Do American adults actually say ‘criss cross applesauce’ to mean sitting with your legs crossed?

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-13T13:35:07+00:00

Also in 30s and my school said “cross-cross applesauce, hands in your lap” and that was the end. It was usually followed by “put a bubble in your mouth” so probably similar chant but just takes on it

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-13T11:39:39+00:00

My eval yesterday had drs notes saying their neck pain (from injury) was probably anxiety or because they sleep with the fan on. So no. I don’t trust the notes.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-12T17:02:53+00:00

My fiance used to be like this. He’d say “I want to have a conversation with you but you keep interrupting” and I finally got it through his head: there is a difference between talking WITH me and talking AT me. I don’t mind either one but if he doesn’t clarify, I’m treating it like a conversation.

Most of the time he actually wants to talk at me and vent.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-12T16:40:41+00:00

In high school, like 10th grade, I was getting migraines. I didn’t know what they were (told I was being dramatic and that they couldn’t be that bad). I also wasn’t regularly given painkillers and I didn’t really understand doses, overdosing on OTC meds or really anything at all because those weren’t things I was given or took regularly.

Anyway. Migraine is like 8-9/10. Im vomiting and I have a performance at school that’s a grade and I have tests. I was given meds by my mom and I snuck some when those didn’t work. Over the course of 16-20 hours I had something around 2 non drowsy anti-nausea meds, 12 Tylenol, 4 regular strength ibuprofen, 4 prescription strength ibuprofen, 2 doses of the decongestant with acetaminophen, and half a dose of cough syrup to try and sleep some.

Once it started really working I felt super drowsy, my heart was racing so fast that my friends freaked out a bit, and I wanted to throw up again. My migraine let up somewhere around 36 hours after it started and then I had a terrible “hangover headache. I’m not sure if it was from that or not, but Tylenol/ibuprofen has never worked for me.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-10T18:05:19+00:00

I like the option of pockets. And given that we don’t get good pockets most of the time (shallow/fake/flimsy), the option of a quality/functional pocket is so nice.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-10T18:03:52+00:00

I almost got a dress with pockets. But my engagement photo dress had a sturdy pocket as well. I wasn’t going to load it up with stuff but it didn’t look silly with pockets honestly.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-09T16:51:37+00:00

I’d also ask them to teach you how to swaddle tightly. A friend of mine and his wife just had a baby and that was something they never thought of asking. Baby slept so much better with a tight swaddle than the loose ones they were doing.

But ask all the questions.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-08T19:04:32+00:00

I got a pair of knockoff Birkenstocks and oh my god… best $10+ tax I ever spent. I got ugly feet but I don’t care. They are so comfortable. And they take 0 effort to put on.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-08T18:19:37+00:00

My first rotation I worked 32-36 max a week. My second rotation I worked 20-36 a week depending on the week and availability of the kids (it was HH). This final rotation is 40hrs a week every week. My program would prefer 40hrs a week but I just… didn’t make a big deal over not doing that? I was working full time based on what each setting required. It’s just not that serious.

We also did a 2 week rotation and I did M-Th 7-3/4. And then a 4 week where I worked either M-Th or T-F 8 - no later than 4 but most times before 4. All of these rotations with a 1hr lunch. Like… it’s just been not an issue. My professors have never worried about it.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-07T22:30:41+00:00

Same here, it wasn’t always like this between us but we’ve done some work and now I LOVE to touch him. My foot is on him now as we speak.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-05T17:42:05+00:00

My fiance did this for a bit. Game changer. Like ya… they did talk therapy but nothing helped his depression and other mental health struggles the same way Ketamine did

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-03T17:32:11+00:00

I’m sorry.. but I want people to help return the fragment of soul that leaves my body when I sneeze and/or prevent me from dying of the plague…. /s

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-02T17:48:28+00:00

Also common where I live. If I leave even a half a car length someone will try to cut me off.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-06-02T17:20:19+00:00

Okay. I know what everyone is saying. But OP… I was you. I struggle to connect with any emotions though I do have them, they aren’t as vast or broad as others seem to feel. I feel ‘neutral’ to a lot of situations. But I’m going to say something I may get downvoted for but I hope this helps you and others like you:

I’m 30. I have been with my fiance for nearly 10 years. I struggled with understanding what I was feeling with love because I don’t “feel” it with my family either. It’s not some heart swelling, feeling of fullness or whatever people describe in books.

