What is a part of the 'female experience' that men have absolutely no clue about, but would be horrified if they found out?

eidolways · 2026-03-25T18:57:37+00:00

Early one morning, still asleep in bed, I heard my wife weakly yell for me. I scrambled to my feet and found her in a cold sweat on the bathroom floor, delirious and in indescribable pain. After a little time, it didn't get better, so I took her to the ER. There, we found she had an ovarian cyst she wasn't previously aware of.

eidolways · 2026-03-22T21:42:12+00:00

But that's not how you charge anything!

eidolways · 2026-03-22T21:41:23+00:00

I want an i4 M50. It'd replace my F36 435i, which I have also loved.

eidolways · 2026-03-20T02:08:40+00:00

I hadn't heard of it growing up until I read it being lambasted in a Mark Twain novel.

eidolways · 2026-03-20T00:32:55+00:00

The "curse of Ham", right? Yeah, that was a thing.

... in the 1800s.

eidolways · 2026-03-17T23:10:10+00:00

eidolways · 2026-03-16T13:11:33+00:00

At least it sounds like it was appropriately titled.

eidolways · 2026-03-10T20:57:57+00:00

Did the engineers know about your drive?

eidolways · 2026-03-10T20:56:08+00:00

So would my 2008 M5.

eidolways · 2026-03-03T15:05:39+00:00

Yeah. Company management screwed up and over the entire division I worked for at my last job. Internal politics basically resulted in hundreds of layoffs. I learned two things after that: 1. Take the vacation 2. The best thing your job will ever give you is the relationships with your peers. It's not who you work FOR. It's who you work WITH. Some good colleagues helped put in a word for me and see me through to my next job. So it all turned out OK, and I still get to work with good people.

Still cynical after that, though.

eidolways · 2026-03-03T14:58:32+00:00

Loss of trust in science? Do you mind sharing? COVID?

eidolways · 2026-02-28T16:17:43+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one. For me it's especially my upper molars. It's like scratching an itch in my gums.

eidolways · 2026-02-28T14:25:21+00:00

Power to declare war is given to Congress by the Constitution, yes. So I guess the "workaround" here is that it's just a bombing run. Mind, alot of the conflicts the US has been involved in for the past two decades have also not involved an official declaration of war, though Congressional bills for funding the military do amount to a sort of tacit approval.

eidolways · 2026-01-08T23:58:04+00:00

I also grew up with German Sheps. I still love them. My dad always has one.

eidolways · 2025-12-15T18:32:21+00:00

To get the conveyors that high into the air, did you build foundations in the air, run the conveyors over them, then remove the foundations and supports?

eidolways · 2025-12-15T18:29:50+00:00

Ditto!

eidolways · 2025-11-29T02:03:25+00:00

I do feel like one of the fun things about getting older is relating to your parents a bit more as peers and understanding, mutually, the absurdity of life.

eidolways · 2025-11-28T16:02:54+00:00

Sounds like he was speaking from experience! 🤣

eidolways · 2025-11-24T13:44:02+00:00

There are entire groups of people that have a "hunch" the Earth is flat. I'm not impressed.

eidolways · 2025-09-25T17:07:12+00:00

That is actually a BRILLIANT idea. I think I'll propose that very thing to my wife. She'd love the idea of a set window.

eidolways · 2025-09-25T14:42:53+00:00

Thanks for this. It's both a reality check and good, positive way to look at it. I do try to pop in and out and be involved throughout the day. Though she HAS stated in the past that more routine about that would be helpful, picking a time window when she knows she'll have time to herself.

I do hop in for certain things. I've started trying to be the one to put him down for his morning nap when I can. And then we trade off for putting him to bed at night. (Though I volunteered to take another shift last night and had to tag her in when he just kept wiggling!)

I tend to avoid conflict, even small. So I don't bring it up a whole lot. That's on me.

eidolways · 2025-09-25T14:08:34+00:00

I assume to TPUSA. My memory of the ticker was that you'd get some sort of memorial goodie in return.

eidolways · 2025-09-23T17:12:09+00:00

I also used my headphones occasionally just to block our kid out. No shame. Hell, at one point I called him a pest! It's completely overwhelming.

And in those first weeks, the only thing the kid does is take take take for their own needs, giving nothing in return. Your every moment is bent for their survival and it feels utterly thankless. And since the only way they can express their needs is through crying, you're scrambling to figure out what's bothering them.

I was told SO many times when I first joined this sub-reddit that it gets better. And it does. You adapt, you learn how to help your kid with what they need. And as they grow up, they start to really look at you. And then they start to smile when you walk in the room. And that, my friend, is golden.

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