“Reunited, they are then strapped to beds and taunted by mean governesses who lightly torture them with various tactile devices.”

Yeah it would be quite perfect! Only problem is we have two paid off cars that run fine. Every time I take them in for work I cross my fingers one will need such an expensive repair I can justify buying a new car :D

Do you have to do anything special to charge it from your garage? I read about people updating their outlets or installing their own super charger, but could I just plug it into the wall with no modifications if I wanted? (I understand that would probably take a lot longer to charge, but all my driving is literally…

We both have friends the other doesn’t like. We also don’t force the other person to socialize with them either. One gets to hang out with their friend, the other gets to have some peace and quiet (well, now that we have toddlers the peace and quiet isn’t really had haha). We’ve never been one of those “we must do…

Let alone the wear and tear on the car. That is a LOT of miles doing that drive daily.

Yeah when I first moved here I had an interview downtown.... They offered me a job and I took a lower paying one west of my house for the reverse drive. Fuck the DC commute!! We have a few friends who live in Fauquier dirt cheap, and just commute across the border to Prince William County schools. Only a 10 minute…

It’s not that bad, we moved from rural southern Illinois to here and live in county. If they move a county or two over they’re in rural redneck heaven and cheap ass living, and can commute in to get the best of both worlds.

No problem! Yeah way back when my wife stumbled upon the area in some list of “best high schools”, looked up the wages and was like “lets go!” Can be a daunting task to try and research teacher wages, cause the easiest is “by state” but that gives you a very incomplete picture as it is averaged. If you taught in…

Come to Northern Virginia. I think with a Masters degree he’d be starting in the high 50s? My wife is at 67k now, and we live in the county she teaches in. If you really want to stretch your money, you live a couple counties over where it is cheaaaaap and try and get hired at a school on the western edge of Fairfax…

What a jackass. My last job I got with a psych degree was paying 55k a year. My teacher wife was making 67k a year. Put us in a fantastic position financially. We moved across country to do it (investigated the highest paying areas for teachers and government social workers, found a place we liked, moved and got…

She swore like a sailor, but also had a heart of gold. :)

I had a toddler on me as I was typing that up so forgot to put in some details. Charleston was the name of the city where I went to college and was about to head back to for my thesis defense. :) Though perhaps that was the coincidence.... and it did actually want to dance!

Retrofitted with brand new railguns :D

Thanks! I can explain everything away (just a dream, new electrical system being shorted out, we didn’t put the plates/glasses on the counter as steady as we thought, etc...) but that writing stumps us to this day! We didn’t know anyone out here well enough at the time and no family had come by for probably well over…

Not really scarey, but the only unexplained event of my life.

Plus you get some nice rewards. We pay EVERYTHING on the credit card and every 3-4 months get a $100 dollar account credit from the rewards. Free money!

Jesus, look at those fucking stingers. I bet they chomp onto you with their huge jaws then just sting the hell out of you. I’ll take quarantine to protect me from those monsters!

I almost would prefer a by text dumping! No awkward face to face nonsense, or “meeting up” to discuss the relationship. Just bam, done. Like removing a band aid and, as you did, you can just peace out and move on.

I wonder if its similar to when a toad gets struck by lightning...

I’m very open with close friends, though I never discuss exactly how much I’ve saved (usually leads to people asking for “loans”). I’m basically retired at 40, which confuses the hell out of people. Of course, they don’t want to hear about 25 years of saving and making smart decisions... they just want to know what I…