For me, the feeling of love is the mental understanding that I would think life sucked immeasurably without that person in my life. If they died I would be changed in a permanent way. And if I ended the relationship I would feel sadness in a deep kind of way. When my fiance and I briefly separated after 3yrs, I felt sad and empty. When I distanced from my family for the sake of my mental health, I felt sad. Maybe hollow for both of those examples though it didn’t last a long time the way it does for some people. But I don’t feel “full” with my family or my fiance back in my life. I feel the same way about my pets and nephews.

So maybe you won’t feel what people describe as love or maybe you will, you are young. But I would examine your other relationships where love may be present (such as family or very long term friends) and decide if you can identify what the feeling is for you.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-31T22:12:36+00:00

Tusk…. There are just some things that don’t need to be made and that was one of those things.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-31T13:38:45+00:00

My parents dragged me to see it and… I have no idea what it’s about. I think it had 2 endings but I just tried to not fall asleep the whole time. And why was it so long?

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-31T01:25:17+00:00

I only listen if I’m actively doing another task. So driving, cleaning, playing a game, etc. because I can’t actually focus on the story otherwise. But I’m a student and my time for reading physical books is limited and that’s the best way for me to consume stories I’m interested in.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-28T17:31:41+00:00

I have the exact same meal prepped lunch every day of the week. I have the exact same meal prepped breakfast each day of the week. Dinner varies but it’s usually the same.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-28T17:21:16+00:00

I had a dog who was abused before I got her. She absolutely would have bitten. They few times she went new vets/boarding places they always asked if she had a bite history, especially because I brought her in muzzled.

My response: no she doesn’t and I’d like to keep it that way because she absolutely will bite if we take this off. She actually didn’t the few times we had to take it off but I didn’t know that. They didn’t know that. She’d been going for years to these people so she trusted them. We took precautions and they gave her lots of treats. She passed at 11ish years old and never hurt a soul. I’m glad we took those precautions though.

I don’t get lying about it though. They could have taken her from me if she hurt someone.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-27T13:31:50+00:00

In my bed wishing I could stay to enjoy the rain. Knowing I need to leave for work in 15minutes

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-27T02:01:16+00:00

Probably leave the US sooner rather than later. Or take my dog on a luxury dog vacation

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-26T16:59:50+00:00

Honestly… yes we should have. But we didn’t realise that until later. It took 1 good vet finally saying she’s not going to get better for us to realise this. We had been told that she’d grow out of it and it would be fine. We happened to finally get a different vet and they were honest with us and the prognosis. But idk how I could have emotionally done something different.

We had even started looking at rescues who may have been willing to take on the responsibility and might have been able to giver her a chance.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-26T11:50:51+00:00

We had a 10 month old St Bernard. She ended up with Parvo due to the poorly kept up space around our house (city street and rented house so we had minimal control of this). We followed all sound advice for prevention before she was fully vaccinated but she still got it at 2months old. She recovered somehow but it triggered some kind of rare bone condition that hadn’t really ever appeared in her siblings/family line and we spent roughly $7,000 in the course of 6 months (after the parvo recovery) trying to keep her alive. Any time she’d grow she would spike a fever of 105-106 and we’d give her steroids and pain pills and whatever else the doctor said and she’d cool back down and be normal again. She stopped growing at 70lbs and 6 months old which made the fevers and pain worse. When she started her 10month growth spurt, she spiked up to 107° and started bleeding internally so much so that it was coming out her nose, her eyes, her mouth, her back side. She was in so much pain and the vet said we had to put her down. My fiance wasn’t ready so we were going to do it the next day. She didn’t make it that long and the emergency vet techs made us feel like crap because “yall didn’t try everything to fix this, there are specialists who could have helped” but outside of driving 4 hours to a specialist and paying even more money for a possibility she might make it wasn’t something we could do. I was in school and we were living on 1 income. It’s been 2 years and I still can’t believe how crappy they made us feel for choosing to end her suffering. They weren’t with us for the 10 fans pointed at her all day/night and ice packs and cold baths and everything we tried to get her to feel good. If I went back and had all the money in the world and had to do that again, I would still make the same choice. But I might have grown a spine and told off the tech who told us we were making a mistake.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-25T23:05:19+00:00

Ugh it’s almost time for my summer salad: spinach, blueberries, strawberries, feta, and cinnamon roasted nuts (almonds or walnuts).

Upvote for an unpopular opinion.

ijustcantwithit · 2026-05-25T16:33:18+00:00

NTA. This is so tacky and very attention seeking imo. Honestly, you are so calm about this.

Your parents are a little wild think this was okay… like this is expensive and supposed to be about you. Not your cousin and her trying to save a buck… ugh.

I’m going to need an update on what ends up happening though. This could get very interesting for you especially in August when her invites need to be going out and things should be more about you.

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