u/ViceInSinCity

Not looking for advice, just thought this was funny. Remember, landlords don't usually care about you, and you shouldn't put their convenience over your goals.

Been renting from this slumlord for 850 for a 500 sq ft apartment for 4 years. It's one of the cheapest places in my city (major city in large metro area), so I stayed to stack our dough until the last time we move is into a home we own. Just got the pre-close docs yesterday and the all clear from underwriting; we own a home in less than a week. Lease is up Sept 30th. We had a baby in January and just purchased a beautiful 3-bed, 2-bath townhome in a quiet part of town.

The property manager is extremely salty about it. Basically told us outright he was going to keep our deposit. I said fine, see you in court then because the unit is immaculate. He then hinted that I wouldn't be getting a reference from him, to which I said that's perfectly fine, no need because we aren't renting anymore, we bought a home. Cue him realizing there is really nothing he can do to us to "punish us" for not being nice and licking his boot whenever he wants.

He is now asking for a "pre-move out" inspection, which in my state is not allowed for non-maintenance reasons. It's actually in our lease that the last inspection must be done when all personal property is removed, and it's been cleaned/returned to broom-swept condition. Basically, he wants to get in here and see how the unit looks so it's easier to make up damages later (there are none; it is in perfect condition and I patched all nail or screw holes already and repainted) I replied with a screenshot of our lease stating that we have to remove personal property first and clean before inspection can be completed and that we deny entry.

Now he's asking what exact date we leave, which doesn't matter because our lease ends on Sept 30th and we will be paying rent until then, so entry rules and regulations still apply.

Now he's asking for PICTURES of the unit (that we are still living in) so he can talk to his contractors about the renovations they want to complete. Said no, you can get pictures at final walkthrough and inspection.

He then called me several times, to which I texted him and said, because of previous negative interactions, I will only communicate through text or email. The little typing bubble has been popping up on my phone for over 20 minutes now, so I know one of his inane ramblings is coming soon.

I've sued in small claims and won before and will do it again. No sweat off my back. Don't be afraid if you are renting to take advantage of the usually very lenient courts as much as possible. They almost always rule in favor of the little guy, and my last civil case awarded me 2x my deposit as punitive damages. It's not hard. They don't care about stepping on your rights, so you shouldn't care about stepping on theirs.

I am level 1 autistic and have been diagnosed since I was 14. My husband knew this and we still chose to have kids. I have low-to-medium support needs, and most of my struggles relate to social awareness, recognizing and processing emotions that are complex, and sensory issues in certain environments, and diverting from routine. Overall, I think I pass decently as a neurotypical on the surface level but once you get to know me, I'm a bit odd. I love myself and don't mind having a developmental disability.

We have a 7 month old who is developing pretty normally. He is crawling, trying to stand, babbling, and eating solids well. He's growing well and is a very healthy, happy baby who is a good sleeper and a very spunky, active little boy.

Every tiny thing he does my husband (and others knowing my diagnosis) ask "do you think that's a sign of autism?" or "did you do that as a kid?

I do not care if my son has autism, and I know my husband doesn't either, but lord it pisses me off. How should I know? I'm just one person with autism. I tell him over and over that we won't know until he's older, and if he's low support like me, he may not even be diagnosed until his teens like i was if he even is autistic.

I feel like we discussed this over and over before getting pregnant that genetically he has a higher chance. My father was likely autistic; I have a level 2 sibling and a level 1 sibling. My great grandma was, likely, from what I have read about her in my ancestry history and the few records available, and heard from family members, high support needs autistic. She was once listed on some sort of census as an "idiot" and "simple."

so, we knew it was a possibility but not everytime he asks, i can't help but feel frustrated like he's focusing too much on his development instead of enjoying our son regardless of if he is or isn't delayed.

No - I don’t believe you, a woman, who has feelings and periods, actually enjoys works such as Thing-Fish.

