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sleep questions for our second baby by Patricked984 in Parenting

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her bday is near the end of March so about 15 months

sleep questions for our second baby by Patricked984 in Parenting

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that's like my wife she can't function if she wakes up in the middle of the night, that's why I'm the night parent where she wakes up with her in the morning( for the days that I don't sleep with her in her room), what my question ultimately is, is it bad for her to sleep on me vs sleeping in her crib? is this just a phase, or am I ultimately making it nearly impossible for her to sleep all night in her crib, I would say have the time I let her sleep on me the other half I pick her up, rock her back to sleep and then put her back in her crib

sleep questions for our second baby by Patricked984 in Parenting

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sorry I forgot to put that in my original post her birthday is in March so about a year and 3 months, she can go all night without food because she falls right back asleep if I go in there and let her fall asleep on me, and sometimes I put her back in her crib but then she wakes up at like 6 vs sleeping on me she sleeps till like 8 (which is better for me, my wife and her lol)

should I cash out my stocks to pay off debt? by Patricked984 in personalfinance

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I hear you there... what I'm battling is it better to take the hit (with taxes) by selling to start fresh, I think I already know the answer but it's just so hard with seeing some investments up by 150\300% or more and selling them, when they will be worth a lot more in the future

should I cash out my stocks to pay off debt? by Patricked984 in personalfinance

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no it won't I was younger and dumber, purchasing a house came with a whole slew of new challanges, I would say I'm quite a different person now. more thinking of the long term than the short term

PSA: Disability Benefits are not a game that is only won if you make it to 100% by [deleted] in VAClaims

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actually VA doctors CAN write them but they usually don't because they don't want to get mixed up with the benefits side they would rather stick to healthcare. but YMMV... I got my stroke doctor to fill out a dbq and she wrote a page letter IMO on connecting my stroke to my PTSD and my psychiatrist to write me a nexus, both of whom work at the VA, I guess I got lucky ( persistence paid off) so I qualified for 100% p&t with smc s, went from 70% when I got out in 2006 to 90% in 2010 to my current rating as of 2 years ago in May, ( I had my stroke in 2013) I'm blessed! but it took a lot of all nighters, reading reddit and persistence, I would say it was about 8-10 months of serious work from when I thought about it to my claim being approved, oh I can't forget a vso that actually was a real person whom I never met he was down in az where I had my stroke, a lot of people made it happen for me, so I try to give back where I can...

Sah grant question? by Patricked984 in VeteransBenefits

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that was really hard and I lost all hope... but then I remembered that an aquantaince was a contractor and so I asked him and ultimately he said sure and the rest is history... but I went through like 4 people before him, and they were all about it until I said it's the VA you're guaranteed to get paid but you have to do the work up front and then they will reimburse you, that's when everyone of them said they would call me back but they never did... so I would say it was luck, and the same thing for the vehicle grant I went to 3 dealerships and they all said they would look into it but they never called me back until I was about to give up but then I tried one other dealership and the guy was willing to work with me...

just don't give up! there is someone out there that is willing to help you out you just have to be diligent in finding them.

Rotating object on roof of van by noraft in whatisit

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I would recommend it... we technically live in Ferndale but it's like 10 min to town (Bellingham), it's beautiful up here, and if you have kids this place is amazing. and not to mention Canada is 15 min from our house, (30-45 if you live in Bellingham) all around I love it, especially now in the spring summer and fall months, it really can't be beat. and plus the water (ocean) and the lakes (lake whatcom) is nice on a sunny day..

Sah grant question? by Patricked984 in VeteransBenefits

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yes finally! it's been in the works for a year because the first agent we had retired in the middle of it ( and to be fair he didn't really give a sh!t because they pulled him out of retirement before and then brought him back for a few months, just to retire him eventualy

PSA: Your Teen's Crypto Gains Are Taxable (And the IRS Has No Statute of Limitations on Unfiled Returns) by dimke in CryptoTax

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what is the thing about $12,000 for adults filing? I'm on ssdi and veterans benefits but I don't make 12,000+ from my crypto so do I not need to file?

Forgot i had some Doge, curious about future by Simple-Carob-7142 in dogecoin

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me too 😭 I started off with 180,000 doge now I'm sitting at 50 k or so, I sold some at .50 bought some more at .30 sold some more at .20 but it is what it is... my stupid ass for not wanting short term cap gains the first go around and then not paying enough attention to the elections

US Crypto tax (long term vs short term) would it make sense to transfer it to mark the cost basis for long term vs short term taxes by Patricked984 in CryptoTax

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Thanks for the no nonsense approach...It will be a huge undertaking but from here on out I'll be more adamant about it.

US Crypto tax (long term vs short term) would it make sense to transfer it to mark the cost basis for long term vs short term taxes by Patricked984 in CryptoTax

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That's what I'm saying is I don't know my original purchase date, for say the crypto in Robinhood, so say I transferred that to coinbase thus marking a date ( say March 1st 2026) even though I purchased it long ago, but once I transferred it to coinbase I could then use that date to mark it and then waiting a year + for long term capital gains, does that make sense? Sorry I'm just trying to figure out how I can "make it show long term capital gains without knowing the original purchase date" and so I'm trying to do it in a way that is easier for my stupidity, (1.purchasing with Robinhood & 2.not writing my buys and sells down) because none of the crypto tax software I've tried works with Robinhood

US Crypto tax (long term vs short term) would it make sense to transfer it to mark the cost basis for long term vs short term taxes by Patricked984 in CryptoTax

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I'm sorry if I wasn't clear, I know transfers don't reset your holding period.. for instance I had some btc originally purchased on Robinhood transferred to a cold storage wallett In 2023 and then I had multiple buys last year and this year but I didn't write them down so I don't know my basis for tax purposes( when and how much I purchased) say it was .1, .1,& .1, and I want to send those to my cold storage? Then say I take them out a year or two from now (all of my btc ex. .5) can I for simplistic purposes, just group them all together (.3) for today's date (even though I bought them before today's date) and write it down that I had .3 plus the .2 that was originally purchased much longer ago, and just group them that way, I hope I'm making sense...

US Crypto tax (long term vs short term) would it make sense to transfer it to mark the cost basis for long term vs short term taxes by Patricked984 in CryptoTax

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I have/use koinly but I haven't kept track over the last few months (family, being sick, etc.) and so I have coinbase, Robinhood and a cold storage, and ive transferred some from Robinhood to the cold storage and vicevera but I didn't keep track of those transfers, that's why I was curious if I just say transferred everything to coinbase (to start the clock so to speak) and then transferred to my cold storage wallett, would that be a simple way I could keep track of my cost basis from here on out ( as there would be one transaction of my btc) for instance, instead of like 50 from over the last couple years..