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[zolotiyeruki]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

Birthday parties for 1-year-olds are all about the parents bowing to social pressure.  The kid has no idea what's going on.  You should feel no guilt or shame about not throwing your baby a party.

[markbike528CBX]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

Not necessarily. 

Birthdays of very small children and funerals are about everything and everybody _except_ the "guest of honor", who typically could care less.

[Warlord1986]

I mean, you could bake a cake, get her a new stuffed animal or picture book to read to her, and take her picture a lot because babies apparently like having their picture taken. That's what I would do. And not a damn thing more.

[jinga nation]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

Not necessarily. 

Birthdays of very small children and funerals are about everything and everybody _except_ the "guest of honor", who typically could care less.

Hear, hear!

If you want to have a party, make it low key for family and close friends, just as an excuse to get together, especially when you have a child your social circle may drift apart, so use this an an opportunity for long-time-no-see fun.

[remizidae]

I've seen people comment that books shouldn't be given as presents because they're not fun. It's amazing how someone can illustrate how stupid, ignorant and materialistic they are in just one sentence.

For Christmas, I gave a guy I was dating two books--the most romantic books I knew of, so high sentimental value. Yes, they were used books, but that didn't really occur to me. You can still read it, so who cares if a book is used? Anyway, he got me some fancy alcohol and lingerie. Fast forward a few months, when we were arguing, and he demanded his presents back on the grounds that he had spent more money!

...I gave him the presents back. We are no longer together.

[HappierAtHome]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

You should be doing exactly what you want to do (though of course we will mock you if it's ridiculous...). Turns out I want to have a family afternoon tea and a rainbow birthday cake, so that's what I'm doing for my baby's first birthday. He won't care, but I'll enjoy the decorating and eating of cake ;-)

[one piece at a time]

And that's the problem.

They see it as an instant layby, not debt.

I know people in their early 20s who, for moral/ethical reasons, avoid consumer debt like the plague. Would never get a credit card. But they have revolving Afterpay balances.

The marketing has worked.

Growing up, I always assumed lay-buy was where you paid for stuff now but collected it later simply because it wasn't available in the store that day. So "these size 12 jeans don't sit right, do you have a 10"
"nope, sorry"
"no worries, I'll lay-buy some 10s. Let me know when you get them in"

It never occurred to me that people would want to buy clothes at all, yet alone if they were short of money.

[Goldielocks]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

Yes, you throw a boozy party for you, the parents, to congratulate yourselves on surviving the first year, and to prepare for the second year which is 50x harder than the first year.

Just think what the next year will bring -- Toilet training (and a peed on sofa, carrying three changes of clothing everywhere, middle of the night waking up, daytime kid is constantly in motion,  but wants to be held simultaneously yet is strong and heavy writhing in your arms, starts to be independent and very stubborn and occasionally mischievous, still won't let you pee alone, may stop taking one of their naps and be cranky a lot, learns to run and to smear sticky hands over every surface and your clothing, cracks head or mouth on -- choose one-- front concrete step, park bench, coffee table, fireplace mantle... leaps off swing when you are only half holding them, makes you end eating in a table service restaurant until they turn three because the price just is not worth 15 minutes of agitation and 5 minutes of eating....)

Oh, and always, always adorable and like your own heart is running around on two legs.

[ruffles]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Our first child was born in April last year and despite me insisting many times that I really didn't want anything at all for Father's Day last June, my girlfriend bought me a few things. I understand why she did, but I still politely refused them. I then got told by her mother that I was extremely ungrateful.

I also got a lot of stick from the outlaws at Christmas because I didn't buy our child any presents. They of course spent hundreds on a mountain of crap. What they don't know is that for Christmas I got her £100 worth of Vanguard LS100. And every day she climbs over the said mountain of crap to get her favourite toy, which is a drum that I made out of an old salad bowl and some packing tape!

