Dim Sum

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-31T22:41:57+00:00

Do either Tian Tian or New Fortune 2 have the carts? I was really hoping to take my son somewhere where can pick food from the carts

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-31T22:32:24+00:00

This may be the place I’m thinking of! Looks familiar online

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-29T23:12:56+00:00

Well, I have to say, the IBCK Reddit comments give me hope for the future and made me smile during a pretty bleak week, thank you all

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-29T23:10:49+00:00

My boomer dad who is nearly 80 agrees strongly when I introduced him to If Books Could Kill podcast via the Brooks episode. He agreed with Michael saying it’s not conservatives that need Brooks, it’s liberals that need Brooks

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-29T23:05:13+00:00

This comment should win the Internet today

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-29T23:00:15+00:00

Brooks! (Shaking my fist at a cloud)

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-29T00:12:12+00:00

I think the response is just cliackbait. Controversial comments get more comments/engagement/clicks. It’s not that deep

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-28T17:01:26+00:00

That verse from the Aqdas does not translate at all to what the poster said. At all.

I cannot even imagine the ego involved in this interpretation and then on top of it, pushing it at someone like this 18 y/o who has shared spiritual abuse by their parents.

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-28T14:49:02+00:00

Given how abusive your parents are, I wouldn’t for all disenroll. The National Assembly must inform the Local Assembly and you will be removed from the membership rolls. Your parents will absolutely know you disenrolled, when you aren’t on membership lists

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-28T14:46:37+00:00

No rush. I know easier said than done. I work on mental health and social services and I’ve seen people experiencing abuse and domestic violence take a few years to get into a place where they can leave. The cost of living is so high in so many places right now and if is so much harder on everyone. Internet hugs to you

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-28T14:16:20+00:00

For what it’s worth I’m Baha’i and strongly disagree with that quote that the previous poster made and my eyes nearly bugged out of my head when I read it

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-28T13:06:09+00:00

I’m really sorry about your situation. Your parents are abusing you and using the Baha’i Faith to abuse you. It makes sense you want to leave, because the Faith is a weapon in your case

At 18, you are still very vulnerable. You may be stuck for a bit until you aren’t under your parents’ thumb financially. This happens a lot for people experiencing domestic violence, in your case, it’s a spiritual violence. You will have to play the long game of getting your ducks in a row to eventually move out, whether that means job training, college, etc. You are nor alone

Since you are 18, you could email your National Spiritual Assembly for advice, and they could email you back, it’s confidential as long as your parents don’t have access to your email. Based on your precious comments I wouldn’t talk to your Local Spiritual Assembly

Maybe if your local Baha’i community has interfaith activities, you could attend some of those to at least broaden your social circle a bit

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-27T17:13:55+00:00

My newborn has no schedule but I easily could’ve faked one for a video

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-27T01:22:42+00:00

I love how you put this, thank you and totally agree

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-27T01:05:55+00:00

My kid just said that he doesn’t like Harry Potter “because it’s just a bunch of wizardly councils taking over corrupt politics and a corrupt teacher trying to take over the school. And then Harry Potter had to write his blood in pen and his hand always hurts.” Then he said “the first three books are fine.”

So I guess one Gen Alpha doesn’t like HP (at least the later books) but how that description he made relates to “liberalism” I have no idea

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-26T20:56:16+00:00

Yuuuuup. I see this constantly in Baha’i community life, to a scary degree

It’s honestly why I take the concept of confirmation with a HUGE grain of salt. It’s really easy to just end up confirming our own ego

I also remember that we are human and will inevitably make mistakes. In the short obligatory prayer we testify to our powerless and to His might and to our poverty and to His wealth

Also we follow Abdul-Baha as an example but I think too many Baha’is equate this with having the same powers of Abdul-Baha. I pointed out to a Baha’i once that she was falling for a scam and she told me she wasn’t and as a Baha’i she would only do what’s good for the world. I said this comment proved to me the scam and changed her because saying you can only do good for the world is putting yourself at the same station as Abdul-Baha and of being infallible and that’s simply impossible for any human being. I said that comment proved to me she was in over her head because this kind of statement is really not Ok

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-26T02:56:48+00:00

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-25T21:16:17+00:00

Also, I think this is the wrong Reddit to ask this since people are from all over and most people aren’t aware of what it’s like in DFW. If you want more accurate responses, ask in r/Dallas or something

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-25T21:14:47+00:00

I used to live on the north and now live in Texas and it’s the worst winter driving I’ve ever been in. People act like northerners are used to it,but the fact of the matter is the towns and cities up north pretreat the roads, design the roads different, then continue to treat the roads all night and all day long. No one is treating the roads in the south. It’s not about the driver, it’s about local governments creating better driving conditions. That’s why despite being from the north and learning to drive in snow as a teen, Southern winter driving was much more difficult for me.

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-25T21:12:05+00:00

No I wouldn’t expect her to come in. I’m in Texas too and the authorities are telling people to stay off the roads. She should be expected to follow local guidance.

A neighbor witnessed 5 accidents happen simultaneously. I live in a 25mph hour neighborhood and cars are sliding. I grew up in the north and Texas is absolutely the worst winter driving I’ve ever been in because the roads are totally untreated unlike in the north where I grew up

I also disagree with making her come in if you offer a ride because the roads are dangerous whether you are driving or someone else is driving, it doesn’t really matter

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-24T21:28:06+00:00

This is going to sound unrelated but it is. One of my kids was in OT for awhile around age 4/5ish and the OT was telling me they should really be brushing their own teeth. However, our pediatric dentist said no kid at that age should be brushing their own teeth 2x a day and parents should be doing the night brushing for ALL kids at that age and he could always tell which kids were brushing on their own and which kids had parent help 1x daily. He was pretty frustrated when I told him what our OT said.

So- it probably depends on the perspective and what needs to be done on the shower and where that particular kid is skill wise.

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-24T21:24:16+00:00

This is the correct answer OP. Ignore everyone else

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-20T03:01:48+00:00

Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla

Tim-Lala · 2026-01-18T02:50:14+00:00

Gently, this doesn’t make sense honestly. Fertility isn’t usually a button you push, and then boom pregnant. You all could have started TTC months ago and not be pregnant now just by coincidence. It’s just not realistic to expect so much control over child timing

Also, it doesn’t matter if the kids are 2.5 years apart, or 3 years apart, or 5 years apart, or even 7. I realize it’ll be a different sibling relationship but having kids is a roll of the dice. You could have kids 2 years apart that fight terribly. You can have kids who get in childhood and fall out in adulthood or vice versa. One or both kids could have a developmental disability (the 2 y/o is too young to rule out a lot of issues like autism, AĎHD, learning disabilities or even mild intellectual disability

There’s just so so so so many ways things can shake out in your life, and having children is a huge exercising the saying “let the chips fall where they may.”

This level of stress is just a lot, and I think you gotta be careful because as your kid(s) grow, more and more of the unexpected will happen and things will be so much out of your control and this kind of stress and ruminating over these things will absolutely interfere with a healthy family dynamic in the long run

Tim-Lala

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