u/April0neal

Because of Broadway traffic (HISSSSSSS), I am now constantly driving by our first house that we rented back in the early 90s after moving from MB.

Surprisingly, that house is still standing. Although one house down, there is a new mixed use commercial / residential building.

Then my old apartment in the west end just had a rezoning signage put in their front yard. Pretty sad about this one because I know some tenants that have been there since the late 80s.

Anyone here ever lived in a building / house that was demolished and is now a new construction or event vacant land?

Very curious to see everyone’s response.

Thanks so much !!!

The first 4 episodes of this season is SOOOOOO friggin good.

You guys…what am I gonna do????

I need the whole weekend to recover.

In the interim, I’m gonna watch my favourite episodes from previous seasons.

What is everyone’s fave eps?

Because of life, I’ve recently had to go back to driving versus taking the skytrain to work. I miss just shutting off my brain on the bus.

I just want to share my pain in the ass list of intersections that I feel are the woooorse:

1. Kingsway and Broadway
2. SW Marine Dr and Cambie
3. Victoria Dr and 12th Av

Hit me up with yours !

I’ve been following this lady on IG. She is a caterer in New Orleans and has a semi big following.

When I listen to her…I hear both a Filipino accent and a southern accent. It’s very trippy. And I’m so curious of how many others like her are there. Is there a pinoy crew in that town? How did they choose Louisiana as a place to settle of all places.

Here are my top 3 states of “what types of pinoys are here”?:

1. Florida
2. Alaska
3. Nebraska

What states are you guys curious about ?

Hi Everyone! I got 2 kiddos - 11M and 6F.

The girl is heavily into dance and the boy went through soccer and martial arts over the years.

I’ve run out of storage space for their uniforms.

I don’t feel comfortable donating their old uniforms to charity…because who would wear them? Especially the kids dance outfits.

What do you guys typically do with the old stuff?

Thanks so much !!!

Pretty much the title.

We all know when she’s been in the bathroom because she leaves a super distinct smell. No difference in colour or texture from normal.

It’s like salmon? Hard to describe.

I don’t know what’s causing it because she eats what we all eat.

In fact, she eats the LEAST from all the family members because she’s the smallest.

She is underweight. Which concerns me.

When she was in diapers, we noticed this odour too. We didn’t pay any mind because it’s poo after all.

Anyone with older kids ever notice or go through this?

Thanks so much.

Hi Everyone. I recently discovered this show and became obsessed.

I am your typical neurotic gal that needs to sorta know the background details (ie where did I see this actor before, etc).

My question :
is there any source out there (comic, video games, etc) where I can find the details of how Jade and Will came to be? I

think it’s so unfair that I missed this whole arc in their relationship.

I just love Will and I wanna know what happened to “them”?

Thanks so much !

What’s everyone theory on “vengeance” as the reason why “they” are here.

My theory is the classic storyline of the government taking one of theirs, doing experiments, and then “them” never being the same.

My 11 year old son has been less interested in attending his extra curricular activities. We use to have him in soccer and martial arts. He asked to be out of soccer. Fine. And now recently he wants out of martial arts.

He has no interest in attending anything else.

He says he just wants to hang out with his friends and play at the park. Which isn’t so bad.

Growing up, our parents never put us in anything. So I know that he will be fine.

At the same time, I can see a lot of benefits of him being part of an activity.

My husband is pushing for him to in at least one activity.

Can some parents share their stories of kids who have no extra activities? How has it been?

Thanks so much!

I am 45 and began expressing perimenopause symptoms at 42.

I am in desperate need of my old brain back.

The tasks and projects that I use to be able to do effortlessly is now taking me 4x as long.

I use to love my job and openly welcome new challenges, and now I feel like a shell of what I use to be. I am not efficient. I have become a poor communicator. And I just don’t feel like I’m operating at full capacity.

Does anyone have any stories of when brain fog improves or lifts after perimenopause ?

Thanks so much.

I hope everyone amuses me.

After high school, me and my pals wanted to go to TO and visit EC. We loved music, Much Music, and Electric Circus. We didn’t end up going. All of us split up and did our own finding-myself trip. I went to Asia and just stayed with fam before college.

Does anyone have any insights on how dancers were selected to become part of Electric Circus?

Thanks so much!

Sooooo…Paul Okeefe (PO) doesn’t appear to be doing that well with the civil trial.

Apparently they missed the deadline to submit evidence and TB has not been cooperative with their deposition request (duh!).

The lawyer for PO also seems really un-motivated compared to KR’s lawyer.

I don’t believe that PO believes that KR is responsible. I believe that he is in bed with the Alberts and wasn’t all that particularly close with his family.

My predication for this trial is that it will be dismissed on a technicality because of the un-motivated lawyer.

What is everyone’s thoughts on this?

Thanks so much.

Hi Everyone.

I have a question about childcare expenses. Whether the expenses increase or decrease as the kids get older.

I have 2 kids, age 5 and 11. Both kids are active in dance and soccer. While we do pay premiums for their activities, it is still cheaper than what we had paid for daycare.

Due to the uncertainty of my existing job, I am considering taking a lower paying job because it would have more security.

I am looking to get feedback and stories from other parents if your child expenses increased or decreased as their kids got older.

Thanks so much!

Our family has run into the issue where our hotel checkout is at 11 am and our flight is not until 11 pm.

In the past, we would typically just book one more night. But this time there wasn’t any rooms available.

Our backup hotel is now fully booked up and we are scrambling on our options with kids and seniors in our group.

Does anyone have any suggestions ?

Thanks so much!

Hello! We are travelling with kids and staying at the embassy.

It doesn’t have the greatest pool so we thought about doing a day pass for Hilton Hawaii Village.

Is the pass worth it?

How does the staff check?

Do the pools get quite crowded during the day?

Thanks so much!

Exactly the title.

His mood swings started about a year ago. We thought it was from too much after school activities, so we pulled back on that and only have him on an activity twice a week.

He just seems to be in this constant state of really angry / moody to a very jovial / helpful kid.

He does decent at school. Performs above his grade. Has friends. And has family members that are very active in his life.

Despite this, his bouts of anger is so troubling. And the family feels like we have to stay out of his way because he is so vile to all of us.

Like yesterday, he didn’t wanna come with us to an outing because he was seeing his friends. That’s fine.

We brought over leftover curry which he devoured.

Then today, he is just in a sour mood because he wants more of the curry. I explained that I will get it again when we’re in that area. That this is not an around the corner place. To get there and back is at least 1.5 hrs. Then he proceeds to argue with me and starts criticizing the food we eat. Which is obviously out of line.

I was told by other parents that this appears to be the norm. And that they will eventually grow out of it

How did you guys survive this phase of your child’s upbringing ?

Thanks so much.