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I had someone print this for me as I don't have my own printer/don't know much about it. I think the material used is a lightweight one and is not durable in high heat/outdoor use. I don't know how to remove the support without breaking it. It is pretty rough and stuck to the structure. Update: thanks for all the comments, i spent about 30 mins with a plier and removed the supports, some vertical parts broke but it is possible to glue everything together. This specific object is not all that important for my project so of if time allows i could redo it. I posted more context in the comments with a pic of the resulted structure. I think I'm gonna get a 3d printer eventually so i would appreciate tips on good ones with fair prices, and what types of ink there is/what kinds of printing methods there is. submitted by /u/ketchup_bottle002 to r/3Dprinting [link] [comments]

wanted to share a recent outdoor coffee table project I just wrapped up. It is made from travertine (sandblasted), and I used mitered edges to achieve that solid block aesthetic. Since this table is going to stay outside, I chose to apply a epoxy filler (almond) and a epoxy coating wash to seal the deeper pores, protect the stone against weathering and stains, and make it practical for everyday use. The coating also did a fantastic job of bringing out the deep beige and cream character of the stone. I am happy to answer any questions about the process or the finish! submitted by /u/Different-Scratch-95 to r/stonemasonry [link] [comments]

As per the media reports, the initiative has been rolled out at major traffic junctions and high-congestion areas, including the Three Murti roundabout, where personnel often spend hours managing traffic under direct sunlight. Under the pilot programme, officers have been equipped with solar-assisted cooling helmets, portable handheld and table fans, shaded booths and emergency hydration support to reduce the risk of heat stress and heatstroke. The specially designed helmets use a built-in battery-powered cooling mechanism aimed at regulating head temperature, one of the body’s most vulnerable areas during extreme heat exposure. submitted by /u/wryes to r/StartupFuture [link] [comments]

Hey, so my wife asked for an outdoor bench so she can watch the kids playing at the back of the garden. Started from scratch, made a few mistakes but I am happy in the end since it’s the first time doing this. Any feedback? And should I stain it? Seating and back is afromosia. Frame is Sapele. submitted by /u/Erazxrs to r/BeginnerWoodWorking [link] [comments]

I am NOT OOP. OOP is u/TheEmperorofJenks. Previous BoRU by garethp [Final New Update]: TIFU by importing bees to Uruguay + 4-Year Update NEW UPDATE MARKED WITH ---- Editor's note: please note this is a large BoRU, recapping prior posts to refresh our minds before the latest update, removed some relevant comments for space in this latest BoRU Thanks to u/czechtheboxes, u/Jenn_There_Done_That, & u/Direct-Caterpillar77 for letting us know about the new update! Trigger Warnings: ableism RECAP Where to buy gourds?: July 17, 2020 I'm looking to buy ornamental gourds in bulk for a project. I need probably 1500 or so. Does anyone know of a local farm that grows them? Thanks! Commenter: Why, pray tell, do you require such a gourd hoard? I already regret asking. OOP: Due to local fluctuations in the tropopause, the jet stream has been shifting rapidly in a counterclockwise vector, causing a rapid disincorporation of the Hadley vortex cells in the lower ionosphere. Because of this, the geostrophic solar wind balance has deteriorated rapidly in the northern hemisphere. In essence, autumnal weather patterns in the western United States will lead to the biggest ornamental gourd yield in recorded history. Investing in gourd agricultural futures could likely produce up to $1600 per day in passive income. However, investing at the apex of the curve would be the most conducive to profit as the arbitrage (particularly 12b-1 fees) will develop at a market share higher than the back-end load. Basically, no one will be able to buy the stock at a higher price than you, and all value invested will be retained. A preliminary market penetration investment of $50,000 would be most efficient in generating this revenue.   I am financially ruined (agricultural futures): Jan. 18, 2021 (six months later) I have lost everything, and I'm not sure how to continue. This summer I invested $17,500 (six months’ salary and my entire life savings) into ornamental gourd futures, hoping to capitalize on this lucrative emerging industry. After watching a video about Vincent Kosuga and his monopoly on onions, I decided I'd try to do something similar with another vegetable. I did some research and found out many agricultural forecasters expected this year's gourd yield would be far smaller than the past, due to deteriorating soil conditions in central Mexico and a warmer-than-average spring. At first, demand soared around Halloween and prices skyrocketed, but the gourd bubble burst on November 12th. Unfortunately, the coronavirus caused a massive drop-off in demand due to fewer families decorating their tables for thanksgiving, and prices plummeted. I had invested early enough that I thought I would still be fine, but then on the morning of December 2nd, a new email in my inbox caused my stomach to turn into a pretzel. The massive gourd shipment from Argentina, scheduled for early March, had arrived. I was planning on selling off my futures right before this, in February, but this ruined everything. To top it off, the gourds in this shipment were absolutely gargantuan, some topping 4 pounds each, causing the price-per-pound to drop like an anchor into the range of 6 cents per pound. I am ruined.   Market potential for gourd instruments in Great Plains region?: Jan. 19, 2021 (next day) Hey all, I've made a massive investment blunder and am faced with either selling off my futures for a loss of $10,500, or taking delivery of roughly 115,000 lbs. of ornamental gourds. Both prospects seem pretty dismal, but I figure with some entrepreneurial prowess I could make my money back. I saw on a PBS documentary three years ago that some cultures use gourd instruments pretty regularly, and I imagine it's a pretty large industry in places like Brazil. Does anyone know if the market is large enough in the US (particularly in the southern great plains region) for this to be a viable strategy? If so, how hard is it to make a flute out of a gourd? Thanks!   I've found out how to make gourds edible: Feb. 5, 2021 (nearly three weeks later) Over the last few weeks I've been experimenting with gourds almost nonstop looking to find a way to turn them around for a profit. I've come up empty. But out of hunger and sheer boredom, I did find a way to make a moderately edible dish out of your standard, thanksgiving table, ornamental gourds. Here's the recipe: - Cut all the knobs and warts off the gourd with a knife. Then use a potato peeler to take the skin off. This is really difficult and doesn't need to be perfect, but the less skin the better. - Fill a large pot with 8 cups water, one cup apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup salt, and a bay leaf. Stir. Bring this to a rolling boil and add up to four gourds. Put a lid on the pot and boil on high for three hours. - Remove the gourds and place on a baking sheet. Cut them in half and sprinkle them with generous amounts of salt and paprika. - Broil on the top rack for 30 minutes, flipping half way through. - Remove and cut into cubes. Serve over rice.   Editor's note: the next several posts are a bit out of chronological order from the previous post, but this is to help understand a separate incident OOP has created Rhodium is skyrocketing!! Invest now for Ultimate Profit!!: Feb. 1, 2021 an image of a graph showing the cost increasing suddenly for Rhodium. Commenter 1: You know that old expression, "Buy low, sell high?" Investing at the top is how you lose money, not make it. OOP: Wrong. It will only go up. I expect it will reach 40k by mid-April. Commenter 2: That may be, but Rhodium is a fickle bitch. People following metals for a while know that Rhodium makes these moon shots every once in a while and crashes just as quickly .There was a run up at this time last year, and it crashed in March. I see it testing $10,000 again before it goes to $40k.   Where to buy custom water beds?: Feb. 2, 2021 (next day) I'm expecting huge profits on an investment I just made, so I think I'll stay in Tulsa after all. I need a new bed, and am thinking I'll be able to afford something nice after I strike it rich. I've always been intrigued by the concept of water beds, and was wondering if there's a store in Tulsa that will make you one of custom dimensions (i.e. 10 x 10 feet).   My rhodium just arrived!: Feb. 4, 2021 (two days later) an image of a piece of Rhodium in the shape of a small cube OOP purchased, along with a certificate of Authenticity Commenter 1: When did you buy in? And how much OOP: I bought it a week ago for about $4000. Paid on credit so I'm planning on selling it in a few weeks. Commenter 2: Selling in few weeks?!? What a retard. Have you even looked at the bid-ask spread? You've clearly never done this before. Well, live and learn Commenter 3: Not to burst your bubble but rhodium is not reactive and does not rust or tarnish. That material is clearly quite oxidized so either it is full of impurities, or you were sold some random chunk of scrap metal.   Any stores specializing in rare metals?: Feb. 6, 2021 (two days later) Hey Tulsa, I just bought some rhodium off the internet and am starting to get concerned it isn't legit. Does anyone know of a shop nearby that deals with rare and expensive metals? Thanks.   