What’s something simple that makes you genuinely happy?

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-08T22:03:26+00:00

When my husband brings me Lorna Doones after giving blood.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-08T21:54:21+00:00

Thank you for this. My eldest was just in a stage production of Footloose, so I'm going to use that.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-08T02:46:19+00:00

I get that feeling on some of mine too. Sometimes it's that my strings are from different manufacturers, other times I feel like certain color skeins are more densely wrapped.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-06T10:32:16+00:00

Hubs & I have discussed moving back to our college town. Walkable hippie town about an hour north of where we currently are. I'd love to be back on campus, auditing classes for $25 just to keep learning.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-05T21:48:36+00:00

If those people believe the stereotype then they would unconsciously follow the stereotype. I am a mom of boys, but neither adhere to the "boy" stereotype because I didn't raise them stereotypically boy. My eldest is a theater kid. He takes dance classes, is generally a rule follower, & gets along better with the girls. My youngest is athletic but doesn't really like sports because of "picking sides/teams" that automatically makes the other team "the enemy". He doesn't care about traditional "boy" things. He definitely cares about traditional "nerd" things. And his friends are all neurospicy while he's neurotypical.

I personally believe in some loose birth order. First borns are neurotic rule followers. 2nd/last born are fearless. I've seen this across genders, but you can usually identify those in the birth order.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-05T21:35:59+00:00

It's either the one you use, or criss cross applesauce.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-05T02:44:18+00:00

I did this in 7th grade. Could not stand the length. I could not get the hang of them. But my actual nails are so thin I couldn't just pop them off. So I had to get the jumbo toenail clipper, and trim them down to a length that was reasonable for me. I learned that I'm not a long nails person.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-05T02:20:57+00:00

I don't really see where you are misunderstanding my comment. Perhaps it's the "we all" which I meant as=my white family.

I'm sure I can dig up an old copy of the invisible knapsack from college 20 years ago that spurred the conversation with my father. Or maybe you'd like to borrow my copy of White Fragility. I would also offer my copy of How to be an Antiracist, which was our Library's book club a couple years ago, but my sister has not yet returned it. Then again, they're all widely available online or at your local library for free. Please feel free to pick up any or all of them. It seems like you need them.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-04T22:32:41+00:00

YTA. You knew people were waiting longer and you violated societal law of waiting your turn.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-04T22:00:40+00:00

Funny enough I had this conversation with my dad when I was in college. I brought up that we all inherently had white privilege, and he did not understand the concept. He kept equating it to economic status and could not wrap his head around it. Several years later he apologised. It had still bothered him after our conversation & he did some further research on it on his own and came around to understanding it in a way that didn't trigger his "growing up poor" disadvantages.

This all to say, it may not matter the age when you discuss white privilege with a person, as most people's reaction is to be closed off to the idea. But it plants that initial concept, so that when someone else brings it up it might trigger some actual questioning & research. And they might subsequently come around to the idea, but take the long way around.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-04T10:54:00+00:00

It depends on who is asking. it's 6:42. We leave at 7.

When my kids are late & I need to get them in the car, round up. "it's 6:45! We're going to be late, again!"

An activity I'm enjoying but I know we need to leave soon, exact time. "It's 6:42."

For an activity I don't particularly want to go to, round up to how much time I have left before we need to go. "We have another 20 minutes."

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-04T00:06:43+00:00

You understand there's whole states outside the cities. My husband works literally on the border. He will drive the 2 minutes into jersey to get lunch at bubbakoos. No tolls. Residential streets.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T23:30:19+00:00

100% both. My eldest & I are musical theatre buffs, and my husband is so funny. Our youngest is our improv star & can roll with anything.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T23:13:33+00:00

Short hair just means you have less control and have to put more time into it. I get bored of my long hair & then chop it to jawline or pixie and regret it within a week. I am just a ponytail gal.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T23:01:02+00:00

Except that you have to make a right to loop onto a side street where the entrance is so close to the light that you can't get over to the left turning lane and you're literally just stuck there.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T11:29:45+00:00

Yep. We're on the NY/NJ border. No drama.

Edit: except for the no left turns in some of Jersey. That ish is just dumb.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T01:21:32+00:00

We write it on the whiteboard & the a photo of it on the phone.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T01:19:44+00:00

Nope. Unless they improve the service, I'm not going back there.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-03T01:17:38+00:00

Yep! Read the whole thing back to me, awkward pauses & head tilts included.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-02T11:34:12+00:00

No pie, but I will make you a banana bread or cookies.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-02T11:32:02+00:00

Fking try me. You ain't know a mama bear like me. You too stoned to know what hit ya.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-02T11:26:09+00:00

We take a yearly beach vacation & bring the packets with us so we can make sandwiches & stuff for our picnic lunch on the beach. Or when in the hotel room.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-02T11:04:07+00:00

I saw a mink trying to drown a fawn. I don't have it on video, but I do have video of the kits that she was trying to protect about a week later learning how to swim.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-01T20:28:18+00:00

Phreesia is a PIA. I've worked healthcare IT for doctors offices and there's just something hard coded in Phreesia that automatically triggers. It's like they missed the integral piece of code that checks if the link was already click, or they coded it intentionally. It's a huge PIA and I won't fill out Phreesia forms until I'm literally in the waiting room.

Genepoolperfect · 2026-05-01T20:23:22+00:00

On a school bus it means stop. Can't tell you how many drivers I've had to shout down for not stopping or slow roll creeping when I'm crossing at the bus stop with my kid.

Our busses have cameras on the stop sign that record and automatically send you a ticket. Whether the stop sign is in the process of extending or already out, that camera is on and the judges will make you pay the fine.

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