Wooden car plans

We have spent the last 2 holidays in Italy. We have visited several major cities, but fell in love with the Italian style of relax and italian nature. We spent wonderful time on Lake Como and Lake Garda, and by the sea near Genoa. On Lake Como we stayed in Lecco, a quiet town with a great view close to the tourist town of Bellagio. On Lake Garda we found a hotel near Sirmione, escaping the crowds but still enjoying the beautiful view and warm water.
This year will be our Italian hat-trick. Three holidays in a row spend in Italy. We are looking for a place that offers beautiful views, warm water, peace and quiet. We are thinking about Lake Iseo or another destination but by the sea.
We are central European tourists, so anything south of Naples is out of the question - it's too far for us. We are traveling by a car.
During our trip to Garda we have visited cities like Limone, but there were no great beaches. During trip to Como we have visited Bellagio, Verenna and other tourist cities, but it were too crowded for us to spend there 7 or more days straight. In Genoa we enjoyed the big city night life and have found a very nice little beach named "Spiaggia Pubblica Capolungo" and it was a lovely place to spend all day to relax and swim in the sea.
Must have: - water. Lake or sea breathtaking view, as we seen in Genoa, Garda and Como - warm water in the first half of september. I know it depends on the weather but during our trip to Garda lake the water temperature difference at Sirmione and Limone at the same day was shocking - quiet beaches, not necessarily sandy, may be rocky. May be small. We do not want to see 300 other people at the beach :) - no further than the south of Naples
We are planning 7+7 holidays - 7 days at the beach&exploring little cities nearby, next 7 days active traveling (history, museums - Rome, Vatican + Naples or Florence or other "big" cities).
I have seen some hotel offers from Tavernola city at the Iseo Lake - is it a great option for us? Isnt it something like Limone at Garda Lake? I really dont want to spend my "relax for 7days" part of the holidays at a very crowdy, touristic place but still want to enjoy views, lay on the beach and swim.
Can anyone recommend other place that will meet our requirements?

I've been grinding for a long time and driving an old economy car for 9 years. No debt besides house. $75k retirement. $40k savings, want to use $25k on car down payment.
This new car is reliable and I'd plan to keep/maintain it for 15+ years until it dies. Yeah I could buy a corolla outright but this would be the perfect car for me and I only have 1 life 😂 It's just me (27M) and my dog
Monthly numbers...
Monthly Income (post tax/HSA/401K): $6200
Mortgage+Utilities: $2500
Other Necessities: $500
Savings: $1000
All Wants/Non-necessities: $1000
Estimated Car $$$ (Loan+Ins+Gas): $1200
Car estimate details using auto loan calculators...
+$700/mo payment ($25k loan, 48mo. 7% int)
+$125 gas
+$300 insurance (estimate??)
+$75 rounding up
= $1200/mo. Total
So...doable or dumb?

I've been grinding for a long time and driving an old economy car for 9 years. No debt besides house. $75k retirement. $40k savings, want to use $25k on car down payment.
This new car is reliable and I'd plan to keep/maintain it for 15+ years until it dies. Yeah I could buy a corolla outright but this would be the perfect car for me and I only have 1 life 😂 It's just me (27M) and my dog
Monthly numbers...
Monthly Income (post tax/HSA/401K): $6200
Mortgage+Utilities: $2500
Other Necessities: $500
Savings: $1000
All Wants/Non-necessities: $1000
Estimated Car $$$ (Loan+Ins+Gas): $1200
Car estimate details using auto loan calculators...
+$700/mo payment ($25k loan, 48mo. 7% int)
+$125 gas
+$300 insurance (estimate??)
+$75 rounding up
= $1200/mo. Total
So...doable or dumb?

My AC went out yesterday and I just got it fixed. Work was stressful and when I got in my car I just sat there for a good five minutes in silence. No I have to repeat the whole thing tomorrow at 545 am and I left my coffee in the car. I won’t be able to afford my glasses until June (I’m myopic) so there goes my plan of having them by next week. Nonetheless my ceasefire now shirt came in the mail today and it’s in the wash. I hope y’all are doing better than I am. 🫡🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸✨

I'm helping my dad plan his next car purchase. He currently has a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer that has served him well for nearly two decades, but is ready to move on from it.
Here are his considerations:

• 3 rows for when his kids and grandkids visit
• Not a super large SUV like the Suburban, etc. Smaller is better.
• Off-road trim to get some slightly higher ground clearance for forest roads, light off road trails
• ~5,000 lbs towing capacity (will be towing ~2,000 pounds)
• AWD or 4WD (needed for occasionally pulling his boat up some muddy and slippery boat ramps, plus some light off road and snowy exploration)
• Adaptive cruise control and other driver assist tech is a plus

Since he's been driving the same car for nearly 20 years, he's very excited at some newer tech in cars, so bonus points for interiors that feel a bit more "future-y".
He's been considering these four:

• 2024 Traverse Z71
• 2024 Telluride EX-Line
• 2025 Honda Pilot Trailsport
• 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe XRT

Any thoughts on how these four would work for his needs? Any other options he should consider?
Thanks!

Can any high scorers help me out
Keep getting 127 on C/P & B/B for FL 1,2. Finished section bank, Bio 1/2, Chem, and Phys. Planning on doing a 2nd attempt on the questions I got wrong. I’ve thoroughly reviewed my FL. Average on AAMC qpacks are 75~80%
CARS is around 125 and I started my 2nd attempt on diagnostic. Planning on doing a 2nd attempt on CARS 1 &2. This is the weakest part of my scores
P/S went from 126 to 128 on FL 2 after doing Pankow Anki. Missed 8 questions compared to 16 on FL 1
Sample was 508, which is 505 (subtract 3 pt)
Plan on doing FL 3, 4, and scored every 3 days
Testing next Friday 😬😬 and I’d really like to get past 510 😭

So I live in Nevada and recently purchased a condo in California. The long term plan is to move permanently to Cali but for a few more years I will have to live in Nevada. I have an old 2012 Toyota registered in Nevada which I want to leave at the California condo to drive when im there every couple months. Is it advisable to maintain registration in Nevada for that car? The only issue I will have to address is getting it smogged yearly in Nevada. Not sure what the best course of action is for the registration?

