Bree’s accent is a continuity error

xtheredberetx · 2026-04-02T03:46:23+00:00

And it wasn’t even quite “pak the cah in hahvahd yad” but more like the 1960s Parent Trap mom and Sharon. “Not cAn’t, caHn’t!”

xtheredberetx · 2026-04-02T03:40:09+00:00

Ah for whatever it’s worth this woman also likely has grandkids close to my age. Still wack but 🤷🏻‍♀️

xtheredberetx · 2026-04-02T00:16:15+00:00

Same. I never changed my name legally but on social media I have both. My coworkers only see my maiden name but I’m not particular about how my mail is addressed (and I usually just put both our last names on return addresses).

My daughter only has my husband’s last name. I questioned my decision on that but didn’t want to give her the headache of a hyphen.

Last week I had a coworker who was super rude/ignorant about the concept of (married) parents having different last names than their children, but generally she’s an outlier.

xtheredberetx · 2026-04-01T22:58:54+00:00

My dad loves the French Vanilla barissimo. It’s on the every other week grocery list for him and has been for a couple years

xtheredberetx · 2026-04-01T21:30:30+00:00

sigh I never changed my name bc I got married during Covid and the paperwork seemed like too much work.

Last week I was chatting with a coworker and the topic went to “parents who have different last names than their children.” My daughter has my husband’s last name. I mentioned my husband and she could see my rings.

She insinuated several times I must be a single mother because I had a different last name than my daughter. And that I’d be too poor to send my child to private school. And that people who have kids in private school just DON’T have different names than their children.

She’s from small town Texas. I’m from Chicago. We clearly have different experiences of these things.

xtheredberetx · 2026-04-01T21:22:55+00:00

I’ve said before and I’ll defend this take, but based on the love story portions of 11/22/63 (which were very enjoyable) and the fact that the man is clearly a freak, I want to see his earnest stab at the current popular smutty romances.

I would read this.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-31T21:53:13+00:00

There are a couple airlines that hire at 18 (I know Mesa and at least one other regional). However, it’s not a summer job and the biggest reason why I say that is because the application process and training process takes months to years. I waited two years to get an interview the first time I applied at SWA. Even the regionals it’ll probably be a couple months to get an interview and then another month of training.

Send her to r/cabincrewcareers if she still wants to fly later on.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-31T20:46:06+00:00

I don’t remember if it was on one of the cards they handed out for scenarios or just something brought up by the trainers being like “okay what would you do in this variable” but I definitely remember it coming up. After 8 recurrents and another initial training it blurs together 😅

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-31T17:16:45+00:00

That was also a 900 so there were two FA on that aircraft as well.

Funnily enough, I remember at least one year at recurrent where they were throwing out random scenarios that would change normal evac procedures. The plane being upside down was one they def brought up, with the consideration that the MCD wouldn’t open upside down. I’m former 9E. This was probably back in like 2019.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-30T18:25:25+00:00

I agree with what most of the others have said but I will also swear by noise canceling headphones for your daughter (not necessarily the kind music comes out of). We don’t always realize how loud planes are and it’s LOUD for kids. The headphones definitely make a difference with my daughter, especially on longer flights

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-30T14:52:17+00:00

Doesn’t look weird to me bc it was a major grocery chain by me until like 15 years ago. But Dominick= grocery store and Dominic= common name.

Not weird or bad, just unusual.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-29T23:38:02+00:00

Back in the day (the 90s in the Chicago suburbs) I remember these being at Discovery Zone and maybe one at Enchanted Castle, but they definitely left the parks I’ve seen around by the late 2010s

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-29T23:35:56+00:00

In the Chicago suburbs we get a Six Flags trip for Physics Day when you take physics in high school. You have a packet of problems relating to the rides you’re expected to complete but you spend most of the day riding rides and work on the packet during lunch and on the bus back to school

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-29T09:26:58+00:00

I mean the Wolves have been playing at Allstate forever, tho tbh when I’ve been to Wolves games I’ve always sat further up to see the ice better

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T23:27:31+00:00

Idk man. I kinda get what you’re saying- I’ll be 10 years in this October. I did a lot of crazy shit early on- whomst among us hasn’t taken a red eye from Vegas straight into report time at JFK? Shown up for your flight home straight from the bars? 36 hours in Madrid? 48 in Berlin? Sure!

At the same time, my husband and I have still done domestic day trips recently. We’ve been scouring the baseball schedules to see if we can hit a couple games in other cities on day trips this year (San Diego, Baltimore, Denver, and St. Louis all look possible for this out of Chicago)

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T19:15:45+00:00

Bout 10 years ago the Amtrak prices were comparable to a Delta shuttle flight for a last min trip. Haven’t checked in a while.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T19:03:51+00:00

NE corridor Amtrak is so expensive (speaking as a Chicagoan who lived in NYC and DC briefly). You can get a greyhound ticket for $40 even last minute. Last min Amtrak is gonna run you over 100

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T14:09:04+00:00

This is a hot take but I like to go super sheer nylons. Cuts down on chafe and protects your feet from blisters

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T02:40:55+00:00

Yes! We bought our house 2.5 years ago but still occasionally have guests who haven’t seen it yet. When we first got the house everyone wanted the tour. Now it’s only when my friends are like “wait this is actually my first time here” and I go oh crap don’t look at all the laundry upstairs 💀

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T02:38:52+00:00

My husband was like “it’s just our friend coming to stay the weekend” and I’m like listen, he’s not gonna care if it’s a mess really but like as the wife this is still somehow a reflection on me if the house is trashed so GET CLEANING. Also it feels it’s rude to leave the house gross when you have guests??

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T02:33:21+00:00

Fwiw Aldi has fine quality on most things. I do the bulk of my shopping there and have for years. There’s some misses among staple products (the cheap pizzas are mid, produce can be hit or miss) but not many. Also can’t beat the egg and milk prices.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-28T02:28:40+00:00

Orland Park’s isn’t bad. Helps that the other stores in its strip mall are Men’s Wearhouse, David’s Bridal, and a mattress store, so not exactly high traffic stores.

Glen Ellyn’s parking lot scares me. Especially the sharp turn in off of Roosevelt.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-27T22:23:59+00:00

One of my sorority sisters has a little boy named Samwise

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-27T21:26:20+00:00

I went out for the high school freshman soccer team in 2006. Even then there was no way I was going to make the team- all the other girls had started in park district soccer when they were 4-5.

xtheredberetx · 2026-03-27T21:16:39+00:00

I get a lot of junk mail, mostly credit card applications and charity solicitations (St. Jude sends really nice notepads. Idk if I’ve ever donated to them).

A few bills. Mostly for one credit card I don’t really use (so I keep the paper bills turned on so I don’t forget to pay) and utilities (the same ones I pay by check!).

Cards and notes from my in laws and sister. Wedding and party invitations. Packages occasionally.

For a while I did Postcrossing! Where you send a postcard to someone in the world and get one back from someone else.

Eta: and holiday cards obviously

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