Huh. I have worked 40 years and raised a bunch of kids, not as much leisure but holding up fine. I do work at a sports company though, people take long lunches to go for a run and we have a gym too. So there is both the flexibility and resources to stay fit. Really nice perk.
Honestly don’t mind working now, it was harder when I was younger with kids at home and not as much seniority at work.
I LOVE reading. Books, comics, Lemmy posts & comments too. Not AI conversations, those apps are relentless suck-ups.
But you don’t have to. My own kids I kept making them try books until they found stuff they like but 3/4 of them still like reading, one doesn’t, that’s fine - we are all different and it’s not like you are illiterate, you can read and write as communication.
Yes like being drowned. And I don’t want to get my hair wet every time I shower! Stayed w my brother, he had an overhead shower like that and I thought my hair would mildew, it was always wet.
One part is always cold, then. The one advantage baths have over showers is that you can be warm all over. I don’t want a car wash shower but it would solve that.
And why every drink has to be iced now
I am not sure. Older and experienced, though. A few before my first monogamous run with my ex, that lasted about 20 years, then a few more, then my husband & I did some swinging, and have settled down to just us for about 8 years. But every day, it’s nice.
Cashew butter mixed with water makes better cream of mushroom soup than cream does; I say this as a dairy afficionado, I don’t do it as a vegan thing, I make it that way because it’s better.
So for soup, cashew I agree. Hazelnut for sweet things, and peanut for other savory stuff.
Orgasm can help a migraine too, or occasionally cause one. In unscientific terms I think of it as all the blood going to the other end of my body. Sinus drugs and migraine rescue drugs are vasoconstrictors, so it makes sense.
Sex can also be a release of stress though, and sadly, relaxing after stress is a migraine trigger.
Why be embarrassed to have sex? Be happy to have sex.
I agree with that last paragraph. Am more than half a century old and it really becomes apparent who takes care of themselves.
Income taxes - I do “the taxes” at year end not “my taxes” because we file as married. But when I was single I did “my taxes”
Sales tax, never. That’s just “the sales tax”
Property tax, also I say “the property tax”
I do use “my taxes” or “our taxes” (the collective group of taxpayers) when complaining, like “why are my taxes used to blow up little kids and siphoned into the pockets of people who don’t need the money?” Because it’s money we earned and being used in ways most of us would strongly object to.
I mean, that kind of makes sense. I have tried with ladies and it really doesn’t feel like sex, it’s not off-putting, I could do it like a performance but it’s not a turn on either. I don’t think experimenting means you are bi.
Oddly enough, the fast food Greek place here (not a chain) gets the closest to what I had in England.
I have an electric bike for short trips but do enjoy driving my 6 speed car, and it’s 12 years old, paid off for 7 of those years. I cannot imagine it’s better to get another car and get rid of mine.
Can’t imagine I am unusual, either. It’s just a really big fleet and will take time to change.
And yeah this is probably my last but I will miss the vroom vroom and shifting the car myself.
Huh. I’m a straight lady but feel the opposite - as I get older I really wish I was bi, women around here hold up so much better than men.
Exactly, but the guy couldn’t even see him.
My brother had a funny story about this. His friend worked in IT and was doing one of those system things that take all day and take the system down. He wasn’t supposed to let anyone in the building during this. So an executive comes to the door, his key card doesn’t work, he buzzes the bell. The guy inside answers, and says he can’t let anyone in. Exec says “Do you know who I am?” and the employee responds with a tentative “well, do you know who I am?”
“No”
“Ok, I can’t let you in.”
Wow, New Orleans? I love that city.
Downtown Clearwater FL has been pretty much taken over by Scientologists and is quite creepy now.
We got a new kitten, so there have been some good days lately.
Work days, a good day is a leisurely morning (yes today) and getting out in time for yoga (not today) and having a nice light supper (yes today).
Days off, all sorts of ways to have a good day. Read a book, bake bread, draw, lots of sex, go to the beach, sit on the couch and listen to music, go see live music, see a movie, just sit in the outdoors and drink, so many different things can make a good day.
Insufficient plastic bags, they can’t survive a direct hit like that. They do work for regular showers, to keep the incidental splashes off.