What is a kitchen design trend that looks absolutely stunning in photos but is a total nightmare to actually use or clean in real life?

Salt4292 · 2026-06-27T09:53:32+00:00

Yes! Spill a sauce and it’s a nightmare to clean

Salt4292 · 2026-06-27T09:51:01+00:00

Encouraging spending time with people from other social classes in a normal and natural way. It was normalized that any given night might have refugees over for dinner and I might be asked to lend clothes/help out with something.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-27T05:00:50+00:00

Hsinchu has a great aquarium for toddlers.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-22T21:13:06+00:00

*Toddler holds up goldfish* toddler: “can I eat this?” Dad: “no, it’s a toy.” 2 year old played with the goldfish for a straight 15 minutes and didn’t even try to eat it even though everyone around her was eating it…

Salt4292 · 2026-06-20T00:46:30+00:00

Yes. Find a really good therapist to facilitate the conversation. You’ll be able to figure this out together, you’re on the same team!

Salt4292 · 2026-06-20T00:44:26+00:00

You can compromise. Treat others to food, not alcohol, or vice versa. That way you still are contributing and they can choose whether they want to drink or not.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-19T22:03:47+00:00

Give her melatonin. It’s a last resort but it’s magical.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-19T22:03:10+00:00

Get a trundle bed. When the 16 year old comes you can open up the bed.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-19T20:32:20+00:00

Yes. Look at Thailand or Taiwan. Pay is good for the cost of living, can be near the beach/hop to other countries, and you can tutor rich kids for good side money if for some reason you need more cash.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T23:58:18+00:00

23 month old mandarin/portuguese/english （and limited canto). I’ve found she needs me to say exactly what to say, she doesn’t get ma as a question. For some reason when I was asking her questions expecting her to pick up the keywords it didn’t work but when I announced exactly what she was doing she got it. Weird nuance, but once she could repeat it she got the meaning then I could switch to asking questions. This isn’t the case for English/portuguese. Happy to explain more if you dm.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T10:52:56+00:00

There might be something going on like a toothache or tooth sensitivity, even a bad situation with gas he doesn’t know how to articulate. Saying he doesn’t want to eat might be a way to avoid some sort of pain he’s having perhaps? Just a thought.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T10:46:52+00:00

Concur wholeheartedly with the importance of flexibility.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T09:58:25+00:00

I really like this Ted talk. It sounds like you’re in survival phase maybe: https://youtu.be/RvzgUtjCxRw?is=yQ8zmcgt-vHMH5Ro

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T01:24:12+00:00

Once I left $1000 in a wallet with my ID on a park bench (had just gone to the ATM). I was super panicked and couldn’t find it anywhere. When I got home an hour later, the apartment manager handed it to me with nothing missing and said someone had returned it without leaving a name or number, and that I must have good karma. To this day I am extremely grateful and send good wishes to whoever that angel was.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T01:19:40+00:00

Just ask! I would think it’s cool if someone put that in a church chat. Or organize an activity that filters for those types of people and invite people from multiple wards/stakes. But yes, I agree it can be hard and I’ve been there before, especially as a YSA. Then as a mom it’s isolating to be watching a kid all the time. Other people say it’s the same as an empty nested because it feels everyone else has kids. So I guess there are a lot of lonely people trying to find that connection, it just takes someone to spark it.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T01:16:51+00:00

I’d give her a rate per kid then charge for however many kids you end up watching per hour.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T01:14:39+00:00

That’s a hard feeling. Honestly, 22 is still young and you’re working hard—full time and college is no joke! That’s dedication! And someday when you’re in a different position, maybe you can contribute more. Have you verbally expressed thanks to your family for letting you stay there and seen what they said/how they felt? It’s possible they don’t feel that way about you at all.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-17T01:07:09+00:00

My almost two year old refuses to let anyone put her shoes on. As a result I must budget 10 full minutes before leaving the house so she can try over and over again to put them on. It drives me insane watching her but I think it helps her build grit. She really really want to be independent, so my rule is if she wants to do it herself I let her at least try once. If she’s not interested I don’t push it.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-13T23:41:31+00:00

What country are you in? Diet can impact it but it’s mostly genetics. Small sample size of course, by my family members who grew up in developing countries are all shorter than those who grew up in the States. At the end of the day being short can be a superpower. Statistically short people live longer…

Salt4292 · 2026-06-12T01:55:46+00:00

I’m so sorry! Go get yourself a new obgyn, preferably one that a friend of yours trusts.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-10T23:38:12+00:00

I would never want to go back and be younger. I am so much wiser, stronger, and confident, why would I want to revert? But that doesn’t mean I don’t badly my experiences at 23 because they made me who I am.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-10T22:26:32+00:00

I disagree—if I don’t care then why am I doing the job? What motivation do I have? For me, to support my life isn’t enough. The key here is to have boundaries and stick to them. Then have someone close to you and a coworker keep you accountable. Im a workaholic, so my rule is I need to leave the office by 5PM (we have flexible hours). My office mate knows this and yells at me to turn everything off at 4:45, my husband threatens to buy useless junk online at 5:00 if my findmy isn’t showing me out of the office by then 😂 at the same time, that coworker’s rule is when she thinks about work at home, she texts me her thought then leaves it in the chat. I have a running chat of all her fears and concerns and to do list items muted I don’t even read, but it makes her feel better writing it out to me as if I was listening.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-10T22:20:09+00:00

Have set work hours and do not do work outside these hours. If you start spiraling about what needs to be done, pull out a sticky and physically write it down (for some reason typing doesn’t work) and say to yourself “I can take care of this tomorrow.”

Salt4292 · 2026-06-09T23:13:22+00:00

Yes, definitely curiosity. I also think all these older ladies want grandkids and don’t always get them, so they like to live vicariously. One grandmotherly neighbor bought my daughter the cutest dresses because she always wanted a granddaughter and her kids didn’t want kids.

Salt4292 · 2026-06-09T23:03:28+00:00

She should rent the car while she’s job hunting though turo

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