I live in a town that has festival every summer. We have been successful at charging for parking in our yard during the festival due to our 1 block proximity to the events. Street parking can get very hard to come by for festival attendees and I’m assuming for employees of all the local small businesses as well.
What I’m wondering is, do you think small businesses in the area be interested in teaming up with us to offer their employees free parking during their shifts?
Obviously, I am trying to maximize my profits during these festival days so I would like to be paid in some manner from the businesses, but I’m open to cash or even gift cards to their establishments. Do you think this is something that would be fair to ask of the businesses? What do you think a reasonable price would be?
Would it be fair to offer the parking for every night except the fireworks night (it is very busy and we can charge $30/car this night compared to the $5-10 other nights)
I’m not sure if it matters, but the businesses are mostly restaurants. Also any other inside info/advice would be appreciated! I know the simple answer is to just go talk to the restaurant owners, but I’d like to be prepared with some kind of game plan prior to doing that.

I have a 19 year old son. He’s my oldest. He works full time and goes to school full time at a community college. We’ve been helping him with his car payments and also he’s on our cell phone plan.
I landed a new job a few months ago after being laid off. I’ve finally caught up with my bills but last month was rough. His car payment is due on the 17th of each month. I told him I wouldn’t be able to give him the $250 on the 17th but I was going to get paid that Friday. He got into his feelings and said that he really needed it. I asked him why are you short on money when you don’t pay rent or utilities? And you had enough money to buy a pair of expensive sneakers but you’re asking us to subsidize your life? He said the shoes were a birthday present to himself. I eventually gave him the money as soon as my direct deposit hit.
Last night I needed to go to the store and I asked him if he could drive me. My husband’s RA was flaring up so he couldn’t drive either. I couldn’t drive because I wasn’t feeling well (I’ve been having migraines a lot lately).
My son’s response? He said he doesn’t feel comfortable doing anything for me or his dad anymore because when he really needed the $250 we didn’t come through even though he was aware that I was unemployed for 4 months and that I needed to catch up on MY bills. The bills that keep the lights on, the internet, the mortgage…things that he never had to worry about.
I told him we are no longer helping him with his car payments and he needs to get his own cell phone plan. He said that my response says a lot about the kind of parent/person I am. Whatever the fuck that means. I just felt so disrespected and unappreciated.
We’ve always had a great relationship so I don’t know how $250 could possibly just destroy it. He’s never gone without. He wasn’t abused as a child. We gave him a childhood that I never had (I had a really strict mother and wasn’t allowed to do normal teenager stuff). I don’t remember ever being mean to him or made him feel like he wasn’t valued.
We haven’t spoken since last night. I’m hurt. I don’t have a relationship with my parents because they traumatized me during my childhood. I don’t want it to be that way with my son.
I don’t even know how to approach him after we’ve cooled off. All I know is that no one has ever hurt me like he did on Mother’s Day of all days.

I have a 2010 3.8 automatic that is pretty much stock except for an exhaust and cai. I’m going to keep it like that for a while as I don’t plan on buying more mods for it. It’s fun to drive how it is but I find myself wanting a bit more power. I’ve seen people mostly tune their cars when they are full or almost full bolt on. I was wondering if anyone has a stock genny that is tuned on say a “go” or “custom” tune from alpha speed? Any feedback is appreciated! I’m at 105k miles and yes I’ve done all maintenance/ fluids and spark plugs.

I know this has been asked before but none of the situations seemed identical to mine and the DMV website is not that helpful.
I recently sold my car this past weekend and will be purchasing a new car this week. I was planning on just transferring the tags over as soon as I get the new vehicle, but not sure if this will be an issue with the old vehicle now being out of my hands and yet the VIN being tied to me in the eyes of the DMV.
When transferring the tags do I need to tell the DMV I sold the old car so I am not connected to it anymore or should I just surrender those tags, get the refund check, and pay again for separate tags once I have the new vehicle?
Also DC says transfers are only valid for vehicles of the same class, not type, and class seems to have weight as a main differentiator. Would a tag transfer apply in a situation where you’re going from a regular ICE sedan to an electric, much heavier, crossover? Appreciate any thoughts!

Recently my friend [21M] and I [19F] went to a mutual friend's graduation party and I ended up drinking a few too many shots. Wasn't fit to drive so my friend drove me to another close friend's apartment to sober up and chill.
The three of us talked till nearly 4AM, and eventually our close friend bid us goodnight and retired to his room. He let the both of us crash at his apartment since we were sleepy.
My friend and I laid on one couch and talked some more about pretty personal stuff like our past romantic relationships, family, even clearing up previous arguments we had in our own friendship (I used to hate his guts when we first met lol). We fell asleep like that too, facing each other side by side sharing a blanket with a plushie between us so we wouldn't be directly touching.
However I woke up around an hour later drowsy nearly falling off the edge of the couch, so I scooted closer in. I was so close to him that I guess he felt me shift and he wrapped his arm around me, patting my head and playing with the ends of my hair. I didn't mind it at all either. I actually found it super comforting and cuddled closer together.
We slept like that some more till I woke up again. We both had plans later that day so I kinda gently nudged him awake and asked if he wanted to leave, to which he mumbled and asked if he could sleep a little longer. I didn't have the heart to say no and so we cuddled until he eventually did have to wake up and drive me back to my car.
Later he texted me apologizing saying he should've asked before wrapping his arm around me, and I reassured him saying it was fine. That if I didn't like it I would've explicitly let him know.
After that I felt sort of bad because maybe I made him feel weird or uncomfortable about the whole thing. I don't even know what to think about it either. I do know that cuddling is typically reserved for romantic relationships, and that if either of us had a partner I wouldn't be okay with it.
I also noticed that with this friend he's super caring. Like sometimes when we sleepover as a whole group he'll check in on me a lot, especially when I drink or stay over to do homework into the late night. He's always looking after me, laying his blanket over me, pulling out my chair for me to sit, or sharing his food and drink. I've seen him be real generous with a lot of his friends though, so I can't tell if I'm being delusional romanticizing a guy who just happens to be very courteous. I'm also very physically affectionate with my friends too, guys and girls. I've never cuddled a dude though, usually I'm only this intimate with my girl friends.
Is it possible to maintain a platonic relationship after this?? Should I be more mindful of how touchy I am with him in the future?
Thank you in advance for any advice!
TLDR: Intimately cuddled with my guy friend and now I'm unsure if he likes me or if I crossed a platonic boundary of our relationship and made things weird.

