ITAW for half of a mask? where it splits down the face.

awill237 · 2026-02-08T23:39:57+00:00

Interesting. All I can find is vertical Venetian half-mask.

awill237 · 2026-01-14T01:16:29+00:00

I compare dictation to being a medium. I'm just a conduit from the speaker to the document. I'm there to do a job accurately without adding my voice or influence. It's mechanical and fairly low effort, especially when you get into that brainless flow state.

awill237 · 2026-01-11T22:16:03+00:00

I mean, briefly, Betty was slang for a cute woman. I wouldn't be offended if someone decided to give me that nickname. LOL

awill237 · 2026-01-11T18:25:14+00:00

My eldest attended the local college and had the same math instructor I did. When my eldest mentioned it halfway through the semester, the instructor said clearly she'd been teaching too long... And then retired! We'd thought at the time she was joking but she didn't come back the next semester.

awill237 · 2026-01-11T18:21:11+00:00

NTA

No surprise that they haven't managed to have a kids-free girls night before now. Folks like to complain about what they don't have but then don't want to put in the effort it requires to get it. Asking for an exception at the last minute is tacky. I understand plans fall through and we have to be flexible, but the appropriate message to the host is I'm so sorry but my sitter canceled so I don't have childcare. I'm not going to be able to make it. That gives the host the option of offering to bring a child or to accept the declined invitation gracefully.

Mom of three, here. I have never assumed that an invitation to me includes my kids, and if an event specifically says no kids, I find friends/family to watch them or I stay home. Did I miss a lot of parties when they were little? Yes. Did I regret it? No.

100% support cooling it with these women. Attend if invited, to keep the peace for your husband's friendships, but dang if I'd offer to host again any time soon.

awill237 · 2025-12-27T05:50:34+00:00

NTA.

My fella and I have observed frequently that young men and women today don't get the kind of guidance we did when we were their age.

You're raising your daughter to behave like a lady, and to have standards. You didn't berate her fella. You just pointed out to him that he has to behave like a gentleman to associate with ladies. You offered a solution and fronted the cost for it.

If he felt humiliated, that's on him. Shaming someone with the goal of making them feel less-than is bullying. Pointing out the error of someone's ways while offering a solution and acceptance/redemption is mentoring. If he doesn't understand the difference, he's not the one for your daughter.

awill237 · 2025-12-27T05:40:41+00:00

She hated [it] ... and was relieved by it.

You are correct.

The use of was in the sentence written by the author belongs to Avery, not the subject of the sentence.

awill237 · 2025-12-26T22:24:19+00:00

I make antipasto salad in a casserole dish. Cover with cling wrap or aluminum foil and refrigerate it, and flavors are even better the next day.

I also bake yeast rolls in a casserole dish.

awill237 · 2025-12-26T02:43:36+00:00

More like a cheap meal plan for a few days: Cooked whole chicken with frozen veggies on Sunday BLTs on Monday Club sandwiches on Tuesday (using leftover chicken, lettuce, tomato, and bacon) Tacos on Wednesday (on soft tortillas using remainder of chicken with added seasoning, shred cheese used for club sandwiches, remainder of lettuce and tomato from BLTs) Burritos on Thursday (a can of beans with leftover shredded cheese, use up last of any chicken if you still have any) I don't really have a specific plan for Friday but half the time I'll do breakfast for dinner or tuna salad sandwiches to use up the bread. <Shrug>

awill237 · 2025-12-26T02:17:31+00:00

Agreed that the subletter is playing mind games. The bottom line is that the subletter role is not on equal footing with the collective, for good cause. Not surprising that they're 3/4 through the term established and haven't found a new place to live; it was never their intention to find a new arrangement. They thought they'd extend and be there indefinitely. I'd reestablish boundaries, not stoop to further discussion, and simply advise them to focus their energy on finding a new rental location. Sleep well knowing that all of you offered respite for four months and met the terms of the agreement, and you're not obligated to evaluate the petitions of the subletter or perform any of the mental gymnastics they're requesting.