Is this rhodium?: Feb. 8, 2021 (two days later) an image of the Rhodium close up Commenter 1: Looks like pyrite. It would help if you took it out of the bag though. OOP: I spent over $4000 on this. Not going to take it out of the bag. What makes you think it isn't rhodium? Commenter 1: Rhodium is chemically inert and corrosion resistant. Taking it out of the bag is not going to hurt it. Rhodium does not form an oxide in the presence of air, so your rhodium should be a shiny, silvery-white color. The fact that this metal is dull and looks a bit tarnished is really not a good sign. I'm sure it's a man-made metal ingot and not pyrite if you bought it from an online seller as rhodium, but it sure doesn't look like pure rhodium to me. I would start by getting an accurate measure of its density (it should be 12.4 grams per cc). If you're going to spend that much money on metal though you should probably look into a professional identification service. Visual IDs from reddit aren't going to cut it. https://www.sigma-verifiers.com/en/how-to-verify-gold Call around to local jewelry stores or pawn shops. See if they can help you out with testing. Commenter 2: Where did you buy it from? OOP: I found it here. I'm trying to return it, but the listing is gone and customer service won't get back to me. We're currently having a huge winter storm in Tulsa so I can't have a professional jeweler look at it for a few weeks. Commenter 2: That is the Slovakian version of Wish. Jewelers aren’t going to be able to tell you anything about it. They’re gemologists by in large, and this isn’t a gem. You either need a university based geologist. And go into it already accepting that it is completely fake. This is how precious metals normally look when you buy them. They’re pressed and marked. This looks like you got a worthless chunk of nothingness. I’m going to be completely honest. This is either the greatest troll ever, or you might be too autistic to manage your own money for a while. And I don’t mean that insultingly. You’ve dug yourself very deep in the last couple of weeks and maybe you need to give the hustle a rest   It wasn't rhodium: Feb. 16, 2021 (eight days later) I'm gonna keep this short cause I'm kind of in a mood right now. I took the metal cube to a local NDT shop my buddy works at. Turns out it's pyrite, which is essentially worthless. Moral of the story? Just invest in Tesla or Amazon. This BS is ridiculous and I've had it. Editor’s note: this is the end of the rhodium incident   I have just received Uruguayan citizenship and I have some questions: Jan. 27, 2021 Hello Uruguay! My mother (wife to a Uruguayan man) has claimed her citizenship, and because of that I now have it. I have lived in Oklahoma all my life, but I speak Spanish quite well and know some of the Uruguayan culture through my stepfather. Right now I am in a not very nice situation with my finances, and I want a fresh start, so I plan to move to Uruguay in March. I have never visited your country, and I am a little worried about the transition. - How is Melo? I have acquaintances in that city, so I'm thinking of living there at first. - I don't have many strengths, but I have worked for a year in a supermarket. What industry has the most opportunities for foreigners? He preferred to work in the fields, or at least outdoors. - I have a private pilot's license (from the USA). Do you know if it is easy to transition it to a Uruguayan license? I want to fly to the Andes one day. Thank you!   How is the legality of informal beekeeping?: March 4, 2021 I'm from the US and you can keep bees here without many rules. My cousin has some beehives in his garden, and they produce a good amount of natural honey. I am moving to Uruguay soon, and I want to become something of an amateur beekeeper. What I want to know is if there are any regulations or whatever regarding beekeeping. Thank you!   Goodbye Oklahoma (and good riddance): Mar. 12, 2021 La Paloma: March 20, 2021 Transporting 200,000 bees across Uruguay is the experience of a lifetime. Mar. 29, 2021 Series of image posts showing him flying out of Oklahoma, landing at La Paloma airport and driving (presumably with 200,000 bees behind him)   Demand for mead (the alcoholic drink) in the US?: April 6, 2021 Hey America! I'm a former resident of Oklahoma, and currently one of the largest beekeepers in Uruguay by hive volume. I'm looking for ways to market honey products abroad as there is very little demand here in South America. Mead is obscenely easy to make and very lucrative profit-wise. Would anyone be interested in switching over to mead from beer if it were substantially cheaper (labor and packaging costs are essentially negligible down here). Thanks!   About to up-size my apiary. What's the best layout for my hives?: April 18, 2021 My humble apiary near Melo, Uruguay: April 30, 2021 An image post showing his bee hives before and after spreading them out and organizing them.   Editor’s note: below is the original title post TIFU by importing bees to Uruguay: May 27, 2021 This has all been happening over the last few weeks, but I’ve just gotten back to the states and had the time to take it all in. First, some context. I’m a grocery store employee from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Over the covid pandemic I was burnt out and acting impulsively. I made some risky investments which destroyed me financially. Sick of my mundane life in the great plains and with economic mobility out of reach in America, I decided to move to Uruguay where I had citizenship through my stepfather. I figured the small amount of savings I had managed to keep would go further in South America, and I’d be able to start a modest business. I had recently read a book about beekeeping, and had this romantic image in my head of a life out in the country, tending to my hives and selling honey at the local farmer’s market. The problem: I had no money or technical knowhow. I found a solution I believed could solve both of these. I entered an informal agreement with an ecology professor in Montevideo, which I believed was binding. This was my downfall. In exchange for letting his grad students conduct research on my cousin’s farm in Cerro Largo, he would pay for me to import Apis Cerana honeybees from Myanmar, and show me how to set up an apiary. These bees had never before been farmed in the region, and he believed it could make an interesting research paper. The bees arrived quickly and we soon had a respectable apiary established. Bees usually don’t start producing honey for at least a year, so I was mostly spending my time helping my cousin with his other farm projects, and trying to find a part time job in Melo. Things seemed to be going well until the professor and his team stopped showing up. I tried contacting him, but he wouldn’t return my calls either. A few days later, two MGAP agents showed up and informed me that I was under investigation for the illegal importation of an invasive species to Uruguay. I explained my situation with the university, but I think it was the professor who had turned me in. Of course, the word of a respected ecologist was taken over that of an American Jew who had arrived in the country two months prior. Turns out, the bees had shown up at a few other farms in the area. Authorities were concerned they could destroy the local colonies, which have already been on the decline recently due to climate change. I was in over my head, so I ran. I arrived at the airport paranoid out of my mind. Even though I was mostly likely in for nothing more than a hefty fine, I felt like Frank Abignale. I boarded a flight to Los Angeles and landed in the US with $14 in my bank account. My friend was able to Venmo me a hundred dollars, which unfortunately wasn’t enough to get to Tulsa. I found a flight to Seattle for $75 and took it without thinking. I am now writing this from the train out of the airport. God help me. TL;DR I imported an invasive species of honeybee to Uruguay and got in trouble with the authorities after a university professor ghosted me. Commenter: Hi, I am a Uruguayan scientific researcher, and I have been working with bees for the last twenty years. Can we please get in touch? I need to talk to you. If the story is true it can cause an ecological disaster in our country. We can prevent this, but we need to find those colonies. OOP: you will go to Bondi to cerro largo under the tallest palm tree within a 40km radius of Melo you will find a telephone. When you have it, call me. (This was translated)   I am hereby claiming Seattle for the State of Oklahoma: May 28, 2021 The Emperor is back!: June 23, 2021 Images of OOP arriving in his new home in Seattle and then promptly finding himself back in Tulsa.   Using an ant farm to generate encryption keys?: Aug. 1, 2021 I was recently sent a post about a guy talking about using an ant farm to generate random numbers for encryption keys, which he could supposedly sell to companies for a profit. I know there was that company that did a similar thing with lava lamps. Is this viable? If so, what kinds of algorithms would I need to use? How much do companies pay for random numbers like this?   Transporting ants across the country? (+gourds): Aug. 18, 2021 I'm currently negotiating the purchase of a 120-gallon ant farm from an amateur scientist in the Pacific Northwest. I live in NE Oklahoma and have no car / money. I was wondering if USPS or FedEx transports ants considering the sizeable risk of infestation? Also can they survive a long journey like that with no food? On that topic - can ants eat gourds? I'm currently growing some and thought it could be a low-cost source of nutrition.   Need ride to Seattle: Sept. 16, 2021 Would anyone be able to give me a ride to Seattle next week? I need to pick something up there and have no car. I'd be willing to pay for half the gas and am also a formidable DJ (hope you like Argentinian Rock). PM me if this sounds like a fair deal. Thanks! Edit: found someone. Commenter 1: To Seattle Washington? Are you fucking high? Get a plane ticket. OOP: I can't bring a massive ant farm back on a plane nimrod. Commenter 2: If it contains a queen you technically can't bring it back at all. Ants are considered invasive species and queens aren't supposed to cross state lines. Not to mention that offering to only pay for half the gas on a 30 hour car ride with a complete stranger is laughable. OOP: I know that's "technically" the case, which is why I can't bring it on a plane. Commenter 2: So you're just straight up hoping somebody will help you break import laws without even telling them. That's shitty AF. NVM just noticed who you were. GTFO out of here troll.   Pawnshop? (Sonic side): Sept. 29, 2021 I am in Nogales, Sonora and need to locate a pawn shop immediately. It would also be very useful if someone knows where passports are sold (ideally Canadian or German) because mine was stolen. Thank you.   Spent my last day in Mexico City gourd spotting. Some beautiful varieties, but couldn't bring myself to buy any.: Mar. 24, 2022 Three images of Gourds in shops in Mexico City Commenter: Gourd man is alive. We we’re all worried about you. What’s the next adventure? OOP: Haha, yes I'm alive. Recently came down from a 6-month bender in Mexico City. Just got back to Oklahoma and looking for something new. Probably gonna go back to working at the grocery store in the meantime tho.   Any Turkish Okies know where to get salep?: April 1, 2022 I'm trying to learn how to make dondurma so I can practice ice cream juggling, but I can't find anywhere nearby to get salep or mastic.   How to become ice cream juggler?:** April 21, 2022** Merhaba! I am an entrepreneur from Oklahoma looking to open a Turkish ice cream shop in my hometown of Tulsa. I really think there's substantial demand for it in the United States, but practically zero supply (at least in the Great Plains region). I've been working on making my own recipe for Dondurma using American ingredients, but when it comes to doing the juggling trick, I'm completely incompetent. I am planning on coming to Turkey in a couple months to hopefully learn this art form. Is it possible to become an apprentice of an ice cream vendor? How should I go about learning? Thanks!   Thoughts on Turkish Ice Cream (Dondurma): April 27, 2022 Hey guys, I'm thinking about opening up a Turkish ice cream shop and was wondering what y'all think. Thanks! Commenter 1: I would start with a cart (if possible). I don’t know what makes Turkish ice cream special, and what issues a cart or truck based platform would cause. However overhead on a cart/truck is significantly less than brick and mortar. You can start small, if you make a big enough splash with your marketing and product I can see it being very successful. Aka stable income from loyal customers and hype would bring the income needed to be successful. But what do I know, I’m just some jerk on the internet. Good luck! Commenter 2: I’d go if there were vegan options. Commenter 3: I'd never had it, I've only seen the videos of guys teasing kids taking it away from them on the street. I'd try it though! Commenter 4: I love mastic so I'm down, but it is an acquired taste. How strong does that come through?   