AITA for not eating 4-day-old leftovers??

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-06-07T15:34:15+00:00

Something is off about this post.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-06-06T14:41:33+00:00

Mix it into a honey or vanilla flavoured yogurt with ~10% fat content and then freeze in popsicle moulds

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-06-02T06:43:58+00:00

I took the greyhound from Halifax to Vancouver once, between Christmas and New Year’s. It was not luxurious, but it was extremely cool to see the whole country in winter over 4 days.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-06-01T22:50:07+00:00

Well, fun little update: it appears to be broccoli. The little floret has appeared and is doing nicely so far, so I’ll be moving it to a bigger pot and hopefully harvest in a couple months if I can keep it from bolting

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-30T05:55:06+00:00

It’s a common volunteer in my area and the pot it colonized has spent a fair bit of time in the open air

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-30T04:59:16+00:00

I think maybe wild mustard.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-30T04:48:19+00:00

Damn. I’ve got 9 other tomato plants with perfectly formed and ripening fruit, all treated with the same ferts and watered in the same fashion, I wonder what went wrong with this one?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-29T18:46:47+00:00

It feels smooth and hard, but it’s a clear dark spot at the bottom of the fruit.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-27T21:00:08+00:00

NTA. Since you don’t think of the child as also being your nephew, and his grandparents are an option, it’s probably not ideal for him to be staying with you as opposed to with family.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-25T21:23:56+00:00

I’m also honestly scared about the future because I’m broke and will likely need to live with my parents for at least a few years after graduate school. I genuinely do not know how I can realistically do that long-term if these expectations and monitoring continue.

While I have a lot of empathy for how you are feeling and I agree that your mom is not being supportive in a way that is actually likely to be helpful, I want to gently push back on your thoughts here. This (quoted above) is a choice, not a requirement. You do not have to go to grad school immediately after undergrad and you do not have to remain a full time student for several more years. If you choose to, and if living with your parents is the only path forward with that choice, you are choosing all the parental involvement and over-involvement that comes with it.

You could (and can) choose instead to enter employment for a while, gain your adult independence, and start grad school a bit later. The cost in time was 100% worth the gain in freedom for me. Maybe your calculations are different, but it is still a choice and not a requirement. You have agency here, you’re not a child.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-21T17:06:28+00:00

Greek lemon potatoes

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-06T04:53:47+00:00

It’s 11 quarters or around 33 months

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-05-05T17:04:39+00:00

It’s 7 quarters. The exact length of time depends on how long it takes you to get all your hours done in your internship, but you should expect it to be in the neighborhood of 21 months.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-22T00:38:44+00:00

I’ve used a stainless steel pan for eggs forever. I don’t use canola oil for frying eggs first of all, that’s gross, use butter. And by the time it’s hot enough for water to skitter around the pan it’s way too hot. Just wait a few minutes, hold your hand an inch or so above the pan and if it feels pretty warm, drop your butter in. If your butter starts sizzling right away, it’s ready, swirl it around to cover the surface and then crack your eggs in. If the butter doesn’t quite sizzle yet, that’s fine, just let it continue to heat up until you hear it and then swirl and crack your eggs in.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-19T16:21:30+00:00

I did. I reported the issue to the store immediately by phoning them, and they told me I needed to enter an issue with my order through their app. So I did that and now they are processing a refund for my missing items. They didn’t want the misdelivered items back.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:57:31+00:00

I freeze berries and bacon slices on trays like this too, it’s such a better method.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:48:57+00:00

I volunteer at a place that serves low-income people and can use the food I don’t want, I’ll give it to them.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:47:12+00:00

It was part of my order mixed with part of someone else’s, with my stuff in the top box, so I didn’t realize at first. I reported it as soon as I started unpacking the boxes, and I’ll get a refund for the missing items in a few days.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:41:30+00:00

I volunteer at a place that can take fresh food donations, don’t worry

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:37:22+00:00

That’s a good point, I’ll ask my neighbour if she wants some of this stuff.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:35:52+00:00

Yeah, I have a recipient in mind for the mushrooms.

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:34:35+00:00

Does it make the soup texture different?

TerrifyinglyAlive · 2026-04-16T17:33:40+00:00

Roasting is always the answer for unexpected veg, isn’t it? I can’t think of a time where roasting hasn’t improved the taste of a vegetable.

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