u/ReStitchSmitch

Hi!

I am a public librarian assistant here in a small town in Pennsylvania. We have a 95 year old patron who is an absolute voracious reader, and we're struggling to find her books she hasn't already read. She is a shut in, so we voluntarily drive the books to her house.

Shirley loves:

Christian novels

Anything with animals / dog stories

Autobiographies

Cozy mysteries

And it has to be available in large print (I know most new books are nowadays, but wanted to throw that out there)

The more suggestions, the better! Shirley has read a lot of books in her lifetime, and has no plans on stopping!

Thank you all for your help :)

Edit to add, Shirley has no internet nor desire for technology. She likes to flip pages.

TW - poop talk.

There are 4 people who live here - me, my son Doug (11), Kayla (18) and my husband.

*someone* forgets how to flush after pooping pretty much daily. Its been MONTHS of walking in to mystery turds.

I have yelled, talked reasonably, cried, and even made fun of the person doing it (eww, I bet this nasty person didn't wash their hands! Enjoy pink eye sicko!)

I have disconnected the WiFi. Everything.

I KNOW its my daughter. She denies it furiously. She's the first one awake to leave for school. So at night when I'm shutting the house down, I KNOW there's no poop in the toilet. Yet every morning...

I spent 3 hours altering her prom dress. She's not getting it back until the bathroom is thoroughly cleaned, top to bottom. She'll do it because I have leverage over her with the dress. But I know tomorrow I'll wake up to more shit. Literally a shitty life.

How do I get her to stop? She doesn't have a license and she doesn't have a phone due to using it to skip school - yeah no. I don't pay monthly for lies. So thats been gone. Basically dealing with a 'failure to launch' here. She's barely passing and there's a chance she might not graduate. She's extremely self-centered and will go out of her way to make anyone and everyone miserable if she doesnt get her way. Example, we went to a museum out of state. She cried and pouted the entire time cause she forgot her camera, ruining the day for all of us. She threatens to move out and I PRAY she leaves mystery poops for her future roommates... let them see how nasty she is. Wait til they catch her eating after not flushing or washing her hands. Its to the point where I can't stand being around her. I genuinely do not like who she's becoming. Nothing gets through to her.

What the fuck else can I do to make her stop being so gross and LYING about it? She will literally blame the dog or Doug before owning up. Its like she's incapable of growing up. I'm so ready to give her a damn swirly in her poop the next time she leaves it unflushed.