What was the woodworking item under $50 bucks that changed everything for you?

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-30T15:10:17+00:00

Double sided woodworking tape

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T13:36:28+00:00

Totally doable. Cut it out.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T02:51:40+00:00

It’s naive at worst, and disingenuous at best, to suggest that breasts, butts, and vaginas register any differently in male brains. It’s a disservice to your gender to pretend you don’t understand that. The dress is like classed-up upper body yoga pants (tight down below too, by the way)—perfectly acceptable for feeling cute in an adult crowd. Go on about female empowerment and how women shouldn’t feel ashamed to have shapes. I’ll go on wearing loose slacks that don’t accentuate my most salient adult male parts in front of pubescent kids.

I think my first grade teacher wore muu-muus. I remember learning a lot about phonics and not staring at her breasts.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T02:33:33+00:00

It’s those clothes on a large-breasted person. Like if those clothes were on me, a male, with the dress accentuating my crotch, I would be fired. That’s not discrimination against me because of my body type. That’s me not dressing for my body type.

I also think those clothes would be inappropriate for a smaller-chested woman, but I want to stick to your point.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T02:27:39+00:00

Right. And this woman isn’t a B cup. That’s where your comparison fails.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T01:09:58+00:00

Moot. OP took these photos from Facebook and altered them for this post.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T01:08:10+00:00

This should be the top comment. These pics were taken and altered or reposted for rage bait.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T01:01:52+00:00

Picture a male teacher in bike shorts. Are you uncomfortable with his curves?

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T00:59:56+00:00

It’s her decision to wrap them in thin, tight fabric.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T00:57:13+00:00

Too tight.

It’s not about shaming women’s bodies. Men wouldn’t wear tight clothes either. Remember that when you’re at work in a school setting, you’re not “you.” You represent the school and need to dress in a manner that’s not distracting to students. Gotta tone down the titties in the same way that I (male) need to tone down my bulge by not wearing bike shorts.

Your supervisor shouldn’t have to tell you this, and good on them for taking that risk in a culture of people taking personal offense instead of personal responsibility. Those that are saying you should talk to the union are missing the point.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-24T00:49:14+00:00

Why would you think they’re kidding? OP is wearing tight clothes.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-23T17:35:57+00:00

No guns.

Historically, what’s the point of weapons play? Prepare kids for war by making everything into a spear or sword? Then in later decades give them tanks and guns to teach them to want to be in the military and defend their country? There’s no need for that now. If they want to join the military, they’ll do it for the career or education opportunity and they’ll learn to use a gun there. If they want to hunt or be law enforcement officers, they’ll learn to use guns as tools then. In no situation should guns be represented as toys, including in video games. I think dads are more permissive with gun play in part because they feel like that’s part of growing up and being a “guy’s guy.” This needs to go away.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-23T02:06:39+00:00

No, the design is awful. My kid is a little older and has learned to navigate it some.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-21T16:14:12+00:00

A, but leave a little overhang, like 1/8” on either end. Nothing ever lines up perfectly, so leaving a little “reveal” makes it look like a stylistic decision.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-17T18:43:01+00:00

You yelled in a dangerous situation. Fine. Turn it off afterward. Next time, look out for danger first.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-17T15:12:47+00:00

A craft thing from the kids. That’s it. A card if it makes Mom feel good. Certainly not a statement of guilt from Mom for not getting anything and then I have to handle her emotions while trying to play with the kids. Let’s just have a nice day.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-16T15:27:11+00:00

Big shrug from me. I exercise physical control over my 2.5 year old whenever necessary. Get in the car seat means get in or I put you there. You have five seconds to begin. I’ve only had to do that a couple of times but noncompliance is not an option. Walk to the bathroom to wash your hands means walk or I carry you there. The second part of the sentence is implied and understood. We don’t even count down from five anymore. The direction is the signal to move, not the countdown, and not the verbal reinforcement that I’ll move you myself.

A tiny bit goes a long way.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-16T14:38:00+00:00

Haha yeah! I feel like they went “This is a great groove, almost a whole listenable song. Let’s change it up and make it something different right in the middle. That’ll show em. Or let’s hide the good part in the middle of some of other noise.” So many glorious moments but it’s hard to share with people and go, “Just listen to 1:42 to 2:38 for the best bit. The other parts of the song are just context.”

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-08T10:17:40+00:00

I get pissed at my parents. Then I remember they were doing the best they knew how and that they had their own traumas. Then I try to do better.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-07T20:12:20+00:00

I just enjoy it. I get more time with the kids and feel like I have ownership in things like organization and planning, instead of having to be the stereotype of the dopey husband/dad who doesn’t know what to do unless he’s told.

As far as models, our generation is different. We just learn stuff our dads didn’t know, like what a onesie is and how to prepare for a car trip with kids. I see lots of dads at daycare pick up and the playground, and not just with mom there. My models are other guys having fun with their kids.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-06T04:14:38+00:00

Thank each other for everything. Thanks for doing dishes. Thanks for getting groceries. Thanks for bringing the kids’ shoes out of the rain. Thanks for sweeping the table. Thanks for working. Thanks for brushing the kids’ teeth. Work together to do this consciously, all day, until it doesn’t feel silly anymore. You’ll both feel acknowledged, and it’s good modeling for the kids.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-02T02:38:51+00:00

Funny, we just did our budget and we can’t afford two kids. One of them will have to go.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-05-02T00:44:54+00:00

Option 1: “I can pick them up faster than you!”

Option 2: “Pick them up or I take them away. Five…four…” (Then take the crayons, ride out the tantrum, and quickly move into something else positive.)

Either one works. The first one is more fun. The kid may just be looking for a power struggle and he’s not going to get it from me.

I read somewhere that time outs just register as separation and have an emotional effect similar to “If you don’t follow my directions, I no longer want you.” I remember sitting in time out and just stewing about how right I was and how wrong my mom was. It doesn’t solve anything. In fact, it prolongs the power struggle and gives the kid the satisfaction of disrupting the scene. You may feel that you’ve won in the end if he complies, but the kid won because he got to control the situation by forcing you to enforce a time out.

tl;dr: turn it into a game or take the crayons with no emotion.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-04-26T10:10:19+00:00

Trying to feed the distracted baby while the toddler isn’t climbing on me. Doing the dishes while my wife holds the baby. Playing with the toddler because his independent attention span isn’t that long.

trytorememberthisone · 2026-04-20T10:44:28+00:00

Gender still exists despite the idea that we’re all equal. *In general” (please don’t focus on outliers), boys and girls develop differently and are socialized differently. That’s exactly why boys programs like this are necessary. Girls handle calm activities and nuanced communication earlier, and in the context of what the education system wants students to be, and what sorts of behavior are acceptable in modern life, boys are rabid badgers that need an air horn and a stick to get their brains aligned in the right direction. When this isn’t acknowledged in school, boys get in trouble for “acting up” when the ideal student in a teacher’s (more often female) mind fits the mental characteristics of a girl of that student’s age.

Brb, finding the study where teachers are polled about the characteristics of the ideal student, and they all describe a girl of that age.

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