Did I just miss the signs? Or is this a temporary problem?
I met my wife (Natalie) 8 years ago via dating app. Our courtship was pretty straightforward and I really liked that about her. We communicated well, liked doing some of the same things, and were both comfortable going out of our comfort zones with each other.
This is something I’ve always admired about her, but in recent years—or, really, since we got married—that hasn’t been reserved for me.
Our relationship was very easy to start with. We were doing small things to acknowledge each other. We paid attention to what each other wanted. We often wanted to do the same things and we left a lot of space for each other to have fun with our friends.
The sex has never been great. There were a few times where it was good, but it was mostly pedestrian or outright bad. This was the first time I’d ever experienced anything like this. But it wasn’t a big deal to me at first.
We shared very similar dreams of wanting to get married, having a family, living on the west coast (of the US), and having a life partner to share a life with.
Natalie was also an incredibly considerate girlfriend for a large chunk of our dating life. When I lost my job, she took her lunch break to buy lunch for me at my favorite sandwich spot and dropped it off at my apartment personally. Little things like this made me feel cared for. She wasn’t very good with money, but I was, and I figured we could balance a budget together.
As we got engaged, I was very happy. Sex is a part of a relationship, but it’s not the most important part, I thought. We were having sex once a month at this point. This was doable for me. I have a much higher sex drive than this, but I was happy, and my happiness was more important than sex.
Things got a little weird after we got married though. Suddenly she was much harder to please. Her wedding was her vision. I know very little about weddings, so I was fine with this, but when it came time to choose a song, she didn’t listen to me and picked out a song I didn’t like. She was stressing a lot more about the day than getting married to me. I felt like I was just a guy who could’ve been anybody.
She also began putting me down to coworkers on occasion (which I told her wasn’t ok and she … eventually … stopped). She started having a much harder time at work and when that started, she became more critical of things I did. Then she began being critical of everything. We were having sex maybe once every two months and I was doing the initiating. She began to say stuff that was kind of insulting or a huge turnoff during sex—one particular instance, I thought things were going well, but she asked 7-10 minutes in “when are you going to be done” while I was doing all the work. I tried to have a few earnest talks about it and said “my goal is for both of us to have fun and I’m willing to be more adventurous and do whatever you want to do.” This resulted in her saying “ok,” and then nothing came of it.
But we still shared our goals. We got a house together and started planning for a family.
We got pregnant on the first try.
We had our first child just before the pandemic, which turned out to be pretty damn challenging, but we worked together really well throughout all of it. We were a great team, taking care of the baby and working remotely and doing small things for each other.
We took basically a year off from sex after our first child was born, which I was totally fine with, and I wanted her to feel like she could initiate with me. I tried to make myself as available as possible to her and keep the channels of communication open. I emphasized how important it was for me that she wanted to have sex. When she was ready, she initiated, and we began trying for a second kid (this time we had sex 2 times before getting pregnant).
We had our second child in August 2022 and this is when things started going downhill. The birth was really difficult for her physically. She lost quite a bit of blood.
(Small aside, I had saved enough money for us to get a new car. Her work didn’t pay enough coverage for maternity leave so I said we can either have a new car or you can have a longer maternity leave. Although she kept arguing with me that she wanted both, she relented eventually and chose the longer maternity leave).
The first month was rough. She was unhappy the entire time. It was clear she developed post partum. I was trying to take care of both kids and her emotional needs, but it clearly wasn’t enough. I asked and then later begged her to go to therapy and she refused for several months (I’ve been in therapy for years, fwiw). We got into fights nightly, initiated by her, about things that clearly didn’t matter in the long run—fights about stacking the dishwasher, about how I wasn’t doing enough (I was taking our first born and then our second born to daycare every day, I was doing the dishes and taking out the trash regularly, I was playing with our kids all the time, i was offering to ease whatever load she felt was unbearable). She complained I was on my phone too much and not present when the kids were having independent play time. The last one was annoying, but I agreed to put my phone away more. I tried my best to keep the peace in this time. (Also, if it isn’t obvious enough, we weren’t having sex).
I began walking on eggshells. I tried to remain focused on us trying to get along. It seemed like she was trying harder to fight. There were multiple fights where I brought up an issue as gently as possible and she talked for an hour about some issue she was having with me until I apologized. When I did, she would say thank you and the fight would be over. One time, she recognized the initial thing I brought up and said sorry about that after two hours of talking in circles, but only after I apologized for something first.
I grew very tired of this but tried to keep my head up and told myself this was a temporary problem.
At some point in here, we had a fight that was so brutal, I had a panic attack. I’d never had one before in my life. It felt like all of the frustration and sadness she felt was directed at me in anger and that was the only way she could express it. I can’t tell you how devastating this was. I felt completely trapped. I felt like there was no winning in our relationship for me and that I have to put her feelings first if I want to be happy every once in a while.
Out of the blue, she went to a therapist for a session. (This was seven months after the birth of our second child.) i was relieved and thought this was the start of us getting better.
The next month was good: we were communicating well, we weren’t having sex, but we had a good family dynamic. She wasn’t blaming me for things. This I could live with
Eventually, we got into a fight. It was somewhere toward the end of the month. It wasn’t a terrible one, but it was bad. I went to my therapy session that night and talked to my therapist about how I didn’t realize we hadn’t had a fight in a month. I was strangely happy about it when I realized that. I went home to tell her how nice it was to realize she and I were getting along so well and that therapy seemed to be helping her. Then she got indignant. She said that she’s always been like this and I just haven’t noticed.
I was confused on why we were fighting all of a sudden and she dropped a pretty big bomb on me: she hadn’t been in therapy for a month. She went for one session and stopped.
I had my second ever panic attack right then and there. She said she would go back to therapy only if it was couples.
I cannot emphasize enough how “I just hadn’t noticed” wasn’t the case. I like to give her credit as much as I can. I regularly give her words of affirmation, let her know I love her, buy her flowers on bad days, etc. I’m not saying I’m a perfect partner, but I try to please her as much as I can. I’m a pretty astute observer too. It was like she was living in a different reality.
She began joking, around this time, of having a third kid. I said absolutely not. I had always wanted 3 but I wasn’t willing to go through this again. I asked her to stop joking about it because I was serious. I said things need to get better before I can even think of saying yes to that idea.
(I think maybe her mom talked to her at some point here because she joked like that in front of her mom and I said absolutely not and the joking abruptly stopped.)
The fighting continued. The different realities continued.
As our youngest turned 1, I was unsure why I was in this relationship at all. I had contemplated divorce and even brought it up because I was so tired of all the fighting. This wasn’t the relationship we had dreamed of.
Shortly after our youngest’s first birthday, we got the chance to go on a weekend trip just the two of us, no kids. We took it. It was expensive because that’s what she wanted. We did a whole spa day, at my suggestion. We had nice dinners. We had sex once on that trip. It was fine, but it felt like she wasn’t into it, which, I realized while writing this all out, is how it’s always been. Maybe she’s just never been that into me. Maybe she’s in her own world most of the time and I’m some attaché.
The fighting began cooling off the last few months. She’s still very critical and judgmental. She’s started fewer fights, however. Things were going well until earlier today.
Two weeks ago, she had a week-and-a-half long trip planned with her friends to Palm Springs. When she first asked, I said that’d be asking a lot, but I’m happy to support her if she needs it. She went on that trip and spent nearly our entire tax refund ($3000) on it.
As it stands, our youngest is almost two and our oldest is 4. They’re both wonderful children and I love them very much.
They were a bit of a handful while she was gone. Our kids tend to act out a bit when one of us goes on vacation. This was the case. As I tried to let our children know mama would be back, they struggled with regulating their emotions. She’s taken trips like this in the past and they did the same thing. Usually in those cases though, I’ll make sure I have a weekend trip lined up for me. I don’t have one planned any time soon. I’m too drained to think about it and we have no money.
Then, yesterday, on Mother’s Day, she told me she expects me to take the kids out of the house while she gets to do whatever she wants (which, that’s fair, but I was clearly sick and still recovering from the week and a half she was gone). This was after I had bought her flowers, a gift, and taken her out to dinner the night before for a date night. She spent all of Mother’s Day gardening and didn’t interact with our kids until about an hour before bedtime.
What kept me in the relationship for a long time was that, in spite of the not great sex, we were a great team and we communicated well and my other needs were met. Now it feels like we’re not even a team anymore and I’m the bag man.
I’m really struggling to figure out a few things.

