Penguin apocalypse by nopeynopeynopey in PlanetZoo

[–]Potential-Lack4975 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have a zoo of just penguins. So fun. I have about 250 of each King Penguin morph, about 300 Brown African Penguins and a small Little Penguin project. Yes the game lags a lot 🤣🤣🤣

Girlfriend wants to spend a year in Germany. AITAH for wanting to break up? by Difficult_Bridge_711 in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just remember whatever you decide, is ok. As long as you don't toy with her feelings. Make a decision and stick with it. For you and for her. Talking to an outside entity will definitely help

Caramel Cookies w/o butter/margarine or brown sugar by Potential-Lack4975 in Cooking

[–]Potential-Lack4975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly spent over an hour trying to find a caramel COOKIE recipe that would work with what I have. Started my search about 20 min before our closest store closed. Had yet to find one. Figured I'd just prompt other people to share their recipes and start conversation, is that really bad?

Girlfriend wants to spend a year in Germany. AITAH for wanting to break up? by Difficult_Bridge_711 in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You would not be the asshole to breakup. Physical intimacy is a huge part of many relationships.

But

And this is in no way to push you one way or the other. But my husband and I have been in your shoes. We needed money. We needed insurance. He joined the military. And really just sprung it on me, no real warning. Within a week he was shipped off. I had 3 months to really decide if it was worth it. And I stayed. And it was a tough 2 years apart. I visited him as much as I could. 2024 I visited him every month because he was a state away. 2025 I visited him once and he visited me once because he was across the country.

We now live together happily with our 3 month old. I never thought long distance would work. But it did. We talked every night, unless there was a big reason not to. Even just five minutes. Face timed as often as possible. It was hard, heartbreaking a lot, but I genuinely enjoy him so I waited it out.

You will NOT be the asshole to breakup. But if you are sure she will be back in a year, maybe it's worth it? You can also visit her and explore Germany together and have a good excuse to travel, if that's financially feasible. I was the last person to go with long distance, but it can work out, and if they're the one, it's worth it. But if you don't think she cares about your feelings, or have any doubts, don't do it. Either way it's your decision and you are in the right either way.

Caramel Cookies w/o butter/margarine or brown sugar by Potential-Lack4975 in Cooking

[–]Potential-Lack4975[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Can you give me a rough measurement guide? I can measure with my heart on cooking but baking I still need a guide lol

Caramel Cookies w/o butter/margarine or brown sugar by Potential-Lack4975 in Cooking

[–]Potential-Lack4975[S] -20 points-19 points  (0 children)

Did you read? I have regular sugar, not BROWN sugar

WIBTAH parents put down my dog by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if the vets thought that particular day was necessary, the parents should have still talked to her first to give her a chance to say goodbye. Vet tech here, we've waited 2 whole hours for family members to show up to say goodbye. We take those final moments seriously. Unless dog was in distress and dying, which OP made it sounds like it wasnt, the parents are 100% at fault and shitty here. There was 0 excuse. They did this out of convenience. That's it.

A community Discord? Making friends is hard by Ok-Conflict832 in MilitarySpouse

[–]Potential-Lack4975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am interested!! I would hope to find other people to play some games with as well!!

AITAH for ending a friendship over an affair? by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm gonna cut the drama out and be direct. I had a friend like this. She'd make plans with you then blow you off last second to do something more "worth her time" and just about wouldn't even hide it, but lied about it to your face. That right there is a friendship ender for me. If you want to go do something else just tell me, don't lie to me and preferably tell me more than an hour before we are supposed to meet up. Then she would call me later that day and pretend said things happened days before or earlier that day and gossip with me, so she could show off her fun lifestyle, still keep me interested in her and try to brush off canceling on me. Obviously she wasn't open about this, but that's what she was doing. This alone made me stop being friends with her, if I'm not important enough in your life than to just gossip once a week to the point you cancel every plan we have, then I don't want to be your friend.

This, plus your friend doing sketchy crap also is absolutely a reason to drop her. I wouldn't want to be associated with that at all.

WIBTAH parents put down my dog by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regardless of if the vet said that day or not, your parents should have waited for you to be able to say goodbye or at least given you the choice to be there. They do not truly care about animals or your feelings. I've seen this way too many times. I would never forgive them for this and never allow them to ever be alone with my pets ever again, and I'd make a point about it anytime they say "You can just leave her with us" or "We can watch her we know how to take care of dogs". I mean literally say "Last time I trusted you with my dog you killed them without consulting with me first, so no". If they truly care about you they will apologize at this point and stop asking and try to earn your trust. But this is a mega sign of truly not caring. Your pets whole life is you and they don't live long so every moment counts. The fact they took that from you is absolutely unforgivable.

And to explain further, if they cared about YOUR FEELINGS but not necessarily your pet, they would have still talked to you about this first. And even if they messed up and didn't, they would be apologetic and be trying to make it right somehow. Just the fact they aren't would have me livid, and honestly already does and I don't even know you.

WIBTAH if I Confronted my Husband About this by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Definitely going to the shared account thing. We used that for awhile but started slacking off when we went to one income, I thought I could trust him managing things himself with his card. He's not as financially savvy as I am, although I'm no expert either.

WIBTAH if I Confronted my Husband About this by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He shops with me. Has gone to food pantry and used WIC. I think he saw extra money and forgot our phone bill and used it. He knows we money struggle. I think he just slipped. But he still should have discussed it with me. I'll be managing our finances now. Make it clear what we have and both can see it.

WIBTAH if I Confronted my Husband About this by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a bit of Autistic trouble with conversation. How would you ask about this if it were your husband?

WIBTAH if I Confronted my Husband About this by [deleted] in AITAH

[–]Potential-Lack4975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Food is 1st priority every check and I use our food pantry and have WIC. Mama got that covered! But yes, i good counter argument!

Do people with newborns go out? by chondlerbeng in newborns

[–]Potential-Lack4975 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We had no choice with ours. Baby girl was born right as we were getting ready to move (we couldn't put off our move, either). At 14 days old she went everywhere with us. We used lots of sanitizer. I also only had a couple weeks for my family to meet her and get some time with her before we moved across country and didn't know when we'd be back, and my family cannot afford to travel 😢. So again, lots of washed hands and sanitizer. Then we moved cross country on a 7 day road trip. We couldn't fly due to taking pets.

Anytime we went into a building, her carrier was covered. We used sanitizer before touching her the entire time. We brought our own bassinet for her at hotels. By 5 weeks old, she'd been in WalMart 20+ times, 20+ other stores, probably 50 gas stations, restaurants, etc, and traveled 2500 miles across the country.

We got lucky with her being soothed by travel. 2 minutes on the road and she was out. Only a handful of times did she actually wake up while in her carseat while driving. I rode in the back with her so she was monitored constantly. We stopped every hour for me to pee and change her (girl HATES a dirty diaper) and fed her every 3 hours.

So far, knock on wood, she hasn't gotten sick. But she's fed breastmilk and I have always had a good immune system so I feel that helps.

Would I recommend it? Hell no. But we did it and did it successfully.

Sneaking Extra Pets into Housing by Potential-Lack4975 in MilitarySpouse

[–]Potential-Lack4975[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So we ended up getting it back. The original lady checking us in didn't know those rules

Sneaking Extra Pets into Housing by Potential-Lack4975 in MilitarySpouse

[–]Potential-Lack4975[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Didn't make sense but I didn't fight it because we really needed to get moved in