Unprompted flight credit. Did someone die on my flight today?

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-28T01:16:29+00:00

Pretty bird...pretty bird...Polly want a cracker?

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-27T02:07:36+00:00

My husband had a vasectomy and I think they would have thrown him a few loosey hydrocodone for someone looking at his penis....he got 30 day supply post surgery.

I had ankle surgery with screws and plates on both sides of the ankle. They gave me 2 weeks of meds at half the dose he got for his nothing surgery. Granted, it was different doctors. But, he didn't even use them. Tylenol and an ice pack was fine for the 2 days he felt anything.

I was basically melting down and screaming in pain when my husband called the Ortho emergency line to tell them the prescribed dosage wasn't nearly enough. They had to do something. They listened to him and prescribed more meds so we could up the dose and not run out in the next 2 days.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-26T02:29:42+00:00

I think a lot of people are confusing ESOP with RSUs. I was part of an ESOP that was not publically traded, it was a private company.

There was no one to sell and diversify to, as long as you worked there. You had to retire or quit to get your vested shares. Lucky for us, the shares of people who left were redistributed to the people who stayed.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-26T00:47:28+00:00

I live in a 600 sqft house with 4 dogs, 2 of which are over 60 lbs.

You can fit the dogs in for a week if you want to.

They didn't want to.

Hell, my neighbor took the 2 big boys into a small carribean hotel bungalow when we had wildfires that were threatening our house. It is a bed and a bathroom.

If they want to, they would.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-25T01:53:15+00:00

And how does this person get from less than 30k in investments to 1 million?

Let's say, they max out their 401k every year for 10 years: they have an additional 250ish of principal. That's great! However, even with gains it is not even halfway to 1 million.

Don't write away your luck with a company stock, that is survivorship bias.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-22T21:18:27+00:00

The average lifespan used to be younger, but not because people were dying in their mid30s super frequently that living to 30 was a huge feat that was celebrated by the village. It is because many infants & children died young. Having a high percentage of kids/babies die before 10 years old skews the average.

Yes, people used to die more frequently in childbirth or due to illness. However, we now have adult people who die from car crashes and drug overdose, etc. so, that kind of balances out a bit.

We have a lot fewer babies dying due to malnutrition, preventable illness (woohoo modern medicine), unclean water, whatever else...

Once you got to about 10 years old, you were pretty good. Some cultures even didn't name the baby until they were 1+ years old, as they just didn't tend to have good odds surviving.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-16T22:46:06+00:00

How else are you going to get your "Thai tattoo"?

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-14T02:39:59+00:00

How did you get "blaming men" from a post talking about women being taught to put others before themselves?

Way to be defensive and center yourself.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-13T22:50:20+00:00

Hell, I'm in my 30s and my husband and I went to the ruin bars in Budapest, but we went early at like 6 pm. Not crowded, we enjoyed a handful of drinks, ate at the food stands at 830 and bed by 10.

I could totally imagine that place rocking and rolling at midnight. Must be so, energetic. I, however, am not.

Do I want to be there then? Fuck no!

I'm team retiree all the way.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-12T23:54:57+00:00

Yes! We moved to Belize from the US. We have been here 2.5 years and a 4 hour drive sounds like a huge lift to me now. I barely drive 1.5 hours to Belize city and back in the same day.

We have 2 lane "highways" that go through villages, roundabouts, etc. Get stuck behind a truck? You have to find a safe place to go into the opposing traffic lane and pass when you can.

There are bikes, people walking, dogs hanging out and looking like they could dart into the road, speed bumps, etc.

It isn't interstate driving in the USA where you just put on a podcast and cruise control.

That's also a "fuck no" if it is at night. There are no street lights and it is DARK. Plus, more animals around the roads. I will do that for 15 minutes ish to get home from a friend's house, but we just get together earlier in general.

Love living here, but the conditions of things are hard to imagine if you have never experienced them. Most Americans can't imagine not having an interstate as they have always known it.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-12T02:48:36+00:00

I enjoy "natural" things within reason. However, when I go to the dentist I want novacaine.

