This was going to be just a rant for my friends, but I changed my mind. (roughly translated)
So, our life had a 180 turn since saturday. After we ate lunch (~11 am), our stepmother told us, and I quote “I-message niyo si daddy niyo na ayaw niyo na tumira rito, at gusto niyo roon sa nanay ninyo (our biological mother)” I was ‘quite’ done w/ her, kasi why would a person whom I consider a mother for the last 3 years have said this and actually skipped doing my dishes. I’ll get ahead of you and say this was the last straw for her that we didn’t really expect, though we’ve been through this before.
Fastforward 1 pm, after having talked with my father abt. It, we packed our things and brought it downstairs, she knew were going to pack, she was always in touch with my father, though there were times that she was extremely furious, shouting so loud w/o regards for the neighbors in a Filipino way (if ykwim). This was one of the times; she’d scolded us about how we weren’t able to live on our own, kasi we were going to our tito and tita in _____ who were old, but had taken care of us before. For that reason, I really didn’t think we had a place to run to. Our auntie (stepmom’s sister that was actually nice) and yaya gave their pities, though I won’t go further into that. To be frank, our dad let us sleep for 4 hours.
Later I heard that my Tito had arrived at our house, and I was really bothered because he was still talking w/ my stepmom, eh it was time to go down. So I stayed upstairs, actually 'we' because my sister is also upstairs waiting to move houses. But, surprise, the stepmom visited us upstairs in a calm manner. Telling us that we talk to Tito Abt it. Then she says "Hindi ko pinagsisiraan si ___ pero ..." proceeds to show sh*t abt him, which I won't disclose. But looking back at it, he was trying to do a good thing, but my dad is often regarded as 'stubborn'. I go downstairs and we went on to buy snacks. She seemed to be in a good mood, asking us if we forgot abt anything and stuff, then we were going to leave, all seemed to be good until we got into the car, I saw my stepmom jumping in joy as she was going Inside which puzzled me.
Later, at our uncle’s place we learn more abt my stepmom, my dad’s plans and all that (which I won’t disclose). It’s Tuesday now, I’m typing all this while eating watermelon, yum. Just sharing my story, don’t try to discover who I am just wanna tell my story to someone.
I am really worried abt our dog being left.

I asked a contractor for a quote to replace an existing 460 SF (about 14’ x 33’ x 3’ off the ground) floating deck that isn’t attached to the house and is sitting on concrete pads.
They said $6000 for demo.
And to build a new deck in a slightly smaller size 416 SF (about 13’ x 32’ x 3’ off the ground) I’m being quoted $105,000 (nearly $250 per sf) Details: 1. There are 3 sets of stairs, each about 5’ wide with 3 steps. 2. Aluminum railings at the stairs. 3. Dekorator privacy walls (6’ tall x 8’ long) x 2. 4. A built in 4’ seating acting as a railing / short wall x 2 5. 4 x 2’ square planter boxes 6. Treated lumber framing 7. Helical piers 8. Attached to house with ledger board 9. Decking is Deckorators Voyage premium decking. (Premium I know —- 3x the cost of their regular decking) 10. Skirting at sides with same decking.
It’s been a while since I had to do project estimates, so maybe I’m out of touch with my numbers.
Still waiting on the other bids, but Let’s just say my jaw dropped.
Any insights are appreciated!

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My first time posting and I just need to get this off my chest to have a better understanding. So buckle up this is going to be a long post… Names and dates have changed for protection of myself and others.
So back in 2013 I started college. I meet my core group of friends and one in particular had a very single good looking best friend. I was introduced to him. We hit it off! And ended up dating through college. We both graduated and got our degrees. There was a few hiccups that made the relationship rocky. Unfortunately we fell to the hiccups and our relationship ended in 2017. The years to follow I had asked my close friend about how he was doing and hoped all was well. I wished him nothing but the best and hoped he’d find someone to marry and have kids with. I had spoke to him once or twice after him and I had broke up. Once I found out he was dating someone I cut contact with him. By that I mean, I no longer texted him or reached out. We were more acquaintances than anything. I still had my ex’s family on Facebook after all these years. We ended things on good terms. The last thing he said to me was if you need anything give me a call. Well I would ask my friend how he was doing and what not. He told me he found a girl.(2021) I verbatim said I hope he is happy with her and hope she makes him happy. A year later they were engaged, married and had a kid all in less than a year.
I know I may sound odd/crazy for doing this. Hear me out. But when I heard they were expecting I sent them a baby gift addressed to the family. Note: I was also having very traumatic nightmares for like 2 years involving my ex. To the point I never thought they were going to go away. Also keep in mind by this point in our lives I have NOT spoken to or reached out in any way shape or form in nearly 4 years. So I thought for some dumb reason this would help the night mares go away. I boxed it up and mailed it. And I felt some type of weight lift off my shoulders. Why I couldn’t tell ya. Oddly enough nightmares stopped.
Fast forward to present day. I scrolled though my Facebook and notice my ex’s grandpa passed away on his moms side. I’m still friend with his mom on Facebook she is a very sweet kind Lady! She reminds me a lot of my own mom! Our friendship never really ended. We didn’t speak on a daily basis but still knew each other. So when I found out her father had passed away I reached out to her and shared my condolences and sympathy via private message. Note:(my own father has passed 2 years back. I can in a way relate to what she may or may not be feeling.) Everyone experience grief on multiple levels and in different ways. I kept the message very simple and to the point I quote “I’m so sorry to hear about your dad! my heart aches for you! Sending hugs!” Not but 30 min later I get a very unexpected nasty gram from my exes wife. In a very short sentence to sum up the whole “story” of her message is: “you have inserted yourself into our life multiple time on big events and it need to stop and you need to know your place. Have a great night. “ I have never spoken to this woman ever. Nor do I know who she is. And I know I haven’t inserted myself into thier life. she is putting me there and allowing the thought of me to take up space. I didn’t reply. Not because I don’t want to but because I don’t feel like wasting much more time on being nice to someone who doesn’t appreciate it. If you made it this far thanks for coming to by Ted talk.

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2. "I have not been able to sleep, not been able to eat. I can barely speak these days. My entire thoughts consumed by...By our kiss. By you." -Colin Bridgerton
3. "But living to please others? I imagine it can be wearying at times. Painful, perhaps. So, I do not blame you for putting on armor lately. But you must be careful that the armor does not rust and set so that you might never be able to take it off." -Violet Bridgerton
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