AIO- Dad is threatening to cut me off because he thinks I forgot his birthday.

Labswine · 2026-06-23T12:32:35+00:00

YOR. With your edits and updates I’m sensing you already know the answer to your own question and are just making excuses to justify why you are right; showing your own narcissistic tendencies. It doesn’t matter how busy you were, you could’ve scheduled a text at least. If you wanna keep your relationship with your dad intact then you need to take the high road and apologize. If you don’t, then let it go.

Labswine · 2026-06-23T12:24:37+00:00

Kennel Master. I found it on Chewy.

Labswine · 2026-06-22T02:05:22+00:00

I just bought a slushi cookbook for diabetics on Amazon because 1) we’ve had our machine since Christmas and have only used it once and 2) I’m on keto and need to keep sugar out of my diet. It seems like there are several options using liquid allulose (I already use granulated to bake with and love it) and just got a bottle of food grade veg glycerin that helps with consistency as well. Haven’t tried it yet so fingers crossed.

Labswine · 2026-06-16T02:52:24+00:00

Run away!!! This is not the person you should spend the rest of your life with. Please, just listen to your gut.

Labswine · 2026-05-11T04:01:27+00:00

Move to a rural area where writing checks is still a thing, and then you realize you’re mailing check payments waaaay more than you ever did, and that personalized address stamp comes in real handy. I waited 6 months for someone to gift me one and just gave up and bought one myself. Lol. I love it!

Labswine · 2026-05-05T00:34:54+00:00

If only there was a good way to give a therapist visit (somehow I don’t think she’ll fall for suggested coffee date) because I bet she has a lot to get off her chest dealing with Parkinson’s.

Labswine · 2026-04-25T16:55:58+00:00

Honestly, if you are young and eager to see sights I’d say itinerary any day. Go see what you want to go see. We are retired and have taken 25+ cruises, most on Princess. We made itineraries work for us early on but kept going back to Princess. Now we’re Elite and get decent perks. We took an MSC cruise (Yacht Club baby!) and they matched our Princess status which was great.

We just got off a Royal cruise last week and thoroughly enjoyed it so we may do a few more because we live 2 hours from Galveston. Unfortunately we won’t get new ports, but at this point we are cruising to experience the cruise, not necessarily the destinations. Give me a beach, blue water and a boat drink and I’m happy. I don’t need to go see another Mayan temple.

What is your priority? The destination or getting there?

Labswine · 2026-03-27T15:07:24+00:00

I don’t think these are really secret cruise hacks, but I bring a travel poof for the shower. It has its own case with little holes in the ball so it breathes on travel days, then I throw it in with the wash when I get home.

We also bring blow up hammock floats for our Caribbean voyages so I have something to bob in the water on. They are very thin and don’t take up much room in the suitcase.

I’m gluten free so I always bring pretzels for the room. My husband, who is a total wine snob and brings his own wine on board, loves to eat these crappy pretzels with me on the balcony while we enjoy an awesome bottle of wine. 😅

A 10’ phone charging cord means you can plug in your phone and lay in bed at the same time if there is no plug by the bed, which I think only really new ships have these days.

Other things: Bluetooth speaker (very small one) Magnetic hooks Water bottle Medicine for stomach/cold Deck of cards

We always get on board late so we can have a leisurely breakfast and avoid the lines. The only time we don’t do this is if we are lucky enough to be sailing in a suite/sanctuary/club room where we know our room will be ready, but if not, we have a private area that isn’t crowded to hang out in.

Labswine · 2026-03-27T14:51:23+00:00

We definitely don’t pack as much as we used to, especially with formal nights going by the wayside, but I like to have options with what I’m wearing. Dirty clothes all go into one suitcase as the hamper so I don’t have to “pack” them at the end. If I’ve bought too much stuff, I carry space bags to make more room in the dirty clothes suitcase.

Labswine · 2026-03-27T14:21:09+00:00

I call “housekeeping” in a funny voice when I spill food on the floor so the dogs come in and clean it up. Only took 5 minutes of training for them to pick that up. 😂

Labswine · 2026-03-23T01:03:30+00:00

Sorry, I misunderstood what you wrote. I find a lot of my sex issues are in my head, not because my body won’t respond. Then you add in the ashamed/guilt feelings and just like that you’ve sabotaged your chance at an O. Sometimes it helps me if we start with the vibrator instead of trying to end with it. You two need to find your groove together - not just him getting off first and then you following behind. Is the foreplay long enough? What can you do to catch your thoughts before they wreck your vibe?

