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Loaned Money

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February 18, 2021

Anonymous writes, “I loaned my sister a large sum of money as she was battling and had no…

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What Did I Do

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February 17, 2021

“Many years ago I fell out with my sister who was the main carer for our Mum as…

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Turning Back on Daughter

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January 29, 2021

“About six years ago my brother started cheating on his girlfriend, they had been together 19 years. They…

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Lost and Lonely

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January 26, 2021

“I feel really down. I became a widow in 2018 and my siblings have changed…

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Sisters Not Getting Along

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January 3, 2021

“So my sister and I have not been close as adults. She was no support to me when…

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Estranged Sibling Relationship

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June 4, 2020

Anonymous wants your opinion. “My adult son and daughter do not have the warm cozy relationship they had…

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Sensitive Situation

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August 8, 2019

“Ladies, I need some advice. I am a widow with two daughters.

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Sisters

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September 18, 2018

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To this day I will not shower when there is an electrical storm outside! ... See MoreSee Less

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We had lightning hit our home once. Went through our plumbing and broke pipes under our slab. Water was pouring out from our laundry room. I’m not sure I would have wanted to be in the shower then.

Yep. Don't stand under a tree, either. I got zapped pretty hard when on the landline telephone during a big thunderstorm. I'll never do that again. My late father in law got zapped while taking a shower.

Well, yes she did. When I was about 13, I was washing my hair during a storm. A lightening strike was attracted to the water and I remember seeing the brightest light and a pop. Mom was right.

Well it happened to someone I knew (they didn’t die) but got a fright! And had the electrician come to check the pipes which were placed to close to the electrical wire reason they got electrocuted while showering

There was an electrical outlet on the front of our early 1950s stove. We were having a thunder storm and dad was leaning against the stove while taking with mom. A spark came out of the outlet and hit his ring. Also lost our ac unit from a storm. Even today I turn the ac off in storms.

well this is true You most definitely are more at risk for getting hit by lightening when in water. I know people who got struck in their homes they were not in water though,

Not only my parents but the electrical company set out employees to give lectures about it and how it worked. Also, I had an uncle killed by answering the phone when lightning hit the power lines. So, yeah it's really true.

We'll never know, will we, because the people who actually got hit by lightning while showering are no longer with us.....🤣

We didn't even have a bathroom 😳😳😂😂...lol 😆... when I was married a was in the mid 80,s a thunderbolt struck my chimney and exploded it ...took half the tiles of the roof plus it all tumbled down the chimney throwing hot coals onto the rug .... was always a bit scared but after that I was petrified .... 😳

My great grandma was hit while doing dishes. My dad saw it. No showers during a storm at his house!

Turn off everything electric, don't sit near the window. She was terrified and passed it on to me. I quit being scared when my boys were little and I started making them scared. Now I love a good storm💖

During a bad thunderstorm at our house several years ago, a burst of lightning somehow ran through the water lines and blasted a streak of electricity into my kitchen sink through the faucet. This also fried my electric stove which was close to the sink.

All leccy turned off and all us kids got under the kitchen table with mum till storm stopped ,ha was fun thow looking back ,

Nope, you're not alone, my mom said the same thing...I think I may have even said the same thing to my kids, knowing it wasn't so but thought it part of motherhood🤣😉

My Mom actually got struck in the shower. So yeah, 50 years or so later-- I still wont shower in a storm.

AND...I will not put my hands in dishwater when there is a Thunderstorm either...just saying...LOL

i had a friend that lighting DID hit her house..fried all electronics , blew her metal kitchen cabinets off the wall but nobody got hurt or killed

One of my earliest memories is of my Mom going through the house sprinkling holy water and muttering a prayer in Irish. She grew up in a thatched cottage, so I guess it is what you did.

When I stayed with my Nana, she would take me out to the car and we would sit with towels over our heads during thunderstorms. Took me years to learn to appreciate their beauty.

Metal and water are both conductors of electricity. A lot of people here weren't paying attention in science class. The odds are against it, true. But unless you are psychic and can predict lighting strikes, it's best to stay out of the tub during storms.

My mom’s thing was always take a bath before the storm gets here! Still not sure why we need to be clean to have a thunderstorm

My mother had a set up in closet under the stairs with pillow, blanket, flashlight & bottle of water! She'd head there with the first flash of lightning! If storm wasn't too bad she'd leave the door open so she could still have conversations with us. 🤔! It was bittersweet cleaning out her closet after she passed away....

Yes we were told not to swim bath or do the washing up during a thunderstorm. My maternal grandmother would cover all the mirrors and draw all the curtians and blinds for fear the reflective surface would draw the lighting bolts to them. I had a school friend who's house caught fire when lighting hit the tv antenna blowing up the tv resulting in the house catching fire

My grandfather was washing his hands at the sink and got knocked on his butt!

