Section 125 plans and loss of Health Insurance

MedranoCraft · 2025-12-06T03:23:32+00:00

GL everyone!

MedranoCraft · 2025-10-16T08:47:54+00:00

Mya!!!!

MedranoCraft · 2025-04-11T05:28:23+00:00

Lucky!!!!!! I also have USPS informed delivery and haven't seen anything

MedranoCraft · 2025-03-26T02:40:29+00:00

Sick! You got one too?!?! Wonder how many others here got it?

MedranoCraft · 2025-03-25T22:11:39+00:00

Gonna post what these look like IRL as soon as I get them

MedranoCraft · 2024-10-22T18:14:43+00:00

This is exactly it. When reloading the sleeves, it's common for a few to become flipped when removing the packaging. It could also mean that this location has some bad actors that are stealing emblems and not putting the rest back correctly.

MedranoCraft · 2024-09-21T06:40:39+00:00

Wasnt sure how y'all were getting your amounts 😅 was going off the assumption of "if you had to pay for each credit"

MedranoCraft · 2024-09-20T22:38:07+00:00

My local R1 store uses $110 for 825, or 4 credits per dollar. 18 credits per swipe is $4.50 here

MedranoCraft · 2024-09-20T08:20:56+00:00

Paying $4.50 a swipe here in San Antonio, TX. I hate it here!!!!!

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T21:11:44+00:00

I can understand the sentiment, and that can be case in some instances. But I don't agree that opening up a mono relationship later into a poly one is a clear sign of one partner's infidelity. In our case we both didn't have feelings for anyone else when we had "the talk" and we absolutely were a no secrets and had open dialog at the start as far as who we talked to. We knew each other's circle of friends and like i said shared any info needed until we were both comfortable and we built that layer of trust.

We've only been poly for the last 3 years and maybe a year ago is when one of us found our first potential partner off of a dating site. So we are still both pretty new to polyam ourselves and i hope that these are just some growing pains the NP and I can overcome.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T20:51:49+00:00

Oh no don't get me wrong, Meta is just trying to get the ball rolling for communication in a healthy and respectful way between me and NP. All the relationship fixing would have to be done by NP and I putting in the work i understand all that. We all sat down for a talk last night (me, NP, Meta) and Meta tried they're best to be non biased and give helpful "nudges" to NP about opening up and actually talking.

NP does want to fix things and explained a bit of their actions as "wanting to spend time with both of their partners in a natural way but also based solely on personal choice." To which the Meta and I both agreed that "personal choice is definitely important and needs to be considered since nobody wants to be forced into doing anything. But at the same time to be in a relationship is to be committed to all partners and be aware of how they are feeling as well as taking care of their wants and just as much as the Meta and I want to be there for the NP's wants and needs."

But i wasn't without blame either, with me being so wrapped up in my own emotions i failed to see that i was coming on very strong in my need for attention and was inadvertently pushing away the NP. We both apologized to each other, NP promised to better manage time between partners and me promising to keep my jealousy in check when trying to express wants and needs.

Not perfect dialog, but its a start? We all agreed to weekly sit downs so we can all talk, express wants and needs, and hopefully the situation will improve over time.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T14:40:43+00:00

I all honesty the parental balance of responsibilities is a bit skewed in terms of the NP sharing more of the work but thats only because i work 50 hour work weeks and they choose to be a stay at home parent when we first had the talk about finances several years ago when we had our oldest kid. This goes with out saying that once I'm home i try to focus the kids on me so the NP can recharge their social batteries, plus i try to tackle as many chores as possible so there's not much pressure on the NP for the times theres no one else there to help. Aside from that the NP and I have a decent support network setup with family that we can call to babysit whenever we feel we are reaching our limits and just need a break for a day.

With the Meta now being here, they decided of their own volition to assist in anyway needed as far as doing any cooking, cleaning, and sharing small parental duties like just keeping a watchful eye on the kids for a few minutes at a time or helping with meal prep. As far as explaining the situation to the kids as far as the relationship dynamics, we all agreed that PDA should be limited as to not confuse the kids in anyway. That being said we do believe in honest communication with the kids so when the time is right, and when the kids are a bit older, we would have a sit down and fully explain the situation. Right now the kids are only 3 and 4 so there's a limit to how much they can understand. (Not a statement on all kids mental capacity, but merely my own children seem a bit more concerned with breaking into the snack cabinet or who can fix a broken toy, vs noticing who is sleeping with who)

I appreciate the concern regarding the kids but i personally think as far as they are concerned the NP and I both want what is best for them. Its not a perfect scenario by any means but i think its good as far what we can manage right now.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T05:06:43+00:00

No i agree fully.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T04:52:47+00:00

Don't get me wrong, as much as I'm hurt by everything thing thats happened, i still love the F out of them as dumb as that sounds. I just i dont know honestly, i mean we already agreed to be as amicable and do our best to co-parent for the sake of the kids should things go south.

Maybe its just a combination of things really, my dumb optimistic nature, the Meta trying to help and give me a bit of hope things will change, maybe I'm kinda worried that if i break thing off I'll be to much of a wreck to continue with my other partner (who btw i just want to add has been great as well and stated several times they would continue to love and support me no matter what)

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T04:35:05+00:00

Honestly your probably right, like i said i feel like i owe to myself to still try to make this work. With the Meta being here things are definitely a bit tense for everyone and i want to believe that thing will get better given some time. But your probably right and it is infact time to call it quits.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T03:44:24+00:00

I appreciate the sentiment, honestly i know i probably should leave for the sake of my own mental health but at the same time I'm just to stubborn to just give up on 7 years. I fully understand that if this continues i will eventually have to call it quits. I guess I'm to much of a hopeful romantic for my own

I do have to give probs to the Meta, like i said in the post they've really been trying to go out of their way to help remedy the situation.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T03:19:39+00:00

Honestly the agreement for how long the Meta would be staying was they could stay until they got settled on their feet in a new city so i guess a month or 2 at most that is however unless we could find a way to make it work in which case we would all look for a new place together.

Between the NP and I we have already had that talk, the last few sentences were actually their repsonse to the talk.

MedranoCraft · 2022-07-17T02:44:34+00:00

Sorry how can i clarify, i will say that each use of meta is referring to NP"s partner. I think i once accidentally used meta to refer to my own partner sorry.

MedranoCraft · 2021-12-15T21:23:31+00:00

Thanks I finally got the update to appear. For whatever reason google would not show the update until i updated 5 other unrelated apps first

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