1. What the hell happened?
2. I understand there may be some identity issues—about being a mother and wanting it or not wanting it—as well as just being overwhelmed. But why wasn’t that the case after our first child?
3. Not having sex has stunk and would’ve at least helped in this awful time. Why does she not want to have sex with me?
4. What am I doing in this relationship still?

Does anyone have any idea what’s going on?
TLDR: my wife and I have always gotten along personality-wise (and not sex-wise), but since the birth of our second child 2 years ago, her personality has become a lot more self-interested and ive maybe become too accommodating. Has it always been like this? I’m struggling to understand why I’m in this relationship now.

I recently rented a car and the agreement stated I could drive a maximum of 450 miles and anything over that I would be charged $0.25/mile over.
I had the car for 3 days and drove about 300 miles. When I returned the car and got the final receipt in my email the next day, they said I had driven 660 miles and that they would be charging me for the extra miles. About $52 extra. I know its not a lot of money, but its really frustrating to be accused of something I know I didn’t do.
Unfortunately I didn’t take a picture of the odometer when I returned it, but I did take one when I picked up the car. I had the car for only 3 days and I know the exact places I stopped on my short road trip. I added up all the miles between the destinations and I keep getting right around 300 miles give or take.
I even checked before planning my road trip to make sure I wouldn’t exceed the 450 miles I was allowed. I only stopped for gas once and that was just to top it off towards the end of the trip as it still had around half of a tank left.
Has this ever happened to anyone before? Whats the best way to get this resolved? Am I totally screwed for not taking a photo of the odometer at the end of the trip? This was my first time renting a car.

I have a few vehicles but I am planning on downsizing the “fleet”. I want to keep a low-millage 2008 Avalon but I am not sure how to handle losing a higher millage 2013 Subaru Outback due to my lifestyle, the biggest issue is the roof rack options for kayak/canoe. Has anyone else gotten their Avalon moded up for the active lifestyle? I’m in my 30s, but also tall and this is the most comfortable car I have ever owned.

