Since I believe I'm the only one who said 'living in fear's I'm going to assume you are referring to my post. But I was replying to someone saying another poster lives a privileged life for not experience daily fear. One can take precautions against men without fear.

That is simply not true though. Not living in fear of men doesn't mean your life is privileged. It can simply mean you are not a person who lives in fear. I have been sexually assaulted. It happened in highschool at a friend's house by her brother. Despite that incident I've never been fearful of random men simply because I'm alone with them. I've been on alert in certain situations and have separated myself from men but it was not fear based. I am constantly aware of my surroundings and I know how to defend myself if I need to. But I am not afraid to walk down a sketchy street alone at night (not that I go out of my way to do it.) My dh, who is a professional martial artist and has fought in amateur cage fights is more uneasy on an unfamiliar street at night than I am.

We always pick high deductible low premium. But that is because we can comfortably pay deductibles if issues arise, not that that has happened. We've only ever been in accidents where the other person's insurance paid so we had no deductible to deal with.

I sneeze, cough, and blow my nose loudly when I'm sick. It helps get more gunk loose. I'm far louder than my dh

They're asking it to get people's opinions on whether they are in the wrong in a situation or if their reaction was appropriate and the other person was the one in the wrong.

I love that it was about Bandit picking what was best for his family non-financially instead of chasing money they didn't need. Had they not had the moments where the parents were struggling with the choice and where Chili specifically talks to Bluey about not being ok about it, I may feel more negatively. But I think it showed an important thing kids need to see.

Praying

Or you could ask them if they are comfortable with you going into the guest room at specific times to rotate the eggs

@Scarlett that all sounds so difficult. I hope your dh is able to get it resolved this week.

The eclipse trip was so much fun. And budget wise, we were a little over what I had in mind but we're still on track for not blowing the budget for the month since I just anticipated needing a bit more in our miscellaneous category. Just gotta keep our goals at the front of my brain. No more side hustle income coming in this month, which is fine. But I would like to start picking up some more pet sitting gigs soon. I think ideally 4 a month would work for my schedule. I'd really love for more in home ones because I miss regularly having a dog in the house. So, maybe in the summer I'll start advertising that service.

I would just keep doing what you're doing. Don't invite Sam, Sally can decide if she wants to go or not. Or tell Sally she is more than welcome to organize the event because you don't want to organize an event that you yourself won't participate in. And you won't participate in one that Sam attends.

Well it's good they made it clear

I would have been so upset if I paid $10 to go somewhere for the eclipse and they had fireworks. I hope people there weren't upaet

I'm so glad you decided to go!!!

For me, the most fascinating part in environmental change was how cold it got. It had been in the 70s and then during totality I had to put my hoodie back on. We're driving back to our Airbnb and so far haven't hit any traffic!

We came to Indiana from Delaware. Perfect skies! Dh got some great pictures as well but they're on our camera not phone. We met a guy who brought eclipse binoculars. He let me try them out, it was awesome.

I'm so glad you were able to experience it!

It was completely clear skies here. It was amazing. Dh got some good pictures. Sorry for those who missed it

Here too!

We found a Catholic Church that has bathrooms and is selling concessions. We reserved 5 spots so the rest of our family can slowly join us.

We're less than 2 hours from our totality destination, Vincennes, Indiana. So far, so good.

Oh so many!!! These are just a few I've said today. "Listen. Do you smell something?" "What do you need that for Dude?" "You're out of your element."

It woke me and our tenant up. And dd13 who was sleeping at a friend's house (she called me right away.) No one downstairs and awake even noticed it. I came downstairs, before dd called me, and asked dh if there was just an earthquake or if I had dreamed it. He was so confused that I just assumed I dreamed it and started heading back upstairs when our tenant came down talking about it and then dd called

That earthquake woke me and our tenant up. No one downstairs even noticed it

So informative! Anyone have such a thorough rundown of crowd likelihood in Vincennes, Indiana. That is my dad's top pick for where to view it