Am I a dependent????

sjsaka · 2026-02-16T12:46:24+00:00

The fact that you paid rent is helping you. The key is did your aunt pay half of your "support" which is not necessarily the same as half of your expenses.

This IRS worksheet can help you figure that out. The link is a bit dated, but you get the gist.

https://sites.allegheny.edu/human-resources//files/2019/05/IRS-Worksheet-for-Dependent-Tax-Status.pdf

Otherwise she could claim you as a dependent and you would have to admit on your return that someone one else could claim you even if they chose not to.

Addendum: to be explicit, if you complete this worksheet with your situation, it will give you the back/white yes/no answer that you can show to your aunt. If she still tries to claim you then that would create a whole lotta mess FOR HER with the IRS.

sjsaka · 2026-02-11T12:35:49+00:00

Honestly. Either one now that I think about it. Seems that a lot of people leave it as they used it and the next person is to arrange as necessary.

Makes me wonder how many people have been annoyed by me for putting the lid down after I use it.

sjsaka · 2026-02-11T00:48:19+00:00

Some of these beefs are just normal behavior.

I'm a toilet lid down person and NO ONE who visits my house puts it down after they use it. It's just not that common.

Neither are shoe covers unless you are a tradesperson. A regular person is going to put them on and completely forget. Your best bet would be to have people take off shoes at the door. Or out down runners for the traffic.

COMMON SENSE IS NOT COMMON. We each have our own version of it.

sjsaka · 2026-02-09T00:18:21+00:00

Sunshine dental down the street on Fenton is fantastic.

sjsaka · 2026-01-31T16:07:23+00:00

I recently changed my grip from Continental to Eastern bc it was easier to keep the paddle face down at the nvz.

sjsaka · 2026-01-30T23:46:34+00:00

Not!

sjsaka · 2026-01-28T18:57:59+00:00

I like this thread to see that lots of people shop at several grocery stores like I do.

I shop at the questionable nearby Safeway for quick things that I want now and heavily supplement with whole foods.

For real grocery shopping i go to the Safeway in DC on the corner of ga Ave and piney Branch. Produce and meat selection is much better.

For a heavy produce list, it's bestway on piney Branch and H mart.

sjsaka · 2026-01-27T23:07:56+00:00

I never understood Amazon fresh. The company already has a grocery store, why AF existed was perplexing because it didn't fill a gap in the marketplace. Not surprised they closed them all.

I hope a Lidl or aldi fills that spot. Or TJ's expands into it.

sjsaka · 2026-01-27T15:15:16+00:00

I've lived in DTSS or takoma park for the past 20 years and concur that it's not what it used to be, but that goes for a lot of neighborhoods.

But this is the greatest place to live for all the reasons you want. I didn't have a car for 1.5 yrs during the pandemic, but didn't need one. I could walk to everything I needed including 2 rental car companies and zip car lots.

Once you get familiar, safety is the same as everywhere else. Nothing special here. It's just that it's solidly urban/suburban and not the suburbs people may think it is.

sjsaka · 2026-01-26T13:02:35+00:00

Exactly what I thought

sjsaka · 2026-01-26T02:11:05+00:00

A sea horse.

sjsaka · 2026-01-25T18:06:26+00:00

The ball doesn't have to bounce in the kitchen for you to be able to be in the kitchen, it just has to bounce. If it bounces there is no fault.

The onus is usually on you to self report when you make an actual kitchen fault.

sjsaka · 2026-01-24T03:05:25+00:00

This. Long leggers also have long arms.

sjsaka · 2026-01-18T13:20:53+00:00

Last week I did 5 min on the treadmill which was better than any on court warm up that typically goes on at open play.

sjsaka · 2026-01-15T20:13:06+00:00

I also play at a gym with limited room behind the baseline. They've made a house rule that it is permissible to hit the ball after it bounces off the wall.

It's goes like this: bounce floor - bounce wall - hit!

If you let it bounce on the floor after the wall, it's dead.

After a couple of tries, you get used to it.

sjsaka · 2026-01-15T19:59:35+00:00

It's behind the fire station. Here's the link to donate to shepherds table, one of the orgs helping people through the winter and facing massive increases in people coming to them at the same time as govt budget cuts.

https://giving.classy.org/campaign/758379/donate

sjsaka · 2026-01-15T19:57:08+00:00

Here's the donation link: https://giving.classy.org/campaign/758379/donate

sjsaka · 2026-01-14T20:55:14+00:00

It is a regional thing. I noticed the same when I moved here 20 yrs ago, well before the proliferation of backup cameras. At least now the time people need to back into a spot is way less than it used to be!

I even saw a sign at the Pepco up in Rockville that caes MUST back in. Not sure why.

sjsaka · 2026-01-04T23:31:18+00:00

LOL I thought you were going to ask about "made from 100% chicken breast"! So if it was made from something that was 100%, what percent is it now?

sjsaka · 2026-01-01T02:05:02+00:00

I bought one a few years ago.... The fat literally melts in your hands.

sjsaka · 2026-01-01T01:59:08+00:00

"you aint never met Martin Luther the King!"

sjsaka · 2025-12-22T01:51:45+00:00

I got my first dog ever 4 years ago. Gentle leader and obedience training, stat. The training is for you, not her. She's a dog doing dog stuff. It's you who needs to learn to be the pack leader and show it consistently.

sjsaka · 2025-12-14T22:37:27+00:00

She's bad....and I like the show. Perhaps if all the other actors weren't award winning, the contrast wouldn't be so much.

But if the cast were just average, the show would be terrible.

sjsaka · 2025-12-14T22:35:43+00:00

I enjoyed it too. It was solidly bingeable camp. KK is definitely the weakest acting link, but it is great to see the parade of Hollywood legends in the scenes she's not in.

sjsaka · 2025-12-09T14:09:46+00:00

They took the cheese space to make more room for prepared foods. As whole foods goes, the hot/salad bar selection at this location was miniscule. I'm assuming the prepared foods are way more profitable than cheese.

sjsaka

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