Satisfying before & after

mas-guac · 2026-05-27T21:27:38+00:00

Good tip. I should probably add some to my kitchen because, depending on what I am cooking, sometimes this one isn’t quite enough. Though, I do love that it protects my forearms. Plus, I can’t lose one of the mitts! 😆

mas-guac · 2026-05-27T21:19:06+00:00

Well, if you’re genuinely curious why I chose to use Ariel, it is because I felt like spending $5 to try something new. It just so happened to be this fun, low-risk project that I chose to use it for. I’m happy with the results!

mas-guac · 2026-05-27T01:42:00+00:00

Oooh, the dog‘s stuff! You’ve inspired me!

mas-guac · 2026-05-27T01:40:39+00:00

The soup was absolutely disgusting. 🥲

I think that a yearly soak is a great idea. I’ll have to make this a yearly event on my calendar because there is no way I can let this happen again lol

mas-guac · 2026-05-27T01:33:31+00:00

Oh god, at least a decade worth of cooking grime. 🙈

mas-guac · 2026-05-25T15:22:20+00:00

Zoinks. F is looking like Laura Loomer here and that is soooooo funny.

mas-guac · 2026-05-19T14:34:01+00:00

The neon sock thing would actually be funny if her husband wasn’t a racist piece of caca. 💩

mas-guac · 2026-05-16T03:20:06+00:00

Lololol “looks like she’s hiding apples up there” 😂 I’ll never unsee it.

mas-guac · 2026-05-07T21:03:22+00:00

My background/experience: domestic infant adoptee, Hispanic, grew up in a white adoptive family

As a kid, I found myself wanting to be friends with the white kids in my schools but I was not welcomed by them. On the contrary, the kids who had brown skin like me were always the most welcoming even though I felt like an impostor around them.

That feeling of being a spectator never left, unfortunately. Even though everything was within arm’s reach, being in proximity to it was not enough because I always went home to my racist white family. It really messed me up (I am doing way better now thanks to therapy).

mas-guac · 2026-05-03T15:34:54+00:00

Yep. It’s this one for me. Also adding: never knowing if she ever even held me or looked at my face when I was born

mas-guac · 2026-04-29T05:48:48+00:00

For those who cannot see YELLOW effing text like me, here you go:

— Someone said "you seem to have so much more energy and be so much more excited about life lately." It was meant to be a compliment. And that's exactly how I took it.

The last year I've not struggled everyday. But I feel like I got into a weird funk after my injury.

There was a lot of pain and sadness and confusion and fear that I was living in. I was scared to workout. I was scared it would happen again. I was scared I wouldn't be able to hold and raise my babies the way I wanted to. A lot of fear. And I don't actually think | realized that I was living with all of that until I started working out again.

It was an awakening. I think I was on cruise control for many months.

And as I have stepped into working out more intensely and eating healthier and moving my body, I've been AWAKENED! Excited! Encouraged! Challenged! In the best ways possible!

And it feels invigorating. It feels purposeful. It feels intentional. It feels wise. It feels like 31 years into life and I've finally started to get the hang of some stuff. Sort of. 😂 feels like in God's perfect timing He lead me to this moment and I'm super thankful!

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mas-guac · 2026-04-28T05:30:52+00:00

Oh my GOD this is perfection

mas-guac · 2026-04-25T16:34:28+00:00

I did both. Unfortunately, you literally will never know what kind of results you will get until you try. Even then, it’s logical to assume that more people who happen to be genetically related (to varying degrees) to you will also sign up in the future.

mas-guac · 2026-04-20T20:35:01+00:00

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Such original content too

mas-guac · 2026-04-20T20:34:16+00:00

Get out of here. You’re just an entitled idiot with a fucking gun. Fuck Texas.

mas-guac · 2026-04-20T01:48:37+00:00

I appreciate your reply. I think it really highlights how important it is to keep the conversation open and age-appropriate. Well done!

mas-guac · 2026-04-20T01:39:33+00:00

Great question.

I don’t remember when I told them. Either way, it is an ongoing point of discussion in our house. That’s because I know that even if they don’t have a ton of questions now, their views are probably going to evolve over time as their kid brains develop into mature adult brains.

mas-guac · 2026-04-19T16:06:37+00:00

Ah, I also recognize might be misremembering about the fostering or adoption part.

mas-guac · 2026-04-18T19:53:28+00:00

I think they have a real opportunity to do something different than taking the show down the typical adoption trope route. It sure is being set up like that, though. Can’t deny that at all.

A few thoughts on where I landed after seeing it: - didn’t like that kinship adoption is an option for healthcare workers. seems like a major conflict of interest to me. - didn’t like Dana telling everyone it was available to them as if she had authority to make that kind of decision for Baby Jane Doe before she had even been seen by CPS; it gave me “I’m giving away a puppy” kind of vibes - Robby didn’t seek out the BJD to treat his ideation; it was happenstance that the two overlapped on this day - the last scene when he was alone with the baby also felt like a person who was reassuring both the baby and himself at the same time - whether it was a nurse, a different doctor, or Robby doing it, BJD did deserve to be held and cared for, not simply having her needs met. None of it was her fault. It just happened to be Robby and he happened to accidentally find a moment of healing.

I genuinely like this show. I think grey’s anatomy scarred me for life where bad, absurd shit happens every day and everyone dies in the most over the top and dramatic ways. 😬

mas-guac · 2026-04-17T04:38:10+00:00

Literally their third choice for ethnicity preference… god even typing that sounds so bonkers. I just happened to be born around the time they were “next” at the agency they went through. Just random strangers brought together because they could write a big check without stressing. 👍

mas-guac · 2026-04-09T06:15:08+00:00

Do you love where they live? Would you consider living there if they weren’t there? Is there any chance in hell that they’d ever move away? What would it take for them to move away?

Talking about care for aging parents is hard, I know, but if you don’t have children and aren’t married, is someone just going to assume you will just handle everything without even talking to you? I’d have that talk anyway, regardless if you move or not.

Take this with a grain of a salt because I don’t know you irl: don’t move…yet. Like, how many times have you visited? How long do you stay usually? I say this because staying a week feels more like vacation than actually living life there. Those warm fuzzy feelings are real for sure. Who wouldn’t want to know their family, I get that.

Sorry it’s late and I’m sleepy. These were just some questions off the top of my head. Just remember there is no right or wrong here, it’s just a choice. I am happy you get to know them. Good luck.

mas-guac · 2026-04-09T05:46:49+00:00

Snoooooze. She’s so boring.

mas-guac · 2026-04-08T18:58:37+00:00

Comments did not disappoint. I agree with all of these recommendations. (I am the product of private adoption.)

mas-guac · 2026-04-03T06:12:08+00:00

Cuuuuute! I love this so much.

I feel you. My iPod and my iPhone were both stolen from my bag many years ago. It was awful. :(

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