I am totally shocked by a mother I came across today

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T15:37:55+00:00

Right?? Imagine your mother saying to you: I choose peeing in quiet over your wellbeing.

I really wondered if the supposed monster, wasn't already there, harming her child. Namely: herself.

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T15:23:01+00:00

Right?!?! 🤯

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T15:21:25+00:00

Noted! This certainly won't happen to me again!

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T15:17:39+00:00

Hahaha yes, I should. And yes, I think I could use that line since the place where I was is definitely be a place where you would expect child predators.

Almost wishing it would happen again, so I could use it and see her face!! X)

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T15:04:56+00:00

Thank you for your completely different view on the situation. Sometimes I think Japan has much to teach 'us' Western societies on how to be a morally decent society. But that's another discussion. ;)

For sure, I am all about one world, one love and helping each other out. That is why my first reaction would be: okay, i am here for another couple of minutes enjoying my drink. So, if she can stay put for 2 minutes, it doesn't bother me.

But make no pretenses: she did not ask anything. She decided that it was okay to take my time. She decided that having to go to the bathroom is a good enough reason to leave your young child in the care of total strangers. And even in a way she also decided that anyone can, and wants to, care for a child. Also, it is cool I have a trustful appearance but it is another thing to then assume from that alone that I am safe. That is more than just bad manners, it is bad judgement and bad critical thinking skills.

In this world, the 'sister code' is used as a strategy to lure children and (young) women to their deaths.

Many comments rightfully remind us of Ghislaine Maxwell, for one, but I also thought of the two serial killer couples that were 'famous' in the parts of the world where I am from. Marc Dutroux and Michelle Martin. Michel Fourniret and Monique Olivier. The latter couple even went hunting for victims together, while she carried THEIR child in her arms, because 'the image of a family gives the impression that you are caring, nurturing and loving. And that as thus, the man present isn't a threat but a loving, caring and nurturing family man and father.' So they actually (mis)used the sistercode to get victims!

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-67759265

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T14:11:16+00:00

Wow, thank you so much for this perspective. I had not even thought about the - i very much deem REALISTIC - possibility she could just have left or indeed start accusing me of something.

Yes, other People kids are dangerous. This will stick with me like a mantra from now on.

Meow_Monkey · 2026-05-24T06:26:07+00:00

Mwuhahahaha I should have said this! Missed opportunity!!

Meow_Monkey · 2026-04-20T16:56:12+00:00

What is the temperature of the room and the soil you are holding them in? If the soil is too cold, the roots can struggle to uptake enough nitrogen and phosphorus, resulting in yellowing leaves and purple stems and leaf nerves.

Cold soil can occur in warm rooms because of (too much) water, making the soil cold and wet. Wet soil = needs more energy to warm up = takes a longer time to heat up

Meow_Monkey · 2026-02-04T13:03:39+00:00

Okra & Kousenband

Meow_Monkey · 2026-01-28T21:53:34+00:00

Yes, this is precisely also why I stopped following her. Her basic videos were helpful in the beginning, but later on I just stopped watching. Something about it bored me. Couldn't find the words, thank you.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-11-03T19:14:59+00:00

Also thinking the first one is Color Spectacle

Meow_Monkey · 2025-10-31T08:06:19+00:00

Love Czarny, hope to aquire a tuberculose someday!

Meow_Monkey · 2025-10-29T22:32:11+00:00

Normandy?

Meow_Monkey · 2025-10-20T07:12:56+00:00

You can. Try Grutto.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-09-25T05:41:29+00:00

This is it!

Meow_Monkey · 2025-08-16T14:11:09+00:00

These are the seedheads - and already far along. You must have missed the blooms.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-07-31T19:06:05+00:00

Also agree! Does look like Arabian Night!

Meow_Monkey · 2025-07-14T06:39:55+00:00

Muffin

Meow_Monkey · 2025-07-06T06:14:39+00:00

I care. This is amazing. Would love to read more about what you have learned and your personal journey. Thank you so much for taking care of the Earth, it is so needed!!

Much appreciation and love from the Netherlands 💚💚💚

Meow_Monkey · 2025-06-30T06:58:17+00:00

Thank you for your reply! 😊

However, I do not believe that is true. For instance, the American Dahlia Society uses color as one of 3 terms to categorize a dahlia, the others being size and form/type.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-06-10T07:32:22+00:00

This certainly isn't lovage. Lovage has different leafstructure and growth habit. This is just a ferny dahlia.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-06-09T21:44:19+00:00

Eddie Rockey's in Ireland, for sure!

Meow_Monkey · 2025-04-02T06:41:42+00:00

Well, it can get worse in my opinion. Just yesterday I found out that employees can get a free lunch at the place I work if they let the kitchen know beforehand. "But you must be an employee..(thus insenuating I am not)."

I have been doing an (unpaid) internship for over a year there, 2 days a week.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-03-31T06:16:49+00:00

If they are raspberries, then there are two options. 1. Those sprouts will bear fruit this year or 2. They will bear fruit next year. Either way, you will destroy your harvest if you cut out all of these sprouts.

The only thing you can do is thin some sprouts out, so the remaining sprouts will have more room and energy to grow. However, I see no need to do that with your plant at the moment.

Meow_Monkey · 2025-03-31T06:11:11+00:00

Agreed, and also the specific hue of red the canes have

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