I was given an iphone 5 when a friend upgraded to the 6. I was with a different carried but switched to AT&T. It was no big deal. I use to the gophone plan so as not to get locked into a contract and switched from virgin mobile. If your friend is locked into a contract with another network it might not be so easy..she'll have to wait until her contract ends. But yes, this is something you can do. You pull the sim card out, she takes it to AT&T and buys a new one for $10, signs up for service and is on her way.

you really never know what kind of day she had or how many antics the kids had put her through before she gave up and left the mall. Was it the best response? No, of course not. Will the kid be scarred for life? Unlikely. You really have no idea about this woman's life or what her day-week-month-year have been like and whether this is a regular occurrence or a one off thing by a frazzled caregiver. If you were truly worried, you could have stopped and asked if everything was OK or if she needed help.

Anonymous wrote:Because people want to know - who? Why? Why did not someone see it coming? Why did they do it, etc.

I totally get your concern, but I don't think it will ever stop because too many people will want answers.

i agree with this. people want to know if this is something their brother-friend-neighbor-etc could do or if it was a true monster we should have seen coming.

goodwill should have something you can use on the cheap.

Anonymous wrote:OP, you will understand and forgive your parents only after you have your own kids. Now, instead of blaming them, try to work on your own feeling. Learn to appreciate and love the gift when you receive it. Learn to clean after yourself without blaming your mom. The more you work on personal growth, the less you blame your parents. Good luck!

Right, because giving birth bestows upon you magical powers of forgiveness that only people who have procreated can have. We all know people who don't have kids are unforgiving trolls and all people who do have kids are forgiving doormats.

I never wear sunscreen unless I'm in the water or planning to be in the blazing hot sun for hours on end (which never happens.) I do wear a hat though. Sunscreen is loaded with freaky chemicals which you are then smearing all over your skin AKA the largest organ in your body. Think about it. The largest organ in your body is absorbing a laboratory cocktail of man made chemicals. You might as well be eating a steady diet of cheetohs and diet coke. Additionally, Vitamin D deficiency is very real and of much greater risk for cancers and other health effects than the risk of skin cancer. Given your particular experience the risk might be worth it, but for most people it isn't. Seriously, ditch the sunscreen and wear better clothes. And take vitamin D3!!!!

my mom is like this too except my dad died ten years after their divorce (I was 14 when he died, so he's been dead 29 yrs!) and as far as I know there wasn't an actual other woman, just the one in my mom's imagination. She STILL blames him for stuff that's wrong with her. To be fair he was kind of a selfish asshole and a semi-functioning alcoholic so there could be SOME merit to the things she says but good heavens, drop it already.

No advice, just commiseration.

All bad, I hope. All bad and all true.

This would drive me completely nuts. But then I'm an introvert like you. I don't think it's at all unreasonable to know who's sleeping in your home and has access to your child (and you while you're sleeping and vulnerable.) It's insane to expect someone to just host random people overnight!

I'm 5'6", female, white with European ancestry (just did the Ancestry DNA so I know there's nothing else mixed in )
I consider myself average, though wikipedia says 5'4" is average, so I guess I'm a little above average. Doesn't matter though because I have short legs and long arms so getting clothes that fit is not a lot of fun.

I took the kids to a park and there was a homeless man standing at a picnic table. On the table was a pair of little girls pants and underpants. I totally thought the homeless guy molested a child so I had my eye on him while I wrangled the kids to leave. Then he left and the pants were still there. I think maybe some kid peed their pants at the park and they just left them. But I don't actually know what happened.

That's what I would do. If there's an emergency vet near you, it might be worth making a phone call to ask about it, but good chance they'll refer you to your regular vet anyway.

I'd skip it or else go home in the morning on the 4th. If I were feeling energetic (given you've just had a baby) and I knew everything was ready to go for the work week, then maybe I'd stay until 4 but I'd probably skip it and roast hot dogs at home instead.

Is there a particular reason you don't want to make a speech? Was she abusive or are you not close? Are you very introverted and don't like the spotlight? 80 is a big year and I don't think it's unreasonable for someone to give a short speech to say thanks for all the years of love and memories but if you're really against it, then go back to the sibling who assigned this task to you and explain why you don't want to do it. If you do the speech, you're certainly within your rights to open the floor to anyone who wants to share a memory.

When my grandmother turned 90, my mom had all the family write a story/memory and then she compiled them into a book for my grandma. It was a big hit (as was the party since it was a surprise and people flew in from several states away.)

You don't HAVE to give a gift, or you could do something in the $100 range like a nice throw blanket or whatever you think they might need or like. (Something for the kitchen like a kitchen aid attachment or good knife?)