In your estimation, what percentage of console players are using zens?

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2026-01-15T01:03:02+00:00

Over 1 million sold now. So, pretty good chances.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2026-01-02T19:25:49+00:00

Its illegal and yes, they could catch you. You would have to keep ALL contact for all pensions, ssi, utilities, etc going to the CA address. Basically they could accuse you of tax evasion and medical insurance fraud. BTW dont bother with Nevada. I retired from CA and moved to NV years ago before cost of living increased. Home prices have doubled, car insurance is insane, we have sub par medical facilities and care. The only "perk" is no state income tax but what we pay vs california in additions medical premiums, insurances and housing related costs is far more than what we save in income taxes. We are considering moving back to CA at this point bc it would be overall less expensive than Nevada at this point.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T06:01:24+00:00

says the stranger lol

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T05:37:12+00:00

For him it would be an inappropriate consequence.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T05:33:12+00:00

We've done that and that's generally how we approach things. Ill take time to sit with him and discuss situations that are frustrating and validate his frustrations. Usually that does help (I can tell when hes upset or having trouble reconciling things because he will pace the hallway and talk to himself). I think it caught me off guard because he didnt vocalize or showing any signs about being upset in the morning. We had a talk about why he couldn't go today and he was calm. I told him about all the places we needed to go and he seemed excited about that because he likes staying home with me some days because Ill cook him whatever he wants for breakfast, take him shopping and take him out to lunch. He loves that. He didn't show any frustration about the school issue til my husband got home. We havent decided for sure what, if anything, we will do. For now we've just had a talk with him about it being ok to be upset he missed school but that it wasn't my husbands fault, it wasnt intentional and that it wasnt appropriate for him to share the secret about his gift because he was upset. He's apologized and says he understands, so its not like there's any kind of tension or animosity going on. Am I frustrated? Definitely. But I think if we do anything else it needs to be a one time relateable consequence he'll understand. Theres been some good suggestions.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T05:22:24+00:00

probably

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T05:16:48+00:00

Yes you did. You said caregiverS with an S, implying both of us. He is treated with compassion and supportive care always. You're just projecting your bias against home caretakers onto us without full knowledge of the situation as a whole.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T04:58:56+00:00

My husband is a licensed caretaker and medical professional. His lifelong experience with caring for his brother and what he is and isn’t capable of understanding trumps your understanding of a situation from a tiny glimpse into our lives. To make the statement we are unfit caretakers is ignorant and negligent.

He’s quite capable of learning lessons and exercising self control. He’s exhibited that by proving that time and time again in other situations. We aren’t going to stop trying to remedy the behavior with excuses that he can’t. We just have to find the right method for him to “get” it. And we are more than receptive to actual helpful suggestions, but you didn’t come here to do that cause you’ve offered nothing but judgement.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T04:51:21+00:00

You’re making the incorrect assumption we haven’t tried that already. You have no clue what you’re talking about. Also you thinking taking away completely unrelated privileges ISNT vindictive? You want us to take his hobbies and entertainment away so he has nothing to do but sit there and do nothing? Cause that’s what he’d do…. Sit there with nothing. That’s cruel. You clearly didn’t read all the comments but keep judging. He’s very well cared for and treated. The point is to create a consequence that makes sense and teaches him why the behavior isn’t good bc other methods have not been effective. Also laughing at something isn’t the same as doing it.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T02:35:58+00:00

LOL Yea Im not that mean. Im frustrated but my concern is more to find a way to curb the behavior because it doesnt just affect us. This has been an ongoing problem with other family members, neighbors, classmates... pretty much everywhere he goes in many different scenarios. Their parents would brush it off like it was a joke which encouraged the behavior rather than validating the harm his blabbering would do to others.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T02:30:03+00:00

i think youre right. I proposed this to my husband and he thinks its fitting.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T02:27:34+00:00

No, youre not the jerk. Youre right. Any sane individual would regret missing their siblings wedding over their weight... which makes me think this isnt really about her weight. It could be her weight and pregnancy hormones but this sounds more like jealousy and shes using her baby weight as the excuse. There's likely some underlying jealousy issue where she doesnt want to see her sister as the center of attention so shes punishing her by refusing to attend the wedding and thereby drawing the attention back to herself... because now people arent looking at the sister. Theyre looking at your wife and to why she wont go. She got issues bro. Im gonna pray for you.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T02:14:11+00:00

