u/PhiloLibrarian

Can someone explain to me why I’m seeing more western style hats and boots? Is this just a fashion trend or is this some sort of political symbol of conservativism?

I know I’m an old Gen X or but when I see someone wearing a cowboy hat or cowboy boots, I assume they’re from someplace like Texas… that’s part of their “culture.”

My husband and I have been together for 26 years and in every location we’ve lived, and we fought over how to organize the kitchen and the pantry.

We’ve been in our house now for 21 years.

We both used to do cooking, but after Covid, my husband (a teacher) too on more of it… actually all of it.

And I attempted to be helpful. I would rearranged and clean and sort and buy things that seemed to be helpful.

My husband would patiently take whatever I bought and put it in the recycle pile or our giveaway box after a few months of moving it around and not using it. Whatever organizational system, I would try to implement, it would eventually erode it back to, however he wanted things to be arranged. I used to see this as passive aggression… but I’m too tired to care any more.

I am officially giving him total control of the kitchen. I don’t care where things go. I don’t care if I can find things… (I never will anyway…) it’s his domain.

He buys the groceries. He does the cleaning and the cooking. I will be his sous chef if needed.

Rant over

I have young kids - I know a lot of parents that have young kids - everyone who I know that has kids is moving to the anti-consumerism movement.

And the kids are on board. We reuse recycle, and don’t buy, unless absolutely necessary.

This should have all of the tech Bros and capitalist CEO bastards shivering in their shoes…

No one will be buying useless crap in 2030.