Re: Babies Are Wild Expensive

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I'm pretty sure this is all you need to know about having a baby.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 1:26 PM
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1: just a reminder that in a just world the punishment for people who without warning post links to videos that autoplay with sound would be death.


Posted by: urple | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 1:42 PM
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Hey, youtube is youtube. There's not much I can do about that.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 2:07 PM
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Also writing in library books. You are evil library book writers and deserve many many heaps of punishment.


Posted by: dairy queen | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 2:18 PM
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I just bought a crib sheet from Etsy that my sister had on her baby registry. It is cute, and the knowledge that the baby will be sleeping on it will help console me given that I won't be able to hold said baby for at least a few months.


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 2:51 PM
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Broken link above, but it's design number one: https://www.etsy.com/listing/234147353/nursery-bedding-by-hawthorne-threads


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 2:52 PM
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5 Crib sheets work best when you make your own. That's how you absorb the material on the test.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:20 PM
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And I can't believe I'm still awake and have to get up in three hours but that wonderful long distance thing that's been happening just keeps getting more wonderful. Up all night chatting. She asked me to visit ahead of schedule (though not stay with her), like next week instead of December as I'd planned (there's thing I'll be going to at that time). I'm not sure I'll do that though because there's quite a lot more weight I want to shed by then.
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Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:24 PM
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She met you when you had the weight, right? You should do it.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:39 PM
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Crazily enough we have yet to meet in person, this is all via email, chat, dms, etc, and she only just asked for a pic tonight which I sent of just my face (which never showed any weight really, I carry it all in my gut). I've seen her pics because she's in the arts and has had stories done on her, etc.

Now I really must get to sleep.

(this debate, these clowns, so surreal.)


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:45 PM
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You should watch the debates. If you've been up for a while the surreality of it will only be more fun.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:45 PM
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10 But I'm on track to lose just about all of it at this pace by December.

Now sleep.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:46 PM
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So surprised to hear that Pataki is there.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:47 PM
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So is Pataki.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 4:56 PM
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8/10: I sympathize so much, but really, you're going to delay meeting someone you really like because you're worried your weight would be a deal-breaker or off-putting? That's not giving her much credit. Besides, maybe you lose the weight and then you're distressed over how unmuscular you look, or whether you have loose skin. You could not like something about her, too! Maybe you'll find the sound of her voice horribly grating. You'd wait three more months to figure out whether you get along as well in person as in writing?


Posted by: ydnew | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 5:05 PM
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Just send a picture of John Stamos.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 5:07 PM
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That's what Dave Coulier does.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 5:21 PM
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Besides, maybe you lose the weight and then you're distressed over how unmuscular you look, or whether you have loose skin.

Well, now he might be.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 5:23 PM
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Barry, if she's attracted to you at your December weight, she will be attracted to you now. Really.* Not to mention that you're risking the chance she'll meet someone else in that time period. If she's excited about meeting you, take advantage of that NOW!


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 6:40 PM
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*In my experience, straight and bi women care a lot less about a few extra pounds on a man.


Posted by: J, Robot | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 6:42 PM
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Lesbian women care more?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 6:45 PM
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I am not unmuscular.

OK, I'll see what tonight brings and start looking into going.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 7:34 PM
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And thanks, J and ydnew.


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 7:34 PM
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The sun will come up tomorrow. Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun. Because desert.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 7:39 PM
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Now wondering if I should mention that reason and the recent dieting (which I've been doing with fierce determination and perseverance ever since this became a possibility in my mind).


Posted by: Barry Freed | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 7:50 PM
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I think not. It's an adorable thing to mention once the relationship has gotten snuggly, it's not even dreadful in a wistful breakup, but it's a leetle too much pressure on her beforehand.

Totally fair to mention that you've been rearranging your diet while, say, choosing a restaurant together. If you want hercto be surecthat it only gets better from here, that should do it.


Posted by: clew | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 8:20 PM
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At this phase, the most important thing is to reassure her that you are not a serial killer. Talk about how you don't even have a basement.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-16-15 8:31 PM
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7 is quite right. It took me a while to understand what 5 was talking about.


Posted by: chris y | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 1:32 AM
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Good work on 8. I hope she doesn't turn out to be a 47-year-old balding man in a basement. Because you already have one of those in your life.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 1:52 AM
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22.1: Sorry, I was trying to come with with a generic body insecurity. I could think of bunch that were specific to women but not many for guys. That was the first one I latched on to. I was trying to kindly suggest you give yourself a break. Endorse 19 and 20.


Posted by: ydnew | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 4:40 AM
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Neck wattles are a good one.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 5:17 AM
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Chronic ankle pain is the most common of all.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 5:24 AM
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32: Definitely a turn-off.


Posted by: ydnew | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 5:35 AM
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Women on dates will often surreptiously kick the guy they're with in the ankle just to check and see if he's concealing a limp.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 5:56 AM
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Or a peg-leg. Dating a pirate is a real turn-off.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 6:00 AM
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I mentioned just getting my ankle and foot cut off. It seemed to be the only permanent solution, but the doctor I mentioned it to just looked horrified.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 6:06 AM
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Next time you should let him finish using the stall before asking.


Posted by: MHPH | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 6:08 AM
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She's a woman, sexist.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 6:10 AM
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Then you should really have let her finish.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 6:22 AM
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It must have been a rather odd topic to bring up on a date.


Posted by: ajay | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 7:06 AM
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Flickr pool photo update.


Posted by: Minivet | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 8:07 AM
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That's wild. You look astonishingly different from the initial pictures.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 09-17-15 8:14 AM
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