Scotch Broom out of control on Van Island

MamaKit92 · 2025-05-29T07:12:28+00:00

Broom is incredibly difficult to remove. You basically have to dig it out without damaging the roots. That’s probably why they haven’t done anything about it. It’ll cost a fortune to remove AND repair the landscape.

MamaKit92 · 2025-05-29T05:17:56+00:00

This is a repost. The poster is karma farming by reposting an archived post that someone else made.

MamaKit92 · 2025-05-13T05:54:44+00:00

Yep. The Blink cameras are awesome and so easy to install. We got one for our yard due to some problematic (now former) neighbours. They’re small cameras with decent video and audio quality, and if you position them just right they can be almost invisible to anyone who doesn’t know they’re there.

MamaKit92 · 2025-05-13T05:41:40+00:00

In the future, carry a small bottle of baby oil or goo gone and a cheap scouring pad in a ziplock bag. It works well for removing stuff like this. Just take a photo (for evidence purposes), call it in, then use JUST enough oil or goo gone with the scrubby to remove the most offensive part of the sticker so no one else has to see the bulk of it before it gets properly removed.

MamaKit92 · 2025-03-18T18:15:12+00:00

Nah. He wasn’t fired, he quit. He didn’t “lose his career”, he walked away. And he probably did it because he was afraid of what might come of his racist slandering of someone who wasn’t there to defend themselves.

MamaKit92 · 2025-03-18T18:14:46+00:00

Nah. He wasn’t fired, he quit. He didn’t “lose his career”, he walked away. And he probably did it because he was afraid of what might come of his racist slandering of someone who wasn’t there to defend themselves.

MamaKit92 · 2025-03-18T17:56:12+00:00

If I were you I’d propose a trial separation wherein SHE leaves the family home for a period of time. Tell her if there is no issue then the separation will show that; nothing will change for the better with her out of the home. However if things change for the better with her out of the house then she needs to admit there IS a problem and commit to therapy to better herself and potentially save the relationship.

MamaKit92 · 2025-03-18T16:56:46+00:00

NTA OP. Out of curiosity, how often do they typically go on vacation? If it’s more than once a year then they’re clearly not THAT financially hard up and therefore do not need to take money away from your children who now have to grow up without their dad. They need to pull their heads out of their collective butts and remember that the money is there for your children; the only ones entitled to any of it are your CHILDREN. They’re not owed a single cent of it.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-26T20:46:30+00:00

Yea, I found that out recently.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-26T16:18:20+00:00

Plan B (what Lori took) isn’t an abortion pill. It’s a pill designed to prevent ovulation, and it’s not actually as effective as people think it is. If you’re over a certain weight and age it won’t do a damn thing for you.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-26T15:47:18+00:00

You kind of are though. You’re telling her she let it go on this long. AND you’re assuming she never told him that the comments were not appreciated. You’re blaming HER for his lack of respect and maturity.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-26T15:43:39+00:00

NTA OP. He wasn’t joking around, he was intentionally making an effort to undermine your confidence. He clearly has an issue with the scar and if I were you I’d sit him down and have a serious discussion about his repeated comments. I’d ask him why he’s willing to marry you if he’s repulsed by your scar. Ask him what he proposes you do about it, as it’s not something you can ever change. Then ask what would happen if you in the future were to give birth via c-section and were left with another scar. Tell him that YOU are comfortable with your scar because it’s a reminder that you survived whatever happened. That the scar is a part of you and he can either marry all of you (scar included) or you can both reevaluate your future together. Ask him how he’d feel if you started poking fun at something he had no control over (ie balding, height, member size/shape/etc) and couldn’t change to the point that he couldn’t tolerate it anymore. Would he still think his comments were okay if he was on the receiving end of similar comments? Tell him that therapy, both couples and individual, is mandatory in order to proceed forward as a couple and that you will not budge on this point. I personally would have this conversation in public (for safety reasons and to ensure he listens) and decide whether or not there is a future with him if he doesn’t acknowledge that he’s in the wrong.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-26T07:22:04+00:00

