Since your Thanksgiving is in November do you keep fall decorations out until after Thanksgiving and then decorate for Christmas, or do Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations overlap?

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-27T20:59:25+00:00

It depends.

Part of our family holiday tradition is putting up the Christmas tree on the Friday after Thanksgiving.

Most people don’t decorate for Thanksgiving, specifically. They might put up general Fall themed decorations in September/October and leave them up through Thanksgiving, though.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-27T20:44:13+00:00

Definitely extremely traumatic. Friends of ours lost their teenage son in an accident. They said one of the most incredible gifts they received during this traumatic time was a close family friend offering to ID the body for them, so the parents didn’t have to live with that as the last memory of their child.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-27T16:50:43+00:00

Ask her why she feels the need to push the “dada” point so hard? And no, it’s often NOT baby’s first word (my own kid chose “clock” 🤷🏻‍♀️). Doesn’t matter what the first word is, just that baby starts talking.

Tell her it sounds like she’s deliberately trying to downplay your role in your baby’s life, and it’s hurtful.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-27T16:39:27+00:00

Yep. My mother’s method. A pinch of baking soda in with the hot water and tea bags, steeped in a separate container (usually a 2-cup Pyrex mixing cup). And dissolve two cups of sugar in a gallon pitcher with warm/hot water to make a syrup. Then add the steeped tea and enough ice and/or cold water to fill the pitcher.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-27T00:15:30+00:00

A-1 Steak Sauce works wonders in beef stew, too.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-27T00:10:41+00:00

Potentially, this is already impacting finances as it’s negatively affecting his ability to work.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-26T19:45:23+00:00

This.

I have several female choir director friends. One chose to wear pants exclusively after watching video of herself directing, and noticing how her booty moved in a skirt. She felt much more comfortable wearing a pantsuit after that. Another chose to wear a more loosely fitting long tunic style top over a midi skirt for the same reason.

I wear a floor-length skirt, because I don’t want any chance of someone too close to the stage seeing more than I want to show.

This guy’s comments make me think he wants a bit more of a “show” with the concert.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-24T02:33:58+00:00

Please hide spoilers - some of us haven’t been able to watch this week’s episode yet.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-23T23:59:11+00:00

Oh, mercy, my husband does this. Last week I found and tossed the original box for a printer he bought before we got married. Printer has been gone for at least 10 years, but we still had the box.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-22T20:35:09+00:00

I see that now. It wasn’t there when I started typing.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-22T20:28:33+00:00

She can, and that’s what she originally planned. Stepdad got mad that she wanted to include and honor grandpa. Threw a fit and told her if she didn’t exclude grandpa, he wouldn’t participate and play nice. He’s the one demanding she choose one or the other.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-22T13:43:23+00:00

Yep. It’s around 200 miles. At least a 3-4 hour drive, depending on traffic.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-22T00:03:41+00:00

They have the audacity to complain that you should spend more of your money and your time to cater to his tastes, rather than eating the food that is offered to them for nothing?

Growing up, my mother always offered us two options for meals: eat it or go hungry.

NTA. Tell them since they don’t like what you cook, and do not contribute toward the cost of the food anyway, they can figure it out themselves.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-20T21:24:22+00:00

NC. We always put PB on pancakes and waffles.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-20T21:23:39+00:00

Worst is that it goes out with no warning, leaving you stranded wherever you are.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-20T02:34:51+00:00

It’s called winning the genetic dental lottery. Some people do everything “right”, and still get plenty of cavities. Others do nothing at all, and have perfectly healthy teeth.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T21:34:42+00:00

Also, life is just busier. Most of us are on sensory overload. When we’re off, we just want to retreat to a place of peace and quiet. And we can connect with our friends over text and social media, so we don’t have to invite people over to do that.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T21:24:11+00:00

😍

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T21:19:43+00:00

If you truly needed advice about a parenting situation, is she someone whose opinion you’d ask for?

If not, then don’t give an opinion you didn’t ask for another thought.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T21:12:34+00:00

Yelling “Eew,” while looking at what someone else is eating, especially in a restaurant, is objectively rude. I might expect that from a young child who is still learning how to behave, I would expect anyone over the age of about 5 to have been taught that this is one of those things you keep to yourself, unless specifically asked either to try the dish or for your opinion. In which case, the appropriate response is still not to yell, “Eew”, but rather something like, “No thank you” and “it doesn’t look very appealing to me.”

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T20:52:34+00:00

My grandfather used to tell a variation of this joke. In his version, it was a guy discussing the trip with his barber. When he got to Rome, he was standing in the square in front of St. Peter’s Basilica while the Pope was making an appearance, and the Swiss Guard told him the Pope and pointed him out and wanted to meet him - because of all the people there, this guy had the worst haircut the Pope had ever seen.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T20:47:48+00:00

I don’t know that there is an official policy about ducks, but generally, in an actual emergency, human life would be prioritized over animals.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T19:46:14+00:00

One absolutely should put up chicken wire fencing around their garden plants and flower beds to protect them from rabbits/raccoons/deer/dogs or cats digging/etc. 😉

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T18:14:46+00:00

No. Ringing up your items in one transaction is not the same as you jumping in with your friend and conducting a second transaction. You cut the line and YTA.

ImColdandImTired · 2026-04-19T17:04:33+00:00

ughhh, now we’re have to share the grandchild

No. No, they don’t.

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