I tell them about my son’s in-laws who are proud ‘Christians’ and how my kids come over after visiting them on holidays and comment about how nice it is to be away from the racist slurs that are part of conversations there.

I love what i do and the kids and people that i work with. Administration is incompetent and has become more and more micromanaging because they don’t understand that they’re the problem. I’ve been out since October, going back in Feb, will probably quit in may at the end of the school year and do something different.

Clocks- 4, IV, IIII

I’m the same. We’re remodeling a house and when i see the price of an item i do hours and hours of research trying to save a few bucks, which delays everything. We began remodeling Jan 6. Could be done by now if i were less wishy washy.

I also talk too much, especially when I’m anxious/nervous, struggle with silence when I’m with other people, and I’m too loud. It sucks but i don’t really know how to stop the nervous chatter and i can’t judge what’s the right volume. Appreciate your post and the responses.

We just sold a house after living in it for 25 years. It’s where we raised our kids. Before selling i was struggling a bit. The moving out process is exhausting and makes you just want to be done. We inherited a house that needs significant work. The remodeling of that is exciting and the proceeds from our house sale make it possible, so I’m not sad about it at all. My husband likes to drive by to criticize the new owners landscaping.

Sentenced to 20 butt pats!

I work in healthcare and husband works in engineering. Hopefully we could live cheaply enough to survive on the $ we have and possibly be viewed as helpful enough to the community to gain some level of security.

It’s not the friends. It’s the distant family that you never see but still want to know about births, deaths, etc. It’s the neighborhood groups that tell you when your package gets delivered to the wrong house. Its the city groups that tell you why the railroad crossing is closed and which house has the best Halloween decorations.

I generally think of “Christ in Christmas” as a reminder about consumerism, not hate for Hanukkah, etc.

Jerboa

I grew up not eating it much and it often bothers my stomach. I’m tired of saying, “hold the cheese” or “can you get that without the cheese?”

Yeah, always have to wait but at least they’re fresh.

Mayo should be outlawed. Aioli is just garlic mayo. Something about the shiny, sliminess of it makes me nauseous.

I used to agree, then i went to a couple of French restaurants and started thinking of them as the same as Mexican, Italian, etc. - Ok to go for breakfast or lunch; it doesn’t have to be white tablecloth anniversary dinner for $100. French is fucking delicious! I didn’t know i needed 4 kinds of onions in my soup, but holy crap it’s good! Great bread, sandwiches, omelettes, …

Pizza is probably my favorite food - you can buy/make it 5 times and have 5 totally different things- different crusts, different toppings, dinner, breakfast, dessert, … For the last year i have been stuck on prosciutto and fig. When we do pizza night we make 4-5 different ones and i save that one for last because it’s so good.

Cheese doesn’t need to be added to every dish. It’s fine on a charcuterie where you can choose if/how much you want, but i don’t need it on/in everything.

My kids’ fav joke-

How did Godzilla invite Mothra to lunch?

Let’s go eat someplace.

Agree 10000%. I went to a truffle party a couple of years ago. Plain cheese pizza, grilled asparagus, steak bites, etc. all with small shaved pieces of truffle (that i assume was outrageously expensive). Those were very good and nothing like the typical stinky Parmesan truffle fries that every restaurant sells.

I like Popeye’s spicy fried chicken (pieces, not tenders) and their blackened tenders.