The Foundation Room is real effort for sure! I think you should like the vibe.

Alpha Dom is astonishing in part because there is absolutely nothing about him to make his claims of rampant dating success believable. He is the guy in the club who sends you running for the restroom when you think there's even a chance he's walking your way (his dental hygiene is noticeably lacking even on low-res video). On the one hand, it's good that people share his videos for people to see the batshit insanity that's out there, but on the other hand, it's just making him look 'important' to his followers, even when he's just being dragged to filth. Who is keeping anyone from considering and/or choosing traditional roles? Absolutely no one. I know that there have always been people who have criticized the choice, just as there are people who criticize the opposite choice, but that in no way takes anyway anyone's right to make that decision. Women have plenty of actual rights being taken away, but this isn't one of them. And another! I went back to work after homeschooling in large part to model for my daughters that it doesn't have to be an either/or choice. I worked before staying home, I worked after staying home, we modeled a partnership that was not salary-dependent. I also worked and freelanced part-time while homeschooling, both to model it and to emphasize that I could always get a job and take care of the family as needed. Part of me is really stuck on the fact that it is apparently devastating to men to deal with the problems that women have historically dealt with while still carrying on, but I am trying hard to keep this quote from the description in mind: “We can hold two thoughts in our head at once. We can be passionate about women’s rights and compassionate toward vulnerable boys and men.” ((I haven't read the book yet))

Not necessarily. I sneeze loudly most of the time, and sometimes 20 times in a row. Sneezing is pretty involuntary. I can control 'normal' coughing pretty well, but a coughing fit? All bets are off. My kids used to go into fits of laughter when I'd blow my nose. I don't do it for funsies. I don't blow my nose in a different many than anyone else in the house, but the noises that occur are certainly different, lol. Sometimes I do make a noise or a moan, particularly when half-asleep but sometimes during the day - not to be dramatic, but because I've been hit with a blinding wave of sinus or ear pain. Some people have a cold, and they get sniffly and cough a bit and feel kind of tired and funky. Other people get the same cold, and their eyeballs swell and their ears fill with fluid. They sneeze loudly because that's how God created their sneezes, they cough relentlessly because the phlegm is trying to strangle them, and they moan because of the afore-mentioned blinding waves of pain. It's possible that pollen season has me a bit cranky right now.

I was going to suggest this as well - otherwise you're paying OOP forever. Otherwise, it is worth checking GoodRx and any others you can find. Check every pharmacy, and then check pharmacies in neighboring towns if you have no luck. It's saving my parents a fortune every month to use GoodRx on certain meds instead of Medicare. Generic Vyvanse is $76 for 30 30-mg capsules at my local Target and CVS with GoodRx.

But additional restrictions are put in place when drugs are controlled substances, and they are listed as controlled substances because of the high risk of addiction and abuse. I'm not sure I'm understanding what you're getting at here, because adding needless restrictions to uncontrolled medications doesn't seem sensible. The closest match in non-controlled substances that I can think of is Sudafed, which isn't even a prescription med. You have to request it at the counter, you have to show photo ID, you have to sign for it, you can only buy so much, they track your name, address, what and how much you purchased on each date, and they are required by law to keep all of this information for two years from date of sale. That's pretty heavy restrictions for an otc med, but they're in place because of the danger of misuse (for Sudafed, not abuse of the product, but using it to cook meth). Getting back to controlled substances, the added expense can be a definite issue, but I don't know how it can be solved without an overhaul of our medical system (which I do think should happen).

I just wanted to add that not all breast cancers require radiation or chemo.

Opioids.

Am I the only one baffled at 11-yr-olds sending each other personal emails? I don't know anyone under 30 who uses email outside of work. Kids that don't have phones message on a different device.

You don't have to leave because someone disagrees with you.

The north/south divide at the time of the Civil War doesn't really correlate to what people consider the south today, so you miss some states by asking the question that way. Most Marylanders consider it a northern state. The south definitely considers it a northern state, lol. Most Missourians consider it a midwestern state. The south considers it as midwestern or vaguely northern.