[Sibley]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Our first child was born in April last year and despite me insisting many times that I really didn't want anything at all for Father's Day last June, my girlfriend bought me a few things. I understand why she did, but I still politely refused them. I then got told by her mother that I was extremely ungrateful.

I also got a lot of stick from the outlaws at Christmas because I didn't buy our child any presents. They of course spent hundreds on a mountain of crap. What they don't know is that for Christmas I got her £100 worth of Vanguard LS100. And every day she climbs over the said mountain of crap to get her favourite toy, which is a drum that I made out of an old salad bowl and some packing tape!

You can get rid of said mountain of crap you know...

[mm1970]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

Ha, when kid #1 turned 1, we didn't do anything.  Actually, I think we had our best friends over for dinner?  Their kid was 9 months older.  We had dinner and cake.  It wasn't a party.

Got sucked into parties from age 2 to 7.   A lot of this ended up being our social interactions with our friends.  They were "family parties" with food and wine and beer and such.

Kid #2, 6.5 years younger.  Born in summer, thank you very much!  First birthday, got invited to LOTS of his baby friends' parties.  My kid?  Oh, so sorry, we are going to be on the other coast visiting family!  (MIL made a cake, had the family over).  He's never had a party.  He's 5.

[AnnaGrowsAMustache]

I have friends who must have spent $10,000 on their child's first birthday. Can't say I begrudge them - they had 16 years of continual  miscarriages and a cot death before their little girl now. The child is their miracle.

[Uturn]

My first birthday party was thrown by a girlfriend when I turned 18.  I had another at 21 and one at 30.  That might be why birthdays don't mean anything to me. 

[AnnaGrowsAMustache]

I'm getting so much "what are you doing for her birthday?"

My daughter is turning 1.  We literally are not planning on doing ANYTHING.

Should we be doing something?

Ha, when kid #1 turned 1, we didn't do anything.  Actually, I think we had our best friends over for dinner?  Their kid was 9 months older.  We had dinner and cake.  It wasn't a party.

Got sucked into parties from age 2 to 7.   A lot of this ended up being our social interactions with our friends.  They were "family parties" with food and wine and beer and such.

Kid #2, 6.5 years younger.  Born in summer, thank you very much!  First birthday, got invited to LOTS of his baby friends' parties.  My kid?  Oh, so sorry, we are going to be on the other coast visiting family!  (MIL made a cake, had the family over).  He's never had a party.  He's 5.

My personal belief is that it's important for small kids to feel the same as their friends. That probably includes birthday parties and being able to invite their friends. Doesn't mean it has to be expensive. One of my son's bdays when he was small was on the beach in late autumn. It was a castaway pirate theme. We had fish and chips, hot cocoa, a homemade cake and a whole lot of chasing games, and ended up a treasure hunt. The boys loved it. Presents were asked to be restricted to books and vouchers. All boys sent home fed, exhausted and with a party favour of a wee individual homemade paper mache treasure chest filled with chocolate gold coins and candy jewels - this was the 'treasure' that they had to work together and find. Probably cost me $50 all up back in the day, and a bit of my time.

[firelight]

Growing up, my birthdays had a cake my mom baked and iced based on what I wanted, friends coming home for a simple party with finger food and some small gifts from friends. My parents got the bday dress. We were in charge of the games to play. As we grew, my mom cut out the games part and let us off our chores that one day (which sounded heavenly especially when all the siblings were doing theirs). My dad also let us pick the movie we wanted to see for that Friday. So even if Monday was bday, we celebrated till Friday and that was even more fun! And my mom did a special hike/trip with the bday kid (ice cream when we were younger, special spots when we were older). Best bdays ever!

[Fomerly known as something]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.

I was chatting with a girl and after saw her photo I noticed quite big watches on her wrist so I asked what type it is. She replied that it is Garmin Fenix 5S and bought it directly from the Garmin store for 599 € . This is huge price in my country compared to median month salary (around 950 € before taxes, net will be around 720 €).  After some time she told me, that she lives with her mother and can't afford to buy small apartment (I mean with mortgage - she wouldn't be able to pay monthly payments and bank wouldn't approve mortgage ).

Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

I'm not quite sure what your question is.

I have a Garmin for running and biking mostly.  I also wear it as a watch.  But I don't live with my parents and it wasn't a months worth of salary.  It interfaces with the Garmin app on my phone and gives me a ton of data about my runs that I use.  I can preset speed workouts into it.  I bought my first one in 2010 so I could track the distance I ran no matter where I was and since I was in SW Georgia at the time it allowed me to get my distance in via the route with the most shade where I didn't have to remember where I turned.  For me it is worthwhile.

[Nudelkopf]

We had very Mustachian birthdays growing up!

One year I had a "bike party!" (Everyone brought their bikes to my place & we put streamers on them & rode around).
Another year, we had a "rock" theme... we made pet rocks.

[marty998]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Our first child was born in April last year and despite me insisting many times that I really didn't want anything at all for Father's Day last June, my girlfriend bought me a few things. I understand why she did, but I still politely refused them. I then got told by her mother that I was extremely ungrateful.

I also got a lot of stick from the outlaws at Christmas because I didn't buy our child any presents. They of course spent hundreds on a mountain of crap. What they don't know is that for Christmas I got her £100 worth of Vanguard LS100. And every day she climbs over the said mountain of crap to get her favourite toy, which is a drum that I made out of an old salad bowl and some packing tape!

You can get rid of said mountain of crap you know...

I love that post from ruffles... and no, the mountain of crap can't be gotten rid of, because everytime the outlaws visit they'll got to know the bub is happily playing with said pile of crap.

My (now grown up) cousins got a whole pile of toys for christmas when they were tots. On Christmas Day they decided to play with the wrapping paper instead.

[meridian]

Nothing crazy from me, but a girl I knew from online dating posted about how she got fined on public transport - her smartrider ( RFID payment card) failed, wasn't sure why, got on the train regardless. Unfortunately the ticket inspectors were on her train and she got fined. Turns out the direct debit linked to the card bounced/insufficient funds.

Only worth mentioning because I'd seen this before on our "date" at a casual restaurant - one of her cards was declined so she had to check her apps to see which card had funds. Turns out she eats out all the time, and doesn't cook. I found that out by mentioning how I've mastered a few dishes myself and asked if she knew any good recipes.

[Freedomin5]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Our first child was born in April last year and despite me insisting many times that I really didn't want anything at all for Father's Day last June, my girlfriend bought me a few things. I understand why she did, but I still politely refused them. I then got told by her mother that I was extremely ungrateful.

I also got a lot of stick from the outlaws at Christmas because I didn't buy our child any presents. They of course spent hundreds on a mountain of crap. What they don't know is that for Christmas I got her £100 worth of Vanguard LS100. And every day she climbs over the said mountain of crap to get her favourite toy, which is a drum that I made out of an old salad bowl and some packing tape!

You can get rid of said mountain of crap you know...

I love that post from ruffles... and no, the mountain of crap can't be gotten rid of, because everytime the outlaws visit they'll got to know the bub is happily playing with said pile of crap.

My (now grown up) cousins got a whole pile of toys for christmas when they were tots. On Christmas Day they decided to play with the wrapping paper instead.

So interesting. In my part of the world, an “outlaw” is a career criminal. An IN-law is the parent of your spouse. Not sure if you wrote it that way on purpose...I mean, after all, mountains of crap should be outlawed.

[I'm a red panda]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Our first child was born in April last year and despite me insisting many times that I really didn't want anything at all for Father's Day last June, my girlfriend bought me a few things. I understand why she did, but I still politely refused them. I then got told by her mother that I was extremely ungrateful.

I also got a lot of stick from the outlaws at Christmas because I didn't buy our child any presents. They of course spent hundreds on a mountain of crap. What they don't know is that for Christmas I got her £100 worth of Vanguard LS100. And every day she climbs over the said mountain of crap to get her favourite toy, which is a drum that I made out of an old salad bowl and some packing tape!

