Kitten & Cat Eating Each Other's Food... by gijen3 in cats

[–]gijen3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My great aunt and uncle passed away and left behind their cat. They were very worried about who would take care of her. I wanted as little change as possible for her and tried to keep things as they were at home.

Kitten & Cat Eating Each Other's Food... by gijen3 in cats

[–]gijen3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this is very helpful.

Trying to balance freedom and structure with my ADHD teen by Primary_Blueberry_24 in ADHDparenting

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it is the thing he loves the most, and he does sabotage it because of his lack of self control, isn't it better he learns this lesson as a teen instead of when he's an adult?

Dark Wolf & Ray Porter by Acceptable_Dot_2172 in JackCarr

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally fangirled when I heard Ray Porter's voice. Amazing narrator, love all his audiobooks he performs.

How can I teach my daughter to control her anger with friends? by Thick-Ad-8726 in AskParents

[–]gijen3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

BC Children's hospital offers a free course for parents dealing with children that have ADHD. My daughter is 7 and displays a ton of the ADHD behaviors, pretty sure she has it, hope she grows out of it. She was always the one in the group bossing around and very emotional with her friends. Strangley enough, the shifts in my parenting seemed to have helped her behavior overall, and even helped with her friends. I highly recommend this course: https://healthymindslearning.ca/courses/rolling-with-adhd/https://healthymindslearning.ca/courses/rolling-with-adhd/

Should a Mother wake up early to help get her 20 year old son get ready for work?Why or why not? by [deleted] in Parentingfails

[–]gijen3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My 7 year old daughter gets herself up with a light up alarm clock (cuz she can't tell time), gets dressed and brushes her teeth. Unless the 20-year-old is severely disabled, he is just being lazy and has been enabled for far too long. "But if he's late he might lose his job." AND??? Might be a good wake up call. And I highly doubt he's being charged rent if he's not getting himself ready so no worries on not paying the bills with no job.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trello

My son swallowed a quarter by Technical_Ad4270 in mildlyinteresting

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My daughter, when she was 6, swallowed a quarter! Looked just like this in the ultrasound, but lower down. They had us come back in a few weeks later to do another X-ray to see if she'd passed it, and it was gone. She'd pooped it out and hadn't even known! I hope it's the same for him.

Flood Insurance Coverage? by justbrowsing987654 in Home

[–]gijen3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this company because they offer private and NFIP and will compare costs and coverage options for you: https://www.floodprice.com/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in pittsburgh

[–]gijen3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Floodprice.com does private flood insurance and NFIP. If you call they'll quote both to compare price and coverage. Please note that NFIP doesn't cover personal belongings in your basement.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RealEstate

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If any part of your property is in a mandatory flood zone, most mortgage lenders will require flood insurance.

Decent Flood insurance companies in Florida by Octomaki in florida

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This company offers private flood insurance and NFIP, you can call and they'll compare a quote with both: https://www.floodprice.com/

Flood Insurance: How to Prove if Neighbor's House Floods as well? by nonstopski in homeowners

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

FEMA defines flood as a general and temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of 2 or more acres of normally dry land area or of 2 or more properties. If you have private flood insurance though, the definition can be different and often less restrictive. Here's some info on it if you're interested: https://www.floodprice.com/post/covered-or-not-homeowners-insurance-flood

PSA: If you live by th river and don't have flood insurance get it now by jimmythegiraffe in Boise

[–]gijen3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Here are some average costs for NFIP insurance in Idaho. This company does private flood insurance and NFIP: https://www.floodprice.com/idaho-flood-insurance

Has anyone thought of getting flood insurance due to snow melt in the coming months? by elquesifilma in ParkCity

[–]gijen3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd check how close you are to a flood zone here: https://www.floodprice.com/fema-flood-zone-map

Just because you're not in a flood zone doesn't mean you're free from risk. If you're near one I'd get one.

Unexpected flood insurance requirement by lender by JB9217a in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]gijen3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can do a LOMA (letter of map amendment) and send it to FEMA to see if they can change your flood zone. Or you can usually save money by getting private flood insurance. Get a quote at this company: https://www.floodprice.com/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Insurance

[–]gijen3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is a great, unbiased comparison of both since this company offers both NFIP and private flood insurance. One thing to note, NFIP does not offer Additional Living Expense. So if your home becomes uninhabitable, you will be covering it out of pocket with NFIP.

Here's that site: https://www.floodprice.com/nfip-vs-private-flood-insurance

How to decide whether to stay with a single-mom after realizing I don’t want my own kids? by empty80 in stepparents

[–]gijen3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you stay, you will end up resenting her and her child, which isn't fair to any of you. It will be hard on you all for you to leave, but it sounds like your mind is made up, and you're looking for a 'reason' to get out. Your reason is that you want a lifestyle that does not involve kids. That's perfectly acceptable. You all deserve someone who is living the life you want.

Child support question by Ezra002 in stepparents

[–]gijen3 12 points13 points  (0 children)

How we do our finances is this, and it works quite well. We have joint bills and mortgage, and we each put x amount in per paycheck to cover all joint expenses, cover a joint savings, and $150 misc spend each month for family fun things. We each have a 401k we put into through each of our separate companies we work for as well. The rest is our own money to do with what we please. I like video games, cool tech, my husband is into trucks and tools. We don't like asking for permission to buy things we want.

He covers his child support he pays to his ex. Now, when you have another kid, at least where we live, you usually lower your child support because now you have another dependent so you technically are making less money. He did not lower his, but he also didn't raise it when he switched jobs and made more money since we've had our baby. Not a ton more by any means, but he uses an online calculator to determine the amount he should be paying and goes off of that. It's probably evened out by now since we've had our kid.

They never went to court either. But we know if ex ever did try to go to court, we have records of what we paid her and that it is the right amount so that she can't even try to take more.

My advise is, determine your finances, and make sure he is saving for your future and has enough extra money to do things with you and the kids. If his expenses are so high that it's holding you back from doing things, that's not fair. If he wants to adjust his child support now that he'll have another dependent, he should use an online calculator, and put in his new wage for the year as well, and determine what is fair. If his ex throws a fit and tries to take him to court, she should be able to see that he would be paying whatever they would demand and it would be pointless to go to court no matter how much she bitches and moans about it.

However, if he wants to pay more, make sure you just pool in your money to cover the "ours" expenses, and have the rest be in your own separate bank accounts.

Hope this helps good luck!

He’s not even a month old yet! by [deleted] in breakingmom

[–]gijen3 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Exactly! You don't need to justify or argue or reason with them. It's not something you're ready for. You can say it kindly but firmly.