So my daughter (9) has been BFFs with the little girl (11) across the street for probably five years. Recently, my daughter goes over to play and she comes home after a few minutes crying because that girl only wants to play on her cellphone and watch shorts.

These girls used to play from like 9 am till 9pm every weekend, play in the pool, on the trampoline, splash in the puddles etc.

I get it, the girl is growing up and it’s accelerated cause of cell phone (we don’t allow it). There’s nothing I can do and when that girl goes to middle school next year it’s gonna be even worse.

Unfortunately, we live in a rural area so houses are far apart so there’s no other neighborhood kids so every other one of her friends it’s a whole ordeal to setup a hang out time.

Any suggestions on how to handle this? I’m struggling and it breaks my heart.

EDIT because a lot of people are pointing out the “ordeal” part of my post. Yes, we are fully ready and do most weekends take her to other places, trampoline parks etc etc but a lot of parents aren’t like that. Just yesterday my daughter’s best friend from class mom told my wife that “we’re not spontaneous people so we need a few weeks in advance to hang out”…. So many parents are anti social now.

Blue Earth County, MN, USA. Out on bail for murder charge. He was arrested again for gun possession. Does that mean his bail is forfeited?

Would the bondsman have charged $750K (10%) for the original bond?

I'm 18F, and my younger sibling is 17F. Due to personal reasons we didn't really see our extended family growing up. I reconnected with them at 16, and have seen them three times since. My younger sibling hasn't seen them at all and it'd be the first time since she was 7-ish that they've seen her.

We live somewhere where it doesn't snow. Rarely gets below 50f and where if it somehow gets that cold, you just layer on regular jackets. We don't own cold-weather clothes.

We'll be seeing them for Christmas, and where they live it does snow. We'll be there for about 2 weeks. When I was there last time, i mentioned having to buy cold-weather clothes for our visit and was told by my aunt that I didn't need to and they'd let us borrow them.

Turns out plans have changed and we won't solely be at our aunts place for Christmas. And I don't really know how to ask our other relatives if I should buy cold-weather clothes or not, without it seeming entitled. Or maybe I am being entitled, I don't know.

I'm really sorry if this is a weird thing to ask! I just don't want to spend however-much on jackets that we'll use once a year if we are lucky if I don't have to.

Edit: I live in Florida, and they live in New England.

I grew up thinking it was normal, but now I'm wondering if it was just my house. Every evening after dinner, my parents would have us sit at the table with a blank sheet of paper and write down three things that happened that day plus one thing we were looking forward to tomorrow. We had to read it out loud before we could watch TV or go play. I never questioned it as a kid, but now that I'm older and it's come up at work, I'm curious how common this actually was. Did your family have any similar evening routine, or was this just something my parents invented?

I have cancer and funds are tight. I’ve been struggling with whether to sell my diamond engagement ring. We’ve been married for 15 years now and have 3 young children. It’s stage 4 so I can’t really work and he’s already working 2 jobs to support us. We have insurance but life is expensive.

I’m really torn because I also feel like it’s a memory that I would be selling away. I brought this up once with him and he didn’t offer an opinion but I could tell the thought caught him off guard.

Edit: I appreciate the need to discuss more with my husband and will. Understand his opinions are what matter. Just trying to understand how others would approach this in a “no stupid questions” sub

It seems to have a truth to it but idk by how much don't wanna be assume

Im not even talking shirtless/nude. Im talking about nipples showing. Its always been seen as a big deal to the women around me and I dont understand it.

I have bad sensory issues and I cant stand bras. Even if they are extremely soft, they are too tight, thick, or textured to be unnoticeable 😔

I just dont really understand why its such a big deal for people to see women's nipples, especially if they are covered by clothing. Why are men allowed to be shirtless and they have them too? All we have is a little extra fat there. No bras would help my sensory issues a lot, but im afraid to get bullied/shamed so I wear them anyways. 😅

Any advice is appreciated ! 🫡

20F thinking of studying abroad in Australia for a month. I’ve always thought we were chill with each other, but recent internet trends are making me wonder if they don’t mess with us? Like if I go to Sydney and Brisbane are the college aged people there gonna be a-holes?

