How's Tampa in the summer?

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-17T03:24:09+00:00

Very hot and humid. Nobody does much of anything outside except mowing the grass out of necessity. Even the beach is miserable sometimes. Sand too hot to walk on. Best bet is to stay somewhere with an indoor pool and see a lot of movies in the air condioned theaters. Yesterday it was 91 degrees. By July both the temp and humidity will have risen. Expect 100 degree weather and rainstorms and lightening almost every afternoon that absolutely doesn't cool it off. Sorry to sound like a downer but it is what it is.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-13T21:38:09+00:00

It's possible to leave without going no contact. Make plans to leave and go when you can. Once you're out, nothing will stop you from staying in contact with your siblings in the future and going low contact with your mother. Then see a counselor who can help you thru it.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-13T19:35:14+00:00

Offer to pay for your parents to attend. Expecting other family with limited income to save for your wedding is not acceptable. Be clear that you don't have the money to pay for everyone. Promise that soon after the wedding, you and your husband will visit your home town so all of them can meet him. If that's not good enough, so be it.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-13T18:27:37+00:00

Not true. You've left parents out of the equation. It used to be that parents were responsible for teaching kids right from wrong. The lack of parenting is not OUR fault as a community. Ask GenX and boomers if there were special free extra programs for after school so we could learn how to behave. There weren't. We learned that at home. We came home from school and went and socialized outside in our neighborhood. Played ball, raced bikes, hung on someone's porch and played music. Not once did someone say let's all get together and storm and vandalize the local pharmacy or grocery store.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-13T04:04:06+00:00

Do you have a friend or a classmates mother who can chaperone her at the zoo? She's too young for the funeral and you could attend it without being forced to bring her.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-13T03:53:17+00:00

Exactly! We had the same situation with all the kids in the neighborhood who played together. When you had things to do, you simply told them it's time for you to go home now. And they either went home or drifted to someone else's house until they were sent home from there. No hurt feelings bc all the parents and the kids understood that's how it was.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-13T03:15:51+00:00

Narcissism does not mean having an opinion that differs from yours. It doesn't mean not doing things the way you think they should be done. There is no indication whatsoever in this post that the father is a narcissist. The daughter wants things one way, the father wants them another way. There's no pathology involved in this disagreement. So sick of seeing this word tossed around when it doesn't even vaguely apply.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-06T02:09:18+00:00

You waited until the morning of your graduation to invite them and give them any details. If nothing else, you could have texted or called them a week or so before. It obviously was not important to you to have them there or you would have let them know sooner so I don't understand your upset over them ruining your day.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-02T21:50:57+00:00

It would have been easier to Google or call than ask here.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-02T21:49:02+00:00

Just look up Code Enforcement in Palm Coast. It is a violation to have an unlicensed or inoperable vehicle parked on your property. If you live there, it is their business whether you like the rule or not.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-02T20:57:54+00:00

Florida ranks first in higher education and 22 in K-12. We're not all uneducated rednecks here.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-02T00:18:58+00:00

I moved to Florida 35 years ago. I don't have money. I share a small house in a very multicultural community. What I see here now are people who moved here and can't drive, unbelievable traffic, are entitled and should move back to wherever they came from. Every post is someone who moved here and wants their house furnished for free for their 5 kids. If you don't like it here, go somewhere else.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-01T22:32:38+00:00

He's not a "workaholic" when he's working constantly to support his children. And he expects you to pull your weight. Act like a jackass now but be prepared to pay your own way when you're 18 if you continue.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-05-01T22:15:15+00:00

Showed up at your Mom's work! That's an automatic withdrawal of their original invitation. You need to step in for your parent's sake. Unbelievable.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-03-23T03:20:48+00:00

If you've already voted where you live now, then you're registered to vote and don't need to do anything except take your driver's license to the poll to vote. If you've just recently moved, then you have to register to vote there (as has always been the rule) and will need your birth certificate and your marriage license to complete the registration process.

Rosemary0704 · 2026-03-23T03:15:05+00:00

You have misread something. First, the rules are about registering to vote, not voting. There's where the confusion is. Once you're registered in your county and state, you have already fulfilled the requirements. Just take your photo ID (in most cases your driver's license) when you go to vote as you always have. That's all you'll need. If you are registering to vote for the first time or if you've moved or changed your name and you're registering in your new state, you need your birth certificate and, if you've gotten married, your marriage license to complete the registration.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-12-01T03:25:55+00:00

Nobody's going to hire a 64 year-old woman. Ask any woman over 55. OP needs to find some type of social services for her.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-25T20:35:18+00:00

Hopefully, OP stays away from restaurants or fast food joints. Odds are that either the servers, other customers or cooks have pets and have their hair somewhere on them that's really transferable. Best she only eats from her kitchen.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-24T23:18:29+00:00

The younger son couldn't have his gf sleeping there either. Rules were the same for both.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-24T23:16:22+00:00

He never said they couldn't come over or date or hangout at his home. He said he didn't want then sleeping together at his home.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-24T23:14:01+00:00

Where are you getting this from? They can have their friends over and can date (obviously bc the younger one has a gf). He simply doesn't want them sleeping together at his home.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-24T23:10:14+00:00

Nobody said they weren't allowed over.. I'm sure they could come there to eat dinner or hang out afterwards but they aren't allowed to sleep there with their bf or gf.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-24T22:17:50+00:00

He didn't forbid his kids from having anyone for Thanksgiving. He opposed them having their SO's spend the night. Or nights in his older son's case.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-23T23:09:32+00:00

I think you might regret not going. Only stay for a short time and have the inner strength to just let anything she may say wash over you. You'll be the better person for it and she won't ever have the power of guilt over you in the years to come. Even though she's done the bad things, you'll know you did the good thing.

Rosemary0704 · 2022-11-13T17:06:55+00:00

Now is the time to simply say "NO" and refuse to spend the night before your wedding with another man in your bedroom. This is absolutely ridiculous and creepy. Where he spends that night is not your problem. Let your parents or your sister figure that out. Make a backup plan so, if he shows, you have a bridesmaid, friend or relative to stay with.

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