I haven’t missed a flu shot in 15 years. When I was 40 and pregnant, I got the flu. I was sick as a dog. It hurt to stand in the shower. I can’t imagine how sick I would have been if I hadn’t been vaccinated. I was given Tamiflu and it helped a lot.

Will you expound on this please?

Then don’t. Geez. I bet you’re a real treat at weddings and graduations.

Good for you, OP.

Meh, stop policing people man. You can’t say something contentious on a public forum and cherry-pick who responds to you.

Sounds to me like you should have just tried, I dunno, Google?

POIC / RAMHS. I worked for them a million years ago and your story is why they are there. Give them a call.

Portland Opportunity Industrialization Center. / Rosemary Anderson Middle and High School. Good luck to you.

https://www.portlandoic.org/

The 2+’hour conversations need to stop. I’m not that much younger than you and life has taught me that there is no such thing as an emotionally close platonic boy/ girl (or whatever orientation) friendship. Sex / sexual feelings always messes it up. Someone always gets hurt.

Stop leaning on her / allowing her to lean on you for emotional sustenance. From what you’ve described, you will end up hurting her. For a starting point, cut back the phone calls significantly. Don’t ghost her, but go live your life. Don’t sit on the phone scratching your itches with someone you have no future with.

Ride safe. Have fun.

All I’m saying…..

There is a 5-7 year maturity gap in men / women that doesn’t go away til late 70s and maybe not even then.

So if a woman dates an older man, within a ten year gap, they are often compatible. Reverse it, and the maturity gap is compounded. A “cougar” who is willing to put up with that nonsense….woof.

Stick your stuff in crazy if you want. I’ve never known a woman willing to date a younger man who doesn’t have significant emotional issues.

Good luck, friend. Hope it all pans out.

Pick yourself up and dust yourself off if it doesn’t.

Ew. Hahahaha. To borrow a phrase out of context….the odds are good but the goods are odd.

How’s it going? I’m on here researching my own problem, but I hope that you’re feeling a lot more settled. Probably still hot and crazy, cause it’s July with a 1 year old, but gaining confidence and feeling better.

You still have fun. It’s just a different kind of fun. Best wishes.

My kids always got a little runny in the funny when they were about to cut a tooth. Pile that on the reasons your mom needs to settle down and have a gummy or something.

I’m the same way. I generally don’t like stay over service. If I need coffee, etc, I ask for it at the desk. I leave the room clean, minimal garbage, towels in one place, etc. I don’t tip in these instances. Nothing against the housekeepers, it’s just that they didn’t do me any direct service. They worked for the hotel to prep for a guest.

….no one has a thick neck like Gaston!

Absolutely. It is my head of household privilege.

Pro tip: think of pickle juice as poor lady’s IV Hydrate or whatever it is. Take a swig and drink a glass of water.

This “misplaced decimal point” worked out to someone who expected 2xxx.00 getting 1xxx.00.

This could mean a missed mortgage payment, not paying bills, not buying meds or groceries. This is 100% a BFD. Yuge, even. I’m with you 100% on corrective action, that mistakes happen, wanting to crawl in a hole, etc.

You lose me at “the employee will sound like an asshole.” Not really. I’d warn everyone to watch their pay statement closely if that happened to me.

The fact is, if you’re living on 4000.00 a month in most metropolitan areas in the USA, you can’t afford a 3000.00 month.

First of all, this is why I pay 13.00 a month for pet insurance. It’s a 500.00 deductible for a 10K yearly limit. It’s to cover things like this.

With your income, assuming the cat has a good prognosis, it has 5-12 years ahead of it. Also assuming you / the kids care for the cat. Some cats are a real pain and / or just kind of “there.”

With that said, proportionally speaking, to put it in perspective, your choice to euthanize is mathematically equivalent to someone with a 75K income saying “Nope, can’t / won’t swing $1900, nighty-night Fluffy.”

Now, it’s probably easier for you to absorb a 10K bill than for a 75K per year house to absorb 1900.00, but it’s something you have to decide on your own. Next round, get insurance. Good luck.

…..so they can give them away on Reddit?

I know that housing is batshit crazy but so is this. What do other housing options look like nearby? Maybe ask the question here of how to break your lease and not get screwed. It sounds to me like it’s time to move.

OH SHINER. You are a delight. Love you bud.

I mean….like how big of a box are we talking about?

You are 100% right. Docking tails and ears is barbaric. It’s shameful. Dobermans left natural are beautiful animals. Especially the trend for the two-story ear dock? Yuck. It looks gross.