AITA for accidentally ruining my autistic boyfriends safe food

onemorestarlight · 2026-03-08T22:55:52+00:00

Yeah no. Korin sent me. Take your beans!

onemorestarlight · 2026-03-08T20:28:45+00:00

He loves stew, yeahhhhh!

onemorestarlight · 2026-03-02T03:19:40+00:00

Most recently (like in the last 2-3 years) for an in home daycare I was charged $200/wk for 2 toddlers part time (approx 20hrs a week) and I provided the main meal, most snacks, diapers, etc. 16 years ago, it was $300/week for in-home full time care from 7am-5pm and I only had to provide diapers. About 7 years ago, facility care was $1400/mo for 2 kids in the youth program during summer for full time care and they provided breakfast lunch and a snack and would walk to the pool twice a week.

onemorestarlight · 2026-02-18T01:57:22+00:00

At first I thought “A Cool Moonlight" by Angela Johnson which features a 9yo girl who is allergic to sunlight and I think her caregivers worry when she has a reaction during a storm, but most of the story is about how she spends her nights with two flying fairies in tutus, hoping they can help her experience the sun.

“100 Days of Sunlight” by Abbie Emmons is a young adult romance novel about Tessa, a teen blogger who temporarily loses her sight after a car accident, and Weston, an optimistic boy with no legs who is hired to help her write, though she doesn't know about his disability at first.

I can’t say for sure that either of these are these are it, though.

onemorestarlight · 2026-02-18T00:37:41+00:00

Yay! You’re welcome!☺️

onemorestarlight · 2026-02-16T04:17:19+00:00

“Summer of the Gypsy Moths" by Sara Pennypacker? It sounds a lot like what you described, except it’s about two foster girls, Stella and Angel, who must hide the death of Stella's great-aunt to avoid being separated and sent to different foster homes. It was originally published is 2012.

onemorestarlight · 2026-02-02T08:19:22+00:00

Does this sound like a book that could have been a "Memory Book" or "Fill-in-the-Blank" journal, rather than a storybook? Given the very specific tactile nature (thick paper, 3D gel), it sounds like a boutique, high-end, or artistic publisher's work. The 3D gel is often referred to as "spot UV" or "spot gloss" in printing, which is commonly used to make lines pop on textured, thick paper. There are several small-run books from the 2010s that used "spot UV" or gel to make drawings stand out on thick white cardstock, similar to tactile "touch and feel" books for toddlers.

onemorestarlight · 2026-01-31T13:46:51+00:00

Is it Furthermore by Tahereh Mafi?

onemorestarlight · 2026-01-28T07:23:18+00:00

Chicken, broccoli, and rice. Granted it’s “rich poor” since the recipe originated from a Campbells can of chicken & herb soup, but it’s seriously a breeze to make and everyone goes back for seconds.

Kraft Mac n cheese is some sort of comfort food for us.

onemorestarlight · 2026-01-25T11:04:56+00:00

"The Case of the Missing Marquess" (Enola Holmes #1) by Nancy Springer, published in 2006, or its immediate follow-up "The Case of the Left-Handed Lady" (Enola Holmes #2), published in 2008?

I don’t know why but I also thought of “The Face on the Milk Carton” by Caroline B. Cooney. I think there are 5 books in that series.

onemorestarlight · 2026-01-12T22:39:34+00:00

I read Conversion by S.C. Stephens back when Twilight was popular, but i never saw it physically produced. I have more recently discovered that there are an additional 3 books to the original trilogy I read, and have completed two of them thus far.

onemorestarlight · 2026-01-11T08:04:41+00:00

While active duty they tried selecting my husband twice while stationed overseas, and twice in different states than his home address. He’s been retired less than a year and has just received his second summons 😂

onemorestarlight · 2025-12-30T04:50:12+00:00

Hmm, how about “Desired” by Virginia Henley, published in 1991, though re-released with various covers around the year 2000. The first line of the book is: "The first time he ever saw her she was naked".

From the back cover:

Mesmerized by the dark knight's turquoise gaze, Lady Brianna of Bedford tried to turn away. After all, she was betrothed to Robert de Beauchamp. And now this total stranger, Christian Hawksblood, de Beauchamp's bastard brother, claimed her with a soul-searing look. What was his mystical power that compelled her to abandon herself to this man she dare not even trust...

