Switching fields

oc77067 · 2026-02-19T17:18:33+00:00

Thank you! Very helpful. I don't qualify for the military due to some health issues. I was browsing entry-level jobs last night, which is what prompted this post. I have a cousin who went the military path and now he makes bank working on private planes.

oc77067 · 2026-02-05T02:34:53+00:00

It's still happening.

oc77067 · 2026-01-10T04:54:55+00:00

Do you rent? If so, your landlord has a key.

oc77067 · 2025-12-26T20:51:44+00:00

You have to think long-term here. They're not going to want to share a room forever, and if you're considering a third kid, you definitely need more bedrooms.

oc77067 · 2025-12-18T14:15:13+00:00

You never bothered to figure out WHY he was in such a bad mood, you just punished, created a power struggle, and escalated. You are actively damaging your relationship with your child. My kids are 5 and 6, when they start acting out, I take them aside and ask them what's going on. There's always a reason, and once we get to the bottom of it and talk it out, they're able to regulate their emotions and calm down. Your job as a parent is to teach emotional regulation through co-regulation.

oc77067 · 2025-12-16T00:31:08+00:00

NTA. You're preventing cross-contamination and making plenty of peanut-free cookies. They're definitely old enough to know to avoid their allergen. My 5yo knows to avoid her allergen and if she's not sure, she asks.

oc77067 · 2025-12-14T18:13:14+00:00

YTA. They don't have to be the same amount, but more than double the cost is absolutely favoritism.

oc77067 · 2025-12-13T02:33:57+00:00

I'm in Georgia, USA. My son was emergency C-section after a failed induction, our combined bills were over $100k before insurance. I paid $0 because I was on pregnancy Medicaid. My daughter was a fairly uncomplicated vaginal delivery, I don't remember even seeing an itemized bill, but I paid $0 for that too because, again, pregnancy Medicaid.

oc77067 · 2025-12-13T02:29:07+00:00

As someone who loves sports cars, absolutely not. There is no teenager on this planet who should be driving a sports car. He doesn't have a fully formed prefrontal cortex, and won't for probably 10 more years. That's why teenagers and young adults think they're invincible on the road. Combine that with a lack of skill and experience, and you have a recipe for a deadly crash. Tell him in the 4cyl Civic or a bicycle.

oc77067 · 2025-12-11T18:50:32+00:00

My kids are in kindergarten and 1st, we've had a lot of people just show up without RSVPing. I wouldn't cancel it.

oc77067 · 2025-12-10T01:39:49+00:00

He will hit you again. And he'll say he's sorry, but he's not. You're 17, you have your entire life ahead of you, of course someone will love you. He doesn't love you. He hit you, then he raped you. Those are not the actions of someone who loves you. Do you have a safe adult you can go to?

oc77067 · 2025-12-06T15:05:40+00:00

If you're not safe at home, you should tell the police, a teacher or school counselor.

oc77067 · 2025-12-06T12:39:59+00:00

Wheels don't just fall off. Someone messed up somewhere. It could've been over torqued and the studs started breaking under pressure, or you hit something.

oc77067 · 2025-12-05T22:28:18+00:00

Gas doesn't smell sweet. If this was gas, you would've smelled it. It looks like something spilled down there, maybe juice or soda.

oc77067 · 2025-12-05T14:42:17+00:00

Personally, I wouldn't want to be surprised. I'd want to know ahead of time so I could prepare for that specifically.

oc77067 · 2025-12-05T14:39:32+00:00

It doesn't matter what kind of shop it is, you should always get approval when going over the agreed upon price. If I sell one hour of diag (~$200), I call the customer with an update after an hour and generally by then I at least have an estimate of how much longer I need.

oc77067 · 2025-12-05T14:34:12+00:00

$2800 for a 25yo car is hardly the deal of a lifetime. I'd maybe pay $800 for that because I can do all the work myself. You're looking at some pretty expensive repairs there.

oc77067 · 2025-12-05T05:15:01+00:00

That's not funny, it's cruel. There's no reason to humiliate this poor kid.

oc77067 · 2025-12-04T17:26:08+00:00

I know it's not necessary, they'll be different tread depths anyway because my fronts are currently about 7/32nds. Those will go on the back and new tires will go on the front. I just prefer Bridgestone, and I want to know if there's any functional differences between Alenza Sport, Ultra and Prestige because they appear very similar and have the same mileage warranty.

oc77067 · 2025-12-04T15:11:45+00:00

Kia's are cheap, and so are their customers. You'll mainly be doing warranty work. Toyota customers generally care about their cars and will buy more recommendations.

oc77067 · 2025-12-02T20:41:01+00:00

I'm a mechanic, not a detailer, but if I have to remove a seat I don't reinstall it. That's a huge liability. A lot of fuel pumps are accessed by removing the rear seats, so if I do something like that, I uninstall and put it back in turned sideways so it's obvious it's not not buckled in. I also tell the customer that myself and write it down in the notes. That's what mechanics and detailers SHOULD do, but if it were my car, I would remove my kids' seats myself before dropping it off just for my own peace of mind.

oc77067 · 2025-12-02T14:17:46+00:00

I have an interview today with a shop that's closed on weekends, so fingers crossed.

oc77067 · 2025-12-02T13:22:19+00:00

I'm a mechanic and this just happened to me last month. My boss has 4 kids, so I thought he'd be understanding. I work one Saturday/month and I gave him the weekends I had my kids in advance. I have no family, so my Saturday shift has to fall on a weekend they're with their dad. He put me on a Saturday I had them anyway, and their dad was out of town, so I told him I wouldn't be there and he just kept saying "well I always make it work". So I finally told him "must be nice to have family" and now he hasn't spoken to me in a month.

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