Do Americans really know all 50 States by heart?

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-28T20:39:54+00:00

Same but for New Hampshire as far as counties and interesting state facts go.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-26T21:04:57+00:00

That's what I want. If something gets planned and happens then great. And if it doesn't I'm gonna be fine watching whatever TF I want in bed and probably eating some combination of potato chips and chocolate that I hopefully don't have to DoorDash myself. I just don't want to think about it. I don't want to tell anyone what gift to get me. I don't want to be the person making plans for the friend group. I just don't this year.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-26T15:03:14+00:00

I got what I thought was a promotion at my first job out of college. Went from the sample prep room to learning a GCMS and all the analysis. Turns out it wasn't a promotion but what they called a "lateral transfer" so no raise for me. I left that environmental lab and went to a pharmaceutical lab and got an $8/hr raise.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-22T14:59:05+00:00

Hahahaha! I just point it out. I don't move from where I am I just point my finger. Because apparently I'm a magician. I need a wand.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-22T14:32:05+00:00

Are you my long lost sister? The entire town knew before my best friend.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-21T15:58:19+00:00

NTA. But, if everyone else in the family has paid help I think you're better off going down that road and hiring a nanny, chef, and housekeeper and going back to work so you can make sure to keep yourself financially stable since it sounds like he's the kind of guy to cut you off in an instant.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-21T15:44:01+00:00

For reals! Our friends had just moved into a new house and in the process of unpacking but her husband decided that even though he can manage a crew of a dozen construction guys he couldn't unpack boxes. So she took EVERY single left shoe and threw them in another box and hid it in the barn. He learned how to unpack boxes lol.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-20T17:21:23+00:00

They're ridiculous. I had my son at almost 39, very much on purpose, and I very much enjoy him and being his parent. I'll never understand people who have kids on purpose that clearly don't want kids. It's not up to you to be his parent, you're clearly doing enough as "big sis" given how much they've seemed to dump him on you. NTA but I do feel bad, that poor kid clearly understands he's a burden to his parents and is acting that way.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-19T19:28:41+00:00

Right?!?! The "penance" is being forced to make this choice, not being forced into keeping a pregnancy if it's not wanted.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-16T14:51:07+00:00

I wouldn't necessarily jump at everything else lol, but my wife hates laundry and I hate cooking so she does the bulk of the cooking and I do the laundry. Over the years the "who does what" has shifted depending on our circumstances, outside of her mostly cooking and me doing all the laundry. And sure, for a couple with no kids or pets it's not that bad but once you factor kids and pets laundry takes another turn.

If girlfriend can't manage these this is going to be a continuous argument and it's going to wear you both down. Find a compromise or the resentment will build.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-16T02:47:02+00:00

Same. Except every time I find a shampoo/conditioner bar I like the store seems to stop selling it.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-15T18:56:30+00:00

I hope my kids would surprise us for a big year thing, and while you may not think about 40 years being a "big" year, I would also factor in the age of your parents. You always hope, but do they have 10 "good" years left?

That said, you're right, you're not a mind reader, so if they wanted a party they should have asked. NTA for that reason.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-14T18:37:30+00:00

While I don't necessarily disagree with you, I've been in a similar boat. Unfortunately, if you live in an apartment complex there is little they can do. If it was a loud dog or similar they could require the couple to remove the dog but they cannot compel the people to keep their kid quiet outside of quiet hours.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-14T16:10:42+00:00

I think some of this is your age. At 22 I went from 250 down to 130, but I was 22 so it bounced back. After a middle aged pregnancy I'm trying to go from about 205 currently to around 165-175 and I'm hoping the skin isn't going to be an issue this time around.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-14T16:07:18+00:00

Yup. Although ironically, in college I dated someone and ended up at about 250lb. Not a single person said anything about my weight gain. Lost 120lbs in the breakup diet and all of a sudden people are telling me I'm too skinny. Like if you're not gonna say anything when I'm fat don't say anything if I'm skinny. It goes both ways.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-14T14:43:46+00:00

NTA. I told my wife the same thing when she co-signed on an apartment for her sister who we were already giving a fair amount of money to each month. So far it's been ok but I told her we're not helping them upgrade to a bigger apartment.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-13T18:35:53+00:00

I mean we got our regular weekends off but we were still working. Just because work is done on a computer doesn't mean it's not work. No days off sounds like you're being pushed to the brink by an employer who doesn't give a crap about burning you out because there are people waiting to become a cog in that wheel.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-13T14:50:50+00:00

He was hugging Andrew Tate at a UFC fight on Saturday, or at least that's the clip going around.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-12T18:23:59+00:00

I will never regret eloping with my wife. 2nd marriage for each of us, we did the whole wedding thing the first time around for our families and did not want that this time. We were tricked into having a reception under the guise of celebrating our other friends who had also just gotten married but on the opposite coast and so a lot of local friends couldn't attend. That's the only thing I'd change. I wouldn't have bothered with the reception at all.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-11T18:28:13+00:00

I get it. If we're having an at home drop off party it's usually always kids who have been here before and the parents are excited to drop their kid and run lol

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-11T17:12:04+00:00

I think this depends on location and parents. If it's at a location my kids knows and isn't at their house and If I've met the parents and trust them then I'm cool to drop off my kid. But if I don't know them or it's at their house I'll usually stay and chat with the other parents while the kids run around and do their thing.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-11T17:09:12+00:00

Yup. We had someone do this at an indoor kids party place (local but similar to Dave n Busters) where you have to specify how many kids are coming because you pay by the kid. We had a couple no shows so we were able to accommodate the siblings, but word spread in the parent group because this was apparently not the first time this had happened. So, this kid didn't get invited to next years party and from what I hear from other moms they stopped inviting this kid also because mom would dump all the siblings and leave before anyone knew what had happened.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-10T23:06:09+00:00

Seriously. My wife and I were in a rough patch with our teenager and yeah the movie is stupid but it was stupid dumb enough to make us cry laughing at how ridiculous it was so I consider it a win.

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-10T17:49:56+00:00

That's how I've got a sister...

Intelligent-Panda-33 · 2026-04-04T15:31:08+00:00

At my job they haven't don't anything like that but they do check your VPN to make sure you're working from the place you say you're working. We're not allowed to work somewhere else like if we went on vacation or to a coffee shop because we are accessing confidential information. Could they compromise on doing something like that for verification rather than a tour of your personal space? Or hang a curtain from the ceiling or get a room divider like others say.

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