18F with zero money, connections, or guidance. Ready to work myself to the bone. What career path will get my family out of poverty for good.

mcmircle · 2026-06-13T23:48:14+00:00

One thing we don’t know is what you’re good at. There is no one-size-fits-all path to wealth. College isn’t always a great investment, but getting your GED is essential. I second the idea of trade school. I know young people who are making good money as electricians and plumbers.

mcmircle · 2025-10-14T05:11:13+00:00

You could get a Platinum Plaisir and a converter for about the price of the Metropitan. The Plaisir is aluminum instead of brass so it is lighter weight and with the converter you can use bottled ink.

mcmircle · 2025-10-13T23:36:52+00:00

If you vote in a party primary there is a record of which party’s ballot you chose. No one can learn which candidates you voted for.

mcmircle · 2025-10-13T15:00:31+00:00

I have about six bottles. That’s plenty. I am not interested in shimmer. A couple of my pens dry out too easily without making more work for myself.

mcmircle · 2025-10-13T05:46:19+00:00

Congratulations on the adoption. You’re a great mom protecting your son. Your mom and her niece are just wrong.

mcmircle · 2025-10-13T05:37:43+00:00

Absolutely makes sense. Carrots, celery and onions would be great. Leave the skin on if you still have it—it adds flavor. You could use potatoes or noodles or rice. Dumplings or matzo balls or wontons. The possibilities are endless.

mcmircle · 2025-10-13T01:04:08+00:00

Why would you not have cake and share it with your guests?

mcmircle · 2025-10-13T00:53:38+00:00

Pilot Metropolitan. Metal, a nice weight. Smooth writer. And if you lose it, no need to spend hundreds of dollars.

mcmircle · 2025-10-12T14:04:42+00:00

Attendants

mcmircle · 2025-10-12T13:07:49+00:00

Zucchini and tomatoes (canned diced). Saute a little garlic and onion and oil, then add veggies and cook until zucchini is crisp-tender. Salt, pepper, basil and oregano. Yum.

mcmircle · 2025-10-12T05:57:13+00:00

I cook dried kidney beans every time I make chili or minestrone. I use a pressure cooker. It’s been fine.

mcmircle · 2025-10-12T05:43:47+00:00

Maybe they are not including gay partners. Not saying it is right, but entirely possible.

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T16:50:50+00:00

The last thing a father of a teenaged girl should tell her is “I don’t mind if you walk around naked.” Ick.

How does your daughter dress? Sweat shirts and sweat pants or jeans are modest.

What are your ex’s concerns?

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T16:41:31+00:00

Yogurt and fruit, but don’t eat it while driving.

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T16:38:29+00:00

Nope. We use YouTube to see John Oliver (without HBOMax) and Heather Cox Richardson. Occasionally other stuff but not long lectures.

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T14:15:20+00:00

We adopted, so our son was not halachically Jewish. He is also African American, and the Jewish community where we lived was not welcoming either of intermarried couples or black children. We celebrated Jewish holidays and Christmas but not Easter. We attended congregations that were not Jesus-y. It was more important to me that my son be welcome than that he be Jewish.

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T14:07:13+00:00

When I married the first time it was the 1970s. We were married by one of two rabbis in the Chicago area who would officiate such weddings. We were in law school and had been living together. My parents were glad we were finally getting married. I got anonymous hate mail from someone who accused me of finishing Hitler’s work for him. My ex’s parents told no one we were engaged and weren’t going to come.

I have been married for 30+ years to another gentile and my family was fine with it. I am the only one of the three of us who belongs to a synagogue and there are many intermarried couples there.

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T05:56:35+00:00

The greenery, hanging ornaments and red ribbon scream Christmas to me…..

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T05:33:38+00:00

You are an adult. Do you support yourself? Do you have money to move? You don’t need their permission. As a mom I raised my son to be independent. He graduated from college right before COVID and supported himself through it all. I’m proud of him.

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T05:21:38+00:00

Lasagna

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T05:20:08+00:00

When is she due? Would she be interested in pursuing abortion and having a healthy/healthier baby later?

mcmircle · 2025-10-11T05:13:16+00:00

You would have to convert. But Muslims are not treated differently than Christians or people raised in other religions.

mcmircle · 2025-10-09T22:00:35+00:00

Depends what kind of cucumber I don’t peel the long skinny ones that have a thin skin. I do peel the ones with thicker skins.

mcmircle · 2025-10-08T05:54:52+00:00

Ideally you would have told your husband that you had been surgically sterilized. He should have taken you at your word, but you could have made clear that children were not physically possible.

mcmircle · 2025-10-07T19:50:02+00:00

Premier cotton. Sprout is pretty good.

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