Have enough acid trips in a bed, you start to become one with the bed.

You realize we are all the bed, and the bed is all of us. The bed is love, and love is everything.. you know?

If I were to make something up id definitely come up with a better story than this I dont think it was a ring though, she was probably hiding something else and made up something on the spot.

I can’t tell if this sounds improbable because it’s made up or if it’s real life and therefore improbable. I do know that if it was fiction, I would be yelling at the characters for being so poor at anticipating outcomes.

Anywa sorry for your losses.

No... no it should not. I wouldn't be surprised if they were discontinued very quickly. I think they were new at the time maybe, but I could be wrong. Was over 10 years ago now.

Is it though?

We sure it's a ring? And not like..... drugs? Who hides a ring in a mattress?

My wife and I went through this a few years ago. I can't tell you how difficult it was to tell our kids (or lie to them) that we cannot buy them something or was unable to go out to dinner. We ended up moving out of state and to reset ourselves (and lower cost of living) and are doing much better now.

Do you live in the US? I want to Grubhub you and your wife some dinner. You can DM the details.

One armed man from Arrested Development:

“And that’s why you don’t try to surprise people!”

I am familiar with this similar situation. When my husband and I got together, he had a mattress that he had bought with previous wife. He had had several girlfriends, before me. The bed slept wonderfully even though it was super old and required special hard to find sheets (California King). BUT it bothered the hell out of me thinking about all of the women that had likely slept in that bed. Now it's not like I thought about it constantly, but it DID bug me. So I convinced him to buy a new mattress. Got rid of the old one. Worst mistake ever. Every bed I have slept in since has been uncomfortable. We have bought two. Nothing sleeps as good as that one.

What did your wife previously do for work? If it's just being wheelchair-bound, most desk jobs should be possible (although obviously unfairly harder to get/keep than if she were able-bodied).

Have her doctor write that her medical conditions affect her ability to aquire and maintain employment.

She bought an engagement ring for herself and hoped you would take that ring and propose with it? I find that stranger than hiding it in a mattress

Well, you should lose your driver’s license, both for goin after a McDonald’s bag while driving and for taking the car for a 5 min drive. But you probably won’t.

Preparing your own food can be much cheaper than buying premade or frozen foods. Last night's meal was $10 for three people plus leftovers. I could have made it less expensive, but meat is outrageous right now.

I made broccoli beef over white rice. It took 1.5 small onions, some leek, beef that came from the store pre marinaded ($5) and broccoli. I added soy sauce and some random alcohol to caramelize the onions, and salt.

I thought this was gonna be the old "I tried jacking off with eucalyptus oil" story

You should also know that there’s money in the banana stand!!!

A bit of reverse waterboarding never hurt anyone.

When I moved to my new apartment, on the first floor, the first use of the bidet was something to be remembered. I still remember the water, with the pressure of a water cutting table, coming onto my ass.

You have to apply for those though.

Doing the business was fine when his wife was healthy; post illness though something has to give. Your words are harsh, but it's a reality check that he needs to hear.

Probably used too much Vicks

Oh yeah they basically judge whether you're able to work. Any ability to work at all goes against you.

Not sure if you're aware; but data has shown that being poor negatively affects your ability to plan finances in the long term. Because money is so scarce and it money seems to disappear quickly, it incentivizes the brain into spending money the moment you receive it.

I believe researchers hypothesized that it's because we've intrinsically linked money to food; when we are poor this our primary use of money. When someone is hungry all other secondary needs are put on the shelf.

TLDR: It's expensive to be poor, it's harder to make rational budgeting decisions when poor.

It’s $2.89 here in Canada. Not cheap at all.

I stopped reading at Vicks Vapobath