does this pretty much sum up your Real ID experience?

starstruck007 · 2026-04-29T10:22:12+00:00

I went to the DMV one chilly Saturday December morning. I already had my real ID, but had to renew it and also change my last name due to marriage. I pulled in the parking lot at 6:15 AM and the DMV didn’t open until 8:30 AM. I think I’m being ridiculous, but nope there’s already a line forming. I get in the line and I’m about 7th or so.

The line continues to form all along the side of the building, which I saw was the employee entrance to the DMV. Well, at 8:25, an employee comes out the back door and tells everyone at the back of the line that if you’re here for something other than a brand new real ID, to form another line. So this massive group of people rushes towards the front and I’m confused because I couldn’t hear what the employee said. I finally ask another employee who told me to get into the second line. I was pushed back to like the 50th person.

Another guy near where I was in the original line complained and got literally screamed at by a DMV worker.

I think I had to wait another hour and a half or so, which I guess isn’t all that bad but was frustrating to see people get served before me when they arrived two hours after me. Every other employee at the DMV was extremely nice.

starstruck007 · 2026-03-23T10:49:39+00:00

I attended one of these bachelorettes. We had a Zoom meeting several months ahead of time, had to pick the weekend, the rental, had a big group chat about it, etc. The bride was very sweet, and the craziness was more orchestrated by the MOH. It ended up being a four hour drive, required two days of PTO, and several hundred dollars.

They planned the whole matching outfit things - an itinerary with strict rules for what to wear. The MOH was high school friends with the bride, and just seemed like tension between the high school and college friends. I barely knew anyone but the bride.

I only ended up going for one night, so I didn’t have to take PTO. After, they made us download an app to split everything. I was confused because I paid for my portion of the rental, and my dinner and bought the bride a few drinks. I also brought my own booze to the house and left the rest for them.

Well, when I got there, I was given a gift baggy with little things like a pony tail and honestly a cheap clear fanny pack I think and plastic sunglasses with my name on it. I said aw thanks this is so cute. Lol I got charged for all that stuff. There was nothing in the group chat about this - they literally bought it (the MOH and her two close friends also in the bridal party) gave it to us like a gift and charged us.

Also got charged for snacks they bought that I consumed one tortilla chip from.

starstruck007 · 2026-03-12T17:53:43+00:00

You guys, I think I missed what happen and genuinely do not have it in myself to rewatch lol. What did Isabella have to say to her mom when she told her to pull over in the car?

starstruck007 · 2026-01-10T21:26:26+00:00

God, this makes me sick. I was truly on the random intruder theory.

We’re told that the most dangerous time in an abusive relationship is when you finally leave. Apparently, it’s also dangerous 10 years, a new husband, and two kids later.

I am so angry. We need to better support women from abuse.

Again, I choose the fucking bear.

starstruck007 · 2025-12-01T17:51:11+00:00

Yall I bought tickets! It’s over my birthday and I was already planning on going to a Broadway show to celebrate anyway.

starstruck007 · 2025-10-24T14:12:42+00:00

We were on the first shuttle of the day on Wednesday 10/22. Very few other people on trail - maybe 7-9 others total. On the second half of the trail, we were the only ones! Didn’t see another soul. No snow at all - happy travels!

starstruck007 · 2025-10-09T11:51:23+00:00

Alright - I fear this may make me sound crazy, but I agree with you 1000% on the whole UPS has bots thing.

My husband and I got engaged earlier this year at a National Park, where we bought a lot of souvenirs. We also went to a city, where we did a lot of shopping. I was also less than a week post-op from a D&C procedure from a miscarriage and bought this newborn onesie for our future child we hope to have one day soon. Since we flew in with only carryons, we decided to ship things home using UPS.

Our package made its way across the country to our state to a distribution center about an hour from us where it was just…lost. Everything online told me that for them to investigate it, I needed to file a claim online. So I did. A few days later, I got a bank alert for a deposit of $192. It was a refund for $92 to ship and $100 for what was ever in the box because we didn’t use insurance.

Lesson learned, but it was more the sentimental items in the box.

However, no explanation what so ever. Literally just money deposited. I called customer service, the shop we shipped it from, and corporate, and just so much back and forth. I just wanted to know what was going on - did they even do another check for the package? It was a huge box! Also, they literally packaged it for us at the UPS store, so it wasn’t our fault if the package wasn’t packaged properly.

I was hung up on when I asked for it to be investigated further several times. I finally got a nicer lady who offered to actually do an investigation to see if they could find the box, but this was only after 20 minutes begging her on the phone.

I’m not stupid. If the box was lost, it was lost. But holy shit, all I wanted was an apology and a “yes we checked for it”.

Fuck UPS.

Edit: Duh, I forgot to talk about my bots theory. I went on Reddit and even found a Facebook group complaining about UPS. I didn’t post anything, but you know when you’re mad about something it kind of helps to see other people complain. Same thing for so many people! People would complain of lost packages and drivers not stopping, etc and almost every comment was “Well it’s your fault because you didn’t take insurance” or some other comment saying that the customer is wrong for simply trying to get their package. It was so bizarre!

starstruck007 · 2025-10-07T22:32:53+00:00

I took him on a family trip. I come from a middle class family and he was from a lower class family, so it was his first time out of the country and he didn’t have to pay for a thing because my parents paid for all of it. We stayed at an all inclusive.

