Since switching to a more quirky bio on Bumble, I’ve received more hits (didn’t get many to begin with) but also more ghosting during the chat.
Also, I don’t take people seriously who begin a chat on online dating with ‘Hi’ or some other generic intro. I responded to one with an open-ended hypothetical question to start a discussion (don’t recall what it was, something about winning the lottery) only for her to respond with “Where’s the Hi”. I then responded “Hi, [hypothetical question]” and apologized for forgetting to say Hi.
She disconnected which is what I expected given her tone. What kind of human demands a specific response from another, especially one as shitty as 'Hi."? Talk about being boring. I mean if you can’t be a decent person by text, you must be fucking unbearable in real life.
Just another day trying to get reimbursed from my FSA. I’d say I average 2-3 submissions for each successful reimbursement. Just enraging. I’m confident that this submission is going to bomb - my wife had a crown replaced, and I sure as hell don’t know what category I’m supposed to pick:
Maybe I’m just too much of a word nit, but if you are “electrocuted”, you are dead. If you are strangled, you are dead. If you drowned, you are dead. At least you used to be.
Maybe I should thank the Lume deodorant woman because now when she shows up on MSNBC I turn off the TV; I used to just mute it. Thanks for the productivity boost. Go put your armpit and feet in someone else’s face.
So. I’m interested in having this discussion but also aware that this is a sensitive topic and people have strong opinions, and parents and non parents have significantly different experiences so it may not be possible to reach common understanding
So. I’ll give it a go, but if it goes off the rails I’ll just check out.
So. I think everyone would agree two things.
Raising kids is tough, and so people should have some patience and forbearing when kids are losing their shit.
But also
There are limits to when and where it is appropriate for a parents to inflict a screaming kid on other people.
If we can agree on this. We can perhaps all avoid talking past each other, and move to the interesting question of where that actual line is.
I.e. public transport, planes, clearly fine. The world’s most expensive fine dining restaurant, clearly not fine. Everything else somewhere in between.
Also. Like many questions of ethics. There isnt a single right answer. Generally theres a big overlap between what is right for each party. I.e. it is possible that both of these things could be true at the same time.
A) the parent was completely out of line, and a asshole and should have found a solution that didn’t involve causing hassle to a bunch of people including a worker who couldnt really say no
AND
B) when this happens, as a bystander, our obligation is to just put up with it, because theis stuff happens, and to have said or done anything else would have been a complete asshole move.
