What rules are you breaking that work for you?

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Anonymous wrote:I reach 100 mph nearly every day on the highway and blow through the unnecessary red lights recently installed near my home. I'll pump gas with the engine running because there is no danger in ding so at all. Same for using a cell phone. When I'm grocery shopping, I usually take that time to eat something I grab off the shelf and not pay for it. My cats are outdoor cats and yes, they kill a lot and I don't care. I'm not dealing with a litter box ever.

You mean things like grapes that have come out of their bags?
Or more substantial food??
Just cannot imagine this.

Like a bag of trail mix, for example.

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Anonymous wrote:Eat unlimited carbs from plants (fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, etc).

Eat all the other carbs in moderation.

What is a carb that doesn't come from a plant?

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I pump gas with my car running.

Please don't do this!

I also never turn my car off. It’s totally fine!

it’s been fine so far. Doesn’t mean it always will be. Turn the car off.

I work in the petroleum industry and I can affirm it is most certainly NOT fine. Knock it off!

Funny. I ALSO work in the petroleum industry and I say it's fine.

https://www.firestonecompleteautocare.com/blog/driving/refueling-with-engine-running/

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I put on a hardhat and neon yellow shirt, and walked onto a big construction site taking photos. No one stopped me.

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I drive slightly across the center line around most blind curves to see farther ahead and to ensure that any oncoming car will edge over to the right (as I do also as soon as I spot an oncoming car).

I look for spots in parking lots where I can drive through a spot to end up facing forward even if I know another car is trying to get to that spot in the conventional manner.

I park in shady spots that are usually far away from store entrances and don’t return my cart because it’s easier, and I believe it gives the cart wranglers more job security.

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I do not buy anything from Tupperware type parties
I occasionally attend because I think that the host needs people to attend, but despite all efforts of the seller, do not buy

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Anonymous wrote:-Never floss, brush teeth only in the morning, see the dentist once a year. I've never had a cavity (and I eat a ton of sugar)
-Babywise. It's amazing. Sorry DCUM!
-Everything cleanliness-wise - I shower every other day, the house cleaners come monthly and besides the kitchen I don't do any other cleaning, towels and sheets get washed monthly. Good enough!
-I don't even own makeup.
-I have a full time salaried job that pays well and since having kids, I work prob an average of 10-20 hrs a week. Got a promotion in there, too. Shrug.

Yes to Babywise!

I did a Babywise-Ferber combo that worked wonderfully. I regret nothing and think people suffer needlessly because they are so rigid.

+1 on the sleep training! So much needless suffering in other parents!

We never sleep trained. I slept with my kid in her room until he was 7. Then she told me she was old enough to sleep on her own. No one cried; no one suffered.

Your husband probably suffered.

You sound uncreative in the bedroom. I'm sorry.

You sound like your husband is cheating on you. Not really sorry as you’ve brought it on yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I vowed to never go back to work, once I became a sahm. It bothers a lot of people on DCUM but I don't care. My DH does more than 50% of work at home and I have cleaners too. I have AC.

Air Conditioning? Adult Children? Armpit Cysts?

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Anonymous wrote:I put on a hardhat and neon yellow shirt, and walked onto a big construction site taking photos. No one stopped me.

Ok, but why?

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Anonymous wrote:Eat unlimited carbs from plants (fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, etc).

Eat all the other carbs in moderation.

What is a carb that doesn't come from a plant?

My guess is that the PP meant directly from plants as opposed to highly processed. So PP would eat sweet potatoes, beans, steel cut oats, etc… but maybe not pancake batter or frozen dumplings?

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Anonymous wrote:I pay for one movie and sneak into one or 2 more after. I plan it in advance with the movie start and end times.

How often do you have a free like 9 hours in a row to do this??

😂 lol this cracked me up

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Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I pump gas with my car running.

Please don't do this!

This could kill you as well as anyone around you.

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Anonymous wrote:-Never floss, brush teeth only in the morning, see the dentist once a year. I've never had a cavity (and I eat a ton of sugar)
-Babywise. It's amazing. Sorry DCUM!
-Everything cleanliness-wise - I shower every other day, the house cleaners come monthly and besides the kitchen I don't do any other cleaning, towels and sheets get washed monthly. Good enough!
-I don't even own makeup.
-I have a full time salaried job that pays well and since having kids, I work prob an average of 10-20 hrs a week. Got a promotion in there, too. Shrug.

Yes to Babywise!

I did a Babywise-Ferber combo that worked wonderfully. I regret nothing and think people suffer needlessly because they are so rigid.

+1 on the sleep training! So much needless suffering in other parents!

We never sleep trained. I slept with my kid in her room until he was 7. Then she told me she was old enough to sleep on her own. No one cried; no one suffered.

Your husband probably suffered.

You sound uncreative in the bedroom. I'm sorry.

You sound like your husband is cheating on you. Not really sorry as you’ve brought it on yourself.

This is harsh but agree with the underlying principle. The co-sleeping people who say "you need the BEDROOM to be intimate? How uncreative!" are so weird. That's like saying "why would you use the DINING ROOM to eat? You can eat in the car or in the living room!" Well, yeah, but...

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I don’t send written thank you notes. I am genuinely grateful and reach out. But I don’t make a habit of buying stamps and stationery.

I interrupt people probably more than I should. At work it is probably an advantage because I work with a lot of hot headed men. At home, it’s probably rude. Working on that.

I have one child. Now that they’re older it’s a non issue. When they were younger it was more “edgy.”

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Anonymous wrote:I fall asleep to sitcoms on my phone as does my teenager. It works for us!

Omg I do this too! Always have since I was a little kid (story books on tape back then, not sitcoms).

I do this with the “Murder and Mayhem” channel, late night HLN, I find the male narrator’s voice to be so soothing.

One night I forgot to put the sleep function on and woke up when I heard a familiar voice, story, it was the voice of a long lost friend who was providing commentary on the story of the murder of his college girlfriend… an event that happened 20+ years ago and I hadn’t seen or spoken him in about 18 years.

At 2:00am it was very surreal. Otherwise best show ever for insomniacs.