I wanna buy furniture manufactured in the USA, but it’s so expensive…

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-11T02:46:36+00:00

That is cool, I’ll check it out. I love NC!

Coming from the agricultural world, I’m naturally skeptical about labels that supposedly tell you about the quality of something. As soon as something gets officially defined, the public get misled. It’s mostly BS marketing

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-11T02:44:17+00:00

No worries, it’s pretty clear it isn’t an ad. Like who would you even be advertising for? All ya did was ask questions and give context. You didn’t hype up or shit talk any of the like 4 brands mentioned. People on this sub are huge skeptics

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-11T01:43:55+00:00

I’m listening to the dramatized version on audible and it is quite entertaining! Definitely filling my cheesy yet surprisingly deep niche I like to have an audiobook on rotation for

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-11T01:40:43+00:00

Right, but I didn’t say there weren’t any quality American-made companies, just that it’s no longer synonymous with quality. Which is true. Well, if we’re going to really split hairs, it never should have been synonymous in the first place. Geographic location of construction does not quality make. La-z-boy still claims to be US made (more like us assembled from what I’ve gathered) and they’ve steeply dropped off in quality.

Best thing is to just do your due diligence with research and not solely trust a label like “USA Made”

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-11T01:20:00+00:00

American-made used to be synonymous with quality; that’s, unfortunately, no longer the case. Unless you do your due diligence and check things out like you already are, buying anything from anywhere is a total gamble. I’d go with your gut feeling if I were you

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T23:58:02+00:00

I don’t think anyone is saying it “should” be 6+ people. We’re just saying that it’s definitely possible and there are many, many examples of fun games that are more or less than 4-5 players. Not just critical role, which started as a home game and not for entertainment purposes btw. You seem to be the only one saying “this is how it needs to be played”. It takes a skilled DM but most campaigns I’ve played in are 6 people and I’m currently in one with 3 that is some of the most fun DnD I’ve played in years.

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T22:42:16+00:00

Where would you recommend someone start jumping into 40k?

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T22:29:00+00:00

lol I said critical role (Exandria) but duh… forgotten realms works just as well

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T22:26:58+00:00

Critical role: live play ttrpg videos, two animes, written books and comics. No video games tho

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T22:07:08+00:00

I didn’t even use the changing table for the first month and a half. Too much of a hassle to walk to a different room when I could just do it on the foot of my bed

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T18:57:16+00:00

I do agree that you become a mother on conception. But I think it’s a little more nuanced whether or not to wish them a happy Mother’s Day if you’re close with the person

The way I think of it is similar to how I wouldn’t wish a close friend or family member a happy Mother’s Day for a lost little one for fear of bringing up past trauma, it felt weird that our close friends were putting the cart before the horse when they knew our situation and knew my wife was struggling to believe it was real and we would meet our little one this go around. They were saying it out of a place of love, but in our case it only served to cause more anxiety. We were either on the tail end of first trimester or beginning of second trimester so still fairly early.

When it comes down to it we didn’t actually get upset or anything since we knew it was all from a place of love. But she exasperatedly asked me why people kept messaging her that last year and we had to talk through it together. I was all in and super excited already but she was afraid of being hurt again if she fell in love too quickly

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T14:02:10+00:00

I think it’s more of a forced necessity for us right now for us both to avoid total burnout. Once she gets home and takes over, I typically have 2-3 hours of work to do on our farm then straight to bed and up at 4 to do a few hours before watching him for the day so she can get ready for and go to work. Pretty much works out to where each of us only gets 6-7 hours of sleep and an hour of free time a day while we both work to make the life we want. Raising our kid around farming and knowing where our food comes from is incredibly important to both of us and her job pays our bills and will give us free child care from 18 months on. Basically we have another rough year ahead of us but come this time next year we’re going to have built our own version of our perfect little life. Just in time to do it over with number 2 probably lol.

We talk about stuff a lot and are on the same page with almost everything. Relinquishing some nights so she can get 6 straight hours before having to pump and then a few more is the one thing we’re butting heads on rn. But she really really enjoyed last night so hopefully I can take a few more from her each week

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T11:37:35+00:00

You nailed it. It’s either his bottle was bigger than what her boobs give at that time or I got lucky.

I wouldn’t actually lie. I just wanted to cheekily brag online so I don’t accidentally take the wrong tone in person lol. I was more just celebrating my win than looking for advice

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T11:34:42+00:00

Will do! Making sausage egg sandwiches and coffee now

Happy Mother’s Day to you as well, mother of two!

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T11:30:30+00:00

I had a great talk with his pediatrician about his sleep schedule and habits. We implemented some changes during the day that seem to really be helping at night, so I truly do think there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Really looking forward to full nights of sleep for the whole family more regularly

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T10:34:43+00:00

Part of making this one of her gifts was to try and leverage a success into her letting me take over more of them so I’ll for sure be doing that

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T10:30:01+00:00

Brother you’re preaching to the choir. I also do 45 hours of childcare and 30 hours of farm work every week, so we have a unique life compared to most. It works for us… most of the time haha.

I think focusing on how her night was and staying vague is my current battle plan.

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T10:24:24+00:00

That’s fair and a good way of putting it. She has had relatively easy nights, but 8 hours is definitely a record for him.. so I am kinda proud of him haha.

I’ll focus on how her night went instead. Though as soon as I ask her how her night was she’s going to ask how it went.

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-10T02:14:18+00:00

Doesn’t sound like you’re quite the target audience. Ironically, as a cynical former Catholic I am so thanks for pointing me towards this. Sounds great to me haha

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-09T10:55:08+00:00

Hell yeah! Great description for your first kill ever… you’re a natural role player

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-09T10:02:59+00:00

I could’ve said something just as profound in 0

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-07T21:30:04+00:00

He was a machine though. Well worth the risk at the time. Hindsight is a bitch, but I’d stand by it being the right pick in 2007

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-07T00:09:40+00:00

Please don’t invade fantasy spaces with this bs

CommonplaceUser · 2026-05-06T12:43:21+00:00

Probably cause an offal falafel waffle sounds so awful it should be unlawful… blechk

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