sassenach
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The stories are longer than I will write out, and ultimately dh and I were always in agreement.
Dd 20- I did
Ds17- mutual, easiest name to land on.
Ds15- mutual, also pretty easy
Dd13- complicated, but it was more me.
The boys were so easy. The girls were a process.
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You are correct. ER is far superior to any other medical drama. The others can only wish they were ER.
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The main point many of us are making is that it's not up to mommy instincts to decide who should quarantined, it's up to a medical expert in the field. Plenty of people with medically diagnosed immunocompromized conditions, including terminal illness, don't require quarantine.
Actually, it's up to the individual to choose for themselves if they would like to skip a low-commitment volunteer gig based on the viruses circulating (which is not quite as dramatic as quarantine).
To the OP, I could swing either way on this, but since she's DE, I assume she's old enough to make her own decisions. I think this is probably something you can back off and let her decide on.
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We had light/medium oatmeal/gray textured tile in Florida. It was a good color, but I hate grout.
The light or dark question depends more on your space- the light, your paint colors. Do you have any model homes nearby? That’s a good place to scope out what’s trending.
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Ah! The light dawns!! The best Tex-Mex is in Texas, especially if the restaurant otherwise looks like a dive from the outside and little to no English is spoken.
The ultimate criteria for Mexican food, no matter the region.
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Lol.No, no, no to the H no.
I should be clear, my velveta/American cheese experiences were not at Chevy’s but at several restaurants in Louisiana and Florida over many years.
Chevy’s was a side question. They call themselves Tex-mex, I think.
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I'm another one who grew up on Tex Mex and has NEVER seen Velveeta in a Tex Mex restaurant, or used in home Tex Mex cooking.
Almost all the Tex Mex restaurants here are owned and staffed by Mexican Americans, as well as patronized heavily by them. When you walk in and the staff is not Mexican, you get worried.
Maybe I’ve had some bad Tex-mex, because processed cheese has not been a one time experience for me.
Do you guys consider Chevy’s (chain restaurant) to be good Tex mex?
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DH and I have the largest age gap we know....7.5.
An age gap like that, as long everyone is an adult, is unusual but not strange to me, if that makes sense.
But dating someone your kid dated? No. Just no.
ETA: The age gap between that couple is greater than the age gap between myself and my own daughter.
It’s greater than the gap between myself and all 4 of my kids!
I just don’t see it as healthy. Yes they’re adults but it’s still weird.
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I may have missed it but I didn’t see anyone say that Tex mex isn’t Mexican food, I only read people state a preference. We’re still allowed to have those, right?
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I guess my issue is when people say it’s not Mexican food. It’s actually a regional cuisine, and not as some people think, merely fake Mexican food for white people.
Edited to add: I do agree with you that some of it is too greasy. However, so is a lot of crappy restaurant food. It certainly doesn’t need to be greasy. There is a lot more red meat because of the ranching culture on both sides of the border in that area.
I will confess to having said that before. Probably because the only people that I’ve ever known to advocate for Tex-mex are white people who think velveta is an acceptable topping for Mexican food.
I will concede that there is more to Tex mex than that (probably more intellectually than in my heart, if I’m being honest!).
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Just like there are mediocre to terrible restaurants in every culinary tradition, there are mediocre Tex Mex places. That doesn’t make TexMex a bad food tradition. We don’t judge Italian food by the Olive Garden but many seem to judge TexMex by the various mediocre equivalents.
It’s not a bad food tradition, I just don’t want to eat it.
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I have heard that it is inferior, but only from people who have no Hispanic/Mexican/or even Texan blood in them whatsoever, but are total and complete know-it-alls about everything.
ETA: I live in Texas, and if Tex Mex is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
My Mexican husband would disagree wth you.
It’s mostly what you grew up with. Our friends from Texas truly miss Tex-mex. I get that.
I will say that marrying into a coastal Mexican family opened my eyes to the variety of Mexican food beyond what we eat here.
I think the biggest thing for me between superb Mexican food and bad is the greasiness. Good Mexican is not greasy. It’s fresh and light, with flavor but not grease.
That’s hard to find anywhere outside of my MIL’s kitchen.
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There is a definite difference, but if you can’t taste it, it probably doesn’t matter.
I don’t like tex-mex and will go without Mexican food rather than eat (what I consider to be) bad Mexican food.
Living in Louisiana and Florida were some hard times.
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Statutory rape? Or is it only considered a real crime if the underaged party is female?Having sex at sixteen is not a criminal act. And as to its being preferable or not... eh, learning about sex from porn where women are debased or learning about sex from a real human being..? I mean, neither is what I would choose for my child but if I HAD to choose...
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I see a lot of daily drinking but not a lot of drunkenness. We live in a huge wine consumption area.
I don’t know anyone who drinks throughout pregnancy. But if daily consumption is your norm and you have an oops pregnancy, I can see how there would be some overlap.
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Reading more on the flu specifically, because the flu travels worldwide every year, the definition includes hitting multiple continents simultaneously and the virus being novel enough that most of the general public does not have any natural immunity.A pandemic is an epidemic that is more widespread. I think it has to be on more than one or 2 continents to qualify as a pandemic, don't know the details.
As said upthread, this year’s flu is not considered a flu pandemic. However, the interplay of weather patterns and virus development is still super interesting.
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I worked with one and it became a game for all the coworkers to try to bring up happy things to see if she’d make a negative comment.
One time she complained about rainbows.
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Chiropractic
Acupuncture
Massage
Intensive elimination diet
Moving- dh hasn’t chronic migraines in Florida. They have almost completely disappeared since we moved to NorCal. When we went to Hawaii for 3 week, he had a ton (ruining my dreams of living there). I think it’s the tropical weather.
Do you use imitrex to get out of it?
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Very interesting! Has this flu been classified as a pandemic? How do they decide what qualifies as a pandemic?
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It's probably all of the above. It's the school, it's the teacher, it's the kids, it's her. Black and white, high justice kids are always going to struggle with group dynamics. So, yes, part of this is teaching her how to socially cope and mature. You might have to put as much energy into that as you would into homeschooling.
If the question is do we go to the new school or homeschool, I guess I would think through what you want your next few years to look like. IME, this personality type seems to get a little more malleable around 12/13 years old.
No right or wrong answers here. Personally, this post doesn't scream "get into counseling" to me, but I could be wrong.
Here's what I do know, homeschooling when mom doesn't want to is usually not fun for anyone. If you are really feeling no desire to homeschool, I would probably focus your energy on school placement and coaching her.
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I would ask them to rebill it and go from there.
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Rooms we didn’t choose: Living space and kitchen are sage green. While I can live with it, I really want to redo if.
Bathrooms and hallway are off white. I like it for one bathroom and the hallway but not the other bathroom.
Rooms we painted:
Accent wall on the sage green is a deep navy blue. It’s the only wall I truly love in our living space. It was originally an orangey red, which I couldn’t stand.
my bedroom is a light warm greige. It’s the perfect neutral.
Dd’s Room is off white with a deep-blue green accent wall. Very pretty, she picked out the colors.
Ds’s room is light gray with a dodger blue accent wall. Perfect for him.
I guess I’m kind of boring.
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NFL dirty dancing was the best! So funny. Alexa was good, too.
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Maybe JAWM or WWYD
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Maybe if the stylist suggested it? Sometimes it's the fear of the unknown. She might think anything more than a trim is going to be more dramatic than reality.