This is true, I have a family member that was electrocuted while showering & lightning hit the house. Very dangerous...

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Very observant. I love the look of amazement when my grandchildren first realised their Parent was my own child.

Loved my Grandma with ALL my heart. Miss her always. She loved us as hard as a person can. ♥️♥️♥️

Absolutely love this and I agree every little person should have one of these grandparents if possible

I can't relate to this one. I became a grandmother at 37 and was running marathons. Grandmothers come in many flavors.

Recently at Zoo, we became friendly with some intellectually challenged young men...my 6 year old grand daughter took dim view of my friendship with one of them. He was 19 years old. She told him, as I held his hand, “ She’s my grandmother” several times. This had no effect on my friend, finally she said to him, ‘I want you to know, my grandma, is already married” !

Fab ... loved it! My grandson asked me many years ago if I ever saw a dinosaur 🤣🤣🤣

I miss my Nana loads, she was always so kind and sweet, had my favourite meals when I was with her, would tell my mum to stop moaning at me lol, yet if my cousins came to hers she would soon shout at them if they did anything wrong ( she lived round the corner from them) and saw them every day unlike me it was 2 or 3 times a year as we lived so far away x

And they have crackly knees and my grands laugh every time I stand up. What a sweet sentiment from that 8 year old.

I love this, it has been round before but still makes me laugh , thank you

The 1st two sentences are the best !! Love this....😊

The last line was sad.

My maternal grandmother was pure love…

Very precious. I try and make all My grandchildren feel special, I love them all so much!

Yep, this is how I remember my maternal grandparents! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

I had two, a Madea and a Big Mama. Both cooked the best biscuits and Madea also made the best Lemon Meringue pie.

I love being a Grandma. <3

It's a shame parents don't have more time. America works everyone to death.

By definition, grandmothers have children of their own. Happy

Being a Gran I can relate to that made me laugh so much xxx

My 4yo grand baby did not get this memo. He expects me to be hunting monsters and dinosaurs and racing across the yard, matching him step for step

And he types so well for an 8 yr old

So cute…I am a Grandmother thank you

Priceless, I love this...out of the mouths of babes!

From the mouth of babies. Love it 😀

Love it but I've always said they think we live in a cupboard until they come round xxx

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Just the part about having money applies to me.

You can't have a driving licence till 18 in the UK! Even that's a bit young, young drivers have a disproportionate number of accidents.

Isn’t that the truth!

Success is having a sense of humor to last a lifetime. 🤩

What goes round comes around. !!

At the age of 90 success is being able to get out of bed without help.

so why you behaving like you in your eighties?

This is the circle of life...not something you want to rush....

Apparently history does repeat itself!

Once a man and twice a child!

What goes around comes around!

Obviously American. Kids of 16 are kids and shouldn't have cars. As in England 17 is far, far too young. Children.

Brilliant...sums it up exactly.

Wow, wait till your 20 to have sex😳These kids nowadays just HOOK UP, for sex! And kids (14-18) having “kids”, the norm ☹️I’m 59 and if I would have told my mother I’m pregnant at 14, 😳😳😡🤬🤬🤬I met a 57 year old GREAT GRANDMA 😱

“ twice a child”

What goes around comes around.

they say life comes full circle lol

Am working at having success at 75 and really hoping to be successful at 80.

LIFE!!! soo true - made me laugh 😂

Just read 65, 70, and 80. Looks like I'm 10 years ahead of schedule. 😅😅😅😅😅

Haha very true

Too funy

All the worlds a stage.

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This really made my day!!!! The little boys face!!!! Bless him !!!!! X

Love watching this!! Best trick ever!!

Love the little ones excitment

The innocence of his laughter, PRICELESS!! 😍

Brea Gliss Brenton Thomas Callum Thomas can you please do this with your kids 😁😂

I have watched like 10 times makes my heart happy

Good fun with the little ones

Silly but very creative and the child may remember it forever.

So cute.

#ChristaHardee I can see you and Daniel doing this😊

Such fun for the little one! Hahahahaha 💞

Awesome, families should do this, the laughter is infectious!!

there's no sweeter sound than a child's laughter ❤

Il tempo che si spende con i figli da piccoli, sono tempi preziosi, e che loro non dimenticarano mai. 💕

Love this

this is too fun.

So cute!😊

So cute!

OMG that’s the best!!

fun stuff you di for your kids

Fun parents

Super

That’s great

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He's adorable.

