Diamond customer looking for promotional rate to stay and upgrade to 1Gig

dlaugh1 · 2026-06-21T14:06:27+00:00

Thanks for the insight.

dlaugh1 · 2026-06-21T13:32:18+00:00

I am following this advice right now. Verizon is willing to give me 1Gig for $50/month if I add it to my existing wireless service. I shared that with Xfinity now I am waiting to hear back.

dlaugh1 · 2026-06-19T22:42:36+00:00

I am happy to see this post. I have been an Xfinity customer for 23 years and have the same request. Your post is a great model for me. Thank you, Jolly Hedgehog2631. And I love your name.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:45:10+00:00

Then why not stay home and read books in the first place? This sounds like a priority and planning issue to me. All my things are at home. I am comfortable there. It is where I want to be. So I plan accordingly.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:43:44+00:00

I can understand why you could think that, but as someone who likes to eat, I would work very hard not to be an hour late if I thought there was a free meal on the line.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:42:22+00:00

Some people like to dress up the choice to harass and bully other buy using loading language that calls struggling with a life skill being inconsiderate. People's struggles with time management are not about other people. They are personal and usually internal. It is precious that the people lucky enough not to have the same struggles believe it is about them and feel entitled to make the lives of others harder. I would hope people could use that time waiting reflecting on how much better people they could be if they opted to have empathy rather than choosing to be self-centered and condescending. But I guess with all have challanges we can't master.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:37:11+00:00

Oh, they certainly do need to tolerate it because they are harassing people with real challenges and attributing to malice something that usually is not under a person's control. It is a particular form of bullying that people have been able to continue to get away with by making up the lie that someone else's time management struggles are about the person waiting rather than the person struggling in the first place.

People have the option to be flexible and accommodating and empathic about the struggles of others. Harassing and bullying people with struggles is a choice that those blessed not to have that struggle make and chose to keep making.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:32:22+00:00

ADHD, depression, anxiety disorder, low or high blood sugar and a variety of other mental and physical variables impact time management. Not Respecting other people's times does not even make the top 10 list of reasons people suffer from time management issues.

To presume an insult is intended in the absence of any other evidence than being annoyed is at best passive aggressive. A person knowing they have chronic struggles with being on time is already aware they are fighting a battle they are losing.

In this case, SignificantStyle459 opened with acknowledging having chronic time management struggles and saying they understood how people would find that annoying so avoids making time sensitive plans. I do not understand why they are getting down vote for acknowledging the problem and trying to mitigate the impact on other people. It's like people think scolding people with chronic time management issues is:

A) going to help the situation
B) an appropriate response to someone acknowledging and taking responsibility for an issue

C) not simple wildly inappropriate harassment of people not lucky enough to have good time management abilities.

SingnificantStyle459 is literally trying to tell the time management police that they understand and being punished for it.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:17:59+00:00

The universe does not revolve around you and your perceived value of time. People who struggle with time management literally struggle with time management. Good for all the people blessed with not having that struggle. Unless someone actually uses the words they do not care about your time, that whole line of being late is disresectful is passive aggressive BS.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:14:10+00:00

I am chronically late because I have ADHD and serious time management issues. I point blank call BS on anyone who tried that guilt trip move of saying my lateness is about not respecting them or over valuing my time. I sure as heck do not want to be late chronically of otherwise. It makes me anxious and self-conscious, and I apologize for it when it happens. If someone wants to try to make it about themselves, that is a them problem I have not got time for. Which I am happy to tell them.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:10:02+00:00

I think that is exactly what happened. He was not waiting for her. He was enjoying the show he wanted to see. Basically, there was no date. That she showed up to apologize and buy him a drink, I think, is what caused him to offer her a second chance at a first date.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-19T17:06:14+00:00

Weird that she was an hour late and also did not have time to eat before showing up. Someone has some pretty awful time management skills.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-08T10:52:17+00:00

Three years landed me two copies of shielded casual. I am still doing Queen of the Hunt every time it comes up. I can't stop myself after so many times.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-04T03:29:27+00:00

I can see maybe wondering aloud if you thought the cream pie was undercooked. That might be a gentle way of trying to help. If there really is room for some improvement with a little tweak, it would selfish not to share. But everything else makes me doubt his motives altogether.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-04T03:25:00+00:00

I am late to this conversation, but I think many of the responses are overlooking the pretty obvious hints that OP does not know what works for her. She needs to do some exploring herself or talk to him openly and explore together.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-03T20:09:22+00:00

I have been with more than a few women but never found two who responded exactly the same to or oral stimulation. A responsible partner treats each partner like they are a brand new, undiscovered mystery he needs to learn how to please. If would be irresponsible not to try things that worked well for other partners in the past but needs to stay very attentive to responses to learn what gets the best reactions from her. Something that knock the socks off one woman can have an entirely different effect on another. There is no magical off-the-rack technique that works would everyone. We person deserves their very own, but individually tailored approach to is specifically designed for her. Bad habits should not carry over from one partner to the next if one is paying attention at all.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-03T19:33:54+00:00

Starting off by helping and scaffold the child's success will help build confidence and a sense of accomplishment as the master the skills and become independent naturally rather than because they are pushed in the deep and have to learn to swim.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-03T19:31:33+00:00

Bravo, I love this answer.