There is a lot of context needed in this situation so please bare with me. Lately, I (25F) haven’t heard much from a friend who’s been in my life since college, so 7 ish years. We’ll call her B (25F). On our last year of college I got into a very toxic relationship where he wouldn’t let me see friends, go out, etc. if he wasn’t there too. This put a strain on all of my relationships, family included, besides my friendship with B. She was consistently supportive of me and was able to stay my close friend while sharing her grievances, which I made very hard for those around me because when you’re in that kind of relationship, your blind. She ended up moving out of our college town into my hometown after graduation. I wasn’t able to get out of the relationship and move back to my hometown until about a year later. I come to find out that B had been struggling in my hometown and had a hard time making friends or being happy. I was able to move into an awesome apartment with another friend who was actually the one to give me the courage to leave him. This was very exciting to me because I was able to introduce B to the lot of my friends from home that I adore. After that, me and B were both single and drinking a lot, sleeping around somewhat, and staying out late. B meets this guy named A who she fell for instantly. He didn’t want to be serious with her but they hung out constantly. She spent almost every night with him and despite him telling her that he only liked her as a friend and F-buddy, she was in love with him. She would drunk call/text every weekend, and started getting black out drunk a lot. When they broke up things got much worse. She would call me that she lost her car, didn’t remember getting home, even peed on her neighbors door and almost got kicked out of her apartment building for it. She had even threatened to kill herself once or twice. This has taken a severe toll on our friendship. These instances I always dropped everything to help her. I have become exhausted over the years and simply fed up. Fast forward a year and a half or so, two years after my last relationship, the one that was very toxic. I’d since become fed up with the antics so I started going home early when we hung out, distancing myself etc. every so often she’d “sober up” after a mental breakdown, somewhat get back on track, and then black out drunk again waking up at a random guys house. I recently met my now boyfriend about 4 months ago (28M) at my job. This guy really swept me off my feet. We will refer to him as X. It started off very casual but I was clearly very taken. B told me almost immediately after I told her it was getting serious between me and X that a girl she works with used to date X and that he ghosted her after telling her he loved her and that he’d buy her a house, all this really bad stuff. This rubbed me very odd because he seemed very sure about what he wanted out of a relationship and I felt we were on the same page about almost everything. I decided in the end not to bring it up to him, because I didn’t think the mistakes of anyone’s past dating history should affect the present, especially because he didn’t show me any red flags. He eventually shared it with me anyway and that he felt awful about how he acted in past relationships and how he has grown since then. I’d come to find out that this relationship B had told me about was over 4 years ago. She also constantly told me to “be careful” and to “keep a guard up” things like that because she swore he wasn’t a good guy and not the one for me. Note that she, at that point, had never met him and not once told me she was happy for me or seemed excited etc. This is all in the middle of severe mood swings, binge drinking and mental health episodes. She even almost didn’t come to my birthday dinner because she was too hungover and sad, and tried to make the night all about her and was a Debby downer the rest of the evening. B told me that another new work friend of hers that went to high school with X said he was an asshole in high school too, and that I should really rethink this entire thing. My roommate N also went to high school with X and explained to me that B’s work friend was a little off putting growing up, didn’t have many friends and since they went to a very large school, they didn’t even know each other. This was also very odd to me. I told B that these random bits about X’s past are not appreciated and did not affect how I felt about him. After all this I really started distancing myself from B. We hung out here and there, during the day mostly to avoid having to deal with her drinking. She’d come into my work with her new work friends to start their nights off before getting black out with them, buying bags of cocaine even, etc. This past episode was my final straw. She went back to her hometown to visit family and texted me something very cryptic. It was “we need to talk. It’s very important and will have to wait until I get back from my trip, which is in 4 days.” I felt like I maybe did something wrong, and I was concerned so I told her how I felt and she did not respond. After some time I texted again saying that I’m stressed and asked her to explain. She ignored that completely and instead texted to tell me she’s having another mental breakdown and was at the clinic. I told her I am there for her if she needs to talk and what not. She gets back home and we hang out twice and she did not bring up our “little talk”. I finally bit the bullet and confronted her and asked what it was about and she told me “not to worry about it”. I sent her a lengthy text telling her that I am needing to put up boundaries because I found what she did manipulative. I didn’t say the world manipulative explicitly because in the past when she’s been confronted, she shuts down completely and will block you out for weeks on end until you apologize. She ended up apologizing for that and didn’t mean to trigger me, since my toxic ex used to say things like “we need to talk. But it’ll wait til we’re at home” and then I’d freak out until he got home and it would be something stupid, he just wanted me to be stressed out for a while. After this I stopped reaching out. I saw her while I was out with X and friends of his, and we talked for a bit before me and X went home for the night. The next day she texted me “are we still doing something later or na?” And I didn’t recall making any plans so I said so. She just liked the message and I haven’t heard from her since, really. She’s had a really hard time in her life. She lost her mother during her teenage years and I know Mother’s Day is a very hard day for her. I really care about B, but her behavior lately is making me not want to be around her at all. I sent her that I was thinking about her and her mom on Mother’s Day and did not hear back(even though she texted my mom for Mother’s Day). Then I started seeing online that she’s liking posts with the topic “I hate that one friend who drops everyone when they get into a relationship, it’s the most disgusting type of friend”. Multiple posts like that, and I know they’re about me. It made me feel really guilty for not hanging out with B anymore. I ask my other friends if the amount I see X bothers them, and the answer is always no. That I should be able to see my significant other who I’m falling in love with as much as we’d both like to. It’s not like it was with my toxic ex at all. It just seems to me like B is thinking it’s going to be the same way as it was. She’s fully ignoring me now, and even though I’m not reaching out either, I still feel like the asshole. AITA?

There is a lot of context needed in this situation so please bare with me. Lately, I (25F) haven’t heard much from a friend who’s been in my life since college, so 7 ish years. We’ll call her B (25F). On our last year of college I got into a very toxic relationship where he wouldn’t let me see friends, go out, etc. if he wasn’t there too. This put a strain on all of my relationships, family included, besides my friendship with B. She was consistently supportive of me and was able to stay my close friend while sharing her grievances, which I made very hard for those around me because when you’re in that kind of relationship, your blind. She ended up moving out of our college town into my hometown after graduation. I wasn’t able to get out of the relationship and move back to my hometown until about a year later. I come to find out that B had been struggling in my hometown and had a hard time making friends or being happy. I was able to move into an awesome apartment with another friend who was actually the one to give me the courage to leave him. This was very exciting to me because I was able to introduce B to the lot of my friends from home that I adore. After that, me and B were both single and drinking a lot, sleeping around somewhat, and staying out late. B meets this guy named A who she fell for instantly. He didn’t want to be serious with her but they hung out constantly. She spent almost every night with him and despite him telling her that he only liked her as a friend and F-buddy, she was in love with him. She would drunk call/text every weekend, and started getting black out drunk a lot. When they broke up things got much worse. She would call me that she lost her car, didn’t remember getting home, even peed on her neighbors door and almost got kicked out of her apartment building for it. She had even threatened to kill herself once or twice. This has taken a severe toll on our friendship. These instances I always dropped everything to help her. I have become exhausted over the years and simply fed up. Fast forward a year and a half or so, two years after my last relationship, the one that was very toxic. I’d since become fed up with the antics so I started going home early when we hung out, distancing myself etc. every so often she’d “sober up” after a mental breakdown, somewhat get back on track, and then black out drunk again waking up at a random guys house. I recently met my now boyfriend about 4 months ago (28M) at my job. This guy really swept me off my feet. We will refer to him as X. It started off very casual but I was clearly very taken. B told me almost immediately after I told her it was getting serious between me and X that a girl she works with used to date X and that he ghosted her after telling her he loved her and that he’d buy her a house, all this really bad stuff. This rubbed me very odd because he seemed very sure about what he wanted out of a relationship and I felt we were on the same page about almost everything. I decided in the end not to bring it up to him, because I didn’t think the mistakes of anyone’s past dating history should affect the present, especially because he didn’t show me any red flags. He eventually shared it with me anyway and that he felt awful about how he acted in past relationships and how he has grown since then. I’d come to find out that this relationship B had told me about was over 4 years ago. She also constantly told me to “be careful” and to “keep a guard up” things like that because she swore he wasn’t a good guy and not the one for me. Note that she, at that point, had never met him and not once told me she was happy for me or seemed excited etc. This is all in the middle of severe mood swings, binge drinking and mental health episodes. She even almost didn’t come to my birthday dinner because she was too hungover and sad, and tried to make the night all about her and was a Debby downer the rest of the evening. B told me that another new work friend of hers that went to high school with X said he was an asshole in high school too, and that I should really rethink this entire thing. My roommate N also went to high school with X and explained to me that B’s work friend was a little off putting growing up, didn’t have many friends and since they went to a very large school, they didn’t even know each other. This was also very odd to me. I told B that these random bits about X’s past are not appreciated and did not affect how I felt about him. After all this I really started distancing myself from B. We hung out here and there, during the day mostly to avoid having to deal with her drinking. She’d come into my work with her new work friends to start their nights off before getting black out with them, buying bags of cocaine even, etc. This past episode was my final straw. She went back to her hometown to visit family and texted me something very cryptic. It was “we need to talk. It’s very important and will have to wait until I get back from my trip, which is in 4 days.” I felt like I maybe did something wrong, and I was concerned so I told her how I felt and she did not respond. After some time I texted again saying that I’m stressed and asked her to explain. She ignored that completely and instead texted to tell me she’s having another mental breakdown and was at the clinic. I told her I am there for her if she needs to talk and what not. She gets back home and we hang out twice and she did not bring up our “little talk”. I finally bit the bullet and confronted her and asked what it was about and she told me “not to worry about it”. I sent her a lengthy text telling her that I am needing to put up boundaries because I found what she did manipulative. I didn’t say the world manipulative explicitly because in the past when she’s been confronted, she shuts down completely and will block you out for weeks on end until you apologize. She ended up apologizing for that and didn’t mean to trigger me, since my toxic ex used to say things like “we need to talk. But it’ll wait til we’re at home” and then I’d freak out until he got home and it would be something stupid, he just wanted me to be stressed out for a while. After this I stopped reaching out. I saw her while I was out with X and friends of his, and we talked for a bit before me and X went home for the night. The next day she texted me “are we still doing something later or na?” And I didn’t recall making any plans so I said so. She just liked the message and I haven’t heard from her since, really. She’s had a really hard time in her life. She lost her mother during her teenage years and I know Mother’s Day is a very hard day for her. I really care about B, but her behavior lately is making me not want to be around her at all. I sent her that I was thinking about her and her mom on Mother’s Day and did not hear back(even though she texted my mom for Mother’s Day). Then I started seeing online that she’s liking posts with the topic “I hate that one friend who drops everyone when they get into a relationship, it’s the most disgusting type of friend”. Multiple posts like that, and I know they’re about me. It made me feel really guilty for not hanging out with B anymore. I ask my other friends if the amount I see X bothers them, and the answer is always no. That I should be able to see my significant other who I’m falling in love with as much as we’d both like to. It’s not like it was with my toxic ex at all. It just seems to me like B is thinking it’s going to be the same way as it was. She’s fully ignoring me now, and even though I’m not reaching out either, I still feel like the asshole. AITA?