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“Have you ever been pressured into giving up something that has been a part of your life since you were a child? I was 10 when I began learning how to cook in 4-H club. I’ve cooked all my life. Throughout my lifetime I’ve collected a couple hundred cookbooks. Now my family wants me to get rid of them because “if you need a recipe, just Google it.“ They were like old friends to me. They were a symbol of what little identity I have. Today I gave away a big stack of them. It made me really sad.” -Anonymous ... See MoreSee Less

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Never been pressured into giving up anything. The practical side of me thinks, "how many cookbooks do I really need?" Don't we all have our go-to recipes that we use over and over? The emotional side of me says, "what does it matter to any of you how many cookbooks I have? They aren't hurting anyone." If you were my mom, I would tell you to keep every single one of them, or at least the ones that have taken over part of your heart.

Why do something that makes you feel sad. Much better to sit and thumb through and remember and enjoy what those books have meant to you. I find the young sooooo willing to opinionated on what we valued as part of our experience without understanding how aging feels. In this last however long I have I will keep what brings me happy wherever I want to!!!! And so it is. Life is good indeed!!!

Are you living on your own, in your own home, is it still safe for you to be in the kitchen alone? If yes to these questions tell them to pound sand and go repurchase - if you can - your favorite cook books.

My children think I hide $20 bills in my books. They would never ask me to give them away. Do I? Well, I guess they will find out when I die.

Yes. When I retired I put my classroom library of children’s books in a shed. A few weeks ago I cleaned out the shed to find they had been ruined by animals. I cried as I threw them in the dumpster. Sort of broke my heart.

Do you live on your own? Keep your books! Are you moving in with one of your children? They would want you to keep your books. Let them give something up to make room for them, I’m sure you’ve made many sacrifices for them over the years. I treasure my Mother’s cookbooks. The notes she has written in them, the ingredients she has added or taken away...And yes, they are “online”.... but the added ingredient of love is missing. Keep your books and God Bless you on this journey. LB

Yes it’s sad and revealing. The children aren’t interested in inheriting them. If they bring you joy then so be it.

If you have room (& apparently you do) KEEP WHAT YOU ENJOY! Tell them when you're gone, they can do whatever, but for now you're keeping them! You don't tell them what they can have at their houses.

I started collecting cookbooks when I was young too. Everywhere I went I would pick one up. I have a 6.5 ft bookcase with only cookbooks in it. I would only give away if one of my kids wanted it. Some are earmarked, some have little notes abt recipe.. but mainly they are comfort. Are you moving and your kids want you to downsize or what's their reasons...dont they realize this is part of who you are. After you are gone, your kids will want to have a part of you to remember.

They are treasured memories for you. Please dont give them away until you want to.

I may think a lot of cookbooks is 10.....some may think it’s100. Pick your favorites....Ive found that fewer is more really so you appreciate the ones you keep. There can be so much more to this post.....there is no right or wrong answer without more details.

Keep them....with all the smudges,drippings. Computers are wonderful and magic, so are remembering the times and folks that you cooked for with these recipes.

There is nothing like the old, original recipes. They now call it slow cooking and made it a thing, like it had never existed. That is all we did and still do, slow cooking.

Some were my mother’s one was my grandmother- in-law and she gave it to me when I married her grandson. I’m keeping those. They have their handwritten notes in them. Mean more to me than anyone else!

That is just wrong.. I would never allow anyone to tell me to give up something I cherished like that 😠 I am like you.. I love to cook and have collected many cook books over the years..

Just think… the people who just received them will probably think of you fondly each time they use them. They might reminisce to others about experiences they shared with you or the books may teach them to be a better cook. You did a good thing for them. Now …. Keep the rest for you 😘

Do not do it. You are an adult and can make your own decisions until you can't. If it brings you joy than keep them.

I also have hundreds of cookbooks. They will probably go in the trash when I’m gone. However they will stay with me until......

Don’t give any more away. It’s none of their business & ave no right to tell you what you can & can’t keep. Totally disrespectful to what’s important to you making you give them away.

I tried a recipe from on line, it just didn't taste like I thought it should, looked in my old Red & White cookbook and there was the same recipe with the missing ingredient! I'll keep my old cookbooks, thank you very much!

They’re a part of YOU and what makes you YOU and makes YOU happy. No-one else’s business I would say, Family or not! Keep them and continue to enjoy them

I have a collection of cookbooks as well....do NOT give them up! Google is not the same as a well worn and loved cookbook

Don’t give in. You don’t have to get rid of your treasured belongings. I find that heartbreaking and frankly horrible of them to pressure you to do so.

You should keep the things that anchor you in your life....your books belong with you.

Unless there’s some sort of hoarding condition going on that has your family concerned for your health and well-being, I think you should keep them if you’re so inclined. Yes you can Google things, but what about that joy of flipping through the pages and coming across a recipe you love but hadn’t thought of in awhile! It’s such a simple pleasure; why take it away?

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