Best dondurma in Aegean region?: May 26, 2022 Merhaba! I am coming to Turkey in a few weeks to hopefully learn to make and juggle dondurma. I am planning on mostly traveling around the Aegean region due to its geographical resemblance to my homeland of Oklahoma, and was wondering if any town around there is particularly known for its ice cream? Also, is it really true that anything goes in Izmir?   Crossing the Bosphorus in İstanbul in search of ice cream: June 15, 2022 Finding some interesting flavors for the shop I'm opening (in Mudanya, Turkey): June 17, 2022 Two image posts of him trying ice creams in Turkey   Dream came true today! Started training as a dondurma salesman in Nevşehir, Turkey!: June 26, 2022 An image of OOP working as an apprentice at an ice cream place in Turkey, with face blacked out   Does anyone have experience with the startup visa?: Sept. 1, 2022 Goedendag, I'm an entrepreneur from Oklahoma who recently spent over a month in Turkey learning to make and juggle dondurma (Turkish ice cream). I had originally planned to open a brick-and-mortar dondurma parlor in my hometown of Tulsa, but have been held back by the upfront costs. I've been unable to secure a bank loan to start my business, and so have had to reassess my plans. Instead of a shop, I'm thinking about serving my ice cream out of a cargo bicycle like this. Unfortunately, apart from a few expensive cities like NYC or Seattle, the US is extremely unsuitable for this business model due to a century of car-centered urban planning. I've heard that "bakfiets" businesses are not only viable but common in the Netherlands and so believe your country is my best option to pursue my goals. I am also increasingly disillusioned with Oklahoman / American politics and would like to leave before the 2024 election if possible. Does anyone have experience with the startup visa for entrepreneurs? I think my business idea would count as innovative, but I've heard Dutch people are particularly close-minded about foreigners. Also, if I'm being honest, I'd mostly like to move to the Netherlands to go back to university and get a proper career in tech. Would I have to keep my business operating in order to remain in the country? I plan on visiting / unofficially moving to the country in a few weeks so would appreciate any advice you all have on applying for this visa. Bedankt! Commenter: I don't know anything about the startup visa, but your plan is really out of touch with reality. It sounds like you've done shockingly little research on any of this. Moving to The Netherlands is nothing like moving to another state. You are not a member of some privileged class as an American. You do not have the right to live or work in The Netherlands. Getting any kind of residence permit takes months to years of preparation and thousands of euros (at a minimum). Just skimming the requirements for the startup visa suggests it will be difficult and expensive. Your idea will probably not qualify as innovative. It does not sound like you have enough savings to live in The Netherlands for a year. It seems unlikely that you will be able to find a facilitator willing to fund your stay. There is basically a 0% chance that you can "unofficially" move to The Netherlands when you visit. That is not the way immigrating works. If you try to illegally stay you can say goodbye to any chance of getting legal status or a visa in the future. The Netherlands is in the middle of a country-wide and absolutely crippling housing crisis. You will not find someone willing to rent to a foreigner with no income and no realistic plan or prospects of getting a residence permit. I do not mean that it will be difficult – I am trying to tell you that it is hopeless. Expats making six figures struggle to even get apartment viewings. The Dutch are not "particularly close-minded" about foreigners. It sounds like you don't even know anything about the country you're "unofficially moving to" in a few weeks. Going to a Dutch university is your realistic avenue into the country, but it will cost you roughly 10x more as a non-EU national. Again, this takes years of planning. You cannot just show up. OOP: "The Dutch are not "particularly close-minded" about foreigners." Tragically, you have disproven this statement with the very premise of your snarky comment. Also with regards to the "unofficial immigration problem," could you explain to me why the following plan won't work: I have dual US-Uruguayan citizenship and carry two passports. I could simply enter the Netherlands with one, stay for three months, then take a day trip to London and reenter with my other passport. It seems like I could continue this way in perpetuity, however I of course intend to become a naturalized Dutch citizen once my visa is approved, which I assure you it shall.   Is Zeeland suitable for a Turkish ice cream business?: Sept. 11, 2022 Hi, I'm an entrepreneur from Oklahoma who's moving to the Netherlands in about a week. I'm hoping to start a 'bakfiets' -based Turkish ice cream (dondurma) business. Over the past few days I've been researching the best city in the Netherlands in which to base my operations, and would really love some advice from you guys. In the United States, ice cream stands are commonly associated with beach towns, and I imagine it's similar in the Netherlands. However, I have come to realize my product is both niche and seasonal in its nature. Because of this, I believe staying in a single city would be unsuitable. Instead, I am planning to travel between 4 or 5 cities during the week on a fixed schedule. Not only would this let me build a larger customer base, but also generate hype my product and efficiently generate capital. Perhaps each town would have a weekly 'Dondurma Day' celebrating my arrival. Looking at the map, it seems like the Zeeland province has the best geography for this business model. While it doesn't have any large cities, it appears to have a high density of small beach towns I would be able to easily cycle between. Furthermore, its rural character would make it easier to camp overnight as I am unlikely to have a permanent home at first due to lack of citizenship and the current housing crisis. Can anyone who's been to Zeeland corroborate the soundness of this plan? Are there any cities in particular you would recommend? Thank you! Commenter: You know that NL has long cold winters, which start in a few weeks, and Zeeland is basically empty during wintertime. Camping outside campgrounds is illegal and in winter very cold. Sound like a bad idea all around especially when just starting next week. With Turkish ice cream you would probably have a higher audience during winter when selling in places with a high Turkish population, maybe beverwijk bazaar? Your plan sounds better for Spain or just turkey when trying to start during wintertime. OOP: Do you really think the camping laws will be enforced considering the current housing crisis?   Need someone to assume monthly payments on large waterbed: Sept. 13, 2022 Hey guys, I recently bought a large waterbed mattress (80" x 85") on a monthly payment plan. However, due to unexpected circumstances, I am now leaving the US for the foreseeable future. I decided to give the mattress to my mother in Sand Springs, and she has grown quite fond of it. Unfortunately, I am unable keep up the monthly payments ($174 / mo.), which last until July 2024. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to pay 85% of this in exchange for getting the bed at the end of the contract. I expect that by then I should be able to buy my mother a replacement in cash. The mattress is of excellent quality and extremely comfortable. Thanks! Commenter: You want someone to pay 85% of the cost of a new mattress in exchange for your promise to give it to them in a couple years after the new has worn off? Really? OOP: 85% is a fairly conservative estimate for the value after 2 years. Waterbeds suffer from very little depreciation due to their novelty. Commenter 2: Are you aware how abusive this is? Like do you actually think this is okay? OOP: Abusive? What are you talking about? I'm not coercing anyone into a predatory loan, simply offering an unorthodox deal on a spectacular mattress.   Does NS check if you're really 18?: Sept 21, 2022 Hello, I need to take a train tomorrow from Vlissingen to Rotterdam to hopefully purchase a bakfiets. Unfortunately I cannot afford the ~50 euro round trip cost and was hoping to get the

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I finally got my project wrapped up. It took 5 months and a ton of different subs. Some were good, some were bad, but I got it all worked out in the end. Structure is 20x25 and openings are 9’ high at the bottom of each beam. The grill is a 44” napoleon 700 series and the griddle is a 2 burner Le Griddle. All the doors and drawers are bull. Shades are Sun Pro shades but rebranded for my local deal. Good for 105mph winds which will get me through most storms here in Texas, except a tornado. lol I’m going to have some concrete work done to redo the sidewalk and add a seating area outside the structure which will also provide space for bar stools at the bar. I’m also having all my decking resurfaced, including the cement inside this kitchen area. Overall I love how it turned out. It’s really beautiful and feels grand when you walk into it. Can’t wait to start grilling for friends and family this summer! submitted by /u/KennyAhn to r/OutdoorKitchens [link] [comments]

