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The Single & Dating Scenes / Risks you take when dating someone younger?

« on: Today at 01:00:15 PM »

My younger boyfriend and his new girlfriend live with me — he won’t have sex with me anymore

My boyfriend is 18 years younger than I am. Our relationship hasn’t been perfect, but I love him to death. Unfortunately, I’m going through menopause and have all the side effects. Long story short, he found another girl. It was just supposed to be for sex, and he told me he wouldn’t get into another relationship or marry anyone but me. Well, he fell for her, which I warned him he was going to do.

They are both at my apartment. I’m trying to make him happy by allowing this, but he can be so mean to me, and he’s so nice to her. He tells me how nice she is, etc. I told him it’s because he hasn’t hurt her yet. He won’t have sex with me now. He claims he isn’t favoring her, but he is.

I love him so much, and don’t want to lose him. I’m in so much pain because I can’t please him in every way. I don’t know what to do. Should I allow this and try to make it work, or should I give up since it seems like he has given up on me? — CAN’T STOP CRYING

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General Discussion / Granny still got it, good for her!

« on: Today at 12:57:49 PM »

60 year-old breaks stereotypes as she is crowned miss universe buenos aires

Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a 60-year-old Argentine, broke stereotypes as she was crowned Miss Universe for the province of Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Rodríguez's participation in the pageant this year is a testament to the Miss Universe beauty pageant's commitment to inclusion. (AP Video by Victor R. Caivano)

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General Discussion / That was short as I was just there recently, NtsesHnub know anything about this?

« on: Today at 12:54:30 PM »

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hickory family pharmacy, first hmong-owned pharmacy in hickory, closes

Hickory Family Pharmacy, the first Hmong-owned pharmacy in Hickory, closed over the weekend of April 19. The pharmacy opened under the ownership of May Vang in March of 2023. A sign posted to the door of the pharmacy reads, “The pharmacy is closed permanently.

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General Discussion / Team Trump is solicitating for votes, they even hit me up LOL

« on: April 25, 2024, 11:36:14 PM »

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General Discussion / Took photo of old Asian that said NO to over $200k offers, NtsesHnub understands

« on: April 25, 2024, 11:30:18 PM »

..why I'm sure 

That's his baby and he won't give it up:

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General Discussion / Finally! First Flight!!

« on: April 25, 2024, 10:32:49 PM »

Flying car makes first flight with passenger

According to 'New York Post', French electronic musician Jean-Michel Jarre became the first passenger of a flying car as he soared twice through the Slovakian skies in KleinVision's AirCar before hundreds of enchanted onlookers.

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Marriage & Family Life / Another example of why abortion is the better option

« on: April 25, 2024, 10:30:22 PM »

Henderson parents arrested after 11-year-old kept in makeshift ‘jail cell’ for 6 years

Misty Scanlan, 46, and Jeffery Scanlan,41, were taken into custody and each booked on one count of child abuse and neglect, the Henderson Police Deaprtment said in a statement. The arrest came after police arrived at the Scanlan home around 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday to respond to a truancy report from the school district.

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General Discussion / This mom may have considered her a future nyab so should she buy her

« on: April 25, 2024, 02:17:23 PM »

..a cap and gown?

My son’s wonderful girlfriend can’t afford a graduation gown — should I buy one for her?

My son, who is in his senior year of high school, is dating a beautiful, sweet girl I’ll call “Amanda.” I’m very fond of her. This is an exciting year for them both because soon she will be shopping for her graduation gown. Amanda told me her mom has said she will have to wear her older sister’s dress. (Her sister graduated seven years ago.) Finances are tight for their family. I asked Amanda how she feels about it, and she isn’t happy.

I would love to buy her a gown. I remember being in high school and how exciting it was to be able to buy a new gown. My daughter is two years older and says that soon the girls in school will be talking about shopping for their new gowns. I really want this experience for Amanda.

