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How do you get your kids to do stuff without it escalating to losing your shit?

Divorced dad w S12. House has been a mess and told him last night, when you get up pick up this stuff - all his. Not done when I get up after him. Tell him in the morning we're doing xyz today and you're doing this and packing for your trip with your mom, say it again a couple more times throughout the day of him just watching TV. Then go to Costco, he doesn't want to go so I say then you're cleaning this up while I'm gone. Come home to literally one item put way and lose my shit on him. He stands to attention and proceeds to take the literal five minutes to do all of it. Afterwards I say was it worth it? He admits he didn't want to do it and I remind him that everyone (me and him) contributing and that I dont want to make dinner should I just say fuck it and make your own dinner? I ask what would be easier, doing five minutes worth of work or me losing my shit on him and then doing five minutes worth of work. Problem is that we've been over this and I know it's going to happen again. I don't think he has any respect for me. I don't feel like I deserve it. I'm not a drunk or a fuck up. I want to blame his mom because she didn't respect me and she admittedly will do the least amount of work to get something done, but I know that's basically playing the victim. I just want him to do very reasonable chore requests like this without having to scream at him.

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u/Good-Rest-7538 — 4 hours ago

Has anyine tried 30% vinegar?

I haven't trued it myself, but curious if it would work. Kills weeds in 24 hrs. I'm thinking about this a couple ways.

  1. Spraying shoots that pop up - equivalent to killing weeds but I imagine it would take several rounds to fully kill a shoot.
  2. Some sort of tapping into a full tree and pouring it in; like drill into a tree at a 45 degree angle down towards the ground then feed the 30% into it with some sort of contraption like those bulbs you fill with water then out upside into potted plants.
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u/Good-Rest-7538 — 2 days ago

Replacement Part for 5410-708

I have a 5410-708 stove that is leaking out of the right burner valve. The leak is coming from around the valve stem. Can that stem be removed then screw out the piece with the slot behind it? I have the original box with it but there aren't any tools that came with it. I can't find that part anywhere online.

u/Good-Rest-7538 — 7 days ago

Is this scraped job good enough?

DYI. Had the house painted a few years ago and its bubbled in several spots. I'm finally getting to fixing some of them. Is this good enough? Do those darker yellow spots need to come off to get everything down to that original oil paint? I'll fix those nails.

Lead: I bought a Speedheater IR gun. Using a mask. I've tested it for lead a few different ways. Using fluorospec you can barely see a bit of glow. Professional testing showed 2960ppm. I believe 5k ppm is considered lead based paint. So, it's got lead, not a lot but I'm going to treat it like LBP removal.

u/Good-Rest-7538 — 16 days ago
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Is this heat gun scrape job good enough to prime and paint?

DYI. Had the house painted a few years ago and its bubbled in several spots. I'm finally getting to fixing some of them. Is this good enough? Do those darker yellow spots need to come off to get everything down to that original oil paint? I'll fix those nails.

Lead: I bought a Speedheater IR gun. Using a mask. I've tested it for lead a few different ways. Using fluorospec you can barely see a bit of glow. Professional testing showed 2960ppm. I believe 5k ppm is considered lead based paint. So, it's got lead, not a lot but I'm going to treat it like LBP removal.

u/Good-Rest-7538 — 21 days ago

Is it normal or ok for a couples therpaist to say to one of the spouses "your marriage is over" within the first 30 minutes of your first session?

That happened to me. Wife said she was leaving me. I convinced her to go to therapy though she basically said she didn’t want to fix things. We had both written intros to her prior, and had each given our story for the first 30 minutes then she turned to me and said that and that I need to move on. No abuse in relationship, though one could argue I'd been treated like shit. Wife was leaving me for someone else.

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u/Good-Rest-7538 — 29 days ago

Why can't I message mods?

I was trying to message a sub's mods and I get a you can message that user error. I tried messaging this sub's mods too and get the same response. I use it on the web. Tried my phone's browser and Edge on computer.

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u/Good-Rest-7538 — 2 months ago

Why are my kid's teeth cleanings (of all adult teeth) like a drive by cleaning that takes 5 minutes while mine are a normal teeth cleaning that take 15 minutes or however long it does that's more than the kid's?

Also, when should a kid start seeing a non pediatric dentist?

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u/Good-Rest-7538 — 2 months ago