I manually filled out this table with what I spend my time with between 2024. Nov. 10. and 2025. Dec. 31. I saw others do it on here on Reddit and wanted to give it a go myself. One of the reasons I did it was because this was my last year of being a university student, from this year onward I will join the working adult population. Until now, my lifestyle could be described as 'terminally online', I'm the typical cellar dwelling discord moderator type. I wanted to erect this spreadsheet as a memorial and perhaps a period-document to this lifestyle that I now have to part ways with. I am only posting it now, a month after the project has ended, because I was busy in January with my final exam. The diagrams on the third panel only include data from days in 2025. I gladly answer any question in the comments but I'm adding a FAQ here based on a previous post: How much time did it take to make this? - It took around 3-4 hours to set up the spreadsheet with the functions and colours and stuff, I made minor edits later, which took probably an additional 2-3 hours. On a daily basis, entering the actual data took less than 2 minutes in total. To get it in tip-top shape for posting in the end, it took another 8 hours. Working on this project is classified under category Ga (personal projects). How often did I enter data? - When I was near my computer, I sometimes entered them every 30 minutes, but more often in small bunches. When I wasn't near my computer, which for me is quite rare, I just remembered everything I did until I could enter it again. Was this difficult to do? - Not really, the difficult part is constantly being aware of the time and what I am doing and remembering it for hours. The habit itself is easy to pick up but comes with a non-zero constant mental weight. Near the end of it, I grew quite tired of it and wished I could 'take a day off' here and there, so I'm glad it's finally over. I might do it again another year in the future. Am I autistic, neurodivergent, or otherwise mentally ill? - Maybe, possibly, not diagnosed though. I am actually doing fine now. Where do I live? - A village in rural Hungary. What did I learn from this, would I do something differently? - I expected the result to be bleaker, I'm actually not doing that bad. I will make changes going forward obviously, and this is largely because I have no choice to do otherwise. I will have a job now (hopefully) and it will govern most of my routine, I will have to do with as much free time as I have left, which I hope to spend with the things that bring me the most joy. Is a template for this available for people who want to try doing this too? - Yes, I've made a blank template that I'll send to anyone who asks for it in private messages. submitted by /u/tamarissz to r/dataisbeautiful [link] [comments]

I wanted to share a project I revisited during our snowmageddon downtime. This is a senior prom dress I designed and made using vintage silk from an old kimono, connecting with my heritage while giving the fabric a new life. The dress is an A-line ballgown with a strapless bodice—clean and structured on top, flowing through the skirt. I paid careful attention to pattern placement to keep motifs intact and maintain a sense of movement. The silk is lightweight and untreated, which influenced construction and finishing, especially around support and durability. I photographed it briefly outdoors in winter light to highlight the drape and contrast of the fabric. I’d love feedback from other designers—especially on working with delicate vintage silks and translating traditional textiles into modern formalwear. Thanks for looking! submitted by /u/Weirdo_and_Weirder to r/sewing [link] [comments]

I am still NOT the Original Poster. That is still ThrowawayFreeWedding. She posted in r/AITAH and r/Redditor_Updates Previous BORU here. New Update marked with *****. Thanks to u/Direct-Caterpillar77 for letting me know about the update! Do NOT comment on Original Posts. Latest update is 7 days old. Mood Spoiler: confusing but possibly heading in a positive direction... Original Post: September 29, 2025 I (24f) am a member of a friend group in which one member (we'll call her Coral, 23f) is getting married. She announced her engagement to her fiance (25m) a few weeks ago and we were all happy for her! Over the weekend, though, she shared more specific plans for the wedding, and that's where things have kinda gone off the rails. She said she's been seeing a lot of people on tiktok and insta showing how to plan "free" weddings--weddings where the couple spends zero dollars (aside from the marriage certificate fee I guess). At first I thought she meant a city hall wedding, which would be completely fine! But then she got I to the details and her expectations for the ceremony. She's going to try and find someone with a large outdoor space to use (not formally a wedding venue) who will donate their area in support of "love", she's going to have all of her guests bring a potluck (with very specific assignments), she will have a friend officiate, a friend do photography, a friend do save the dates and invites, her family do the flowers, etc. Including some harder-to-swing (imo) things like getting a large tent, decorations, wedding favors, speakers, band, etc. I'm not sure what her plan was for a dress. What's more is that Coral and her fiance really aren't poor, from what I can tell. She works as an accountant at a big company and her fiance does software(?) sales. Plus his parents are loaded. It sounds like they just want to do the free wedding thing for the sake of it. That would be okay, but she is just shifting all of the costs onto other people (some of whom are probably less well off). She told me that she wants me to make the cake, and then sent me some pictures "for inspiration". The cakes were ridiculously elaborate. We’re talking multi-tier, fondant flowers, gold leaf, and one even had a hand-painted watercolor design. I’m not a professional baker, I just like to bake cookies and brownies sometimes. I told her that those cakes would probably take me days to make, and they wouldn't come out anywhere near as good. She kind of laughed that off and said, "Oh, it’s not about it being perfect, it’s just about everyone pitching in. It’ll be fun!" I told her that, fun or not, what she was describing was basically her friends and family subsidizing her wedding (with time, money, and labor) and that it was kind of unfair to expect people to spend so much on her “free” wedding. Or else, she was expecting everyone to show up to a lackluster event and just pretend it was amazing. It's like a group project that none of us wanted to do because we already graduated and moved on from all that so we don't need the credit (she does graduate a year later the rest of us). I said that if she wants a free wedding, she should probably just elope or go to city hall, because this isn’t really free, it’s just free for her (I might have been a bit more forceful in my wording but I didn't swear or call her names or anything like that). She got super quiet and just looked at me for a minute or so and then left (with another one of our friends driving her home). Later that night, I got a text from that friend saying I had really hurt Coral's feelings, and that even if the plans were a bit unrealistic, I should have just let Coral come to that conclusion on her own. Coral then messaged me just saying "Sorry, don't worry about the cake" with no more context. I am feeling pretty bad now, especially since Coral was so happy and excited and she never really said anything mean to me. Perhaps I should have just gone along with the cake (since she said she wouldn't be mad if it turned out badly), but I am worried that her wedding would not have been what she wanted. And I was also frustrated about the cake request. EDIT: Honestly I feel a bit bad now--Coral really is a sweet person who is just a bit naive. I feel like a lot of people in the comments are tearing her up more than she deserves. She has always been the "baby" of the group and I just got frustrated and ranted on this case. I don't know what the fiance thinks about all of this. Some of OOP's Comments: arcticchains: Jesus. I only got thru the first paragraph. I would neither involve people in a wedding like that nor would I go. OOP: I am really curious if she would have told everyone in the extended family and friend groups showing up about the "free" aspect ahead of time. It definitely sounds like something she would take pride in but also I don't know how you bring that up. ParticularPath7791: NTA. Your friend is bring ridiculous and you are the only one with the balls to tell her. Be happy she decided to not force you to do the cake. OOP: In her defense, for the last few things she's been naive about, she has ended up coming to the right conclusion on her own in the end, so maybe I should have just let that happen. KronkLaSworda: (Top Comment) NTA She's in for a rude awakening the first time she asks for a free party tent from someone. Those are expensive AF to rent. OOP: And it rains here a lot..... meep_42: While it's more than a gift might cost, I was hoping all of the "free" wedding labor and supplies would be in lieu of gifts. That's probably not the case, though... OOP: In Coral's defense, she was clear that this support would be everyone's gifts to her, she said she wouldn't accept other gifts from us. meep_42: I think this is kind of a cute idea, but one you soft launch individually to friends to see if it's actually possible or at least take the temperature. OOP: I'm worried that's what she thought she was doing, and I reacted as if it was a hard demand. It did kind of feel like that's what it was though. Update Post: November 22, 2025 (almost 2 months later) Hi there. My last post sort of blew up lol. I really didn't think so many people would be that interested in my silly friend group drama. Short recap: my friend "Coral" announced she was going to have a "free wedding", with all of her friends playing roles to volunteer a nice venue, tent, food, photography, band, cake (my role), etc. It sounded okay at first but her expectations seemed unrealistically lavish, and I told her that (in stronger wording), and she got upset. After reading the comments, I honestly began to feel bad for Coral. She really is a kindhearted person, but a lot of people interpreted her as an insane entitled bridezilla. That's really not the case. I decided I was going to make the cake, and I sent her an apology text (to which I didn't get any reply; that was making me really anxious). I still didn't think that Coral's requests were that reasonable, and wasn't expecting the wedding to fully go to her plans, but that's not for me to worry about. Finally, I got a message from Coral's fiance (who we'll call "Basil"), asking to meet up. I said yes. My expectation going into this was that Basil would tell me how much I hurt Coral's feelings, and I was going to reiterate my apology and share some research/planning I had done on the cake. That's not how it went though. As it turns out, the whole "free wedding" thing was Basil's idea. That's not the impression I got before. Basil didn't at first explain why he wanted to do it, but when pressed it sounds like it's so he could spend the money that he and Coral had been saving up for their wedding on something else. A boat (a "Catalina 27", apparently). Very useful and practical thing to have when you are living in the city! Especially if your fiance gets seasick (we did one of those river cruise things a while back and she had a bad time; Basil says he'll help her get over that and sailboats are different). Anyway, after my whole outburst before, Coral has apparently been having second thoughts about the "free wedding" things. Basil asked me to talk to her, apologize, and tell her that it isn't a bad idea after all. He basically said I owe it to him to help clean up the "mess" I caused. I don't feel great about that though. I don't want to drive a wedge between Coral and Basil, but telling her I think it's a good idea after all feels like lying, and I guess actively advocating for a potential trainwreck is a further line for me than just agreeing to play my assigned voluntold-baker role. Moreover, this was my first real conversation with Basil, and I have to say I'm not totally convinced he's a great person. I don't know if he has exactly "manipulated" her into going along with this, but it kinda feels that way. So what do I do? It's been a little while now since I talked to Basil so I really do need to do something, be it what Basil asked, or further involving myself in drama by telling Coral I that I