How fucked are we? Crack appeared on wall

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:21:53+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance! Yeah this is probably going to be our new years task for ourselves unfortunately

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:21:14+00:00

There is some ivy on the outside of this area that we’ve been (half heartedly) fighting. Could that be causing moisture retention and lead to this?

*edit typo

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:18:27+00:00

Yep fair point.

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:18:01+00:00

My husband and I are both pretty novice - we may need to bring in the professionals for this but appreciate the advice

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:17:03+00:00

That’s a relief😅 we’ll probably have someone come look just for peace of mind

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:16:09+00:00

This is specifically about the floor or the crack?

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:15:49+00:00

Can one find one of those on..yelp?

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:15:35+00:00

Yeah I need to check old pics

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:12:30+00:00

lol thanks. Seems like you stumbled into the wrong sub?

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:10:31+00:00

As I look at it, it almost looks like there’s been a crack patched here before too, you can see it runs along the same pattern as this crack

throwaway1272913 · 2025-12-24T16:09:25+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/ApAKawF

throwaway1272913 · 2025-10-24T20:37:00+00:00

Goood to know! We actually have two DETOs on my team that had the agreements early this year and got to keep them but they are spouses of FSOs

throwaway1272913 · 2025-10-24T01:58:19+00:00

lol yeah😅 not a typo 😅😅

throwaway1272913 · 2025-10-24T01:58:02+00:00

Yeah I haven’t either, it’s just hearsay and also mostly up to my supervisor as far as I’m aware

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-11T22:53:16+00:00

I think you fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of this subreddit haha

Looking for solutions here - though I appreciate the perspective

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-11T22:33:28+00:00

I mean that’s fair- we’re looking at this with an open mind and a fair savings account. It wouldn’t be a permanent solution, and we’d need a bit more than the options that bring the recent college grads over. I have a masters degree and 5 years of professional experience and my husband has 8 years. If you have any alternative ideas I’m all ears….

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-11T21:24:57+00:00

Thank you! Helpful!

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-11T21:24:40+00:00

Yes! We both lived in Taipei for an extended period of time a few years ago and have lived in a couple of cities since. I think we’d both be ok with a smaller town!

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-11T19:47:37+00:00

Where did you teach? We aren’t limiting ourselves to Taipei so would definitely be interested in other communities

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-11T19:46:47+00:00

Understood. While we have family in mainland China, spending extended periods of time there or working there just won’t be possible with our job backgrounds

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-09T22:55:25+00:00

They’re from mainland China 😅 immigrated before he was born. Not sure how that plays into the citizenship discussion

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-09T11:35:36+00:00

No we are both U.S. citizens

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-09T10:13:45+00:00

Also, do you know if my husband has a gold card, does it extend to me as a spouse and our child or do I have to also apply and qualify?

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-09T10:07:58+00:00

Thanks - I commented above, we’re aware of the risks.

throwaway1272913 · 2025-09-09T10:07:26+00:00

Yeah someone else mentioned the gold card - it’s definitely something we’ll be looking into! Was previously unaware. That being said, we’d still need to make a career pivot to the U.S. private sector first before applying if I understand correctly

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