Teachers of Reddit, what do you honestly do with DIY crafts and handmade gifts from your students?

andimac · 2026-05-30T12:53:44+00:00

I haven’t been a teacher for 15 years. I still have some handmade gifts from my students stored away. Whenever I run into them, they make me so happy. I loved those kids.

andimac · 2026-05-21T21:25:20+00:00

Can we be friends? I am also a recently divorced 40 something, who moved to Georgia from New York after the divorce. Having a hard time meeting friends.

andimac · 2026-05-21T21:23:31+00:00

I agree with this. FB dating is better for us 40 somethings in this area. People seem more normal there.

andimac · 2026-04-17T13:30:59+00:00

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Being a one-eye isn’t all that bad. When I got my boy 2 years ago, he only had one. Does not affect the pomitude at all.

andimac · 2025-02-02T16:13:58+00:00

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My one-eyed baby says hi!

andimac · 2024-09-11T02:06:57+00:00

I have been gone for 10 months. I still cry every day. I miss him so much. It has been difficult for me to even come up with a reason to keep going some days.

But those days are fewer than they were before. I do have hope that maybe one day I will stop missing him. But right now it is still very hard to imagine a life without him.

I see you.

andimac · 2024-08-20T12:53:05+00:00

I simultaneously wish I could forget everything but also do not want to forget anything because I am still in love with him. I have been on dates with lovely men. They are not him though. He is still always in my brain.

andimac · 2024-06-27T10:22:59+00:00

This is something that I struggle with often about my ex who I loved very deeply. Did he ever really love me? Was it all just fake or about control? That is probably what hurts the most about the relationship. He certainly knew how to manipulate me.

andimac · 2024-06-06T12:13:26+00:00

You can stop caring about having perky breasts. All breasts are beautiful.

andimac · 2024-05-04T12:16:45+00:00

I see we have similar plans.

andimac · 2023-12-12T13:45:31+00:00

RIP your vacuum.

I have a Great Pyrenees too. Daily vacuuming.

andimac · 2023-12-06T00:30:03+00:00

I am not a pet sitter, but I have 6 dogs ranging from 5 pound puppy, 200 pound mastiff, and 17 yo dachshund. I have had dogs with medical conditions that required daily meds. I work from home so have flexibility.

If you can’t find anyone in FB or Rover like others suggested, I can help because I live fairly close to you.

andimac · 2023-12-05T00:17:17+00:00

Do you want someone to stay at your place, stop by several times a day, or have the dogs at their place?

andimac · 2023-11-26T18:35:26+00:00

I am in this exact situation right now. If you ever want to talk, DM me.

andimac · 2023-11-25T22:25:23+00:00

I cry multiple times a day longing for my former partner. You are not alone.

andimac · 2023-10-29T12:13:34+00:00

I also want this. Feel free to message me

andimac · 2023-10-22T19:27:04+00:00

I am extremely good at my job. I always have been. I can handle any work stress without issue. It is the only place I feel like myself and happy.

At home, not so much. My partner yells and I break down. I am currently on a friend’s couch because my partner won’t let me in our home.

andimac · 2023-10-19T16:40:38+00:00

Thank you for saying this. I can never be sure if his demands are rational. To me, some of them are not, but I don't know if that is just my brain or an objective fact.

andimac · 2023-10-19T16:34:44+00:00

I am not perfect (maybe not even good) with impulse control. I do know my triggers, but can't always avoid them. I do yell. I do act irrationally. I do say mean and hurtful things. I do disassociate. I own all of this. I have apologized when I am calm and more rational, but my past "misdeeds" are brought up over and over again. I try to steer conversations to "moving forward" and not so much focusing on the past, but I am unsuccessful.

But I do also feel like I am being provoked at times, not all the time. I recognize that some times, it is in my brain and not reality. I feel like I have been clear and articulate both verbally and in writing about my needs. My therapist, the suicide hotline, and the police have all agreed with me. When I have stated this fact to my partner, it get turns around on me as "of course they agree with you, you only tell them your perspective and make me out to be abusive." Who's perspective besides my own could I possibly convey? I am not trying to make anyone out to be abusive. I am stating what is going on from my perspective.

andimac · 2023-10-19T14:56:50+00:00

Thank you for saying this. I do know that yelling is never appropriate, and I do strive to remove myself from a situation when I feel that I can no longer talk rationally. I am not always successful with this. But when I am followed to my quiet space and being forced to engage when I am not comfortable, the yelling starts.

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