don't think the wedding (or the entire marriage?) is a good idea. Some of OOP's Comments: fuzzy_mic: How much have Cora and Basil contributed to "free weddings" of other couples? (Do they have any useable skills or assets?) OOP: Lol, they could promise to go all out for someone and would probably never have to follow through since it's not a think reasonable people do! LelqTian: Honestly, make the cake. Bring it to your friend like yesterday and tell she can have the wedding like this or any other way she wants it to be, but using the saved money for a boat is the second stupidest decision she's making. Right after marrying the selfish a*hole Basil. OOP: Right? I really don't have any issues making the cake anymore, but I don't know how to approach the rest of the situation with Basil. janus1981: Don’t make the cake. Don’t lie and say this nonsense is a good idea. You seem pretty sensible apart from on this issue. wtf is the matter with you? This is all unacceptable. You were 100% right the first time round. Stop backtracking. And let’s be clear - this shitty couple are foisting wedding expenses onto other people so they can BUY A BOAT. You’re an idiot for even needing to ask what you should do. OOP: (downvoted) I just don't want to tell Coral about all this and have her end up going through with the free wedding and marriage, which would almost certainly mean losing her as a friend. Mango_Design_0192: How about you just show Cora that you are there for her, no matter what she wants? Don’t follow Basil’s request. Just be there for Cora. Offer to meet up with her, and just ask about her: how is she? And listen to her. Be true to yourself, and be a good friend to her. That is all (easy to say!) you need to do. OOP: Thank you. This is honestly what I want to do, but given she didn't reply to my last text, I'm worried about if she'll even meet up with me if the first thing I say isn't directly taking back all my concerns from before. grejam: I assume she knows about the boat?? If yes, minimize your feedback. OOP: I think so? But I'm not certain. Honestly I'm surprised she would go along with the boat idea, but it seems even less likely that Basil would tell me about this if he was keeping it a secret from Coral. whoisaname: Makes me wonder if Basil is telling (forcing) her not to respond. Continuing to try to check in and being a friend to listen could be much much bigger than you think. OOP: I hope that's not it. I will try to reach out to her another way. New Update: ******Update Post 2: January 16, 2026 (almost 2 months later, 4 from OG post)****\* Hi again. Finally posting this update because a few people have asked what's going on with this whole situation. I finally was able to get in touch with Coral and talk to her one-on-one. The first thing I did was just ask her how she's doing. Apparently, not very well. She's now fully aware that the whole free wedding thing really was her fiance's idea. And he had mentioned the boat in passing as something he wanted to save up for, but hadn't at all framed it directly as the thing he really wanted to spend the wedding money on (as he did when he told me about it). Maybe he thought that would make me think he's cool or something? Or he thought having a specific goal in mind would make me more likely to support the idea? Anyway, it's not just the wedding planning that has made Coral upset. Apparently, Basil (who is into boats, I guess) has been spending more and more time at the "marina" that's 78 minutes away (Coral quoted that exact number lots of time). He doesn't even spend that much time out on the water--he just hangs out with everyone there and has been spending less and less time at home. He also keeps talking about "Grace" who, as had to be explained to me, is a boat rather than a woman (fortunately?). Coral said she's been invited to the club a few times, but has never really felt like she was "part of it". When she brought that up to Basil, he said he also feels that way, because they don't own their own boat. I don't think its the same at all. And even if Grace isn't a person, Coral is feeling jealous. Last night Coral brought up the wedding plans with Basil again and said she thinks she wants to wait and sort some stuff out first. Basil didn't get angry or anything and said he understands (good). But also asked if that meant they could spend some of their wedding savings, since they would have more time to save up again (bad). That broke Coral, which might be why she finally agreed to meet me. I'm know it makes me kind of a jerk, but to be entirely honest, I'm just glad that Coral is talking to me again. I told her to break up with Basil. She's thinking about it. But I'm scared she won't. I kinda want to offer to do it for her, but that would be silly. submitted by /u/LucyAriaRose to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

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I am NOT OP. Original post by u/TechnicalHousing97 AITAH for telling my wife that I will lose respect for her if she doesn't apologize? Originally posted in r/AITAH TRIGGER WARNING: Psychological child abuse Original Post: December 7th, 2025 My wife and I have three kids. Thursday my wife was helping our nine year old with her homework. She was supposed to fill in a chart with the times tables. That was a hectic day. Our four year old threw up, and I was trying to clean him up, and my wife was having trouble getting our nine year old to focus on what she was doing because she kept looking at me. Our nine year old hates math and is pretty bad at it, which annoys my wife who is usually fantastic at math. My wife asked our daughter was seven times seven was. Our daughter said she didn't know. My wife kept telling her to try to think of any answer. She kept saying she didn't know. My wife was getting frustrated. Our daughter finally guessed 37. My wife said "close, 47." Our thirteen year old then said "no mom, it's 49." My wife snapped at that point and told him to shut up and go upstairs. He went into the backyard instead. She took a deep breath and then went into our room. I finished with our four year old and then went outside. I tried to talk to him, but he didn't want to listen. He kept saying "but dad, seven times seven is 49." I told him his mom just got frustrated and didn't mean to yell at him. He kept insisting that seven times seven in 49 (which I am aware of), so I got nowhere. I went back inside to talk to my wife. She said she knew she shouldn't have yelled. She said she was frustrated because he was distracting her, and that's why she made the mistake. I pointed out that she made the mistake before he said anything. She started crying and asked why I was being so critical. I apologized and told her I loved her. We hugged it out, but then I asked her if she was going to go and apologize to our 13 year old. She said no, because he shouldn't have interrupted her. She said he was rude and needed to learn not to interrupt. I told her it's not okay to tell him to shut up. We went back and forth, and finally I said I won't be able to respect her as much if she doesn't apologize. That really hurt her. She said she needed space. She hasn't said a word to me or him since Thursday. I know that what I said is harsh, but I can't respect someone who won't apologize when they make a mistake. Am I the asshole? My sister says I am because I'm not being supportive and our 13yo is "a lot." Update: My wife got up before our alarm and started cleaning our bathroom. I started the laundry and made breakfast. She didn't say a word when she sat down to eat. She ate much faster than normal. She stood up, picked up our four year old and told our nine year old to get ready because they were going to the library. She didn't say anything to our thirteen year old. I told her we need to talk, and she shook her head. I followed her upstairs and insisted that we need to talk. She just kept shaking her head. She went into our four year old's room and locked the door. I went downstairs and told our thirteen and nine year old that we are going to the dog park. They both asked if Mom was okay, and I said yes and that she needed space. I grabbed some clothes for our nine year old from the laundry room, and she got changed in the downstairs bathroom. We are at the dog park, and my wife is refusing to answer my texts. I'm starting to think this isn't about math. Result: r/AITAH doesn't have a consensus bot, but most redditors agree that OOP is NTA and that his wife needs to apologize to her son for snapping at him. Relevant comments: Redditor 1: She hasn’t spoken to her son in three days and she was in the wrong? Ouch Redditor 2: How can she ever expect your son to learn how to apologize for making a mistake and hurting someone if she doesn't lead by example? Redditor 3 in response to Redditor 2: Maybe OP's wife is one of those people that literally never apologizes. It's always justification, and the blame game, and then "oh it doesn't matter". That's the vibe I'm getting. Redditor 3: NTA- and the silent treatment- especially to a child- can be a form of abuse. At a minimum she needs some help to sort out her feelings because she’s taking them out on her family. Redditor 4: Your wife made it a bigger deal than it needed to be. A quick, “hey buddy, sorry for snapping at you; I was frustrated and distracted, but thanks for helping with your sister.” would have gone a long way to smoothing over the situation. When our kids were younger my wife refused to ever apologize to them. She saw apologizing as a way of losing “authority”. Me, I always apologized when I lost my temper, raised, my voice, etc. It lead to a really strong relationship with my kids. My wife, seeing this evolution, recently started apologizing when she screws up with them, and it’s made a world of difference in their relationships. It doesn’t matter if your 13 year is “a lot”, he’s a person who deserves respect. Something his mom should show him. Also, you should point out to your sister you’re supporting the person who was treated incorrectly: your son. Update: December 8, 2025 Link to my original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AITAH/comments/1pg8ss5/aitah_for_telling_my_wife_that_i_will_lose/ TLDR for those who don't want to click: My wife and I were having a crazy week last week. Thursday she was helping our daughter with her math homework while frustrated and overwhelmed. She gave our daughter the wrong answer to a question. Our son corrected her. She screamed at him to shut up. Afterwards I wanted her to apologize. She refused, and I said that would make me respect her less. She gave both me and our son the silent treatment in response. Update: Yesterday (Sunday) my wife wanted to take the two younger children to the library. I tried to talk to her, but she locked herself in our four year old's room. I took our older two children to the dog park. She took our four year old to the library. At the dog park I talked to our 13 year old. I explained to him that a lot was going on right now and his mother was overwhelmed. I said that sometimes when a person is overwhelmed the next thing that happens, good, bad, or neutral, is the thing that pushes them over, and the source of that thing, good, bad or neutral is what they lash out at. I said his mom was wrong to lash out