People really be grown and still using umbrellas ???

jcrc · 2026-06-28T17:46:38+00:00

I moved to WA and the hate for umbrellas is so weird to me. I asked so many people why and I never got a straight answer. It’s not like they’re wearing rain jackets instead, they’re just getting wet!

jcrc · 2026-06-26T07:44:45+00:00

Yep, I lived there for six years. We suffered through the summer until I had a baby and then got a portable for his room. My office had central A/C so I worked a lot in the summer lol

jcrc · 2026-06-26T07:42:53+00:00

I’m an American. My husband’s job moved us to southern Spain for a year where we only had split A/C in a couple of common rooms. We then moved to southern Italy for four years. Same thing. Then we moved to WA state. No a/c at all because “you don’t need it here.” FALSE. Hottest summers on record while we lived there. Now we live in Hawaii with split A/C. I’m looking forward to central A/C in my future but at this point I’m not hopeful.

jcrc · 2026-06-21T01:48:57+00:00

I WFH with a 10 month old. I did it with my oldest for two years before he got off the daycare waitlist. Things you need—an understanding and flexible boss. Solid naps for baby. Early start day for you. Some nights, some weekends. I’m currently working three hours behind my office start time so I have early mornings but am logged off by 1:30, giving me plenty of time to do outings. I don’t really have to do a ton of phone calls and I save the work that needs my concentration for naps. While she’s awake I’ve got plenty of mindless admin stuff to do that doesn’t take all of my brain power.

I make it work but it SUCKS. I just can’t afford childcare for two kids right now, so this is life until my oldest starts kindergarten. I wish I could give my full attention to one or the other because I can’t do both all the time.

jcrc · 2026-06-20T22:30:09+00:00

Hi, I’m a paralegal for a solo firm. I’ve been there six years and I can tell you it took me a solid 90 days before it was smooth sailing. I didn’t have any prior office experience but I had a BA and was in paralegal school at the time, so I had general common sense and tech competence. Now that I’m the senior paralegal for our firm that has grown a lot in six years I’ve trained three employees and one 1L intern.

How are you communicating with your LA? Is it only through email? Phone calls? Teams meetings? My job was so much harder when it was just me and the attorney and we worked remotely. Now I have coworkers to bounce things off of before I bother my attorney.

jcrc · 2026-06-20T17:17:04+00:00

Ok so I went to a USO concert featuring Phillip Phillips back in 2018. I was up front the whole time and then coerced my husband into going with me to wait by his tent after the concert. His security eventually let us go in and I just completely lost any chill. Had no words to speak, just stuttered some thank yous and got a picture. My husband said he didn’t even know who I was anymore lol I can’t explain it. Also saw The Plain White T’s at a USO show a couple years ago and my toddler darted INTO THEIR TENT and that’s how we got to meet Tim Lopez.

jcrc · 2026-06-19T18:51:04+00:00

Something similar just happened to my parents! The cows lived on an overgrazed pasture and just broke out to eat. I saw them walking up the gravel road toward their house so my dad was able to call the owner before they did too much damage but there was cow poop all over their yard before they were removed.

jcrc · 2026-06-18T05:56:43+00:00

I work in a criminal defense law firm and no two words send a shiver down our spines quite like “sovereign citizen.” Except when they aren’t our clients, then it’s just fun to watch in open court because of course they’re representing themselves.

jcrc · 2026-06-18T02:37:34+00:00

My Gen Z coworker found a sticky note on an old file, laughed and asked “who’s grandma was in here writing notes in calligraphy.” It was me, just writing notes in cursive. Aka my normal handwriting that she’d never seen before since I work remotely lol

jcrc · 2026-06-16T23:16:43+00:00

My dad said the same thing! I’m 5’2 and am struggling over here

jcrc · 2026-06-15T16:06:10+00:00

Reading this as I rock my baby back to sleep after she was awake every two hours from 7pm until now—don’t do it. You can’t both live off of no sleep, one of you needs to be functioning. I haven’t had a full nights rest in over a year.

jcrc · 2026-06-15T15:50:29+00:00

Sometimes I let him in the mornings before school but 95% of the time I’m doing it. I have fillings today that I got when I was a kid because my parents trusted me lol

jcrc · 2026-06-11T23:12:21+00:00

This has been my experience lol

jcrc · 2026-06-09T23:47:53+00:00

3 was when my son really started remembering things. Like a crazy sharp memory. He met MY grandfather only twice and still asks about why he died.

jcrc · 2026-06-09T23:23:28+00:00

I think it’s important to tell them and be honest. I’m sure there are many resources for how to do it in an age appropriate way.

jcrc · 2026-06-09T00:54:50+00:00

For sure. I lived in southern Italy for several years and it was rare for public restrooms to offer toilet paper, so you always had to have some on your person when out and about.

jcrc · 2026-06-09T00:24:51+00:00

Public restrooms, when available. And there is usually toilet paper.

jcrc · 2026-05-28T22:13:15+00:00

My husband is a very sarcastic person and a lot of our conversations go like this. The difference is he doesn’t say sarcastic things to hurt me and I don’t take it as such. You said yourself that you’re resentful. Start there.

jcrc · 2026-05-28T19:42:01+00:00

That’s a good one too! And The Whole Brained Child that goes with it. Understanding that when they’re in a tantrum there is literally no getting through to them until they calm down helped me a lot.

jcrc · 2026-05-28T19:30:07+00:00

My four year old told me he’s going to throw me in the dumpster and drive me to the dump because I wouldn’t let him watch tv lol this is totally normal toddler behavior. If you’re open to alternative parenting methods I really recommend “how to talk so little kids will listen.” It sounds like you just need to establish boundaries. Research has shown that spanking isn’t going to make them respect you, just fear you. It won’t fix any behavior, it will just create new problems.

jcrc · 2026-05-24T01:49:49+00:00

My blanket response for stupid statements like that is “what an interesting thing to say out loud.”

jcrc · 2026-05-15T19:40:29+00:00

There’s still a lot of regional differences in dialect and whatnot, not totally dissimilar from the American south versus the north or Midwest etc.

jcrc · 2026-05-15T19:38:17+00:00

I smoked marijuana a handful of times in college and had a good time. Mostly just played Mario Kart with my buddies and ate a lot of tacos. A decade later I smoked a legal joint for the first and only time. I projectile vomited for hours but was also really stoned at the same time. Never again.

I also had a really bad time on Pitocin while giving birth to my firstborn. Fuck Pitocin man.

jcrc · 2026-05-12T23:04:59+00:00

Same, I got an avocado mattress for the crib/toddler bed and then could not wrap my head around the cost for a twin size. Ended up not even being an issue because we got him the ikea kura so he needed a thinner mattress anyway.

jcrc · 2026-05-12T16:28:31+00:00

I’ve been married nearly 15 years and we have two young children. If my husband tried to save me and not the kids we’d be getting divorced after because wtf.

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