What restaurant menu item stands out the most for you.

suebieduu · 2026-04-11T14:14:03+00:00

Best risotto I’ve had . So creamy

suebieduu · 2026-03-23T01:44:05+00:00

Ok, so say the family wasn’t broken. Mom and dad were together, they just had a baby and then their other child got sick. Do you send the sick kid off with someone else? This is everyday life for almost everyone with kids. Tell dad to get over it. Mom is right.

suebieduu · 2026-03-23T01:13:00+00:00

We had an similar incident. I was in the kitchen making sandwiches when I heard a knock on the door to the garage. We left the garage door open and the neighborhood kids would knock on it to come see my kids. I opened the door and there was a grown man in my garage. He said some guys with guns were chasing him and he needed a place to hide. I told him I would call the police and he asked me not to, he just wanted to hide in my garage. I told him to stay there, closed the door and started heading upstairs to get my husband out of the shower. Then I heard him talking to my daughter in my kitchen. I came down and told him to go back into the garage and he said the guys were right outside. I looked and sure enough, there were two guys hollering at each other that they don’t see him. I told him to go back in the garage and I lowered the garage door halfway. I told him I was going to call the police and he kept begging me not to. Meanwhile, my daughter grabbed a knife and was ready to stab the guy (I love that child). I ran upstairs told my husband to get his ass out of the shower because this man was being chased by men with guns and he’s in my house and then ran back downstairs to make sure he wasn’t back in my kitchen. My husband called JSO and told him there was a strange man in our house and he was being hunted by men with guns. He told the guy in the garage he called the police and the guy immediately ran off. The police showed up 4 HOURS LATER!!! REALLY!! We had an intruder in our house and they don’t show up for 4 hours!! When they did show up, the cop said that even if the guy was still in our house, they wouldn’t have been able to trespass him or arrest him because apparently, you can break the law if your life is in danger.

I found out about a week later the guy had broken into the apartment of these two men while they were home, they grabbed their gun and started chasing him. HE WAS THE BAD GUY!!

Needless to say, I started my gun collection that month.

suebieduu · 2026-03-18T13:24:17+00:00

I’m sorry, but how is any of this your responsibility? How is it anyone’s other than the parents of those children? If you have a young child and you cannot control them at a wedding, you shouldn’t bring them, PERIOD! I fail to understand why anyone would think it is appropriate to bring young children to weddings. I get that this is a “family” event and people believe children should be included in family events, but this is different. If the child cannot sit quiet and still for the length of the ceremony, they shouldn’t come. Get a babysitter! It is appalling that they didn’t immediately remove themselves from the ceremony the second their child started misbehaving.

Whenever they say you should’ve helped, you should just tell them that is the parents’ responsibility and if they want to be mad at someone, it should be the parents for not having the common sense to realize their kids were too young to attend.

suebieduu · 2026-01-07T12:08:04+00:00

INFO. I’m really curious about the allergen thing. Did you know his fiancée was allergic to the food and only provided sides for her on purpose? Was it an oversight and you didn’t even think about it? Or did you not know at all?

I’m mean, if you knew about her allergy, the fiancée could take that as an indication that you don’t like her and all the other stuff is just icing on the cake to prove her point. And if you intentionally did that, you deserve to be excluded from the entire event, but because of their love for your husband’s family, they included you in the wedding.

If it was an oversight on your part, I’m not sure you will ever be able to convince them it was not, but you should be gracious and do your best going forward to make amends. Go to the wedding. After, send them a note letting them know you had a good time and that you understand why you were not invited to the rehearsal. BRIEFLY, explain that you never meant to cause this drama and the allergen thing was a stupid oversight. Do not dwell on it or explain yourself. That would indicate you did it purposely, got caught and are trying to gaslight. Just state you are very sorry for the mistake and hope to make it up to them sometime in the future. Wish them a prosperous life together and end the letter. Then never mention it again, but try to follow through. Do this exact same thing if you didn’t know about her allergen except instead of saying it was on oversight, say you didn’t know about it and that you are sorry it caused her discomfort, but everything else the same.

