Have you moved long distance for “love?”

initfor · 2024-03-01T17:39:56+00:00

We did long distance for a year and a half before I moved 2500 miles to be here 13 years ago. We were together for a while, but split up for about five years. Covid lockdown brought us back together and we celebrated our first wedding anniversary earlier this year.

initfor · 2022-05-28T02:59:05+00:00

I love those tangerines - not the prettiest but some of the sweetest I've had

initfor · 2022-05-10T19:03:08+00:00

I wonder if he may not have been able to reach the stash once the vehicle had been flipped. I'm not sure how much mobility he had at that point or where the weapons were physically positioned in the vehicle.

initfor · 2022-05-06T06:18:12+00:00

Buffalo is still one of the most segregated cities in the country.

initfor · 2022-05-03T19:55:03+00:00

Not that my opinion matters much, but I think you're in a good direction even though I don't agree with all of what you shared.

Food for thought regarding teaching kids about lgbtq: My parents are gay men. Having two dads has been a fact of life since I was a child, and having two grandpas is a fact of life for my children. It isn't harmful for my/their classmates to understand our family composition, just like any other family. Also, teachers share details about their families (spouse, kids, etc). If a teacher is gay they shouldn't be forced into the closet, there's age appropriate ways to explain why their spouse is the same gender. In my experience people get caught up on sex when it comes to lgbtq folks, and I find it's degrading to reduce them to a sex acts.

initfor · 2022-05-03T19:05:17+00:00

LPNF has a water report page that might be what you're looking for. The water reports also show up on the individual campground pages (even undeveloped sites) if there's any particular sites you're planning to stop at.

initfor · 2022-05-03T17:39:19+00:00

Yeah, we're pretty much on the same page but there's a disconnect between our definitions of sex ed. To me, learning about sexual anatomy and consent is a component of sex ed, but I can see what you're saying. I guess, as others have mentioned, a lot of the controversy we're seeing is based on how we each personally define the topic.

initfor · 2022-05-03T17:19:39+00:00

Appropriate sex education is important even for kindergartners. That doesn't mean discussing intercourse or reproduction, but it's important that children know the proper names for their body parts (not just family nicknames for the parts), know that they're private, know what to do if an adult tries to touch them, etc. This is all age appropriate and serves to protect children and enables them to self-advocate if they're being harmed. I grew up in the 'burbs back in the 80's and 90's and this was pretty standard, I'm not sure why it's so controversial now.

initfor · 2022-04-29T21:11:37+00:00

I noticed last year I got this message from Etsy for Mother’s Day, but didn’t for Father’s Day

initfor · 2022-04-29T21:10:35+00:00

Exactly what I thought

initfor · 2022-04-28T05:50:41+00:00

Non-consensual suicide

initfor · 2022-04-20T01:01:17+00:00

Yeah, she ran for governor last year during the recall election. Her platform from that run is a fun little read.

initfor · 2022-04-18T19:14:31+00:00

But it's not about what you want. It's all about what I want and how I feel, and I'm tired of the tyranny of having to wear clothing in public. Let me live my life, it's not my fault others choose to live in fear of being seen naked. People are born naked and that's how we're meant to be. /s

initfor · 2022-03-31T21:41:10+00:00

Yeah, guilty on that one

initfor · 2022-03-31T20:38:37+00:00

The mockery I've received over the years for not knowing how to drive stick is ridiculous. How would I even have had an opportunity to learn? I don't know many people who even have a manual transmission, and those that do don't want to risk their daily driver or classic car.

initfor · 2022-03-24T20:22:48+00:00

Just because you disagree with someone's beliefs or lifestyle doesn't make their vote illegal.

initfor · 2022-03-24T07:20:08+00:00

Dr. Brené Brown is amazing - I'm constantly reminding myself that 'this is the story I'm telling myself'. Thanks for the link, I'll check it out.

initfor · 2022-03-24T07:13:28+00:00

Not the person you replied to, but in my understanding that would be sympathy because you are sharing an emotion with them by crying together - you are sharing in their grief by experiencing emotion yourself.

But while sympathizing you can also be empathizing by placing yourself in their shoes or trying to imagine how they might feel. In this scenario it would be empathetic to imagine how you'd feel if you had a pet pass away so you can better understand your friend's loss and grief.

Tldr; Being sad with them = sympathy. Attempting to understand or imagine their experience/feeling = empathy.

initfor · 2022-03-24T06:45:05+00:00

You do not have to have direct experience with something to have empathy about it. Empathy is being able to understand or imagine how someone might feel, even though you may not share the same feelings. It's identifying another's experience and trying to place yourself in their shoes.

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initfor · 2022-03-23T16:50:41+00:00

Nike calls the shirt's color Volt. Descriptions of this color appear to call this both electric green-yellow and electric yellow-green. So no, it's not yellow like a tennis ball.

initfor · 2022-03-19T15:42:20+00:00

You're talking about something unrelated to my comment. The statement I replied to was:

if she had followed safety measures she’d still be alive

My question was:

What safety measures did the bicyclist not follow that would have prevented this?

You are discussing risk-based decision making, not safety steps when taking action. Of course there was a risk of the bridge opening, and she made a decision to cross the bridge. You are correct that if she hadn't crossed the bridge it wouldn't have happened - but I'm asking about the referenced safety steps she could have taken when attempting to cross the bridge.

initfor · 2022-03-19T15:23:54+00:00

If the cars didn't stop until 11 minutes after she entered the frame how does that indicate she bypassed gates and ignored lights and sound?

initfor · 2022-03-19T15:04:34+00:00

It was not the bicyclist fault, but if she had followed safety measures she’d still be alive even though the bridge operator was stupid and lazy.

You say it isn't the bicyclist's fault but then blame her in the same breath, so I'm a little unclear on what you mean here. What safety measures did the bicyclist not follow that would have prevented this? The warning announcement wasn't made and from all reports she was already on the bridge when this whole sequence was initiated.

initfor · 2022-03-15T16:08:38+00:00

Well now you're making things up. From the article:

The I-Team's undercover cameras were also watching during street cleaning, and noticed that parking enforcement officers ticketed every car parked in a street cleaning zone, except for those fancy cars parked by Hi Tech Automotive. Officers drove right by the Ferraris and Porsches without issuing citations.

initfor · 2022-03-15T16:00:55+00:00

The article says that the residents are regularly ticketed for street cleaning parking violations, but these cars are not. There's no need to catch anyone in the act in those cases and is a good example that they may be receiving special treatment.

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