Kept DS's last name after divorce, then hyphenated it with DH's name when I remarried.

Well that's a way to never grow I guess....

I actually do love mine: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000E2OAT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I despise mullets, but long hair is fine on men and women. No issues here. But mullets...ick.

What rate do you offer? Do you provide benefits? I find the situation very interesting as unemployment is very low in our state...and every place is hurting for employees. Wages are high - which is great.

I'm so sorry for your loss, and for the circumstances. Heartbreaking.

Well they aren't at home. I think it was too inexpensive personally. Maybe next time assign specific foods for each family to bring...

https://outofprint.com/ maybe?

Interesting. VSCO is very two years ago here!

I am 100% Northern and have never heard of them.

We went through a lot of this with my oldest (adopted from foster care at age 10) son. He had all these same behaviors, but no autism diagnosis, and does have low IQ, conduct disorder, reactive attachment disorder, PTSD. He ate anything and everything, as much as he could. He didn't care at all about getting heavy or health issues. None of that made a difference to him. His aggression and violence and property destruction became so bad we did finally get him approved for a residential facility once he turned 19. Though the behaviors did not necessarily improve, he was not ever going to be able to be safe (to us or anyone else) in a home setting, so this was the best thing for him. I wish you luck. I know the frustration. You can PM me if you'd like. We did utilize locks on some cabinets, but he frequently pulled them off so caused damage in another way that way. *sigh*

Does she have low IQ in addition to autism? Is she capable of understanding portion sizes and calorie counts? Just trying to get a better grasp of the situation.

I don't think it takes any extra time to throw DH's clothes into the laundry with mine....what is the point of him doing them separately?

The slowness of everyone around me (including some family who are also gifted) is the most difficult part for me. While others are still processing, I've already come to a solution and moved on. It makes me very irritable sometimes.

Each person has their own bathroom in our house. I collect laundry from each person's room on a daily basis (usually), and each person has their own laundry basket or two. I generally do put the clothes away in closets because I find that soothing. I'm not sure why. *shrug*

Sounds about right!

Then she'd be like many other people.

There are several members here who are JW.

Aren't you Mama though? My mom is a Mimi. My MIL was a Memere. I don't have a strong feeling about what I will be called.

My DD is profoundly gifted. She started public high school this fall as a 12 year old Junior. So yeah...I do get "kids like her" but the way you describe her, she's not gifted in the way you seem to want her to be. Best of luck with whatever you decide as far as schooling. I miss homeschooling DD but she's loving the socialization of school.

That's because she's 9.

You've commented over and over again that she was reluctant to do the work that you were assigning and that you experienced extreme frustration when she would backslide. None of your posts ever indicated to me that DD was pushing ahead on her own, but rather that you were shoving. School will likely be good for her, and it will take the desire you have for her to work ahead of her abilities away and let her be her 9 year old self.

It sounds positive to me!!

I've heard it's very common in perimenopause. I struggle terrible with this.

So damaging. Is there a way to remove her from that situation?