at him, but it wasn't his fault and she didn't really mean it. I said she was embarrassed, and that was why she was avoiding him. He said that wasn't fair, and we kept going back and forth. I was trying to help him understand he didn't do anything wrong and shouldn't feel bad, but all he could focus on was that he was being treated unfairly. I told him that it was unfair, but that his mom isn't perfect, and everyone makes mistakes. I said sometimes he is unfair, but we forgive him because we love him. I said forgiving his mom, even though she is wrong, would be a nice way to show his love for her, but that he doesn't have to. Again, he just said that the situation was unfair. Which it is. It really is. After the dog park I took our 13yo to a friend's house and our 9yo a friend of mine's house. I went home and made dinner. However, my wife went out for dinner with our 4yo, so she didn't get home until after I had put everything away. I told her that we had to talk now that the older kids aren't here, and that not talking wasn't an option anymore. She still ignored me, so I said that if she wouldn't engage with me, I would have to call our sisters and get them to come over to help me. She got very angry, but she finally engaged. She told me that she is drowning. She said work is exhausting, and every day when she gets home her patience is already below zero. She is scared and upset by our 4yo's stomach issues. She said he threw up again at dinner (she really shouldn't have taken him out to eat, because we are supposed to keep track of everything he eats before throwing up or not throwing up before the appointment today, which is impossible to do at a restaurant, but I didn't mention that). She said she can't take our 13yo's behavior anymore. I said he didn't do anything wrong Thursday. She said that when we were that age if we interrupted our parents to tell them they were wrong we would have been punished severely. She said we raised a spoiled entitled child. She said she can never get any peace and quiet in our own home that we worked hard to pay for because we have a spoiled teen that refuses to ever stop talking or making noise. I said we have been working on those behaviors and he has been improving, but she lashed out when he was trying to be helpful and that sends the wrong message. She told me that I am not supporting her. She said she needs things to change. She said we need to crack down and stop being so lenient. If he plays the recorder after we've told him he's done for the night, we need to take it. If he interrupts, he needs to go straight to his room. If he argues about curfew, he needs to lose privileges. I told her we need to take a step back. I said if she is overwhelmed she needs to take a break. I told her this heightened emotional state is a bad time to make huge household changes. I suggested like many commenters did that she get a hotel for a few days and decompress. She said she's not the problem (I didn't say she was) and he is. She said he was bad from the beginning. She said when our daughter didn't have all his issues she thought it was because she is a girl, but our 4yo is a boy and is also better behaved, so he is the problem. She also said I've always seen it and used to admit it but stopped to make her look crazy. For context I used to joke that our 13yo is a changeling because he likes to be outside so much, loves animals and loves playing on his recorder. I want to stress that this was a joke. The reason I stopped making this joke is because I noticed my wife didn't find it funny anymore. This was years ago anyway. I said all that, and she said no, that I saw even then that he is wrong but stopped acknowledging it to make her feel like the problem. She also said she has been seeing an online therapist (I had no idea). She said she didn't tell me because she was embarrassed. Her therapist told her that our son has dangerous tendencies and shows signs of being contemptuous towards women because he doesn't respect his mother. I had no idea how to respond to that. I said any therapist who would say something like that about a child they've never met shouldn't be licensed, and if it's an online therapist for all she knows they aren't. At the end of our conversation she agreed to go to the hotel only if she took our 4yo with her because she wanted to be the one to take him to his medical appointment. I didn't think that was a good idea at all. However she ended up just taking him and going. I picked up the kids and brought them home. They sense that something is wrong and were very subdued this morning getting ready for school. I talked to my boss when I came in and he is going to let me leave early to go to our 4yo's medical appointment. I am not sure what will happen there. I am hoping it will be good news and that will make us all feel less on edge. Relevant comments: Redditor 1: You've correctly flagged that the online therapist is a quack. My recommendation is to ask if you can join a session to evaluate them yourself, and also get their info so you can look them up. If the therapist brings up negative points about your kid, deconstruct those in front of your wife. Your wife needs real help. She's displaying extreme anger towards your son that is clearly deep rooted. She does need a break, so try and organize that for her and your son. Maybe have all the kids out of the house for a while once the four year old's gastro passes. And then reassess. Every parent goes through periods of depression, but the extreme nature is not healthy and can't continue. Your wife clearly doesn't have the coping skills to deal with this, and needs better tools. Good luck. Redditor 2 in response to Redditor 1 I'm kind of wondering if this online therapist is actually an AI program. That would explain why they would agree that her son is so "bad" even though he's just a kid doing normal kid stuff. Redditor 3 NTA. If your wife is locking herself in your child's room, screaming at the kids to shut up, is this malicious towards your teenage child, and refusing to talk, this is a much bigger issue. At a minimum counseling will be necessary. There may be some other mental health issues at play too. OP, be prepared to defend your teenage child when things REALLY hit the fan with the wife. That day is coming soon. Redditor 4 Your wife should not be left alone with your children right now. Your wife should not be left alone right now. Can you get any family to help you? Maybe there's someone who can help you get through to your wife? OOP's response to Redditor 4 That's a double-edged sword. The thing my wife is most sensitive to is public embarrassment. Once I cross the line of involving other people, she might not be able to forgive me. I spoke to my sister initially, and my sister actually sided with my wife. My wife doesn't know I spoke with her. If I call my sister to come over and my wife finds out and my sister still sides with her I'll have two people angry with me. As for her sister, that's a while other complicated situation... My sister's wife loves the kids, but involving her has the same pitfalls as involving my sister with the addition of my sister being angry at me for contacting her wife directly instead of her. OOP's response to a deleted comment: So here's my mindset: Our son is a normal teenager. There are no perfect 11/10 13 year olds out there. Sometimes he is really annoying. However, like all good parents, we have been working on reinforcing boundaries and setting expectations and it has been yielding results. The interrupting and arguing have gone down. Have they disappeared? No. But they have improved. However, if we yell at him when he isn't misbehaving, all of our efforts to set boundaries will go out the window, because he'll have seen he gets yelled at even when being good, so why not be bad? Let's say though, for the sake of argument, that I'm lying (I'm not, but let's say that). Let's say he's a terror. Yelling at him when he's trying to be helpful won't make that better. It will make it worse. Those are the behaviors we should be encouraging. I'm not a hypocrite. I have raised my voice with him in the past. We were driving, I was trying to focus on finding an exit and he kept wanting to talk about the domestication of horses. I really needed to find this exit. I told him to wait. He stopped for a second and then started again. So I yelled at him to be quiet until I found the exit. Once I found the exit I apologized for yelling. I'm just asking my wife to meet that same standard we've always had in place. We should be examples to our children. If we make mistakes we should apologize, even when they are being annoying. Otherwise, they will treat other people (including us) with the same disregard we treat them. Relevant post in another subreddit: Originally posted to r/medical_advice and r/neurodiversity Should I have my child reevaluated?: December 9th, 2025 When my 13 year old was in the first grade his teacher suggested we have him evaluated for autism, which was done through the school. The psychologist who evaluated him said that he did not have autism or any other neurological condition. She said that while he did have some traits associated with autism, he didn't meet the diagnostic criteria, and that none of the traits he exhibited interfered with his ability to function as necessary in his day to day life. Recently I made a post that mentioned my son and droves of commenters demanded he be reevaluated. They cited as evidence something called "justice sensitivity", his love for music, animals and the outdoors, his habit of interrupting and his habit of constantly talking. I mentioned that he had been evaluated and the psychologist had said he isn't autistic, but I was told sometimes teens are easier to diagnose. I don't think he is autistic, mainly because a specialist said he isn't, but I also have other reasons. He understands sarcasm perfectly well and has no trouble identifying emotions from facial expressions and tone. He has a lot of friends and is good at interacting with people, even strangers. He is not sensitive to stressful stimuli like loud noises or unpleasant textures. He is not obsessed with routine. The commenters are convinced my son is autistic, so I thought I would come to a subreddit more specific to that issue for a different take. The thing is, I don't want to have my son reevaluated. I think he would interpret that as me saying there is something wrong with him, which there isn't. He's a very normal teenage boy. If he was autistic I would want him diagnosed, but I really don't think he is. I appreciate any insight anyone is willing to share. Result: Most redditors were quick to luck up OOP's post history and recommended that his wife is the one who should be evaluated and that even if his son is on the spectrum, there is nothing "wrong" with him and that he just learns differently and has different needs Update in a different subreddit: Originally posted in r/ relationships, deleted by a mod and recovered via rareddit. How do I(38) convince my wife(39) not to quit her job?: December 10, 2025 I don't know if our relationship will make it if she goes through with this. Sunday night my wife went to stay at a hotel with our four year old to get a break after she lashed out at our 13 year old. She said