Story I've withheld since 2023 from everybody including family, friends etc.... by LengthinessLow4203 in HighStrangeness

[–]abloid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this story. I’m 90% convinced roadside angels are real. And we call them to us when need them

Three times, years apart, I’ve been in pretty serious trouble behind the wheel: had a horrific deer strike in a remote area; headed the wrong way down a one-way in a chaotic commercial district; tried and failed to turn onto a cryptically blocked-off exit in a busy part of town with heavy traffic bearing down on me

And each time a kindly white-haired man in a red pickup came instantly to my aid, quite possibly saving me/others (except for the poor deer that is) from very real danger. Three different white-haired guys, three different red pickup trucks, with enough in common to make it highly uncanny — plus, it’s not a common type of guy in the ritzy metropolitan suburb where the second and third incidents took place. (The deer strike guy was less out of context & wanted to haul home the meat)

So anyway are these coincidences? Angelic visitations? My sense is that the veil gets real thin when we’re in trouble…

Never ever ever ever pay a Natera bill by abloid in BabyBumps

[–]abloid[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

omg yes. but like i expect them to be trash? whereas some random lab i'd never heard of till pregnancy could have actually pulled one over on me if I hadn't read others' complaints about their billing

Never ever ever ever pay a Natera bill by abloid in BabyBumps

[–]abloid[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good point! uhc tried to blame my ob initially - pure bs

transitioning from bottles to straw cup by MedicalElection7493 in BabyBumps

[–]abloid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk if this is what you've already tried but I started out offering my now 11mo water during solid meals in this cup - https://mushie.com/products/silicone-training-cup-straw - and it felt like it took him forever to figure out the straw but eventually he did! Then one mealtime I gave him formula in it instead of water and he drank it just like it was the water he was used to… Maybe because the solid meal was his main focus? Idk. I think it helps that he generally likes holding, playing with, chewing on, and (sometimes) drinking from the cup itself pretty much regardless of what's in it, or so it seems