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patricknett t1_j3i92r3 wrote

Reply to ky3 story about fundraiser that brought in zero funds by dentalmomma

That “man” is me.

I will wait and let the story air first and hope that KY3 shares the full story and puts in every detail that matters.

The long story short, I messed up, I take responsibility for it. There was nothing but good intentions behind it. The truth is I was irresponsible and procrastinated. The restaurant was only able to raise $39 in funding, and then we promised to donate 5% of sales on top of that.

I had so much going on at the time that I kept procrastinating getting the numbers done and reaching out to the family. They never reached out to me either. Next thing I know, they got an attorney involved a couple months later. The attorney and I played phone tag for a couple weeks. And I made several efforts to try and reach him, but he made minimal effort to get in touch with me. I left my email and asked to set a date for a meeting, he never emailed. So I put the case aside and would resume the moment they reached me, but they never did so it just got forgotten about again.

Fast forward a few months, KY3 emails me and says they’re doing a story. Now we’re here.

It was an honest mistake that I took so long to reach out. I just wished they would had contacted me first. They made zero attempt. There was nothing but good intention behind this. I am still wanting to make this right, and I’m waiting for an email back from their attorney to tell me what they want me to do with the funding. But since they got legal involved, that’s why I’m no longer reaching out to them personally. It will be me and their lawyers, or my lawyers and their lawyers.

Story airs Monday at 10pm. I’ll answer simple/small questions, but I’d like to remain mostly silent until the story airs.

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Koyoteelaughter t1_j3hsehz wrote

Reply to comment by dentalmomma in ky3 story about fundraiser that brought in zero funds by dentalmomma

When my wife left me I was bitter and hated her. But my daughter made me promise to be civil with her. She asked me and almost begged me not to be mean to her mom, so even when my ex-wife insulted my siblings and parents, I just took it like a beat dog so that I kept my word.

I'd made a deal with my daughter when she was young. So long as she told me when she did something bad, she'd never be punished. If she lied, her punishment would be severe, like extra long grounding or something. I also promised her that so long as she always told me the truth, I would never lie to her about anything. No matter what it was, if she wanted the truth, I'd tell her. When she asked me if there was really a santa claus, I told her that I was either going to say yes or no, and asked her if she could live with both those answers. I made her wait two weeks before I answered it to decide if she really wanted to know the answer. AFter two weeks, she said she'd prefer to know the truth, so I told there was no santa claus. When she asked me about the tooth fairy, I told her there were lots of gay dentists. lol.

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Koyoteelaughter t1_j3hrfm4 wrote

Reply to comment by i-touched-morrissey in ky3 story about fundraiser that brought in zero funds by dentalmomma

It wasn't really that they were horrible. My daughter's birthday is in June after school lets out. Families end up going on vacation or sending their kids to camp. One friend who RSVPd had to stay with her father and couldn't come because he lived in a different town. Another who RSVPd ended up going to Disney Land after their grandparents showed up with a surprise vacation for them. Another got sick and couldn't come. With the exception of six kids, the rest had decent excuses that were out of their hands.

The party she had the next year was really great. I moved all the furniture out of my room, the master bedroom, and put them in the garage. I then stayed up after she went to bed and ended up blowing up thousands of balloons. I put prizes in some of the balloons then filled up my bedroom with balloons so that it came up to the children's chins. I then unleashed them.

There were about sixteen kids there. There was cake, pizza, a pinata, gift bags, and a trampoline. It was pretty memorable.

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dentalmomma OP t1_j3hj8py wrote

Reply to comment by Koyoteelaughter in ky3 story about fundraiser that brought in zero funds by dentalmomma

Geez. I can't imagine. My daughter is 7 and super sensitive....not only emotionally, but also to everyone around her. Something like that would absolutely crush her. (Especially since she's at the age that her and little Susie might get along one day but not the next, and that in itself is an earth-shattering event of course.)

Unfortunately, she's also the product of divorce. That event can be hard enough on a kiddo, but also having her friends essentially stand her up on her BIRTHDAY? Hurts my heart to think about.

You, my friend, are doing a hell of a job at this dad business. Co-parenting with an ex that you DO get along with is challenging enough. Co-parenting with one that can be difficult can be brutal lol. Well done for inviting the mom. I know your kiddo will remember that as she gets older and one day she'll understand exactly what that gesture meant.

You hang in there and keep up the good work. You're doing a great job 💙

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Resident-Log6503 t1_j3heazk wrote

Reply to New Budding CSA / Farm to Table - What Would You Like To See Produced Organically, but Affordable to Buy? (EBT will be Accepted!) by ArtByChristinaCheek

Was a member of another local csa but while it’s organic I don’t think they do much to keep pests away. Lettuce was often full of pests that had eaten most of the lettuce had quality issues with other products as well. I also found it was a lot of radishes beets turnips and things I didn’t like to eat. Most of the good stuff they had was sourced from other farms like the fruit. One thing I did like though was there was choice like it wasn’t a set thing every week that we didn’t have choice in so I didn’t have to get turnips and radishes. If it was a set choice with no options I would have never tried it. Also different sized boxes is helpful as every family has different needs. Delivery would be a nice option driving 40 mins I’d just end up going to the grocery store instead just no time for that.

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