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Northern VA
Joined October 2012
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An all-time fave 😭
Patrick Stewart as gay opera director Alistair Burke in one of my favourite scenes in Frasier. Rest in Peace
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Sometimes I wonder how much of this working vs. SAH debate is just two completely different groups arguing about fundamentally different choices. If you’ve spent years cultivating a career you enjoy, it’s a different calculus than if you’ve had “jobs” but not really a “career.”
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In my region this does not have a name, but my Massachusetts relatives call it “American chop suey,” and the only time I eat it is when I’m visiting them lol.
Question: what do you call this? Also, where are you from?
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I bought two bagels yesterday for me and my husband to eat for breakfast today. Same flavor but one looked better. I saw he’d made his and I was like, “omg did you take the good one?” He said, “no, the worse one, I knew you’d look.” To be known is to be loved 😂😂
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Framing motherhood as a reprieve from performing friendship…
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Ok well some people like their friends so
Replying to @surplusnjoyment
Airbnb weekend couples getaway sounds like hell on earth kids or no kids
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Perhaps apropos of recent convos, my ILs invited us to Thanksgiving on their farm but we’ve planned to stay home. I was worried about how to respond, meanwhile my husband immediately says, “we love tgiving at the farm but we’re staying home this year. Thanks for the invite!” Oh!
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Time for my annual “it’s not a replacement but an additional event that you’re not required to attend” tweet. We went to a trunk or treat last weekend, fun! We’ll also be trick or treating with our neighbors on actual Halloween.
I can tell this will become an annual lament for me: the “trunk and treat” is a degraded, uncivilized, atomized replacement for actually going around to your neighbors’ houses and interacting with them on Halloween. Horrible development in American life.
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“No I will not spend *$5000* to drive 2.5 hours away to celebrate your insignificant milestone bday, a party invitation is tantamount to a *summons* how dare you demand that of me, I can’t *leave* my baby but also *don’t* invite him bc I still don’t want to go!!!!”
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Finally just straight-up blocked the person whose core conversational strategy seems to be to take the most hyperbolic, bad-faith interpretation of any discourse and act like it’s a reasonable extrapolation. It appears to work on a lot of people, but couldn’t be me!
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The first year we did this trip, my youngest was an infant and we stayed ~2 hour drive from my house. So I just went one night instead of all three. Idk, there’s often an array of options between “yes” and “no,” just gotta get comfortable with open and honest communication.
I love going away with girlfriends for our annual long weekend trip (year 7 this year!) Not all of our group goes every year. One never goes bc she doesn’t want to leave her kids. It’s all fine! Lotta people on both “sides” of this discourse are being weird and presumptuous.
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It’s “hard” to be away from your babies/toddlers but also solo parenting is annoying? Interesting. Anyway, I have a handful of nights a year away solo with friends or family, and I’m also not resentful about solo parenting when the situation is reversed. Much to think about!
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I love going away with girlfriends for our annual long weekend trip (year 7 this year!) Not all of our group goes every year. One never goes bc she doesn’t want to leave her kids. It’s all fine! Lotta people on both “sides” of this discourse are being weird and presumptuous.
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I guess re: the one who doesn’t want to leave her kids, you could feel bad or judged by that. I simply do not, lol, I’m confident in my parenting choices. Also we’re friends, and i don’t think she’s judging me anyway! Just different personalities—again, It’s Fine.
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Husband and son are at a Cub Scout camping trip, so I let my 7 yo daughter plan our day. I stg she has endless energy! Farmers market, coffee shop, Michael’s, Home Depot, soccer game, Halloween carnival, Target, crafting, and now watching a movie and waiting for sushi delivery 😴
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She has the best style, though. Shirt was already hers and yes we bought the jeans 😂
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If Airbnbs are essentially operating as hotels then they would presumably go in and clean (or have professional cleaners) within hours of guests leaving…or are hosts basically trusting guests to clean enough that they don’t check on the place for days???
Wait. You're not supposed to clean up after yourself when you stay somewhere? I can't wrap my head around they can't require you to do dishes thing... It's a food safety thing. Dirty dishes you leave can attract rats, flies, ants, and be a breeding ground for mold. If you dont wanna wash dishes, bring disposable dishes.
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Accidentally became important at work and now on top of the writing and editing that is my actual skill set, I also have to track revenue, create budget spreadsheets, and perform other tasks that require math and/or being organized.
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This is bananas!! If you and your partner both have middle seats, you simply cannot ask someone to switch — especially for a 10-hour flight!! And if you can’t last one flight without sitting next to your partner, seek help for codependency that’s impacting quality of life lmao.
Airline passenger in tears after seatmate refused to switch so she could be near husband: 'Ultimate white tears' trib.al/GzKqyqD
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I’m sorry but this is so funny 😭😭 I don’t think an encyclopedic knowledge of global electricity standards is the best metric for how well-traveled someone is. Anyway, I don’t use a blow dryer so this convo is largely moot for me lmao.
Why are Americans just finding out about British electricity rules? You'd think they were uneducated or not at all well travelled or something...
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