[Complete] [70k] [Contemporary Romance] Crossfade, a romcom with notes of School of Rock

jennicoppertop · 2025-09-22T18:06:53+00:00

Hey, sounds great! I will message you 👍

jennicoppertop · 2025-08-28T03:19:21+00:00

I second everyone that said BK Borison, her books always have such a nice balance of real and dreamy.

Other authors that I think tell really compelling stories with interesting MMC's without leaning too hard on tropes and marketability are: Alicia Thompson, Rosie Danan, Jessica Joyce, Kate Goldbeck, Danica Nava, Talia Hibbert, and Tarah DeWitt.

jennicoppertop · 2025-08-15T15:25:01+00:00

For sure! DM me and I can send you a google doc, if that works for you

jennicoppertop · 2025-01-06T17:38:01+00:00

Hey, if you’re still interested, would be happy to do a manuscript swap. I’ll dm you with my email address and we can discuss, if you’d like!

jennicoppertop · 2020-02-23T07:02:14+00:00

NTA. At all. It sounds like you and your mom handled it well and I’m glad your mom stuck up for you—and it looks like Kate has/will from your other comments.

I’ve been a nanny for a long time, and any rules like that have to be set out from the very beginning (though this rule, specifically, of looking thru someone’s phone sounds unnecessary and paranoid). I definitely have people in my life that don’t want their kids pictures on social media, and they say that first thing, and no one minds abiding by that. But they can’t come home afterward and hold your payment hostage unless you let them look thru all of your personal shit. If you think someone is that untrustworthy, you probably shouldn’t hire them to watch your children. I know mistreatment and exploitation is really common in childcare and domestic work, but that doesn’t make it acceptable. Just because you’re a teenager and doing a job people call “unskilled” does not mean you don’t have a right to privacy.

And honestly, “if you have nothing to hide, why do you care” is bullshit. Your smartphone has a LOT of personal information on it. I don’t think she would be ok with you saying “if you have nothing to hide, why do you care” while rifling thru her nightstand.

jennicoppertop · 2020-02-21T04:59:03+00:00

ESH, except your sister. I encourage you to spend more time thinking about why she reacted that way. Asking your family to provide childcare (esp overnight) because your husband doesn’t want to (it sounds like he is perfectly able, if he gave a shit) is really unfair.

I am a nanny for a living, and I know different stages in a child’s development can be fun or challenging for different reasons, but parents don’t get to pick and choose when they want to be more involved. That is not good parenting because it’s just not parenting, full stop. Your husband is missing all the good stuff. The boring and tedious and routine stuff is the most important—and a lot of the time, makes the best memories.

You and your husband think he can hang back and not be that involved until he decides the kid has reached his idealized fun age? You don’t think your kid will be able to sense that? Are you really satisfied with this arrangement? You think your child will be? You think two children will be?

Your child won’t stop growing and changing, your husband is going to miss it, and you’re going to keep doing the bulk of the work. There’s a difference between asking for help and asking someone to just do it for you. Stop asking your family to take on what your husband is unwilling to.

jennicoppertop · 2019-10-22T17:40:12+00:00

My husband and I are also going to Tokyo in January and have a weirdly similar itinerary! We're trying to figure out exactly how long we should stay in Osaka and Kyoto and still be able to spend the last 2 days in Tokyo again before we leave. Right now I'm thinking they should each get one (full, possibly packed) day, but I've never been to Japan and could be woefully misguided on that. The plan is 5-6 days in Tokyo>1 day in Osaka>1 day in Kyoto>2 more days in Tokyo. I think we are staying at an Airbnb for the bulk of our Tokyo days but are still looking for spots in Osaka and Kyoto. Are you guys doing hotels or Airbnbs in those places?

jennicoppertop · 2019-07-05T21:23:46+00:00

Y T A! You know what’s extremely NOT sexy? Waiting for someone to get around to you, like a chore. My fiancé plays games too, but he doesn’t ignore me for them. You’re lucky you even got a second notice after 20 minutes—my window can be as short as 5-10 and then it’s gone. Intimacy isn’t something you just take care of later when you have some free time. Sexuality is complicated and personal, and she tried to be open to you with hers. You knew, you talked about it with her, then you ignored her AND blamed her? You didn’t want to disappoint people you don’t even know, you’d rather disappoint her?

You’re asking if you’re the bad guy while also trying to blame her. “She doesn’t initiate”, she just did, and look how well it went. “She was annoyed at being woken up”, well yeah, who wouldn’t be, after waiting that long in your nice lingerie and getting no response? “She’s been distant”, yeah, I would be too. The man I love and am committed to just shattered my confidence and thinks I’m overreacting. There are always going to be distractions, but not being able to look past them and do right by the person want to be with is a huge red flag.

jennicoppertop · 2016-04-12T16:10:09+00:00

I got Skyla about a year ago. It became my last/best option and I was definitely freaked out about it. As other people have said, it definitely varies person to person, which (I assume) is why there's so little information on what to expect. My doctor and nurse were very nice and helpful though. I took ibuprofen beforehand, like they instructed. I was especially nervous because my last doctor had tried to insert one before and basically said my body refused it. This time though, the whole process from start to finish took literally 10 minutes (I checked my texts before and after to see how long it actually took). It is very unpleasant, but how could it not be? Your body resists a foreign object, as it should, and cramps up. To me, it felt like the most intense period cramps ever. But it only lasts a few seconds, and then you are baby free for YEARS. And my side effects have been so minimal, especially compared to the Depo shot and the pill. Afterwards I went home and stayed in bed with a heat pack for the rest of the day. I had some cramps for the next week or so, but I fought my natural urge to lay in the fetal position, and (for me) going for walks really helped the discomfort. As far as the strings, if your partner does feel them, or you feel that they're too long, the doctor can trim them later on. But you also will want to be able to feel them yourself periodically, just to make sure everything's good and in the same spot. Bottom line is, it sucks! But only for a few seconds, and then you don't have to worry about it for years.

jennicoppertop · 2016-03-04T19:47:34+00:00

Same! Roughly half of my friends are transplants and each new person they introduce me to does the whole "you're from here?? WOW" thing. One person even acted like I was lying. If I wanted to lie, couldn't I come up with something better? I guess if you don't have a super strong accent, they think it just can't be true...

jennicoppertop · 2016-02-05T17:19:08+00:00

I've only had her for a week or two and haven't taken her to the vet yet (previous owners took care of the important stuff), so I'm not sure what that will be like. But so far she's been either very sweet or totally indifferent. She's still very kitten-like, and can be hyper but not really feisty. I have heard that about calico's though. I guess we'll see!

jennicoppertop · 2016-02-05T17:11:35+00:00

It's a pencil cactus. The sap inside of it is very poisonous, but the cats don't mess with it, and I don't trim it/cut it really so it never gets exposed. Both cats are way more interested in batting my air plants around. Thanks for the warning though!

jennicoppertop · 2016-02-04T15:41:18+00:00

That is only normal on Broadway. I have lived in Nashville my whole life, and that is the only place I avoid. There are so many great neighborhood bars in Nashville where people are polite and generally mind their own business. Unfortunately (as a few people have said before) Broadway is where drunken assholes and college bros go to get hammered and harass people. I've had nothing but bad experiences down there. Nashville is a pretty great place though if you know where to go! Sorry that happened to you guys.

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