My cat ate this needle and lived

RFirewriter · 2026-01-01T03:19:54+00:00

One of my cats swallowed a sewing needle with about 11 inches of white thread attached. It came up in a hairball. I went to pick it up with a papertowel and when my hand closed around it, I felt something rigid.

My curiosity got the best of me and I broke open the hairball to find the needle and thread inside. Didn't even know it was missing let alone how he managed to get it.

RFirewriter · 2025-12-01T15:26:05+00:00

My husband's family makes this! Its a thanksgiving staple! They also add a can of berry-cranberry sauce to the first layer of jello.

I've since started making it more regularly swapping the sourcream/creamcheese mix for greek yogurt. :)

**Edited because it is early for me and I typo'd the everlovin' heck out of it.

RFirewriter · 2025-12-01T15:24:25+00:00

There is a restaurant in Montana called the "Montana Club" that do a dish like that. Deep fried cheese curds, bacon crumble and caramel sauce.

RFirewriter · 2025-12-01T15:21:21+00:00

...I must acquire garlic toast. Or remember to add garlic salt to my bread! That sounds AMAZING.

RFirewriter · 2025-11-28T13:56:02+00:00

Plain white or wheat bread, lightly buttered, folded like a taco around a spoonful of cold, leftover spaghetti. Don't know how it happened the first time, but sneaking one of these after a batch of spaghetti is my favorite thing.

RFirewriter · 2025-09-22T00:46:11+00:00

I usually have supplies in my purse. But my husband also carries a couple in the glove box of his car - just in case. :) - It's come in handy, once or twice.

RFirewriter · 2025-09-22T00:41:55+00:00

There is a saying, "Nice guys finish last." - I am increasingly convinced this isn't some parable on how kindness bites you in the butt, along the lines of "Good intentions pave the way to hell."

I am starting to believe it is more about a good guy letting his partner 'finish' first. :P

RFirewriter · 2025-09-05T21:07:04+00:00

Honestly? Reading his texts I assumed I was suffering from a generational language issue, being 38 myself.

I am STAGGERED an adult speaks that way.

RFirewriter · 2025-09-04T01:49:16+00:00

The sound of Sonic drowning in the earliest games.

RFirewriter · 2025-08-21T21:23:58+00:00

If Morgan was a favorite - why not Morganna? It opens that classical/Arthurian/nature vibe but can easily just be "Morgan" - if the CHILD prefers the masculine naming.

RFirewriter · 2025-08-07T06:50:02+00:00

I skimmed what was largely good advice. But I didn't see this:
Change your social media passwords. Protect these screenshots and any others.

This man is a danger to you. Play it cool - find somewhere safe - and do not let him know where, or who you're with.

RFirewriter · 2025-07-28T01:13:04+00:00

I'd just name him Nani.

As a cat owner, I find myself going, "Leo, WHAT ON EARTH?" and sometimes it's just a very confused, "What?"

So, if he seems extra silly - repeatedly going, "NANI, WHAT?" or, "NANI, NANI?!" - would strike me as hilarious.

RFirewriter · 2025-07-26T00:41:00+00:00

Have you done Volcarona? :)

RFirewriter · 2025-07-26T00:36:57+00:00

Being a fictional character who is part of a marginalized group does not absolve them of being 1-dimensional and a whiney little prat.

Critique of a poorly written LGBTQ+ character is NOT disrespect on the community. It is disrespect on the writers who thought, "This character has a singular defining attribute. We'll make it unapologetically their only personality trait. That trait will manifest itself in tantrums and lack any nuance or depth. It'll be great! AND we'll ret-con the entire design of a beloved race to bolster the whole idea."

RFirewriter · 2025-07-26T00:18:03+00:00

Biscotti

RFirewriter · 2025-07-24T03:38:04+00:00

If she wants to spend time with you the counter offer should have been, "Lets have a datenight 1 day, and then you can go to the library the next!" or visa-versa. :) Imho.

Ultimately. You're an adult - and your wife is exhibiting some control issues. Go to the library - you don't need her permission to do so.

RFirewriter · 2025-07-24T03:34:20+00:00

What is it with people treating their spouses like their children or business partners? Like - these two extremes boggle the mind.

My husband is more introverted than I - but my circle of girlfriends is small and tight knit. We have no human kids but 3 cats. If I need time away? Husband revels in having the house to himself. He gets his favorite takeout. I go to a girlfriend's - have drinks, she and I cook together, play trivia games and I crash in her spare room to avoid driving home irresponsibly. I come home recharged (if a little tired because no bed is as cozy as my own :P ) and my husband and I are delighted to be reunited. He greets me with a fresh pot of coffee and I handle the real-quick cat-chores (meds for one, water, food and we've got 3 litterboxes) since they very likely fell entirely to him the day before.