I definitely don’t believe women are a monolith, but every woman I know is too preoccupied with hot chip, charge phone, being bisexual, and have fake made up diseases (like IBS or that Elenor Daniel crap that makes them flexible) to actually sit down and analyze his works of complete ART. And everytime I see women talking about it in Zappa verse spaces I find myself getting absolutely enraged because there is just NO WAY she could understand. Like, maybe she heard some hot rats and was like “oh this is so niche I’ll find some merch on depop” that I could believe.

But no I don’t believe she actually understands the pure BRILLIANCE behind this man!!!!!!

They have to be faking it. Every time I see a woman (which is pretty often because I have Tinder Premium) and I reflect on the “Zappa” women I’ve talked to I realize just how fake it all is.

Will I ever find a woman who isn’t actually a vapid bitch and will sit and truly enjoy and have intellectual discourse about this amazing man with me?!??

This sucks. Dating in this century sucks.

6 month old baby boy who weighs 15lbs 14 oz and is 30 1/4 inches long. He’s literally off the charts in height but he’s skinny. He is rear facing (obviously)

Because of his height, I either have to position the headrest up so his shoulders fit more comfortably, but this means the harness straps are positioned ABOVE his shoulders which is unsafe, so then I lower the headrest which causes his shoulders to kind of hunch forward a bit?

However this means no matter how tight the straps are and even with the chest clip at armpit level, his head slumps forward chin to chest when he’s asleep. Which scares me because how can that be safe?

The straps pass the pinch test, I have removed ALL infant padding, chest clip is armpit level, and the recline is 100% green. Install has less than 1 inch of movement at the belt path and is using lower anchors + the over the seat anchor.

I asked my other mom friend and she sent me a Etsy link to an elastic strap meant to keep their head in place but upon reading this is 100% unsafe and can cause injury in a crash.

24F and my husband is 27M, been together for 8 years now and have a 6 month old. I come from a very poverty and crime ridden family. All of my older siblings are in prison. My youngest siblings live in a different state, my dad died when I was 28 weeks pregnant and I’ve been no contact with my mom since I was 14. My MIL died 3 years ago and FIL lives across the country. In short - we have no one. Which I’m fine with.

We are closing on a house in a month. Beautiful home. I’m the first one in my family to buy a house besides my dad, and I’m doing it pretty young at 24. It’s exciting, but I’m also grieving. I really have no one to share this success with. I’m really happy obviously, we are moving into a beautiful home that we own, financially we do really well. Our son is healthy and so handsome and smart. He’s crawling now.

So many milestones reached but no one to really tell it to. Sometimes I wish I could bring myself to believe in a heaven and that my dad is looking down at me proud of me, but I don’t.

Oh well. Congrats to me and my little family. Thank you for letting me vent.

Hello, me and my husband recieved an inheritance check and they are ready to be sent out. We asked if we could take it by wire transfer instead because mailing a check that size sketches us out but if they say no, what typically would be the timeframe for it to clear? We cashed a 12.5k check a few weeks ago and it took 10 business days. I believe this will be issued as a cashiers check if wire is declined.

The only reason we ask is because we are using a portion of the money as down payment on a property and we need to put it down by July 15th to close by September 15th. We should have the check in hand in about a week.

The first turn of the map with a GR3 car with a custom livery crashes my game every single time. It’s just the Sprint map that does it.

Has anyone come across this before??

Edit to clear some common questions and concerns up.

1 - I have a GI who is aware that I have to do this to poop.

2 - I’ve had several colonoscopies and an endoscopy

3 - fiber does nothing. I’ve been vegetarian and vegan for years at a time. Drink over a gallon of water a day + coffee and a soda at night. I’ve tried all kinds of fad diets for my GI issues, from carnivore to vegan to high fiber to basically just the BRAT diet, to elimination diets to allergy and celiac sensitive diets. None have done anything.

