I spent the entire afternoon cooking a prime rib low and slow. I took it out and left it covered on the counter to rest it for about an hour before searing and took a quick nap. While I was napping, my mom decided to cut it into tiny slices, decided it looked too rare (perfect med-rare btw), and stir fried them to well done. Ordering takeout now. FML.
Living in Calgary Alberta. I'm in the market for a reliable car as my current one is on its last legs, and I'm wondering whether I could justify buying a used lexus for around 50k at this point instead of another beige corolla. Would be considering preowned is350 or nx350's with around 40 to 60k kms. I know it's a splurge as gas and maintenance cost more on luxury vehicles, but they are quite reliable and I would be looking to drive it into the ground.
Everything in CAD
Income:
115k gross.
Stable government job, good benefits.
DB pension.
Monthly expenses:
Currently living at home. Planning to move out and rent within next 2 years so this is subject to change.
600 rent.
600 groceries/eating out.
200 subscriptions and bills
400 misc. entertainment
Assets:
Registered investments: 133k
Nonregistered investments: 14k
Cash: 26k
Liabilities:
9k student loan debt, interest free. Making minimum monthly payments.
Would appreciate some opinions from those wiser than me to talk some sense into me, and thanks in advance.
Surprised by how comfy they are, used to a more supportive shoe. Planning on dailying them, any tips for keeping them in relatively good condition?
I'm 24M and I've had several different women throughout my life tell me, completely unprompted, that I'm a great guy, they like spending time with me, etc. but that they wouldn't date me. I have a lot of female friends, and I also work in a female dominated profession, so I have a lot of women in my life, but I've also always struggled finding romantic relationships. I can be pretty shy when talking to women I'm attracted to. I'm also really short in height and maybe only average in terms of attractiveness but I don't think those are dealbreakers for everyone.
In highschool a friend of mine who I never flirted with and wasn't attracted to all told me unprovoked that she would date me if I was taller. I had two seperate girls ask me to prom but strictly platonically. One of my best friends who's like a sister to me gushed to me on a camping trip where it was just the two of us about how amazing I am and how much she appreciates me, but followed up by repeatedly stating unprompted that she's not attracted to me at all. Like... thanks but also ouch... lol. My female coworkers are always organizing hangouts and trips outside of work where myself and a gay guy are the only males invited. One of my coworkers who's like twenty years older than me keeps telling me randomly that my mom did well and they need to make more men like me.
Is it just me or am I sensing a pattern here... am I doing something weird? I feel like women don't normally talk to men like that. Am I putting out little brother energy, or am I just being insecure? I would appreciate a woman's perspective.