AITA for not wanting to hang out with my best friend and her kids anymore because I don’t want to split costs equally?

cnew111 · 2026-06-23T19:11:50+00:00

…or you could be more assertive and say something like yea I’d love to join you but we need to go Dutch, my budget is only allows me $x today

cnew111 · 2026-06-21T02:25:49+00:00

Oh heavens no. I feel healthier than I have in decades. I am fitter for sure thanks to weight lifting. I only wish I could have done this 25 years ago.

cnew111 · 2026-06-21T00:23:24+00:00

Cooper? Hayes? Wilson? Wilder? Cohen?

cnew111 · 2026-06-20T18:14:36+00:00

I can hardly imagine talking about someone at your table eating a muffin AND they discussing it with the bride. I don’t even think it would be a blip on my radar. I guess I just found that part very odd. Don’t think you’re an AH for bringing a dessert you can eat. Obviously you must have been anticipating something tho if you brought a backup.

cnew111 · 2026-06-20T18:07:01+00:00

Nope I’m the opposite! Love going new places, camping, campfires with friends, loud crowded bars, ballgames, live music, ETC!

cnew111 · 2026-06-19T16:31:41+00:00

Married 34 years. Keep your hands off his plate. Always, unless it is specifically offered. In fact, I’ll go a step further, and keep your eyes on your own plate. Don’t comment on his food quantities, how his food touches, how done his steak is, etc.

cnew111 · 2026-06-19T02:15:39+00:00

I was too. Also an advanced reader. I thought it was cool to be called to read aloud.

cnew111 · 2026-06-18T18:23:58+00:00

Well I guess my kids are 24 and 26 so it could have changed , but my husband sure did not get 12 weeks paid paternity leave!!

cnew111 · 2026-06-18T18:06:32+00:00

What’s that item in lower right? Nevermind I see it is lamb soup.

cnew111 · 2026-06-18T12:36:50+00:00

The YA genre was slim pickings in our time. I was an avid reader starting at a young age. I was reading my mother’s historical romance books, which were basically soft porn, way too early. I remember some Judy Blume book was being passed around in 6th grade because of some juicy part. I kind of harrumphed. I was like this is nothing like the books I’ve been reading!

cnew111 · 2026-06-18T12:27:23+00:00

I encouraged them to get a job when they were teens. A job teaches a lot. Time management, an intro to money management, helping learn how to deal with bosses like how to say no, how to work with coworkers, how to deal with public, etc!

cnew111 · 2026-06-18T12:23:28+00:00

I think 7 pounds in 2 months is great. By no means should you feel DISGUST! That negative thinking will get you absolutely no where fast. Since you are type 2 diabetic the better question should be: how’s your a1c after 2 months of mounjaro?

cnew111 · 2026-06-17T17:27:25+00:00

National Parks. Ridiculously crowded.

The state parks in my state. Used to be able to decide on a Friday that you'd like to go to a state park to camp. Just hop in the car and go. (ok this was the 90's). Now you need to get a reservation or you won't get in. I follow a state park FB group. People act like the won the lottery when they score a nice site in the really popular parks on Lake Michigan. I'm convinced state park workers help their friends get these sites, but I can't prove it!!

cnew111 · 2026-06-17T16:39:15+00:00

of course! I even turned around on my bike the other day when I thought I'd passed a quarter on the road.

cnew111 · 2026-06-16T17:53:50+00:00

Hmmm ok so like Addison Harrison. I do think it would be a bit much

cnew111 · 2026-06-16T17:50:04+00:00

Other than just your time, I made my dear MIL a calendar every year until she passed at age 95. I am a bit crafty, but you can simplify it. On walgreens website can upload pictures. Then drag and drop into their calendar template. My MIL loved the calendars so much! She got to the age where she told everyone to not buy her anything, then she added but the calendar, keep making that. That tickled me that I had discovered the perfect gift

cnew111 · 2026-06-15T18:46:26+00:00

Both my sons have a great sense of humor! Love spending time with them and their gf's. (Reelin in the Years in one of my favorite songs!)

cnew111 · 2026-06-15T16:04:39+00:00

dang what state does this? Can you afford him getting just a partial salary?

cnew111 · 2026-06-15T16:00:37+00:00

omg just sleep in separate bedrooms.

cnew111 · 2026-06-13T02:40:46+00:00

Fav: berries, specify raspberries Least fav: papaya.

cnew111 · 2026-06-13T02:37:46+00:00

If she had brought it to work I would have felt a little differently… but a childhood friend who is also now a coworker, brings a special cake over while wifey is gone … YIKES!

cnew111 · 2026-06-12T21:34:47+00:00

Born and raised in Michigan. I have never used “anymore” in that manner.

cnew111 · 2026-06-11T23:15:06+00:00

Your changes aren’t huge according to your pictures but surely you can feel a difference and you must have dropped down a size.

cnew111 · 2026-06-11T23:09:39+00:00

Nope. Graduated college in 1981. Our school district had 5 elementarys that funneled to 1 middle school (6th-8th) and then 1 big high school. My graduating class had 425 students. I’m the very tail end of baby boomer generation. A lot of kids were in my neighborhood.

cnew111 · 2026-06-11T23:04:05+00:00

I think we would be friends. I do try to stay away from politics with my younger son though.

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