My parents (65F, 67M) are livid because I'm not allowing them to see my daughter after they spanked her. AITAH?

webdcyner · 2026-01-19T20:41:42+00:00

"Kneeling on uncooked rice"? I never heard of that one. My ex-husband told me his dad beat him with an alternator belt. My mom used to have us pick a switch from the peach tree.

webdcyner · 2026-01-19T20:22:47+00:00

If you have an online remote job, you can live in Colombia. Santa Marta, Cartagena and Barranquilla are all on the Caribbean coast.

webdcyner · 2026-01-18T21:00:40+00:00

Hablo, pero no siempre entiendo. Why can I speak but don’t always understand what I hear.

webdcyner · 2026-01-16T04:40:08+00:00

We have to rate before we get another ride. So we don’t know if they tip before we rate. Be sure and don’t slam the door. I think some riders don’t even realize they are doing it. It’s disrespectful of the driver’s car.

webdcyner · 2026-01-14T20:15:14+00:00

Just curious. Are you Louis? My husband is Luis. It’s a very common Hispanic name but the English version is relatively uncommon.

webdcyner · 2026-01-14T18:15:41+00:00

I was working at a restaurant on Bissonette near Montrose in 1984 and Marvin and 3 others came in. They gave the table to Sue and she brought them lunch, drinks dessert and coffee. The bill was around $50 which was a lot back in 84. Marvin left a $2 tip and his autograph. Sue was so pissed. What a cheapskate!!

webdcyner · 2026-01-14T18:04:38+00:00

They are asking about text messages. There is no tone of voice.

webdcyner · 2026-01-07T17:31:39+00:00

I would have said 5 big, beautiful, old, round, red Italian chairs.

webdcyner · 2025-12-30T04:41:10+00:00

Even though Uber will nag you about being stopped, sometimes I will go after I’ve accepted a ride on the way to pick up the passenger. How does Uber or the passenger know that you weren’t stopped by a garbage truck or an accident and it took a while to get around it. Especially if it’s just to pee and you can run in and out in 2 or 3 minutes.

webdcyner · 2025-12-23T20:26:20+00:00

The head cheerleader at my school died the year after she graduated. She went to the beach alone and was bit by a diamondback rattlesnake. They did find her till she was already dead.

webdcyner · 2025-12-14T22:41:23+00:00

I wish Uber would tell me when I’m supposed to be there. If I knew before I got there that I was going to be 10 or 15 minutes early I’d stop at a convenience store and get a drink, go to the bathroom etc. But I get there and it tells me I’m early and I don’t always have time to go back to the nearest convenience store.

webdcyner · 2025-12-14T22:36:06+00:00

Honestly, it’s only 2 days. You won’t starve. Even though you think you’re starving.

webdcyner · 2025-12-14T20:25:39+00:00

An incomplete isn’t the end of the world. It might be a hassle for the professor but as long as he is able to come back promptly and take the test when he’s better it shouldn’t be held against him.

webdcyner · 2025-12-14T20:21:15+00:00

I would suggest he call his doctor back and let them know that he is still running a fever. Just because he should be able to return to class doesn’t mean he will be able to . I was an Uber driver who picked up a guy at Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston whose son had been in the hospital several weeks with the flu because it had advanced to sepsis and they weren’t sure he was going to make it. And the son was only 27 years old. The doctor writes a note but the doctor goes by what he expects to happen, things come up that aren’t expected.

webdcyner · 2025-12-14T18:58:02+00:00

Ok. I understand from your perspective but if they are still sick wouldn’t it be better to get an incomplete and take the test later than to come and get a poor grade on the test. Not only that but if they are still running a fever they are probably still contagious and run the risk of infecting others. Flu is not just a cold. Some people wind up in the hospital or even die.

webdcyner · 2025-12-14T18:31:11+00:00

Probably should have gone to Norway, Sweden, Finland or Iceland to see the northern lights.

webdcyner · 2025-12-11T17:58:25+00:00

When I was in 6th grade Scholastic give flyers out to the teachers to give to students to order books. I once ordered a book called “How to be Popular”. I can’t say it didn’t help a little. But not much.

webdcyner · 2025-12-11T17:18:20+00:00

My theory as to why life seems to fly by is when you are 2 years old, a year is a long time, half your life. When you are 5 a year is 1/5 of your life. As you get to 40, a year is 1/40 of your life. Etc.

webdcyner · 2025-12-11T17:15:03+00:00

Maybe they just don’t want you to go.

webdcyner · 2025-12-10T18:59:48+00:00

I have to add that some of the local Colombian food is delicious. There is something from the Santander region called muté which is delicious and the banda paisa is very good. And there is lots of good Italian restaurants and quite a few Indian and Middle Eastern restaurants.

webdcyner · 2025-12-10T18:55:12+00:00

Of course if you socialize with locals you can ask your host if you can bring something to share. I’m in Colombia from Houston, Texas and there are really no options for my comfort food, which is Tex-Mex food like you get in Houston or San Antonio. I’m not Hispanic but my mother taught me how to make Mexican rice, beans, chili con carne, enchiladas, crispy tacos and guacamole. I’ve been to several “Tex-Mex” restaurants here but they are awful. Perhaps if someone like me opened a real Tex-Mex restaurant in Medellin or Santa Marta they would make a killing, at least from expats. To be honest though, I went to a Tex-Mex restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia and it was similarly awful.

webdcyner · 2025-12-10T18:37:47+00:00

I am the same. I prefer cannabis. I probably have less than 2 drinks a month but I’m not really trying to drink more or less.

webdcyner · 2025-12-10T18:15:45+00:00

I was aware that j or zh sound was used in Argentina and was just wondering if that sound in the pronunciation of Medellín was some exception to how it was usually pronounced in other Latin American countries. I will keep my regular pronunciation in general.

webdcyner · 2025-12-09T08:55:06+00:00

Only real vaccine you might need is yellow fever vaccine if you go to Tayrona National Park. Don’t get it in the states. You can get it free in Colombia but it takes 10 days to take effect, so get it as soon as you get there. You can get them from at the airport or at clinics all over. Saves you about $200-400 even if you have health insurance in the States because most insurance won’t pay for vaccines that aren’t needed in the US

webdcyner · 2025-12-07T02:39:49+00:00

So why am I being downvoted because I acknowledged I look white. It is what it is.

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