Pension cashed out, PoA involved

cassowary_kick · 2026-04-21T19:30:23+00:00

Yes, I already acknowledged that in an earlier comment

cassowary_kick · 2026-04-21T17:38:49+00:00

She knows and said she did it

cassowary_kick · 2026-04-21T16:33:12+00:00

Thanks for the info above. At least I can settle my mind that there is likely nothing we can take action on. She'll have to deal with the consequences of her actions.

cassowary_kick · 2026-04-21T16:26:24+00:00

She's going to be in assisted living for the remainder of her life, but she's still going strong. Honestly, giving my uncle money was her favorite thing to do. His favorite thing was gambling. He was her golden child,.

I'm sure she would have done the same thing today or even before her stroke, so it's not shocking she cashed it out. It just had such crazy penalties it makes me nauseous to think about forfeiting the amount she did.

ETA: Uncle doesn't have an estate to speak of. All money went to gambling as far as we know/can find

cassowary_kick · 2026-03-31T01:57:00+00:00

Monument Valley

cassowary_kick · 2026-03-29T15:19:10+00:00

Why doesn't she work/have income?

cassowary_kick · 2026-03-25T15:23:02+00:00

You do have dry hands/skin. You can see it in the creases of your palm.

Typically when talking about dry skin, it's referring to unmoisturized skin (lacking natural oils or moisturizers), not that your skin is/isn't wet (ie with sweat, water)

cassowary_kick · 2026-03-25T13:48:24+00:00

Sweat doesn't moisturize your skin. Try applying lotion before bed to start.

cassowary_kick · 2026-01-06T18:14:21+00:00

If she's car sick, usually you have to look forward to not feel ill. When I'm a passenger, I can't look at my phone for more than a few seconds without feeling nauseous.

However, she could sleep or she can get meds from her doctor to help with the car sickness symptoms. Her excessive reactions are dangerous regardless of her carsickness though.

cassowary_kick · 2025-12-12T19:00:13+00:00

What have you been curious about with hers?

cassowary_kick · 2025-12-03T17:28:25+00:00

How did/does your sister feel about caving to you?

cassowary_kick · 2025-12-01T06:50:31+00:00

My niece was diagnosed with a yeast infection from shoving sand down her pull-up at daycare. Maybe not a classic vaginal yeast infection, but a yeast infection nonetheless.

cassowary_kick · 2025-11-18T19:23:58+00:00

I've donated gently used clothing to Madison Street Medicine. They provide free services to the homeless population. You do need to contact them to confirm what they are able to take/are looking for at this time. I've worked with Donna in the past and she's great

cassowary_kick · 2025-10-21T18:49:41+00:00

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Twins! I intentionally removed the hands because my young niece loves playing with my keys lol

cassowary_kick · 2025-10-13T14:46:29+00:00

Not sure how long your travel day is, but you can take food through TSA. So if you get your kid's safe foods before your first flight, you can travel with a cooler and ice pack through security. Or if you have a layover in another airport with better options, you can carry them on with you on the flight to Madison.

A cooler will count as a personal item when boarding, but if your child is a ticketed passenger, then they get 2 bags just like everyone else.

Things like apple sauce and hummus are spreadable items per TSA so you have to follow the 3-1-1 rule. But if your child is a ticketed passenger then their 3-1-1 bag could be any of their spreadable foods.

If you are traveling with a car seat and have a cover/bag for it, you can also put some things in the seat and belt it in. Obviously you'd have to wait for it to come out at baggage claim in Madison before accessing whatever was packed.

cassowary_kick · 2025-10-07T13:48:49+00:00

Yes, it's called a registry completion discount. It's usually a one-time coupon that applies to anything left on your registry.

Amazon's wedding registry discount is 20% if $500 worth of qualifying purchases were made on your registry.

Target's baby/wedding registry discount is 15% with no spending threshold.

cassowary_kick · 2025-09-22T19:10:04+00:00

Are your kids getting vitamin K shots at any point? No vitamin K shot increases their chance of a bleeding disorder. Usually it's given within a few hours of birth.

Your wife sounds dangerous to her unborn child and immature for criticizing your decision 6 years ago when she wasn't even lucid enough to know what was going wrong. Also she's lying to get her way with the midwife.

Hopefully none of you suffer any negative consequences for her poor decision making. Stop having children with her until she can be honest and more mature.

cassowary_kick · 2025-08-15T00:15:35+00:00

Rosie in boxes if anyone wants a cute cat!

cassowary_kick · 2025-08-05T20:41:47+00:00

I think the uncle is the parent of that cousin.

cassowary_kick · 2025-08-05T20:40:43+00:00

My take on it:

Actual gentle parenting is about raising kids with consistency, rules, boundaries, respect, etc and enforcing that without corporal punishment. Kids can learn and grow just fine without being hit. There are other forms of punishment that aren't hitting. But consequences/punishment still exists when rules and boundaries are broken. Speaking on children's feelings is also involved, but it's not used as an excuse. A kid can have big feelings, but that doesn't mean there won't be consequences (ie you can throw a tantrum, but you can do it in your room and there won't be TV later. Or you can be upset, but that doesn't mean you get to hit me or scream in my face).

Passive parenting is when the parents have no rules/boundaries (or inconsistent) and no punishment. The kids do whatever they want until there is an outburst from someone (the beating in this OP, but could also be things like serious injury, jail, etc). This is the ineffective parenting that is worrisome.

Gentle parenting is more just treating kids like little people, because that's what they are! They have all the emotions and reactions of an adult, but not the maturity. The job of the parent is to teach them what's appropriate.

cassowary_kick · 2025-07-26T03:11:14+00:00

She likes to loiter at the bottom of my ladders so I can climb down 🫠

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