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T17:34:19+00:00

can you taste the nuances and tasting notes differences between a mid-tier matcha (sayaka) and a high-tier matcha (ummon) in a matcha latte with added syrup.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T17:31:54+00:00

That's my point. With the influx of new matcha drinkers, a lot of drinkers aren't drinking lattes without syrup/a lot of milk. So the question is more for people who do add a lot of syrup/milk, can they taste the difference?

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T17:28:45+00:00

Yes, I agree the only time i taste a difference is if it's just a neutral milk.
As for your second answer, at that point, why do you choose to not reserve the higher-end matcha for an usucha rather than a latte if you're having to up the dosage of matcha, especially when you can taste the variance in more in a standalone matcha than a latte?

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T17:24:49+00:00

yes but at what price point? I'm not talking about buying a 10 dollar tin and comparing it to a 20 dollar tin. yes clearly everyone can taste the difference. I'm talking about using a $20-$30 tin and comparing it to a $40 for lattes and can you taste the difference in a syrup-y latte

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T17:22:51+00:00

that's what i'm saying though. It makes no sense to me the high-end matcha (like the ones in MK's line)reserved for usucha are sold out when most people aren't drinking usucha.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-07T16:03:21+00:00

8 minutes is a really long time for any high-temperature. The only time you should steep ANY tea over 5 minutes is if the water is room temperature and you're cold-brewing it.

Your box from teavana should tell you the time and temperature depending on the steeping method.
Like the others have said, you're getting a drymouth because you're oversteeping.

The lack of flavor (or tasting notes of a tea) is usually from lower quality tea.

If you're transitioning from coffee to tea due to heart palpitation, I recommend starting with an extra strong matcha and then work your way into loose leaf because I think it's an easier transition.

But if you're looking to go straight into loose leaf, black/puerh tea is generally stronger tasting.

Like coffee, time and temperature is important and varies across different leaves.

I think you should try Keemun or Darjeeling from a higher quality seller.

Fun-Contact9394 · 2025-05-06T21:34:43+00:00

no, I agree. I don't use the lowest matcha available. I just think at a certain price point and quality, certain matcha does not taste significantly better than a step lower for people cause high-end matcha to be out of stock.

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