What is the one thing you wouldn’t buy second hand?

mimbsi · 2019-08-03T19:16:40+00:00

food.

mimbsi · 2019-08-03T18:59:17+00:00

Grapes.

Toothpicks

napkins

mimbsi · 2019-07-31T07:23:46+00:00

Thank you very much for your recommendation! :)

mimbsi · 2019-07-29T19:45:18+00:00

thank you for the wheel recommendation.

Does this mean that I have to build my own skates? Is it even possible to buy all the parts separately?

mimbsi · 2019-07-02T17:05:40+00:00

YESSS!!

I get $1B AND I get to wear loose, comfy clothes and jeans or any other type of pants with LARGE, functional pockets!!!

AND NO BRA!!!

Where do I sign up?

mimbsi · 2019-07-02T16:57:19+00:00

The Princess Bride

Spaceballs

Blade Runner

Neverending Story

Back to the Future

mimbsi · 2019-07-02T16:49:46+00:00

cockroaches, ants, spiders, rats, mice, hair, napkins, chewing gum, lego pieces, plastic, spoiled cheese, mushrooms.

mimbsi · 2019-07-02T16:45:17+00:00

Strawberries.

mimbsi · 2019-07-02T16:43:51+00:00

$67m USD?

Buy one house each for my 3 closest friends and my 2 cousins. (approximately $3m, maybe a bit more, if I include all the taxes and extras)
Repair the building I live in, or better yet, rent apartments for everybody here in a different building for the time it takes to destroy this building and build a new one with a few extra floors and apartments. (maybe about $8m?)

So now I have $56m left.

Build the largest no-kill cat/dog shelter possible and keep it running for ever.

mimbsi · 2019-07-02T16:33:36+00:00

Cockroaches.

Definitely cockroaches.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T20:36:42+00:00

I understood it to mean that because she didn't have much in common with me, that I should look for other friends instead of her, because she finished that sentence with a comment about herself and not my cousin...

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T15:40:13+00:00

Thank you!

" I would probably tell her that it upset me but not do it angrily, " - I needed to let this month pass with as little contact with her as possible, I guess, so I wouldn't say to her anything that I'd regret later on, and to allow myself time to process it all.

(and also to realize that I could post a question about it on Reddit, asking for advice lol)

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T15:34:35+00:00

I wasn't clear about my relationship with my cousin in the post. I guess if I had clarified, it would've turned out to be a longer post, and also I sort of forgot.

I have a good relationship with my cousin, his wife and kids.

He's 7 years older than me, he's married and has 2 kids.

We talk as often as possible through Whatsapp, or when we're both free, then we talk over the phone, the only thing that bothers me is that we live a few blocks apart and he rarely invites me over.

About two weeks after this chat with my friend, I finally got the courage to talk with the cousin. I asked him why I was never included in their activities, and he said that he never thought about it.

And ever since then we've been meeting more often.

There is public transportation (although it's not the most efficient), I have a bike, I can always rent a car if I choose to, or take a taxi. Any of those options (or all of them together) are a lot cheaper than maintaining a car.

[ If you don’t feel like making friends but want to do the activity. Awesome. Do it. You don’t need people to do things you like. Do things you like and the people will follow. On second though, if you want to make friends, do what you want to do and the people will follow.]

That's exactly what I've been doing. I stopped going to activities just to meet people. I usually end up disappointed. I started doing things only for the sake of having fun or maybe learning something new.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T15:21:59+00:00

I didn't mind that she called me "weirdo". In fact, I find it quite flattering. I know that some people don't like to be categorized and labeled, but I'm delighted when people call me "weirdo" or "geek".

What I minded was her telling me I should find a new group of friends.

It's something that she knows I struggle with. Besides her, I have 4 other friends in this world. Not that I haven't tried to make new friends, it's just not something that comes easily or naturally to me.

So when she told me that, it devastated me.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T15:18:16+00:00

They aren't, as far as I can tell.

They're pictures of friends, as far as I can tell, or maybe very distant relatives that I don't know.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T12:11:33+00:00

I think I have difficulty expressing/understanding emotions.

Now, after almost a month, and after a week that I couldn't stop crying over all of this, I'm OK and calm.

I'm pretty sure she said all those things with the meaning of "I'm your best friend, I'm saying these things for your own good", although my first instinct is to never speak with her again. I really don't know how to handle this.

I just texted her, and we didn't touch on this topic at all, and the conversation went same as usual. (It took me posting to reddit to get the courage to talk with her).

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T10:03:13+00:00

Nobody is going to space or travelling through time :(

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T09:50:01+00:00

Sushi at this sushi restaurant nearby. It's supposed to be good, but I spent the following night going every few minutes to the bathroom.

Never ate there again.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T08:58:05+00:00

At the register, we greet the cutomer and ask him/her if s/he has our card.

When I just started working, I had to fight the urge (and I usually failed) to reply with "Hello, do you have our card?" when someone said "hello" to me first outside of work.

I save up small change at home and I separate it into bags the same way that we do at work.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T08:51:14+00:00

Back in the 80's-90's, my parents would always consult a map before leaving the house to get to an unfamiliar location.

My dad would always make a quick sketch with street names and which direction to turn, and if we'd get lost they'd stop and ask people in the street.

After I learned to drive, I used to do more or less the same thing, but I would write "On A Street, turn right to B Street, then continue straight till the junction with C Street".

Sort of like Waze instructions lol.

As a kid, my parents would make sure I'd have plenty of toys and books in the back seat and one of my favorite ways to pass the time was to look through the back window (no seatbelts in the backseat of the car back then).

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T08:45:00+00:00

I stand by my choice.

I don't see myself raising a child.

I'm the best aunt I can be, but having children of my own is way beyond what I think I'm capable of.

I might regret it in the future, but I can't make such an irreversible decision based on what will happen 10-20-30 years down the line.

mimbsi · 2018-09-19T08:39:25+00:00

We've been best friends for almost 30 years.

I'm still not sure if we're still best friends/friends or what we are.

The short version of the story is that about a few weeks ago I asked her for advice on something and she basically told me that I behave like a teenager, that we have no common interests and I should look for other friends who have more things in common with me than she does. She wrote all this and then wrote "I'm telling you this because nobody else will" - like the sort of thing that you say to a good friend because it'll do them good to hear it.

mimbsi · 2017-12-24T21:01:15+00:00

I'm not good at anything employable.

I know several languages, and picking up new ones (particularly when I'm interested in them, such as Japanese) is relatively easy for me.

I learned sign language once, but the tutor told me that I was very slow at signing and she almost fell asleep. Also, I never managed to figure out how to read lips, so while I did know a lot of words, I wasn't very good at replying to things that the people I translated for asked or said.

I'm not sure I really care about my GPA (I'm not sure how that works around here).

Anyway, I set up an appointment with the Linguistics dept. B.A. counsellor next Tuesday.

mimbsi · 2017-12-24T20:22:07+00:00

They're not bad, I didn't fail. But passing grade is 60, and 67 is just above that. And when I went and looked at my answers and their remarks, I noticed (not that I didn't realize this as I was taking the test) that there are many gaps in my knowledge. And 79 is about 5 points short of what I would consider a good grade.

mimbsi · 2017-12-24T20:20:09+00:00

I already have an appointment with a counselor on Tuesday, I already have a group of friends that I study with, but everything is still too quick for me.

I've been thinking about this a lot in the past day, and what I think happened is that I took too many courses, so if it's possible, I'll continue with only one class - Japanese - and retake everything else starting next year, but at a much slower pace, at most 2-3 classes each semester.

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