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  1. He who hath the gold rules. Your job b as a parent is to get your children safely into adulthood and out of your wallet. If she is unsafe, bring her home.
  2. No, everyone went to college and worked on his ambitions, the adults as well as the kids. In order to survive, however, that meant 3 jobs at once, getting up at 5 am and getting home at 11, every weekend at the library, ridiculously creative carpools, messy tiny homes, never buying anything on credit, no vacations for 20 years, and learning to sleep standing up. Now that life is slower and we are facing the empty nest years, I can tell you those were the best years. Slowing down and free time is not a good thing.
  3. Rosie did an awesome job of responding. I am not so nice. The “f†word might slip out if someone told me to spend Thanksgiving with my abuser. Can you just find a new family?
  4. How long did she leave him outside? Was this just a 5 minute time out with her able to see him in a safe backyard? Was this a busy street? Was this intended to be 30 minutes of freezing? Was she frustrated and trying to prevent herself from spanking him? Was she trying not to yell? I guess I would have to have more information before judging. As a generalized question of would I choose to say anything to parents who parent differently than me, the answer would be, “noâ€. There are a million ways to parent a child, with most of them being the right way. I would, and do, report abuse. But, that is different than what I am imagining happened in the above scenario.
  5. You mentioned you are talking with new, or soon-to-be homeschoolers. This requires patience and understanding. You were there once, too, remember? People just want guidance and to know what they are doing measures up to everyone else, or will measure up. In the beginning, we all start a little worried that we are going to screw up our kids. At least, I did. It is fine to say you are constantly evolving, depending on the circumstance. Then, try to pry into why the question was asked? Perhaps, it was just to strike up a conversation. But, most likely, from a newbie it is an opportunity to build someone’s confidence in her own choices.
  6. DD17 was/is a broadcaster. She is taking a break while in college.
  7. Are we including video games because I am loving Nintendo’s Odyssey?
  8. Williamsburg hands down. It is not just the lodge, but, the other things to do there which are awesome.
  9. Please buy this so I will know someone who has what I want. https://www.shopdisney.com/snow-white-kendra-satchel-by-dooney-and-bourke-1447588 There is one a little larger also.
  10. Nope, no subsidies. I am guessing one of the BCBS is HMO type and one is PPO type. That is all I can guess. At any rate, I am now getting the Cigna.
  11. My renewal for Florida Blue is $2400 a month for 3 people. Health gov is $1400 a month for the same coverage. Cigna has a funky policy for $1000 a month. We are choosing funky. And when I went to the Florida Blue office to find out why their premiums for the same coverage are $1000 difference, they said they have no appointments until 11/8. So, let me get this straight. You want $30,000 a year from me and you cannot answer a simple question for over a week?
  12. Why would you go out? The new Nintendo Odyssey game is finally here!
  13. I think the appearance of healthy is key. Everyone likes that look. The other thread focused on obesity. But, a skinny meth user or alcoholic is probably not attractive to most. That look certainly would not be for DH or me. DH and I feel it is extremely important to just stay as healthy as possible and give that appearance. A healthy looking 60 year old woman will always win out over an ill appearing twenty year old to DH. Same for me. So, we do not worry about aging so much......but, I am planning to get a plastics guy on speed dial. Lol.
  14. Yes. DH and I have worked through a couple of lesser deal breakers. We have never had to deal with infidelity or abuse, however. Those seem to be the biggies. I doubt we would survive those without a nursing home being involved and a diagnosis of dementia.
  15. No, I would be mean if I did not call out my husband for massive weight gain. I would never enable a harmful behavior like gluttony no more than I would any other. And, trust me, I would do much more than name call to protect his health....and his appearance, for that matter. Sugar coating a problem such as letting oneself go, for any reason, would not be something he or I would ever do to each other. If we do not look out for each other, who will?
  16. Klee Kai are small guard dogs. They are a smart breed and easy to train. We used A professional trainer. When I compared her methods to Caesar, there seemed to be a lot of similarity. I know he gets a bad rap on this board, however.
  17. Deal breakers in ending the marriage or ending intimacy? I would end the marriage only for adultery. In regards to abuse, I have not had to deal with that, so I can only assume I would be brave and get safe. Maybe not. Since I have my own money, I have more choices than many. In regards to intimacy, there is much more to it. It basically is an effort on both our parts to be what the other wants in terms of kindness, appearance, knowledge, spirituality, shared history, etc. For example, we would not be attracted to each other during a serious disagreement, after one of us drained the bank account of the other, or while one of us was a sweaty mess, any more than if one of us became a drunken fool, obese, or shaved our head and eyebrows. In other words, we know that not only must there be a physical attraction, but, a mental one as well. We strive to do the best we can, within reason, on both parts.
  18. DH and I work hard to stay relatively attractive in our old age. We have not gone the plastic surgery route, but, we do exercise and watch our calories. We also wear clean, nice clothes, bathe regularly, and I wear makeup daily. We make sure we have fresh breath when around each other. Why do we make the effort after a gazillion years of marriage and our old age selfs? Because attraction is a powerful force, one we do not wish to lose. Men, especially, are visual creatures. I do not care what comes out of their mouths, what is in their minds is “va va va voomâ€. I do not want to see a whale sitting on my couch munching down some chips. I would not be able to get that image out of my head. Likewise, DH would turn down the heat to subzero if I became the whale. Call us shallow? Whatever. It works for us. Va va va voom.
  19. Everyone in my family, except for the DD in college is in the medical profession. We have no Christmas traditions, no holiday, no nothing. We work.
  20. Why wouldn’t one be helping an 11 yo become anything he wanted to be? I do not get the pushback.
  21. Neither. One must have straps long enough to grab a kid in one hand and sling the purse on the shoulder with the other. One must have a purse that stands up on its own. On that same website, is there a purse that does that? Here is my favorite style right now: https://www.shopdisney.com/the-haunted-mansion-shopper-tote-by-dooney-and-bourke-1386025 Plus, it holds an IPad Pro.
  22. Is this another one of those bash Christian threads? Or, is it another I am so politically correct threads? Or, is it another I am holier than all others thread? Yawn.... So, what does it take for us to get off the internet anonymously bashing others and put that time to good use doing something about what we believe in? Personally, I am too comfortable in this bed.
  23. You do not have privacy with the insurance company. It was signed away when you obtained the policy. It is also signed away again when you sign up at the physician’s office. I cannot remember the exact verbiage on the forms, but, it is there. Your insurance company can obtain the ICD-10 codes which are now more detailed than ever. Then, your insurance company can request supporting information, I.e. records, lab records, EKG’s, etc. It is all legal. The insurance company can obtain more information than your husband (unless, of course, you signed something allowing him access, too.)
  24. I have worked in the medical world for twenty years and did a stent in insurance before that. This scares me more than anything. It is the biggest change in medicine I have seen during this time. We have gone from a system where doctors kept two lines on an index card about each visit to very detailed records of almost every word the doctor hears and then remembers to record. This is kept online where almost any Joe Blow can eventually grab illegally, and any insurance company can grab legally. This verbiage is now reduced to ICD-10 (or other numbers before) that will remain with you the REST of your life. There is no way to escape these codes and the impact they have on everything medical that happens to you in the future. Talk about a red letter “Xâ€! Off my high horse now....
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