You can get rid of said mountain of crap you know...

I love that post from ruffles... and no, the mountain of crap can't be gotten rid of, because everytime the outlaws visit they'll got to know the bub is happily playing with said pile of crap.

My (now grown up) cousins got a whole pile of toys for christmas when they were tots. On Christmas Day they decided to play with the wrapping paper instead.

So interesting. In my part of the world, an “outlaw” is a career criminal. An IN-law is the parent of your spouse. Not sure if you wrote it that way on purpose...I mean, after all, mountains of crap should be outlawed.

The difference between inlaws and outlaws is outlaws are wanted.

;)

(My friends have a sign over their bar "Outlaws Welcome. Inlaws call first."

[bluebelle]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Congratulations on your pregnancy. Our first child was born in April last year and despite me insisting many times that I really didn't want anything at all for Father's Day last June, my girlfriend bought me a few things. I understand why she did, but I still politely refused them. I then got told by her mother that I was extremely ungrateful.

I also got a lot of stick from the outlaws at Christmas because I didn't buy our child any presents. They of course spent hundreds on a mountain of crap. What they don't know is that for Christmas I got her £100 worth of Vanguard LS100. And every day she climbs over the said mountain of crap to get her favourite toy, which is a drum that I made out of an old salad bowl and some packing tape!

You can get rid of said mountain of crap you know...

I love that post from ruffles... and no, the mountain of crap can't be gotten rid of, because everytime the outlaws visit they'll got to know the bub is happily playing with said pile of crap.

My (now grown up) cousins got a whole pile of toys for christmas when they were tots. On Christmas Day they decided to play with the wrapping paper instead.

So interesting. In my part of the world, an “outlaw” is a career criminal. An IN-law is the parent of your spouse. Not sure if you wrote it that way on purpose...I mean, after all, mountains of crap should be outlawed.

The difference between inlaws and outlaws is outlaws are wanted.

;)

(My friends have a sign over their bar "Outlaws Welcome. Inlaws call first."

really?  In my neck of the woods, folks call their in-laws "outlaws" if there's any bad blood, or just as a joke in passing.....as in 'the outlaws are visiting', generally, you don't want outlaws in your home.....never heard of anyone 'wanting' outlaws.

[Dollar Slice]

really?  In my neck of the woods, folks call their in-laws "outlaws" if there's any bad blood, or just as a joke in passing.....as in 'the outlaws are visiting', generally, you don't want outlaws in your home.....never heard of anyone 'wanting' outlaws.

I think you're missing the joke... think about, for example, the "wanted: dead or alive" posters printed by the sheriff's department in the old west.

[honeybbq]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

[dragoncar]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

Call me when it wipes yer butt

[RidetheRain]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

Call me when it wipes yer butt

That might be cheaper. A "smart" bidet starts at $250.

[JAYSLOL]

Got a Facebook message from someone I wrote to over a month ago, they had posted a MacBook Air on the buy and sell group for sale but didn't list a price.  I don't need a computer, but I'm not opposed to getting a deal on a Mac and reselling if there's money to be made.  When I wrote to them I asked "how old is the Mac and how much do you want?".  They wrote back (over a month later) with "Hello.  Hello, are you there?".  I ignored it for a day and they wrote again and said "Hello?".  I wrote back and said "are you still selling your computer?".  They replied "yes".  And that's the last I've heard from them.  Seriously how hard is it to answer 2 questions?  If they don't know, just say "I don't know, make an offer". 

[honeybbq]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

Call me when it wipes yer butt

That might be cheaper. A "smart" bidet starts at $250.

But does it have GPS tracking?? !

[dragoncar]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

Call me when it wipes yer butt

That might be cheaper. A "smart" bidet starts at $250.

But does it have GPS tracking?? !

Will it sync with my Garmin buttplug?

[merula]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

Call me when it wipes yer butt

That might be cheaper. A "smart" bidet starts at $250.

