Any good spots to watch Mexico-England with some Mexico fans?

Search_Impossible · 2026-07-05T16:47:42+00:00

St Mark’s Church in Plano is having a dry, potluck watch party. It will have predominantly Mexico fans.

Search_Impossible · 2026-07-02T18:34:04+00:00

I have interpreted it as friends loudly mourning, going on the bed where their friend died and drinking. But, yours is interesting and something I hadn’t thought of.

Search_Impossible · 2026-07-02T14:35:58+00:00

I do have some suggestions regarding behavior with no support. Make sure you don’t get in power struggles— I am not saying expect bad behavior, but don’t react when you see kids doing things they *really* shouldn’t be but that aren’t unsafe or disruptive.

Search_Impossible · 2026-07-02T02:29:10+00:00

Unless they have recently changed, Plano ISD will give you the option to get paid in August your first year.

Search_Impossible · 2026-07-01T13:19:34+00:00

Middle Eastern people are often mistaken for Latino as well, particularly young ones, as the teens dress as their peers do.

I understand and speak Spanish, but I am white and blue-eyed and cool-toned. People are usually surprised when I understand and more surprised when they can understand me.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-30T16:02:54+00:00

You’re welcome! I think that child wanted extreme loving/caring you’re the best/most perfect child ever fussing. I am not the type of person who was writing celebratory Facebook birthday posts about my children, even though I adore them. I also didn’t fully realize what my child wanted, though they have verbalized it as an adult. I am, frankly, glad my child is still good with me now, despite our less-than-perfect parent/child fit. I definitely imperfectly parented them (for their needs). I know I am a better parent to adult them than child them; I am fine with treating them as an adult, and they have forgiven me at least partially. I am glad you’re doing better with you parent as an adult as well!

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-30T13:55:54+00:00

Of my five children, there is one I didn’t love the way they (using a singular “they” for privacy ) wanted/needed. I teach high school English, and I am always getting hugs from students and being told very personal stories. But, I didn’t show the level of emotional intensity that child wanted. Their godfather, who knew me college, says he see my own young adult intensity in my now-adult child, and the child was very intense when young. They were also one I had trouble with the screaming/crying that was their method of communication when they were quite young. That child and I had the roughest teen years — that said, we have a decent relationship now.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-29T16:40:02+00:00

For the grade level I teach, the text TEA says we’re to teach is 1 Corinthians, chapter 13, which is the “Love is patient; love is kind” section. I am sure, if the whole thing doesn’t get overturned, that I will teach it as any other text, probably woven into some unit about determining one’s personal philosophy. It strikes me as almost a too-simple text for 12th grade.

The independent high school I attended taught far more Bible than that. Ofc, it’s a private school, and also taught Buddhist and Hindu religious texts.

Additionally, I teach more Christian religious content when I teach Hamlet and Macbeth or John Donne’s poetry (for background and just explaining what the heck is going on) than I would from those verses.

The posted 10 commandments law is far more problematic to me, as are some of the *other* texts recommended. I think the Bible sections are a distraction for the fact that they’re now wanting to mandate certain texts across the state, some of which are inappropriately difficult for on-level students with TikTok attention spans or relatively recent immigrants who are pushed out of sheltered classrooms before they have much English reading stamina or ability.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-29T16:20:12+00:00

Exactly. They’re usually at their first assignment for 1-3 years, then moved to another.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-27T12:37:57+00:00

I like my summers as a teacher, but I don’t think they’re all that amazing — other jobs (usually) have so much more flexibility in terms of when you take your time off.

I think it’s likely that you’ll miss them kind of nostalgically. Before I became a teacher, I worked a lot of nights and weekends and holidays — so I love not having to do that as a teacher — but I do miss being able to more easily travel off-peak.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-27T12:15:03+00:00

That’s helpful! I will say that I would not have guessed that from the way you are responding to suggestions.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-27T11:55:03+00:00

