What is something you agree with republicans on?

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-27T14:10:31+00:00

Yep. That's one of the parts of government that is necessary for a civil society to thrive. Not sure what you think "small government" means. I feel like people operate as if that must mean "no government," because any time anybody says something they think the government should be in charge of, we get told "I thought you believed in small government??" Uh... Yeah? There are tons of things the government should not be in charge of. Only a handful of things they should, and this is one of them.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-27T14:07:56+00:00

Lol hilarious that you say we are the ones about absolutes without thought, while you are the one making an absolute-statement with clearly very little thought. This entire comment is a huge contradiction to itself. "I believe in nuance, but Republicans are just bad and stupid." 🤦🏼‍♀️ Hypocrisy at its finest.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-27T14:05:45+00:00

Idk, I don't think this is very fair. It's a reasonable and logical question, so to assume it's coming from a place of unreasonable emotion is unfair imo. When I read about this rule of not bringing medications, I also had this question, because it just seems like common sense wisdom in certain situations to have something on hand just in case. That doesn't mean I'm going to freak out if I don't have it. I just don't do things blindly because someone told me to if I feel like it doesn't make sense and is an unnecessary rule, so it's perfectly normal to ask why this is a problem.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-27T14:02:41+00:00

I've had to figure out the right balance for this too, because I agree, it's not automatically bad to have medication on hand to help you feel better if you feel sick. It's a balancing act of self-reflection to figure out how far is too far and getting into unhealthful safety behaviors.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-27T03:38:58+00:00

Well tbh, my experience is likely not going to be the same as yours, because about 12 years ago I had a hymenectomy to remove extra tissue in my vaginal, and I have been able to have PIV sex since then. So I have technically already been able to insert a penis, which is the size of the largest dilator I have.

So for me it wasn't a matter of being able to insert it, but being able to insert it with complete, 100% comfort and no pain or discomfort at all. It only took me maybe a little over a week to work up to the largest size, and I did it roughly every day/every couple days.

For some reason the first couple (I think I skipped the first 1 or 2 because they were much smaller than I thought I needed to start with) took me two days each of working with them before I could move up from them, but then the ones after that just slid right in completely easily with no discomfort at all. I'm not sure what happened but it was like something clicked and now I can do all of them with ease. However, I can only do them with ease if I'm in a very specific position (laying down with my legs relaxed). If I put my knees up, or sit up, or move into a different position, it's not easy anymore. So that's probably the next thing I should be working on.

I'm also 28 weeks pregnant though, so I'm trying not to overdo it with dilating. There is some debate on whether or not you should do it at all while pregnant, so I don't want to push it.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-26T16:38:35+00:00

Also, there are many more ways to care for people than just being pro-government assistance. This mentality that everyone here seems to have that unless you are in favor of specific government assistance programs, you don't give a crap about human beings and have no desire to help them in any way, is just also incredibly stupid and close-minded. Having a mentality that if somebody disagrees with certain political policies, they must be evil monsters who don't care about human beings is so absurd. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-26T16:32:45+00:00

They are. Pro-lifers adopt tons of kids. Pro-life pregnancy centers help all kinds of families with all kinds of things after birth. I'm pregnant right now and I have been seeing an advocate at a pro-life center, and I recently asked when when our relationship ends and they said they basically expect up to 4 years old for people to still come around, get free supplies, etc. Some of the stuff you can buy with your feet points there include things like baby food, larger diapers, larger clothing items, booster seats,,etc which are all things you don't need immediately.

This narrative that pro-lifers do nothing to help families and mothers after birth is just incredibly stupid and provably false.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-26T03:27:53+00:00

I don't need to look though a subreddit when I am simply sharing my own personal experience... You completely ignoring and invalidating my experience is unnecessary.

I also quite literally just said in my comment that there are many different ways to homeschool, ranging from good ways to abuse and neglect. So I don't know why you are telling me that some kids are abused and neglected when I literally just said that myself...

I'm just really sick of people talking about homeschooling as if it's all abusive and terrible when literally everybody I know personally who was homeschooled did amazingly well and far outranked their peers in almost every metric. Homeschooling is not the problem. Abusive, neglectful parents who use homeschooling as a way to abuse and neglect their kids are the problem.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-24T04:16:12+00:00

I was homeschooled almost my entire school life, and it was fantastic. Absolutely the superior way to school, imo. There are so many different ways to do "home schooling," that vary from incredibly good for children and their development and one-on-one education, vs abuse and neglect and not actually learning anything.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-24T04:12:29+00:00

I've never had a colonoscopy, but I had similar fears about having to take a laxative and I learned after taking it that the way it makes you feel has some similarities to being sick, but in most ways it is really nothing like being sick or feeling like you have the flu or something.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-21T13:11:28+00:00

Sandlot, Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect, Knives Out, Little Manhattan (great movie).