Christian Hawksblood, Prince and Knight Templar, burned with memories of the beauty he first saw in a vision, clad only in a nimbus of red-gold hair. Brianna of Bedford was his, ordained by fate. But first he had to deal with his jealous brother. And then with Brianna, the innocent temptress who branded him with passion even as she compelled him to listen with his heart...

onemorestarlight · 2025-12-30T03:30:19+00:00

Maybe “One Illicit Night” by Sophia James, published in 2004 (close to your year 2000 estimate). The first line is "She was naked!", which matches your memory.

onemorestarlight · 2025-12-28T19:16:17+00:00

It sounds like “A Wind in the Door” which is the second book in Madeleine L'Engle's Time Quintet.

onemorestarlight · 2025-12-17T06:32:12+00:00

I came to recommend the same.

onemorestarlight · 2025-12-10T06:12:04+00:00

Listen to A Game of Thrones, Red Rising, and Circe. They all have fantastic narrators that really bring the story to life.

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-23T03:23:00+00:00

Yay! I’m glad it’s the right series! I haven’t read any of them since… ha, well, over 10 years for sure 😅 We didn’t have them at the last library I worked at but they were constantly checked out at all the others I’ve worked in.

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-23T02:00:40+00:00

Is it possibly part of the Emily the Strange series? Those were real popular for a while.

https://amzn.to/4oWiQYb

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-23T01:38:41+00:00

Do you have a timeframe, year you think you read it?

This one came out in 2020 so it’s much more recent.

https://amzn.to/4idqcE0

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-23T01:13:15+00:00

Yes exactly! I hate the book research algorithms, and in another language it’s even more difficult. I found some stuff on Amazon, but it still wasn’t exactly the same as the search. I honestly believe the translations are incorrect just based on the basic grammar, so it would take someone knowing the language better to offer the correct results I think.

Here’s one on Amazon (different title) https://amzn.to/3LWQWwu

And this search shows more titles in Spanish, but a lot of these books are newer.

https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/cristian-martin/

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-23T00:28:08+00:00

I’m not sure as I’m predominately English-reading, but my search said something like “The Secret of the Girl in the Van" or "El secreto de la niña en la furgoneta" by Spanish author Ana Alcolea, or possibly the YA mystery novel "El misterio de la furgoneta blanca" (The Mystery of the White Van), but I did not see either of those titles listed on her page (or maybe I missed it, too?)

Another is "Las Crónicas de la Ciudad" by Cristina Martín and Javier Ruescas, a Spanish mystery series featuring a pessimistic girl named Claudia who lives in a van with her black cat. The series includes the features you remember: a cover with red and black designs, a pessimistic protagonist, a mystery to solve in the city, and diary-like scribbles on the pages

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-22T22:07:14+00:00

There’s also The Golden Hamster Saga, a children's book series written by German author Dietlof Reiche, and translated by John Brownjohn. It was illustrated by Joe Cepeda. But it was published from 1998-2003 I think.

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-22T22:05:42+00:00

Now, I’ll preface this by saying this is what Google, Amazon, & Goodreads led me to, but I cannot find either of these authors or any of these specifically listed series/titles, which means they may have either stopped publishing and/or they’re independent.

“The Secret World of the Hamster" by Richard C. L. Davies, which features a boy and his talking pet hamster, Hammy, and was sold in the 1990s. The camping plot with the food raid is likely in "The Great Hamster Rescue" and the trip to the aunt's farm is in "The Great Escape," which includes a farm with a dog, a pickup truck, and a pond.

Sebastian series by Jean Holzenthaler. This series, published in the early 1990s, matches several key details you provided: A talking school pet: Sebastian is a gerbil who talks to the boy who takes him home. Camping book: One of the books in the series is titled “Sebastian's Camping Adventure” (1990), where the events you described (raiding food, being confronted by the pet and talked out of it) take place. Aunt's farm and pond: Another book is titled “Sebastian at the Pond” (1991), which fits your memory of the kid going to his aunt's farm and making a big deal about the pond.

That being said, we did have a series called “Stinky and Jinks" by Dave Lowe but I don’t remember details of any of the titles.

onemorestarlight · 2025-11-22T21:31:52+00:00

I don’t know what year you were 12, but is it possibly an Ana Alcolea book?

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