Every single voluntarily childless person I’ve spoken to have had the experience of being told they’ll regret it.

I can only recall two people being told they’d regret their decision to have kids… and they were both teenagers, so even though I don’t agree with saying something like that, I can understand the sentiment of wanting them to wait a few years.

Seems we life in very different worlds.

It’s just so rude to say someone will regret their choice regarding kids… BIL is free to make that choice for himself, and more than welcome to keep his mouth shut on your choice.

That’s a damn good answer.

Were you told you would regret having your kids? That’s wild.

It’s a lot more common for people to be told that they will regret not having kids, than being told they’ll regret having them… so I think the similarities in the responses is quite natural, dont you? Not a lot of parents can answer this post with their kids in mind, but pretty much every voluntarily childless person can.

No, because I’m fine being on my own.

I have my hobbies and pets, and if I feel too isolated I can go out and chat with a neighbour or any stranger on the street, or to a concert to be one with the crowd, or pick up an online game.

If I was with someone for money, it’s only because I didn’t like them enough to be with them for free. In this circumstance I would probably need the money, so I’d not be unhappy about it, but it would definitely not make me happy either or be an emotional boon. And I don’t think I could respect the person who paid, no matter how convincingly I would pretend to.

Relationships are best when they are wanted, not needed, which is why I could never be with someone who was only with me because I paid them: I’d much rather be alone than be with someone who didn’t like me. Paying for it is a surefire way of knowing they don’t actually like me, and the idea of someone being with me against their own wants and desires just because I pay them…I would just feel so gross. It’s okay to be alone.

Regardless of which phrase is being said, I think it’s nice that we have a little rituals here and there.

A sneeze is often loud, sudden, startling and disruptive, so having a standard word or short phrase can ease us back into normal conversation mode without derailing the preceeding conversation (like actually asking if someone is okay could take us too far from the original topic). A quiet sneeze recuires no easing out of.

If I do a loud sneeze and no one says any variant of gesuntheit, I feel compelled to mildly apologise (pardon/excuse me) before carrying on, so one party does the little ritual to bridge between violent sound and normal speaking either way. Can be nice to “bless” the sneezer so they dont have to apologise for disrupting.

I’m certain the damage made them like that.

It could happen to any of us, and I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that you, like me, aren’t constantly suppressing potty-mouth.

I kinda wonder the opposite, if there is a part of them buried and suffering that really cringes at themselves and would like to stop but has no control over these compulsions.

Changed it for fun, because I like it more. No regrets.

The last twilight movie.

Aristocats: “Hey, X said you turned a baby. Not cool.”

MC: “Not at all. We birthed an undead child. She’s grown enough to speak already, so no deadly tantrums here.”

X: “My bad.”

I cant remember the last time a new christmas carol was released (save for christmas episodes in tv-shows). At least it’s not another harry potter or spiderman.

Nightmarish. Can you make the AI write up new documentation every time you want to push a change, so it looks like you’re using it frequently but you still get to write the code yourself?

I would love letting LLM deal with documentation. It’s the bane of my existence.

It this the lesson about putting sandwich condiments on your paws to ensure you’ll land on your feet? Because I would make the same face.

Look into green roofs.

Might be a larger project to get started, than simply buying a fan, but will probably last longer and improve air quality as well as reduce heat. Even better if you can get your neighbours involved and give multiple homes green roofs together, to improve outdoors heat and air for the whole neighbourhood as well as for you individual home.

Seven comma five.

It sounds normal when it’s not translated to English.

Search for and focus on their positive qualities, and respind to those instead of their current words.

Almost everyone have some positive qualities. Finding them makes bearing their negatives easier.

Picture of angelic innocence, right there.

What’s your definition or idea of a “socialist economy”?

I think its important to specify here that “poor hygiene” includes putting soap and other stuff on or in the vagina - stuff that for many other body parts would be good hygiene.

Proper hygiene consists of clean underwear every day, mild unscented soap on mons pubis and outside the vulva (thighs, ass), and only water on the outer parts of the vulva (labia, clitoris etc), and absolutely nothing inside the vaginal canal. The vagina is constantly flushing itself out, and trying to clean it’s inside is only ruining it’s process of self-cleaning.

Infections are most common when unsuitable stuff is introduced to the sensitive environment: perfume, soap, poorly washed sex toys or body parts introducing bacteria; or choosing wrong material for condoms, sex toys or underwear. Not washing or changing underwear can also lead to strong smells, but is by far not the most common one reason for infections.

Cats dont tell you when something is wrong, so any change in behaviour, especially around their bathroom habits, is reason for a checkup at the vet.

I had a cat start peeing on the toilet, and have heard similar with cats starting to go in the shower drain, and turned out to have pretty severe kidney damage.

Hopefully it is nothing like that, but I didn’t realise something was wrong until it was too late and I don’t want the same for you and your cat.

I see no moral imperative to tell people about others financial status unless not knowing would directly harm them, like if they were about to lend money to someone known to not repay their debts.

People don’t have a right to know everything about everyone.

In this scenario my sons wealth would not negatively impact those relatives so I have no moral obligation to tell them. In fact, telling them even risk harming my sons relationships and physical and emotinal and social wellbeing, so it’s more immoral to tell my relatives about this.