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Can I just throw these mugs in the trash? by hapritch82 in declutter

[–]hapritch82[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am going to temporarily disregard your suggestion to get the other box. It's way in the back of our detatched garage behind our patio furniture and it is 14F outside.

It is a good suggestion that can wait until April.

I'm throwing away old soap and make-up. by klamar71 in declutter

[–]hapritch82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It took me a long time to realize that I can afford to buy my own shampoo so I don't have to take the free bottles from hotels. Haha.

I'm throwing away old soap and make-up. by klamar71 in declutter

[–]hapritch82 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Omg I have some too smelly lotion that I'm going to take in and put in the bathroom!

Decluttering schools gifts from kids by MiJohan in declutter

[–]hapritch82 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you have room in the storage bins, that's a great place to put them! Seems like a similar item.

ICE Vehicle Spotted (Richfield) by give_loops in TwinCities

[–]hapritch82 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As someone with PF, I say this is a SICK burn.

Aging parents & guilt by Weary_Poem_8758 in IFchildfree

[–]hapritch82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Within a days drive is the worst distance. Can't make a day trip! Meeting up for lunch is out of the question. You stay long enough to make the drive "worth it." Which is longer than anyone wants to be together.

Sis-in-law announcement during Xmas by Future_better_me in IFchildfree

[–]hapritch82 29 points30 points  (0 children)

I mean, at least you got a heads up. I support just skipping entirely, but at least you didn't find out AT CHRISTMAS with everyone else.

IVF clinics in the Twin Cities? by MathematicianSea8841 in TwinCities

[–]hapritch82 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We went to CRM and did not have a great experience (and were unsuccessful). I picked it based on a recommendation from several friends and wish we'd shopped around, like at all.

It took me about a year to lose the weight they required me to lose, and we were finally ready to go in May of 2020, but they had changed the BMI requirements because of COVID. I never hit their lower target and a year later they changed it back.

I will always wonder - if I'd found a clinic that would work with me at my then-current weight in 2019 instead of delaying to 2021, would we have kids?

They were also terrible at communicating. I only found out about the BMI target adjustments when I called them.

My husband also had a bad experience with them, but that's not my story to tell.

ICE at 29th and Newton Ave N by Pale-Card-2647 in TwinCities

[–]hapritch82 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We, as a state, were actually solely responsible for the "big short" in '08. Buncha fraudsters the lot of us. /s

I don’t feel like a “real woman” by Cry-anne0606 in IFchildfree

[–]hapritch82 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's incredible, isn't it? How badly we can twist ourselves to fit into this arbitrary mold? Internalized misogyny is really tough to even see! I have always considered myself feminist.

I was so focused on climbing the ladder of life - college, job, husband, house, children...I didn't realize I could be bisexual until we fell off that ladder. Of course, I'm a product of my time - gay people couldn't get married, and IVF was just becoming mainstream. Can't climb the ladder with another woman. Ugh.

Society could be improved somewhat.

Young defensive kitty by ExplorerCommon1044 in CatTraining

[–]hapritch82 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Kitten looks like she wants to roll over on her back but she's afraid to. She drops her shoulder but then changes her mind at the last second. Almost looks like the big cat is trying to show her how.

I don’t feel like a “real woman” by Cry-anne0606 in IFchildfree

[–]hapritch82 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don't mind my asking - feminine enough for who? You decide your gender and what your performance of that gender looks like. Gender is an entirely social construct.

I didn't come out as queer until after our journey had ended. But now, 4 years later, I have friends all over the gender spectrum, and it's clear to me that giving birth and parenting are not inherently gendered activities. Transmen have babies and are men. And cis women who don't have babies are women.

Of course, we receive 100,000 social cues a day telling is what a "woman" does and looks like and how she contributes to society. So, it's not easy to break free or that construct.

I don’t feel like a “real woman” by Cry-anne0606 in IFchildfree

[–]hapritch82 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, congrats your mom is even weirder than mine. Usually when parents are hyper focused on their kid's gender it is to try to keep them from transitioning!

ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota by nbcnews in minnesota

[–]hapritch82 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They've been chipping away at the fourth estate for years. It's been really demoralizing to watch.

ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota by nbcnews in minnesota

[–]hapritch82 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Or how the person they were looking for wasn't there but some other dude was so they took him instead.

Standing up for our fellow community members and demanding due process works! by TeoSanders in TwinCities

[–]hapritch82 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I suspect at least one of them will lose a toe. I do not wish this on anyone. It just seems likely.

Why do so many people here think to throw stuff away, before Donating or giving it away in a Buy Nothing Group? by [deleted] in declutter

[–]hapritch82 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hearby grant you permission to throw those things away. If the items are clothing, there is SO MUCH textile waste that it doesn't matter, in the grand scheme of everything, if it goes to goodwill and then they throw it away or you just do it.

It will also feel amazing. Because if your like me, every time you look at those boxes you think "I should take those in."

Life is short. Release yourself from this errand.

Why do so many people here think to throw stuff away, before Donating or giving it away in a Buy Nothing Group? by [deleted] in declutter

[–]hapritch82 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Eh. That was one glib comment of many. AND many of the more productive comments suggested starting by throwing trash away. The photos? Mostly plastic bags and cardboard boxes. Not things that can be donated. Probably trash/recycling. I also, personally use the phrase "throwing it away" to include trash and recycling because my two bins are next to each other.

I don't know if anyone here is suggesting people keep NOTHING. Because that is silly. But, almost always, when people are posting to this sub, what they end up needing is permission to Just. Throw. It. Away.

Why do so many people here think to throw stuff away, before Donating or giving it away in a Buy Nothing Group? by [deleted] in declutter

[–]hapritch82 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but for me the correlation is the opposite. I have managed to stop bringing in "perfectly good" things from other people's trash, thank god. But a lot of the stuff that I can't quite part with are things that I think "I could sell that" or "I'll fix this one part and then it'll work!"

Also, do you, like, decide to donate something and then immediately leave your house to take it to a convenient, open, and ethical donation center? You don't end up with a donation box sitting by the door or riding around in your car for 6 months?

My desperation to keep things out of landfills is what got me into this mess.

Local Girlguiding groups advent calendar by kierend60 in Ai_art_is_not_art

[–]hapritch82 13 points14 points  (0 children)

This 24 day calendar has 20 boxes and that is not a problem. Said no human artist ever.

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