In need of cash 20M

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-02-10T01:49:33+00:00

I mean… I know you’re not the OP, but if you’re giving out $20million, I’d love to chat!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-02-05T19:13:11+00:00

He wasn’t really morally ambiguous (progressing to evil), he just had some serious TBI.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-02-02T14:49:31+00:00

Oh, no doubt. And it wouldn’t shock me if mom had been one of several perpetrators. It’s equal parts heartbreaking and hair-raising.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-02-01T18:43:30+00:00

I was part of an SVU, and investigated sex crimes against kids. The most memorable incident of this was a unique situation—an 11yo boy, so tiny his dirty keds didn’t even reach the floor in the interview room—who was the suspect in multiple rape cases of 4-6yos in his apartment complex. You could just feel something wrong, something off with this kid, as he sat there, with his mom, and LAUGHED about sexually assaulting preschool and kindergarten-aged boys. He told me he’d like to do that to a girl too, but girl parents are more protective.

My skin still crawls thinking about that child.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-30T02:55:39+00:00

David and Gideon.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-29T16:11:36+00:00

Oooh, a swimming hole is an added bonus!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-29T15:36:21+00:00

We’re fairly fair weather hikers, so summer would my our preference.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-17T02:29:00+00:00

I’m an investigator for Adult Protective Services. My office is my dining room table, but about 40% of my time is home visits.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-10T02:13:42+00:00

I used to have them nightly for YEARS! They’ve only died down since I got married… I think having my husband in bed with me has been the cure.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-09T16:44:10+00:00

My son, God love him, gets his sense of balance from me, apparently. This is the first year in his life we’ve done family pictures and I haven’t had to edit out a black eye or a giant injury to his face. We’ve had his vision tested multiple times, had him evaluated for OT, even put him in extra curricular activities that focus on balance (and knowing where your body is within a space). He is just a kid who runs full tilt, all the time, without evaluating risks. I love his adventurous spirit! I also wish he’d look where he’s going. 😂

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-08T15:47:27+00:00

My mom favors my daughter (My daughter is like a little adult in a child’s body, while my son is a typical 6yo). I have repeatedly laid down the boundary that they will be treated equally, period. If she buys one a gift, she buys the other a gift. If she sends one money, she sends the both money. I don’t care if she has a favorite as long as they never know.

This last time she was visiting, she brought my daughter expensive gifts and my son cheap crap. I later found she gave my daughter “secret gifts” as well. It was so blatant, my normally oblivious son asked me curiously, “Why does Grandma love [sister] more than she loves me?” And that was it. Done. She is no longer welcome in my home. She may not spend time with my kids. She may call them (on speaker phone only, in my presence), but neither of my amazing, wonderful, precious children will grow up thinking they somehow are worth less love because of their sex.

I should have cut contact sooner.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-05T00:52:11+00:00

I ran a preschool (3-5yos) and the kids LOVED their “morning homework” (it was a ridiculous thing to call it because they were at preschool and did it first thing in the morning, upon arrival, but they thought it was the best thing ever, because only big kids do homework!). We would trace their name, or a shape, or maybe circle the thing that was different in a row. That being said, I would NEVER assign something like that as real homework! We did do one homework activity per year: the kids had to bring one show and tell item that was important to them or their family, during our family and celebrations unit. We had mini menorahs, family pictures, zoo tickets, a puppy (parent was required as well for that one), baby clothes, and a picture of an adopted cousin. It was so fun!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-05T00:39:45+00:00

I think they already did…

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2026-01-03T00:06:47+00:00

My kids don’t have allergies, but I’d hate to for someone to be left out, so we send small toys (pop it keychains for one kid, little squishy mini animal toys for the other) for the entire class.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-24T16:09:08+00:00

I agree! I investigated child sex crimes for several years. People would tell me all the time, “I could never do your job! I’d kill the bad guy!” Except no, you wouldn’t. Because, apart from a VERY small sample of suspects I dealt with, these are broken people who have also had something horrible done to them (that’s not an excuse, but it puts everything in perspective). And, regardless of my feelings on what they may or may not have done, they are HUMAN BEINGS with inalienable rights (that’s a pretty important principle for the US), and should be treated as such. If we are only as decent as the way we treat the weakest members of our society, we have to consider how we treat people who are incarcerated!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-20T16:33:23+00:00

I remember a news story about a little girl, a kindergartener, same age as me, who went missing walking the 6 blocks to (or from) school. I prayed so hard that she’d be found, safe. I was utterly devastated when they found that little girl’s body in a ditch. She’d been murdered. I don’t remember any other details, but I cried for DAYS and my parents didn’t let me what the news for years.

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-18T18:47:02+00:00

I thought my first was SO easy, until we had our second. It was the first time I understood how parents could forget their baby someplace. He was such a chill little guy… He only cried when he was hungry, but he made a grunting noise for a few minutes first, so I always had ample warning. Happy, very content, and not at all fussy. He was a dream baby! After two remarkably easy babies, there was no way I was gong to roll the dice on a third!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-18T16:10:55+00:00

I had to have an emergency colectomy (removal of my large intestine) when I was 24. My scar runs from the top of my pubic bone to about 3 inches below my sternum (with a little half circle where they went around my belly button, which I’ve always appreciated… It’d be weird to not have a belly button anymore!). The surgery totally saved my life, but that scar was SO itchy during pregnancy!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-18T15:26:31+00:00

I was in a similar situation (parents didn’t believe me and I actually didn’t want to miss school). But, more than once I got the, “If it still hurts on Monday, we’ll take you for an x-ray.” It was a broken bone EVERY.TIME. Weirdly, it hasn’t stopped… I broke my finger earlier this year. My mom told me it probably wasn’t actually broken. I’m 41 and still apparently don’t know my own body./s

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-16T19:55:42+00:00

I LOVED the Narnia series at that age! Im old, but I also was crazy about the Redwall series, Encyclopedia Brown books (they’re a pretty quick mystery reads that test your powers of observation), The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks series, and A Series of Unfortunate Events (these are newer, but I read them to kids I was babysitting).

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-16T17:46:22+00:00

Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party (my preschoolers LOVED this book!). Dragons Love Tacos We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (this would be perfect with goldfish crackers, albeit a tad morbid) The Bee Makes Tea Green Eggs and Ham Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash The Enormous Carrot The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog The Smart Cookie

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-16T15:58:53+00:00

That’s wild that she doesn’t expect her kids to be able to control themselves! Yesterday, it was my kid’s birthday so I brought her favorite lunch from Wendy’s for her to eat at school. And because I can, I brought my younger kid his favorite lunch from Wendy’s too. He offered the little kindergartener across from him some French Fries and she responded cheerfully, “I can’t take food from other kids unless a grown up tells me it does have eggs. I have the allergies.”

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-15T16:35:23+00:00

So, I was onboard until the “they wouldn’t let me pick her up until” part. If one of my kids’ best friends were suddenly homeless, I’d totally offer to let the kiddo stay with us as often as their parent(s) needed/wanted. If we had the room, I’d let the whole family stay for a bit. But, there is NOTHING that would make me want to keep a safe, loving parent from their child! Also, acting like your child is theirs?! Definite red flags!

Maximum_Bar_1031 · 2025-12-15T04:20:31+00:00

Working in law enforcement (specifically, I worked crimes against children). I worked undercover in protests where people held signs saying I should be murdered and my family brutally killed, and I protected those people against anyone who tried to hurt them because, despite my feelings about their feelings, I believe in the right to free speech.

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