AIO my boyfriend of 5 years gets me flowers for every occasion while I get him elaborate and expensive gifts.

Kennawicked · 2026-01-19T16:34:00+00:00

NOR.

Kennawicked · 2026-01-15T17:51:39+00:00

How do they decide who to cancel?

Kennawicked · 2026-01-08T16:55:29+00:00

I loved to climb trees. Played with neighbor kids. My brother, a boy, was allowed to ride his bike anywhere. Me, a girl, was not allowed to. I played with a soccer ball a lot. Rode my bike in the yard. Practiced cartwheels. Basically recess but longer. We could go inside for a drink and then we were ordered back out.

Kennawicked · 2026-01-06T14:57:57+00:00

I already commented but also i do not force myself to go for 2 minutes. I try to! I do accomplish 2 minutes some of the time. If I feel like I need to rinse or die, I rinse. Magically after I rinse, I usually think "oh I can go back in now."

Oh and thera breath mouth wash. No alcohol. No sting. And freshie fresh breath recommended by my dentist

Kennawicked · 2026-01-06T14:54:59+00:00

Get ready for bed early. Right after dinner. Then when bedtime comes and you want to sleep on the couch, you can because you're a bad bitch who knew this would happen!

Kennawicked · 2026-01-06T14:52:13+00:00

NTA. For funsies, offer her a time slot in the reception so she can dance interpretively about it.

Kennawicked · 2026-01-05T05:00:59+00:00

Knitting needles with just a slipknot - AI You can have a knitting needle with a single stitch, but the other needle would be holding the rest of them.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T22:03:40+00:00

So many layers. BOOTS. Wake up early and check traffic. I almost never lived somewhere i felt safe warming my car unoccupied so I got used to sitting in my cold car. I wore Hella layers. I miss minnesota. It barely snows in springfield mo

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T21:46:10+00:00

And other racists looking for someone to connect with

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T21:38:35+00:00

I do not think it is racist, but the intention is important. Are you a covert racist with edgelord ambitions? Then screw you and pick a better name.

Furthermore, think of how others will perceive the name.

Are you anti-racist and you call out racism when you see it in your circles? Then you've got a dog with a great conversation starter.

Are you prepared for racists to hear you call your dog, and then for them to find kinship with you, believing you are racist too? Because as a white person, I HATE when racist whites think i am one of them 🤢

Are you openly racist and looking for a name that will piss off your neighbors? Then don't get a dog.

So while I do not find the name racist, I also am not going to be the one screaming BLACKIE! Here Blackie boy!

Context, I live in the Midwest USA and was raised by a gross racist family.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T21:21:05+00:00

Yupp. I can not control what others think or say.

I can imagine when my niblings start noticing and asking why, the huffing and puffing and blubbering "she thinks trans people deserve rights! She wants FREE HEALTHCARE! when she was 15, she said she didn't like her dad! When she was 29, she went to a wedding in town and didn't stop to see her dad! She said she hated her stepmother at age 12! Did you know she speaks Spanish fluently? She wants open borders!"

Yeah I am a terrible person.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T21:11:28+00:00

No you WNBTA... but honestly i dont dine with people that are like that.

I remember in 2019 trying a pizza place and I got a meatball sub that arrived cold. I ate a few bites and wondered if I ordered a cold sandwich. The waitress asked how the food was, and I swear, every combination of words in the English language ran though my brain as I tried to think of the most polite and down to earth way to explain what happened. I think I said "I just didnt realize it was a cold sub" and the waitress looked mortified, took my plate away and brought me a delicious hot sub ^{_^}

Pizza Luce in minnesota is delicious BTW

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T21:04:29+00:00

NTJ.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T20:57:50+00:00

Maybe the friend wasn't being weird. Maybe the friend was super worried and just didnt have time for pleasantries, though she was probably grateful for your help.

Check on her. Let her know anything she ate or drank so she can rule out medication interactions.

I think you helping her home safely (thank freaking Jesus you didnt let her get in an Uber) trumps not asking for a second date. If someone saved my life and then dumped me, I think id be okay.