I’m looking to book a rental car at Geneva airport and I’m planning to go straight from the airport to Chamonix and then on the way back via Annecy before dropping the car back at the airport.
Does anyone know whether I should rent this from the Swiss side of the French side of the airport. Seen quite a few differing opinions online so far.
Any help would be much appreciated.

April 2, 2024
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 6:15 PM
I have a few contacts now via twitter.
[6:16 PM]
I just love people who are all about saying fuck the establishment. To a degree.
[6:16 PM]
Wow!
[6:17 PM]
I got one that is banned permanently. Then a throw away one. And then my main one im vocal on
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 6:23 PM
Oh YOU ARE BLUE BALLS SECURITY?!?!
[6:23 PM]
Lmaooooo
[6:24 PM]
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[6:25 PM]
Damn there alll out early today. Now Jess is live
[6:26 PM]
Absolutely!
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 6:34 PM
Awee shucks, well its been a nice distraction
[6:34 PM]
Who do you think is your favorite streamer of the Squirrels to watch?
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 6:45 PM
It was. A long but fun day
[6:47 PM]
But my stupid ex made me go out the night before and up till like 3AM. I was pissed.
[6:48 PM]
So I just rolled out of bed at like 1230-1 and uber down
[6:48 PM]
No make up or anything and threw comfys on and dipped
[6:48 PM]
Well thank you. I was a hot mess express
[6:49 PM]
5'7
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 6:52 PM
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 7:05 PM
Big plans for tonight?
[7:12 PM]
Watching the streamers! I just made it on Jess' poster! Shes putting all our names on her poster
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 7:28 PM
STOPPPP
[7:29 PM]
Where was that???
[7:29 PM]
Aweee shucks stopppp
[7:32 PM]
Danks
[7:34 PM]
Did DOA say he was coming back?
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 7:36 PM
Ahhh okay. Ill just stick on Jess' live for now
[7:40 PM]
Why??
[7:42 PM]
I try and not to be a rude person. I like engaging in conversations with people
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 7:44 PM
Your boy just went live
[7:48 PM]
Ill head over cause jess is just writing names on her poster lol
[7:48 PM]
Shoot streets is live
[7:48 PM]
And yellin at the 5-0
[7:48 PM]
Gotta watch that
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 7:59 PM
Wow
[7:59 PM]
UNDER CONTROL
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 8:15 PM
Nah.
[8:15 PM]
I dont have much of an appetite
[8:16 PM]
But Chris' chipotle does look good but Im always disappointed when I get it. Plus Im saving every nickel and dime I have right now. So deff not ordering out or anything for a while.
[8:19 PM]
What do you know how to make besides pizza?!?!
[8:19 PM]
Lol
[8:21 PM]
Meatloaf
[8:21 PM]
Spaghetti good
[8:21 PM]
Chicken long as its well done lol
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 8:22 PM
Hahaha im picky and get weird food adversions. I like everything fully cooked and well done
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katocean. — 04/02/2024 8:47 PM
Ruhhh rooh!
[8:49 PM]
Its just starting to sleet / snow over here
[8:49 PM]
And my dog wont stop bothering me to go out. Im like ANNA PUP HUSH YOU DONT NEED TO POTTY EVERY HR
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April 3, 2024
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 7:38 AM
Sorry I fell asleep so early last night
[7:40 AM]
Thank you! Just woke up, its deff snowing but not much yet
[7:41 AM]
Yay for April! And snow! You never know what youre gonna get in the midwest
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 7:47 AM
No I applied for an apartment yesterday so hoping to hear back today... applying for another one today. Thats about it. Im temp staying in Wisconsin at my moms. Trying to return to work next week
[7:47 AM]
How about you??
[7:52 AM]
We both live such exciting lives right now
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 7:55 AM
How? My life is so messed up right now. I cant wait to get back to normalcy soon. Back in my own place, working, my daily routine etc
[7:57 AM]
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[7:57 AM]
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 8:12 AM
Whose that?
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 8:24 AM
Ewww
[8:24 AM]
Omg
[8:24 AM]
Lord
[8:24 AM]
Stop
[8:24 AM]
Wtf
[8:24 AM]
I look like a night crawler
[8:31 AM]
Gah idk what you're definition of beautiful is but that is NOT it
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 8:33 AM
Wtfff lmao. That girl was NOT PLAYIN WITH YA
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 8:53 AM
Boy you and your pizza I like plain cheese but a GOOD and mean has to be good, bacon, chicken, bbq hits every once in a while
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 9:15 AM
Ewww
[9:15 AM]
No
[9:15 AM]
I dont even like hot dogs.
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 9:24 AM
Apple duh
[9:24 AM]
You're probably an android weirdo
[9:24 AM]
K bye
[9:30 AM]
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 9:58 AM
I dont really drink pop but If I do it has to be coke. I used to like pepsi then I went to Europe and they only had coke... so then bam I made the switch ever since
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 11:07 AM
Mmm I guess horror. I prefer documentaries, war movies especially about WW2, Drama, biographical movies, etc
[11:08 AM]
I'm more of a serious person with a purpose
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 2:22 PM
Im just annoyed AF
[2:23 PM]
The application process for these two places are driving me up the fucking wall
[2:23 PM]
Its easier to buy a fucking gun then it is to apply for an apartment
[2:23 PM]
And im just beyond livid right now
[2:23 PM]
All I want to do is cry
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 3:05 PM
Do you have a million dollars you can send me? That would be helpful, okay Ill take 100k... i wont be greedy
[3:05 PM]
Thank you
[3:06 PM]
I want to go home so badly. I want nothing to do with my ex. I dont even want to see him but I want to be back in my "home" until I have somewhere of my own again
[3:06 PM]
I hate that all my stuff is still there, that im at my moms
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 3:31 PM
You have a better mind set then me
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 3:38 PM
Karma works too slow for me
[3:38 PM]
And never seems to happen
[3:40 PM]
Damn lol
[3:40 PM]
Or did YOU break it?!?! Lmao
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 3:50 PM
Oh lord I dont want to get into politics. But I am NOT a Trumper. I will say that. I'm a pretty liberal activists and wouldnt be a social worker if I wasnt. But I will say, from a fiscal standpoint I am more conservative as I got older & on my own. And I do recognize that we do better as an economy usually when a republican is president. But thats all Im gonna say about that
[3:52 PM]
Oh god I know. I wish we didnt have to go through these two bafoons again. I want new fresh faces, younger faces with progressive ideas. But I pretty much hate both sides at this moment in time and govt in general
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 3:57 PM
Agree
[3:58 PM]
Im about to be in therapy for the next hr so my lack of responses will be why
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 6:04 PM
I know I just sped through his stream and caught up. Im worried they are keeping his phones and computer and fur coat. Cause the officer is like "for further investigation"
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 6:26 PM