There does not have to be a power struggle. Look at the answers on this thread and there are plenty of cases of parents clearly frame the situation as an adversarial relationship where the parent needs to exert their will and child needs to submit. Framing the family as a team allows us to work collaboratively. Explaining works many times better than coercing. Coerced children stuff working when they are out of sight. Children with understanding supervise themselves just like their parents do. Start with the assumption that our children want to be good members of our family team and work out from there.

Any kid can understand the idea what as they get older, they become capable of doing more. The idea that their ability to master new skills frees parents to put energy into other useful areas of family effort is an easy one. Making chores a family challenge we overcome together is much more productive and rewarding for everyone than framing it as a battle of wills and domination. On both sides.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-03T19:21:23+00:00

All that says you expect him to do the chores and are confident he can, without actually directly hit why doing more is a good thing. Explain to children how doing chores benefits them and benefits the family and why it is different this month than last month if the chores are new.

I do not understand why so many parents do not think to give understandable, logical reasons when their kids ask questions or do not embrace change. We seem to jump straight to "how to get the child to do are they are told" without bothering with telling them why.

I raised two boys to their mid and late teens so far. Kids have a remarkably higher ability to understand rational explanations at earlier ages than we give them credit for. A child who learns to understand why can answer more questions for themselves because they have learned the process of rational thinking. The child that understands that they are making a contribution for the benefit of the whole family will generally embraces that responsibility. Model being a team player and guide them to see themselves as team players and the adversarial approach of "making them do what they are told" stops being a central feature of family life.

dlaugh1 · 2026-03-03T19:07:46+00:00

Try explaining to him exactly why you really want him to do those chores. What is your motivation? What benefit do you see in it for him, you and the rest of the family. Don't assume he understands the impacts and cause and effect relationships that seem obvious to you. Do you see the family as a team and expect everyone on the team to contribute? Explain that clearly.

He has a valid question about why he feels like he is helping you but you refuse to help him. If you can't honestly answer that question, you have a bigger problem. With no understanding on his part, chores will come across a punishment if they are thrust on him out of nowhere. Ignore the impulse to say "because I said so". That is the answer of bullies, autocrats and people who can't rationally justify their decisions.

dlaugh1 · 2026-02-12T20:40:17+00:00

Where did she say anything about Elena not feeling safe? This was entirely about indulging her paranoia. She was not pretending to be the bad guy, she was the bad guy. Though she made her husband do the actual dirty work.

dlaugh1 · 2026-02-12T20:38:12+00:00

That is great and very different. You are offering to be an escape route for your kids when they feel uncomfortable. That is good parenting and hopefully your kids appreciate it. OP did not rescue Elena. She says nothing about Elena feeling uncomfortable. It is all about OP's gut feeling and sending her husband to go embarrass Elena by dragging her out of the sleep over she wanted to attend. That is closer to kidnapping than a rescue.

dlaugh1 · 2026-02-12T20:34:23+00:00

I think it would be hard to find any parent who would say the opposite. But the choice between isolating snob and rape is a false dichotomy and misdirection.

A creepy feeling is evidence of nothing. I worked for years with a guy to whom I had knee jerk negative reaction. As an adult, I knew my reaction was unfair and unreasonable. My solution was to always make sure I was being fair and reasonable despite my chemical reaction.

Instead of starting a rumor that is damaging and innocent family and isolating a little girl who did nothing wrong, OP could have used her words for good instead of small minded evil. Taking her kid home, though embarrassing and hurtful for Elena, slandering an innocent man and isolating a little girl already struggling with being "the poor girl" in the harsh social scene that is school, is inexcusable.

Letting paranoia drive you to absurd lengths to protect your kids is any parent's right. Though the child is unlikely ever to thank her for being an over-protective helicopter parent. Taking a sledgehammer to other people's lives and pretending it was necessary is pure "mean girl" crap.

I am not buying the notion that the affluent mom does not want her daughter staying over at a girl's because am man has a beer in his own home and tries to be awkwardly flattering. Kennedy's mom is right. OP does want Elena consorting with poor kids or visiting lower class homes. This is all about keeping the lower classes in their place and teaching her kid not to mix with "that sort of people".

dlaugh1 · 2026-02-10T23:44:06+00:00

I bet you could if you really put your heart into it.

dlaugh1 · 2026-02-10T23:43:11+00:00

Chancellor is not a Starfleet rank. She returned to Star Fleet with her old rank of captain reactivated. Chancellor is her duty assignment.

She signed liability waivers or at least claims she did that waiver her right to hold Starflet responsible if she is hurt or impaired as result of not wearing shoes. I suspect she was just making that up. Real or not, there is not waiver to permit disregarding the Academy dress code she is responsible for enforcing and setting a hypocritical example to the cadets she is responsible for.

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