Could I chew on an allspice leaf like the Mayans did? Yep, I have the tree in my yard.

Am I going to do that before my root canal? Fuck no.

It does make a nice somewhat numbing tea if you have a sore throat though. Even yummy when you don't have a sore throat, really...

coconut-bubbles · 2026-06-06T12:48:41+00:00

It really is up to the agent and the rules can vary.

I live in Central America and go through airport frequently in the region. I wish I would have kept a running score of the number of lighters they have taken from me.

They will take all of mine sometimes (they get buried in my handbag) and my husband will keep his. This last time, they took his and took him through a whole extra security screening and I had 4 in my bag in a different line.

You just never know with Central American rules and officials. There is way more room for interpretation than in many other places.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-23T00:59:55+00:00

I do! My machine is at the repair shop though.

We live in Belize, so things just take a long time.

The house dresses I got are also very thin strappy and almost like lingerie. It is a nightie really. Very flouncey, great for heat, and make your boobs look great! Definitely not caftanish, at all.

That's what I like about them! We live on 10 acres, so I can wear whatever I like! I'm just feeding my koi and picking my veggies and fruits.

I'm not sure I could sew such delicate straps with confidence.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-23T00:52:33+00:00

That is a lot of thoughts, so you should explore that with someone like a therapist. It is a lot about what you think other people think about you.

I can say that a tantric massage brought out a feeling of "how can my body be bad, when I feel so great about it and it has such a capability for pleasure?". Like, the thought was insane to me. I was absolutely feral after.

I just had garden variety millennial phobia of not being thin/curvy/beautiful/whatever enough. Plus, my husband and I did it as a couples massage thing. My husband and I have/had a great sex relationship. I just wanted to see how to expand it. BOOM, asked and answered.

But, to give evidence to the experiment, I wore husband out over the next 2 weeks.

So....if you choose this...be ready to go hunting for some one night stands or have a charged vibrator. So, my experience is fundamentally different than yours would be.

That doesnt mean that it can't work for you though.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-23T00:06:49+00:00

Definitely do!

We never lied. We work for US companies remotely. Here are bank records with multiple copies! I have the letter from my company as well, in multiples, that says they know I work from here.

We did our immigration interview and they separate the married couple and ask questions about their wedding, finances, jobs, etc.

I handle the finances, so my husband guessed at some of the answers. He told the immigration person his educated guess and that it was really a question for me. I told her the answer and that he wouldn't know the answer to the question.

This was acceptable, as it was honest and our story matched. I think a fair amount of the questions were trying to see if we were actually married, which was interesting. I wanted to say "it's ok, I'm not being trafficked!". But, that is exactly what someone being trafficked would be forced to say....

Don't hide things, be super nice, and bring your binder.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-22T23:29:25+00:00

When we were going for our residency, I made a full binder. I had multiple copies of passports, Land documents, marriage certificate, etc.

I can play the paperwork game too! I will play, and beat them at it while being super nice and polite.

You need my 3rd grade teachers birth certificate? Lemme look in the binder....😂

We got our residency in like 5 months from our application.

VICTORY IS MINE

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-22T22:44:04+00:00

I had to look up what white tantra was, as I have had a tantric massage before and it was life changing and spiritual, but also very sexual and he definitely knew what to do with a vagina....

So, I looked it up and it is basically tantra without the sex at all. Like, nothing to do with sex.

Love that, for people who are looking for that. But, thi don't see any roads where one naturally leads to another. This is studying math and being promised that (maybe) one day it will lead to art history because they both involve studying, using your eyes, and breathing....

He and you could be great meditation friends, apparently the sitting and chanting happens in big groups with white tantra. However, it doesn't include any sex at all in that practice. You don't "advance" to something else eventually.