Just relaxing. Contemplating if Im going to eat dinner or not.
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 6:44 PM
No way sir
[6:44 PM]
Im in a depression funk
[6:46 PM]
I can give you my instagram if you want
[6:46 PM]
But deff no selfies right now
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 6:52 PM
You can find it idk how to link it
[6:52 PM]
Still have all my pictures with my ex tho
[6:52 PM]
Just havent felt like deleting yet
[6:53 PM]
Also please if you see him tagged dont message him or anything. Even if you think thats being helpful.
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 7:06 PM
No bueno
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 7:20 PM
No bueno = No good
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katocean. — 04/03/2024 8:38 PM
Thank you
April 4, 2024
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 9:12 AM
Morning, thank you. You as well
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 11:54 AM
Go to St. Louis Scientology Squirrel right now
[11:54 AM]
Shes in the St louis org
[11:54 AM]
Under cover live
[11:54 AM]
Recording
[11:54 AM]
But keep it on the DL. We dont want to many people knowing
[11:55 AM]
On YY
[11:55 AM]
Yt**
[11:55 AM]
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 12:06 PM
No but it was great. Cant wait for the full replay to be posted
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 12:14 PM
My mom informed me she had the book back in the 70s and her & her first husband read it. And thought it was "interesting"... I'm like omg... I could have became a sciento! Thank god it was just a dabble into the book and nothing more
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 12:22 PM
Oh god
[12:22 PM]
Probably one I hate
[12:22 PM]
Oh and to answer your question earlier... yes, I want to move to the PNW badly. Thats my dream
[12:22 PM]
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[12:25 PM]
Pshhh i know why its your favorite picture... creepy old men lol
[12:25 PM]
But I did post it as a thirst trap sorta bahahaha
[12:25 PM]
I've lost nearly 80lbs this last year
[12:26 PM]
I always was skinny but the last 5-6 years I put sooo much weight on. I got up to 210 and now down to like 130
[12:27 PM]
Which is great. But id love for other parts of my life to fall in place so i can just be happy overall
[12:27 PM]
Do you try and work out? Or anything?
[12:27 PM]
Maybe LESS pizza XXXXX! Lol
[12:27 PM]
Jk
[12:28 PM]
Have you talked with your doctor on getting on like Wegovy or Ozempic? Do you have insurance?
[12:28 PM]
It was a life saver for me
[12:28 PM]
Yeah fool. I found ur fb too. XXXXX XXXXX
[12:28 PM]
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[12:29 PM]
I gotta know who im randomly talking to
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 12:29 PM
But you have nothing besides memes and rando pictures that i can see and emoji bits or whatever lmao
[12:30 PM]
Get yourself on like Tinder or Bumble or Ok Cupid or somethin!
[12:30 PM]
But you deff have to have pictures
[12:31 PM]
I dont know. Im not in any place to give dating advice. I cant even fathom doing that at all right now. Im just ready to be single and build myself back up.
[12:31 PM]
Sheesh
[12:31 PM]
Im sorry
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 12:37 PM
What do you think the issue is? Like not placing blame on you or anything... but when you do a deep dive into yourself what issues or things do you think makes it hard for a women to want to pursue anything further with you?
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 12:53 PM
The snap chat thing is a little creepy IMO
[12:53 PM]
So Im not surprised you arent getting much traction from that
[12:53 PM]
Yeah not having a car is a huge hinderance
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 1:11 PM
No. My mom does alll the time. Shes actually watching it right now lmao. I find them cheesy AF. Ha. One of my ex's & cousin are extras in those show allll the time
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 1:22 PM
Only medical show I can watch is Greys Anatomy. And its because Ive been watching it since I was 16... and just cant give it up. 19 almost 20 years now.
[1:22 PM]
And I was and like "oh god this would never happen IRL" lmao
[1:23 PM]
Its the story lines for me of the characters. Not necessarily the medical aspects and patients.
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 1:31 PM
I dont watch the Good doctor. I watched like 2 episodes when it first came out and I couldnt get past his insane autistic melt downs
[1:31 PM]
Lmao Im an asshole
[1:32 PM]
Cute what?
[1:34 PM]
Lets see how fast Sciento dad blocks me
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 1:41 PM
Oh fuck me
[1:42 PM]
Probably Kathy hopefully
[1:42 PM]
And not Kathleen lol
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 2:07 PM
No
[2:07 PM]
Lol
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 2:31 PM
Lol!
[2:31 PM]
Me and Scientology twitter back at it right now
[2:31 PM]
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[2:31 PM]
I love the attempting gaslighting
[2:33 PM]
Hahaha i love toying with these little fuckers
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 2:48 PM
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 3:18 PM
No thank you
[3:18 PM]
Maybe 5-10 years ago
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 7:19 PM
Hey I took a really long afternoon nap just woke up
[7:20 PM]
Lol
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 7:28 PM
Probably like a deep purple
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 7:38 PM
Yeah pretty close
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katocean. — 04/04/2024 9:30 PM
No
[9:30 PM]
Lol
[9:30 PM]
Sorry
April 5, 2024
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 8:31 AM
Sleeping, Ive been going to sleep early these days by like 9-10 ish or so
[8:32 AM]
Honestly, right now, I wake up wait for the day to go by just so I can go to sleep
[8:32 AM]
Im contemplating on returning to work next Tuesday
[8:37 AM]
I wish
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 8:52 AM
Basically between 1,300-1,400 fml
[8:52 AM]
All 1 bedroom, 1 bath
[8:52 AM]
Sucks
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 10:19 AM
Oh wow
[10:19 AM]
What kind of jobs do you do?
[10:19 AM]
What does your daughter do for work? Did you finish college with a degree or nah?
[10:24 AM]
How do you bring in any income, if you don't mind me asking? Are you on like disability?
[10:25 AM]
Like surveys?
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 10:27 AM
Ahhh okay just curious
[10:27 AM]
You gotta get on that and get that money
[10:33 AM]
My favorite up and coming person right now is HonestAv
[10:33 AM]
https://open.spotify.com/album/11ZfrqRpeCnGBAbJ8e50kH?si=E9lWAq4mTTibq7p9Yo25EA
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[10:33 AM]
I relate to his songs so much
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 10:34 AM
Nah but his songs and lyrics are so relatable
[10:40 AM]
Ha. Im conservative. No more thirst traps.
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 11:01 AM
Aweee thats nice of her for something so simple
[11:01 AM]
My ex is my age
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 4:32 PM
Awee sorry to hear about your gmas cat, hope its ok!!
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 7:08 PM
Ha
[7:09 PM]
I put in a few more inquiries. I do have a back up plan for May though.
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katocean. — 04/05/2024 7:20 PM
HOT
[7:20 PM]
hahahahah
April 6, 2024
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ThaBiGGDoGG — 04/06/2024 3:34 PM
Not sure what I did that made you upset. I wish you lots of luck with what you are dealing with. I'm always here if you wanna talk.

