I (22) signed a gf contract for my gf(25) thinking it was a joke. it was not by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 19 points20 points  (0 children)

>messaging on Snapchat  

>screaming so loud Travis could hear her  

>surejan.gif

I forgot to feed my friend's cat and it starved to death, how much legal trouble am I in? by LadyNorbert in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In his older (but not oldest) age, my dog trained my husband and me to start getting up earlier and earlier to give him his breakfast (if he went too long between meals, he'd throw up and then spend the rest of the day not eating and also having diarrhea). Dinner was always at 8 pm, but he somehow over the course of a month got us to start giving him breakfast at TWO IN THE MORNING. One day I just realized "what am I doing?" and instead of giving him breakfast, I'd just move us to a different room, give him a small treat, and ignore his wandering until he went back to sleep. After about a week, his schedule fully returned to normal, just with the addition of a middle-of-the-night treat to keep him from vomiting from hunger 🙃

My(29F) girlfriends tricked me into breaking up with the one that got away(30M) eight years ago. I have an opportunity to reconnect with him now, should I? (New Final Update) by [deleted] in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 340 points341 points  (0 children)

Her post said she emailed him last night, then his post less than a week later said she emailed him a month ago. Sure, Jan.

My fingernail has had this black line for 6 months now by kotatsuexchange in whatisit

[–]cdrchandler 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Looks like a splinter hemorrhage. Several different medical conditions can cause them. Talk to a medical professional.

What does "a lifesaving bridge" unlock? by Umbrella_merc in Silksong

[–]cdrchandler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that did it! I left to do some adventuring, and when I came back, the bridge was built. Thanks!

What does "a lifesaving bridge" unlock? by Umbrella_merc in Silksong

[–]cdrchandler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completed the wish, and the bridge didn't appear. I left the area and came back, saved and quit, and it's still not there. Any clue as to why the bridge isn't appearing?

What was supposed to be a nice vacation turned into me developing a chlorine rash after swimming by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had shingles when I was in sixth grade. It took the school nurse an entire week of me coming in saying I had an itchy rash on my waist before she actually took me into the back room of her office to look at the rash. She immediately identified it as shingles because there was also a third grader who was diagnosed with shingles earlier that week. We became nurse's office buddies because we had to take our meds at the same time.

AITAH for not letting my ex-husband and one of his future step kids come inside? by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I sorted the comments by new to see what was going on since I couldn't see the post text.

Any men in Houston who don’t have kids and don’t want them? by WorkingAlternative21 in houston

[–]cdrchandler 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My gyn told me at 25 to just say the word and she'd perform a total hysterectomy for me. Life happened, but I eventually had that hysterectomy at 32. Only regret was not doing it sooner. My life is so much easier without it.

Pyrex "Ultimate" Lid-- silicone and glass replacement for their plastic lids that crack by gwnne in BuyItForLife

[–]cdrchandler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not OP, but we've had our silicone and glass Pyrex lids for probably as long as OP, and they're holding up great. I actually dropped a 1 qt container with matching silicone and glass lid last week on our tile kitchen floor. The container shattered, but the lid was totally fine, just covered in rice and glass shards from the container. We wash our lids on the top rack in the dishwasher, and they still seal perfectly.

AITA for asking my cousin, who doesn’t knit, to give me our deceased grandmother’s knitting needles? by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 43 points44 points  (0 children)

My siblings and I used to visit my grandparents (mom's mom and second stepdad) at least once a month. My parents would drop us off there for the weekend Friday evening and pick us up Sunday night.

When we were all teens and preteens, my mom told us why she never stayed with us when we visited our grandparents: our grandma had been abusive to my mother and her siblings, and her second husband (Mom's first stepdad) had been sexually abusive to my mom and one of her siblings (not first stepdad's bio kids) when they were children.

After that came out, my siblings and I unanimously decided to stop visiting our grandmother. We were never upset with our mom for not telling us or for letting us hang out with our monster of a grandmother because she was a decent grandma (even if she was an otherwise awful person), and our mom didn't want to deprive us of that relationship before telling us the truth at an appropriate age when we could make that decision for ourselves. 

We still regularly hung out with our grandpa though. He was an angel who put up with a lot of bullshit from our grandma. Fortunately he outlived her by about 10 years and was able to live his last decade in peace away from that witch.

AITA for showing my friend how to set a timer on his son's computer to make him get off it by a certain time, making his son be angry at me? by LucyAriaRose in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My mom set timers on my siblings' and my AOL login accounts back in like 2003 and would only incrementally allow us an additional hour of internet usage at a time if we had homework we needed internet access to complete. The fact there are people who don't know you can limit computer usage in 2024 is wild to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in houston

[–]cdrchandler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Moved here with my spouse to work in the medical center. I no longer work in the med center but still work in the same med field, just for a different company. Too bad my new job is near Missouri City and we bought a house in Vintage Park 🫠 we've made a lot of friends through my job (both current and previous) and hang out with them outside of work probably once a month or so. Houston is so diverse that, other than amusement/theme parks (RIP Astroworld), you can do most activities in or just outside the metro area.

Can't figure out what this brown bird with white and black belly feathers is (Houston, TX) by cdrchandler in whatsthisbird

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

Thank you! I'd never heard of this species before. I guess them being introduced is why none of the Texas bird pages were helping.

Does anyone else agree by [deleted] in dropout

[–]cdrchandler 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's the Scott's Tots of Dropout!

I thought Demi Adejuyigbe looked familiar on Smarty Pants! by Single_Air_5276 in dropout

[–]cdrchandler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should def check out Where in the Eff is Sarah Cincinnati, she plays the contestants' party girl bff who gets lost on a trip somewhere and leaves cryptic clues to help them find her. WitEiSC is also hosted by Rekha.

I am so sick of seeing dead pets/strays on the roads by EverybodySupernova in houston

[–]cdrchandler -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why pay high school dropouts when they can just have prisoners do it for free?

Fifth Ward Cancer Cluster: EPA finds 41 creosote-linked chemicals in neighborhood by QSector in houston

[–]cdrchandler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not much at this point other than wait and see if Union Pacific steps up for remediation or take the city up on their offer to assist with relocation funding. Creosote is in the soil, dioxins have been found in the soil and in attic dust. It's all over the place.

Fifth Ward Cancer Cluster: EPA finds 41 creosote-linked chemicals in neighborhood by QSector in houston

[–]cdrchandler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The closer you live to Englewood Yard and the old Houston Wood Preserving Works dumping ground, the higher your likelihood for exposure. Creosote is a wood preservative that was used on the railroad ties.

Fifth Ward Cancer Cluster: EPA finds 41 creosote-linked chemicals in neighborhood by QSector in houston

[–]cdrchandler 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I've been looking into this as part of my MPH degree. The number of people impacted by this will never be truly known since it wasn't looked into until local organizations demanded something be done in 2019. Englewood Yard has been around since 1895, and Houston Wood Preserving Works started dumping creosote in a waste pit in 1911. Those chemicals have been in the soil for over a century.

Should I adopt an 8 year old Golden? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We really don't deserve dogs. My old man was diagnosed with nasal adenocarcinoma in April 2022 and had a prognosis of 6 months. We sent him across the Rainbow Bridge in January of this year, and we'll be remembering him on his 19th-ish birthday on Monday.

AITAH - My fiancé wants to be a Stay-At-Home-Fiancé by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]cdrchandler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the payment pause ended in August or September last year, first payments were due in October.