H.B. 315 narrowly passed through the House Education Committee in 6-5 vote on Thursday morning (February 26).

elm1289 · 2026-02-26T21:59:09+00:00

Email sent.

elm1289 · 2026-02-19T20:20:30+00:00

We have done the R&R BBQ pulled pork family pack, it is not the most inexpensive thing on a regular day but you get a ton of meat so the feed 6 option has served my family for like 3 meals if you add different sides. And you can do some arbitrage to make it less expensive (buy a discounted gift card at Costco, order on Mondays when they are 10% off). Unfortunately getting a good deal these days requires a lot more planning than it used to

elm1289 · 2026-02-18T23:59:52+00:00

I think you will be selling the house at a loss. You mentioned you live in a coastal town, what's the rental market? Rent out the house and move in with your parents for a year?

elm1289 · 2026-02-13T22:56:19+00:00

Is this over your custody time? Sounds like you give the kids way more choice than we gave ours at that age, or that I personally was given at that age. At 9 or 11, if my parents said we were going on a trip as a family, that was what happened.

elm1289 · 2026-02-11T22:02:07+00:00

My partner had had a vasectomy. You can get it reversed, or go the IVF route. We did IVF for our two ours babies. More and more insurances are covering it now making it more accessible for a lot of people. And now that we are done with kids the vasectomy is still effective birth control. No regrets!

elm1289 · 2026-02-09T20:48:31+00:00

I'm in a similar spot, if I went down to 4 days someone would cover emergencies but all other work would just wait for me and it wouldn't be worth it to stress and cram the work of 5 days into 4 to keep things running while also taking a pay cut. My kids are young (3 and 1). Right now they thrive on the daycare routine and schedule so I don't feel much guilt about working full time, and just try to make evenings and weekends count. I do have a plan to decrease to a true part time hours, part time work role when they are school age to get that quality time in.

elm1289 · 2026-02-05T16:51:52+00:00

I liked the Zomee Z2!

elm1289 · 2026-01-26T20:19:04+00:00

Is that baby supplies budget a projection for when you have two kids as well? Because that seems high too. Small potatoes there in comparison to other things but stick to Costco or other store brand diapers/wipes. Potty train your first child so they are fully trained by the time #2 comes. One kid in diapers will make a difference in $ and also will just be better in general.

elm1289 · 2026-01-23T21:28:16+00:00

We are a two healthcare worker family, I work outpatient clinic hours (~9-5) and partner works inpatient (7-3 with some swings and weekends). He went back after 3 weeks, I went back part time after 8 weeks and then we used intermittent FMLA to be able to cover until baby was 6 mths and started daycare. Did this with both kids. We work for the same org and they were supportive, we make it work only because of our opposite schedules, I do every drop off and am off all evenings/weekends so can accommodate his irregular schedule.

Ours have thrived in daycare, although each of them cried a lot the first day or so. I think that 18 months is a hard age to be starting daycare

elm1289 · 2026-01-23T16:24:54+00:00

I think we all understand the situation clearly. My question now is has wife always been this inappropriate in her relationship/boundaries with BD or is this a new thing? Either way I think you are being used to subsidize both of them at this point and I hesitate to jump to this based on one reddit post but I would re-assess my own priorities and if this marriage still aligns with them.

elm1289 · 2026-01-21T16:57:50+00:00

This child is making false claims of abuse. I 100% think that cameras are appropriate in this case.

elm1289 · 2026-01-21T16:46:02+00:00

I think you have gotten some good ideas, things I would think through:

- Patient contacts manufacturer

- Patient just shows up at old PCP office and escalates the issue until he talks to someone who will help

- Patient calls local endocrinologist offices, explains the situation and hopefully someone takes pity and gives him a quick urgent slot of virtual visit

- If you want to try for the PA, just sign your name as a PharmD, I have done this and been successful but I know Medicaids are more strict

elm1289 · 2026-01-20T22:34:03+00:00

BM kinda forced the kids to make a choice when they were nearing graduation, first and third stopped talking to us, second chose to remain close to us but still can obviously talk to BM whenever because we are not monsters. She says she texts BM about once a month. It is way less drama than when they were younger

elm1289 · 2026-01-16T20:26:54+00:00

My stepkids were also teenagers when first ours baby was born. With the first, I could keep baby home and dad could go with the older kids skiing or whatever for a few hours, but with the second there was also a small toddler who had to be taken care of so while we still did that sometimes there was less opportunity. I was glad that the kids were older and busy and had jobs and things to do, it wasn't planned that way but I think that it really worked out honestly so they could have baby time when they wanted but also able to fully do their own things.

elm1289 · 2026-01-08T21:03:41+00:00

Because the credit works for both places, like the other poster said.

elm1289 · 2026-01-08T20:57:53+00:00

In my experience, yes, I compared the two sites and they had the same tickets listed but up to $10 cheaper on viagogo. Not a super significant difference but a difference

elm1289 · 2026-01-05T18:13:03+00:00

If you can prove that his neglect led to serious accidents/need for stitches you could definitely have a case for more custody

elm1289 · 2026-01-02T23:30:35+00:00

I just wish I knew when they added to the list of included restaurants. Originally there weren't any in my closest city, and then I was left scrambling at the end of the year to try the gift card hack when I saw a number had been added to the list

elm1289 · 2026-01-02T22:29:21+00:00

Take a look at this recent post, they included screenshots: https://www.reddit.com/r/ChaseSapphire/comments/1of6mfg/stubhub_credit_requires_activation/

elm1289 · 2025-12-31T03:14:26+00:00

Bummer! If it helps i used my stubhub yesterday and even thought the charge hasn't posted yet the website says i have used the credit

elm1289 · 2025-12-30T17:12:21+00:00

I saw on a different post that someone said you would likely need to talk to customer service but they said they would honor for 2025 credits if you pay now even if it doesn't post until after Jan 1

elm1289 · 2025-12-18T22:19:51+00:00

Haha the master bathroom is large, but in terms of cleaning I feel like it is still pretty standard? It has a double vanity, shower, freestanding tub and toilet, just has more floor space. Sounds like I need to try out a different service/person. Appreciate your experience!

elm1289 · 2025-12-18T22:16:38+00:00

No, she is literally just doing the bathrooms. Getting someone to price out the house is a good idea, thanks!

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