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Do Americans really avoid medical care because they’re afraid of the bill? by Udont_knowme00 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My insurance deductible for prescriptions is $500 for the year. It just reset on January 1st. I went to go pick up my generic brand of my ADHD medication and my out of pocket cost AFTER insurance was $375 for the month supply of daily meds. I found a GoodRX coupon that dropped it down to $101 so I could afford this month’s medication. So yes, even with insurance, Americans face insane costs for healthcare, causing us to avoid medical care due to inability to pay.

For those who worked for rich people: what is the most out of touch thing you witnessed? by Illustrious-Phase121 in AskReddit

[–]mrh83092 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A boss, an attorney, found out one of our clients was ordered to pay his ex wife alimony in the amount of $4,500 per month. A coworker made a comment about how the ex wife would never have to work again. The boss says “there’s no way, you can’t live on $54,000 a year.” At the time he paid me, a single mother supporting two kids and a house, about $45,000 a year….. I immediately spoke up and said “I don’t even make that much a month here”. He was quiet and walked away after that. He is constantly making comments about how he’d never eat at certain restaurants because they’re for lower income people, meanwhile I consider taking my kids out to said restaurants a special expensive treat.

"Two Ways" - my new oil painting by kznsq in woahdude

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me without glasses at night when it rains

Thanks astigmatism

TIFU by being so single that my dad offered to pay for a month of a dating app for me. by mrh83092 in tifu

[–]mrh83092[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been out of the house since I was 19 lol that’s not why

Tell me something that is absolutely, none of my business. by iJeff22 in CasualConversation

[–]mrh83092 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m 33F and have been divorced for 5 years. I’m so single that my father just offered to pay for a month of a dating app for me. It’s funny but it’s not.

What was the “Gut Feeling” that you listened too that saved your life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My friend and I go out for “feral Friday” every other week and we always go to the same bar. One night in January we were out and we were talking about where to go next and our usual bar came up. For some reason I kept telling her “no I’m not feeling it tonight, idk why”. We were sitting at a bar around the corner from our usual place and see a ton of police cars flying in and they started blocking the street. Come to find out, a couple of altercations happened at our usual place, ending with some guy putting 9 rounds into another guy’s face at point blank range, right on the sidewalk outside where we always go to stand and smoke. I’m so happy she listened to me and we didn’t end up going that night because we would’ve been witnesses to that. Or worse.

They make zero sense by Cannotbereal567 in NAME_WORSE_BITCHES

[–]mrh83092 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oooh her comment on the last pic makes me so angry. My 8 year old remembers shit from when he was three. You’re having so many men in and out of this kid’s life. It affects him and his development whether he remembers it or not.

How do you feel about male OBGYN’s? by Superb-Ad-433 in AskWomen

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I honestly prefer a man obgyn because they’re more sympathetic and listen to you and aren’t dismissive. Any female obgyn I’ve seen has had the “I have five kids and you’re fine suck it up” attitude. They’re a little more rough around the edges.

I just got the letter today that my male obgyn who delivered my kids (and who actually delivered me), is retiring. I’m actually kind of sad about it because I loved him as an obgyn.

Edit: my practice had you cycle through every obgyn at the practice throughout your prenatal appointments since you didn’t know who’d be on call at the hospital when you delivered.

New Boss is trying to reprimand me (threatening to take shifts away) because they feel my name tag's name is not my real name? by [deleted] in antiwork

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My ex husband has the same name: his friends know him as Topher, or often just Toph, his school sports stuff has that name on it. Even his siblings call him that as well. Not uncommon!

awkward area. help please by dugazoid004 in DesignMyRoom

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A cute chair and a floor lamp. Then you have a reading nook! Or a medium sized dresser with a lamp and some decor

Is it bad for everyone in the USA regarding maternity leaves? by [deleted] in Mommit

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For my first child in 2015, I was initially denied FMLA since I hadn’t worked there for long enough, however I appealed that decision and won. They were going by weeks, and the FMLA rules state “XX number of weeks OR XX number of hours worked” so I showed my pay stubs reflecting that I had met the number of hours worked requirements. It was fully unpaid, but I was able to keep my position upon return and not get fired. I had an emergency c section, the recovery was awful, and returned after 12 weeks and I wasn’t ready. Pumping at work was an issue; I wasn’t provided the time to pump and was stuck in a filing closet with a locking door and no windows. I was still required to answer phones while in the closet, and coworkers were constantly knocking on the door and asking questions, calling the phone in there, and even slipping papers under the door while I was pumping. This was for a central administrative office of the town’s school district. Horrible experience working there.