The problem is, I don’t want to offend her or her mother with my offer. Should I stay out of this? Should I approach her mother? I have met her mom only a couple of times, and I don’t want to step on any toes. Even if my son and Amanda are not together by the time graduation happens, I would still want her to have a dress of her choosing and all the experiences that come with it. — OFFERING ASSISTANCE IN CANADA

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General Discussion / You know how crazy and stupid this lunatic is when even Trump had enough

« on: April 25, 2024, 02:13:11 PM »

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Even Trump has had enough of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s latest stunt

The Capitol Hill chroniclers at Punchbowl News made a proclamation Monday morning: “The winner of this Congress? Joe Biden.” It’s a remarkable statement, considering Democrats only hold the majority in the Senate. But the “burn it down caucus” in the House GOP has achieved the impossible. They have torched their own congressional majority, leaving themselves a one-seat governing majority in the House of Representative s.

How? Republicans are running for the exits at an alarming clip. Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado left in late March; now Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin is leaving early. “This place just keeps going downhill, and I don’t need to spend my time here,” Buck said, per The Washington Post. But it’s not the place that’s going downhill; it’s that the Republicans are at all-out war with each other. On Saturday, that war hit a fever pitch, when embattled Speaker Mike Johnson was finally able to pass the $94 billion foreign aid package.

The very next day, the cover of the Rupert Murdoch-owned New York Post — Donald Trump’s onetime favorite tabloid — read, “NYET, MOSCOW MARJORIE,” and was emblazoned with a picture of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in a furry gray ushanka. And Monday, the Post published a column from Piers Morgan, the longtime Murdoch editor, calling Greene “Vladimir Putin’s chief ‘useful idiot.’”

“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s position on Ukraine was clearly a bridge too far for Piers Morgan and the New York Post,” said Howard Polskin, who runs conservative media tracker TheRighting. “I was surprised — pleasantly so — that she was dubbed ‘Moscow Marjorie’ in the headline. Hopefully, that moniker will be an indelible stain on her reputation.”

The Post wasn’t alone. Last week, Fox News’ website (which is also owned by Murdoch) published an opinion piece titled “Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP.” The editorial page of The Wall Street Journal (also owned by Murdoch) blasted “Rep. Mayhem Taylor Greene.” And far-right outlet Newsmax — not owned by Murdoch — ran a piece asking, “Who Put Marjorie Taylor Greene In Charge?”

The right-wing media industrial complex is sending a message to Greene loud and clear: Stop campaigning to oust Johnson. These outlets have no interest in repeating the disarray after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., triggered the end of then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership last fall. Johnson succeeded McCarthy, in large part thanks to Trump’s backing, but only after an embarrassing 22 days without a speaker.

But Greene seems not to be heeding the message. She went on Steve Bannon’s podcast Monday to repeat her demand for a new speaker. And she wasn’t the only member of Congress being obstreperous. Rep. Thomas Massie, who has backed Greene’s move against Johnson, attacked the speaker and Rep. Andy Barr, Massie’s fellow Kentucky Republican, on social media. In South Carolina, Illinois, Texas and Virginia, Republicans are campaigning against other GOP incumbents in primaries. This is not how members of the same caucus are supposed to behave, especially during a campaign year when Republicans are desperately trying to keep the House and win the presidency.

Late Monday, after Greene told Bannon she would continue her quixotic quest, Trump himself — the grand duke of “burn it down” politics — shot the whole idea down. “We have a majority of one, OK?” he told conservative radio host John Fredericks. “It’s not like [Johnson] can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he’s a very good person. … I think he’s trying very hard.”

Whether or not Trump’s intervention makes a difference, the pile of House Republicans’ failures rises higher by the week. Their attempt to impeach Biden fell apart when their star witness was arrested. Their other impeachment effort, of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ended with a whimper. And their attempted “Appliance Week” — a series of lame messaging bills about gas stoves and other household items — had to be humiliatingly scrapped. Republicans allowed Trump to pick their speaker, but it turns out he’s about as good at picking speakers as he is at being president. And the beneficiaries are Joe Biden and the Democrats.

