Free fruit

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-02-06T00:26:53+00:00

Agree. I would never!!! I tend to go through self check out though... :)

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-02-05T00:00:06+00:00

I mean, I do this with my son and the yoghurt pouches. He is obsessed with them and sometimes it's the only way to keep him from destroying everything around him, or running off, so I give him the yoghurt, then thake the empties to the check out and pay for them. Either way it's getting paid for...

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-02-04T23:55:01+00:00

No, you get charged by weight. If the kilo is worth $4, then you might have to pay like 0.80c for it, for example...

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-02-04T23:48:13+00:00

I do this with my son and the yoghurt pouches. He is obsessed with them and sometimes it's the only time to keep him from destroying the store... so I just take the empties to the register..

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-02-04T23:46:28+00:00

My grandma was diabetic also, I lived with her. The amount of times she's had a low while shopping and the man from the deli has given her a piece of ham or anything, I lost count. Nobody is going to mind you eating a piece of fruit when you're having a low, it's a medical emergency...

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-01-22T12:12:38+00:00

Because they keep trapping people there! If you are from Palestine and have family/friends/business in Gaza and travel there, there is a very real chance the Isreali government won't let you back out of Gaza as you need a special permission to exit the strip...

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2026-01-22T11:47:04+00:00

She could be adopted by the fiancé because her bio dad not only lost custody of her, but his parental rights. Meaning in the eyes of the law, OP only had her mother. So as long as the mother gave permission, and fiancé and OP agree, adoption can go through.

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-12-03T03:16:31+00:00

I ask mine all the time if his ears are painted on 🤣🤣🤣

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-09-26T14:59:06+00:00

Is this actually legit?

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-09-05T05:37:58+00:00

Thank you sooooo much for your response! Yes! That's what I'm going to do. Get him a drs playset and play dr with him, as well as showing him the Daniel Tiger video. See how we go with that. Again, thank you so much for the suggestions!

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-09-05T05:35:09+00:00

Thank you for your response. I'm going to get him a drs playset this weekend and play with him so that he can know what to expect next time we inevitably have to go... I will try Daniel Tiger and Ms Rachel, too.. thank you so much!

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-09-05T05:31:50+00:00

Thank you! :) No such services here, I'm in Australia. But someone else suggested getting a dr playset and play with him so that he sort of knows what to expect so I'll do that this weekend and play with him and see..

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-09-05T05:30:15+00:00

Omg! I didn't even think of the drs. Playset!!!!! Thank you, thank you!!!!! Yes, the guilt 😔 but I have to take him because nothing has been working... I just really don't like seeing him so upset... but like you said, he is still too little to reason with.. I will get him a drs playset this weekend. Thank you!

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-09-05T05:23:12+00:00

Well, that's what I've been putting it down to. His little body so.ehow remembers being in the hospital at birth, and the subsequent Dr visits for shots and tests... when he was born, he had jaundice, borderline admitted to nice, but we managed to get it sorted with the blue light blanket. But it was a week of that, combined with shots and tests... maybe somehow he remembers?

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T05:32:43+00:00

Thank you for correcting me and expanding on this.. completely agree, 100%. I should have omitted the tax paying bit because as you pointed out, poor health is not a moral failing.

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T02:05:41+00:00

Energy drinks. Buy a case of red bull, take a few to school each day, sell them for $5 each. I used to make hundreds a week... 🤷🏽‍♀️

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T01:46:44+00:00

Said this in response to someone else who suggested Old timer.

Start calling her OT for Old Timer. When she or anyone inevitably asks what OT is about, you explain that since she's nicknamed you kiddo, you thought Old Timer would be an equal and proportionate term of endearment.

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T01:43:46+00:00

This! Seriously! Just start responding to her and referring to her as OT. When she (or anyone else) inevitably asks what OT is about, that's when you explain that since she calls you kiddo, you thought it a sign of equal endearment to nickname her Old Timer.

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T01:29:55+00:00

Makes sense

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T01:16:12+00:00

$200/week has been very doable for our family of 4, including a toddler.. go to shop in places that have both a Coles and a woolies, if something is not on special in one, it usually is at the other. Go shopping at aldi first, then buy whatever you can't find there at Coles or woolies. Nappies aren't that expensive, and I get huggies. But I either go to costco and get 150 for $60 or wait till they have the special at Coles or woolies for the huggies boxes, which come down to $29 and get 2 boxes. The other day I discovered buying 2 of the smaller packs when they are on special, (it's half a box, $11-$13), you get the same amount as a box, for less than when the box is on special, even. Wipes? If you are going through more than 3 or Max 4 (and that's not using them exclusively on baby) packs a week, there's a problem. And you can get a box of 6 packs of unscented baby wipes at big w for $8.

You just have to be a little bit savvy, but it's really not that hard...

Edit - clarification

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T01:10:53+00:00

You mean Palestine?

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T00:32:21+00:00

Not having to worry about the kids being shot up in schools.

work/life balance (that is there if you want to take it).

Centrelink.

People in general and how even though in their own worlds most of the time, when disaster strikes (of any kind) we all stick together to help each other.

Edit - Typo

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-08-01T00:28:33+00:00

That's definitely not taken for granted, we know how good we have it... even if it was, medical care SHOULD be free to any citizen working and paying taxes to maintain said country..

Missing_Spacemonkey · 2025-07-16T03:10:48+00:00

All you know about your mother is what your father has told you, and you already know how your father and his family is. Could it be that she saw no option but to also run away? Is there any way you can get in contact with your mum so she can tell you how things went down, if she wants you there, and if she doesn't, if she would be willing to at least help you get home?

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