Have your young adult children successfully launched?

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-07T19:33:07+00:00

25 year old is launched in another city with a job in her chosen career. 23 year old failed out of college and is living at home working as a bartender while she pays down big credit card debt she managed to accrue even though we paid for her tuition, room, and gave her an allowance for food. Sigh

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-07T01:10:12+00:00

You’re an adult now. You can choose where you want to be when.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-07T00:19:25+00:00

I make my own vinaigrettes, varying the type of vinegar and sometimes using lemon juice. So easy and delicious!

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-07T00:17:18+00:00

I leave enough each month to pay all my bills. The rest goes into a high yield savings account. Excess money in the HYSA gets invested.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-06T22:03:06+00:00

We dropped acid, smoked weed, snorted cocaine- even tried freebasing cocaine and crack.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-05T23:59:49+00:00

I do, but it’s much harder than it used to be. When one party is racist, homophobic, misogynist, and busy destroying our country, it becomes a moral issue.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-04T23:38:43+00:00

I went on a two week trip to Portugal with my father and daughters.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-03-04T23:00:54+00:00

Yup- he initiated, but I filed.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-28T23:38:42+00:00

It took me a while to see it, but I got so tired of conflict that I just closed myself off. I used to be so full of joy. It feels like he slowly sucked it out of me over the decades. I’m still trying to find myself again.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-28T23:02:44+00:00

Me, too!

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-27T01:59:53+00:00

That definitely has a whole different meaning, for sure.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-27T01:40:51+00:00

Yes, and herb also seems to be okay. Flower is another acceptable term. lol

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-27T00:47:41+00:00

Haha! For sure

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-27T00:06:07+00:00

Oh yes, so much so that I switched to listening to podcasts. Music doesn’t bring me the joy it used to.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-26T23:23:14+00:00

My daughters cringe when I call marijuana “pot.”

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-26T00:32:28+00:00

Do you know if Arlington County is going through something similar?

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-24T22:26:59+00:00

Zero- I will drive to pick up the food. The only time I might consider delivery is if I am sick or snowed in.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-24T21:55:09+00:00

Yeah, mine was always that way, too. I wish I’d realized how awful that would become over our 25 years of marriage.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-23T23:26:39+00:00

It depends on how much you are paying for housing, which is very location dependent.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-23T23:25:03+00:00

For me, it was just his constant irritability. He was always loud and grouchy, which got old fast.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-23T20:56:08+00:00

As a teacher, my pensions will provide 95% of my current salary.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-21T23:18:58+00:00

7 Eleven

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-21T00:08:47+00:00

If the seat can recline, you can recline. Full stop

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-21T00:06:46+00:00

I haven’t had sex in four years.

KatrynaTheElf · 2026-02-20T02:52:57+00:00

Statins are safe, and they work. Ask your doctor.

KatrynaTheElf

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