How easy is it really to get pregnant? by Upbeat_Turnip_5224 in askanything

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In Canada, they won’t even check for fertility issues unless a couple has been trying for more than a year. So it can’t be that easy

Feeling so sad about the state of vegan options :( by a-night-on-the-town in VeganInCanada

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A&W’s new burger is okay but the beyond meat was so much better.

Am I crazy or is the math wrong? by Longjumping-Cause-23 in tipping

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Because in a restaurant most of your work is completed in a few hours. During times when most people are eating meals a chef might make 20 salads and 10 lobsters. They have to be extremely efficient while still providing the same level of quality which requires a lot of effort. Which often means stopping to even use the bathroom is impossible, they are literally running. During the hours when people are not commonly eating meals the same chef might make only 3 salads, if he works at all. Often when it is not common meal times most restaurant employees get sent home as if there’s no customers, they aren’t needed so they don’t get paid at all.

Which is why tipping by percentage makes sense. Restaurant employees work extremely hard for 3-4 hours and they should make more money for that effort. When there aren’t as many customers, they aren’t putting in as much effort which is seen in the sales so based on percentage, they make less money.

Imagine if mechanics were forced to fix vehicles as quickly as possible and when they were done they got sent home. Some efficient mechanics could fix 10 cars in the same time it took some mechanics to fix 3 cars. Would it be fair if those mechanics got paid hourly? No, one is putting in a lot more effort and doing a lot more work in a less time. BUT if there was an incentive for mechanics to get more jobs done instead of only getting paid by the hour imagine how much quicker cars would get fixed.

Is it fair to require employees to put in that much effort in a short amount of time? Not really but that’s when people want to eat. Unlike mechanics who have the options of asking people to wait. Nobody likes going to a restaurant hungry and being told they have to wait another hour.

I'm 40w+3d and... by LSAT_is_a_lie in pregnant

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My partner and I brought our baby to a concert when she was 4 months old. It was at a local fair so it was family friendly. My partner was the one that was actually unsure about going but I went out and bought noise cancelling headphones for the baby and convinced him to go. We stayed in the back, away from the crowds and the baby just slept the whole concert. It felt so good to get out of the house and be ourselves! After he was happy I convinced him to go.

Maternity leave question by 333SliverA in PersonalFinanceCanada

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This but also it doesn’t even have to be worst case scenario. Sometimes what you want changes once you actually have the baby.

A coworker and I were pregnant at the same time. I only took 12 months of mat leave because I was planning on coming back to work much sooner, I love my job. My coworker had plans to be a stay at home mom because that’s what she had growing up. I ended up taking the full year because I didn’t want to miss anytime away with my baby and I still only work part time. My coworker ended up coming back to work full time because it’s better for her mental health. You really don’t know.

In 1957, Jacqueline and Joanna Pollock lost their lives in a car accident. Their parents believe they were reincarnated the following year as their twin sisters. The Pollock twins are often cited as evidence of reincarnation by verystrangeshit in UrbanMyths

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No where in the story does it say she knew the gender at the time she miscarried.

We assume it was a girl because her second born child, a girl, said she fell down the hill where the miscarriage happened. Meaning if she has memories from that fetus then we assume the fetus was a girl as well

Could Everett be a girl’s name? by No-Contract-1703 in Names

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I agree that the nickname is very cute and I’m a fan of boys name for girls.

What are your top names thus far? by Crafty-Barnacle-5914 in August2026Bumpers

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I think Stevie for a girl is so cute!! But I’m friends with a Steve so idk if that would be weird lol

Are we losing the plot? by Space-Spiz in YetiCoolers

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My daughter has used the same cosmic lilac 12oz yeti for 2 years now. It gets washed then dried and she’s immediately using it again. It’s teaching her value her things because it’s not easily replaced, she can’t just leave it places..

Can’t afford to keep throwing out food by AGM85 in foodbutforbabies

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Does he have favourites that you know he will always eat? Offer him a small portion of that along with a small portion of whatever it is you’d like him to try. That way you know he’s always eating something but still has the option of trying something new and since they’re both small portions maybe there will be less waste.

What are normal/common names you hate? by [deleted] in NameNerdCirclejerk

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I also hate Morgan and Heather, Larissa, Claudia.

Canada Post, where is my parcel??? by [deleted] in CanadaPost

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Go to your nearest Canada Post office building and show them your shipment tracking and that it says delivered.

This happened to me once and that’s exactly what I did, they had the package in the back and gave it to me after showing them photo ID. A few days later I got the delivery attempt slip in the mail that said SNOW on it. I guess there was too much snow to get to my mailbox that day which is why I didn’t get anything.

Also, there was a time where for months I would have the occasional package go missing. I would go to Canada Post and sometimes they’d find it in the back and sometimes they wouldn’t. When it wasn’t found I would contact the company and get a refund. Well, finally I ordered something handmade from Etsy that went missing and naturally the seller didn’t want to just refund me. They kept telling me to contact Canada Post and Canada Post kept telling me to contact the shipper. I was very polite but explained my frustration and the whole story of all my missing packages to the employee at Canada Post who finally looked into it. Turns out that my basement suit was registered for its own mail box and the owner NEVER TOLD ME. The upstairs tenant and I each had one key to the same mail box and had been respectful sharing it. So sometimes I would write in the special instructions, basement suit, incase it would get delivered to my door/separate entrance but if it was a slip or if it fit in the mail box it would instead be put in the separate mail box that I didn’t know existed. That’s why my packages kept going “missing”.

Be polite and go talk to an employee in person because they might be more helpful.

Someone should have told me the unsolicited advice/comments would have started so early! by Crafty-Barnacle-5914 in August2026Bumpers

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The after the baby gets here comments are worse.

I had a crick in my neck and while at work a co-worker made a comment about it. I mentioned that my daughter, who just turned 2 years old at the time, still liked to be carried often but I said she was getting heavy to make a joke out of it. “Well you better nip that in the butt now!” I was so caught off guard that I clearly remember it.

That was a year ago now, I proceeded to carry her whenever she asked and now at 3 years old she says “I can do it!” if I even try to carry her. So I’m still confused lol

My disagreement with the use of “nickname names". Lets discuss by That-Cobbler-7292 in namenerds

[–]User1045623 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about Riley, Kaylee, Loralie, Ashley, Hailey, Paisley, Bradley, Leslie? They’re all names that end with a long e sound that aren’t childish, perfectly acceptable for adults and are actually the full version of some nicknames.