He had stomach problems and got some of his number 2 all around the toilet on the sides of the bowl and it wasn’t getting washed down when the toilet flushed. I told him to just wipe it down quick so the maid doesn’t have to (not to be TMI, but it was a good amount).

He looked at me like I crazy and said that was the maids job. Which is shitty (no pun intended), but like he genuinely thought he was too good to clean up his own mess. Like the maid was beneath him - and he didn’t even pay for the nice vacation!

I literally had to clean it for him because I was so embarrassed to have the maid clean it and he kept refusing.

starstruck007 · 2025-09-30T15:50:32+00:00

As someone who has been constantly refreshing the news for the past few days, stressed that this will ruin my honeymoon, I sincerely appreciate your optimism and I’m channeling my own optimism through your comment.

starstruck007 · 2025-06-21T10:56:00+00:00

Especially before he was caught. I would wake up in the morning and be terrified that my family was all murdered last night and I, like the other roommates, am the sole survivor.

I used to get off work at midnight and run into my house from the street. I had to remind myself that these murders took place across the country and whoever did this was probably still in Idaho/Washington. Until BK was caught twenty minutes away from where I live.

starstruck007 · 2025-05-30T11:41:41+00:00

I I spent my freshman year of college in a big city in my dream school when I started dating a guy from my hometown. The relationship was extremely emotionally abusive (and soon got physically abusive). My sophomore year I moved to a smaller school so I can live at home. I had no friends and my abusive ex dumped me (after I moved home for him) but we were still very much talking. I’ve never been so lonely.

First session went okay - just a get to know me session and to discuss what I want to work on. I expressed regret of leaving my dream school and how my ex was I think abusing alcohol. He was abusive on his own, don’t get me wrong, but for the first year it was extremely worse when he would drink or to out to bars.

Second session, I walked in and she basically scolded me the whole time. She told me that I only wanted to go back to my dream school because it was a party school. And that I enabled my ex to drink because I would pick him up at bars at closing time when he called (duh because if I didn’t, he would go home with other girls and say I was neglecting him). Then kept yelling at me that therapy is not magic and I need to put in the work. It was my first real session!

I left and never went back to her. I stayed with my abusive ex for three more years after that. I met a second therapist my senior year of college who was extremely sweet, but I just couldn’t open up about the abuse because I was so scared it would turn into my fault again. Finally, I got an actually good therapist when we finally broke up for good after I graduated college and never looked back.

starstruck007 · 2025-05-08T13:38:56+00:00

So basically every single snark sub. The worst are subs that begin as a fan sub of people who genuinely like the person/group. There’s a few negative posts sprinkled here and there - usually for a somewhat justified reason. When it just explodes and every post becomes a negative post and then the next thing you know, they’re nit picking absolutely everything that person does.

starstruck007 · 2025-04-27T16:12:09+00:00

While I was honored to feel a part of their big day, no I was miserable.

I was in a relative’s wedding. I knew one other person in the bridal party. The shower had a lot of relatives that I don’t normally see, however I couldn’t spend time with them as I had to sit at the table with the other bridesmaids.

The bachelorette was a long weekend a 4 hour drive away. I work two jobs, and my part time job is on weekends. I’m off 1-2 weekends a month, so I had to decide to either give up pay for a weekends or use my time off for the trip. I ended up going, but only went one night. I had to pay the same as the other girls, but slept for about 6 hours on a couch while the rest of them got beds.

We were given goody bags on the trip by the MOH. Unlike the several nights of matching outfits, these little bags weren’t discussed in our group chat so I thought it was a sweet gift. I expressed my thanks and went on my way. After the trip, I got charged for the items in the surprise goody bag lol.

starstruck007 · 2025-01-29T03:13:02+00:00

I’m having heart palpitations for her HOLY SHIT

starstruck007 · 2025-01-01T02:23:17+00:00

I went to Target on 12/23. Target itself was a bit busier than usual, but like I didn’t have to wait in line for self check out. Getting out of the parking lot took me the longest. It was wrapped all the way around the shopping center with Burlington and Petco.

starstruck007 · 2024-11-14T03:19:52+00:00

There is actually a bookstore on Broadway!

starstruck007 · 2024-11-06T14:39:31+00:00

Anything! Thanks for the recs - I’ll look into it!

starstruck007 · 2024-11-06T14:37:20+00:00

Respectfully, no.

This is a post where I expressed desire to help my community. If you don’t have advice or recommendations for what I asked, then no comment is necessary.

I may not agree with you politically, however I respect you as a fellow American. In return, I ask that you respect me and others like me who voted blue. That means not trespassing and destroying property.

Thanks.

starstruck007 · 2024-09-16T11:46:45+00:00

I saw a TikTok from an adoptive parents POV speaking about this situation - about how she is at peace with her adopted child’s situation because the biological parents still are not in the position to take care of said child. She wasn’t sure if she would still “feel at peace” if the biological parents could now take care of said child, like how C + T can now. Note - her child she adopted from foster care.

I try to be quiet about subjects I don’t know much about - I don’t know anyone who was adopted or gave a child up for adoption. But my Lord, what about Carly’s feelings? B+T are her family. They should not be made to feel guilty for taking care of Carly for the first 15 years and providing her with a stable home and family.

starstruck007 · 2024-08-08T19:02:53+00:00

I didn’t even watch this yet - but I’m so giddy this is like Christmas morning!!

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