I used to do that all the time with McDonald’s, but a large soda from McDonald’s is $1. Chic fil a costs way more for a soda. A McDonald’s soda is cheaper than a gas station bottle of soda.

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It's rough out here, man. Sounds like you'll be more considerate next time though and I think that matters most. I'd encourage you to look into applying for any sort of benefit you can. I do clinical social work, and understand that asking for help is one of the hardest things for some folks to do, but they still consider it weak. Don't fall into that. Best!

You sound like you're trying your best, and no a slip up doesn't make you a bad husband.

However, get a grip of your finances. Know your budgets and spendings and plan ahead. If you know what you can and cannot spend, and choose wisely, you can save a lot of money. Money that I think that would really help the both of you do some extra, fun things occasionally and to start saving some money. Even if it's a littlebit each month, money saved is money saved. You'll thank yourself in the long run.

My sister and her boyfriend have been poor for 5 years or so due to circumstances, but they didn't have to be. They just continue to spend unwisely and don't have a grip of their finances at all. My gf and I have less income (for now) but are able to do a lot more with it.

Idk anywhere that sells two liters for a dollar anymore and I'm in a cheap, rural area. Dollar Tree is 1.25 now, but they don't even have two liters in my town.

Lol. I don't use it I just keep it

My local gas station has gigantic sodas for a buck. They used to be $.79. Way cheaper than any fast food.

I mostly just want to leave a word of encouragement for you and your wife. It’s so hard, but you are trying and so is she. Keep going and I will pray that easier days are ahead ❤️

My local McD’s raised their price to like $1.47 for a large drink.

I saved these two websites that were mentioned in a Reddit comment. Hope this helps. 🍀

Commenter: I'm not sure if this helps at all, but you can try these 2 websites to see if there could be any help at all in your area for this issue.

needhelppayingbills.com

findhelp.org

You can get 2L of soda at grocery store for $1. You used to be able to get 3L at dollar tree for $1, not sure if that price held up.

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I don’t think this is anyone’s fault but hers…. Who in their actual right mind hides a ring INSIDE a mattress???

The test can rule out for DS but you could still end up with a child who has disabilities that can’t be picked up on any scan or test. Autism for example. They could develop a childhood illness like meningitis and develop a disability. If you truly don’t want to raise a child/adult with a disability then the only way to guarantee it is to not have children. Ever. It’s hard work having disabled children (I have 2) but it doesn’t mean you love them any less. You’ve probably just really upset her, so please talk to her, tell her how strong you think she is and tell her you just wouldn’t be strong enough to raise a child with additional needs. Tell her how amazing you think she is for being that mum. Apologise for any upset you caused - because while you didn’t mean to upset her you’d still apologise for hurting somebody by accident. And this is one of those times. She’s your grandma, why would you want her upset with you especially when she’s grieving? While her raising your aunt might have looked like hell to you I can assure you it was love, it was joyous, it was her world poured into raising her. Her daughter was her everything, the same as your mum is her everything, and she’s just lost her. It doesn’t matter that she had Downs. Your gran loved her. She raised her, she fought for her, she birthed her. And now she’s lost her. And you’ve hurt her. Go make it up to her.

Baaaaaaahahahahahaha!

Yeah their "work from job that I’m building” sounds less like a job an him trying to build a startup that isn’t going well

>A host of kids will tell you what a loser you are and that you don't deserve to live while getting together and downvoting anyone who calls them out for their toxic behaviour (watch it happen to this one).

I keep seeing this in comments, and then just see friendly people commenting. Maybe take off your blindfold and stop thinking about what might happen and see whats really going on

Probably pride..... One of the deadly sins

This was going off the rails at “He wanted to be tied to a chair and have a shake funneled down his throat. I did it, albeit a bit uncomfortable myself since it's not my sauce.”

I don’t know you or your situation or what this guy is like. But I feel like these are really weird requests for your first time with someone. Maybe I’m just old fashioned but I feel like you need to work up to something like… forcing a milk shake down someone’s throat!!?… over a period of time, if at all. You shouldn’t have to degrade yourself or do something that makes you super uncomfortable, especially the first time with a guy! I have no idea where this guy gets these strange desires from (porn?), but to me that was the bigger red flag than his sexual inexperience. If he’s into you then you can show him what works for you, but I feel like this whole encounter was stained more with the weird stuff than anything else. Maybe he thinks this is normal from whatever he has been watching and just needs you to tell him to calm down a bit.

She hid a ring IN the mattress? And expected you to find it? How? Idk about you but I don't rip mattresses open when throwing them away

That’s just gross.

dicks fine then?

My MCD is 1.29 now

A good trick that helps with social anxiety and shyness which helped me is literally just having conversations with random strangers. I started with cashiers at the supermarket, they're literally paid to have conversations with people so it's an entirely inconsequential encounter. I also started talking to security guards because more often than not, they're bored as fuck and appreciate the distraction for a while. Eventually you can build up to talking to people in a queue, random people at an event or bar and then eventually the absolutely gorgeous girl at the concert. It's all practice.

A good thing to keep in mind is that if the conversation doesn't go anywhere, both you and the other person will likely forget about the entire encounter very quickly, especially if you try to talk to lots of people. If you find it difficult to start a convo, practice "statement + question". E.g "Oh man, I saw the cutest puppy on the way here, he had the cutest floppy ears. Do you like dogs or have any pets?"

A random veteran I met in a bar once told me "talking is muscle just like anything else, you gotta train it" and it's 100% true. I used to not be able to approach anybody, now my job literally requires me to approach random people on the street. I get rejected 100 times a day and yet I can still approach anybody because I know that realistically nothing will happen.

Don't be too hard on yourself man. It's a skill you have to train. And hey, hopefully you'll see her again and you can both laugh about how nervous you were this time around, if she even remembers you at all. Chin up fella.