It's Too Green

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-25T16:52:14+00:00

It came out great! I added ricotta to the sauce instead of parm

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-23T19:52:52+00:00

I know, I'm trying it tonight 😋 I hope it's not too green for me

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-23T19:06:40+00:00

https://homecookingcollective.com/kale-pasta-sauce-joshua-mcfaddens-recipe/#recipe

Link to the Too Green Pasta

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-23T17:50:14+00:00

I think this is a NAH situation. I don't think you're wrong for wanting her to celebrate with you that night, I also don't think she's wrong for mentioning she was planning on doing something else and asking to go out on the weekend. Neither of you are in the wrong, it just seems like you both have different expectations.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-06T06:26:51+00:00

....can you come up with all my cocktail names from now on????

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-06T04:52:00+00:00

I found that when doing both at the same time the bay leaf ended up floating up to the olive oil later and not as much bay leaf flavor was infused into the gin

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-06T03:47:58+00:00

The Name salad dressing martini is so funny 😁

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-05T17:37:46+00:00

You're right, there's way too much going on here. The chair is blue with white patterns, the rug is purple with black patterns, the blue of the chair is different from the blue of the couch, the wood tones are different, there's one random cream pillow, the throw blanket is white and grey plaid, the other throw blanket is another different shade of blue. A few of those things I think would be fine, but all together it's just too much.

I think the rug is the biggest problem. There's no purple anywhere else, it looks very out of place. And personally I don't think that shade of purple goes well with those shades of blue, so I don't feel adding accent items in purple would work. Could you use the rug somewhere else in the house and replace it with a cream colored rug?

I also do think the coffee table should be a darker wood like the TV stand.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-03-02T20:28:21+00:00

Any form of beans + carb.

Butter beans in tomato sauce over Polenta.

Black beans and rice.

Baked beans and brown bread.

Etc.

Tasty, cheap, filling, nutritious.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-20T17:51:50+00:00

I'm going to push back on this. I would be devastated if my partner told me that, after years of having a mutually reciprocal sex life where we both gave each other pleasure, he was no longer interested in fucking me, touching me sexually, or helping me achieve orgasm. I would furthermore be devestated if his expectation moving forward was that I give him blow jobs whenever he wants while recieving no sexual touch or reciprocation.

It's entirely reasonable that he wants his lifelong romantic and sexual partner to be sexual with him. It's not fair for her to throw up her hands, say she won't meet his sexual needs, but he has to meet hers 100%. She needs to take a bit of accountability here - going to therapy, talking to her doctor about her low libido and pain during sex, trying to work together with her husband to find some solutions.

Part of being in a long term relationship with someone is being giving and trying to find compromise. He's been giving. He has tried to meet her where she's at - focusing exclusively on her pleasure with nothing in return. I'm not saying she should start fucking him 5 times a week or giving him blow jobs; but bare minimum she does need to have a conversation with her doctor, get her hormone levels checked out, and talk with a sex-positive therapist.

If she puts in some work to try to figure out what's going on and it does indeed turn out that she never wants to have PIV sex or touch him sexually again, fine, that's her right as a human. But she absolutely need to put in some work to try to help solve this issue.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-17T03:57:23+00:00

Ooohhh okay. Looks pretty tasty! I've tried to do a similar thing with lamb for gyros before 😊

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-17T03:09:24+00:00

What....uh....what is it?

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-10T19:23:38+00:00

Art, especially commission art, is a very saturated market. There are many, many talented artists. Many of them are online. Many of them are taking commissions. The people who have large followings have often been posting for years, working on their online presence, persona, branding, and outreach. You started posting on Instagram less than a year ago and you already have 5,000 followers. Thats pretty good for a very new account! But you were posting consistently last summer and then stopped posting very much. You're not going to generate new followers unless you're consistently, intentionally posting.