4 - stool softeners and laxitives, even prescription strength stuff, has never worked. It will cause cramps, but never produce a bowel movement. I rely heavily on fleet enemas due to this. The longest I went without shitting was 3 weeks while hospitalized and I had to have an enema there too. In fact, several, to clean me out.

5 - I have had constipation issues since I was a toddler. In fact I had difficultly potty training due to it, because I literally couldn’t poop without sitting and pushing for hours

A year ago I installed a handheld bidet in our bathroom. My entire life I have had bad constipation, but specifically during pregnancy and heavily relied on fleet enemas to help me go.

I installed the shataff and quickly realized I can use it as an enema if I relax my asshole and allow the jet stream of water to empty my lower intestines. This truly works great, I was pooping everyday, I always felt clean, I stopped grunting and pushing for hours.

This is true, still. What I did not know is that doing this everyday would result in my body becoming reliant on this method, and not know how to take a shit without it.

Jump to my vacation. I'm eating my favorite foods, not a care in the world, day 1 and day 2 go by and I haven't pooped. Thats fine, maybe tomorrow. Day 3 comes around and I'm feeling bloated and my stomach hurts. Fine, I'll just take it easy at dinner. and then day 4 comes.

Day 4 I was woken up by the familiar grumblings of "oh god I have to shit right now" and I ran to the bathroom. I prepared my phone with a good video, took my vape, handed the baby off to my husband and waited. And waited. And waited. I pushed and pushed and nothing, I mean nothing was coming out. I was in there a while and decided "okay, maybe later"

I pulled up my pants and went about my day.

Day 5 came. Poop did not. At this point my stomach was hurting so fucking bad. I must have tried 20 times to poop. It never arrived.

Finally, we jump to day 7, after 7 full days of not shitting, and a 9 hour road trip I make it upstairs to my beloved amazon bidet. I relax my asshole, position the shattaf, and spray.

What resulted was a baseball size turd flying out of my asshole at mach speed. I mean, I have seen missiles go slower. 0 warm up, 0 hesitation, just a huge, hard turd propelled by a torrential downpour of cold water shooting up my ass. Immediately I knew I fucked up. What followed was 45 minutes of golf ball sized turds slowly making their way out. I would spray and 2-3 would shoot out. My asshole hurt so bad from the first volley that each new shit nugget making its way out would wreck me more and more. My stomach grumbled as each spray dislodged more and more impacted shit from my innards.

And then came the diarrhea. I assume this is what liquified inside of me, almost fermenting, during Hell Week. Hot, frothy, terrible nd stinging as it shot out after finally the water had dislodged as much as it could. It took 3-4 flushes to fully clear the bowl.

What do I do now? I have no idea. Do I continue the cycle? Do I go through this until my stomach normalizes? I have truly not a clue. What I do know is that I weigh 12 lbs less than I did this morning.

TLDR: Used bidet as an enema, couldn't shit on vacation, came home and used my bidet, lost 12 lbs of pure shit weight in what I can describe as only the Devil's Marathon of shitting.

Hello - I stopped pumping a week ago because I was already an undersupplier and it was contributing to PPD. He was already combofed, about 25% formula 75% BM. He’s now 100% formula fed on the same formula he was on before, which is Similac sensitive and Parents choice sensitive advantage.

My baby is 5 months and we are also introducing purées with the guidance of his pediatrician.

However I think the switch caused some constipation and tonight he was really having a tough time pooping. I fed him some prune puree (about one oz) with about 1/2 oz of water mixed in. He pooped an hour later but it was SO HARD, like a grown man poop, when I went to wipe him, there was a little blood on the OUTSIDE of his rectum. The poop was a normal brown color. I wiped it off and immediately put some Vaseline on a q tip to apply it to the rectum (but not inside) and he quickly started acting like his normal self. No more blood came out nor did the actual poop have blood in it.

Yes, I have a pediatrician and I am going to take him on Monday and I did take a photo to show them (no I will not post it here I promise)

But I’m curious if ANYONE else experienced this due to switching to formula? I cannot relactate. I will legit go insane.