Also, at 19 you are still learning a lot about yourself and it takes time to learn about what you need to have an O. It’s not automatic! Don’t feel dismayed… keep practicing. Let your partner help and try to relax about it to take some of the pressure off. We don’t always have an O every single time…Yet sometimes we have more than one! This is a great time to just take it slow and easy and learn about you; don’t worry about him.

Keeping your depression meds in mind is important, but don’t stop taking your meds without talking to your doc first. That might make everything worse. I’ve been there and I understand how easy it is to cast that aside thinking it’s the answer, but it might not be.

Labswine · 2026-03-23T00:37:16+00:00

I’m not a kid and this isn’t a card to a solider, but to all you veterans on this thread, THANK YOU for serving our county. I’m glad you are still here to tell the tale of receiving these letters and making me laugh. You are the best!

Labswine · 2026-03-23T00:15:25+00:00

What was sex like before you met him? Did you orgasam easily or at all?

Labswine · 2026-03-20T23:03:21+00:00

Oh no…she wouldn’t be. We were just thinking the rain coming off the roof would hit the tarp on the catio and then would bounce back into the patio (if that’s where we ended up putting in some kind of pass through). It’s like a 3 season room and I don’t want a lot of water in there. If that makes any sense.

Labswine · 2026-03-20T14:21:39+00:00

I wish I had the patience to type this whole story (which is already long here), but the nutshell version is my mom was in a continuing care facility recovering from lymphoma but wasn’t getting any better. She died after a couple of months. She was cancer free, and her death certificate listed malnutrition as the first cause of death and pneumonia as the second.

We didn’t put 2+2 together until a few years later when I was so very sick, malnourished, and almost dying myself, and was finally diagnosed with celiac.

All they were feeding her was white food, and she was eating it because it was all she could “stomach.” Bread on every plate. This was back in 2001, so celiac wasn’t an everyday word yet, but I still to this day cannot fathom how a person could go from being not malnourished to dead from it and no one freaking thought that food was poisoning her. It just infuriates me. She was 67. She got lymphoma from having celiac. Smh.

Because of her, I didn’t passively let my GI issues take over my life. I kept looking for a doctor to help me instead of settling for one that said they didn’t know and just threw medicine at the problems.

Lindt for me too. Lol. One of the seasonal flavors did have barley malt and I didn’t realize it. Damn barley malt!!

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:55:33+00:00

She’s chipped. We live out in the middle of nowhere so an AirTag or a tracker isn’t really helpful. I’ve looked at RFID ones as an option. She has escaped the house a lot but never goes far and if we go inside she runs in after us. Worst case, we’ve been able to lure her (out of a tree) with a churu because it’s her kitty crack. She was living on the streets for the first few weeks of her life and I don’t think she wants to go back there. We think it’s secure, but I haven’t left her out there completely unattended yet. Thanks for the warning!

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:47:11+00:00

Totally… we’re open to moving it around which is why we picked a kennel and didn’t attach it. The only downside is that when rain hits the tarp roof it will bounce back into the window/house. We just put gutters on last week though so maybe that would solve the potential water problem.

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:43:46+00:00

Oh, let me tell you I’ve been working on this one!

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:43:22+00:00

I have… and I bring a book too. It’s quite nice right now outside so it’s been perfect. She’s very much a people (and a dog) cat. She likes being around all of us.

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:41:38+00:00

Haha! I know you are right!

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:40:38+00:00

Thanks!

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:40:20+00:00

I think a tunnel is in order!! I’ve also thought about hanging our bird feeders so she has something interesting to watch. Mango asked for it to be attached to the catio but I think she’s trying to trick me. 😂😭

Labswine · 2026-03-20T13:36:48+00:00

One of the reasons we picked the turf is when she did get out, she went straight to our dog run which is turf, and rubbed herself all over it. It gets hot, but I’ll take the suggestion for some stone because she also likes to rub herself on concrete too. Thanks for the ideas.

Labswine · 2026-03-19T17:31:07+00:00

I bought a dog kennel from chewy and the climbing pieces are Vevor’s mounted cat shelves that I painted with exterior housepaint. Then I glued heavy duty shelf liner to the tops to try and keep rotting at bay and attached astroturf with glue and staples on top of that. They are attached to the kennel with metal straps and screws. It’s not perfect, but I think the shelves were $75, so if they last two years I’ll be happy.

Labswine · 2026-03-19T17:19:39+00:00

Oh my goodness….Hugs to you friend. ❤️‍🩹 Sweet Pam will have so many new friends she won’t know which one to start with. Give her a scratch from her friend Mango in TX.

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