But does it have GPS tracking?? !

Will it sync with my Garmin buttplug?

No, but your Garmin buttplug will sink in the bidet.

[Well Respected Man]

Not really on facebook, but similar local social network.


Well... I know people like to buy expensive gadgets, but it always surprise me why... Does this Garmin watches give you so much more compared to running, swimming, etc, without them ?

It's the top of the line triathlon watch. It does open water GPS (on top of all the satellite feed with running, biking), has a built in race mode for triathlons, syncs with garmin cadence for bike, syncs with strava, the garmin heart rate monitor for heart rate based training, etc. It's really, really cool.

I actually have the older version and yes, I did spend a lot of money for it. But I love it and triathlon is one of my hobbies and love in life. My watch was actually one of the most expensive things I bought for racing (but I don't live with my mother...).

Call me when it wipes yer butt

That might be cheaper. A "smart" bidet starts at $250.

But does it have GPS tracking?? !

Will it sync with my Garmin buttplug?

It sinks with Charmin only.

[Rowellen]

This came up on my fb today. I clicked through to see how much. $200 a pop.  Now considering the purpose is to keep pets out of other pets dishes, you'd have to buy at least 2. I don't have pets at the moment but when I did they learnt pretty fast to eat quick or they'd go hungry. 

[I'm a red panda]

This came up on my fb today. I clicked through to see how much. $200 a pop.  Now considering the purpose is to keep pets out of other pets dishes, you'd have to buy at least 2. I don't have pets at the moment but when I did they learnt pretty fast to eat quick or they'd go hungry.

Lots of people use these to keep from feeding racooons and stray cats.
So you might just need 1.

[geekette]

It could also be useful if you have one with a restricted diet.

[TheGrimSqueaker]

If you have one older animal or a creature like my Venomous Spaz Beast who nibbles delicately rather than devouring her food, only one device would be necessary to keep the other pets out.

[RidetheRain]

This came up on my fb today. I clicked through to see how much. $200 a pop.  Now considering the purpose is to keep pets out of other pets dishes, you'd have to buy at least 2. I don't have pets at the moment but when I did they learnt pretty fast to eat quick or they'd go hungry.

I feel like a hungry animal will break this little machine. My cat would sit on top of it and my dog would flip it over.

[TheGrimSqueaker]

This came up on my fb today. I clicked through to see how much. $200 a pop.  Now considering the purpose is to keep pets out of other pets dishes, you'd have to buy at least 2. I don't have pets at the moment but when I did they learnt pretty fast to eat quick or they'd go hungry.

I feel like a hungry animal will break this little machine. My cat would sit on top of it and my dog would flip it over.

The Venomous Spaz Beast uses her paws (thumb and all) like a cat. She'd use her little claws to pull at the edge of the plastic until she forced her nose in, then make use of her Jar Jar Binks tongue to snuffle up the food inside.

[BTDretire]

This came up on my fb today. I clicked through to see how much. $200 a pop.  Now considering the purpose is to keep pets out of other pets dishes, you'd have to buy at least 2. I don't have pets at the moment but when I did they learnt pretty fast to eat quick or they'd go hungry.

Lots of people use these to keep from feeding racoons and stray cats.
So you might just need 1.

I looked into a feeder that would open only for my cat.
I get tired of having 3 neighborhood cats coming aound to eat food I buy.
We also have raccoons and possum.
I feed my cat and when it stops eating I put the food back in a sealed container.
It took a while, but I don't see the other cats as often now.

[AnnaGrowsAMustache]

This came up on my fb today. I clicked through to see how much. $200 a pop.  Now considering the purpose is to keep pets out of other pets dishes, you'd have to buy at least 2. I don't have pets at the moment but when I did they learnt pretty fast to eat quick or they'd go hungry.

Lots of people use these to keep from feeding racooons and stray cats.
So you might just need 1.

