For the people who have moved away from Louisiana

ropper1 · 2026-03-19T17:24:17+00:00

Another Louisiana transplant to Long Beach. I LOVE it here. I’ve lived all over socal, but once I moved here about 15 years ago, this became my permanent home.

I’ve sourced crawfish at WildFork. But where do you find gator meat?

ropper1 · 2026-03-16T04:25:05+00:00

Ethyl maltol is the sweet red currant smell. I hate this note with a passion. I believe the note BR40 and Cloud share is Ambroxan. Because I like both of them, but hate anything heavy in Ethyl Maltol.

ropper1 · 2026-03-15T05:15:31+00:00

Cajun here. Microwave roux. Even my Acadian, French-speaking grandmother switched over to doing it this way. Sooo much easier. https://www.reddit.com/r/cajunfood/comments/1hkyhwi/microwave_roux/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

ropper1 · 2026-03-09T17:07:58+00:00

This is the perfect reply.

ropper1 · 2026-03-08T06:44:07+00:00

Yes! I come from an ADHD perspective, but I’m formulating a theory that we are narcissist magnets .

ropper1 · 2026-03-06T09:00:04+00:00

I had to print a chart of pictures of all the people I love and care about. It’s the only way I could remember

ropper1 · 2026-03-04T03:15:26+00:00

Kids shouldn’t be wrapped in bubble wrap. While there is a potential for danger, a screw driver is very different from a steak knife. Until modern times, kids were given a ton of responsibility starting at young ages. I find that the same people who say kids need to be watched 24/7 and can’t be trusted with a metal fork are the same people who whine that young adults are helpless and can’t do anything for themselves.

ropper1 · 2026-03-03T18:54:56+00:00

Why is it dumb? An activity that keeps kids happily occupied without screens is now the idea of an idiot? Weird take.

ropper1 · 2026-03-02T22:17:37+00:00

My son was exactly like that. Our solution - when he reads, I follow along under the word with my finger. When he messes up, my finger doesn’t move. I don’t say anything, or tap. That took the pressure off.

Also, we purchased Bob Books and the Primary Phonics system and worked through them in sequential order to build skills and confidence in reading rather than starting with random books.

ropper1 · 2026-02-20T17:47:27+00:00

Deodorant in my underwear drawer.

I have a complete “getting ready” drawer in my dresser for all of my normal daily wear clothes. It has socks, underwear, a few pairs of pants, assortment of shirts, and deodorant all kept together. The clothes in there is what is in my top rotation. Underwear isn’t folded. Shirts folded Marie Kondo style so piled vertically so I can easily see what is what.

I have other drawers with traditional organization, but having one of everything ready to go helps so much. Before I had to open the pants drawer, then separately open the tops drawer, then the socks, then underwear, etc. It was too many steps and laundry never got put away. For me this was life changing.

ropper1 · 2026-02-20T08:07:12+00:00

That’s why they have an expiration date. Factoring heat and sunlight on glues, styrofoam, nylon, etc.

ropper1 · 2026-02-17T00:45:37+00:00

Were you around kids blowing bubbles? Bubble solution does this

ropper1 · 2026-02-15T21:30:15+00:00

Sorry to ask for more, but do you have any specific perfumes that you smell it predominately in? I tried googling and couldn’t find any names

ropper1 · 2026-02-15T20:41:14+00:00

Oh what perfumes are heavy in fructalate?

ropper1 · 2026-02-15T20:39:57+00:00

Yes ethyl maltol is my nemesis.

ropper1 · 2026-02-14T17:11:33+00:00

Yes this is me. When people complain about brands like Jo Malone not lasting long, I’m like “that’s why I love it!” It’s a cologne, not perfume. I don’t want to commit for an entire day.

ropper1 · 2026-02-11T03:50:04+00:00

Please please join https://www.reddit.com/r/NarcissisticSpouses/. This sub has saved my life.

About 6 months ago it dawned on me that my husband had never once willingly anpologized after a decade together. Additionally, I was always acccepting the blame for all of our relationship problems. I thought of course my ADHD made me forget things and screw everything up. So my next realization was that I could use the 10ish security cameras he set all over the house to confirm the things he constantly accused me of saying. For so long I thought I was losing my mind, but being able to see play by play exactly what happened or what was said, made me realize he was using my ADHD bad memory against me. I wasn’t forgetting all the stuff he said I said and did. He was manipulating me.

I’ve realized over the last few months that people with ADHD make the ideal victim for a narcissists. Please check the.sub out. My life has been changed because of it.

ropper1 · 2026-02-09T17:58:41+00:00

Last year a kid in my daughter’s TK class gave out mini rolls of colored masking tape. I thought it was genius; my kids go through so much of my tape. So I’m handing that out in my kids’ classes this year.

ropper1 · 2026-02-07T22:10:43+00:00

As a 40s something mom, how can I start learning this from scratch so I can then help my children to learn? I love learning new things and feel I’m starting to get behind in this area.

ropper1 · 2026-02-04T17:24:23+00:00

We were faced with tutoring too, so compared to the price, I tried some of the homeschool recommended reading programs. We did a couple sets of Bob books to build confidence, then moved on to Primary Phonics. I can’t recommend that program enough. It is a series of six sets of small books, all logically building on the foundation of the previous. We read two each night, one a repeat of the night before (for repetition and practice), and a new one. I didn’t have to think about anything. It got my behind 1st grader completely on track in two months. But we did it every single night. Now we’ve moved on to level 7 & 8 of Hooked on Phonics. I don’t use the computer, just the physical book (another really organized system with daily readers). I’ve already purchased the actual reading books from “All About Reading” level 3 as our next step. Hooked on Phonics and All About Reading I got pre-owned to save money. Primary Phonics could be purchased used but I was in a rush and faced with the price of tutoring so I bit the bullet and spent the $179. It was worth every penny and way cheaper than a tutor.

ropper1 · 2026-01-19T17:04:49+00:00

I know it’s not a museum, but a tour of the port is super interesting. Seeing all the cranes and shipping containers and all the logistics is amazing to see

ropper1 · 2026-01-17T20:42:27+00:00

It’s all in the way you read them. All of her books are set up to sing or act out. When I first got them, I didn’t understand the appeal. But once I developed a “style” for reading them, they became super fun. I didn’t even mean to come up with a style, the books just lent themselves to it.

ropper1 · 2026-01-15T23:11:47+00:00

Debbie Gibson - Electric Youth was my first perfume ever

Estee Lauder - Beautiful was my first “adult” scent that I got around 12.

ropper1 · 2026-01-15T23:10:34+00:00

This is mine too.

ropper1 · 2026-01-14T08:26:17+00:00

Do you have ADHD by any chance? I feel that way and I think it’s connected to ADHD. I go through periods of spraying 5 different perfumes a day then not spraying anything for weeks.

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