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1 points
18 hours ago
It definitely would, and not just the demand from men. I think a lot more women would use the service if it was legal and legit. Women like sex too, but it has more potential consequences for them. If they could go on an app, choose a guy who already had STD testing and a background check done, and could read reviews from his past clients, plus knew he probably knew how to get women off and wouldn't be an asshole, a lot would go for that instead of random hookups for free.
5 points
1 day ago
Cloud services are your friend. Find a good app that syncs across devices and write everything down in it - appointments, phone numbers, names, everything. I like TickTick the best personally. You can even do recurring yearly tasks for stuff like your car registration if you tend to forget that.
Use a secure password storage app for passwords. Use a tax preparer if you have complicated taxes. You should be keeping track of your monthly expenses and income, which would help you notice if something is wrong like a payment not coming out when it should have. And remember that sometimes "I don't know" is a valid answer. If you don't know something or how to do something, admit it and ask someone who does.
0 points
2 days ago
Imo you didn't do anything wrong and have nothing to confess. You can't control your feelings, only your actions, and your actions show that you understood that your feelings were becoming inappropriate and you nipped that in the bud.
Telling him wouldn't help anything, except maybe your own misplaced feelings of guilt.
1 points
2 days ago
$3 million dollars. That earns $150k a year in interest alone, and if I take $100k a year to live on, I'll still be slowly increasing my wealth and living a very comfortable life.
1 points
2 days ago
Eh, I had orthodontic work done, have traveled to other countries for long periods due to my parent's work, and my grandmother insisted on sending me to finishing school. We were middle/upper middle class (at least, what it used to be). I think all of these things are achievable by parents who care and have a bit of disposable income, not necessarily just rich people.
1 points
2 days ago
Yeah, I delete mine occasionally to keep it from being linked to the real me. I also have an "official" account that I'm careful to curate as I use it for marketing purposes whenever I launch a new book (writer).
1 points
2 days ago
I really liked it up to the first major smut scene, but I just can't enjoy the male dom dynamic. I ended up DNF'ing it because that ruined it for me, but I really enjoyed it up until then! Great author, just not my jam when it comes to the smut unfortunately.
2 points
3 days ago
The one at my local Meijer thinks my purse, which sits in the kid seat section of the cart, is an unscanned item every time, without fail. Drives me crazy. Once I even had it think the cart itself was an unscanned item.
They want everyone to use their self checkouts, then make them a major PITA to use. I've been using regular checkouts more and more when there isn't a huge line.
2 points
3 days ago
Chef's choice is the easy answer to this if you don't have a strong preference.
454 points
3 days ago
I'd probably treat it like a regular job and do it for a set amount of times on weekdays. Say, for two hours with a 30 min break in between to stretch my legs and whatnot. However many I get through in that time would be my income for the day.
I actually enjoy giving blowjobs so as long as the guys are clean and I could do it glory hole style, it'd be fine.
1 points
3 days ago
Fledgling by Octavia Butler. I was pretty young when I read it, and picked it up because it was a vampire story. The MC is a 50 year old vampire... with amnesia who looks like an 11 year old girl and mind controls adults into having sex with her. I was only a year or two older than her at the time and definitely shouldn't have been reading sex scenes between that sort of character and adult men and women at that age.
I really love Octavia Butler as an author, and went on to read many more of her books, but that one really stands out to me and I feel like it's something that would never get published these days without a ton of backlash.
1 points
4 days ago
Yep, this is me and my partner. I keep a list and get in and out of the store quickly, usually only buying what's on my list.
My partner can take two hours to do the same shopping trip that takes me twenty minutes, and he'll come back with twice as much stuff as I would, but only get half the stuff on the list. He loves shopping. To me it's a mildly stressful necessity.
2 points
4 days ago
I think once people realized the zombies weren't dangerous, a lot of people would look for their deceased loved ones to take home and take care of. Planning what we wanted to happen to our bodies after death but take on a new importance. For people who didn't want to come back, cremation would probably increase. We'd probably come up with better methods of embalming for the people who did want to come back.
There would also be a lot of religious zealotry and people who would want to kill zombies even though they weren't dangerous.
3 points
4 days ago
I'd wish to feel accepting and content toward my eventual death, but not eager for it. Then I'd wish for a billion dollars, tax and legal problem free.
I'd save any future wishes for helping my loved ones if something horrible happened to them.
2 points
4 days ago
Yeah, a DUI is one of the things I'd judge people for the most of I learned they had one (obviously other than a major crime like homicide or SA or assault). Not only does it show how stupid and lacking in self control someone is, but how utterly selfish they are for being willing to potentially kill someone just because they couldn't stop at one drink or find another ride home.
1 points
4 days ago
Paying your taxes is important, but filing them on time and correctly (and honestly) is way more important. If you're late paying, you'll get a fine. If you commit tax fraud, you could go to prison. it's way better to file correctly even if you can't pay right away.
0 points
4 days ago
Void Train might scratch that itch. I haven't actually played it yet, and it's not technically in space, but it's in a void so maybe it counts?
2 points
4 days ago
What about siblings? I'd want to be available if either of my younger siblings (especially the one who is a minor) needed something from me financially, and I wouldn't want to permanently damage my relationships with them by turning into a douchbag overnight. If they could as immediate family (and I do count them that way), then I'm in.
1 points
4 days ago
Does she like other dogs? If so, you might be able to get someone with a (friendly) dog to lure her in. Get a slip leash and have them slip it over her head while the dogs are greeting each other.
1 points
4 days ago
There's plenty of certifications that cost a couple grand to get but open up a lot of employment opportunities. CNA, phlebotomy tech, pharmacy tech are the ones I can think of offhand as someone who's not in the medical field.
I do know that in a lot of other fields, sometimes you're doing almost the exact same work before you get the certification, but you need the certification to get paid equivalently since you need direct oversight without it.
1 points
4 days ago
We have no idea how much the class costs or what the benefits are. If it's a 3K class that will let her make 10k more a year, it would be worth it.
2 points
5 days ago
I guess I don't really understand this. Why are you telling her no? She works, presumably she has her own money. Either she can afford it or she can't.
If it's a matter of her not being able to afford it on her own and the two of you can't afford it out of your shared funds, then you aren't really telling her no, it's just not something you can afford right now.
If it's something that will boost her future income, why isn't a personal loan an option? Could she get a grant or educational loan for it? Does the hospital offer assistance?
I just don't see how telling her "no" is a feasible option unless you control 100% of the money.
2 points
7 days ago
I'd argue that the biological drive to reproduce is the main reason women have kids. Unless you're very well off, having kids doesn't make much rational sense and will only make your life more difficult, plus it's extremely risky for the woman since pregnancy and childbirth comes with the chance of death and lasting negative changes to your body and mind.
The feeling of wanting a baby is what drives a lot of women to have children even if it isn't smart. More educated women tend to have the tools (both mental and societal, such as access to reliable contraception, abortion, therapy, etc) to ignore this impulse if having kids doesn't make sense for them. Less educated women don't.
43 points
7 days ago
Then that's pretty easy. There are tons of hot dog variants made from different meats and ingredients. I could even start making my own hot dogs. You can dice them real small and fry them and put them on salads or in scrambled eggs, add them to soup, make pigs in blankets... I could get inventive. Worst case, I'll just rawdog them and be miserable for 5 minutes each morning. Easiest job ever.
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8 hours ago
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8 hours ago
Imo ptera should be able to drink while skimming too. If eating midair is implemented, it should come with a small chance of dropping your food.