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General Discussion / Besides "scumbags", are these Republicans "grotesques" too??

« on: April 25, 2024, 02:10:18 PM »

Longtime conservative commentator George Will pulled no punches as he tore into who he described as the “112 ignoble House Republicans” who voted at the weekend against sending aid to Ukraine.

Instead, they voted “to endanger civilization,” Will wrote in his latest column for The Washington Post published Wednesday.

“Hoping to enhance their political security in their mostly safe seats, and for the infantile satisfaction of populist naughtiness (insulting a mostly fictitious ‘establishment’), they voted to assure [Russian President] Vladimir Putin’s attempt to erase a European nation,” Will fumed.

The bill was passed this week after months of deadlock.

But despite its eventual success, Will warned the “cabal of grotesques [in the GOP] might yet predominate.’”

Among that so-called cabal of Donald Trump-devoted Republicans, he named and shamed Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). They have staunchly opposed the funding of Ukraine’s defense from Russia’s ongoing invasion. Greene even threatened to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over his support for the bill.

Will ended his essay with an ominous thought.

“Today’s Moscow-Beijing-Tehran axis is, as the 1930s Axis was, watching,” he wrote, adding: “We can now see that the great unraveling that was World War II perhaps began with Japan’s 1931 invasion of Manchuria. Without the benefit of retrospection, we cannot be certain that World War III has not begun.”

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General Discussion / Looks like CA Gov. "Nuisance" will be wasting more public $$$ and time

« on: April 25, 2024, 02:06:14 PM »

Newsom sent CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland. Now he's sending them to Bakersfield

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he's sending California Highway Patrol officers to Bakersfield, an expansion of a law enforcement campaign launched earlier this year with an effort to tamp down crime in hard-hit California cities.

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General Discussion / Tesla is the "new Nissan" for the low-income folks?

« on: April 25, 2024, 02:04:08 PM »

'Depreciating so bad': TikToker says Teslas could be the 'new Nissan Altimas' for 'low-income individuals'

Remember the old saying, “A car loses value as soon as it’s driven off the lot”?

Although this saying originated in the era of internal combustion engines, the principle remains true for today's advanced battery-powered vehicles. Even Tesla (TSLA), the leading force in America's transition to electric vehicles, is not exempt from this rule.

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General Discussion / Blame it on Summer blend again instead of the real culprit: GREED

« on: April 25, 2024, 02:00:04 PM »

Price of gas soars to $7.29 in California city, above federal minimum wage — 3 oil stocks poised for profit

Gas prices can fluctuate widely, even within the same area, yet one exceptionally high price at a Menlo Park, California, station recently was quite notable.

NBC Bay Area reporter Scott Budman recently posted a photo on X (formerly known as Twitter) April 21 of a Chevron gas station that displayed regular self-serve gas priced at $7.29 a gallon.

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General Discussion / Like the one here that gets called out left & right, no one trust a serial LIAR

« on: April 25, 2024, 01:57:43 PM »

George Santos ends comeback bid for Congress after raising no money

George Santos ends comeback bid for Congress after raising no money. Former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Tuesday said he is dropping his longshot bid to return to Congress, months after he was expelled from the House while facing a slew of federal fraud charges.

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Marriage & Family Life / What should you do if you're the married friend?

« on: April 24, 2024, 11:52:56 PM »

I am attracted to my husband’s married friend — I’m starting to fall in love with him

I am an unhappily married woman with young children. I am attracted to a friend of mine and my husband’s, but he is also married. He’s a bit older, and I can’t tell for sure if he has feelings for me, but sometimes I suspect it. He has made me jewelry and gifts, and I’ve caught him looking at me a few times.

We have exchanged messages on social media and he often asks me questions about myself — what I like, etc. He’s just so quiet that I can’t tell if it all means anything. I could never leave my husband and break up my family, and I could never break up someone else’s family. But I’m starting to wonder and sometimes think I really am falling in love with him. What should I do?