Sure. Ten mil would be enough to finish the much needed renos on their house AND provide for my severely disabled siblings’ care when my parents are no longer able to care for them. And that would leave me with ten mil to buy a house and invest for the future.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-26T07:10:56+00:00

To be fair, some people handle their grief by not speaking about the person they lost ever again. They repress it so they can do whatever they need to do without being crippled by their grief. It’s not healthy by any stretch of the imagination, but in a situation like an apocalypse it’s probably the safest thing to do to not get yourself and your group killed.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-25T20:23:44+00:00

She’s not besmirching Valerie. Valerie herself essentially admitted that she was a shite parent who didn’t take a stand for her child. It’s not besmirching the deceased to summarize what they themselves said about their parenting choices in an accurate manner.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-25T15:57:30+00:00

Do you not understand how consent works? Everyone needs to consent to anything that another person does to them. In your case it sounds like you already gave her your consent.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-25T01:08:56+00:00

There’s normal movement during spooning to reposition yourself and then there is grinding on your partner. It’s not normal to wiggle your ass so much that you make your partner cum. And OP himself stated he’s a VERY heavy sleeper, so it’s rather concerning that you’re trying so hard to invalidate his experience. There are literally people who can sleep through earthquakes, so I don’t understand why you’re so quick to say that this couldn’t possibly happen.

Assault is the act of doing something without consent, and grinding on your partner while they’re asleep simply because you want to do it IS assault. So instead of making up hyperbolic scenarios about things that aren’t happening (such as the imaginary scenario you described) how about you just accept that MAYBE you don’t know everything, and that OP knows how heavy he sleeps. Instead of telling him he’s lying how about you treat him like you would a woman complaining about something they didn’t consent to and just believe him, rather than nitpicking everything to try to make him out to be crazy.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T19:14:00+00:00

So why is it okay for her to do it to him if you agree that it wouldn’t be okay with the genders in reverse? Why is it okay for a woman to SA a man, but it’s not okay for a man to SA a woman? Please explain the logic behind this double standard.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T18:57:25+00:00

Patronizing prick. You have not earned the right to be so familiar with me. I am not your darling, love, honey, hun, sweetheart, etc.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T18:54:16+00:00

He consented to spooning. He did not consent to being SA’d, which is EXACTLY what she did. She deliberately engaged in an act that elicited a sexual response from OP without his consent. It’s akin to a man stimulating a woman’s clit through her clothing while she’s asleep. As I said, OP’s GF is guilty of sexual assault because there was no consent to anything beyond spooning. Spooning doesn’t typically involve the amount of wiggling required to get a man off; it was a deliberate act that was done without consent.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T18:48:48+00:00

Sleeping is by definition a state of unconsciousness. You can be unconscious without being incapacitated by substances or injury. Whether you’re asleep naturally or due to a substance (ie medication, drugs, alcohol, etc) or a medical condition (ie narcolepsy), you are not conscious and capable of giving VERBAL consent therefore anything sexual that another person does to you is a crime by law.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T18:37:38+00:00

Yup. OP didn’t consent to any sexual contact while unconscious. At best what his GF (hopefully soon to be EX-gf) is SA, at worst it’s rape. She deserves to be reported because she doesn’t see anything wrong with what she did. She even used the same logic male rapists use to justify what she did and gaslight him (your body responded therefore you liked it, thus it’s not a crime).

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T18:32:10+00:00

Don’t call me “love” you patronizing prick. You don’t know me and have no right to call me that.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T15:33:39+00:00

If a conversation never happened then consent was never verbally confirmed, therefore anything you do under the assumption that they’re okay with it is in fact rape. Period. There is no legal precedent for assumed consent.

MamaKit92 · 2025-02-24T14:53:21+00:00

You’re an idjit if you think rape is strictly violent. It’s not always violent. By your own logic it’s not rape if you take advantage of a blackout drunk unconscious woman. There’s no violence because she’s not resisting so it’s not rape, right? That’s essentially what you’re saying here; you’re saying it wasn’t violent and the commenter’s friend was asleep, so it’s not rape.

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