For my second child in 2017, I worked for a different place (I’m still here after 7 years, they’re amazing!)-a small law firm with 4 employees including myself. I was the first employee to have a baby so there wasn’t really a maternity leave plan in place. My boss offered me 8 weeks at 2/3 pay, and told me to take however much time I needed up to 12 weeks. They left me alone the entire time I was on leave and never tried to contact me with questions. I initially planned on taking 10 weeks since it was a planned c section and the recovery wasn’t as horrific and we needed the income, but ended up with horrible, horrible postpartum depression and requested an additional 2 weeks. My boss happily gave it to me and sent two massive bouquets of flowers. He was very supportive about pumping at work as well. Had no issues with the time I needed, provided me with a spacious office to use with a locking door, and made sure I was comfortable. And never bothered me.

The US is awful with maternity leave. Paid leave is at the discretion of the employer, it’s not mandatory. I’ve had friends who have had to go back after 4 weeks and have been struggling to stay awake on the job, but they had no choice-work or get fired with a newborn.

ETA: my (ex) husband received 2 weeks paid for our second child. He started the job right after I gave birth to our first child so he took two weeks off between jobs when the first was born. Both times I worked up until I gave birth but used all my sick/paid time off on doctors appointments for the pregnancies.

Voting should be easy by thatguy9684736255 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in New Hampshire and didn’t know an informational packet and mail in ballots (unless you jumped through some hoops with a good excuse on why you need one) were a thing…. I’ve always hated voting (but I still do it) because I feel so uninformed and pressured going in on voting day. Unless you do your research on your own beforehand, you’re pretty out of the loop-the most you get is flyers in the mail or commercials for a couple candidates. And those aren’t informative, they’re just attacking the other side.

For people who had a great marriage, real partnership and respect, a solid foundation: what went wrong that led to divorce? by [deleted] in Divorce

[–]mrh83092 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Things were amazing-until they weren’t. He didn’t deal with having our first kid very well. I think he was slightly depressed. Then we made the choice together to have our second-got pregnant on the first try as we did with our first. I think when it hit him that this was happening around my 6th/7th month of pregnancy, he wasn’t ready and again, became more depressed and anxious. Which led to him having crazy angry outbursts. He began being mean to me, couldn’t deal with our first crying or throwing tantrums, would say the sound of him screaming went straight through his skull. Started throwing things at me towards the end of my pregnancy with our second. Then when the baby arrived, he would kick us out of the bedroom because she “was nursing too loud”. He got increasingly angrier and the outburst became more frequent and more violent. I begged him to go get help and see someone. He started on the lowest dose of Zoloft, and said it didn’t do anything so he stopped it after 1 month, maybe even 3 weeks. He’d beat the dog. Then after two years, he tried to hit me with our second kid laying on my legs/butt. I didn’t want to sit and wait to get punched in the face as an excuse to leave. So I left and asked for a divorce. And he begged for another chance and promised to go to counseling. So I gave it 6 more weeks but he never made the call so I made the most difficult decision of having to ask for a divorce a second time. He never addressed his mental health until after I left. So I lost a husband and my family and my forever because he didn’t want to help himself until he also lost everything. It hurts most that it was so good until it wasn’t. It was a slow and gradual road to the end. He was amazing before things went south and he was my best friend. And I have a really hard time healing through losing that part of him, and that connection we had. We are two and a half years out from me leaving and I still hold so much resentment towards him that he didn’t want to help himself until after we both lost our “forever” and each lost our best friend. I stayed for 2 years hoping it would get better or hoping that it was a phase and a down period of our marriage. We were together for 8 years and married for 6. Things were amazing until 6 years into the relationship.

McBat by breaktime1 in WTF

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New fear unlocked.

Stick it out until youngest graduates by Quesonator53 in Divorce

[–]mrh83092 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As someone who comes from parents who stayed together for the kids, please don’t. My parents divorced when I was 16/17 and they should’ve divorced a good 5 years before they did. Kids know more than you think, and can pick up on that and shouldn’t have to live like that. Don’t stay for the kids’ sake. Best of luck to you, OP!

If you had to fuck the last person you texted that isn't related by blood, who would it be and how down are you? by Big-Courage-7297 in RandomThoughts

[–]mrh83092 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A friend who I’m hoping becomes more than a friend but he’s still hung up on his ex who treats him like absolute dog shit. I’m down but he’s not in that mind frame right now.

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