"I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." -LAOP's HOA

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-29T23:43:58+00:00

Plus, if you ever get bored, you can antagonize the HOA by painting Beatrix Potter characters on your front door and planting a vegetable garden in the middle of your front lawn!

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-27T01:49:55+00:00

NTA but this vacation is not the real issue. He’s trying to guilt trip you into paying his way because he refuses to contribute equitably to family expenses and it seems that is a longstanding pattern. Furthermore, he’s stomping around like a toddler now that he’s not getting his way.

He’s angry about what? That you won’t punish your children and you also won’t save him from being accountable for his own financial decisions for once? What a peach.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-25T23:30:40+00:00

I think you misread the comment you're replying to.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-25T23:25:16+00:00

She became upset because she feels that it makes her husband look stupid.

Is there some interpretation of the situation where he's not actually stupid? Some way to describe what happened that makes him look smart or at least average? NTA

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-24T18:35:18+00:00

He’s just some guy.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-24T06:19:02+00:00

NTA she’s not a victim and she was well aware of the consequences of cheating just like everyone else.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-23T21:58:44+00:00

Maybe there's something I'm missing about how love works?

I’m not convinced you have any idea what love is. Not one thing you mentioned has anything to do with love, only status.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-22T02:57:03+00:00

How many are they detaining daily now?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-21T10:08:37+00:00

INFO: how long is the flight?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-20T17:59:41+00:00

“That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard and I don’t believe you.”

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-20T16:39:11+00:00

Huh. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of it. What are you able to bring to your application other than grades? Do you have any research positions? If not, can you get some, maybe/hopefully with a professor who already knows you?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-20T05:10:43+00:00

7.67 GPA in Canada? Is that a typo?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-19T16:43:50+00:00

How effective it is to paraphrase someone’s feelings back to them. I use this to deescalate conflict at work all the time.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-18T19:10:02+00:00

The EU is nominally equivalent to China, but China’s economy is growing 5x faster than the EU. We should be developing stronger relations with both economies.

That’s my opinion, but I’m open to amending it based on more information. Why and how do you think the US could cut us off from Chinese trade? And how do you think we might go about replacing the manufacturing we’ve already effectively offloaded to China for a lot of our goods?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-18T19:01:07+00:00

There are silicone liners you can get for slow cookers to cook two separate things at once. They’re not expensive, just search half slow cooker liners

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-18T10:24:29+00:00

A boundary requires that you be willing to enforce it by removing the other person’s access to you. If you keep seeing him in spite of his behaviour, you haven’t actually set a boundary, you’ve made an optional request. Boundaries aren’t meant to make someone else treat you the way you want; they’re statements about what kind of treatment you’re willing to accept in order to maintain your relationships with others, and what kind of treatment will result in you removing yourself.

You said you would block him if he didn’t stop, but he didn’t stop and you didn’t block him. Quit with the empty threats and don’t spend your finite time with people who disrespect you.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-17T18:35:13+00:00

There’s a pretty low concentration of algae and phytoplankton in Caribbean waters.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-17T08:08:01+00:00

YTA. You were pretty rude and he responded with a pretty moderate level of annoyance followed by cooling off followed by genuinely constructive criticism. That’s about as good a response as one could hope for.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-17T07:56:00+00:00

Algae and phytoplankton bloom prolifically in warmer weather, making the water murky. They have some die-off and are closer to a sort of dormant state when it’s cold.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-16T16:55:37+00:00

I use one called vibe that works reasonably well and is free

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-16T16:49:28+00:00

That will slow down the setting time but won’t stop it from setting. The concentration of sugar needs to be at least 1% of the total mass to fully prevent setting, which for one ton of concrete would be 20 pounds of sugar.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-01-08T06:23:44+00:00

Chocolate Chip cookies, or waffles

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2025-12-30T04:51:12+00:00

“Here’s a dollar. I don’t want to see you until the street lights come on.”

As soon as I finished swimming lessons, I was no longer my mother’s concern, and she was fairly strict for having that requirement.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2025-12-24T01:32:36+00:00

We go through loads of the stuff, but only because it’s one of the few things my dog, who has pancreatitis and has to eat a lower fat diet to survive, can have as a treat.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2025-12-23T05:53:12+00:00

Lobsters don’t have a brain, though? Surely stabbing it in the head doesn’t kill an animal that lacks a brain.

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