@tallsnail I am finally letting go of jeans at this stage too. Dresses are a complete outfit and look way more flattering at my waist. Wish I had done that three kids ago!
Why can only Americans make America?
I had a High School teacher who once said to us, "Americans - especially Southerners - will always do the right thing, until you try and make them." It's a genetic trait that has been cultivated for centuries by our people. It is a core piece of our character, culture and history. It is also why our people have not only favored democracy but made some of the greatest republics to ever exist.
I can think of a particular facet of Redneck culture that displays this: trucks. We are known for big trucks. Trucks are an important part of our culture and represent a lot about us; they are visually appealing but also useful. A truck says something about a man; that he has wealth, that he works, that he is dependable, that he is useful in a pinch. Everyone in the South looks down on a man who doesn't at least own a truck. There are exceptions if you own something like a Jeep.
Y'know the lifted trucks and huge tires? That wasn't very common in the 80s and 90s. Unless you lived somewhere prone to flooding or worked in the woods, you just didn't have one. It wasn't worth the cost to do the work and maintain it. But then one day some jackass decided to tell people it was now illegal to drive them on the highways or in town because apparently they were damaging the roads.
What was the popular response? Everyone and his mother got lifted trucks and not just mud tires but rock-climbing tires - in states where there are no mountains and what they have here that are called, "mountains," wouldn't even be called a hill some places. Why? The government tried to force them to change it. Eventually this stupid ban wasn't enforced, because most of the cops also did the exact same thing.
Light bars and headlights that can be seen from the International Space Station? Also not normal. Again, people only had them if they needed them. Some of you have never seen a highway or interestate that wasn't lit.
Then once more some brilliant guy decided to say we should ban those in municipal areas or on highways because they're a, "public nuisance," and a, "safety hazard."
You can guess what happened next. Everyone replaced their grill with what amounted to runway lights. People who don't even live where you can see the stars at night had headlights on them that belonged on a 1930s prison watchtower. Eventually, the State gave up. It was pointless to enforce something no one was going to tolerate.
This is the essence of a free spirit and the ability to self-govern. Americans don't litter. Americans will always put their shopping cart back. They greet total strangers to make them feel at ease. Americans will pull over to help someone broke down on the side of the road that they don't even know. These are inborn traits that we have celebrated and cultivated for centuries and it is why we - and only we - can build and maintain the society we have.
@AbigailIovine Or ask: show me the law!
I had a nurse tell me my baby had to have something BY LAW. And I called their bluff.
They can write “declined” in your file and move on.
@BasedTorba We love Hallowtide and are Christian. I tell my kids the costumes/decor are fake and not scary bc Christ conquered all. Their power is nothing compared to Christ. We laugh at the “demonic” stuff and witches by being cheerful and having fun trick or treating.
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@shane_dering@amelia_tweetz This used to be the retirement plan for everyone. We’re going back to this and will also still save anyways. In home nursing care if needed, but will move next to my kids or build a big enough house for us all!
@oncebluegreen@SussexHenryVIII I’m 40 and fully plan on being near or living with one of my kids from here on out. Even building a small cabin (for me) next to our current large home which will go to one of the kids.
@oncebluegreen@SussexHenryVIII Almost literally my grandmother over the summer. She refused to move closer, aging poorly, fell and nearly died. Big exhausting mess for my parents so I told them learn this lesson for yourself too. Don’t repeat this behavior.
@MrsMagdaBeard I think this is the one area that it’s beneficial to subsidize but ONLY if the family meets certain requirements like being married, no drug use or addictions, no legal issues, etc. Would weed out those producing kids in bad situations and promote nuclear families.
@ineedanothernap We don’t do this for any of our parents and they’d be SOL if they wanted us to. They have way more money than us and we have kids to pay for. The fact that you’re even doing it at all is more than generous. I don’t even celebrate my own birthday anymore since kids!
@BowTiedBroke Here’s more! The vacuum was so run down you had to jerry rig the button to turn on with a stick. Not a cleaning spray to be found to wipe counters down. The benches around the fire pit literally fell apart when my 30lb kids sat on them. Like, nails sticking out.
@BowTiedBroke We just stayed at one where the smoke alarms went off at midnight and again at 1am (fun!). No smoke. A light bulb fell out of a two story chandelier and shattered next to the toddler. The kitchen table shellac was breaking down and everything stuck to it. Hotels from now on.