Hi! I am doing 7 days in the Dolomites, but to start the trip my boyfriend and I are flying into VCE. While there, we figured we would do a full day in Venice before embarking to the Dolomites. Below is our plan:

• Fri PM: Arrive at VCE, stay overnight
• Sat Full Day: Tour Venice, stay overnight
• Sun AM: Pick up rental car, drive to Dolomites

We will arrive around 7pm on a Friday, full day touring Venice on Saturday, pick up rental car on Sunday from VCE and head north. That being said, I am wondering if it makes most sense to just get a hotel near the airport, and then take a taxi to the city all day on Saturday and take a taxi back in the evening, and pick up the rental the next day. My heart is telling me it would be a better experience to stay in a hotel near San Marco and take a taxi early Sunday AM back to VCE to pick up the rental, but I know logistically it probably makes more sense to just stay near the airport and take transportation back/forth into the city for the day.
Any thoughts?

I have a 2015 Kia sorento with Gdi engine, awl, 2.4l, and 105,200 miles.
I went to a local shop today and had the 105,000 maintenance done per the manual. The mechanic told me I should get new struts soon and I confirmed I do hear a little knocking sound on bumps in the road. They suggested I should have all four struts replaced soon if I plan to keep the car past 125k.
Shop quoted me $1800 for four struts and alignment...this seemed a lot, it’s my first time having to put serious money into the car.
Is that to high or normal ?

Two weeks ago my car had to be towed away to be fixed, the next day I came at the garage to do some sort of check in and ask about the time it'll take and stuff, I came after work it was right before closing time, the receptionist was still there and available. She gave me all the information I needed and told me it would take over a month showing me a stack of files, cars waiting to be fixed up too. I was really embarrassed, I needed my car for the next week end and she really seemed sorry but couldn't do anything about it, I thank her for everything and told her not to worry about me, that I'll find a solution. A week after that (today) I came back to ask for news and also to plan a complete checkup of the engine since I'm suspicious of a bigger problem. She remembered me and ask about the situation I was in, if I could find a car to use instead and stuff and then we started to joke about a thing or two, her face really light up and seemed so warm and kind it was a really nice moment she looked so pretty and shy, I wouldn't say I'm in love but she definitely made my day better, I've been single for 3 years, I really can't go over my ex, it was a terrible relationship and i can't trust anyone but today I felt good about talking with a girl, it was so sweet I had to tell this stupid story, it probably seems ridiculous, maybe she was just kind to a client so I would come back next time, in that case it's working, I've been thinking about this moment we had for the whole evening and now writing that story on reddit as I was just going to sleep. It reminded me of the office, I'm a huge fan of the show, she feels like Pam in season 2. Anyway good night and may her be blessed anywhere she is, no matter if she already has a someone in her life idc