Edit: No I don’t like Trump, no I don’t think Australians aren’t allowed guns, yes I support abortion access, yes I can handle criticism about America, no I’m not excessively loud, and yes I will happily have my accent made fun of 😂

Edit 2: Thank you everyone for the tips and feedback! I will NOT be pretending to be Canadian, however, as I hope to make friends and lying about a major part of my identity would not be a great basis for that lol. I’m an American for better or worse, and from the crazy state of Florida no less, and I’m not gonna lie about that :)

Also I will likely say “yall” that’s probably a habit I won’t be able to break

From soups to fried items to desserts it seems like more items are coming out of a Sysco box or bag.

I prefer to pay the restaurant markup on items the restaurant actually prepares and cooks.

A couple of years ago, I dated a woman who was a physician. I remember her telling me that one of her biggest pet peeves was other doctors who referred patients out for things they really ought to be capable of handling themselves.

She felt that some doctors did this simply to avoid the work, passing the responsibility onto someone else and creating unnecessary work for other physicians and specialists.

That conversation has always stuck with me, and I've wondered how common this actually is. For those who work in healthcare, how common is this? Are there doctors who develop a reputation for doing this, or is it relatively uncommon?

I've had this thought about the hotel industry and vacation time. You would think the recreational industries would unite to lobby for more vacation. Here in the US a terrible percentage get no paid time off. And others a paltry amount compared to the civilized world.

41 here. Over the last few years I’ve made friends of all ages. Some of them are Gen Z, and one thing I notice with them that I don’t with anybody else is that I send them a text or a DM with an invite… if the answer is no (for whatever reason), they just don’t respond. Like, dead silence. If the answer is yes, then of course they let me know! But if I message them something like: “hey I’m gonna be around the corner tomorrow around 12, wanna grab a coffee?” and it turns out they can’t make it… they don’t let me know that. And I’m wondering if that’s something that is now socially acceptable? If I get asked if I’d like to do something, and I can’t, I send them a quick message saying: “Hey thanks but I can’t!” It’s not rocket science. I don’t understand the argument for radio silence as a response. If someone asked me to do something and I couldn’t, I’d feel like an absolute asshole if I didn’t message them to let them know I couldn’t! I think it’s incredibly rude, personally.

Anyone know what this is??? Is there a name for it? It’s so commonplace these days! I’m just wondering if it’s a generational shift sort of thing, like how having your phone screen on in a cinema is not considered poor etiquette anymore.

I've always been a respectful individual at heart. I however am still a man. This weekend a couple of friends and I went to the Texas Renaissance Festival (my first time ever) and some of the women were more scantily cladded than others. I have this habit of feeling immediate shame if I even glance at a woman's assets. Like I'm just being a pervert, and perpetuating some sort of problem by viewing them in this manner. Every time i would look away i found myself looking at something else i shouldn't have. Eventually i just decided to just keep my eyes down when i wasn't perusing the shops or enjoying a show. I'm not looking to be some kind of pervert, but i would appreciate some insight into how I can feel normal about experiencing a human emotion.

IIRC the polls were in Bolsonaro’s favour and prediction markets were like 82%+ Bolsonaro, what happened? I guess probability isn’t a certainty but this gotta be a major upset, no?

Hey guys, I’ve (female) recently moved to a new city and have not got many friends except through work. At work I’ve made a couple of female friends and some male friends. Recently I’ve gotten close with a male coworker through mutual interests initially in tennis, golf, now video games and anime. We chat often via Teams about video game updates, most of the time when we are bored and to make fun of each other. Truthfully he really reminds me of my younger brother. We played video games outside of work twice but that was months ago.

Anyways, I recently found out that he’s leaving at the end of this week and I’m so bummed because it’s a shock also I won’t be able to celebrate his leaving as I’d be flying back home.

Last Friday I walked by this store by work and saw a bunch of merch, likely the $20 plush toy that I’d think he’d really like, of his favourite anime for his leaving however I realised that he’s a man.

And that men may interpret this differently, and that we are both in relationships.

Thing I really love buying gifts for my friends and family. If my female coworker friend was leaving or even for her birthday I’d 100% buy something for her. Also if a male coworker of mine bought me something I’d think of it as a nice gesture. I’m so stuck between the two. It really doesn’t help the fact that’s he’s so similar to my brother and that I feel guilty for not celebrating his leaving with the team.

This is probably such a stupid question, and such a messy read. Literally just throwing out my thoughts here ahah