I've taken tongue out pictures as have both of my teens and their friends. None of them were grinding or partying in the pictures. They were just being goofy. They're also a mix of boys and girls. There is nothing suggestive. Any type of pictures can be suggestive even without a tongue hanging out.

What's wrong with accepting silliness? I'm so confused. I can be quite the silly person and I love that my teens are too. I don't think they need to take themselves or most things too seriously.

My parents bought us cars and paid for the insurance and gas. This was in a small town and back when we could pump gas at the local station and just sign for it. My dad paid the bill at the end of each month and I don't think he ever really paid attention to how much each of us used. Dh and I will not be buying cars but we will cover insurance and most gas. Ds and dd will just be sharing our extra car. We have two but I stay home and dh works from home so we don't need two. If they want their own car when they move away and go to college, we will help some but they will have to come up with most of the money. It's one reason ds is looking at colleges close to home or in big cities with good public transportation.

I don't find those pictures suggestive. I'm actually happy to see more goofy tongue out pictures instead of the duck face ones.

Ds has Chem tomorrow and is suddenly so sick! He has one more this week and one next week. He also has prom this coming weekend. None of this is helping his stress level at all. I think he may want to hibernate after his exam next week.

In case you were responding to my post, I wanted to clarify. I wasn't saying you, or others, aren't completely yourself with your spouse. I was wondering if there are other family and friends you have been able to be completely yourself with as well. In my life, dh is the only one.

I wonder if this is a big part of it. Maybe those who don't get why some of us share everything have had other relationships, with family or friends, where they feel they can be 100% themselves. Dh has been the only person I feel that way with so my relationship with him is very different from all other relationships. I don't feel completely safe with anyone else. I grew up in a good family with awesome parents but they are all very different from who I am so I've never really been myself with them.

The thing is I don't share really private or personal information with friends. I keep that stuff between dh and myself and I definitely don't complain about dh to them. That's just something I've never done and am not comfortable doing. Most of the people I am friends with feel the same way so it's never actually been an issue. Honestly, the only personal thing dh or I have to vent about or share relates to our oldest and none of our friends can help us with that because they have zero understanding of what we're going through. So, dh and I just vent and talk with one another and with a therapist that we see together regarding oldest. I have one close childhood friend of almost 30 years and we talk a lot but our spouses are also good friends and we have zero issues sharing with one another and knowing that information is known to all four of us, but again I share nothing with her that I don't share with dh already or that I wouldn't want her spouse to know. I don't think my way is the only right way to do things but I also definitely don't feel it's wrong. People are just different.

I tell dh everything. My friends know this so they don't share if they don't want him to know. He and I are pretty much together 24/7 since he works from home. The only time we're not is when he travels for work (every other month), but then we text often because we're so used to talking all day to one another.

We've been able to find pharmacies where it can be cheaper without insurance but ds's specialists are not at all cheaper to self pay.

We don't have copays either and technically we pay 100% of costs until the deductible is met but because we have insurance the amount we pay is always less than the billed amount. I received a bill recently for $400 for a doctor visit for oldest. They forgot to file with insurance which brought it down to $200. So, I'm only paying 100% of the contracted agreed upon cost not the actual cost the doctor bills for those with no, or different, insurance.

We've always had insurance through dh's employer. First, while he was in the military and now in the private sector. We've never paid much on our end - right now our part is just under $100/month for the four us. Dh's employer part is right around $1100/month so total for the four of us is around $1200/month. Our deductible is somewhat high and we max out our HSA contributions (that his employer also contributes to) every year to try and help with that. Even after the deductible we are responsible for 20% and we have been hitting the deductible almost every year so it does get tough at times. Our biggest expense has been mental health care for oldest. Insurance really needs an overhaul in that department because I can see where many have to give up the care they need because it just gets too expensive. We've never had claims issues or been denied care while in the private sector. I actually had to fight much more while dh was in the military and one time was told an outright no and had to pay out of pocket. It was actually something that needed immediate treatment but the military insurance wouldn't budge on allowing testing or treatment. In the private sector, we've never had anything denied that I can think of since we've had it the past 17 years. Actually, right now they are covering medicine for ds that our plan actually says is only covered in one specific instance and that is not ds. They are covering it anyway. I know others have very different stories but our experience hasn't been horrible with dh's employer based insurance. We've never had to get insurance on our own, though.