work was draining all her patience and she was stressed about the kids. On Monday I retrieved our four year old from the doctor's and she stayed at the hotel alone Monday and Tuesday night. My wife just called me and said she was coming home today. She said she would pick the kids up from school and we could cancel their after school care and daycare because she quit her job. I begged her not to quit her job. She said after taking some time to decompress she realized her job was causing her too much stress and making her lash out at the kids. She said we will save money by not paying for childcare, and if we tighten the belt we can weather the loss of her income. I never signed up to be a sole provider. We always agreed we would be a dual income household. I don't want her taking care of the kids on her own after the way she lashed out at our teenager. We have three kids, and she has made questionable decisions regarding each this past week. I begged her to talk to her boss and work something out and not quit. She said it's her decision. I can't handle this. If I have to be the sole income provider while also being afraid that she's fighting with the kids while I'm at work, I will break. How do I convince her not to do this? TL;DR: My wife is struggling and quit her job. I need her to not quit her job. How do I work something out that will convince her to stay? Relevant Comments: OOP goes into detail about his wife's situation at work: Co-workers, clients and boss. Co-workers are being lazy and doing their jobs incorrectly while giving bad information to clients. Clients are relying on my wife even though she is not supposed to be communicating to clients. That is specifically someone else's job. That person has annoyed the clients to the extent they keep requesting to be transferred to my wife, which the person agrees to do, which interrupts my wife's work. When she complains to her boss he says they are all a team and asks her to be a team player. OOP also considers to contact his wife's boss: I'm thinking about calling her boss to explain my wife has been going through a rough mental health patch and asking him to work with us. Do you think that would help at all or just make things worse? Her position is fairly critical. He might be willing to go out on a limb to keep her. The consensus in the comments is that this would only make the situation worse. Another update in a different sub: Originally posted to r/offmychest My wife lied to me, and I don't know who she is anymore: December 11, 2025 I should probably stop posting online. It's, in all likelihood, an unhealthy coping mechanism. The thing is, this has become the only place I can speak freely. In my real life I have to be so careful with every word I say. I just need to say one more thing, to get this off my chest and then be done. It wasn't always like this. Most of this story is a romance. I met my wife in college. I liked her immediately. She was beautiful, of course. She was funny and smart, naturally. The thing that made me attracted to her, that made we want her, was that she was sharp. I have always loved sharpness in women. I was sharp myself back then. We sharpened each other. We were the couple that sat in the back of every room, with our noses turned up, judging everyone, whispering comments just loud enough to be heard and just cutting enough to hurt. We thought we were so smart and sophisticated. Our tastes were the most refined, and we didn't think anything was uglier than a rounded edge. When I first asked her out she told me we wouldn't work because her father wouldn't approve. I didn't care about her father. I cared about her. The more time we spent together the more I loved her. Her father's first words to me, even before hello, were that I wasn't good enough for his daughter. He refused to come to our wedding, but the day after he gave my wife 20k for a down payment because no daughter of his was going to be a renter. I never liked him, but I was amused by him. I thought of him as my wife and I's private joke. He was so ineffectual against our love. When he saw our first baby he said "he looks like his father" and I was such a puffed up peacock, high on my own virility. I was too proud of my strong seed, my overpowering genes, to see that for what it was, a condemnation. When I held my firstborn for the first time, the world felt different. I felt different. I felt silly and immature. I began to understand the utility of the rounded edge. I saw how unimportant my high-minded philosophy was. Babies don't care how clever you are. They eat, cry and poop, and they are the most important thing you'll ever do. I softened up. I began to understand my parents. I always adored my mother, while also look down on her. Her politics were boring, her philosophy uninspired, her religion sentimental. When I held my baby I understood my mother like I never had before. She was soft, not sharp, and that was what my child needed from me, a soft place to land, not a razor's edge. We managed to adjust to every change in our lives. We always found our equilibrium. About a year ago that slipped away. Our toddler was struggling with potty training, and he had the occasional bad bout of diarrhea. Our daughter began to dip below average at school. Our oldest became the worst thing a person can be, annoying. We, who had once prided ourselves in our cleverness, were being outsmarted by a pedantic twelve year old. "You didn't say I could only spent $20. You said I couldn't buy anything over $20. Each of these twenty things are $5," type nonsense. It was the grandparent's revenge, right? Oh, that's the kind of little asshole I used to be. I see why some people hated me. But he's a good kid. He doesn't steal, hit, curse or lie. He argued, he talked too much and he complained, but isn't that all a symptom of cleverness? He was too much like us. However he was also nothing like us, this child we created, but isn't that good? Don't we want our children to be individuals? Yes, the arguing and interrupting had to be curbed, but we worked on it. He improved. He started to mature. Life was a struggle, but he wasn't the struggle. This parenting thing is hard. My wife cracked. It happens. We've all been there. Our son corrected a mistake she made, and she was embarrassed. She screamed at him to shut up. I asked her to apologize, because he didn't deserve that. She shut down. She told me that she was overwhelmed. I get it. I'm overwhelmed too. I think I've been overwhelmed for a long time and just refused to acknowledge it. I told her to take a break. She took a break. My wife, who I have always trusted, lied to me. She said she quit her job. That was a lie. She did not quit. She was suspended, and she will likely be fired on Friday or possibly next week. She has been telling me all year that her coworkers are incompetent and she is the only one doing her job correctly. In actuality, she has been in a performance improvement plan for months. Why was she suspended? She was telling a coworker that he needed to finish something by the end of the month to keep them on track for a February third deadline. He interrupted her to tell her the deadline was March second. She screamed at him to shut up and not interrupt her. She did the same thing to her coworker she did to our son. The only difference is our household doesn't have an HR department. She lied to me. Is that what I should be hung up on? Probably not. Here's what's killing me. Here's what I can't say in real life, to anyone, so I'll tell you. I always thought she was sharp, and I loved that. I thought I was so sophisticated for recognizing her elegance and worth. I felt special for loving her. But maybe she isn't sharp. Maybe she's just thin-skinned and irritable. Yeah, she lied to me, but maybe I lied to myself first. Relevant comments OOP on how he found out the truth: I was shocked when I found out the truth. One of her coworkers is dating an acquaintance of mine and got my number that way just to call me because she was so worried. Everything my wife told me about work was a misrepresentation. My wife told me she was frequently being forced to talk to clients even though that isn't her job. It turns out everyone is supposed to talk to clients that have questions about their part of the project. The person my wife claimed was supposed to talk to clients is just the one that answers calls and directs them to the appropriate person. Sometimes that appropriate person is my wife. My wife was frequently lecturing the person who answered the phone and telling them to find the information in the project documents and talk to the clients instead of bothering my wife. That's why she was on a performance improve plan. A small update from OOP in the comments regarding how his wife is doing: She's actually at my sister's. When I found out she lied to me we had a huge fight. She left to go to my sister's while the kids were sleeping. I had a few too many beers and wrote the above crazy post. So yeah, the kids are with me and she's with my sister. My sister's wife texted me to give my wife space because she's not in a good place, which I find to be a huge understatement. And another small update from OOP regarding the therapist: It turns out my wife's therapist is a real therapist. I found out which therapist she is seeing. The therapist is online and based in a different city, but she is licensed in our state. She has mixed reviews. Some of her patients thinks she is great. Some think she is horrible. I found one review that said "she's crazier than me." But she is real. Redditor 1's response to OOP Then please report this therapist to the board immediately! Not only is what she said about your son extremely inappropriate and unethical but she's also acting against her license with that behavior. There are better providers, your wife has just found a horrible and dangerous one. OOP's response to Redditor 1 As many people pointed out, I don't have proof of anything she actually said, only what my wife said she said. OOP also talks about his wife's racial background and relationship with her family: I'm not mixed race. My wife is mixed race. And our kids are mixed race. Me, I'm the boring one. But my wife's dad was mad she didn't marry a person of his race, something he also didn't do, but that's okay because he's a man and can marry a woman who isn't his race, but if his daughters do it, that's bad. So since my wife's sister married a guy of their dad's race, she feels like she's better than my wife, even though their dad also hates her husband because he's super religious, and my wife's dad hates that. I see the iceberg. I'm just trying not to steer into a different, even bigger iceberg. OOP as response to another comment: My wife's sister doesn't like our kids because she's mad my wife married me and had mixed kids. She is insane for thinking this because she and my wife are also mixed but that's a different situation. OOP about what he did with his sun after this all went down: I did, after dinner when the younger kids were in bed. We went on a nighttime walk together (the thing we always tell him no, he can't do) and talked. I told him I shouldn't make excuses for his mom being mean to him. He asked when his mom was going to go back to normal. I told him I honestly don't know. I