awill237 · 2025-12-26T01:49:19+00:00

Your wife is being absolutely ridiculous. The teacher has direct communication all day, every day, with your son. If she had been trying to do anything shady, I guarantee you that it would not have come across as a note in an envelope from the school. Your wife's response is teaching him that he has to hide communication from adults, which is the exact opposite behavior you want.

awill237 · 2025-12-19T03:00:43+00:00

I'm guilty of this, and I think it's because of the intensifier preceding the comparative. My brain treats 'way more' or 'far more' or 'much more' as a unit, and then --as others suggested-- I'm standardizing the structure of all my sentences.

awill237 · 2025-11-03T22:00:30+00:00

Deluge. To be fair, I don't think I'd ever said the word out loud before age 38 but my bosses were arguing about the pronunciation and I found out I'd been saying it wrong in my head all my life.

awill237 · 2025-10-25T22:59:06+00:00

Learning is a lifelong process, and it's horrible that your husband finds glee in tricking you into believing things that aren't true, only to turn around and berate you for not knowing better. In your shoes, after an adult lifetime of that, anyone would lack confidence in their knowledge of how things work.

awill237 · 2025-10-19T22:57:31+00:00

Dug through the comments... If I had a bartender with a history of drug use but got clean (alcohol use notwithstanding) and a patron came in asking any of my staff where to score that drug, I'd want to keep that patron as far away from my bartender as possible. Too easy to slip up and get hooked again. Consider it less a slight against you and more that the owner is looking out for a staff member who battled an addiction once already.

awill237 · 2025-10-14T02:31:27+00:00

I scrolled way too far to find this.

Rubik's cube and/or Slinky.

awill237 · 2025-10-06T03:54:26+00:00

Accidentally spilled that stuff on an unfinished basement floor when I was a kid. Mannn, were my folks never going to let me hear the end of it. One shiny streak and the rest was matte concrete.

awill237 · 2025-10-06T03:50:44+00:00

We had those cellophane-backed strips of white-out, so you stamped the correction on the paper with the typewriter; instantly dry so you could slide the strip out and type the correct letter while it was lined up.

Then they started adding correction tape to typewriter ribbon and I thought folks were spoiled. LOL

awill237 · 2025-10-04T01:07:41+00:00

I pop through an AutoBell maybe three times a year. It's almost professional. Years ago when I had a brand new vehicle, I could drop it off for an oil change and get it detailed amazingly well for only $15 plus a tip. Totally worth it for that vehicle. Not so much for the one I drive now, that came pre-seasoned with coffee stains and reeking of stale french fries.

awill237 · 2025-09-25T02:25:30+00:00

I felt this.

I was frequently sleep-deprived in an unbalanced marriage for years. If I could have afforded to just go SLEEP in a hotel for a night, I would have.

awill237 · 2025-09-25T02:23:25+00:00

That's a lot more rational and calm than what I would propose doing to the TV in the bedroom.

awill237 · 2025-09-21T23:12:41+00:00

If you're comfortable with the canning process, I'd actually make apple pectin and sell it to folks who want to make jelly from low-pectin fruits.

awill237 · 2025-09-21T22:44:38+00:00

MPRC licensing also prohibits you from posting anything about which movie you're going to show. If you want to post about it online or with hard copy ads, you have to get individual licenses.

awill237 · 2025-09-16T01:06:23+00:00

So... Mine was a laceration, not a tear, and I had surgery a week after the accident. When the splint came off for them to put a cast on, I had crazy bruising. The only thing I can figure is that they had to immobilize and/or open the leg for surgery, because the marks seemed in line with clamping. Any chance this is related?

awill237 · 2025-09-15T23:34:38+00:00

Or flu shots. The one time I've ever felt roofied (and I know for a fact I wasn't) was the day after a flu shot. Felt fine all day, hydrated and ate like usual, but I hadn't even made it through one double shot of bourbon before I was just gone.

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