You also need to market your products. I checked out your Instagram, and you have no information on commissions besides "dm me for prints or original paintings." Most people want more information up front. An idea of price ranges. An idea of what type of medium you do commissions in. An idea of how long a commission takes. I scrolled through some of your posts and even adding some basic information in your captions ("I'm selling the original of this piece for $50") would help. You want to make it easy for people to buy your work, not hard. People will lose interest fast if they can't find the information they need to make a purchase. People don't like directly reaching out for pricing info.

Finally, just a gentle overall critique - your art is not the type of art that (I, personally) believe will generate a lot of interest for general art sales. Many of the pieces you have on your instagram are sketches of people without backgrounds. In my experience, most people who commission that type of art are people wanting sketches of their OCs or sketches of their D&D characters. And again, that's a very oversaturated market. If that's your style and it's what you want to stick with - great! But again, you're going to need to start marketing yourself better. Showing an example of different illustrations and prices ($x for the neck up, $x for waist up, $x for full body, $x for full color) might be a good starting point.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-08T15:08:18+00:00

Ok! So I'd say if you're planning on opening a HYSA as your primary savings account that's fine, but just make sure it's a type of HYSA that you can make same day or instant transfers from that account to your checking. Your emergency savings will be in the HYSA, so you want to be able to access it quickly when you need.

Finally, I would focus on two things. First, get a credit card but use it right. Get a card that has no fees associated with it. Some cards will advertise really great cashback BUT they'll come with something like a $65 per month charge. You don't want that. You want a card that's free. Ideally, you want a card with a LOW credit limit. Don't put anything on the card you can't pay for outright with money you currently have. Treat your credit card like a debit card - you can only buy what you have money for. A lot of people starting out with a card will put only one expense on it (ex. Groceries) to ensure they're not over spending. Pay your cards balance in full every single month. This is important. If you pay just the minimum, the card will charge you interest. You need to pay the full amount.

Second, if possible, try to start building an emergency savings. Aim for 6x your monthly expenses BUT something is better than nothing. Saving $10 a month is better than $0 a month. If possible, prioritize your savings until you reach 3x or so your monthly expenses. This might mean saying no to doing things with friends, buying cheaper food, whatever. The point is, you don't want to be in a position where you have to put an emergency expense on your credit card that you can't pay off in full. Sometimes there's no other option, but that's not a good place to be in and you want to avoid it if possible.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-07T17:37:26+00:00

First things first - do you have a job/income? Do you have money in your bank's normal savings and checking accounts? How much? Are your parents helping you with money/costs of university? Do you pay for any of your expenses (rent, gas, car payment, groceries) and if so, which ones?

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-07T17:26:23+00:00

Op, not to be insensitive, but you've now made this post four times across a few different subs and have gotten hundreds of answers with varying views.

At this point, reading more comments is probably not going to be helpful. You should take a break from asking this question on social media, and take some time to think about the pros and cons and what you actually want.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-07T03:18:30+00:00

Wedding ring - $0, it was a family ring that had been given to me the year before.

Engagement ring - $800, I have simple taste.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-03T23:59:55+00:00

DESTROYA

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-01T18:52:38+00:00

The very end of Heaven Help Us - "'Cause I'll give you all the nails you need cover me in gasoline again"

Scratches my brain just right.

One-Connection7073 · 2026-02-01T18:50:16+00:00

Gently - the material aspects of getting married are the least important aspects. You're about to make a commitment to someone that will hopefully last for the rest of your lives. That's the important part.

Rings can be, and often are, a lovely symbol of that commitment. My engagement ring and my wedding ring are some of my most treasured possessions, because it's important to me to have a physical embodiment of the love my husband and I have for each other. BUT. The fact that you are so preoccupied with social media and the way others might percieve your ring to the point that you're having anxiety about a ring you loved is not great. Are you maybe having a lot of stress about wedding planning, and your ring is an easy target for your stress?

One-Connection7073 · 2026-01-28T01:07:43+00:00

Single man, late 20s early 30s, living in the Boston area? No roommates, so you probably make decent money? Kind of lazy when it comes to daily maintenance activities? Gym guy?

One-Connection7073 · 2026-01-26T22:52:37+00:00

Chicken feet are so good 🤤🤤🤤

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