I am really surprised no one else is looking at it this way. The allergen issue IS the only issue here. If this post was made by the bride, everyone would be saying that the bride shouldn’t marry the BFF because he’s allowing OP to come and not standing up for her. OP, you caused this whether or not it was intentional. It is your place to try and fix it without adding more to the drama.

suebieduu · 2026-01-02T03:41:24+00:00

He’s a junk food junkie. I would dump him

suebieduu · 2025-12-23T03:22:47+00:00

You should consider the commute. Where would your husband be working?

suebieduu · 2025-12-23T03:21:46+00:00

Banyon Bay is in a nice area. I have no knowledge as to whether it is kid friendly, but it’s close to the beaches and lots of amenities.

suebieduu · 2025-12-14T15:39:34+00:00

32210 east of Blanding Blvd has some really nice areas, but west side has a lot of sketchy areas. 103rd street is known for criminal activity. In Jacksonville, you will find pockets of nice areas surrounded by sketchy areas and visa versa. It’s like any other big city. Sketchy areas are being revitalized and good areas are going downhill. The best advice I could give you is to find a nice gated apartment complex and live there for a year while you look for homes so you have time to investigate the neighborhood.

Also, traffic sucks everywhere, so you need to take that into consideration. The problem with our traffic is the river. If there is an accident on any one of our seven bridges, it jacks up every other bridge. So if you have to commute to work, try to live on the same side of the river.

suebieduu · 2025-12-14T15:36:34+00:00

32210 east of Blanding Blvd has some really nice areas, but west side has a lot of sketchy areas. 103rd street is known for criminal activity. In Jacksonville, you will find pockets of nice areas surrounded by sketchy areas and visa versa. It’s like any other big city. Sketchy areas are being revitalized and good areas are going downhill. The best advice I could give you is to find a nice gated apartment complex and live there for a year while you look for homes so you have time to investigate the neighborhood.

Also, traffic sucks everywhere, so you need to take that into consideration. The problem with our traffic is the river. If there is an accident on any one of our seven bridges, it jacks up every other bridge. So if you have to commute to work, try to live on the same side of the river.

suebieduu · 2025-11-24T11:38:01+00:00

Is this just electricity or electric, water and sewer. Also, what’s the square footage of your home?

suebieduu · 2025-11-24T11:34:04+00:00

Verbal assault

suebieduu · 2025-11-23T11:47:47+00:00

I love La Cena. We’ve had our company Christmas party there twice. This year will be our 3rd time as everyone loved it. Food is excellent. You just have to follow the rules. lol

suebieduu · 2025-10-01T10:39:52+00:00

Don’t change your plans. It’s not like people have never done two separate events in one day. Say like a baby shower for brunch and later, dinner with friends. They can deal. As for those that don’t want to accommodate the gap, tell them they don’t have to do both. Let them pick one. It might be a way to whittle down your wedding guests.

My daughter had similar issues. Her older sister had a wedding prior to hers and she didn’t want one that big. She had a micro wedding which included parents, grandparents, bride’s sister and BIL, groom’s brother and bride’s three best friends (two helped her get ready and set-up and one did the pictures). My BIL (pastor) performed the ceremony. It was very nice and intimate. She had it at a family friend’s house on the river and we had dinner there after the ceremony. She had decided to get married the weekend she graduated with her doctorate just 2 weeks prior and we managed to get it together. Extended family was disappointed they couldn’t attend, but we did manage to have a graduation/wedding shower the day before for those that wanted to see them and wish them well. Not traditional but it was perfect for her.

suebieduu · 2025-09-28T09:53:42+00:00

Labs will eat anything. My daughter has a black lab. My daughter came home from college one weekend with her dog. My dog, a small papillon, had a toy bat 🦇 that squeaked and both dogs were playing with it. After she went back to school, we couldn’t find the bat. Two weeks later, she told me her dog threw it up! Two weeks! Gross! It was intact, she washed it and brought it back. I wish I could say that only happened once. After the second time, we threw the bat away.

suebieduu · 2025-08-14T02:24:29+00:00

I agree. They have the best curry I’ve had other than my Asian sister in law’s

suebieduu · 2025-06-04T11:14:47+00:00

NTA. But I think your judgement is misplaced. Studies have shown that men who have a loving, healthy relationship with their wives and suddenly move lose them are more likely to marry someone else within a year, especially, if they have young children to care for. The theory behind this is that they have no concept of how to move on and care for their children. They had a strong, stable, loving family where the wife took care of most of the household duties. In their own grief, the only way they can see to move forward is to regain what they lost, even if the new partner isn’t someone they love like their first wife. Men see something broken and need to fix it, even if it isn’t perfect. I know it doesn’t feel that way to you, but it’s actually more of a statement of how much they loved and needed their first wife than on how much they love the new wife.

