Tag: adulting
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Help Me Fix My Mistakes
Maybe it would have worked out regardless. I know when I’m on the other end, like on servicing, I’m more likely to want to put in the extra effort to make a not-strictly-required ask work for a customer when they frame it as “yes, we know it’s our fault, but please help us anyway.”
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All Ready?
A question everyone has been asking for weeks: “Are you ready for school to start?” Well, sure, except for this one thing that would literally prevent our child from being allowed to attend.
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Work Family
We’re so close to AI being our functional digital butler where no one will have to ask a fellow human to do this kind of thing.
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No Frosting
In all seriousness, the harder hits were my homemade meals and all the niche alternative foods we had for my kid with food allergies. It is luckily close to the time of year that I tend to start restocking my cake stash, anyway.
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Routine Guilt
Obviously I would never forget to do these tasks.
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Snack SNAFU
Another time during the summer another mom was thinking about how nice it would be if the snack parent brought popsicles! …then as the game ended she realized that she was the snack parent.
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You Call That a Mess?
Clearly we have different standards. It’s not a contest or anything, but — let’s just say that I am definitely winning on how much of a disaster my house is.
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Have Your Cake
This is exactly the kind of boss move that kid-me imagined for why becoming a grown-up would be cool. I am living the dream.