As far as the private lawyer thing, my guess is that they know their son isn’t getting set free, so why pay for a fancy lawyer? (I’m sure they don’t care about sentencing or anything else a good lawyer would be useful for in a situation like this)

They must think that with a good enough lawyer, they will get off Scott free, and that is worth whatever they paid for the fancy lawyer.

These people are clearly narcissistic idiots not capable of “drawing attention away from their son.” They deserve the same sentencing as their son, whatever that ends up being.

I had a medical emergency that led to a rare diagnosis that might basically mean that my entire sacrum will have to be removed. I realized that this probably meant that I won’t be able to have another, and I wasn’t even sad about it.

Before this, we had really just been feeling that parenting infant-toddler years is just not something we enjoy enough to want to do ever again.

These. Are. AMAZING!

To secure them better, you might be able to get some string lights that are inside a silicone tube, or just get a long silicone tube off Amazon and DIY it. Then use mounted cable ties to keep them in place. I’m definitely a fan of the box surrounding the outlet. Maybe try putting a little plant there too?

Parent here, can confirm.

I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick.

This should be the caption to the video.

From reading the comments, OP is the friend that we all want/need in life but don’t deserve. (actually no. Everyone deserves a good friend.)

I don’t speak German, but I fucking love this.

I think you meant, “Matt 20”

Sorry! Not trying to assume gender there. In my region “dude” is typically used to casually refer to just about anyone.

You’re fine dude! If my autocorrect didn’t catch it for me, I’d probably do it more often too.

Pretty sure coastinguphill was just being cheeky because it’s spelled “a lot” not “alot.” Don’t worry, we all knew what you meant anyway. :)

This might be a weird suggestion, but something that helped me this year was reading “The Life changing magic of tidying up” by Marie Kondo. A big part of the tidying process involves sitting down and envisioning your ideal day. That alone was helpful, but it helped get my home into a place where I felt supported and set up for success.

That’s beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

Lol, they only call it that because one cannot accurately call it a “bathroom.” How else is a posh lady supposed to discreetly ask where the shitter is at a party?

I’m not clear on if it’s even hers. It’s on my side of the fence and a good 2 feet away from the picket fence in question. When we moved in, it looked like the bush haven’t been pruned for several years and all foliage around it was out of control. We had no indication that it was anything other than ours until this email that she sent.

So if she built the fence initially, and it’s on her side of the property, do you think it’s still a 50/50 split for fence repairs, or do you think she conveniently forgot to mention how far into her property the fence was when repair time came around?

Truthfully, I haven’t gotten a quote on how much a survey would cost me yet. (After dropping 3K on a fence, I’m a little nervous lol.) I tried looking it up on the deed, but it just lists the lot number, so no help with property lines there. :/

Heh, do do.

It’s more not having anywhere to go. We only have 1 car right now, so usually hubby takes it to work. Also we got pregnant with baby right after moving to a new town, and then a few months after baby came the pandemic. So we don’t have any usual haunts. Thank you for bringing this up though, I should probably do a little thinking and make sure that my excuse here is truly the only reason.

Same dude. I can’t wait until the pandemic stuff is over and I can go make parent friends and ask them random questions.

I honestly thought about not asking him to go, and I did ask him if he wanted to go even if I didn’t and he said yes. He hasn’t been the most present parent lately, so having the kid on my own for a couple days won’t exactly be worlds different than if he was here.