Why not just get a pet door that only allows your cat in? Mine operates on the cat's microchip. You can actually program it to allow different access for different animals, for example if one cat is confined inside for some reason. OK, my pet door was NOT cheap but it solved a whole lot of more expensive problems with an aggressive cat invader.

[ysette9]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work. His comment was that his wife wouldn’t let him get proper rain gear because REI wasn’t having a sale right now. For the record, they are both doctors well-established in their careers. Love it!

[RidetheRain]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work. His comment was that his wife wouldn’t let him get proper rain gear because REI wasn’t having a sale right now. For the record, they are both doctors well-established in their careers. Love it!

I feel like duct taping your boots to your pants continuously isn't terribly Mustachian. Doesn't that waste money in duct tape and replacements for stuff that get worn out faster? I think the real problem with this post (that fits anti-mustachian) is that they think REI is the only place to get outdoor gear!

[zolotiyeruki]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work. His comment was that his wife wouldn’t let him get proper rain gear because REI wasn’t having a sale right now. For the record, they are both doctors well-established in their careers. Love it!

I feel like duct taping your boots to your pants continuously isn't terribly Mustachian. Doesn't that waste money in duct tape and replacements for stuff that get worn out faster? I think the real problem with this post (that fits anti-mustachian) is that they think REI is the only place to get outdoor gear!

For one, it's not raining every day, so it's not "continuous."  Secondly, perhaps they're going for high-quality stuff, or they have a preference for REI gear that'll last, so in the long run, it'll save them money?

Also, doctors biking to work.  That's pretty awesome.

[ysette9]

I love REI. Quality products that they stand behind. I’d much rather pay more for something there that lasts.

[Davnasty]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work. His comment was that his wife wouldn’t let him get proper rain gear because REI wasn’t having a sale right now. For the record, they are both doctors well-established in their careers. Love it!

I feel like duct taping your boots to your pants continuously isn't terribly Mustachian. Doesn't that waste money in duct tape and replacements for stuff that get worn out faster? I think the real problem with this post (that fits anti-mustachian) is that they think REI is the only place to get outdoor gear!

For one, it's not raining every day, so it's not "continuous."  Secondly, perhaps they're going for high-quality stuff, or they have a preference for REI gear that'll last, so in the long run, it'll save them money?

Also, doctors biking to work.  That's pretty awesome.

Lol, this is the same line of reasoning I went through after reading the first post.

That's a waste of duct tape and it could damage clothes. But you would only do it occasionaly, depends on rain frequency. And hey, he's biking in the rain so either way I think we can classify this as mustachian.

I can always count on MMM forum to analyze the efficacy of what to some would just be a comical anecdote.

[mm1970]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work. His comment was that his wife wouldn’t let him get proper rain gear because REI wasn’t having a sale right now. For the record, they are both doctors well-established in their careers. Love it!

I feel like duct taping your boots to your pants continuously isn't terribly Mustachian. Doesn't that waste money in duct tape and replacements for stuff that get worn out faster? I think the real problem with this post (that fits anti-mustachian) is that they think REI is the only place to get outdoor gear!

For one, it's not raining every day, so it's not "continuous."  Secondly, perhaps they're going for high-quality stuff, or they have a preference for REI gear that'll last, so in the long run, it'll save them money?

Also, doctors biking to work.  That's pretty awesome.

Ha ha yes.  My GP bikes to work a lot.  I remember when he started.  He's been my GP for 20 years now - we are both late 40s.  He might be 50. 

Probably about 10 years ago I went in for my checkup.  First appt of the day.  He apologized for his cold hands, because he'd started biking to work.  Can't tell you  how many times I had to make a second appt for other tests because he had a broken wrist.  (He also likes mountain biking.)

[FireHiker]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work. His comment was that his wife wouldn’t let him get proper rain gear because REI wasn’t having a sale right now. For the record, they are both doctors well-established in their careers. Love it!