said she's struggling right now, but that it isn't his fault. He asked what she was struggling with, and I said stress. He said his mom was too cool to get stressed. I said anyone can get stressed, even cool people. He said he thought his mom just didn't like him anymore, because he's not cool like she is. I said he is cool and that I love him. I don't know if that helped at all, but I tried. Most recent update on r/Redditor_Updates due to r/AITAH's update limitation: Update: My wife finally apologized, but I already lost some of my respect for her.: December 16, 2025 I'm still getting notifications asking questions about certain things, so here's an update to clear everything up. TL;DR: Our 13yo corrected my wife when she got a math problem wrong. My wife screamed at him to shut up. I asked her to apologize, and she didn't talk to either of us for three days. At that point I demanded she talk to me, and we had a fight where she blamed our 13yo for everything. She took our four year old and went to stay at a hotel last Sunday night. I retrieved our four year old at his doctor's appointment the next day. She stayed at the hotel alone Monday & Tuesday night. Wednesday she told me she quit her job. She did not quit her job. A concerned coworker of hers reached out and revealed the truth. She was suspended for yelling at a coworker to shut up. She picked the kids up from school + daycare Wednesday. After they were asleep I confronted her. We fought, and she went to stay with my sister. With my sister's influence, she called her boss and managed to work out a compromise where she won't be fired and can have some mental health leave. She didn't see the kids all weekend, even when my sister picked them up Sunday to take them to a party. She is back home now. So here's where the update starts. Update: I had our 13yo evaluated by a child psychologist like so many redditors suggested. If you learn anything from my experience, learn not to take medical advice from reddit. Our son is not autistic and does not have ADD. The psychologist said the only thing he comes close to meeting the diagnostic criteria for is anxiety, but based on their discussion and the paperwork I filled out, she's confident those symptoms come from external stressors, not an anxiety disorder. My wife came home after work, and when our son arrived home from his friend's house, she did apologize to him. He forgave her, and they hugged it out, but it was an awkward interaction. Afterwards he want outside to play with his new harmonica. My daughter doesn't have a learning disability. I talked to her teacher. Her math skills are average for her age group according to the teacher. The teacher suggested that if she is struggling to do the math work at home it is because she feels pressured. I ended up telling her that she can do the work in whatever timeframe she wants, and she can have her brother check it for her, so neither her mother nor I will know if she made a mistake. She seems happy with this new arrangement. I think my wife and I were too critical in our eagerness to encourage her to work hard and do well, and I accept culpability for that. Our four year old is allergic to soy. Since I stopped feeding him anything with soy in it he hasn't vomited once. He will soon be reintroduced to soy in very small doses to acclimate him. He is doing much better, and this has relieved a huge source of stress. As for my wife, as I said, she apologized to our son. She said talking to my sister helped a lot. She told me the reason she has been so overwhelmed and she lashed out was the realization that we aren't going to have another kid and the three we have are it. She said she is worried that our kids are spoiled and soft. She said she wants our kids to bypass their peers, and she doesn't see that happening right now because they are too undisciplined and unmotivated. She said sone of her dad's parenting might be what they need. I told her I would never be okay with that, and that would be a deal breaker for me. I also told her I don't see how anxiety about the kids caused her to lash out at work. I said that I think she is frustrated by the fact that she can't control people. She said that's unfair, and I apologized but also said I think that an issue similar to what I said is the likely culprit. We agreed to a compromise where she tries to relax until she leaves for her trip with my sister. If she feels she is getting stressed out, she will leave for as long as needed. We will talk about parenting strategies again after she gets back. I have hired a lawyer and didn't tell her. If she again tries to insist that we go full authoritarian on the kids I will raise the possibility of divorce. I love my wife, but I owe it to my kids to put them first. THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP DO NOT CONTACT THE OOP's OR COMMENT ON LINKED POSTS, REMEMBER - RULE 7 submitted by /u/FlagpoleSitta87 to r/BestofRedditorUpdates [link] [comments]

My first try at a DIY sauna build, pretty happy with how it all turned out, it took a few months or more working on it weekends and evenings. Inside cladding & benches Thermo Aspen, heater Harvia M20. Fired it up for the first time last night and I think I overloaded the stove with a bit too much wood, was 100+ degrees C. It's a learning curve I guess. Still got to add a safety rail/foot rest but I ran out of wood and waiting for another piece to arrive. Internal size 2m x 2m x 2.1m , height restricted due to decking and UK building regs. submitted by /u/Jas_runs to r/Sauna [link] [comments]

I (24f) am a member of a friend group in which one member (we'll call her Coral, 23f) is getting married. She announced her engagement to her fiance (25m) a few weeks ago and we were all happy for her! Over the weekend, though, she shared more specific plans for the wedding, and that's where things have kinda gone off the rails. She said she's been seeing a lot of people on tiktok and insta showing how to plan "free" weddings--weddings where the couple spends zero dollars (aside from the marriage certificate fee I guess). At first I thought she meant a city hall wedding, which would be completely fine! But then she got I to the details and her expectations for the ceremony. She's going to try and find someone with a large outdoor space to use (not formally a wedding venue) who will donate their area in support of "love", she's going to have all of her guests bring a potluck (with very specific assignments), she will have a friend officiate, a friend do photography, a friend do save the dates and invites, her family do the flowers, etc. Including some harder-to-swing (imo) things like getting a large tent, decorations, wedding favors, speakers, band, etc. I'm not sure what her plan was for a dress. What's more is that Coral and her fiance really aren't poor, from what I can tell. She works as an accountant at a big company and her fiance does software(?) sales. Plus his parents are loaded. It sounds like they just want to do the free wedding thing for the sake of it. That would be okay, but she is just shifting all of the costs onto other people (some of whom are probably less well off). She told me that she wants me to make the cake, and then sent me some pictures "for inspiration". The cakes were ridiculously elaborate. We’re talking multi-tier, fondant flowers, gold leaf, and one even had a hand-painted watercolor design. I’m not a professional baker, I just like to bake cookies and brownies sometimes. I told her that those cakes would probably take me days to make, and they wouldn't come out anywhere near as good. She kind of laughed that off and said, "Oh, it’s not about it being perfect, it’s just about everyone pitching in. It’ll be fun!" I told her that, fun or not, what she was describing was basically her friends and family subsidizing her wedding (with time, money, and labor) and that it was kind of unfair to expect people to spend so much on her “free” wedding. Or else, she was expecting everyone to show up to a lackluster event and just pretend it was amazing. It's like a group project that none of us wanted to do because we already graduated and moved on from all that so we don't need the credit (she does graduate a year later the rest of us). I said that if she wants a free wedding, she should probably just elope or go to city hall, because this isn’t really free, it’s just free for her (I might have been a bit more forceful in my wording but I didn't swear or call her names or anything like that). She got super quiet and just looked at me for a minute or so and then left (with another one of our friends driving her home). Later that night, I got a text from that friend saying I had really hurt Coral's feelings, and that even if the plans were a bit unrealistic, I should have just let Coral come to that conclusion on her own. Coral then messaged me just saying "Sorry, don't worry about the cake" with no more context. I am feeling pretty bad now, especially since Coral was so happy and excited and she never really said anything mean to me. Perhaps I should have just gone along with the cake (since she said she wouldn't be mad if it turned out badly), but I am worried that her wedding would not have been what she wanted. And I was also frustrated about the cake request. EDIT: Honestly I feel a bit bad now--Coral really is a sweet person who is just a bit naive. I feel like a lot of people in the comments are tearing her up more than she deserves. She has always been the "baby" of the group and I just got frustrated and ranted on this case. I don't know what the fiance thinks about all of this. submitted by /u/ThrowawayFreeWedding to r/AITAH [link] [comments]

Located in the hills of #Heraklion, #Crete, this project, designed by @mykonosarchitects, harmonizes with its olive tree-covered surroundings, using the site’s natural slope and slim shape as design guides. A 15-meter setback regulation and the elongated plot inspired a slender, wedge-shaped structure that integrates into the terrain. The design features three walls following the land’s contours, enclosing living spaces and pathways. A staircase leads below ground to living areas, while an external staircase connects sleeping quarters to an open space with a pool at the structure’s tip, serving as its focal point. Large openings frame views, provide ventilation, and connect indoor and outdoor spaces, while shading ensures comfort. Constructed with sustainable, on-site rammed earth, the building minimizes environmental impact, regulates indoor temperatures, and blends naturally with the landscape, ensuring durability and low maintenance. submitted by /u/CG_17_LIFE to r/BeAmazed [link] [comments]

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Title. We have an outdoor patio and a nice projector, so with the weather warm again we'll have outdoor movie nights. Sometimes families on walks will pass our house, and while we're not projecting very near the street, we don't want any complaints either. A good example movie is 12 Angry Men. It obviously has adult themes, but nothing that a passerby would take offense to. Same with Princess Bride. Edit: Love all the genuine suggestions interspersed with the worst fucking suggestions possibly ever. submitted by

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