An 8-yr-old asking what's the worst thing you've ever done was a major moment of horror, revulsion, and shame? What have you been up to? Finding out that some ancestor of mine owned slaves 150+ years ago wouldn't be a major moment of horror, revulsion, and shame for me. I'm horrified and repulsed by the idea and reality of slavery in general, but I already know that slavery exists in the world, and specifically in my country and in my state. The horror and revulsion wouldn't increase for me by knowing this, I don't think. I'm not a sins of the father type person, so I'm not going to feel deeply ashamed that someone I never knew, and my parents never knew, and my grandparents never knew, owned slaves. Likewise, I wouldn't be immensely honored and proud if I found out that some ancestor of mine saved someone's life 150+ years ago. I didn't do it. Caveat: I can better understand families who have always been very connected to their family's past having feelings about ancestors and their actions. If you grow up knowing these things, and hearing actual stories about people and events, that is such a different situation. But I know nothing past my grandparents, and it's not like I know tons of details about their lives. But I don't think those people should feel any kind of deep shame for their ancestors, either. Thinking they should is like thinking someone should carry deep shame because their parent is a criminal, or simply not a good person. Carrying family shame is very damaging and limiting. Saying that her question is "disguised" as genealogical interest very much sounds like criticism to me, and rather insulting to @DawnM.

Asking her is very different from the guest room coming with the responsibility.

As I stated, I disagree with a lot of the specifics, I think they've probably swung too far in the other direction, and over-regulating now doesn't make up for under-regulating in the past. I'm not sure how you went from that to me steadily defending the rules - although I certainly do think that a change to more oversight was required My point, which I highlighted in my very first sentence, is that it's not ADD/ADHD specific. It is specific to drugs that are controlled substances and at high risk of abuse.

I can't imagine people asking for make-up lessons from a parks and rec program! That would most definitely not happen here. Others may not have this level of scheduling flexibility, but this is what I finally did, and it saved my sanity. All my classes were a set length and paid in advance. All of my tutoring (after an initial session) was for a set length, paid in advance. By set length, I mean 8 classes were scheduled, or they paid for 8 tutoring sessions in advance versus a monthly thing. For classes, all dates were given in advance, with big notations for when we were skipping a week for a holiday or such. I would advertise it as, say, a 10-week class at X amount (with X amount being what I wanted for a 12-week class) but with two make-up classes scheduled at the end for anyone who was sick or whatever. Same day, same time, so they could go ahead and pencil it in if they wanted to. If we did something crazy fun like playing experimenting with dry ice or fake snow, I always planned to repeat it in a makeup session, lol. Near the end of the class, either a kid or a parent would inevitably ask if they could come to those sessions even if they hadn't missed, and I would ponder briefly and agree (and of course tell everyone). I didn't care, I was going to be there anyway. All of the actual make-ups were usually handled in class 11, so class 12 tended to be very fun and social in a 'last day of school' kind of way. Same for tutoring blocks: you bought 8 blocks, and then I would hold two at the same day and time at the end for makeups. You could do them after as well, but very much at my convenience. If they had something time-sensitive scheduled, like an ACT test, I would definitely try to accommodate that (and I priced those sessions at a level where I didn't mind doing that, lol). I did not go ahead and have those sessions for tutoring, though, I just held the two times open. The upside for the parents was that they were making one small commitment at a time, and they could decide at the end of their block if they wanted to buy another block right then, or take a break, or never see me again. I swear, my brain went, what?? Your daughter is in college, she can make her own decisions about makeup 😅 Neither of your kids gave you the great experience of being fine one minute, and puking as they walked out of the door the next minute? Lucky, lol. My kids definitely had sicknesses come on fast, but it's just something that happens. Maybe we'd still get a make-up, maybe not. It's not something that happens often enough to constantly be missing things (if it does, that kid needs a doctor). Sadly true, and many of them are shameless. It's because that's what works. Some places absolutely are that strict. And you have to remember that the people offering the classes and lessons also have lots of stuff come up in life, and constant make-ups can really complicate things. Friendships are a great way to find or establish more flexible or unusual arrangements. Teachers don't have a sorting hat that puts the strangers who need some flexibility but won't abuse it into a special category so they can recognize them, and the sad fact is that a whole lot of people are willing to lie and take advantage.

It sucks, but it's about the drugs, not the patient. The medical system played fast and loose with prescribing opioids and stimulants, and now they've probably swung too far in the opposite direction, as though it would change what happened in the past. Anyone who is taking a drug with a high rate of abuse is jumping through hoops. What the doctors have to do specifically varies by state and by practice, and I disagree with a lot of the specifics, but the hoop-jumping is pretty standard for any such drug, regardless of the diagnosis.