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Ours was only a 3-4% discount for cash/debit versus credit. It was only an issue when my youngest got his wisdom teeth out--he was getting all 4 yanked, we opted for sedation (which costs more), so we owed ~$1300 or so--due before they started. (We also had crappy dental insurance at the time...

What did your mom teach you that you still remember/enjoy? It could be anything from a love of gardening to how to crochet to resilience in the face of adversity.

How was your mom's kitchen different from your kitchen? So many moms spend so much time in the kitchen! The older generation could mention ice boxes, while the younger ones "suffered" without a microwave when they were children...

I've never seen it in a restaurant, but I've encountered it other places--the dentist is one that sticks out in my mind.

She reminds me a lot of Sandra, my all-time favorite player!

Maria to win it all. She's a quiet puppet-master who everyone likes.

Agreed! I have no problem with telling another team "the bridge is that way" or something, but there should be a rule against giving away answers and working as a group.

I did tell my kids this story, but I also tried to emphasize that we had fond memories of their grandparents (now long gone) at this venue, and how happy it would make them for DD to be having her wedding and reception there. I also asked DD28 NOT to mention the incident to her cousins--it...

If we had brought it up to the whole table, I'm sure my FIL would have paid. BIL has (by now!) a long and storied history of bilking his parents out of money. It DOES still bother me--not the treating the in-laws part, the obnoxious BIL part. In my mind, I've thought that I won't say...

This brought up old wounds for me, too! Well, something else did, first, but here's the (OT) story... Decades ago, now, we were married just a couple years. My IL's lived 8000 miles away, so when they visited, it was a big deal. They were staying near BIL/SIL, we went there a lot, we went...

No, it's not just you! I'm a former firefighter/EMT, and the firefighters make me nuts! In a fire situation, you have to always be on alert, waiting for the next shoe to drop, constantly focusing on your surroundings-your life may depend on it. Ditto for the nurses--you need to be on constant...

You know what they say about New Hampshire--80% of it is covered with trees, the rest is underwater!

Our plan is for DH to retire at 65--it was what we agreed to when we conceived our youngest (now 18). We were 42/43 when he has born. On the good side, DH really likes his current job. It's less money, but also less stress, than previous jobs. He's also been working on developing both...

This is fabulous news! Typically, pancreatic cancer is asymptomatic until stage 4. Both my father and father-in-law died from it. FIL , they found it due to him having blood clots. With my dad, he went in for what was supposed to be minor gall bladder surgery, and he was already stage 4--and...

I think travel is appealing to a lot of retired folks because they're no longer slaves to limited time off, school schedules, and family scheduling conflicts. If you don't want to travel at all, well--don't! Nobody says you have to! I will say, even if you don't want to travel extensively...

When we lived in rural upstate NY, a neighbor had free-range chickens. Sometimes, they wandered into our yard--interestingly, the cats never tangled with them. I took to naming the chickens--Parmagiana, Marsala, Francaise...

WASH IT OFF!?!? Then you would lose all that good, extra "convenience store floor" flavor! That would be my dog's favorite part! (Of course, she steals socks and licks inside ears. She's not exactly a discerning diner!)

Mine's in pretty good shape. I like a tidy car. It's rarely driven by anyone but me. It got kind of bad when I was shlepping DS18 everywhere--he would eat snacks while we travelled. Now, he drives himself (in his brother's car, mostly). Every year for Mother's Day, my kids clean and wash my...

I would offer to pay for it, wrap it in a napkin, and take it home to my dog. Win-win!

I love driving a stick! It's right up there with learning to make fire before going on Survivor--you know that it literally could be make or break to have this skill. The firefighters were cracking me up, they were so bad at that rebus! I can understand not getting it on the first try (world...