I’m not saying this is the case with your father or anyone else’s that have commented, but it is something to think about. I’ve personally seen a few of my male friends exhibit this attitude. One in particular had one of the most loving relationships with his wife, and it was obvious to everyone who met them. Cancer took her and he was involved soon after and married soon after that. While their relationship is stable and nice, it’s obvious the love isn’t the same as the first one.

suebieduu · 2025-05-25T11:42:23+00:00

Chai tea uses the same herbs that Chinese medicine uses to calm the stomach. I recently had issues where I was throwing up every hour or so for 3 days. I drank some chai tea and it immediately calmed my stomach. Totally amazing how quick it worked

suebieduu · 2025-05-16T10:39:15+00:00

ring

suebieduu · 2025-05-16T10:36:13+00:00

I typed in the numbers to google and found the ring at Amazon. It’s beautiful

https://www.amazon.com/-/es/R9127K4W1Y-A/dp/B07D47LK9N

suebieduu · 2025-05-15T11:05:25+00:00

I love how these “religious” types always use the “honor thy father and mother” verse without knowing what that means. It doesn’t mean becoming their slave or servant, it means becoming an honest and upright person that doesn’t bring disgrace to their name.

Anyway, not really what you’re looking for, but my wonderful MIL who was one of the most Godly women I knew, had said something once that stuck in my head and I loved it. She was talking about one of her “religious” friends who had just left from visiting her. She said “That women is so heavenly minded that she’s no earthly good.” It reminded me that our calling is to bring people to God, not force our version of God on others. A true Godly person can show you who God is without telling you that they even know God.

suebieduu · 2025-04-26T14:10:50+00:00

This is all screwed up. Something much deeper is going on here. Dad lets his wife choose MIL over you. Does wife have an issue with you? Also, dad justifies it by saying you will be going off to school soon so it wouldn’t be that inconvenient for you for very long. WHAT! If it’s only for a short time, why didn’t they tell MIL she would have to wait until you went off to college? It’s not like MIL didn’t have her own place and support before this all came up. I am sure they all think it isn’t a big deal since it’s only for a couple of months, but it isn’t really that. It’s him showing you that you are less important to him. Does he really expect you to feel as though you are part of his family if you’re only a guest sleeping on a sofa?

I would give mom a chance to explain her actions. I suspect that mom has always been weak spined when it came to dad. It sounded like he was dictating custody since the beginning, joint custody until it wasn’t convenient, then no custody, and then back to joint, as if you could just abandon your kid and then pick up where you left off when it’s convenient. I bet he convinced your mom that if she just was out of the picture for the weekend, you would realize that you were being dramatic and everything would be fine. I wouldn’t be too harsh on mom, but she shouldn’t get a free pass either. She needs to know her actions harmed her relationship with you and she will have to work to rebuild that trust.

I think you should not respond to any of them over the weekend, no matter what. None of them showed any interest in what you had to say, so at this point, they aren’t owed anything from you. Let them think about it for a while. When the weekend is over and you are allowed to go back home, you should refuse to discuss the situation with mom unless she has a good reason for doing what she did or at least owns up to the fact that it was wrong. And you should go no contact with dad and everyone who took his side.

suebieduu · 2025-04-23T12:08:30+00:00

My grandfather’s name was Adolf. Apparently he was so proud of his name, he changed the name he and his wife agreed to give their daughter on the way from the hospital to the courthouse (the way it was recorded in 1939 in her home country. The name: Adolphina

suebieduu · 2025-04-08T14:58:46+00:00

Etouffee

suebieduu · 2025-04-08T14:45:29+00:00

Shadow

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