Dd, 15, needs them to help with her skin picking that is part of her OCD. The picking is bad and the toys would be worthless is she didn't take them everywhere. She does try to keep them mostly silent but I'm sure they do distract some people.

We were just at a Comic Con this past weekend. Pictures being taken in the bathrooms was very normal. It's honestly not something I've thought about. Locker rooms are different but a bathroom with stalls hasn't been something I'm worried about. I don't get the deal with always taking pictures, though.

On our last flight with Southwest there are at least two umbrella strollers taken onto the plane with no issue. I didn't realize that wasn't common.

So, after an honest Trip Advisor review and one final email through the main website I did finally hear from someone higher. They asked me to give them a few days to investigate and get back with me. Hopefully they will refund the second night. I once had to cancel at the very last minute with Hilton and expected to pay for the night but they never charged me. I have never encountered this issue before and was surprised. This was the first time I had prepaid in a very long time and I don't think I will do it again any time soon.

But when I tried to check in for the second night, they asked me to pay again because they insisted they had refunded me the original purchase amount. That was untrue and the only reason we didn't stay that night.

Manager called back and was able to find it so has refunded my no show fee. I honestly think they should have to refund the second night as well since the only reason I didn't stay was that they wanted me to pay for it. They swore I had already been refunded the original amount which, according to the manager, was not accurate. The manager said I would have to call customer care for that and when I did they said they had to call the hotel manager. I'm giving up (because I'm getting really angry) and will leave an honest review online.

This still isn't fixed, y'all. I have never dealt with such incompetence with a hotel chain in my life. Today, customer care tried to insist I was never charged a no show fee. I sent them them the information and they again forwarded things to the hotel manager. The hotel manager finally called me and insisted this wasn't an advance purchase and that is why they took the no show fee. I forwarded him my confirmation email from his hotel and the payment information showing it came out of my account. He said he will have to call me back. I feel like I keep going in a circle and no one will connect me with someone higher. I called a different number and they sent me back to customer care. :willy_nilly: I will never stay in a Marriott again!

Stores are only getting one more shipment of the Classic and then they are not making anymore. We were going to get one but have given up. Fortunately, none are interested in the Switch here.

Thankfully they aren't a thing here. Ds is going to prom in two weeks and has a date but asked her privately. They will be going with a group of mutual friends. Another nice thing they do here is that there aren't big after prom plans for that night. They all actually have plans for the day after to go to a big amusement park in the next state.

I've received a response via FB and from the email. Both said they sent the information to the hotel and I should be hearing from the manager within 48 hours. The manager I've already talked with and said so in both messages. I don't understand but I'll wait and see if they something different when I hear from them. We're reward members of both Hilton and Marriott and have never had trouble at Hilton so I may just go back to them exclusively.

Happy to see I'm not crazy. I've emailed through the main site and I also have now private messaged via Facebook. It's Easter weekend so who knows when I will hear back. If I don't hear back Monday, I will pursue it higher. I have checked all over their website and my reservation confirmations and I can only find no show fees for reservations that are not paid in advance. All it says for advance purchase is there is no refund for cancellations.

We booked a room for this weekend for two nights but only ended up needing it for one. It was an advanced purchase, non refundable rate booked through the hotel's website (Marriott). I called to make sure it was no problem checking in today instead of last night and was told it was fine. This morning I was informed we were listed as no shows instead and they had already charged my card a no show fee of one night. Is this standard even with prepaid reservations? I had already paid for the two nights and now they have charged me for a third. I'm still battling with them over the fact that I actually called and wasn't a no show but they act like charging a no show fee is normal even for prepaid rooms. I've never had that happen anywhere else and it's actually not listed on my reservation information. It just says I would forfeit the money as it's non refundable. I've sent an email through the main website but I'm ticked and wondering if this is just how they do things now. ETA: The hotel isn't booked either as they offered me a room for tonight and I told them no.

One article I read said he drove standing up. Kid was determined and I truly feel for his parents.