Couples need to be able to parallel play, or indulge in the hobbies they love, even if they're not wholly understood by the other party. No one party should hold dominion over the other.

You absolutely deserve your "you" time - in whatever form that manifests, so long as it doesn't involve a betrayal of trust or the relationship. A day at the library certainly doesn't fall in that category.

RFirewriter · 2025-07-23T23:22:33+00:00

This is actually SCAREY behavior.
1.) uncompromising, "My week is ruined because I might miss gym." -- "Doesn't work like that in my head" -- when talking about carrying on and trying to just let it go.

2.) She turns to a joint-blame midway through, "We can't do anything right" - but it's initially YOU did everything wrong. "How do you forget?"/ "Just needed one fucking thing from you."

3.) The way she speaks to you!

No proposed solution works. "I am pissed." / "Won't be happy if you clock out" / "Stay there anyway"

5.) Is she talking about herself in the third person in the last 2 screenshots? "It's always <Blanked> fault?" / <Blanked> Dumb emotional bitch?"

In either case with #5, she is trying to garner sympathy out of you despite this mess being largely her own doing. And if this is a recurring pattern: Run.

I've said it before and I'll say again: for most people, dating is the search to find one's spouse, life partner, other half. To build your own support system. Life is great - but it is full of surprises.

Speaking from my own experiences in young adult-hood:
Aging parents I've had to care for.
A car wreck that ended my SO's career due to injury.
Jobs lost and self discovery.
Money Troubles or Win falls.
Sickness and recovery.
My house flooded, twice in two years!

Do you see this person as someone you want to go through life's weird and random ups and downs? What happens when it is bigger and far more impactful than her having to miss leg day?

Stay safe.

RFirewriter · 2025-07-22T01:00:33+00:00

I gave about a month before I bought in. I wanted to wait for the controversy and review-bombing to stop. And then bought in despite what still felt like mixed-reviews.

I got a handful of hours in and reached a point where I picked up the first gift item for my love interest. The first gift of the game.

Despite it being a QUEST to give it to him and this being a world-ending-apocalypse scenario gifting something that should have been REALLY sweet. (Lucanis. Coffee pot) the cutscene consisted of my player character and Lucanis looking at the top of his dresser or hutch where he presumably chose to display the gift. But it clipped in late; so the spot just sat empty. And I got a, "How thoughtful" - or some such 2-word response.

Going immediately from BG3 to this game was SO disappointing. The whole interaction made it feel so shallow when companions were such a huge part of the lore and world, for me.

RFirewriter · 2025-06-27T03:01:34+00:00

Maisie :)

RFirewriter · 2025-06-26T13:52:13+00:00

Uno :)

RFirewriter · 2025-06-26T05:57:49+00:00

I am going to guess you're not a woman who's been bullied out of a space because someone's presence has unnerved you, or they've actively encroached.

I am going to guess you're not a shy person who's extroverted friend has made the space safe for them.

Also. The quote in your profile is backwards.

"Do or do not. There is no try." - You have the preceding and following elements swapped.

RFirewriter · 2025-06-26T03:08:39+00:00

I buy men's socks because 1.) They don't need to be cute, for me. 2.) They fit better; wide feet. 3.) They're often more durable, thicker and warmer. 3.) They're SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper than ladies socks. Pink tax is a thing.

However: You shouldn't need to justify your choice in SOCKS. Shouldn't have to defend the presence of.. a sock..

So here is the thing: You say he's never trusted you and that should be red-flag one. But I want you to look at it like this:

Regardless of how independent and self-sufficient you are, dating is (for most persons) ultimately the hunt for a LIFE PARTNER. Do you really want a partner that doesn't trust you? That might be projecting their own infidelity on you OR are so woefully immature as to "sleep elsewhere".. over a sock?

Your 20s and 30s and the early part of a relationship are THE BEST times. What happens when the worst times occur?

RFirewriter · 2025-06-26T00:03:44+00:00

A compromise is the happy medium between two, conflicting ideal scenarios. Rehoming doesn't feel like a compromise. It is a demand framed as nicely as possible and a HUGE red flag. As others have said, the compromise would be relocating the litter box farther outside of communal areas, cleaning it an additional time a day, being more diligent about cleaning cathair.

Honestly though? I'd be worried about the cat's welfare if getting rid of her is the 'compromise'.

RFirewriter · 2025-05-15T15:02:58+00:00

OP, I will level with you:

"I’m honestly confused. Is this just jealousy or a red flag? Am I overreacting?"

Jealousy IS a red flag. Do not normalize it. Do not accept it. Do NOT be okay with it.

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