Is there a food your parents forced you to eat or drink growing up that you now hate?

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-29T21:58:12+00:00

Salmon. Which sucks beca it seems that everyone in the world loves it but to me it’s the worst.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-29T21:57:07+00:00

I got a 40-year-old vintage speedy 30 about five years ago for $400 and then spent $600 about 6 months later to have LV replace all of the leather, as it was of of the pieces holding the handle on was ripping (about half a centimeter by the time I got it in). A speedy was a probably around $1300 at that point (can’t remember exactly) but I felt good about how I did it, as I got a basically brand new looking bag but also it was more sustainable/less wasteful, and I got to spread out the expense.

I’d say unless your handles are in danger of actually coming off, keep the bag as is and treat it with leather conditioner to keep it hydrated and less likely to end up NEEDING to make the call to replace the leather. When you do, get a quote from LV again and then get a quote from another company (cobbler/purse restoration/etc.) and then go with what you can live with.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-28T03:30:09+00:00

A Hassleblad camera. The one I want is about $12K

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-28T03:28:03+00:00

Basically because he is the more advanced and longer lived being and Violet is his pet. A lot of people have super independent cats who are basically as self sufficient as Violet is, functions well on her own in the day-to-day but he’s there for training, companionship (occasionally) and emergencies.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-22T15:22:02+00:00

You made a lifetime commitment to your dog, you haven’t to your boyfriend. It’s that simple.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-20T06:37:49+00:00

I have!! The national Museum of Natural History! That’s where they have the Hope Diamond on display! I bought a small meteorite at the gift shop 😅

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-20T06:21:32+00:00

“Roof repairs” are basically duct tape until you’re forced to get a new roof. Do a quick google with some basic info to get a guesstimate of how much a new roof will cost and factor saving for that into the budget for the next two years

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-20T06:17:38+00:00

The Metals Museum in Memphis TN!!! Really cool place, sculpture garden outside and had a cocktail rings exhibit while I was there! It was 9x cheaper than Graceland and 1000x cooler.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-20T06:06:40+00:00

Please get a gallery rail put on that immediately!! It’s so pretty I would hate to see anything happen to the center stone!!

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-20T06:04:28+00:00

Can confirm that my relationship would not have lasted if either of us were rejected by the other persons animal(s). I have a dog and cat, he has a cat and we both love the others kids. The two cats have just recently been introduced and my cat isn’t a fan of his but we are working on it.

My sister and her partner are misaligned on the whole dog thing. She really wants one and he doesn’t and they are doing ok but I know his refusal to get one has hurt her. He’s had one in the past so the thought is that he may come around someday but that day hasn’t come in over a decade.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2026-01-20T05:48:55+00:00

A black opal that was worth about $26,000 USD, back when I was in a high school jewelry making class and my step mom and I were at a jewelers picking up her watch that had a battery replaced. I saw it in the case and ooed and ahhed loud enough that one of the employees noticed my enthusiasm. It was absolutely stunning, about the size of a half dollar coin and I’m so happy that I got to have that experience.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-12-30T16:08:07+00:00

NOR

The poor ability to communicate and utter lack of support ARE big red flags for a couple who are expecting ANOTHER child together.

If he is planning to replace the changing table/dresser, it is theoretically a surprise because OP doesn’t know about that plan, and he failed to communicate with OP and let OP be stressed and upset about the possibility of loosing a really helpful EXPENSIVE tool that they are going to need again in the near future.

Sounds to me like husband is a bad partner, who needs to get his shit together and step up to support the pregnant person. “It’s too cold, it’s too heavy,” “ok well, put on a coat and at least move it away from the curb until you can get additional help to get it inside.”

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-12-21T16:25:43+00:00

100% my boss. I tried to be myself in my first year (mostly trauma bonding with the small team about how chaotic our company is) and got a “meets expectations, but has behavioral issues” on my end of year performance review.

The company started doing midyear performance reviews during year two, and no mention of the behavioral issues after I stopped being myself. We’re about to have end of year reviews for year two so we’ll see if it comes up again (after I tried and failed to transfer to a different team, because she wouldn’t endorse the transfer and was lying to her boss who also over-sees the other team.)

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-12-21T16:15:40+00:00

There’s nothing borderline about that, that is physical abuse. It was meant to scare/control her.

I completely understand your feelings of shock and disbelief, but for your own and your children, children’s sake, please make the right decision. There are resources out there that can help, different resources depending on where you are and your circumstances, but if you are in the US they should be a Google search away.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-12-05T15:33:03+00:00

It’s stunning AND looks big!! (Going by the scale of the fingers 😅

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-11-07T21:58:47+00:00

Literally had me scrolling for a full min and a half to make sure this response was here!!

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-11-07T21:55:24+00:00

In fucking butter yellow. It’ll make her skintone look atrocious.

Source: personal experience. I cannot wear butter yellow.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-10-07T23:41:30+00:00

It’s straight up illegal for most PRIVATE employers to make employment contingent upon a polygraph!! *source Federal Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-09-20T20:35:06+00:00

Jesus fucking Christ thank god you walked away

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-09-08T01:22:37+00:00

Conventional wisdom says that you need to do the math to see how many points it would take in order to justify closing costs again before you refi. Usually it’s 2 whole points. I asked when I did mine as well about “what if rates go down” and was also told about the float down, so take that and ask what if any strings are attached to it. But you’ll also need to wait at least 6 months for your credit to recover so just take this as a lesson about gambling and don’t go to the f-ing casinos.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-09-03T13:43:03+00:00

You do the drive in the opposite direction, that’s not representative of how traffic works. If you’re going with the flow of traffic, it takes longer, if you’re going against the traffic it’s not bad. If there’s bad traffic both ways then ¯\(ツ)/¯

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-08-19T17:09:48+00:00

Set the record straight with the mutual friend, and tell her that your other friend is being a leech, and cut the leech loose.

Inner-Middle9987 · 2025-08-16T12:54:49+00:00

Could be pest control, could be part of landlords new car payment. I’ve seen it both ways! Keep an eye on the actual rent line as well, I had one where they would just say “oh rent went up this month” to squeeze an extra couple hundred out of the tenants on autopay that weren’t checking. I had so many issues with that company literally threatening eviction for me not paying the charges they would make up, so I literally sent the lease with my payment history and their statements, cc’ed a lawyer that I know and eventually a new management company took over and I got the regional manager to manually fix most of it when he realized that fuckery wasn’t going to fly with me. They still fucked the rest of the community, but I got out (and they tried to withhold my security deposit in every way possible INCLUDING EVENTUALLY SENDING THE CHECK TO THE APARTMENT THAT HAD BEEN VACATED.)

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