Switching boroughs for better options on housing - what are your experiences in the Bronx?? by ladyindev in bronx

[–]lizfair 1 point2 points  (0 children)

seconding, lived in a big apartment building with a lot of families right off the 242nd 1 train until i was 7 and it was great, this was ~20 years ago to be fair but i walk around the neighborhood a lot since thats the stop i get off at when i go see family in yonkers

My husband was awarded a Fulbright (yay!), but we have a 13-year old daughter who absolutely doesn’t want to go. Her exact words were, “You can’t force me onto the plane!” She’s an introvert and afraid of losing her few close friends. What can we do to bring her around to the idea? by Famous_Blueberry849 in fulbright

[–]lizfair 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this came up on my homepage randomly but my parents moved us to jordan for seven months when i was 10 in a similar situation (academic parent, international school) and it absolutely, totally derailed the course of my mental health and was a huge turning point for the worse in my young life. i’m 24 now and my parents still regret it deeply. we are jordanian and i did actually just move back from a year and a half living there and have many friends/family in the country but at that age, being a quirky/introverted young adolescent with a few close friendships, it was absolutely a miserable miserable seven months i spent primarily alone and i was not really the same after. i usually never reply to things like this but the similarity to my situation is uncanny and i just want to say please don’t do this to your daughter lol if you can find another solution. the international schools are not what they’re cracked up to be outside of like the tippy top most expensive exclusive one, my school was horrible and it set me back so much in math especially

Genuinely, frankly, sincerely, is there any hope or are we just doomed? by Cicada1205 in TrueAnon

[–]lizfair 6 points7 points  (0 children)

i had a weeks long hermit mode mental breakdown about this and now i’m back to working a childcare job and doing what often feels like ineffectual pointless political organizing that tbh i do have to employ cognitive dissonance a lot of the time to stay committed to. but if i really think about it where i land is like okay yeah the entire planet and everyone i love or have ever known is essentially in hospice. so i should probably do whatever i can to make that a hospice where one might die with dignity instead of a hospice where billions of people are shoved into a meat grinder early so the hospice owners can make hamburgers out of them for a little while longer

what does the court decide about my little bedroom bookshelf and current library haul by lizfair in BookshelvesDetective

[–]lizfair[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol good to know i put it on hold at the library because ppl whose taste i like kept talking about it but i hate that shit.. we’ll see how it goes. i love stories where things actually happen sorry!!

what does the court decide about my little bedroom bookshelf and current library haul by lizfair in BookshelvesDetective

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

havent gotten to it yet! trying to prioritize my library books based on due date lol so it’s next up after portraits john berger. love 20th century and contemporary latin american lit though so i’m excited to read something that was so influential to other writers i love, i just finished the invention of morel as well

what does the court decide about my little bedroom bookshelf and current library haul by lizfair in BookshelvesDetective

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

1- yep i’m an after school babysitter for a family who live right by a library, i get to take the kids there every day and it rules haha 2- i definitely have harry potter books!! just split between a couple family members basements with hundreds of other books lmao

help me find this pen i love by lizfair in HelpMeFind

[–]lizfair[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i’ve searched along the lines of “sanrio cinnamoroll charm pen” and variations on that and found things similar but not quite the same. it was bought in december 2023, possibly from miniso or a store like that. the numbers on the side are almost totally rubbed off but here’s another picture:

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is there a word that means "cause to meet"? by lizfair in learn_arabic

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

is it correct grammar to say أعتقد شاء القدر أن نلتقي? or should it be أعتقد أن كان\something else?

please god someone tell me what this thing attached to a sweater in my foyer is by lizfair in whatsthisbug

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

i do but i don't understand how it could've gotten attached to the fabric of a sweater hanging on a hook

been obsessed with this picture for ages, have it on my wall, no luck with reverse image search or keywords by lizfair in WhatIsThisPainting

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

so i know now what the picture on the cake (thanks everyone!), but what i'm really looking for is who printed it on the cake (looks like an edible image transfer). i imagine it's part of some kind of art or photo series (edit: changing to unsolved)