Well, the annual 20% off coupon isn't valid until today, so I can see holding off a couple more days! I've gotten into running recently and I'm planning to try out trail running now with the hopes of doing a section of a big race with my brother in August as a "pacer" (surely I can keep up with him for 5 miles after he's already run 80...). I have held off looking at shoes though until at least today because of that 20% off coupon.

[Digital Dogma]

This belongs in an anti-anti mustachian thread, but we don’t have one specific to Facebook, so bear with me.

A friend posted today a photo of his ankles duct taped to prevent water from going into his boots as he bikes to work.

We use this same method in the chemical industry when suiting up to prevent hazardous chemicals like acid from breaching through protective clothing, cheap and effective!

I'm currently witnessing a torrent of wedding related spending so head-spinning that I've had to place someone on a 30-day break to stop seeing all their posts. The goal is apparently to spend more of their parent's money on a wedding than their sibling did when they got married. The implication was that since they weren't going to receive a cash gift from the parents (since their gift was payment of wedding expenses,) that the person is extracting the biggest "gift" that they can by selecting the most services and luxuries possible. Most of the updates till now have been about anticipating being treated like royalty. The way its being hyped up, I can only assume it will end in disappointment, because once the experience is over and the feeling fades away, their hedonic adaption will ensure that it was never enough to satisfy that itch to be catered to so diligently.

[RidetheRain]

I'm currently witnessing a torrent of wedding related spending so head-spinning that I've had to place someone on a 30-day break to stop seeing all their posts. The goal is apparently to spend more of their parent's money on a wedding than their sibling did when they got married. The implication was that since they weren't going to receive a cash gift from the parents (since their gift was payment of wedding expenses,) that the person is extracting the biggest "gift" that they can by selecting the most services and luxuries possible. Most of the updates till now have been about anticipating being treated like royalty. The way its being hyped up, I can only assume it will end in disappointment, because once the experience is over and the feeling fades away, their hedonic adaption will ensure that it was never enough to satisfy that itch to be catered to so diligently.

That is a really horrifying thing to do to their parents. My parents have more money than they know what to do with, but I still couldn't imagine trying to squeeze money out of them just to one-up a sibling. I don't know if I feel bad for the parents for having to deal with such a crappy child or if they deserve it because they didn't instill one reasonable value in their child for the 18+ years they had the job to make them not a shitty person.

[partgypsy]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Someone asked my husband what he got me for Mother's Day this year.  He actually did reply "Nothing, she's not my mother."

I spent the day cleaning our mudroom. It gets so yucky over winter, I might make that a tradition.

@iowajes Tell your husband, random internet guy gives him fist bump. I've been saying that since 2006.

@shelivesthedream Looks like we Mustachians behave similarly for kids birthdays, continents apart.

That's funny, sounds like something my ex has said. Problem is he doesn't do anything for his own mother either. If you don't do something nice for the mother of your child on mother's day, then you are an ass. It's just the minimum bar.

[shelivesthedream]

I'm 7.5 months pregnant. Someone said to my husband on Sunday (Mother's Day), "Oh, next year you'll be shopping for a card and present too!" He very politely did not say, "Why? My wife doesn't need stupid crap that we pretend our one-year-old child has magically earned money for and picked out himself. What's the point?"

Someone asked my husband what he got me for Mother's Day this year.  He actually did reply "Nothing, she's not my mother."

I spent the day cleaning our mudroom. It gets so yucky over winter, I might make that a tradition.

@iowajes Tell your husband, random internet guy gives him fist bump. I've been saying that since 2006.

@shelivesthedream Looks like we Mustachians behave similarly for kids birthdays, continents apart.

That's funny, sounds like something my ex has said. Problem is he doesn't do anything for his own mother either. If you don't do something nice for the mother of your child on mother's day, then you are an ass. It's just the minimum bar.

Um, I really disagree. It is totally unnecessary for anyone to ever do anything for me on Mother's Day. I don't need to be 'celebrated' on a Hallmark holiday if I'm appreciated all year round. To my mind, if you *need* to do something on Mother's Day to make up for the other 364 days, that's what makes you an ass.