The fact that they marketed this as revolutionary when their old magic eraser tool did a better job makes this worse

For background; my boyfriend and I are both 29 and have lived together for three years, and this morning when I yelled at him, he told me to post the situation to reddit.

The whole time we've lived together, he's had this incredibly irritating need to wake me up when *he* wakes up, even when I don't need to be awake yet. He can fall asleep on a dime, but it usually takes me at least an hour to pass out (melatonin gives me the *worst* nightmares, so that's a no go). On top of that, I very frequently wake up a few times in the night.

For the record, every time he sleeps, I let him sleep. It's Saturday and I woke up earlier than him? I just hang out quietly on my phone or go to the living room if I'm gonna be any semblance of "loud." He's taking a nap? Lights are off, I make everyone be quiet and I leave him be, because *sleep is important*.

He has let me nap longer than thirty minutes maybe four or five times. He says that he does this stuff because "normal couples want to spend time together," but it feels like a control thing to me. He is very often out all weekend and some weeknights, which I don't mind at all because friendships are super important, but that shoots down the "quality time" narrative for me.

I have two kids from a previous relationship that are 8 and 6. Both kids have strep throat right now and one has scarlet fever on top of it. I currently also have strep. I have a constant headache, my throat and body hurts, and I am especially tired. Last night, he fell asleep at 12. I fell asleep at 1:30, and got up for the kids at 2:45 and 4. He gets up at six thirty for work, and he woke me up at 7 for zero reason.

Since he pulled this yesterday, waking me up to lock the door for him as he'd left his keys at work (I gave him my spare key the evening before so he could go to the gym, it was on the kitchen counter) I yelled (read: sternly admonished, I can't physically yell right now) at him, asking what on earth he feels the need to wake me up for. Does he feel wronged having to be the only one awake? Why would you not care about the needs of your girlfriend? I don't get it. He gave me the "nOrMaL cOuPlEs" blah blah blah and told me to post it here for judgment.

Just for context, he works 8-5. I'm in college full-time and pursuing a separate certificate on top of that. He does not pay my bills (**edit: he pays his half, I pay my half of rent/utilities bills -, bad phrasing, sorry) or for anything my kids or I need, so it can't be resentment from that. All the chores that get done were done by me, (he does start his own laundry and wash his own dishes *most of the time*) so it can't be that either.

Pass your judgement upon us, O Reddit.

We built a playset for our son in our backyard and apparently all the kids in the neighborhood liked it so much they’ve made it their daily hangout spot. We come home and there are bicycles blocking our driveway and about a dozen kids playing on it.

I wouldn’t mind if it was a once in a while thing but it’s everyday until after sundown. I can’t even enjoy hanging out in my backyard because of all the screaming. I want to build a fence but my husband thinks it would seem “unneighborly”, especially since some of the parents have told us how much their kids like our playset.

Edit: wow I didn’t expect this to blow up. Just to clarify (because I’m seeing this come up a lot): the rest of the neighbors have a very open “come over and play whenever” policy so the neighborhood kids are used to that. However the other playsets are relatively small so they don’t get a big group of kids hanging out at one of them constantly.

Our son is 2 so he doesn’t go out without supervision, and we (the parents) just didn’t feel comfortable playing in other people’s playsets without the owners there.

It is clear that the news has broken: the trades are well-paying and in demand. I have nothing but respect for the highly competent people I hire for the work on my house: electricians, plumbers, etc. Trades also often attract a different type of person than an office worker, which is more fitting for some of my students.

But I am seeing so many kids who think that they can just shit on school, join the trades, make more money than everyone, and have an easy life! As if they have found some kind of cheat code and everyone else is a sucker.

I have explained that (1) you certainly need a good high school education to even make it to trade school, (2) the amount of money that you make as an experienced journeyman is NOT what you will make out of the gate, (3) while it is true that student loans are a total scam, it is not like education in the trades is free, (4) the wear on your body makes your career significantly more limited, etc. etc. etc.

I am not going to pretend like I know what goes into the trades, but I also know that tradespeople are NOT stupid and are NOT living the easy life. The jobs are in demand and highly paid specifically because it is HARD work - not EASY work. I feel like going to college and getting a regular office job is actually the easy way.

Have you noticed this too?

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Have care took her for 3 years during her hellish war with cancer. the plan was to ride it out at home with painkillers but unfortunately our plans came to an end today. 4 days ago she got extremely sick, extreme bouts of nausea and vomiting. she was so bad I had to crush her pills and mix them with tang powder so I could pop them into her cheeks to absorb.

Unfortunately today she started foaming out of her mouth and nostrils so we had to call an ambulance. they've got her loaded with the max painkillers she can take and she'll have a smooth ride out, it wont be home like she wanted with her little pug and that devastates me. honestly shes been gone mentally for 2 or so days. the last thing she said to me was are you doing okay... like can you even believe it?

I am writing this to try to sort out my feelings, I feel really alone at the moment. I really miss you mom. even now her body still holds on, she went through so much. this is such a train wreck. I truly hope you all never experience such a thing.

EDIT - I had no idea so many people would well wish and it is really helping me right now so thank you all very much. and one thing for perspective for some, in my eyes i'm just waiting for my moms prison to crumble so she can escape to peace. shes already gone. her brain is likely nearly dead from o2 deprivation. shes been gone for 2 days really. when I said trainwreck I left out a lot of details. the past 4 days has been a literal train wreck. 3 years of hell in that body.

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I am kind of sleep deprived last I slept was 4am 2 days ago so i've been up a while and have splitting head ache -_-

Got a bit of sleep and my headache is finally gone, holy moly I cannot believe how many well wishes and I appreciate it so much. the warrior is still holding on, how much must she suffer. she is very comfortable though so that is good. I think I have been told "she has probably a couple of hours left" like 4-5 times now. I hope she will pass in peace =C

She passed at 630 this morning. rest in peace momma. she held on so long. breathing unassisted for two days off anything. god she fought so much.

I am reading your comments today as comfort. my sister came to make sure I was okay. my mom was the most sociable person I have ever seen in my entire life and knowing so many people are giving me well wishes she'd be tickled pink. she'd want to talk to all of you and ask about your lives and make jokes so you can laugh. when I wrote this post I honestly thought it would be taken down by the moderators, I was just trying to sort feelings out. but i'm glad it didn't. your comments are providing me a lot of solace.

Everything in our home reminds me of her =c this is gonna be a tough week.

I’m 32 and still find it weird that I’m in my 30s now. Idk if it was the pandemic that screwed our minds up cuz I turned 30 in the middle of lockdown and I also went back to college. So maybe that had something to do with it.

But now idk why I feel so out of place in society…people my age are getting are getting married and having kids (or on their 2nd kid) then others like Gen Z I find cringy to be around with,not all just age wise you are a different personal mentally in your 20s vs 30s

Most of us are depressed either way and it seems the older we get the smaller our circle of friends become. Loneliness is something I’ve always struggled and I’m just afraid it will get worse regardless if I find partner to settle down with.