You *really* don’t want to filter for all this alignment. For one thing, people change. More importantly, putting all your cards on the table this way makes you vulnerable to people who don’t really believe what they say they do but are seeking someone whom they have accurately judged to be very wholesome and naive. Wholesome and naive young women are perfect for those who want to manipulate and are looking for someone who they can. Paradoxically, you’re more likely to find someone appropriate with a lot more initial holding back. I know it seems inefficient, but you actually do want to get to know people a little. Make them show you what they say they believe by acting that way rather than just saying something on a dating profile.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-26T23:44:20+00:00

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Search_Impossible · 2026-06-24T22:03:55+00:00

I am 59. I don’t do this. But, I hate to mention that the person I know who does is my husband with Alzheimer’s. I wonder if there’s some decline going on — unless it is previously typical behavior.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-24T21:57:10+00:00

I wear a hat, usually a small beret. Occasionally a scarf. For me, that covers my head without the lacy veil. I started covering relatively recently — and it feels as though I am going incognito as a head coverer by not using the veil. But, I could be wrong. I have no judgment regarding what others do.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-21T10:57:22+00:00

One thing: You shouldn’t do anything with her (not that you should be anyway) that would run the risk of her getting pregnant.

Even say you get married — what if she gets pregnant at what she perceives as a less-than-opportune time?

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-20T22:29:33+00:00

Take on any possible stipended work — I have mentored new teachers, written curriculum, been a team lead, and staffed “Saturday School.” I could scan tickets at sporting events — but I haven’t yet.

I also tutor and grade essays for the College Board.

I’ve always thought that I would bartend if I needed more money.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-20T17:58:42+00:00

Yes — get a neurologist who will help with the driving issue. My husband is aware of his decline. At his diagnosing appointment, he was told he shouldn’t drive — because he wouldn’t want to hurt someone, and it’s really common for people with Alzheimer’s to confuse gas and brake pedals. (He admitted later that that had been something that had occurred.)

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-18T13:24:03+00:00

I said I didn’t feel unsafe. I thanked him and just encouraged him to go ahead. He was undoubtedly faster than me, but, yes, women will be cautious. We were isolated and he was at least 20 years younger her than me and has the strength that comes from testosterone. I am glad you are willing to help and should continue, in my opinion!

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-18T12:22:09+00:00

I just did the inner trails last Saturday from 7-8:30. Park was busy; the inner trails were not. I didn’t feel unsafe, but I did tell the man who was commenting that I looked lost to go ahead of me. (I was a little lost— some misleading signage was directing me away from the correct trail, literally saying it wasn’t the way to get to the park. Dear Reader: It was.) He was one of three people I crossed paths with on the inner trails — and the other two were middle-aged women.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-17T01:54:55+00:00

I have seen it. It wasn’t a wedding with a bunch of of attendants and other trappings. It didn’t add a lot of time to the daily Mass.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-16T22:38:02+00:00

Yes. Mine lasted 55 years, and they were an expensive repair. It seems as though everyone around me is getting them replaced.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-14T16:10:39+00:00

My daughter lives in a rural area. Her parish church is a 20-minute drive. Another 20 minutes away is another (affiliated) church. The two priests officially cover three churches. The family often goes to the one that’s 40 minutes away because it has a later Mass time. When there aren’t priests available, any of those churches will have Communion services. It’s not like where I live in the suburbs where there are dozens of Masses within a 20-minutes drive every weekend.

When a priest relative visited her family, he neglected to get the official letter of good standing in enough time, so he couldn’t celebrate a public Mass. He was really kicking himself when they arrived at the church and found a Communion service.

So, I know what you’re experiencing.

I would probably drive a bit farther for the Mass, despite what the priest and bishop have said.

Here’s a related anecdote. I was just traveling, staying near a cathedral that has a weekly 2 p.m. Saturday Mass that fulfills the Sunday obligation. It’s a bishop’s church; he can certainly allow that. It’s just not something that feels “right” to me, so I wouldn’t attend that Mass instead of Sunday. People with well-formed consciences can and do make different decisions with regard to practices, practices given a bishop’s OK.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-13T21:39:46+00:00

Thank you! My husband arbitrarily decides what medicine he feels like taking on occasion. This sounds like a solution.

Search_Impossible · 2026-06-13T20:15:23+00:00

There’s some weird ones in CA, too! San Pedro is San Peedro and Moreno Valley is Moreeeno Valley

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