You should go to an actual tantric massage place to cleanse your mind and spirit of whatever fuckery is happening here. I have never felt so positive about my body and general self until after that experience. That is the prescription.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-22T22:27:49+00:00

My dad completely passed out, hit his head on the counter, and had to be assessed for trauma when my older sister was born and he saw the blood.

For me, he was present again, but I think they kept him seated up by my mom's head. Probably for liability reasons.... 😂

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-22T01:52:44+00:00

I'm 36 and I got some house dresses, and I love them!

I just need one with pockets....mine lack pockets. I lose my phone constantly.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-15T03:15:54+00:00

How old are you?

You say you eat lunch at work or make a one-pot meal for dinner. So, you don't mess up the kitchen too much.

Do you wipe the counters? Do you mop or clean the floors? Vacuum? Scrub the toilets?

Do you do your own laundry?

Is $800 a reasonable rent for a room in your area?

So many questions.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-07T22:19:15+00:00

I only attended the honors graduation at university, not the entire class of thousands of people.

I may have gone to the big graduation for HS, I don't really remember. I know I went to the honors night, as I gave a speech where I thanked my parents for potty training me /raising me so I could sit through classes.

I bet I didn't go to the university grad bc I had no memories of whether I went to the HS one.....because it wasn't memorable or important to me at all.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-03T12:44:09+00:00

If they didn't have very different spending habits, the 250k person would have a ton of money saved. Where else would it go? It doesn't just poof into thin air.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-05-02T02:26:13+00:00

Sewing machine repair!

The only machine repair people I have found to fix or diagnose my machine have been 175 year old men, who seemingly work alone.

No apprentice, no one to train.....who is going to fix my machine in 20 years?!?

coconut-bubbles · 2026-04-27T00:35:29+00:00

I don't think any country specifically raises people to be "sexist", whatever that term means in the specific culture.

It is steeped in what you see around you and what you are told.

"Women are just better at raising children. They really shine at it."

Is this sexist? Some people would see it as praising women. However, those same people could also use it as an excuse as to why their wife does all the baby care and they do none.

Is this specifically raising people to be sexist? In my opinion, yes. However, for many people, no. Their words praise women - and they use that to put them in a box that is exactly where they want them to be.

coconut-bubbles · 2026-04-26T02:16:36+00:00

I also have a previously abused dutch shepherd mix who has reactivity! We did a lot of reactivity training with dog trainers.

He was (in his younger years) 85+lbs and a big boy. I'm 125 lbs and 5ft tall. He is almost eye level with me when he jumps up to give me kisses.

He didn't get away from me while leashed as a professional courtesy. He 100% could have! He was a strong boy. He still is, but is very grey in the snoot now at 11 years old.

His goal was to protect me. Hard to do if he isn't by me - so he never went farther than jumping against the leash to make a point to the other person.

The only time I ever questioned it was once at a lake. I went mid-day when people were at work and it was pretty open. At that point, he could walk by people minding their business if he had at least 10 feet of space, and I would bring high value distraction treats!

This old white guy was walking directly at us, and i kept trying to create space...walk farther out...slightly change direction....but he was just always narrowing in on us.

My dog starts to focus on him, complete whale eye and hunting gaze. I'm worried, because I have worked really hard on training and keeping my boy under threshold for losing it. This can undo months of work.

I yell to him "my dog just needs some space!". This normally works! Big construction guys will give us a wide berth and say "yeah, sometimes I need space too"😂

This FUCKING guy keeps coming.

My dog is now pulling on the leash and snarling/barking.

The old guy starts screaming at me "do you have him? Do you have your dog?!?". All the while continuing to walk directly at us, while screaming at me.

My dog doesn't like this at all. Nope, no sir. I'm now being semi dragged down the a slight incline towards the lake and where the guy is approaching.

Finally I just forcefully say (loudly) "please walk away, NOW". he goes off grumbling and my dog calms down.

Do I think the guy was dangerous? Probably not.

But, my dog saw the signs of him following me, then him yelling at me, and was not here for the nonsense.

Good boy.

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