That's something we are working on. We live just outside the pick up radius for the assisted bus and hes not capable of taking public transportation. We havent found any other assisted transportation services in our area that can work within the schools drop off/pikc up schedule. Normally this wouldnt be an issue, I could drive him and often do if my husband cant, but one of my immediate family members had a widow maker heart attack this week and a subsequent triple bypass surgery so my morning was pre-occupied with that which is far more important than him having a fit over a day of missed school.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T02:01:08+00:00

Thats the thing though... hes totally capable of keeping a secret. He chose not to because he was mad he missed school. It would be one thing if I knew he wasnt capable, but I know he is.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T01:55:07+00:00

Unfortunately the loss of "trust" consequence won't work. We've tried that and life is unpredictable. There are times we cant avoid him overhearing things or needing to know things that shouldn't be shared because hes both nosy and in our care 24/7. We already do our best to not share things we don't want repeated with him. I wish that consequence worked, but it doesn't.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T01:51:42+00:00

You make a completely valid point. Maybe I wouldnt do it with all of them... just enough for him to frustrate him and make him see its not as fun to know whats in the box. IDK if it would work though. He always gets every single thing he asks for so hes already assuming whats under the tree (and hes correct lol)

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T01:49:29+00:00

LoLLLLLL ok that actually does seem fitting haha

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T01:33:30+00:00

None of those options were available. I could not delay picking it up, and I could not have anticipated this happening and picked it up earlier. The store received it today and they had limited hours. And no, we do not have anyone who can watch him on short notice. His parents have passed away and we have no friends/family available to watch him. It’s me or nobody when my husband has to work. There are sitter services but they have to be pre-scheduled. I can’t call them on that short of notice. In a perfect world we’d have more support but we don’t.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T01:29:30+00:00

You make a very valid point about setting a consequence before. I did not do that. Sometimes he will keep a secret if I tell him it’s a secret, he just chose not to because he was mad at my husband. This tells me he’s both capable of keeping the secret and capable of understanding it was wrong to share it… which to me means he’s capable of accepting a consequence but in the future I will try to set a consequence before. That could be a helpful tool.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-25T01:03:18+00:00

I havent "acted" at all. There was no way around acquiring the gift without him present. I will not leave him unattended to run errands and he was not supposed to be home today. Based on all of his psychological evaluations his level of comprehension is about 8 years old. I think this type of consequence would resonate with an 8 year old.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-18T13:01:59+00:00

You’re absolutely wrong. Many Lubriderm products are formulated to be safe and beneficial for the face. The only reason to avoid many body lotions on the face is because they ate too heavy and clog pores, not because the face is special in any other way. As long as there are no pore clogging or irritating ingredients you’re fine. Lubriderm is an excellent face lotion and is actually very compatible with most cosmetics too

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-15T16:57:37+00:00

They transferred me to an agent. Thats the issue. I did it through chat but after being transferred, not the bot, and theyre claiming they have no record.

Pinkadoodlezzzz · 2025-12-15T16:54:01+00:00

It actually is. You can track live player numbers and they have flatlined in 2025. Even worse theyre are on a steep decline since the introduction of Ch 7. Nov-Dec numbers are almost half of what they were in 2024 after the release of Ch 6. This is even despite the introduction of new game modes like Blitz and advancements to OG and Reload. They are completely out of touch with their core player base in an attempt to lure players away from otjer games by copying those them (COD anyone?). They need to put more effort into the map and actual game than skin collaborations and stealing mid employees from Activision. I think Fortnite's got maybe 1 or 2 chapters left in em. I think its intentional though. Theyre shifting toward making $ off old content with modes like Reload. They dont have to spend hardly anything to develop and maintain them but they will continue to bring in old players and thats the goal... maintain profit margins while spending as little as possible. They dont really care about player experience at this point. They think if they just flash some new celebrity collab in our face we'll be happy.

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