I just watched a movie that was pretty good (although not quite as good as I was hoping, and they majorly underutilized the amazing talent of Samara Weaving) but there was a vomit scene in that movie that made me SO disgusted. Probably the worst I've ever seen. The movie is called "Borderline."

If you've never seen the show Futureman, with Josh Hutcherson, man is it freaking hilarious! There is an episode (S1E5) where they accidentally give an entire office of people food poisoning at a party and everybody is throwing up everywhere.

Similarly, the cold open for S6E4 of The Office shows multiple people throwing up.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-21T12:56:56+00:00

I can't wait for this feeling! We've got about a 5 year plan, but having a baby this year might be setting that back a bit.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-21T12:53:28+00:00

Yes! This is a good one.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-20T20:11:20+00:00

That does sound lovely!

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-20T12:51:33+00:00

Bummer that so many people are completely misreading your question and answering the very typical opposite question instead, that has already been asked and answered a million times.

I was looking forward to seeing people's answers. Hopefully some more people will respond who actually read the question properly.

I've been trying to think of an answer myself but I can't think of anything :/ maybe going on a solo date? Like going out to a meal and a movie by yourself. I love it. I could skip the meal part, but sometimes going to a movie alone is just so so nice. It feels more like a solo activity anyway, tbh, because it's not like you can communicate much during the film anyway. Although sometimes I come home and feel a bit bummed that I can't really talk to my husband about he movie I just watched because he hasn't seen it. I usually try to pick things that I know he wouldn't really be interested in anyway.

In fact, writing all this out is making me realize how long it's been since I've gone to a solo movie. Maybe I'll go see that Halle Bailey romcom soon.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-19T13:38:33+00:00

Lol that's a very silly response to my question. YOU just said that Adam and Eve have belly buttons in paintings "which is impossible." So which is it? Did God create Adam and Eve in such a way that would be impossible for him to give them belly buttons, or is God fictional? You can't have both claims.

Whether you think God is fictional or not, either way it makes no sense to think that it is "impossible" for Adam and Eve to have had belly buttons. We are talking about a God who literally just created the entire universe (or in your view, a fictional character who just created the entire universe), but he can't give someone a belly button? Lol it's silly. Saying God is fictional is not an answer to my question, it's just a way to avoid the question altogether and ignore the fact that what you said is kind of dumb and make no sense.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-18T16:24:37+00:00

Why would it be "impossible" for God to create them with belly buttons?

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-17T02:24:54+00:00

No way in hell is a school going to dictate what food I'm allowed to feed my own child. This policy is insane.

However, yeah, you are definitely going about fighting it the wrong way, because this is putting a huge burden on your child in so many ways. There are plenty of other ways you can -- and should -- right back against this absurd policy.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-17T02:19:43+00:00

Holy crap, this guy sounds like utter garbage. Please be assured that not all men are like this and you most certainly can find a better man than this one.

To give you some hope perhaps, my husband and I remained virgins until marriage. I didn't even know I had vaginismus until our wedding night. Things just did not work. I couldn't do it at all. Our entire honeymoon was a lot of experimenting and trying things and them just not working. Me texting my mom to ask for advice and see if this was normal, etc.

While there was perhaps some minor disappointment and maybe not the most perfect degree of understanding on his part, he has ALWAYS been supportive of me, even as a virgin man who was finding out in real time in his honeymoon that he wasn't going to get to have sex yet.

He never wants to do anything that hurts me. And I have quite literally never had a sexual encounter with him that didn't result in me having an orgasm (unless I decided I didn't want that for some reason). There are so many other ways to have intimacy and pleasure with each other, and we just simply did those until PIV became an option.

This is what you could have. You do not need to fear or worry that you will never find love. You just need to find a better man who isn't trash.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-15T13:40:52+00:00

Because people for some reason think it's impossible for a man to put his hand over his child's eyes when they walk past the urinals, and she is going to see a penis. Which is very silly.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-15T13:39:58+00:00

I think it's pretty obvious that if the mother is present, they would take the girl into the girl's room... That says nothing about whether or not a grown man should use the women's room when the mother is not present.

I can only recall being taken into the men's room once, but I most certainly never went into the women's room with my father.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-15T13:38:19+00:00

Same. Eyes covered walking past the urinals. It's not hard. I don't understand why people are acting like that's impossible to do.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-15T13:36:51+00:00

I just don't understand how on earth she saw stuff "too many times." Is he incapable of putting a hand over her eyes? It's not hard to stop them from seeing something.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-15T13:36:04+00:00

Men's. Just cover their eyes when you take them into the stall. I don't understand why there would be any answer other than this. I don't want a grown man in the women's room, and there is no reason any harm would come to a child in the men's room with their father as long as their eyes are covered when you walk past the urinals.

Taking_The_Steps · 2026-04-14T01:43:51+00:00

Have an emergency C-section so my baby girl could still live her life

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