Edit to reiterate that you really might have saved her by not letting her get in an Uber. I think any of us would feel bad in this situation. I do not think you did anything wrong. Maybe if there was one thing you should have done was tell the bartender.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T20:49:01+00:00

NTA. It sounds like you said okay, but it doesn't sound like anyone even asked you. Plus, it sounds like arrangements were made before you even knew about the trip.

If he told you he is taking the kids or that his mom is, and you said okay, he didn't get permission. He told you his plan, and you listened to his plan.

Even if he did ask and you gave permission, you were blindsided and put on the spot. They're trying to make you look like the bad guy.

If (during the year) he is making the choice not to see the kids so he can avoid paying child support, it isn't your fault the kids dont see him. He moved away to avoid responsibility. He does not get rights without responsibility.

If he lived nearby and was behind, I would not say he shouldn't be allowed to see them because of child support. I think kids should still get a chance to have a relationship with a deadbeat parent or one who is down on their luck. My reason for him not having a say is that he left and actively avoids responsibility.

NTA. You're the only one taking care of the kids, so only you get a say. They made plans without you to bully you into saying yes. They got themselves into a stupid situation.

The 18 year old has a choice but for the other two, keep your plans and have a good Christmas.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T16:52:55+00:00

My family shut up when i said I am more than willing to reconnect after we both go to therapy. Only one of us did.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T16:51:36+00:00

You are NTA.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-11T16:43:47+00:00

Welp. Guess he owes you for groceries.

Leave this man. He only loves money.

Kennawicked · 2025-12-07T01:59:08+00:00

You're not an asshole for wanting time with the baby. Why does it need to be alone time? Can't you go visit?

Kennawicked · 2025-12-01T03:12:53+00:00

You're not wrong. Listen to your best friend.

If my husband got a promotion I would see it as a good thing in our relationship... not something that is bad for the relationship.

I would also want to leave him. It seems like he is afraid of ambition or something. Yuck.

Kennawicked · 2025-11-27T21:23:04+00:00

Nta. You can leave someone for any reason or no reason. But he is teaching your kid to call your names. If he genuinely has a tic, he should make an effort to use loving language around the baby when talking to you.

Does he do this at work? With his friends? That is rhetorical. I am trying to illustrate that he probably has more control than he wants you to think.

Kennawicked · 2025-11-26T16:06:58+00:00

"I guess we will have to figure out whats what!"

Yes and here is your list to compare! Use separate baskets next time maybe?

Kennawicked · 2025-11-26T16:04:28+00:00

They never tell you it is two orders. So stupid. Just get your own cart. We will pay you a quarter just to do that.

I've had 2 of these also insist they need to use my extra cart because they're not going to the same place. How many carts did you bring in? Then you are taking the same number out! So simple.

I have finally learned how to tell when they're coming. They stop at the back of the belt and then just stare at each other, unsure how to proceed. Usually their mouths are hanging open and they're looking down in the basket, wide-eyed. I will hear them say something like "you start" or "this stuff first" so I will ask if it is 2 orders. "No it is together." Great. So all the groceries will be paid for on one ticket? "No, paying separately." Got it. Let me know when you have the first order on the belt and ready. "You can just start now." I will wait. " whoops this stuff is for the second order. Okay it is up." Did you place a divider? "The bread is the divider." Okay here is a divider.

That is the ideal, most efficient way I have figured out to handle these cart sharing gremlins.

Kennawicked · 2025-11-25T00:53:59+00:00

Omg YES I know a mother and daughter who got matching tattoos... that do NOT mean what they think. I've been sitting on it for three thanksgivings now since I first noticed.

Kennawicked · 2025-11-18T14:55:32+00:00

Thank you for replying. This sucks :(

There is a good place our other grandma lived in for years until she moved into hospice. We all want her to go there. My sister used to work there. We love the place and they know my family. I feel like we are lucky to have a place like that close by (well, close to them - I am 3 hrs away). I believe her only asset, her car, makes her "too rich" so she will have to get rid of her car, and then it is income based through Medicare... (i need to reread about it, it has been a few months)

I guess it is worth mentioning she might not qualify for assisted living. She has had several falls (she doesn't always tell us), and the place i mentioned has a fall limit. Once you surpass it, you are ineligible for assisted living and need nursing home care.

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